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o V'j TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1901.
|l TUB (IDAHY VERDICT.
!' .While the public outside of the city of
Omaha may not be regarded as qualified
to pass on the justice or injustice of the
Cudahy verdict there is ample justifica
tion for the public refusal to accept that
verdict to be found in the unqualified
Condemnation which it received at the
hands of the presiding judge.
> Enough has been gathered through the
press reports to enable the person of or
dinary intelligence to sympathize pro
foundly with the remarks of the court.
It has appeared that the voice of the kid
naper was thoroughly identified by the
boy Cudahy and that the connection of
the accused with the transaction and
with the man supposed to be the head of
the gang of kidnapers was established
iby independent evidence. How even a
Jury of less than the ordinary intelli
gence could have rendered such a ver
dict must naturally be a subject of sur
prise.
No doubt some vulgar prejudice entered
Into the case on the part of the jury
against Mr. Cudahy on account of his
reputed wealth. On no other theory does
it seem possible to offer explanation of
the rendering of a verdict so entirely
against the weight of evidence as to
arouse the ire of the presiding judge to
the extent which prevailed in this case.
The verdict is in itself unfortunate
aside from, the defendant and those who
are said to be associated with him. The
failure to arrest the robbers in this case,
land to secure a conviction of the one of
them wfiom the authorities claimed to
have captured, will do doubt help to give
a serious impetus to that form of crime.
The general public will, however, rejoice
that what has been palpably a failure of
justice has been so publicly denounced as
euch by the acting Judge.
.' THE REDEMPTION OF EGYPT.
The glory of Egypt is to be restored.
For 2,000 j ears re desert has been ad
vaitcing upon tne fertile valley of the
Nile. Slowly advancing, never retreating,
the ste:ile sands have cr^pt upon the
domain of the Pharaohs, burying fields,
hamlets, cities. The Nile, the only friend
of the human race In this battle with the
desert, has struggled year by year to
redeem the lost estate, but so far the
struggle has been in vain, for the desert
possessed a powerful ally in the upper
regions of t!»e Nile—an ally as persistent
and as tireless as the shifting sands.
The days of Egypt's bondage are, how
ever, . well nigh passed. Science, guided
by the energy fof English engineers and
English capital, has come to the slowly
retreating Nile which will soon be able
to turn lack the advancing desert upon
itself and recreate the Egypt of 3,000
years ago.
The sudd of the upper Nile has been
forming for centuries. Vast islands of
earth and vegetation have been loosened
from their moorings in times of flood and
floated to the channel where joined by
others they have formed a compact and
impassable barrier for all things that
float. During the years this obstruction
has changed and solidified until the nat
ural channel of the ancient' river became
so choked for a period of 300 miles that
only a part of the river's flow could find
its way in a semi-subterranean channel
underneath these floating dams. The re
sult has been the formation of vast la
goors and reaches of marsh and swamp
which once were blooming valleys. Un
dei the tropical sun, the evaporation
from these wastes of water backed up
by the sudd amounts to one-t( nth of the
entire flow of the Nile, besides preventing
at times of freshets the annual overflow
of the river which constituted ancient
Egypt's guarantee of prosperity. With
the growth of these formations the flow
of the Nile has been steadily reduced,
making possible the encroachments of
the desert upon the once rich portions of
this cradle of civilization.
The London Telegraph tells of the
work of Mai Peake, who has already cut
through the sudd, opening up a chan
nel from one hundred to four hundred
feet wide. Where the work has been
done the sudd was twenty feet thick
with sixteen feet of water beneath. The
opening of the channel was accomplished
ty cutting two parallel ditches through
the dry portion when the force of the
accumulated waters behind and beneath
forreil the loosened section down stream
leaving a channel as w:de as the dis
tance between the parallel ditches.
Sinoo the opening of the channel the
water in the Nile at Wadelia, 450 miles
above the obstruction, fell six feet. And
as pun ns the obstruction can be re
xnovcil from the mouths of tributary
rivers in the congested regions and when
the lakes formed by the sudd can be
opened to the channel the pristine glory
of the Egyptian Nile will be restored.
This great enterprise in conjunction with
the Assouan dam will uirnish lower
J'gpyt with abundant, water and at the
times most needed. Another important
result of the cutting ofVhe sudd will be '
the complete revolution in the lines and
modes of transportation to the regions
of the White Nile and Uganda. Trips
that formerly occupied six months can
now be made In three weeks. The matt
from England . can now reach- British
East Africa via. the Nile in three weeks.
The freight that before had to be "pack«
ed" ov«±r 250 miles of rough country under
a tropical sun consuming weeks, now
passes up the river in as many hours.
As an adjunct to the military occupa
tion of the Soudan the value of the work
of Maj. Penke is inestimable. Aa a
means of civilizing central Africa it is
equally valuable. This open waterway
of the Nilo will soon be met at Lake
Albert by the railroad from the cape.
Beside being a means of the redemption
ol Kgypt, this opening of the sudd will
create a vast stretch of the most fertile
territory on the face"' of the globe—the
thousands of square miles of submerged
valley of the riv.er above Khartoum. We
care not what were the motives of the
British or the means by which they se
cured control of Egypt, that people
should celebrate the day when the Union
Jack tccarae the symbol of sovereignty
from Cairo to Fashoda. Whether
prompted by selfish motives or nat, the
British rule has not only wrested Egypt
from the enervating rule of the Turk
but promises to emancipate her from
the bondage of the desert.
SMASH THE SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.
The organization of a new Trades Coun
cil in Chicago is apparently a good omen
for peace in the future of industrial life
in that city. The defeat of the St. Paul
painters in their recent effort to inaugu
rate a strike emphasizes the necessity of
a complete reformation in the prevailing
standards of co-operative action among:
union workmen as represented by the
Idea of a central building council. ,
The sympathetic strike is a scourge. It
has been discarded by the members of
tlie crafts which are regarded as requir
ing a higher order of intelligence on the
part of those who follow them. It has
•been the cause of the defeat and possi
ble disintegration of the local union
painters. It is a form of industrial
blackmail, and its practice ought to be
treated by workman and employer alike
as a crime.
