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as Second ('lass Matter.
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By Carrier. | 1 mo | 0 mos | 12 mo 3
Dally only ......... M~\' $2.25 I $4.00
Daily and Sunday. .50 ! 2.75 5.00
Sunday ( 15 | .75 1.00
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By -Mail. | 1 mo } s"mos ! 12 mo 3
Pally only .........I .3 | $1.50 I~" $3.00
Daily anJ Sunday.! .S3 I 2.00 I 4.00
Sunday j ... | .75 j 1.03
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As tr-t* home >-.:is always been regarded
us th* unit of gjvernmont.il Institutions,
the laws cf society have <?ver guarded
that Institution with peculiar > alouay.
Laws in restraint of mar. iag> have there
fore been eld to be aga nsi public policy.
Not only is the home the most con
venient medium through which the race
can te perpetuated and the rising genera
tions cared for, but It makes for thrift,
contentment, and virtue by stimulating
Individual effort and imposing responsi
bilities. This proposition may be denied
by the extreme socialists, but the ex
perience of the race, bo far In its evolu
tion, has demonstrated that the establish
ment of the home through monogamous
marriage, is conducive to both intel
lectual and national development.
Assuming, then, that the encourage
ment of marriage and the formation of
homes is essential to good govern
ment, we must conclude that the admin
istration Is making a serious mistake In
throwing any restraint about the forma
tion of marital relations between the
teachers to be sent to the Philippines. A
contract not to marry for three years,
if not absolutely void ab iniiio, ought to
be. The common law tenet which hold
that a contract not to engage in a 1 cer
tain business anywhere at any time is
void, but becomes binding when either
time or locality is limited, ought not to
apply to the contract of marriage. . For a
contract not to marry within three, five,
ten or fifty years may become a perma
nent bar to the establishment of an indi
vidual home. In the case of marriage,
time is often an essential element of the
contract. Time and brides wait for no
man.
The marriagre of a large number of
young people who were recently employ.
i.; in <,i in the Philippines to teach, ought
to encourage the government to offer spe
cial inducements for others to do like
\\ ise.
The experience of every intelligent
school superintendent is that married
women* as a general rule, are the best
t« achers. It is trwe that owing to politics
and the desire of local school boards to
furnish employment to young girls Just
out of high schools, crusades have been
Instituted against married women in the
public schools, but in every case where
the matter has been investigated upon
merit alone, the decision has been in fa
vor of the married woman. The same is
true of married men. Inconsistent as It
may seem, school boards have passed
resolutions to employ n me but married
men and none but unmurritrd women.
How such a conclusion can be reached
la known only to the omnipotent being
and that body of strange contradictions,
the school board.
For a young woman or a young man to
go to the Philippines to teach the natives
is a lonesome business. It is a three
year banishment from the comforts of
civilization and the endearing companion
ship of friends and relatives. There will
be many a heartache and tears of home
sickness will blot many a closely written
page.
After the novelty is worn off, the wom
en will lose heart, mope and beg to re
turn. The men wffl seek the recreation
in which the soldiery indulge with the
same blighting result. What Is the rem
edy? Marriage. The sixty young peo
ple who went ashore at Honolulu and
fixed things up, showed a keen apprecia
tion of what they were going to and
did the best thing to do under the cir
cumstances. They perhaps builded bet
ter than they knew. The government
ought to encourage just such acts by
offering a pension of at loast $1,000 each
to all young people who will marry on
the trip or within six months after ar
riving in Manila.
Beside getting • better services out of
them a; teachers, the presence in the
Philippines of 1,000 young men and wom
en with the bridges burned behind them,
will have a marked effect upon Philippine
society.
American men and women will stay
only win. re they are happy and they will
be nappy only where tlic-ir hearts are.
Encouraging marriage among those sent
out w 1! be the only way the government
a permanent corps of teachers
in that far away realm.
Jose i b Chamberlain a few months ago,
t> alhi'ng that it win be impossible to con.
quer the Boers in South Africa, proposed
to .mi.l there a large number of English
Kirl i <-f mar. i ig, able age to bf come wives
lor the ultluiicrs and the soldiers who
might wish to remain at the close of the
war. He realized that If South Africa
whs <v, r to become English it must be
cdcnifd by English blood.
ltv< i .\.r to oontro] the Philippines
oih r than by military powor, we must
act up n this suggestion and no better
start can be made in this line than by
Offering large inducements for teachers
to go there and to marry on the way if
possible. The proposal to demand of all
future applicants a promise not to marry
for three years should be ahandofied at
once and in its place a suitable bounty
offered to all who will marry and teach
the required time.
7// E SIF FE U I.\ <! FA RME It.
During the lifetime of the late Ignatius
Donnelly no one in this region was per
mitted long to ovfrlooli the impoverish
ed and downtrodden condition of the
farmers of the Northwest. Since Mr.
Donnelly's lamented death the woes of
the suflVriiiK farmer have remained un-
Bung and unmoumed.
Just at this time there may be some
thing which the farmer in this section
i i i <ls wor.ii' than .some one to sing c*
nr.ourn his woes. But that thing, what-
DV( r it may be, the farmer can buy with
out making any .bottomless hole in his
resources. What he cannot buy, from a
bottle of whisky to a substantial Interest
In the railroad which runs by his farm.
In the present condition of his affairs in
this section, we do not pretend to be
lib!* to specify.
