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THURSDAY, JUNE ST. 1901.
THE WINE RKKHM EVIL.
Whatever dlisposition the board of al
dermen makes of the proposed ordinance
lor the suppression of wine rooms, it
is as well for the members of that body
and for those engaged In the retail
liquor business to understand that decent
public sentiment demands that some ade
quate remedy shall be adopted to put
En end to this grave social evil. -
it is mostly the fault of the saioon
keepers themselves that th»>ir business is
regarded unfavorably by the general
puolic. They persist In maintaining prac
tii< .s in their calling, such as selling
liquors to minors and habitual drunk
ards, and maintaining private re-sorts on
tl'.tir premises lor persons of opposite
which ir; many cases are not only
criminal by law but which are in them
eelves morally wrong and disreputable!
Democratic aldermen should regard
the obligation as resting on them, in
case they Oo not approve th;e measure
■I by the assembly, to fur
nish some measure which will root out
the nasty resorts which are maintained
In connnectlon with certain of the sa
loons of the city at this moment.
It i& observable that local saloonkeep
ers have l-.ttle regard to party when the
objects which in their business they seek
to accomplish are at their disposal. Re
publicans and Democrats are all alike to
them as long as there is no disposition
evinced on either side to hurt the saloon
business. Democratic politicians and of
ficials may conceive it good political pol
icy to defend and palliate violations of
law in the retail liquor business which
affect the moral welfare of the communi
ty: but they are mistaken. The decent
voting public will prove to have as little
regard to vhc public character who is
willing to maintain an existing evil
through t'.ie complicity of public agencies
as for him who maintains it for his own
immediate profit.
Democrats are favorably disposed to
ward retail liquor dralers only a3 they
arc to any other class of men who desire
to carry on their business decently with
out outside interference. There is noth
ing sacred in the business of selling
liquor that the well defined evils connect
ed with it should be hidden from view by
those in office.
We have a police force in this city to
day which will enforce any reasonable
regulations that may be established in
this or any other direction. There will
bo no paltering and no favoritism, such
as we have witnessed in the past. If the
saloonkeepers themselves are not willing
to put an end to the wine room evil by
their concerted action, thrn it is the duty
of the Democratic cit ■■ . liniatration to
put an end to It for them by one means
or another.
STAJHD BY THE BATHS.
How valuable a public institution Is
the free bath, and how universal is the
resort to it of the people of every rank
and condition of life in this city, was
very plain yesterday and the day
1- fore when some 30,000 persons attend
ed, and found there relief from the In
tense heat which they could find no
vhere else within the city limits.
The movement to preserve the baths
from destruction is one which should ap
peal to every citizen, rich and poor, In
business and out. As long as there Is
any way in which the railroad can ac
complish Its purpose without invading the
Immediate vicnSty of the baths it is the
duty of the munlcrpaaity to insist that
they shall have recourse to that way.
It is not denied by the most urgent of
the adherents of th« rp.ilroad that there
Is such n way. Aside from t'le fact that
the plan authorized by the district court
invades othor valuable rights and inter
est? of the city, the one consideration of
Its ii with the availability of
the baihs should of itself operate to put
an end to the movement to run those
tracks in front of it.
It is not wholly, as a correspondent of
one nf our contemporaries seems to think.
a matter of the safety of the children
who attend those baths. It is the ef
fect upon the general public of having
to encounter a railroad crossing in order
to res ;hs. With such a neces
sity as the Omaha road's plans would In
volve the people will stay away from
the baths, mid they wili lose their value
to the masses. They will no longer have
ti.- ir present value to the people of the
city nt large; but will be almost entirely
,'(-ration.
It is especially the duty of the people
cf the West Side to attend the meeting
: for tomorrow evening— not for this
evening, as '.vas supposed—and to make
it plain t:> rill concerned that the value
they set r,n tlio plnns of the road in ques
not to be compared with the at
whleh they feel for the public
».>;iih;;.
The conditions are not favorable to a
large meeting at Martin's hall; but such
0.3 they are the people, not only of the
WTsat Side, but of the' entire community.
ought to avail themselves of them, If a
fair proportion of those who would at
tend the baths on that evening would
Instead go to that meeting, there would
be no doubt left on the mind of the com
munity what the people think of the
deprivation which they are about to be
subjected to in the destruction of the
baths.
The action of the assembly is timely
and meritorious. The board of aldermen
will pursue the same course. At this
season, and, indeed, ordinarily, it Is diffi
cult to rmake public display of popular
sentiment on any subject of general in
terest. But Dr. Ohage will not be dis
heartened, even though tomorrow even
ing's public meeting is not as generally
attended as it ought to be. Every day
that passes will, in the attendance of
the people, bring with it an expression
of public devotion to the free baths, more
impressive and eloquent than any which
may be conveyed through resolutions or
speeches made at any meotftlg or any
number of meetings.
It is perfectly plain that there is ample
legal ground for the appeal which Is
about to be taken. It is also plain that
the legal department of the city is wiu
itig and anxious to stand by the rights
of the people ire the present emergency.
The Globe believes that in its wisdom
and in the effectuation of a most meritor
ious public end, the supreme court will
by its judgment prevent the eonsumma-
tion of a needless and almost criminal in
vasion of the ownership of the people of
their own property and to the free en
joyment of a necessary and beneficent
natural right.