Unions among workingmen, so far as
they operate to prevent injustice on the
part of exacting employers, should be up
held. So far as they tend to the eleva
tion of the standards of thought and of
life generally among laborers they are
humanitarian in scope. So far as they
or or may he utilized to forment trouble,
among employers and employes the laiw
should, if necessary, be called upon to
deal with them.
The Globe, in discussing the sympa
thetio strike, has already declared
its belief that central laibor
councils are all right within
their true scope. The men of one
craft have an aibsalute right to aid those
of another In preventing exaction or se
curing established rights. They should
go to tlhe limit of their financial re
sources, to aid their fellofw working-men
when on strike, if they are satisfied of
the Justice of the claims contended for.
But they have no right to engage in
strikes or to threaten to engage m strikes
or to cause trouble for their employers
with a view to enabling the men of an
other craft to enforce a given demand,
with or without reference to the justice
of that demand. *
At this distance it Is not safe to as
sume too much regarding the new central
labor council which the press dispatches
say has just been formed in Chicago. In
one of its objects at least it will be found
to have secured the public confidence and
approval. That is in the avowed pur
pose of -breaking down the sympathetic
strike.
The union laborers of Chicago, especial
ly those engaged in the 'building trades,
have themselves to blame if their once
strong organization is no longer a factor
in the adjustment of the relations of em
ployers and employes. They gave their
sustainment to a central body controlled
by dangerous men who never showed
that they had any real understanding
of their great obligations either to so
ciety or to the artisans and organiza
tion which they represented. If the new
body should prove to be one organized
for the purpose of the further disruption
of the men of the building trades who
believe in unionism they have themselves
to blame. They gave their sanction
during last summer to conduct on the
part of the central union which showed
it in the light of a public firebrand.
Let union workmen unite and affiliate
as closely as they can. They owe it to
themselves, however, to take steps to
make the sympathetic strike an impos
sibility.
NOT AMj CI*AjIMED FOR THEM.
From the press reports which have been
published from time to time it now ap
pears that tho Canadian government in
securing the transplantation to Canada of
several hundreds of the sect known as
the Doukhobors did not do as successful
a piece of business as it thought it had
done. The Doukhobors are the men who
refused to take up arms at the command
of the governmental authority. Count
Tolstoi has helped to secure for them
a great deal of admiration and sympathy
all the world over. They hava been held
out to be men of exceptional intelligence,
sobriety and industry, and to be^ietels
for conscience sake against th^ worst
evils represented by the monarchical,
and especially the autocratic, principle in
civil government.
Now It appeara that the Domkhobors
are not the long-suffering mortals they
are represented as being, nor that th^
Russian government in provoking their
expatriation was acting in any particu
larly severe or irresponsible manner.
They have strong convictions as to re
ligion and social life. These opinions are
so out of touch with the accepted tenets
of Christian and civilized life as to make
them something of a nuisance In their
adhesion to such opinions. They do not
believe, for instance, that civil govern
ment should be sustained, since they have
no respect for laws which are not direct
ly ordained by God. They oo not believe la
j: a civil or any other form of ceremony lit
the " formation of I marriage ; relation, and,
. accordingly, refuse ;to take out ' marriage <
licenses. They refuse to register births ,
'or deaths or to resort to ; the ; courts * when
they are in search of a .loosening of th"c:
marriage tie, whether the marriages have
been made by. God or by man. Individual
ownership of . real estate is regarded :as
. a crime by them, and they. will not J ac
cept title in the individual, asking the
government to grant them their land in
common.
' All these peculiarities of belief: on the
part of the Doukhobors mark them as
not in all respects desirable . settlers. In
Canada they will find, in common with
all men, as high a degree ,of personal
liberty as is guaranteed ,by any govern
ment extant. But they must conform to
the fundamental requirements to the
maintenance of a civilized , state. The :[
form of • belief which does not sanction
marriage may be called "religions; but
civilized men and women refuse to ac- ;
cept it as involving other than naked
immorality. The payment of taxes is a
disagreeable : necessity ito most men; but
it does not seem that the Doukhobors
have as yet any plan to propose which
will enable the collection of taxes to be
dispensed with and responsible. and se
cure civil government be maintained.
The Doukhobors with all their devo
tion to liberty may easily make them
selves a nuisance, public; and private.
They cannot hope to go into any state of
society and maintain many of the doc
trines which they insist on living in. ac
cordance with. If they find a govern
ment which will comply with their wish
es and let them livo in strict accordance
with "conscience" it must be one built
on some otoer plan than that in vogue
among modern Christian civilized na
tions. . ,:
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' MERE SENSATION MONGERS.
Sensational preaching and yellow jour
nalism have been the two chief factors
in the unseemly squabble which has
arisen over the man Herron, a socialist
who has little save sheer impudence to
commend him to public attention.
The former wife of Herron Is evidently
a sensible woman. Whatever her do
mestic affairs are they are . her affairs in
her estimation, rather than the affairs of
the public, and she treats them accord
ingly.- Her reference to the stupid busy
bodies who have taken up those affairs
and made an outcry over them is just
what it should be. From the Rev. Hillla
down to the smallest newspaper fakir
engaged on the case all who have,
through the agency .of. Herron's private
life, brought themselves "before the pub
lic deserve to tie pilloried.