With potatoes .1 vanishing spector it $1
» l«ut>h«M and ■ solitary acre ol his .-oil
jififtkUKMnjs him eighteen or twenty bujfte.s
\\t Nw ■> !\;»i,l. tht; farmer of Minnesota
\* ju»t al this time v sadly woebegone
s.ut»Jivi, In \ i-.v ,if the demise of his
former guide, philosopher and friend he
should hasten to secure some one nearly
as competent to influence public sym
pathy in- his behalf.
it is related authoritatively that the
suloonkeep-. rs of Minnesota cities have
decided to abolish the free lunch on ac
count of the prevailing high prices of
provision's. It may not be said that the
prevailing prices of provisions are es
tablished by the farmer alone. The meat
tiust, the flour trust, the wholesale
grocers' trust and the other organized
bodies of middle-men may still be said to
be in a position to take a slice out of Va&
consumer, but the unhappy farmer is in
the first instance, called on to bear his
share of responsibility for the sad pros
pect which during the coming winter
presents itself to the unorganized and
unprotected patron of the saloonkeeper
and farmer.
It is a thoroughly authenticated fact
that great prosperity attends the lot of
the city business man, clerk, professional
man, mechanic and laborer. How other
wise could those people be expected to
pay the prevailing prices for the neces
saries of life which are furnished by the
sad-eyed agriculturist? The farmer is
recognized as the very pillar of society.
He is the one agent in the prevailing
system of commercial exchange who is
getting the worst of It. He is being
robbed of his legitimate profits by the
trusts and the army of middle men who
interfere between him and his patron,
the prosperous householder who thanks
his God every day he gets out of bed
for having anywhere from two to ten
children to eat up his surplus wealth.
The individual consumer and house
holder should In these days of his sur
passing prosperity hasten to the aid of
his downtroddan friend the farmer. He
should try to save that unsuspecting
mortal from, some of the Innumerable
exactions which are heaped upon him
through exorbitant railroad charges,
enormous taxes and the other thousand
and-ono burdens under which he
struggles. We should, indeed, all unite
in securing justice for the farmer. Un
less something substantial is done soon
to save him from the sharks of society,
he must inevitably perish.
DEALIXG IX niI'LOMAS.
New Jersey is a state of varied and rich
resources. It abounds in mosquitoes,
anarchists, trusts and learned degrees.
The last is a newly discovered natural
resource and has not yet been fully de
veloped. The trust product, nowever. is
secend only to that of mosquitoes and
pays a much larger revenue into the state
coffers. Notwithstanding the fact that
nearly every preacher you moot is a doc
tor of divinity, every school teacher a
professor, and every politician a doctor
of laws, the shallow minded are as anx
ious as ever to obtain by purchase or
otherwise these learned additions.
That the degree of M. D. may be with
in the reach of all. New Jersey has come
to the front with a diploma |mill. known
as the Central University of Mvdfelne and
Science, which will, for a consideration
issue a duly executed diploma under the
seal of the university, with red wax seal
and ribbon attached, conferring upon the
fortunate recipient the degree M. D. For
an additional consideration the degree
Ph. D. will be added and evidenced by
another diploma, signed, sealed and rib
boned.
The genius who presides at the head of
this university enjoys a long train of
titles, degrees, and additions, together
with a hyphenated name. He signs him
self, J. William Norton-Smith, M. A., Ph.
D., S. D., LJ,. D., president. Who could
ask for more evidence of learning and an
aristocratic ancestry than this array af
fords? It is true that Smith does not par
ticularly impress the average mind, but
Norton-Smith—that is different.
Well, Norton-Smith, etc., has issued a
circular letter to all ambitious men
without degrees in which he agrees for
and in consideration of $10 to issue di
plomas to non-graduates, conferring upon
them the degree M. D., providing, how
ever, that this special offer be accepted
within fourteen days from the date of the
confidential circular.
This "confidential circular" has been
brought to the attention of Gov. Voor
hees. who threatens to atop the business
by dissolving the corporation. (The Uni
versity claims to be duly organized under
the laws of New Jersey.) Just why Gov.
Voorhees should interfere with. Norton-
Smith's business in degrees does not
clearly appear. No one can be swindled
by what he offers to sell. If a degree
be worth having It Is worth $10. It is
worth that to make out a diploma, and
put a red seal and ribbon on it. The de
grees conferred by the Central University
of Medicine and Science are as valuable
ivnd we think, fully as merited as the D.
D.'s conferred upon such men as Park
hurst, Hillia, and Talmage, not to men-
THE ST. PAUI, GlOßg^ ' WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21. 1901,
tion the IX. D.'s on Cleveland and Mc-
Klnley and John L. Sullivan.
From one end of this fair land to the
other are thriving institutions, some
under the patronage of the churches,
others of private origin and maintt nance,
which grind out every few months grists
of diplomas conferring cegrc s ranging
from the clerical D. D. through all the
grades of indexed imbecility down to M.
P. The latter addition does not mean as
some may think M> mber of Parliament,
but the far more practical degree, Master
of Penmanship.
So sharp has become the competition
in the scramble for title.<rin this untitled
land, that Yankee genius has come to
the rescue and invented title making ma
chines like the Central University of
Medicine and Science, above mentioned,
for the sole purpose of supplying the
trade.
What everybody can have by purchase,
very few care to wear. A man who is
entitled to a distinction never parades it.
The own. jr of the imitation diamond
keeps his property always on exhibition.
The editor of a certain paper in this
state, who never saw service or smelled
powder, always signs himself Col.
. Under the theory that people
arc noc swindled by selling them what
they want, even if it be bogus, we see
no reason why the diploma mills should
not be allowed to run full blast. The
public cannot be deceived to its detri
ment for it already holds in contempt
those who parade their degrees, and the
only use a man could have for a title
would be to conceal it during his life
and will it to his enemy at his death.