KOSS IIAXX.VS CIOCSVEXTIOrJ.
The proceedings of the Republican
state convention which has just been
held at Columbus offers another con
vincing example of the worthiessness of
such organizations as a medium of giv
ing expression to the public preference in
the nomination of candidates for office.
It was merely a piece of political ma
chinery handled by the Great Boss of
Ohio politics to register his will. It
might as well never have been held, for
all the actual participation which the
people or their representatives had in
its deliberations. If Senator Hanna had
thought it more advisable he might have
communicated his wishes to that body
through any of its members, and they
would have been carried out with the
same precision. A« it was, he took the
pains to preside in person over the gath
ering, and to openly direct the work
which he sought to have done.
The past winter saw many of the state
legislatures engaged in the consideration
of electoral measures designed to do
away with the machine convention.
These efforts were more or less success
ful, in spite of the opposition which
manifested itself at all times and places
toward them on the part of those who
desire that boss-ship, such as that so
openly exercised at Columbus, shall be
perpetuated. The new primary -systems
are just so many protests against such
farces as that which Mr. Hanna presided
over. They may not accomplish the ends
sought by those who tmnk that fhe peo
ple shall themselves have the responsi
bility and privilege conferred on them of
taking part in, and, if they think proper,
controlling the first and most essential
step In the plaai of selecting official rep
resentatives.
It must be acknowledged that the sway
of Senator Hanna over the fortunes of
his party is undisputed. It has been a
successful sway, too. Leaving out of
sight the methods which he adopts, and
the degredation of public agencies which
Is embodied in the control of such men
as he and Wuay and -flatt, mere is
really nothing to be asked for on the
part of the most exacting adherent of
the Republican party. The people seem
dead to the operation of such influences.
Hanna represents today the incarnation
of successful political leadership. His
Columbus convention represents one of
the agencies through which he accom
pMsncs his and his mends' purposes.
Money and ottiee are his two great con
federates, and the results accomplished
are really wonderful in themselves. Yet
the conviction rests none the less secure
ly in the breast of every man who
still believes in the dignity and sacred
ness of public station ihat the end or
such sordid and corrupt dominion as
Ms will come before we have traveled
much further in the national courses
on which he and his accomplices have
set us.
EVOLUTION -OF COMMERCE.
The beginning of the twentieth century
will mark one of those far-reaching
changes in the commerce of the world
which in the past have marked the
course of empire; changes that have left
once flourishing cities to the bat and
the owl and to distant lands transferred
their magnificence as by magic.
Cor.rtantinople and Venice were the
entrepots for the vast Oriental commerce
which followed along the routes blazed
by the bones of the crusaders. From In
dia and far Cathay, through mountain
pass and over desert, across the Caspian
and up the Red seas, to the eastern ports
of the Mediterranean, came the caravans
and the Persian and Egyptian merchant
men, laden with the wealth of the Orient.
On this commerce, designed for Northern
Africa and Southern Europe, Constanti
nople and Venice waxed great. From
Odessa on the Black Sea a commercial
route led to the great Northland and the
city of Wisby on the Island of Gothland
became the metropolis of Northern Eu
rope. To this city came the caravans
from India and China to meet the mer
chant fleets of the Danish and Norse
sailormen, who carried their wares to all
points along "Western Europe and the
British Isles. So great had at one time
become the commercial power of this
commercial city, that the laws of Wisby
became authority second only to the
commercial edicts of the Hanseatlc
League.
But Wisby, and Venice and Constan
tinople, has each fallen from its high
estate. The commerce of the world
sought out new route* and left them
stranded. Contantinople and Venlo* re-
mm "BT; izmriaidm; Thursday; JUNE 27, isox
tain some evidence of their ancient com
mercial grandeur, but Wisby, the metrop
olis of the north, is no more.
In the conflict between Protestant
Europe and the Saracenic power, the
latter held the narrow passes to the east.
It was but the work of a day—the great
caravan commerce between Asia; and
Europe was cut off. Now began the
search for a water passage to India.
When Vasco de Gaina made anchor in
Calcutta after having rounded the cape
of Good Hope, a new commercial era had
opened for Europe. From this violent
change of commercial routes came the
search for a western passage to Cathay
and the discovery of America. Then be
gan the growth of the seaports of the At
lantic. The Mediterranean became a
pond, compared with the commercial im
portance of the ocean, and her ports soon
became local depots for the Africo-Euro
pean trade.
With the re-opening of the Orient has
been born a new commercial era*. The
cities of the Atlantic will suffer the fate
of the metropoli of the Mediterranean.
The civilization of the Western continent
will draw to itself the commerce of the
east over the new routes across the PaI-
ciflc. The capacity of China and Japan
for the consumption of the products of
America and their ability to proauce
articles of luxury in return is unlimited.
With the or>en door of the East, in a few
years will corns a Pacific commerce
that will rival if not exceed that whlca
has taken three centuries to build up on
the Atlantic.
What will be the physical result of this
commercial metamorphosis? San Fancis
co and the cities of the sound will take the
place of New York, Boston and Balti
more. And with an isthmian canal con
necting the Caribbean sea and the gulf
with the Pacific, the industrial products
of the great Mississippi valley, relieved
of the burden of the passage over the
Rocky mountains, will follow the line of
least resistance and move to the south,
instead of the east or west. In this
change New Orleans, Mobile and Galves
ton, as v/ell as Savannah and Charleston,
will benefit. The heavy freight will move
down grade to these ports, as ttfe waters
of the rivers flow to the sea. With the
isthmian canal will come a marked
change in the railroad traffic of the con
tinent and consequently in the growth
of cities. There will be no longer a ne
cessity for sending the iron and grain
across the Appalachian mountain system
to the coast.