No man . capable of making such an ex
hibition of himself as Dr. Hillis has suc
ceeded in making of himself in this case
should be allowed to remain in the promi
nent light which must shine on the rep
resentative of the leading Christian pul
pit In America. His language in de
nouncing Herron is suggestive of . .the
game which is sometimes played between
bogus evangelists and the proprietors of
dives, in enabling each to bring. grist to
the other's: mill. ...: .:;"/" ■ f
The entire subject is a most unsavory
one. It should be put aside as soon as
possible, and with it all the clerical and
newspaper mountebanks who have, se
cured a passing notoriety through it.;
— -.. " ,m '—;
j An exchange says "the kaiser is a boy
again." Again! when was he anything
else?
Mrs. Herron says that she did not get
any money from Miss Rand. That spoils
another pious story about . the awful sin
of a man guilty of heresy.
The people are hoping that when rogues
fall out, honest men will get their due.
But ninety-nine times in a hundred the
rogues pctch up theii differences before
the check is cashed. r • .
The wind was so strong in. North J3a
kota that it not only blew the wheat out
of the ground but blew the ground away
from the wells making artesian spouters
of nearly every well in the Red river val
ley. There is never a loss without soaTe
gain.
Callahan will try to establish an alibi.
All that he will; have to do is to prove
that James Callahan . was with Pat
Crowe on the. night the bag of gold was
deposited for the. ransom of the kid that
was napped, and the jury will bring a
verdict of , not guilty of being anywhere.
As is usually the fact, the Herrcn scan
dal has a woman in the case. From the
bitterness with which the Rev. Dr. Hillis
discusses the fellow who got the woman,
it looks as if he was a little disappointed
himself. Never mind, doctor,. after you
wash your mouth out with-sulphuric acid
too you -may chance to get an heiress.
Don't give up yet. You have the stuff in
you to out-Herron, Herron. -
1 Rev. Dr. William S. Rainsford as
serts that it is all "rot" to lay the blame
of the war in China .oh the missionaries.
A majority of the people while not agree
ing, with the good doctor's opinion of the
cause of the Chinese war will heartily
approve of his virile manner .of express
ing . his opinions. Dr. Rainsford is one
of those clergymen who does not think
that because ';■ a I man happens to be a
preacher he must cease to be a man
with the . ordinary privilege, of using em
phatic language. :.; .■: -
Another heretic is to be churched by the
Republican' boodle r conference. George
|K. ; Roberts, I the ■ director of the mint. Is
off ; color or. the tariff question. He out- \
I;abcocks Babcock in his attack upon the
course of the Republican party as shown
by the- last congress. ;He asks why the
G. O. - P., which : acknowledged the par
entage *of the twins - protection and reci
procity, had all at once disowned the
twin reciprocity, .while bestowing all its
affection on the other. The trouble with'
the G. O. P. Is that it ■ fathered a Demo
cratic child because Blame . said it was a
first-class kid, and now they .want to get
rid of it. ' \ •■
-■ So the German emperor is preparing to
fight■ the United : States. ;For what pray?
What hay we done to excite his ire? Oh,
that .is not it! ■ He ; is' ■ going to ! protect his
subjects £in Sooth America J:wh'm' they
conclude, to *indurrect" and '- capture a
republic as we have captured a kingdom .
In : Hawaii.;,_ Well,V what ;of v It? We can
have no objection to a little thing like
that i Have we not been doing just : that
sort of thin*, ■ for three years? Is not ;
England- doing • that sort of thing now?
v In fact is it hot;the approved style of -
terrltorlfil accession? The Monroe doc
trinet Oh, no, w© are not in shape to
light for a doctrine that we have our
selves-repudiated. When the senate rati
fies the treaty of Paris it renounced the
Monroe doctrine and when that body last
winter rejected the Hay-Pauncefote trea
ty it swore to the renunciation.
The president wlsely^refrained from ex
pressing an opinion to the Cuban delega
tion on the subject of reciprocal trade
relations. Hia reply was diplomatic to a
degree. He informed the visitors that
the political relafjons must be settled
before he could \t&k. economic relations.
This was most tfc^e. j Even the Cubans
were aware that'this' government could
only negotiate with a sovereign power.
Their object in coming was to ascertain
what commercial concessions would be
given in exchange* for a piece of ther
sovereignty. The' jpfesident, however,
was not to be caugftt monkeying again
with a "plain duty" statement. He knows
that congress while in the hands of the
present masters j&ake no concessions
to the Cubans on the score of reciprocal
trade. If the Cubans accept the Platt
amendment, they Vill get no concessions
from congress. If they are wise, they
will wait until congress assembles and
then formulate demands for reciprocal
trade upon the acknowledgment of which
by congress they will accept the terms
of the Platt amendment. If they are
wise they will hold onto the Teller reso
lution and their sovereignty until they
are annexed as a state or given practical
free trade in consideration for the guar
antees of this country.
AT THE THEATEES.
Y. P. A. CONCERT.
An enjoyable concert was given last
evening at Raudenbush hall under the
auspices of the St. Paul Young Peoples
Alliance of the Evangelical Association.
The programme was given by the Metro
politan quartette, assisted by Arthur O.
Bergh, violinist. Miss Minnie Berg and
Prof. Fairclough weje the accompanists.
The departure of Miss Florence Marion
Pace for Chicago has altered the person
nel of the quartette, Miss Celeste Lc
Fevre Coghlan having tak'Jr. Miss Paces
place as soprano. The quartette sang
several light numbers last evening, in
cluding Pinsuti's "Tell Me, Floia,"
"Swiss People's Song," Kuchen; "My
Pretty Maid," Caldicott, and "Come,
Dorothy, Come," Suabian. In these gay,
fanciful things the quartette is particu
larly at home, and last night each mem
ber sang with unusual spirit. They re
sponded to two encores.
Harry Eduard Phillips sang Ness'er's
"It Was Not So to Be." Mr. Phillips'
rich baritone was at its best last even
ing, but the plaintive words of the song
contrasted rather oddly with the indif
ferent manner of the singer.