Let those who want degrees have them
and make the cost as little as possible.
J. William Norton-Smith, M. A., Ph. D.,
S. D., LL. D., may yet be regarded as
a benefactor of his race* He is prepared
to furnish at a small price innocent hap
piness to the fakers and they constitute
a large majority.
THAT WHITE JSLEPJIAM.
One of the great needs of the munici
pality is a suitable auditorium. This is
universally recognized. The present
structure is a makeshift. The people de
mand more than a makeshift. They are
being told that theirs is a convention city,
and the public funds are being expended
month after month throughout the sum
mer season in the entertainment of con
ventions.
The demands which have been made on
account of extra sources of public expen
diture both In city and county have been
great. New school buildings and a new
jail and site represent only a part of the
additional expense to which the people
have been subjected in the past year or
two. How and why those occasions for
adding to the local public burdens have
been called Into existence will be consid
ered when the time comes.
Unless Mr. McCardy shall fulfill his
promise, given some time ago to his party
organs in this city, that an auditorium
would soon be forthcoming at an incon
siderable expense, it does not now appear
plain what can be done in that direction.
The question is now awaiting settle
ment, what shall be done with the exist
ing structure. Unsuccessful financing
of that concern has at last resulted in
throwing the burden of its maintenance"on
the city. Here is another direction in
which Mr. McCardy's superior knowleJge
and adaptability ought to be available
to the public. We are largely indebted
to him for its existence. Indeed he may
be said to be the originator of it, as the
result of the demands made on him and
his friends by the G. A. R. convention.
Mayor Smith has well designated the so
called auditorium, a white elephant. It
is a structure which should not be allow
ed to be maintained within the city lim
its. It is no place in which to bring
large numbers together. It is a fire trap
and exceedingly combustible. What to do
with It is a problem which would test the
resources of even so resourceful a gen
tleman as our present city comptroller.
The bills which the city is now called
on to pay, if it accepts the deed so con- ]
siderately offered by the Commercial |
club, do not some of them admit of too j
close scrutiny. But thoy have to be paid, !
and the maintenance of the building must J
be provided for if we are to have any j
facilities whatever for the reception of*
conventions in the future.
The council should not dally with this
matter any longer. It is many weeks
since it was referred to that body by the
mayor for such action as it thought
proper to take. Existing demands are
pressing. The building should be taken
in hand by the city, put in proper re
pair and made safe, to some reasonable
extent at least, for purposes of public
assembly. Else it should be removed
as a structure existing in violation of
law and dangerous to the public safety.
The United States Steel corporation is
making- headway, while the Amalgamated
Is standing still. This is a critical posi
tion, this standing position.
Agents of the specialty installment
sale stores are on a strike. Now if only
the book agents could be induced to
strike, it would save many a hard kick.
The queen consort of Englana is in favor
of home industries. She advises that
none but British goods be used in the
construction of the costumes at the coro
nation ceremonies. She may make this
work against American goods, but she
never can shut out the American heiress.
The Dispatch ought to be ashamed to
insinuate that Pierp did not take the ad
vice of the Pioneer Press in that matter
of stock distribution. There are few
thdngs that have happened this side of
the water which the P. P. has not in
some way been responsible for.
The fool-killer is needed in London just
now. Not to exercise his peculiar voca
tion on the Britisher, but on the Ameri
cans sojourning: there. These- Americans,
so the story runs, refuse to be housed in
the same hotel with the colored delegates
to the ecumenical council in session in
London.
The English and the Dutch hare balked
again over In China. We do not think
that either Edward or William wants to
leave the dowager empress alone. The
empress is not so beautiful as Mr 3. Lang-
try nor as young as lh e Russian countess
V\ hat's Her Name, but nevertheless she
is a woman and Edward and William wiii
be the last pair to desert her.
What was predicted by the Q1 ob c a
week ago (the Pioneer Press did not get
it) has come to pa Sj . The United States
Steel corporation has" declared its inten
tion not to deal in any way with the
Amalgamated association until that body
incorporates and*- obtains a legal exist
ence. Dealing with a union is like deal
ing with a minor. The contract is bind
ing only on one party. When Shaffer ad.
vised his men to break their contracts
he sounded the death kne.l of modern
unionism.
The Schley investigation might as well
be enlarged to take in the whole navy.
Howison evidently talked too much,
Evans slopped over and, if the truth were
known, Dewey did something worse than
turning the stern of every vessel in his
squadron to the enemy. He admits that
he got out of range of the enemy's guns
to get something to eat. Sigsbee is try
ing to square himself. The only man in
the navy that did not turn tail and run
during an engagement was Hobson.
When he was in the kissing match, he
stood by his gun until the last explosion.
Great is llobson.
AT THE THEATEIiS
With the performance next Saturd.iy
night the Criterion company will cease
to exist as an organization. "Nell
Gwynne," the bill for the first half of
the weok, will be presented this after
noon and tonight. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights and Saturday matinee
the Criterion company will present "l'n_
der Two Flags," the most popular play
of the summer. Friday afternoon a spe
cial matinee will be given with "The
Two Orphans" as the bill.
William A. Brady's great production of
Clyde Fitch's latest success, "levers'
Lane," will open the regular season at
the Metropolitan opera house Sunday
evening.
Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock the sale
of seats will open for the engagement
the coming week at the Grand opera
house of Mathews and Bulger in "The
Night of the Fourth."
OUR TEACHERS IX THE PHILIP.
I'IXJCS.