Another factor which will play an im
portant part in the coming problems of
commerce is the motive power. Elec
tricity is fast displacing steam. As
power is always cheapest near its source,
the lines of land transportation will fol
low more and more closely the river
courses. This Is natural, first from the
faot that nature always discovers the
best grades; and, second, from the fur
ther fact that in places where steep
grades are to be overcome nature has
provided the power to overcome them
in the shape of water power.
To the student of the history of the
commerce of the world it seems that the
day of national trade has but just dawn
ed.
Now Mister Johnson, don't get gay.
From yesterday's doings it appears that
the name of the Ohio senatorial twins
should be Mark Twain.
What's the matter with Ohage? He's
all right! Who's all right? Dr. Ohage,
health commissioner, Is all right.
The Minnesota editors rnave returned
from Buffalo. Now let the devil give an
account of his stewardship while the
boss was away.
When Gen. Ca-illes surrendered he is
said to have wept. Whether from Joy
or sorrow the report does not state. Thia
is an important omiss:on.
A report says that the Western mem
bers of congress will present a ship sub
sidy bill from which the objectionable
features of the Hanna-Payne bill will be
eliminated. The most objectionable
feature of the Hanna-Payne bill was in
its title.
The Ohio convention thought that the
supreme court has decided that con
gress can govern our insular possessions
in the manner it thinks best for the g"ood
of the people of the United States. Tnat
is just the power exercised by the Czar
of Kussia.
According to the platform of the llanna
convention it is a crime to prevent an
Illiterate negro lrom voting in south
Carolina, but it is a virtue to prevent
an intelligent and highly educated Fili
pino from voting in L»uzon. Here is He
publican consistency for you, with a
big C.
Mark Hanna's machine has declared
that President McKmley is the greatest
president the United States has ever
had. And yet it is well known that no
man is greater than his maJter. The in
ference needs no further comment.- Mc-
Kinley is but a John crying in the wil
derness, he that is greater than me is
coining after me.
Earl Russell will be tried betore the
house of lords for bigamy. This is quite
an honor. Vary few of the uristocracy
have been tried for a violation of the
ordinary social laws which they nave
incidentally broken. Can England be on
the verge of another moral fit, like the
one which it had when Parnell was its
victim?
Even the importation of an adminis
tration Chinese missionary could not
help the lowa machine. But then a good
machine is not spoiled by one defeat. In
witness whereof we cite the case or
Pennsylvania and our near sister, Wis
consin. A machine may be defeated at
the polls, but it is mighty hard to defeat
it in m legislature. It takes too much
cash.
A certain Republican organ, through its
Washington correspondent, nas come to
the conclusion that the senate is re
sponsible for the threatened tariff war.
It is rather late to come to that con
clusion and report it as news. The
Globe last winter announced that if the
senate should fall to ratify the reci
procity treaties, the discourtesy thus
shown to the other nations would result
In reprisals. You can refuse to allow a
man to enter your house without in
curring bis enmity, but when you invite
him In and when he cornea kick him out
without bo much as an explanation, he
will, if he has any spirit, resent the in
sult.
AT THE THEATEBS.
The Criterion Stock company, in "The
Three Musketeers/ is playing to good
business at therMetfopolitan opera house
thfs week, in spite of the hot weather.,
The play has niade a decided hit, as is
evidenced by tjLs 'drawing powers with
the thermometer in the nineties. "The
Three Musketeers'' will continue as the
Criterion's bill for the remainder of the
week, with the,usual matinee Saturday
afternoon.
Next week, beginning Sunday night, the
Criterion company will appear in "Under
Two Flags." the dramatization of Ouida's
famous story, with Robert Drouet as
Bertie Cecil, and Miss May Buckley as
Cigarette.
SUCCESS" JtEGRO COLOXY.
W. E. Curtis in Record-Herald.
A movement ie on» foot among tho
colored people of Atlanta, Ga., to estab
lish a colony of their own race, in which
no white people may participate or in
trude. They have selected a tract of
4,000 acres of land, about seven miles
from that city, upon which they hope to
place 500 or more families, to be incor
porated into an association and to be
governed by a board of trustees. There
is a good deal of doubt about the practi
cability of the project, although a similar
colony, called Mound Bayou, in the Yazoo
delta of the Mississippi river, has been
reasonably successful. The result will de
pend largely upon its management. If
the projectors can get a clear-headed,
cool-tempered, energetic man of execu
tive ability, like Booker Washington, or
Isaac T. Montgomery, who has managed
the Mississippi colony, they will get on
all right, but leadership is everything.
Montgomery Is a remarkable man, as re
markable in some respects as Booker
Washington. He was once a slave of Jef
fers-m Davis, is self-educated, and has
strong natural abilities. He commands
the respect of everybody and unlimited
confidence, both In his integrity and abil
ity.