Mrs. Jane Huntington Yals sang Roeck
el's wild bit of melody, "Angus Mac Do
nald," In her usual acceptable style and
was warmly encores, a
Miss Coghlan's name appears so infre
quently upon a programme that hers is
almost a stranger?» voice. Her beautiful
soprano was heard.to excellent advan
tage in "Mignon^s: Song," by Ambrose
Thomas.
Harry Eugene George sang "I Love
You," Sobeski. Tfbfi .number -was -sung
witlv^iuch feeling and finish.
Arthur Bergh played two violin soles,
"Cavatina," Sauret, and "Second Polo
naise," Wieniawski. It Is always a de
light to listen to Mr. Bergh's musicianly
work, but It is not always a delight to
look at Mr. Bergh when ho plays. He is
acquiring the unpleasant mannerism of
swaying his body as he plays, which Is
particularly ungraceful and which the
best violinists avoid.
METROPOLITAN.
The Metropolitan was filled from or
chestra to back row last night by the
most enthusiastic audiencs since last
October, when "The Burgomaster" was
first seen in this city. The company
gives a smoother, mare lively and alto
gether a better performance than when
"The Burgomaster" was presented here
last fall.
GRAND.
A large and enthusiastic audience was
at the Grand last evening to witness the
performance of Walter Fessler's melo
drama, "Th« Great White Diamond."
The play tells a story of love and in
trigue, with plenty of comedy, and a deal
of pathos and heart interest.
STAR.
While nearly all the faces in the Orien
tal BurlesQuers at the Star this week
have been seen here before, the acts are
all changed, even to the burlesques, and
the costuming Is entirely new, so that,
as a matter of fact, the offering is a
new one. The OrLeDials are one of the
largest companies that has come to this
theater, the opening burletta, "Capt. Ro
senberg's Banquet," requiring twenty-six
people in the named :parts. Phil Mills,
the favorite comedian, heads the list
and is as funny as ever, and the skit was
well received.
SHOW WAS A SUCCESS.
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ARTS MD CRAFTS EXHIBITION
CLrOSED; LA&T M.GMT. -
A very remarkable- and commendable
display of local enterprise is the found
ing of the: art and crafts exhibit in St.:
Paul by St. Paul ladies. ■ For an entire
week the Ryan Annex was the center
of attraction - to £00 people;. daily. The
aggregate attendance * will : easily reach
3,000 for the week. This means that
something like •• $300 was taken in at the
door, the admission fee being 10 cents.
The exhibition closed last night.
The „ commercial ' rlub members were
the: specially invited guests at the hall j
last night.- A : list of speakers enlivened |
and made profitable the evening by very : ]
worthy addresses and papers. r One gen«
eral theme . was ; " followed .;" by all - the
speakers, namely, the value of ; arts; and'
crafts as a"> factor in J the training „ and"
education of the youth. Dr. Robinson,
of the [ Central high school, said \ that all
the youths in the public schools were de
cicecHy lin need of the valuable methods :
offered by this course. He dwelt briefly
upon the want of practical educations.: ;
: E. C. ; Stringer, of the Commercial club;
Miss Olive Long, ,of the Central j high ;
school; '■: Prof. : George , "Whitbrecht;: John *
R. Seegar, -of ' the Bonn ; Manufacturing'
company, and Prof. Lcvision, of the.city
schools, gave' interesting addresses.
Mrs. - Condor Hamlin, president of ; the,
organization, made a few remarks sub
sequent to the closing of the programme,
in which she outlined some useful pur»
i.poses' to which " the work of this organi-f
zation could he placed. _ '
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OLD LANDMARK BURNED
SBMIWAiRY HiAitlrV FORMERLY ST.
" JOHN'S CHVRCH^JS DESTROYED, P
Seminary hall, Mackubin and ' n ', : Ashland
(avenues, | was .V completely 11. gutted *".':. last
i night between midnight - and 1 o'clock .in
; the * morning, and the ; loss will amount
to $5,000. The building was : formerly St.
■ John's church before the present \ church
\ was ( built, and was ; erected about eigh-
I teen year 3 ago bVdComrnodore" Kiltson for
his son. 7 Rev. ..Henry ;. Kittson, * who
preached there |pr ja time. :Theetono
j portion of I the j budding, at- the north: end, i
is " now the . Baldwin* academy, cf \ which
Prof. Clinton J. Backus principal. Thia
; r-ortioh^ 'escaped \ with .merely a - scorched
■ roof./:;-%:"'•'.-:•;_ '-;;-.;.: > :--'!.■".\;Pi' rL .^^;-;'' : /r ;>
" The main building has for; a " number
of - years been used .is a .meeting placa:
[if tin.- Christian •ctissl*. and as ; a
private hall ; by the -nupUs of Miss
sH. ' Proctor. L«ast . night, however, 1-, thero"
=. was -no : meeting .of: any Kind Held { there •
.. and the s origin -of the lir.j -. is '■ largely v
matter of sunn!** The most ff«neraHy
accepted theory is that the blaze orig
inated in the basement from the furnace,
aa the flames were first obsarved in that
end of the building. The alarm was sent
m at 11:50. and by the time the flre de
partment arrived the whole structure
was blazing fiercely. As the building
was of wood, the flames spread, quickry
and, as at one time there appeared to
be a danger of the fire spreading, a sec
end al&rm was *?nt in, but in eplt©
of all efforts the building could not De
saved, and the roof fell in at 12:30. A
number of chairs which were on the
main lloor fed the flames, and for a
time the fire was of a spectacular na
ture. The fireman succeeded in confin
ing- the flames to the hall, and also in
saving the seminary portion.
Tlk- building: belonged to the Kittson
estate and was held by the St. Paul
Title & Trust company as trustee.
THE SDCIHL
WQBLD.