To the Editor of the Globe:
We are informed by the correspondents
at Washington that the war department
is considerably wrought up over the
marriage of sixty school teachers on
their way to the Philippines and are
considering the advisability of requiring
contracts that teachers will not marry'
during their term service. Thi3 is an
astounding tribute to. j the wisdom of the
Catholic church in requiring celibacy on
the part of its teachers and missionaries.
Again we are told-jthe government ex
acts a pledge that these teachers will
contract to serve i three years and accep-:
such assignments as may be designated
by the superintend nt. Another acknowl
edgement of the practical wisdom of the
Catholic church in , exacting a vow of
obedience from its professional teachers.
But,- stranger than ail, we are also in
formed that the insular bureau actually
favors the plan of allowing teachers to
take up land.claims, to become the cen
ters) of American communities, the very
thing for which we have been berating
the friars, namely, possessing the land
and making their communities the cen
ters oi civilization, and, incidentally,
greatly enhancing thereby the valuta of
their holdings. When these sam? teach
ers begin to develop their land claims
and to speculate on their increased val
ues, the government may pay still an
other tribute to the wisdom of "the Cath
olic church, which exacts a vow of pov
erty from its teachers, by passing laws
to prevent land-grabbing and real estate
booms among public school teachers In"
the Philippines. We will 5 then have a
corps of teachers equipped with all the
chief characteristics of the hated religious
orders who have heretofore exercised the
function of civilizing the Filipinos, name.
ly, celibacy, obedience and poverty.
But if we are compelled to follow so
closely In the footsteps of these despised
orders, why not employ the friars them
selves for the work? They possess many
advantages over Imported foreign teach
ers. They are already on the ground,
they enjoy 'thorough organization, they
have had centuries of ' experience, and,
above all, they speak the native -tongue
and all Its dialects. There are few things
more galling to a conquered people than
to have their, conquerors | forced upon
them. Yet this is precisely what we are
doing to the Filipinos. We propose to
degrade, them first and civilize them af
terwards.- Yet another advantage pos
sessed by the friars is the fact that they
profess the sanit religion as the Fili
pinos. Still more dangerous than tam
pering with a people's language is the
attempt !to tamper with their religion.
This fact has been fully realized by the-
administration. in * the case of the sultan
of Sulu, where it has actually engaged ■
Mohammedan teachers to instruct his
Mohammedan subjects, so as not to of
fend their pagan religious sensibilities.
Yet in the case of' the millions of Chris
tian Filipinos it pursues precisely the op
posite policy . by ": sending shiploads of
"billing and cooing" Protestant teachers,
under a Protestaot superintendent, ig-
I norant of their language, out of sym
j pathy with all their traditions and cus
toms, and protesting, in fact, as well as
1 in name, against all their most sacred
religious beliefs. The bitterness which
such a policy necessarily stirs up is al
ready evidenced in the recent proclama
tion, though falsely attributed to the
friars and not approved by the Catholic
authorities, yet calling on the Catholics ■'
In the Philippine Islands to resist their 1
American rulers as the declared enemies !
of God. If we want another Ireland on
our hands it would seem that we are tak
ing the surest means to secure it.
—W. F. M.
AGAINST THE PLOW TEITST.
Fred SI. Peaae, of Chicago, Wants
an Injunction.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Papers were
filed in the county clerk's office today In
a suit by Fred M. Pease, of Chicago,
against Charles R. Flint. Joseph S. Auer
bach, George W. Young, about thirty
plow companies and the American Plow
company, for an accounting of the profits
arising from the formation of the Ameri
can Plow company, which is the name of
the combination of plow interests. In ad
dition to this an injunction is asked to
prevent any of the defendants fronc con
tinuing any proceedings they have begun
towards the actual work of the forma*
tion of the company.
Mr. Pease claims that he, in 1897, con
ceived the idea^of such a combination and
talked it ovfir with Messrs. Young, Auer
bach and Flint, but when the company
was formed he (Pease) was not consulted.
Among the companies included in the
list of defendants are Deere & Co., Moline
Plow company, Rock Island Plow com
pany. Peru Plow and Wheel company,
Morrison Manufacturing company. Grand
Detour Plow company, B. F. Avery &
Sons, Chattanocga Plow company, Fuller
& Johnson Manufacturing company, the
Butcher & GHVbs Plow company Parl!n
& Orendorff company, David Bradley
Manufacturing company, J. I. Case Plow
works. South Bend Chilled Plow com
pany, the T. M. Bissell Plow company,
the Princess Plow company, Alexander
Speer & Sons, La-Cresse Plow company,
Syracuse Chilled P^ow company, Ga:e
Manufacturing company, KingTiam Plow
company, A. B. Farquhar company, the
Toledo Plow company, Pekin Plow com
pany, Sattley Manufacturing company,
and the J. Thompson & Sons Manufac
turing compiany.
Fortune Seeks" » Heir. _■ " ■.
LA CROSSE. Wis., Aug. 20.— (Special.)—
Today inquiry was * received from W. E.
Bates, of Cincinnati. Ohio, regarding the
whereabouts of Dr. West, who practiced
'in La Crosse several years ago. .. The
communication Indicates that the adoptod
son of Weat has turned out to be tTj
heir to a " fortune -in the '■ East. " No' trace
of either. Dr. West ?or his adopted". son ;
,can^be;foun6Ur^:-r';3" :^;^..;';^:: . .
Jramps as Salesmen.
Chicago Chronicle.
Bearing: sample cases that contain
mouse traps, soap, towels and other arti
cles of similar nature, Chicago tramps
are about to engage in business as
traveling salesmen. J. W. Gossard, the
millionaire "business revivalist," is the
man who is to send the tramps upon the
road.
