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WEATHEE FOR TODAY.
Minnesota—Fatr and cold Tuesday and
{Wednesday; northwesterly winds.
v lowa—Fair and cold Tuesday and
(Wednesday; northwesterly winds.
■ Wisconsin—Fair and cold Tuesday;
TWednesday fair; fresh northwesterly
arinda.
I South Dakota—Fair Tuesday; Wednes
day fair and probably warmer; northerly
.Winds, becoming variable. •
<■ North Dakota— Tuesday; warmer
In northwest portion Wednesday fair and
Jrarmer; northerly winds.
: Montana—Cloudy Tuesday, with snow
In extreme northwest portion; warmer
In east portion; Wednesday snow in west;
fair in east portion; variable winds.
Upper Michigan—Cloudy Tuesday and
Wednesday; snow along the north shore;
probably colder Tuesday; fresh north
westerly winds.
St. Paul — Yesterday's observations,
taken by the United States weather bu
reau; St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock
last night—Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevation: Highest temper
ature, 7; lowest temperature, —C; average
temperature, 0; daily range, 13; barome
ter. 30.23; humidity, 90; precipitation, .05;
!7 p. in., temperature, 6; 7 p. m., wind,
northwest; weather, partly cloudy.
Yesterday's Temperatures—
\a, •SpmHigh •BpmHig<h
lA.lpe.na 8 10 Kansas City. .20 29
Battleford ..—lB —12 Marquette ... 6 8
Bismarck ...—S 0 Minnedosa ..—8 2
♦Buffalo 14 IS Montgomery .34 42
Boston 24 30 Montreal ....4 14
Calgary —2 0 Nashville ....22 24
Cheyenne —16 30 New Orleans.44 44
Chicago 8 8 New York C..18 22
.Cincinnati ...12 14 Norfolk 34 S6
Cleveland ....8 2 2 North Platte. 6 2G
JDavenport ...10 12 Omaha 4 36
•»es Moines .. 4 18 Philadelphia .18 24
Detrr.it 10 18 Pittsburg ....10 IB
.Edmonton ..—2 2 Qu'Appelle .—l6 —10
Galveston ....4fi 4GiS. Francisco..so fO
J>uluth —2 0 St. Louis ....20 20
.Grand Haven.lß 16 Salt Lake ...80 82
Green Bay ... 6 8 Washington .18 24
Helena 30 31 St«. Marie ... 8 12
Huron —6 4M Winnipeg ..—lB —
Jacksonville .49 52|
— Below zero.
♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul.)
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TUESDAY, FEB. 4. 1902.
Strange cases of infatuation crop out
occasionally, but none more strange than
that of the wife of the warden of the
Jail at Pittsburg, who became enamored
<p£- one cf the Biddle brothers. As is the
rule in such cases, the wages of sin was
ifleath.
if men is xo blame?
The issue Is very sharply drawn be
tween the interstate commerce commis
sion and certain railroad interests as to
the extent of the powers of that bod>
to prevent unjust discrimination and the
jnaint'iiance of unreasonable rates. The
commission practically insists that its ef
fort to put an end to either evil as the
faw now stands is a farce, and that It is
helpless until congress shall pass certain
to the law which it offers.
pn. the other hand, as the press dis
hatches show, at least one railroad ad
jfninistrator, Vice President Hines, of tho
l/ouisvilla & Nashville ruad, goes so far
ps to dispute even the truth of certain of
the statements of fact made by the com
jnlssion in this regard, and to insist that
ft is not the law but the commission
Jsyhieh should be held responsible for rate
putting, and that the commission is sim
ply asking that it be given absolute pow
,ifr to make and enforce rates at Its own
eweet will.
No issue could be made more clearly
between contending interests. The public
[Will piobably leave Mir. Hines, of the
railroad company, and Mr. Bacon, of the
commission, to settle the question of
veracity which exists between them. The
public question involved is, whether the
commission has the power to prevent the
abuses which are conceded to exist ana
has failed to exercise them, and wihether,
cissuniing that It ds the law, not the com
mission, that ia at fault, that body should
be giv:n the additional pov/ers which it
asks of congress.
That the railroads have been acting in
Violation of the set and plundering th©
consuming public in the Interests of big
shippers is not open to question. Whose
fault is it—the law's or the commission's?
If it is the fault of the law, then the
law should be amended, whether or not
Jn ihe direction sought by the comanls
eion. If it Is the fault of the commission,
the sooner its members are removed? for
non-feasance and malfeasance in office
the better for the welfare of the entire
country.