Mrs. E. H. Hobe entertained a number
of - friends at a birthday dinner Saturday
afternoon at her home en Dayton avenue.
The \ guests were : Mesdames : Boeckmann,
Brandt.' ■ Ploan, Haas, Juergens, Lo'hr
bauer, Loir.en, Omeyer, Scrlmger, Sique
land, Teisbe: g, Chrlstenson, oimroons, of
Red Wing; the Misses Alnesa, Bulleroed,
Roen and Slqveland. • ' _
• • •
An artists' festival was given Saturday
evening at the St. Paul School of Fine
Arts by Director Eben P. Comir.s to his
pupils and their friends. Mrs. Olmstead
and the Misses Long assisted In receiving.
• • •
The marriage of Miss Louisa J. Peder
son, daughter of Mr. and Airs. Jacob
Pederson, to Pldward K. Good was cele
brated Wednesday afternoon at the home
of the bride's parents, 564 Pleasant ave
nue. Rev. Alex. J. D. Haupt read the
service. Miss Ida Rom<:r played the wed
ding march and Mrs. T. M. Newson sans
"Oh, Promise Me." The bride was at
tended by her sisters, Meta and Laura
Pede:son. Mr. Ed. J. Adams was best
man. Mr. and Mrs. Good will be at
home after May 10, at Euclid \ lew Flats.
• • '•
Order of Iron Chain. Link No. 19, will
£ive an informal hop for members &n<l
friends at 3. A. R. hall, on Wabasha
street, this evening. The Link will initi
ate a class of ten at Its next regular
meeting, May 7.
• • •
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Dayton
Avenue Presbyterian Church gave a re
ception last evening in the church par
lors in honor of their pastor. Dr.
Edward's, birthday. The rooms were dec
orated with cut flowers and palms. Mrs.
W. A. Highberger had charge of the re
ception, receiving with Dr. and Mrs. Ed
wards. The tea table was in charge of
Mrs. J. G. Ri held after and Mrs. Alexan
der. Others assisting were 'Mrs. E. C.
Stringer, Mrs. J. B. Beals. Mrs. T. A.
Abbott, Mrs. E. M. Prouty, Mrs. Jesse
A. Gregg and Mrs. Breen.
• • •
The marriage of Miss Lorena Florence
Mullery, daughter of Mrs. XT. Mullery,
to Robert Ashmead Brown, of New York,
was solemnized last evening at (? o'clock
at the bride's home, on Holly avenue.
Rev. Ambrose McNulty, of St. Luke's
Catholic church, performed the ceremony,
in the presence of relatives and close
-friends of the bride and groom. The bride
was attended by her sister, Miss Teresa
Mullery, as maid of honor. V. J. Mul
lery, the bride's brother, was best man.
Following the ceremony a wedding sup
per was served. Mr. and Mrs. Brown left
last evening for New York, where they
will make their home.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Fox, of Central
avenue, are entertaining Mr. F. S. Web
ster, of Helena, Mont.
Misa Josephine Blom, of Bedford street,
who spent the winter in Washington, re
turned home Sunday.
George F. Kuhles and Miss Clara
Kuhles have returned from a two months'
visit in the Sandwich Islands.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jehla and family,
of Marshall avenue, left yesterday to
spend the summer at their country home
in Lindstrom, Minn.
Mrs. Caroline Day, of the Ashland, Is
In St. Louis.
Mrs. Thomas Yapp, of Ramsey street,
has gone to Willow River for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McCleary, of East
Fourth street, will remove to Excelsior
this week.
Mrs. H. B. Carroll, of Holly avenue, en
tertained the Mistletoe Euchre olub
Thursday afternoon. Favors were won
by Mrs. J. F. George, Mrs. T. W. Brown
and Mrs. Fisher.
Mis. S. W. Fradenberg, of Marshall
avenue, is in the East.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bigelow have re
turned from Honolulu, where they spent
the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R, Lewis, of Ashland
avenue, have returned from California,
Mrs. C. W. Phillips, of Western avenue,
has returned from the East.
Mrs. L. E. Reed and Miss Louise Ree3
have gone East.
Mrs. Atwater, of Hague avenue, enter
tained the Excelsior F.uchre club Friday
evening. High scores were made by Mrs.
Walker, Mrs. George Ives, Messrs. Stors
and Ive3.
Judge William Louis Kelly and family
are now occupying their old home, 27
Sharburne avenue.
Mrs. Dudley H. Heisey, of the Aber
deen, and Miss Murphy have returned
from Nassau.
Mrs. C. J. West, of West Central ave
nue, has gone to Glenwood, Minn.
The engagement of Miss Eloiso Denegre,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Denegre,
to E. S Houg'htaling is announced. Thj
wedding will take place in June.
D. R. McGinnis, accompanied by his
mother and sister, left yesterday for
Kalispcl, Mont.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Tim F. Byrnes has returned to Wash
ington for a stay of several weeks.
Up to March 31, 1901, the war revenue
act of June 13, 1898, has produced $283.
--504.447.
Congressman Eddy yesterday recom
mended Bravton S. Buckin'ftain postmas
ter at Argyie, vice P. S. Nelson, resign
ed.
Rural free delivery service has been or
dered established June 1 at Decorah.
Winnesiek county, Iowa; carrier, Richard
F. Tyler.
A po&tofiice 'has been established at
Conner, Freeborn county, Minn., and
August H. Yost has been appointed post
master.
The controller lias approved £he Na
tional 'Bank of Commerce of Minneapolis
as a reserve agent for the First National
Bank of Pierre. S. D.
One of the last acts of the president
before leavinsr the White house on his
tour to the Pa-ciflc coast was t*he signing
of the commission of Mr. Pruden, one of
his assistant secretaries, as a major and
paymaster.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes has held that erxpress receipts for
goods and merchandise to be transported
from the United States to a foreign coun
try are not exampt from tax under de
cision of the United States supreme court
in the matter of export bills of lading.