The land for Montgomery's colony was
furnished by the Illinois Central railroad,
and the town of Mound Bayou was laid
out in 18i&. Abot thirty families settled
there, clearing seventy-five acres and
building cabins for themselves the first
year. In the meantime they supported
themselves by .cutting railroad ties, bar
rel staves and stave bolts until the first
crop was ieady for harvest. The first
patch of corn planted was eaten by the
bears and raccoons; deer were plentiful
and became a nuisance because they ac
quired an appetite for the tender shoots
of the sugar cane. Wolves, wildcats and
panthers were also neighborly, and the
opportunities for shooting wild game
wouid have been enjoyed by the vice
president.
Notwithstanding all these difficulties,
the people prospered; the town grew, and
there are now about 1,500 settlers, with
15,000 acres of land under cultivation in
corn, cotton, sugar and garden truck.
The original log huts have been replaced
by neat and comfortable dwelling houses.
The railway station is one of the best on
the line, and has furnished an archi
tectural model, to be imitated by the
citizens. There are five general supply
stores, which are said to be prosperous,
and the community has thus far been
without the experience of crime. There
are no poiice, except the regular town
constable, and the arrests thus far have
been confined to petty thieves. The peo
ple pay their taxes promptly, every fam
ily in town is self-supporting, new settlers
are coming in gradually, and the area of
cultivated land is increasing.
Last year, I am told, the receipts of
the railroad company for out-bound
freight were $35,000.
SHIRT WAISTS G»».
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The shirt waist question has been de
cided at the White house in the affirma
tive.
A young man with striped trousers, a
straw hat and a «hirt waist of variegated
hue entered the mansion recently and
passed into the east room.
The ushers, in their tightly buttoned
blue coats, stood aghast. When they re
covered from their horror they reported
the arrival of the coatles3 visitor to Cap
tain Dubois, chief of staff. Dubois hur
ried to the east room and .took a look
at the young man and his raiment and
decided, after deliberation, that he might
remain.
Thus precedent has been established,
and though male shirt waists are barred
from the Washington schools and other
public places in the national capital, they
may come and go at the White house
THE COX.OXKI/S ANSWER.
New York Evening Sun.
Lieut. Col. Hugh L. Scott, of the
United States volunteers, formerly cap
tain of the Seventh cavalry, is known in
the army as an officer who probably
knows more about Indian sign language
than any other living man. At on-e time
Col. Scott made a standing offer of Si
to any redskin who could show him a
sign used by any tribe which he did not
know. The colonel is also peculiarly ab
sent-minded, a fact which was empha
sized at his marriage a few years ago.
As he stood at the altar with his bride,
the officiating clergyman askld him the
usual question as to taking the woman
beside him to be his wife. The colonel
placed two fingers upon his left eyebrow.
After an embarrassing pause the clergy
man repeated the question, and again
the two fingers went solemnls' to the left
eyebrow. It was not until the best man
poked the bridegroom in the ribs that
he came back to earth and articulated
"Yes."
A DISCOVERER.
The King.
Bobby brust into the house in a state
of high excitement. His hands and cloth
ing were smeared with a liberal amount
of some sticky substance, and his face
wore a glow of triumphant satisfaction.
"I say, mamma, those new people
across the way don't know much!" he
exclaimed. "They've get a sign on th-c-ir
front door that says 'W,et Paint!' "
"And you are covered with it! You
ought to be ashamed of yourself! 1' said
his mother, severely. "That sign was
put up to warn people to keep away
from it."
lfYes, mamma," persisted Bobby, with
the enthusiasm of a richly rewarded
scientific investigator, "but it wasn't
paint, and I knew it. It was varnish!"
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"LATEB OS" HAS ARSU\"KD.
The Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegrapn re
cently printed a little poem called "Later
On," the first verse being as follows:
"There'll be kicks about the heat
■ Later -on;
There'll be growls from all we meet
; Later on;
Every fellow will declare
That'its mighty hard to bear,
And will wish for cthilly air.
Later on."
"Later On" arrived in St. Paul several
days ag-o, and the predictions of the
verse are being enacted.
'? Evidence.
Washington Star.
"Life is growing more and more bitter,"
said the melancholy youth.
"I suppose you are right," answered
the amiable friend. "I notice that no
body says 'you bet your sweet life' the
way t/hey used to when I was a boy."
Grand R-e-ieeily ami Clst»ai».
Smart Set.
Rivers (a neighbor)— Your dog doesn't
how] any more. Is he der.-j'.'"
Bridges—No; I had the piano tuned."
TALKS WITH THE TRAVELERS
Among the arrivals at the Ryan yes
terday was Thomas B. Neuhausen, a
former well-known newspaper man of St.
Paul and secretary of the Republican
congressional committee from this dis
trict. Mr. ■ Neuhausen is at present con
nected with land office at Ashland,
Wis., and he is here in connection with
government matters. In the party were
Register of the Land Office August Doe
>nitz, of Ashland, and Special Agent
Frank J. Parke, of Wausau, Wis., the
latter being in attendance at the United
States court.
Ex-United States Senator Powers, of
Montana, and wife were in the city a
few hours yesterday en route cast. They
registered at the Ryan.
Congressman Frank M. Eddy, of Glen
wood, and daughter arrived yesterday en
route home from Washington, and they
remained in St. Paul just long enough to
call upon a few personal friends. Mr.
Eddy was very shy on the subject of
politics, but as he has a number of new
counties in ais bailiwick, it is suspected
that he will put in the summer vacation
in looking after his fences. Hia district
Is a large one, and he will find plenty
of work before the next session of con
gress convenes.