At the present time, when complaint is
made to the commission of certain pre
vailing rates, the commission makes its
order only after having heard all inter
ests involved. It has not the power pres
ently to put that order into effect if it
Is contested by the roads. That la un
questionably true. Should It be given
any such power?
What happens is this; The railroad or
shipping interest which considers itself
aggrieved by the commission'a order
appeals to the court, and the rates pre
vailing remain in operation until tha
court Confirms the order of the commis
sion. What the commission is now ask
ing is that congress amend the law so
that after it has made what it calls "a
definitive order"—that Is, an order made
after a full hearing by its members of
the matters under consideration—that or
der go into operation within twenty days
unless the aggrieved road shall file
a bill in equity in the United States Gourt,
whereupon the order of the commission
Is suspended for thirty days; but to re
main in force thereafter unless the cir
cuit court, on an examination of the rec
oiVJ, directs that, on a Question of law
or by reason of some evident unreason
ableness in the order, it be suspended
during the further pendency of the pro
ceedings.
The position of the commission Is that
as long as it does not possess the power
to enforce its own order, placing the bur
den on the railroad concern to satisfy the
court that the order Is unreasonable, it
has no such powers as would be effective
in removing recognized railroad abuses.
The railroads, at least so far as their
view finds expression in the position
taken by Mr. Hines, insist that if the
commission is given any power it seeks
it will be in a position to work irrep
arable injury to railroad interests. The
commission rejoins, that such a body of
distinguished jurists as now compose the
interstate commission, being experts in
all that relates to railroad administra
tion, can certainly be trusted not to
abuse its powers, and is qualified after
the fullest hearing to make such orders
in the premises as are worthy to be en
forced, unless the courts intervene and
say their operation shall be suspended.
A wide difference of opinion will nec
essarily prevail as to the soundness of
the public policy which would give the
interstate commission the powers which
it asks, as above outlined. The Globe
will endeavor to present its view of the
question hereafter. Meanwhile it may
without impropriety be said that on this
state of facts the commission has not
shown clearly that the fault of the ex
isting railroad abuses are due to the
defects of the law, and in no sense or
degree to the fault of that body itself.
With the excitement of an extra session
to divert attention, Miss Stone will please
pardon any seeming neglect if she should
be omitted from the news columns once
or twice a week.
THE WAGE EARNER'S SHARE.
It has been several months since we
have had reports of an increase in the
wages of any considerable body of work
ingmen except upon certain railroad lines.
In fact, such occurrences are as rare as
a snow storm in July.
On the other hand, we have had some
recent studies by notable men and insti
tutions on the subject of the wage earn
er's share of the vaunted prosperity of
which wo heard so mudi some years ago.
And the results of these studies have
been such as to open the eyes of the
wage earner.
Bulletins recently issued by the census
bureau—a devout Republican institution,
as all know—afford some authentic infor
mation on the subject. Statistics thus
furnished covering four small manufac
turing states—Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New Hampshire and Delaware—show in
ten years an increase of 62 per cent In
capital invested, 61 per cent in value of
output, 37 per cent in number of wage
earners, and 33 per cent in the amount of
wages. That is, the number of wage
earners has increased faster than the
amount of wages earned, thus effecting
an actual reduction In wages.
Another bulletin, published subsequent
ly, made even a worse showing for tfie
wage earner.
What does this mean? It means that
the trusts are getting the benefit of the
so-called prosperity which is now alleged!
to be overflowing the country. And whTie
it is true that a small proportion of the
workingmen of the country are faring
better today than they were a few years
ago, the great masses are really wors*
off, because they are not getting their
share of the "prosperity," because, ac
cording to the testimony of Dun's Trade
Review, the cost of living is now 40 per
cent higher than it was in 1897.
Yet, in spite of this, the trust mag
nates will blandly come to the front this
fall and ask the workingmen to vote for
congressmen who will exert every effort
to keep the present trust-bre&ding tariff
law upon the statute books. Will the
wage earner do it?
St. Louis took occasion to pun off her
municipal scandal before the opening of
the World's fair she Is to entertain in
1903.
CHINA'S A WAKENING.
The first substantial sign offered by the
Chinese government of a purpose to in
augurate Western social and poLflical
methods has been, presented within the
past week. Naturally a great deal of
doubt Is entertained of the real disposi
tion of the Chinese authorities t<y inau
gurate the necessary movement toward
reform. But there is much to remove all
reasonable suspicion on this score, and to
lead to the belief that the movement Is
real and practical in its purpose.