Pv?tmasters were appointed yesterday
as follows: Minnesota—Little Sauk. Toda
county. Prosper Henry. lowa —Pftotburg,
"Washington county, Samuel Hamp»herj
Popejoy, Franklin county, R. L. Men
dells. "Wisconsin—Plum City, Pierce
county, W. H. McCleary.
After announcing various opinions and
hearing a number of motions, the United
i States supreme court took an adjourjo-
I ment until Monday, the 13th prox. "The
meeting then will be only for tho/ an
nouncement of opinions.
Plans are being made for a trip by
members of the diplomatic corps to Buf
falo on June tl to visit the Pan-American
exposition. The presid-entlal party wilt
arrive at Buffalo about the 12th, and
plans are to have the diplomats leave
Washington in time to be present when
the president and members of his cabinet
are at Buffalo. The plans are being made
through Lord Pauncefote.
Following are the names of the geolog
ical survey officers who are to do field
work in the Northwest during tlhe fiscal
year beginning July 1: Minnesota. C. R.
Van Hise and J. Morgan Clements; Mon
tana, continuation of spetial studies in
the Rocky mountains Charles D. Wal
cott, director, assisted by W. E. Weed
and Bailey Willis; North Dakota. N. H.
Darton and C. M. Hall; South Dakota,
N H. Darton and J. B. Todd; Wisconsin
C R. Van Hise and W. C. Alden.
Liberal ' Ministers Meet.
The Liberal Ministers' club of the
Twin Cities held ita last meeting of the
season yesterday morning at Unity
church. Rev. H- M. Simmons of the
First Uni versa list church, Minneapolis,
read a paper on "The Fundamental Pfm->
ch>les of Morality.*' The paper was fol
lowed by a general discussion.
ISIITOIK
RULING BY FTEiDEfRAIi SUPREME
• COURT— &Xti MVWIOIPAI* ASSESS
JIEXT DECISION
BIG BATCH OF APPOINTMENTS
New Chief of Army Elii^incoro Will
be Col. Gille*pic, and He Will
Hold the Office Until
October, !}>CK>.
WASHINGTON, April 29.—The United
States supreme court today decided In
the case brought by ex-Congressman
Steven C. White, of Brooklyn, that 'a
call," aa the word is used in the stock
exchange, is an agreement to sell, and,
therefore, subject to taxation at the rate
of two cents per $100 under the war rev
enue law. The opinion was handed down
by Justice Brewer, who, defining a call,
said.
. "Calls are , not distributed as mere ad
vertisements of what the owner of the
property described , therein is willing to
do. They are held, and in parting with
them the vendor receives what to nim is
satisfactory consideration. Having part
ed for value received with that promise,
it is a contract, binding on him. and such
a contract is neither more nor less than
an agreement to seil and deliver at the
time named the property described in the
' instrument. . It may be an unilateral con
tract. So are many contracts. On tb.3
face of this instrument the: •is an ab
solute promise to sell. We cannot doubt
the conclusion of the circuit Judge that
this is :in its terms, its essence and its
nature an agreement to sell. .Therefore
it comes ,witnin the letter of the statute.
There is nothing to suggest that congiess
did not mean that this provision should
be enforced according, to its letter and
spirit everywhere. .. The language of the
statute seems to us clear. It imposes a
stamp duty on agreements to , sell. We
see nothing in tne surroundings which
Justifies us in limiting the power of con
gress or denying to its language its ordi
nary meaning. . Therefore, we answer the
question submitted to vs by the; : circuit
court of appeals in tho affiniiative and
hold that the call is an agreement to
sell and taxable as such.",.
. . /ASSESSMENT DECISION.
WASHINGTON. April 20.—1n the Unit
ed States supreme court decisions werj>
banded down today in a number of cases
:involving the constitutionality of muni
cipal legislation authorizing assessments
for street improvements. The opinions
were read by Justice Shlras. The prin
cipal one was in the case of the District
of Columbia vs. Davison, on appeal from
a decision by the court of appeals for the
district court of appeals for the District
of Columbia. In that case the court laid
down a principle governing all the case?
saying: . - -....'
. "it was within the power cf congress
by the act of U99, to order to opS
te^i alons*2. f the streetj In question
™ .$° dlrec* the commissioners of th>
P l3tr ct of Columbia to institute proceed
ings In the supreme court of the district
to condemn ; the necessary land, and it
SSS S°. conieten for congress to pro-
X£tJh^ th 2 am °unt d found due and
awarded as damages for and in respect
of tho land condemned for the opening
tL^Jf res 'v not less than one-half
thereof should be assessed by the lur/
™* 83-I*l proceedings against, the pieces
fl?£. p u reel of land which will be beno
r«2r.M £ the opening of said streets as
™™ * £° r in the aid act, and that the
suras to be assessed against each lot or
piece or parcel of ground should be deter
mined and designated- by the jury, and
that in determining what amount should
be assessed against any particular pioc"
or parcel of ground the jury should take
into consideration the situation of said
lots and the benefit that they might re
ceiyo from the opening of said streets
It is also established that in proceeding^
suffl?tent"? nOtlCe by Publication is
.Accordingly the city of Detroit vs
Parker, reversed; that of French vs. the
Bafber Asphalt Paving: company. Involv
ing improvements in Kansas City, affirm
ed; the city of Toaawanda, N. V vs
Lyon, reversed; that of Webster vs.' the
city o€ Fargo, N. D., affirmed; that of
the Cass Farm Company vs. Detroit af
firmed; that of Shumate vs. Sherman' ap
plying to Improvements In St. Louis', af
firmed; that of Farrell vs..tli<; West Ohi
cago park commissioners, affirmed. Jus
tices Harlan, White and McKenna dis
sented. .
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
The president todaymad© the following
appointments: .