Among the callers at the capitol yes
terday was Judge O. B. Gould, of Wl
nona, the new member of the state board
of control, who was In quest of informa
tion concerning the workings of the
board. He will qualify and assume his
duties as a member of the board next
Monday, but lor the present he will re
tain his residence in Winona.
Indian Agent C. R. A. Scobey, at Fort
Peck, 'Mont., arrived in the city yester
day from the east, en route home, and
while here he received advices to the ef
fect that during the past few days small
pox has broken out among the Indians
on the reservation. The Indians at Fort
Peck have long since adopted civilized
methods, and as they are amenable to
OF SOCIAL INTEREST
The marl-age ">f Miss Anna Joseplhine
Blorn,. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Blom. of Bedford street, to Mr. Wiltu-n
George McMurchy was solemnized yester
day at high noon at the home of the
bride. Dr. John Wright, rector of St.
Paul's Episcopal church, read the mar
riage service. Only relatives were pres
ent.
The rooms were prettily dj'COTated in
I green and white, roses and sm.lax being
! used chiefly in the parlors. The center
! piece in the diningroom was pink, pink
j roses and maiden hair fern forming the
i decoration. Miss Gertrude Sans Souei
presided at the piano and played a short
programme of nuptial music bcifore the
entrance of the bridal party. The bride
was attended by Miss Agnes Peterson, as
maid of 'honor; and by Miss Lucy Hatch
and Miss Emma Oarleen, as brides
maids. The ushers were Mr. Arthur B on!
and Mr. Wiliam Engquist. Mr. F. Karl
Crawford was best man. During the
ceremony Miss Tina. Lawrence sang.
The bride wore a white lace trimmed
muslin gown nxtde over white silk. She
wore a long white veil and carried a
bridal bouqutt of white flowers and
maiden hair fern-
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served the bridal party.
After a brief wedding trip Mr. and
Mrs. M'PMurchy will go to White Bear
lake, wthere they have taken a cottage
for the summer. They will be at home
after July 15.
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Miss Jennie Verity, daughter of A. E.
Verity, and Eugene A. Breidert were
married lust evening at 6 o'clock at the
■home of the bride, on Walnut street. Rev.
C. D. Andrews read the marriage service.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Miss Clara Verity, as maid of honor;
and by the Misses Cora Briedert, Edith
Elliott and Stella Fleigler, as brides
maids. Frank Brown was best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Breidert v/ 11 be at home
after July 15 at 250 Pleasant avenue.
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Miss Winifred D. Moore and J. Albert
LIVE J3Y HIJMTII^G COWS
New York Herald,
About 200 men in Paris find a livelihood
of some sort by hunting in the streets for
stray coins. They are known as "fllon
nours."
In various parts of the city strollers
may often see a number of wretched
looking men, dressed in rags, walking
slowly in Indian file, with their eyes fix
ed on the ground. If they are observed
for some time one man after another will
be seen to stoop down and pick up some
thing.
M. Arnould Galopin relates that he re
cently followed a group of these men dur
ing a quarter of an hour. They had been
walking for hours, he afterward learn
ed. On the Boulevard Malesherbes they
sat down on a bench, and M. Galopin en
tered into the following conversation with
one of them:
"What are you looking for?"
The coin hunter, before replying, con
sulted his companions with a questioning
glance, and then said. "Money."
This reply was received with incredul
ity, as the Paris poor often give ban
tering answers to question from persons
they regard as capitalists. But this man
was in earnest. He continued:
"Yes, we are looking for money. On
certain days we are fairly successful;
on others we are very fortunate. I have
sometimes known men to pick up as
much as 3 francs in a day. Generally,
however, the work only yields about 1
franc fifty centimes a day."
"This is not our best season. Winter
is our harvest time. People wear gloves
then, and in paying a cabman or buying
a newspaper they often drop a copper
coin."
"Yes. but you have to find the coins?"
"Oh, that is nothing. We can always
see them. It is a matter of habit. Once
the eye is trained a man never misses a
coin.
"You must not think that everybody
can become a coin hunter at a day's no
tice. An apprenticeship is necessary."
This remark excited, a smile.
"Cut it is true," added the expert coin
seeker. "It took me a month and a half
to be trained never to miss seeing a coin
on the pavement. During the first few
days beginners look and looK, but see
nothing. They find a coin occasionally,
but that is more or les3 a matter of
luck. When a 'coin hunter's' eye is prop
erly trained he will never pass a copper
coin on the pavement without seeing it."
The man's weary companions were by
this time asleep en th«. street bench. As
he Joked at lli3 pinched, haggard faces
ff I '!■ f. Mow otit<::»' t'no speaker e
m.-irked:
"It is :\ tiring trr.ido. Very often, w-i ac
utteily exhausted. Our leg 3 refuse to
mow any more and we suffer from fear
ful headaches. Nofmng is more fa/'eru
ing than constantly walking while l£*.:-
AFTEBNOOH NEWS CONDENSED.
York. Pa.—The strike of the union ma
chinists in this city 'was declared off. "
Watertown, N. T— J. Bryan and
family started down the St. Lawrence
river for Quebec.
New York— American Sugar Refin
ing company advanced all grades of re
fined sugars 5 cents, or 1-20 cents a pound.