Within a few weeks Mr. Gossard will
gather the pupils who attended his course
of twelve lectures given In the "levee"
district, and ask them to aid in the work
of the Higher Practical Education so
ciety. They will be requested to embark
in business as traveling salesmen. Mr.
Gossard will furnish them with their
samples and advance funds necessary for
th-eir expenses. With the funds and the
equipment they will be asked to travel
through the country taking orders. The
profit that will accrue from their work
will be devoted to the work o? the so
ciety, of which Mr. Gossard is the lead
ing -nember.
The men tq be selected will be the ones
who had joined the society and signed its
pledges. As they have been given a fresh
start in life through the efforts of the
millionaire leader of the society, they
will, it is believed, be eager to aid the
society.
In selecting the articles which the re
formed "hoboes" will carry in their cases,
Mr. Gossard has selected only such arti
cles as are used for cleansing purposes.
Tooth brushes, shoe brushes, towels,
soap, mouse traps and brooms are among
the articles in the list.
Arrangements are now being made
with manufacturers to supply the goods.
All of the articles sold by the ••drum
mers" are to bear the* society initials,
"H. P. E."
"I have tried to do three things for
tlie class of men that I 'am trying to
reach," Mr. Gossard said.
"First, to educate them; second, to use
moral suasion, and, thirdly, to give them
OF SOCIAL INTEREST
The marriage of Miss Fannie Abra
hams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Abrahams, of Lincoln avenue, to Mr.
Isadore Pavian was solemnized last even
ing at 6 o'clock at Pfeiffer's hall. Rabbi
Aronsohn performed the) ceremony. The
guests, who numbered about 150, included
four generations of the Abrahams family.
The bride was attended by Miss Rebecca
Simons, of Chicago, as maid of honor,
and by Miss Ida Pavla* and Miss Etta
Burton as bridesmaids. Sam Pavian was
best man. The groomsmen were Mark P.
Abrahams and J. M. Pavian. Following
the ceremony a wedding supper was serv
ed, after which there was U-dticing. Sel
bert's orchestra played.
• • •
Young women desirous of entering the
teachers' training school and pupils seek
ing entrance to the high schools will taka
examinations at the Central high school
Sept. 3 and 4. These examinations will
be conducted by Supt. Leviston and As
sistant Superintendent J. D. Bond.
• • «
Mrs. Horace E. Lamb gave a' reception
yesterday afternoon at her horn« on lau
rel avenue In honor of Mrs. W. S. Vail,
of Sioux City, lowa. The dining room
-was in charge of Mrs. G. C. Harper, of
Minneapolis, and Mrs. Thomas Riley.
They were assisted by Miss Cecelia Lar
kin and Miss Jessie Lamb. Mrs. .Mount
fort, of Kansas City, presided at the
punch bowl. Mrs. Vail is the wife of
Rev. W. S. Vail, former pastor of the
Universaiist church of this city.
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The marriage of Miss Mary Celia Me-
Daughlin, of this city, to Edward J. Jly
land, of Rosemount, wil be solemnized
this morning at the Cathedral. The bride
wil be attended by her sister, Miss Jen
nie McLtmghlin. Edward Garvey, of
Farming-ton, will be the best man. M. J.
Hines, mayor of Rosemount, and Matt
Kerwin, of this city, will be best men.
A special train will convey the guests
from Rosemount to tS. Paul. Mr. and
Mrs. Hyland will reside at Rosemcint,
where Mr. Hyland owns and manages the
opera house.
• * •
An addition to the English Memorial
English Evangelical Lutheran church will
be buiit during the coming autumn. The
addition will contain seven rooms and
will cost about $4,000. The lower floor will
be divided into a kindergarten room and
a cloak room. On the upper floor there
will be an assembly hall, with a seating
capacity of 300 and a suite of class rooms.
Rev. A. J. D. Haupt is pastor of th«<
church.
• • •
The Young People's society of Memo
rial English Lutheran church will give a
moonlight concert excursion, under the
direction of the Minnesota State band,
Thursday evening, Aug. 29.
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Mr. J. J. O'Leary, formerly of this city,
but now of Plttsbnrg, Pa., is visiting his
sister, Mrs. D. W. Lawler. at her cottage,
Lake and ■ Clarke streets, White Bear
Lake.
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Mrs. Harry Monkhouse and daughter,
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
Late Corn Is Reported to Shotv a
General Improvement.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.-The weather
bureau's weekly summary of crop condi
tions Is as follows:
The temperature conditions of tne past
week have been favorable except on the
North Pacific coast, where It has been
excessively warm. The Middle and South
Atlantic and East Gulf states, including
Tennessee, have suffered from heavy
radns, the South Atlantic and East Gulf
statc-s and Tennessee experiencing dam.
aging- winds, as well as injury from
overflows. The greater part of Texas
and portions of the Missouri and upper
Mississippi valleys and upper lake re
gion continue to suffer from drought, and
drought is beginning to affect crops In
Oregon and Washington. The Rocky
mountain region and California have had
an exceptionally favorable week.
A very general improvement in the
condition of late corn Is indicated in the
principal corn states. In lowa the crop
is materially improved and more promis
ing than was deemed possible Aug. 1,
but the yield is still contingent upon ad
ditional moisture very soon, and the ab
sence of frosts the greater part of Sep
tember. Late corn has Improved in, ex
treme Southeastern Nebraska, but con
tinues to suffer for rain in Central and
northern counties.