. Consul*, Charles H. Egbert, Illi
nois state, Durango, Mexico; George W.
Colvig, - Oregon, at Barranquilla, Colom
bia. : '
War— of engineers, rank of brig
adier general, John W. Barlow, -*Jeorge
Li. Gillespie, Henry M. Robert.
Judge Advocate— rank of brig
adier generals, Thomas arr, John W.
Clous, George B. Davis.
Judge advocate, rank of colonel, George
B. Davis, Edward Hunter.
Judge Advocate, rank lieutenant col
onel, Jasper N. Morrison, Enoch H.
Crowder. - v •. "■ : >
Judge advocate, rank of major, John
Biddle Porter, Arthur Murray.
Captain of cavalry, Casper H. Conrad
Jr. . ' ■■;■.■ ' ■-- ■'. .: ■ \i--r-- -■ ;
. Second lieutenant artillery corps, Rob
ert F. McMillan. '■-•■'- ■■
Brigadier - generals of volunteers. Me"r
ritt Barber, Tasker 3£ Bliss, Oscar F.
Long, John G. Ballance.
Surgeons of volunteers, rank of ra»jof,
William D. Bell, Harold L. Coffin,
Charles L. Furbusfti, Samuel C. Dekra't.
Assistant surgeon of volunteers, rank
of captain, Richard S. Griswold, Michael
E. Hughes. . •
First lieutenant. Thirty-ninth Volunteer
infantry, Charles S. Frank.
Second lieutenants. Thirty-ninth Vol
unt»*r infantry, George W. Wilklns,
Lewis Bradley, Arthur T. • Packwood.
Second lieutenant. Forty-fourth : Volun
teer infantry. Warren Wlnderham.
First lieutenant, Twenty-sixth Volun
teer infantry, Hilden Olln.
Second lieutenant, Twenty-sixth Vol
unteer infantry, Jay H. vHenning.
' Navy—Past assistant surgeon, rank of
lieutenant. Junior ■ grade, Edward V.
Armstrong. . - .
Boatswain—Dennis J. O'Connell.
Interior—lndian agent, for the Apache
agency, Arizona, Cornelius W. Croze.
Commissions have been made out for
James Allen, Enoch ,H. Crowder and
Robert I>. Hug-hes in case vacancies oc
cur in the list of volunteer brigadieT gen
erals while the president is away.
In the army appointments ' a^ntfunoed
today Enoch H. Crowder is made a brig
adier general and alao a lieutenant col
onel. He secures the latter promotion by
the retirement of Gens. Lieber, Barr and
Clouse. The appointment as brigadier
general of volunteers was a <tmpllment
given him for services In the iViillppines,
a position he wHI hold until July. Col.
Crowder has been longer in the Philip
pines than any other officer of promi
nence. Ma.!. Stephen W. Groesbeck. whose
name does not appear in the list made
public today, will be promoted to be.
lieutenant colonel. The question when
the detail of Col. Davis to bo Judge ad
vocate general under the reorganization
law creates a vacancy, is yet undecided.
Of the other brigadier generafs of volun
teer announced today. Gen. Bliss is of
the commissary department, and has been
collector at Havana since the occupation
by the United States. Gen. Allen Is of the
signal corps and has a record for good
work during the Spanish war and since
in the Philippines. Gen. Ballanee Is a
major in the adjutant gen^M's depart
ment at Manila, and Gen. T«?wze is lieu
tenant colonel of the Thirty-fourth vol
unteer Infantry.
With respect to the office of chief of
engineers, the following general plan of
action will be followed:
Gen. J. M. Wilson, the Incumbent, will
retire on his own apollcfttlon-, next.
Wednesday. Col. Henry M. Robert and
CVil. John Barlow will be made chief of
engineers successively and immediately
retired. These retirements will make Col.
Ftter C. Hams. now attached to the
isthmian canal commission, the sen.or
officer in thfr corps of engineers. He will
bo made a brigadier general in the line
before his statutory retirement In Ju]v.
1904. but. the new chief of enginers will
be Col. George Gillesple, who vrttl enter
upon the duties of that offleo by next
Monday, ar>.<\ retain it until retirement !n
October, 1905.
The secretary of the treasury, pur^hns
ed $62,500 short term •4 , per cent .bonds at
H15.901
GLOBE'S CIRCULATION
FOR MARCH.
[Advertisers will note that the
average daily circulation for March
is nearly BCO over that of Feb
ruary.]
Ernest P. Hopwood, superintendent of
circulation cf the St. Pau> Globe, being
duly sworn, deposs3 and says that th»
actual circulation of the St. Paul Globa
for the month of March, 1931, was as
follows:
Total for the moath 582,909
Average per day 18,833
ERNEST p. HOP WOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to before ma
this3lst day of March, 1901.
H. P. PORTER,
Notary Public, Ramsey Co , Minn,
IKctsritlSeal.]
FURTHER PROOF IS READ/.
The Globs tnrits3 any om and e/ar/
one interested to, at any time, make a
full scrutiny cf its circulation lists and
records and to visit its press and mail
ing departments to check and keep tab
en the number cf papsrs printed ana th»
disposition made of the same.
AFTES^OON NEWS CONDENSED.
San Juan de Porto Rico—lt is reported
here that the American Sugar Refining
company is buying options on large es
tates here.
New lork—Kuhn, Loeb & Co. will ship
3^>o,oeo in gold to Germany today. Held el
bach, IckeVhelmer & Co. will ship $1,500 -
000 to the same destination
Rome—The popo has finished his fn
cychcal on the subject of anti-clerical
measures in France, Spain and Portugal
It probably will be published in a fort
nignt.
Cannes, France—Fire broke out Sunday
night at the artillery camp in the vicinity
of the village of St. Jean. Eight artillery
men were burned to death and several
were, injured. ,--„'
Madrid—The mayor of Buenos Ayres
and the Argentine delegation which came
here to present the queen regent wkh
a beautiful reliquary, have been accsrded
an enthusiastic welcome.