Santiago de —The primary elec
tions for a future president to succeed
Erraztiriz -were held Tuesday. Perfect or
der prevailed. The result is not known.
—Charles Lilly White, the nat
uralized American citizen who was ar
rested in Wellington N. Z., last Novem
ber, on a charge of being Arthur Blatch,
who committed a murder at Colchester
in 1593 and in whose case a nolle prosequi
was entered, was released from custody.
Manila— Harold M. Pitt, manager of
Evans j & Co.. government contractors,
who has been on trial on charges of
improperly purchasing government
stores, was acquitted. " Four other pur
chasers of commissary stores were fouui
guilty and fined $1,000 each. _
-London— Tha~ election just held to fill
treatment, little tmnMe is expected In
controlling the disease. Last year the
Indians shipped forty carloads of stock
to the St. Paul market, ajnd the ship
ment this season will be increased to at
least sixty cars.
Prominent among the arrivals in the
city yesterday was E. G. Valentine, of
the Red River drainage board, and in
response to queries, he stated that the
inspection of ditches would begin early in
July, and extensive repairs are con
templated. The greatest trouble is ex
perienced with the partially dry ditches,
which gather weeds and sand, the result
being that bars are formed, so that the
flow of water is obstructed. The new law
provides for the drainage of state lands
only which comprise about 2.500,000 acres,
which are scattered over twenty-six coun
ties, about one-tenth being located in the
Red River Valley.
At the Merchants'—R. E. Denfield and
THiomas "fT. Martin. Duluth; L. M. Win
ter, Jackson; James H. Mathews, Lari
more; Otto Babcock, Grand Forks;
George M. Price. Langdon, N. D.; W.
H. Pfeffer, Windom; John Cooper, St.
Cloud; Fred D. Vileit, Cloquet; T. J.
Knox, Jackson.
At the Ryan—Karl Mueller, Milwaukee;
George M. Gray. Kansas City; F. P.
Gere arid son, Sioux City; J. W. Jenne-
Bon and wife, Janesville, Wis.; J. H. Ea
ton and wife, Denver.
At the Clarendon—E. J. Beach. Elbow
Lake; August Ney, Henderson; A. D.
Robinson, Racine; John H. Geiger, Lib
by, Mont.; M. J. Barry, Goodhue. Minn.
At the Windsor—F. L. Goddard au.i
wife. La Crosse; A. L. Curtis. Omaha; A.
T. Park, Duluth; L. Schaefer and wife,
Lakota, N. D.; William Armstrong, wife
and daughter, Appleton; Mrs. T. E. Mer
rill, Wlnona.
At the Metropolitan—Henry Harwood,
Cloquette; Ira S. Mehegan and wife, Ta
eoraa, Wash.; C. H. Porter and wife,
Clear Lake, Iowa; D. M. Collins, Sioux
City; J. G. McKenty, Mankato.
Wagner were quietly married last even
ing at 8 o'clock. The bride was attend-0
by Miss Marion I. Seward and J. L. Haas
was best man. Mr. and iMrs. Wagner
will be at home at 13^ Summit avenue
after July 15.
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Miss Agnea Xorton, of the Portland, is
visiting relatives at Ortonville fur the
summer.
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Mrs. H. C. MoNair will enterta;,n at
cards Saturday at her horn-.' on I
avenue in honor of Miss Lulu Shandrew,
a bride of next month. Yesterday after
noon Mrs. T. L. Brten, of Marshall
avenue, entertaineKi for Miss Shan 1:- w,
Monday evening the Misses Robinson, of
Dayton avenue, will give a dinner and
Tuesday evening Mrs. Newell (lapp will
entertain the bridal party at dinner.
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Miss Kdith Lemon, of Hoffman avenue,
will entertain the Table d'Hote club at
an orange luncheon this afternoon. Tins
club will give an outing party early In
July.
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Miss Nan Breen, of Ashland avenue,
will spend July in La Cross*, Wis.
Mrs. C. K. Davis, of Farrington avenue,
is entertaining Miss Louise M. Kosseter,
of Chicago.
Mrs. Kennedy, of Marshall avenue, is
entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Charles Win
chester, of Milwaukee.
Mrs. J. W. Noble., of Dayton a\ ■
will go to Fargo next we k.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Prouty and fa,mlly
will leave Saturday for Madison lake to
spend the summer.
Mr. and JVlrs. H. W. Fftgley and family,
of Holly avenue-, v» ill more today to their
summer home at St. Elmo.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Morrissey, of
Laurel avenue, have gone to St. Louis.
Miss Mary Button, v.iho has been visit
inig Mrs. Oliver Dalrymple, has gone to
Duluth. She will spend the summer at
Chautauqua lake, N. Y.
Mrs. A. K. Pruden and Mrs. J. sse N< al,
of Ashland avenue, have returned from
Chicago.
Ing at the ground. It produces giddi
ness and a tipsy feeling.
'•There is no cutthroat competition in
our line. We often meet other men in
the same business, in which case wo leave
them one side of the street and take the
other without any recrimination or ill
feeling. We have enough misfortunes
already -without adding to them by mak
ing enemies.
"Generally we -work with relatives or
friends, with Whom wo are on a partner
ship footing. Wo start out early In the
morning and follow a fixed route, Just
like an official procession. Naturally wo
do not go through streets where there is
nothing to glean. We always walk along
main thoroughfares.