In the eastern and western portion of
Kansas late corn is much improved, but
in the central counties ram came too late
to save the crop. In some portions of
Missouri late corn is progressing well,
but in most sections it is suffering for
rain. Good rains in Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio have improved the outlook, espe
cially in Indiana, but, as in other por
tions of the corn belt, the greater part
of the early corn has been ruilned. The
propitious outlook for corn in the Middle
Atlantic states and New England con
tinues.
The weather has been favorable for
spring wheat harvest in all sections.
Harvesting is nearly finished in the Da.
kotas, Minnesota and Oregon, and is In
progress in Washington, where, owing to
excessive heat, the grain has ripened
somewhat too rapidly. In North Dakota,
owing to the shra-nken berry and poorly
filled heads, the yield of spring wheat is
proving disappointing.
The central and eastern portions of the
cotton belt have suffered from heavy
rains, while drought has become more
serious over the greater part of the
■western districts. In the Carolina* too
rank igrowth is reported, especially on
stiff lands, and in Georgia, Florida and
Alabama heavy rains and high winds
have caused injury, rust and shedding
being quite prevalent. In Tennessee,
Mississippi and portions of Arkansas the
crop has improved. Cotton rveeds rain
throughout Texas, and is falling rapidly
in the central, southern and southwest
ern portions. Picking is general in
Texas and is beginning over the southern
and central portions of the eastern dis
tricts.
Tobacco has sustained injury from
rains in portions of Maryland, Virginia,
a chance to follow out the suggestions
that I have made in the course of my lec
tures. It is all very well to tell a man
what he ought to do, but there are not
many men who can rise again after they
have fallen unless someone helps them. I
believe that my plan is a good one and
will prove successful."
For some time Mr. Gossard nas been
making experiments with his plan on a
small scale. A month ago ne was ac
costed by a man who told him that he
had been thrown out of a job and could
not secure another. This man was a
former salesman. Mr. Gossard gave him
some samples, and furnishing him with
expense money started him out upon the
road. In one day he had sold $60 worth
of goods.
This success led Mr. Gossard to give
other men similar opportunities. All
that have been selected to make the ex
periment except one have been success
ful. The one unsuccessful "hobo" sales
man broke the pledge of the society.
The idea of putting his pupils on the
road is not the only one that Mr. Gos
sard intends to carry out this full. With
in a few days he will open a free employ
ment agency in the "levee" district. This
office will be open every day, and the
men who sign pledges of the H. f. K.
society will be given jobs through this
office. If the employment office is a suc
cess similar ones will be established la
every ward in the city.
"Our _work has been so successful,"
said Mr. Gossard, "that 1 have deter
mined to carry it out on a larger scale.
My business duties will prevent my do-
Ing so at once, but within a month 1
■will be ready again to take personal su
pervision of the work of the -sociscy. I
intend to travel throughout the country
and establish branches of the society in
every large city. The employment agen
cy and the employment of reformed
tramps as traveling salesmen are only
two of the plans that I intend to carry
out."
and Mrs. Ijowry, who have been guests of
Mrs. R. C. Patterson, of East Tenth
street, left last evening for their future
home in New York.
• • *
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Dunning en
tertained informally last evening at their
home on Marshall avenue, in celebration
of their tin wedding.
• • •
Mrs. Addia L»oomis will give a luncheon
tomorrow at her home on Ohio street,
In honor of Miss Baldwin, of Spring Val
ley. Sunday Mrs. L.oomla will entertain
at dinner for Mr. and Mrs. George D.
Flynn, of Minneapolis, and Mrs. E. 13.
McCaffery. •
•• • "
Mrs. F. E. Draper, of Dayton avenue,
will give a tally-ho party this evening in
honor of her guests. Miss Myers, of Chi
cago, and Miss Coombs, of St. Louis.
• * *
The Misses Belle Greengard, of 396 La
fond street, and Anna Rosenblum, of 595
John street, left last evening foY La
Crosse, Wis., to visit with their aunt,
Mrs. Simon Jacobs.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hemminghouse,
of Dayton avenue, will go to Chicago the
latter part of the week for a brief visit.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Zimmerman enter
tained at an Informal house party Sunday.
at their summer home. Lake Minnetonka.
« • •
Maj. Alfred Reynolds, recently appoint
ed inspector general of the department of
Dakota, and Mrs. Reynolds, Maj. H. M.
Lord, and Or. Charles B. Byrne, chief
surgeon, "and Mrs. Byrne, have taken
apartments at the Marlborough for the
winter.
• * »
Rev. and Mrs. Carl L. W sTstler return
ed last evening from their wedding trip,
and are at home at 142 East Congress
street.
• • •
Mrs. J. C. McCall, of Nelson avenue. is
entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schef
fer, of Los Angeles.
• • •
Mrs. H. R. Cocker, and Miss Clara
Cocker, of Summit avenue, are visiting
at Hazle-hurst, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ertson, of Faribault, have taken the
Cocker residence.
• • •
. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Mahler, of
Dayton ■ avenue, will go to Ashland this
week for a short visit.
Miss May Parker, of Duluth, Is th«»
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson. of Fair
mount avenue.
Miss Carver, of Iglehart street, has re
turned from Milwaukee.
Miss Katherine Jerome, of Winnipeg,
was the guest of honor at a lunoheon
given Monday by Miss Stella Wilson, of
Marshall avenue.
Miss Gertrude Kirk, of Laurel avenue,
is expected home Sept. 1 from the East,
where she has been spending the summer,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sharp, of Winifred
street, will leave the first of the month
for an extended visit in the East.
Mrs. Charles Seibold, of East Sixth
street, Is in New York.