Ludwigshaven, Baden, Aiprll 29 —Tfce
notorious "Jack-the-Ripper," who lias as
saulted and mutilated eighteen women,
has been caught here red-handed by two
detectives attired as women.
New York-The baby that' was buried
alive near Hastings, Now York, by its
mother and the woman's uncle, both
Italians is dead. The grand jury will in
vestigate the matter.
Berlin—A fire at Spremberg, Prusia de
stroyed the cloth factories of Bergniann
& Pr«*sch. H. Pueshel, and Starick &
Mittel. Two persons perished in the
JlamevS. The loss is placed at several mil
lion mark.
Copenhagen— Bjornstjerne Bjornsen's
new drama, "Paul Lang," has been pro
duced here for the first time. The au
thor and his family were present They
received: constant ovations. Btomsen
made a speech of thanks.
Westerly R. 1.-The closing of the
Mechanics' Savings bank did not create
any visible commotion in financial cir
cles here. Withdrawals from other tanks
tturing the forenoon were apparently no
more numerous than usual.
New York—The will of the late Ch-arks
Hoyt playwright, was admitted to pro
bate in the surrogate's court here The
surrogate held that the proponents of
the will established the fact of Mr
Hoyt "a residence in New York.
Budapest—Emperor Francis Joseph
granted a farewell audience to Addison
C Harris the retiring United States min
ister to Austria-Hungary, and subse
quently received the new minister Rob
ert. S. MeOormlck. who presented his cre
dentials to his majesty.
Chicago—The conference committee of
the International Association of Machin
ists sent an ultimatum to the Illinois
Central railroad committed, dem^niing a n
answer to the schi-dules asked last week
It is considered that the machinists will
probably break off negotiations.
St. Etienne. France—There is a strong
probability that the proposition to in
augurate a strike in all the coal basins
in support of tho strike at Momceau les
Mines, was defeated by the vote of the
miners taken Sunday and under the di
rection of tho miners' federation.
Ogden, Utah—United States Minister
Conger and party left Ogden at B:2J a.
m. for the East, accompanied by John
N. Br.ldwin, attorney general of tho
Union Pacific, Earnest E. Hart, John T.
Stewart and Donaid E. Mcßea, of tha"
reception committee of Council Bluffs
Chicago—Officers of tfae Western Trans
sit company reached a settlement with
their engineers, and the men will return
to work at once. It is said the Anchor
line and its employes have also reached
an agreement. Most of the engineers will
be at work before the end of the week,
New York—James P. Voorhees, of
Washington, a son of the late Senator
D. VY. Voor>hees, who was arrested last
Thursday, charges with having an ac^.
complice in the robbery of Taylor's shore,
was discharged from custody, the com
plainirug witness having failed to make
out a case against him.
Berlin—The St. Petersburg correspond
ent of the Cologne Gazette says it is
announced from Tokio that the harbor of
Matsumai, capital of n.he island of Yesso
opposite Vladivostock, Is oeing transform
ed into a naval port. The work is being
carried out with all speed and is already
almost completed.
Latrobe, Pa.—Fire at the Dorothy «oal
and coke plant of the American Steel"*
Wire company, which started Sunday
nig-ht, is still burning. It was feared
that six men were entombed in the mine
but it ts known now that all escaped!
The mine will be flood<?d. The loss to the
plant will reach about $150,000, fully in
sured.
Vienna—A dispatch to the Neve Freie
Presse from Bucharest says Carevali,
one of the largest ship owners and grain
exoorters at Sralla. nas committed sui
cide by shooting himself. His alleged lia
bilities are 5,000,000 francs. The affair has
caused intense excitement at Buchare<>t
and Braila, whicTi is the principal port
of Roumania,
Tacoma, Wash.—The steamship Oopaclc
brings news that the shipments of raw
cotton from the United States to the
Orient will be affected toy immense pur
chases of Bombay cotton, just made by
the cotton spinners' union, embracing the
largest cotton manufacturers of Japan.
Their agents have bought 250,000 bales to
be shipped within the next few months.
Boston—At a meeting of the board of
overseers of Harvard university the ques^
tion of granting the decree of doctor of
laws to PreaMent William McKinley wa»
tata*' up informally, and the sentiment
expressed waa unanimously in favor of
the step. The matter will" come up for
final action at a meeting of t2ie over
seers just before commencement in June,
as is *he usual custom.
New York—The Atlantic Transport Una
steamer Minnehaha, from London. re
ports that on last Thursday at 9:30 in the
evening at latitude 83.25. longitude 44.5,
she passed" the American liner New York
from Southampton and Cherbourg for
New York, going at reduced speed. Capt.
Robinson, of the Minnehaha said thas
the New York was stemming at the rat#
of fourteen knots, and should arrive her*
about noon today.
O'Kimlaiigr tlic Fi«ld for Conger.
SIOUX CITY, 10.. April 23.—G«org© D.
Perkins has withdrawn from tho con
test for the Republican gubernatorial
nomination. He says: "Hon. Edwin H\
Conger, upon' his return to the United
Stales, having reiterated his assurance
that he would accept the nomination of j
the Republicans for governor if they!
should decido to tender the nomination
to him. I "withdraw my name from fur
ther consideration."
Ilread Ilrtot in Germany.
L.EIMBERG', GaJlcia, April 29.—A riot
ous mob of the city's unemployed today
raided the bread booths at the mar
ket place, shouting "Give us bread or
work." The mob paraded the streets,
breaking shop windows. Troops finally
arrived and dispersed the rioters. A dep
utation of the unemployed visited tho
burgomaster and governor. Replying to
their question, the officials held out somo
hope that work would soon be obtain
able.