"A favorite beat -of ours covers th»j
boulevards, the avenue de l'Opera, the
rue de la Paix and right on to the avenue
dv Bois de Boulogne, by way of the
Boulevard Malt-sherbet, where wo now
are.
"The avenue dv Bols de Boulogne is
one of our be3t hunting grounds. We
carefully scrutinize the paths reserved
for people on horseback. There coppers
literally rain down. The movements of
the horses shake the coins out of the
riders' pockets.
"We do no harm to anybody by an
nexing the coins we find. We would not
keep I.COOf. note 3if we found any. But
a ''brown' is missed by nobody.
' "One day last year I found a purs?
containing a- heap of lr-oney. The own
er's address was also inside. So I took
it back and was given of. as a rewarJ.
Having thus earned my day's wages I
bought a bargain ticket for the 1900 ex
hibition and sent my wife to see the great
fair. As for myself. I had the treat of
sitting down on a bench all the after
noon and watching the automobiles pass,
instead of walking and staring at the
pavement, crrying on my 'filonnage.' "
"Why is the name 'filonnage' given to
your trafle?"
"The name was invented by old Gau
tier, who, before hunting for smaill coins
on the Paris pavements, had been a
So.!u prospector In America Over thera
in the mines there ace 'filons,' or loJes
of gold. As soon as the lode Is (Hoov
ered it only has to be followed, and the
miners are always sure to find a number
of nugget 3. In our hunt for copper
coins the same thing happens. When
we find one there are generally others
near it.
"As we hunt for filons, or lodes of
coins, we • are called 'filonneurs," or
'loders,' and our trade is called 'filon
nage,' or 'loding.' "
This dissertation ended, the coin
hunter called up his companions, and
after yawning, stretching their limbs
and rubbing their eyes they resumed
their slow, sad march, with backs bowed
and eyes downcast in the search for
coins.
the vacancy in the house of commons for
the Stratford-on-Avon division of War
wickshire, caused by the death of "Victor
Milward. Conservative, resulted aa fal
lows: P. S. Foster fT'nionist), 4,755; Bol
ton King (Radicals 2 'j~.
Paris—A correspondent of T>a Presse, of
this city, who interviewed Asoncillo,
Agiiinaldo's European agent at Marseilles
previous to his departure for Hongkong-,
quotes the Filipino as saying that th«
struggle in the Philippines is far from
being over.
Pittston, Pa.—Two hundred machin!st3
struck at the Coxton yard shops of tho
Lehiffh Valley Railroad company. Pick
ets from the strikers" ranka patrol the
shops.
Trenton. N. J.—The American Plow
company, capital $100,00), tv.is incorpor
ated here. The principal object of tho
company will be to absorb most of the
plow companies of the United States. It
is understood that the capital of the
company will be largely increased.
Columbus—Lizzie Riithven. wife of
Edwin Ruthven. who is under sentence
of death for the murder of a Cleveland
policeman, and who Ties made several
futile appeals to Gov. Nash for clem-
GLOBE'S CIRCULATION
fOR MAY.
Ernest P. Hopwccd, superintendent
of circulation of the St. Paul Globe,
being duly sworn, deposes and says that
the actual circulation of the St. Paul
Globe for the month of May, 1901, was
as follows:—
Total for ths month- 580,733
Average per day 18,732
ERNEST P. HOPWOOD,
Subscribed and sworn to before ms
this 31st day at May, 1901.
H. P. PORTER.
Notary Public, Ramssy Co. Minn.
[Notarial Seal.]
FUR rtiER FROOF IS READY.
The Globe invit;s anyone and every
one interested to, at any tims. make a
full scrutiny of its circulation lists and
records and to visit its prsss and mail
ing departments to check and keep tab
on the nurr.bsr of papers printed and the
disposition made of the same,
«=»SV eteisburg-lt is said that repre-
Sr of "a Dutch syndicate with 70 .
OOO.COO florins capital, have arrived in thli
St tyPeLr!s n lhS PlanS tO S^"r
St. Petersburg—The czar Ins freed all
wa W;K )erS s"^ptherperlodl^la fn/m a
" '™f', interdiction., and puntahmenta
fnt«^^. decreed that suoh warnings and
dnffle Ctlp°^odlXPlre' hereafter within
definite periods.
Salem p^h SSEm? loyins machinists of
balem, Peabody and Beverly have
that on and after July l, ISO] nine
shall .constitute a .lay's wort wrthou
100 men in Salem; -joo in Peabodv'and bow
iw men in Salem 00 ii [■
era- hundred men in Beverly J iLV
New York—Senator; Dhauncev \i n.^
IS the Ml" Y°ik ■»*»<>"«» •■- ,,;, 5 ,,
St. Petersburg—Gen. Fred Grant and
party leave St. Petersburg Friday for
Moscow and Kieff. whencf they will go
to the estates of Prince Cantaeuzene.
, Gen. Grant's son-in-law, near Kieff.
; Juliet, 111.—MuuiSers emplovod at tha
Bates machine works quit giving t ces- x .