Miss Espy, of Summit avenue, is In the
East.
Miss Mary McClellan. of Nelson avenue,
has gone to Madeline island.
Mrs. Butcher, and the Misses Butcher,
of Victoria street, moved yesterday to
Minneapolis.
Miss Ray Morgan, of Marshall avenue,
is entertaining Miss Stella McCarthy.
I North Carolina and T^nnessee, but has
i been greatly benefited in the last-named
| state, as well as tn the Ohilo valley, where
cutting is in progress.
The general outlook for apples i ott
l tinues very promising, although 8li?i;tly
improved cqndltions are reported from
! portions of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
j The excessive rains have caused peaches
Ito rot extensively in the Middle and
; South Atlantic states. Generally tn the
j east of the Mississippi river the soil is
j in excellent condition for fall plowing,
■ and favorable progress in this work has
been made in Kansas, Nebraska and
Oklahoma, but in the upper Mississippi
valley the ground 13 generally too dry.
LOOKING TOWARD UNCLE SAM.
Hesnlt of German Tariff Bill as
Viewed In Kusmlu.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 7.—The state,
ments made by the Russian press in the
name of the minister of finance, that a
renewal of the Russo-German commercial
treaty would be lmposalbte if the pro
posed new tariff schedule is adopted by
Germany, should not be ac
cepfed literally. X-evortheless there
Is strong feeling here that
Germany's new policy must be m«t firm
ly. The thought that the Tnlted States
and Russia, who are the principal fur
nishers of the goods which Germany Is
seeking to exclude, could profit from the
pursuit of a commercial policy toward
Germany has arisen in many quarters.
The prevailing 1 sentiment appears to be
that, without entering Into a hard and
fast defensive commercial alliance
against Germany, the United States and
Russia should settle their little differ
ences, perhaps revise the o!d commercial
treaty of 1835 and clear the way generally
for Intelligent action when the German
tariff shall have been determined.
Count Golenlstoheff-Koutosoff, editor of
St. Petersburg Vledomostl, voices this
sentiment in a leader, which has be?n
much commented on.
After noting the tendencies toward re
laxation of the protective system in the
United States, he asks why Russia should
not revise her commercial treaty with
the United States. In his opinion, Rus
sia has little benefit to expect from the
development of commerce with Germany
—the lion's share of the advantages hav
ing been reaped by German merchants
settled in Russia, and the German manu
facturers. He concludes: "The quicker
we settle our outstanding differences with
the United States, and reach a mutually
satisfactory agreement, the better. When
we shall have determined the conditions
of mutually profitable commerce with
America, we shall be In a position to de
cide whether commercial treaties with
our continental neighbors are necessary
and indispensable."
AFTERNOON NEWS CONDENSED.
Fort de France, Island of Martinique
French West Indies—The weather has
been very bad. It is feared thi.s denotes
the approach of a cyclone.
New York—Th.i North German Lloyd
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm dor Grosse
from Bremen tor New York, was spok-ii
by wireless telegTaph from the Nantu<*k»t
lightship.
York, Pa.—The floods resulting from
Monday's cloud burst have proved th.*
most destructive In York county for
many years. Estimates place the loss at
Denver—A convention of the National
Kailroad Blacksmiths, ix>mposed of ma.s
ter .builders, met here to oonsidtr the
question of constructing and repairing lo
comotives and cars.
New York—From an authori .
source the Associated Press is anabl
deny the report that Charles M. S<
Z ? relisn *he Presidency of the I
States Steel corporation
Brussels—<'apt. Nyssens. former minis
ter of industry and labor, committed sui
ead..' ny ■hooting himself with a revolver
in the right temple. Domestic trouble is
assigned as the cause for the act
New York—A mass meeting of I'aterson
mill operative is to be held to consider
the question or a general sink- Should
tin- union decide to adopt this method of
*?%? ,X OrkE- V- De A'bad- commission
er or the Beonomfc Association of Cu
ha. who is at orient in this city says
L^°o c f Sr",?h behev'f th" commercial inter
ests of Cuba are desirous of establishing
Ite ts rade tari'T relations with the United
Pittsburg—The twcnty-iifth triennial
convention of the Order of the Scottish
wsh*ii£ P *,ed * l Klks' hal: in this city;
With ISO delegates present from th Unit
wui ifV'V"" 1 pwiadfc The convention
be secret VS and th* *-**luns »•«»
pIn lfl:m^ ( Thi* Wilii <lay at the
llllpilliii
nis staff and of pr
the fxercises in the temple of music
that building was iii; e j to its capacity
Chicago -President Linblom. of the civil
service commission, announced that hi
entire police department of the city is to
be investigated. This la a result of the
charges filed against members of the d£
tectlve bureau who are charged with se
curing a "rake-off" on expend a™ntt
Vienna-Count Albert yon Gerlaeh. ; n,
the Austrian minister for Mexico, arcn-m,
panled 'by his staff, will shortly «ill for
hta.new post by way c f New York, ml
arrival in Mexico will mark the resump
tion of diplomatic relations between these
two countries, which was severed by the
shooting of Maximilian June 5. I^7.
Cleveland. Ohio-John KiiKene and Ad
am Keat, the men who were re.-*-tie 1 rrom
the waterworks tunnel after having been
imprisoned nearly mix days without rood
3m rep^Xu'J to be in a precarious con
dition. They are In a stupor or delirium
most of the time. The physicians be
lieve, however, the men will ultimately
recover.
Plnladelp.hia-A.ti.is of Incorporation
have betn Hied at Dover. Del for tho
«.««*«». Che company Is organ.zed for
the purpose of nianufamurlntr a hie-h
--»rade steel, and the promoters «i „ will
be run in oppoaDtior to the crucible steel
Cinclnna/ti-Former Congressman Lenta
and Louis O. Addteon appeared before
Federal Judg« Clark and secured a per
manent injunction restraining strikers at
nnni? *"/ £' the °hl° Prewed Brick Oom
pany of Rose Vile. Ohio, from establish-
I L Pl C vk(!ts at the work and interfering
was ll^ P ?°t rk - A temporary Injunction
was issued two weeks ago.
Milwaukee, Wis.—A telegram received
today from Colorado Sprfnga, CoT an
nounces the death in that city of i
Gru'tza. founder of St. Josaphal church
in this city, which waa r« Cfntly dedicat
ed by Mgr. Martin.-Hi. Father Qrutza
waa well known In Catholic clrclea
throughout the country. His death re
sulted from a pulmonary disease.
Kokbma* Ind.-Four l;oys. Roy anJ Les
ter McVet» »nd Ray and it. dd Marvin,
all in knickerbockers, ranging in airo
from «ix to ten years, have been ar
rested for stoning another boy, EddU» Mo
Kee, to death. The children were play
ing on the railway when the McKee boy
who was older, came along, and the fight
which followed resulted In his death
aland, Senator and Mrs. Han-i
na, accompanied by their two daughtera
Misses Mabel and Ruin, left Cleveland
on the steamer Northwest for Hay LsU I
and, where they will spend a few rtavs'
at the Hanna summer home. Mr lUinna. '■
will take an active part In the opening ;
of the Republican state campaign, which
will take place in Delaware Sept. 21.
Little Falls, N. V.-Th« boHos of all!
the victims of the HerkimiT rouitdhousa '
explosion have been Identified Their 1
names are: John Deck, Levl Robert, Lev! !
Jackson. Harry Btanzel, James Nagle, I
Joseph Keller. Btanzel was a student at 1
Syracuse university, taking a course of
architecture. Jackson: Keller arid Nairle!
were laborers. They lived near the s^tna'
Of the fatality. - 4
Wilmington. Harry Johnson (col- i
ored), a driver of a coal wagon, while '
passing along Clayton street, raised his ;
arm to brush away a wire that was I
hanging in the street. It was a "live"
wire, and Johnson was instantly killed. ■
An ambulance was called and on its way
to the scene was struck by a trolley car.
Four men comprising- the ambulance
corps were badly injured.
Xew York The I oard ol al lerm<
Paterson, N, .J., passed an ordinan
lowing tli*- picketing or mills by .
unions. Two men wi*> were picketing a
mill were sentenced to t<-rn:.s in jail re
cently by the recorder. The matter waa
taken up by the weavers throjg'hout
Paterson. resulting In th« ordinance,
which Is looked ujxin us ;i trem
■■ ers.
Fort Riley, Kan.—Private Mackey
Syketr, one of the victims of yesterday's
explosion of a sun cartridge, died of his
injuries, making three dead in all. Re
cruit Lloyd's recovery is doubtful. His
arm has been amputated, and he is suf
fering from concussion of the brain. Th(»
fort surgeon removed one of Sergeant
Mahoney's eyes. He will recover. Tha
other injured are in good condition.
Detroit, Mich.—While the clerks in Hor
ace Steere's jewelry store, on Woodward
avenue, were busy in the rear of the es
tablishment, a man stepped in. caught up
a tray of diamonds worth $4,000, ran out
and down Woodward avenue, with tha
clerks in pursuit. After an exciting
chase he was captured. Thirty-four da*
monds were found on his person. Ha
gave his name as Charles Meyers, of St.
Louis.
New York—At the annual meeting of
the National Tube company the follow
ing directors were elected: F. J. Hearne,
W. H. Latshaw. J. D. Culbertson, E. C»
Converse. C. M. Schwab, [•:. H. Gary,
William Nelson Cromwell. W. J. Curtis.
Charles Steel. A. S. Matheson and Wil
liam B. Schiller. The board organized,
by electing the following officers: Presi
dent. F. J. Hearne; Bra) vie* president,
W. B. Schiller; secretary and treasurer,
J. D. Culbertson.
New York—Gf-n. Nelson A. Miles has
called a meeting of th» <-ommandeTy of
the Society of the Army of Porto Klco
to be htld In Buffalo Aug. 26 and IT7,
Gen. Miks Is commander of the order.
The &£ce numbers, it is said. 7,'jW. and
a majority of it will attend. In addi
tion to Gen. Mil**. Admiral Sr-hley.
Schwan, Gen. Hainfs. Gen. Enu-.-<r
Gilmorp. c,<-t\. Griffin. f^n
Oapt. Stgsbee and other officers will be
be present. Aug. 27 is "Porto Btcan Ar
my day" at the exposition.
ARE BROTHERS AND COUSINS.
Meeting of International lan In.
soflutlon «it (.Ih»uim\.
GLASGOW. Au?. 20.—The International
Law association began a four days' ses
sion here today. ho lord ebb I justice.
Lord AU'eratone, presided. Regret was
expressed at the failure of the Bri:h»h-
American treaty (the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty) and Judge Lynde Harrison, of
Connecticut, said, speaking as an Ameri
can citizen, that since the Spanish-
American war. American* tuuSYfcogn — >'l
the British as brothers and cousins. Th«
Judge also catd he t>. in \..i ih. tenate, uc
the next seoslon of congress. wouLI ac
cept a treaty on the sume lines as th«
one rejected. The American people were
now in favor of such a course.