] m e, h f eat as their only reason. The ma
chinists and other employes followed to
i c?o ese n d Urn " ° '-'"■ The works were the
J3&2FZ I!I-^'^k C. Forrest, a well
known young man of this city and his
former sweetheart. Louise Sir" th off
Uier%&h d f? ed in a country road near
the Strothon home, five mil. out. Ona
had been shot through the head and the
other through the heart. It is impossi
ble to learn who fired the shots. •
Springfield 111.-Rev. John Tilly, rector
tL\ PS aul 8. Episcopal church at Ran
u- V J'V and K lßa Kll' "B- }: "> '"• of
west Chester, N. y., were married at
bt. Paul cathedral in this city. Bishop
Seymour officiated. '
Preble Ind.—Lightning struck a Stand
ard oil tank here which contained {W. 003
barrel^ of oil. THe tank exploded and
burning oil ran in all directions destroy
ing considerable property, hihabitanti
fled from their homes, but a large num
ber were severely burned. No estimate
of the loss lias been made.
Milwaukee, Wls.—The fifth annual con
vention of the American Park and Out
door Art association opened a thro«
days' convention at the Hotel P/ister.
Fifty delegates are present.
Chicago—The Interstate Sheriffs' asso
ciation began its ninth annual meeting
lure. The states represented at the meet
, ing *»<■: ColoraOo, Illinois. lowa m
i sas. Minnesota, Missouri, Montana Ne
braska, North Dakota, South Dakota
Wisconsin and Wyoming. Th associa
tion has" a members! of SHO who en
deavor to keep in touch with one an
'her to facilitate the apprehension of
criminals.
Middletown. Conn.—The annual com
mencement exercises of Wesleyan uni
versity were held. There were sixty
seven members in the graduating class,
the largest In the history of the univer
sity. The degree of L/L.D. was con
ferred upon David J. Brewer associate
i justice of the supreme court of tha
United tSat'es, and Hon. Charles Emory
Smith, postmaster general.
Chicago—Warren Stoner, who •!.-: ar
rested Monday on a charge of attempt-
Ing to obtain money on alleged worthless
drafts, was discharged In police court.
1 In Stoner's possession were found blank
drafts r,n a Kansas City bank, which
proved to be fictitious, but no wrong
doing could be proved against the de
fendant.
Chicago—The grand Jury Indicted for
mer deputy coroner, John C. Wechler,
for malfeasance In office, the speclllo
charge being that he conducted a false
Inquest on the body of Miss Maria
Defenbach, about whom evolved the in
surance conspiracy case, prosecution In
which recently resulted In Dr. A. 11. Un
grer and F. Wayland Brown being sen
tenced to the penitentiary. Wechler h.-fa
not fc»-n located.
Havana—Gen. Maximo Gomez sailed
for New York by way of Tampa, Fla.,
accompanied by the private secretary of
Gov. Gen. Wood. The purpose of thu
general's visit Is to confer, it Is said,
with Dr. Thomas Estrada I'almu, former
delegate in the United States of the
revolutionary government of. Cuba.
Cleveland—The Cleveland City Hallway
company, better known as the 'Little
Consolidated system, of which Senator
Hanna Is president, announced that the
wages of all conductors and molormen
who have been In the service of the com
pany two years or more will be advanced
within a few days.
Norwalk, Ohio—A trolley car, which
left here at 5:.0 p. m. Tuesday on tho
Toledo, Fremont & Norwalk electric line,
was wrecked near MonroeviUe by a bro
ken flange. Six persona were severely
hurt.
Austin, Tex.— The Texas supreme court
rendered an Important decision affecting:
the oil Industry. The court decided that
the state has no Interest in mineral
lands sold to actual settlers from tha
school land domain. This settles a con
troversy started by the discovery of oil
at Beaumont and other places in Texas.
Philadelphia—At a meeting of the Chi
nese-American society held here, resolu
tions were unanimously adopted protest
ing against the selection of Wu Tin;?
Fang, Chinese minister, as speaker at the
Fourth of July celebration in this city.
The resolutions .allege that Mr. Wu "co
vertly aided the Boxers in their massacra
of the Christiana In China." and "lias
been miding the public by his state
ment in regard to his position toward
them."
San Francisco— Gen. Samuel B. M.
Young, who is to succeed MaJ. Gen.
Shafter when he retires fnm the army
in the command of the department of
California, has arrived in this city from
the East, accompanied by his daughter.
He will assume command July 1. Gen.
Young's staff will bo composed of Capt.
H. P. Howard, Thirteenth cavalry; Capt.
W. R. Smedberg, late of the Fourth cav
alry, and Lieut. James F. McKinley, of
the Sixth cavalry. I.ient. McKinley is st
nephew of the president. ■
TIN PLATE SCALE SETTLED.
Thirty Thousand Workmen Get Two '
Per Cent Advance.
CLEVELAND, Juno 23.—The conference
of the American Tin Plate company's
officials with the representatives of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers, which has been in ses
sion here for several days past, has re
sulted In the signing of a new wags
scale, to go into effect July 1. The work
men asked for an advance of 10 per cent.
Under the new scale they will receive an
advance of 2 per cent. Nearly 30.000 men.
it is stated, will be benefited. While tho
new scale applies directly to the employes
of the American Tin Plate company, It 13
said the Independent manufacturers un
doubtedly will be governed by the ac
tion taken at the Cleveland conference.
; The conferences of the tin plate ofliclal3
with the representatives of the Tin
Workers' Protective association, which
was adjourned last Thursday evening to
make way for the conference just closed,
was icsumt-d today.