The only real test which can be applied
to the sincerity of the Chinese officials
lies In the answer to the inquiry, What
the result will be to the existing regime
In case such reforms are not instituted
within a reasonable time. That answer
Is that the Manchu dynasty must fall by
force of Its own inert weight. The powers
will not submit to a maintenance of tha
old conditions. The demand' of Europe is
that the country shall be opened to mod
ern commerce and Industry. That is tha
demand of the United States also, even
■though it ia not backed up by physical
threats as ia that of Europe.
There is but one alternative for China.
It is reform or dismemberment. The em
press bas recognized that truth. Ever
THE ST. FAUt GM>BE, TUESDAY, FKBHHAKT 4, 1903.
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' since, her reappearance in Pekin the evi
dences have been accumulating of her,'
conviction and that of : her advisers in
that direction. . Such regulations as the
prevention of foot-binding and the open
ing of the court inceptions presided over
by tho emperor in person, to the foreign
diplomatic corps mean nothing less than
a social and political revolution.
The Indebtedness of the Chinese empire
to the nations of Europe consequent on
the resent disturbances will be a deter
mining factor in the future progress of
events in the empire. Economic reform is
indispensable to the fulfillment of th.3
financial obligations thus assumed. Tho
failure to meet those responsibilities will
mean one thing-, and that is the further
acquisition of Chinese territory by the
powers now possessing spheres of influ
ence. .
The question which possesses prime im
portance to the American people in the
present contingency la the one whether
this people will be in a position to avail
themselves of the benefits to the trade
of the country which are bound to ensue
In case the new regime is inaugurated.
That event must depend solely on two
conditions. That is the freedom of this
country to engage In open commerce
with the Chinese and our ability to sup
ply ourselves with tho means of carry
ing on that commerce In American owned
or built vessels.
•^ ; ■
Thomas B. Reed's successor in congress
is said to be able to talk at the rate of
300 words a minute. But Reed could say
more in one-fourth that number of words.
SCHLEY \OT WELL ADVISED.
Whether the statements now current in
the press to the effect that President
Roosevelt will refuse to reopen or re
verse the conclusions of the majority of
the court of inquiry, are true or not, the
filends of Admiral Schley will be united
in the conviction that a grave mistake
was made in Invoking the interference
of the executive.
Whatever the official determination
may be or may have been, the American
people have reached their final conclusion
regarding the part borne by Admiral
Schley in the battle of Santiago. What
that conclusion is they have made plain.
They have done so regardless of party
political affiliations; and their verdict will
stand as the verdict at least of Admiral
Schley's generation.
While President Roosevelt has been and
is being pointed to as the one official who
is ready to lay aside all considerations
of party pride or interest, in reaching of
ficial conclusions, his nearest friend and
greatest admirer will hardly insist that
his career in the presidential chair sus
tains any such view. Mr. Roosevelt is a
politician, and a clever one at that. .He
will be his party's nominee in all proba
bility for the succession to the presiden
tial office. He has not shown any such
disregard of considerations of political
expediency, or any such devotion to ab
stract right since his accession as to war
rant any belief on the part of Admiral
Schley, his friends or his advisers, that
he would upset the entire policy of the
administrative, officers of the navy de
partment, or 'breast the official opinion
among the officers of that or any other
department of the national government,
in his determination to do justice to
Admiral Schley.
Let President Roosevelt's opinion be
what it may, It will not alter the situ
ation one iota. The decision of the ma
jority of that naval court will stand, and
by it will be judged, not Admiral Schley,
but the administration which was in
power when he was declared guilty of
lack of diligence in his management of
affairs while commander of the flying
squadron, and of neglect of duty before
the enemy at Santiago, and when the
(honor of the victory was sought to be
wrested from him in favor of an officer
who was not within hailing distance
when the victory was won.
It would have been better for the good
name of Admiral Schley to have left the
subject where it was when tne country
first repudiated the conclusions of Ad
miral Deweys associates on that court
of inquiry.
It was very kind cf the billlon-uouar
steel trust not to raise the price of its
product when it could have done so,
as it says, without fear of consequences.
There may have been a lurking belief
somewhere that the limit of forbearance
has been reached.
Jan Kubelik, the violinist, has mf.do
more money in his short American tour
than he ever knew existed in the world
before he left his Bohemian home. And
he is getting more of it every day. His
profits for four concerts in Chicago wer*
nearly $22,000.
One result of the proposed visit of
Prince Henry to New York, as noted by
a city paper, is that the parks are to be
cleaned up and made to wear a decent
garb for the time being.
Shakespeare is not to be let alone.
Along comes an autnor who proves the
Bard of Avon to be a reincarnation of
the Messiah. That goes Bacon and the
cryptogram one better.
Gentlemen of the house and senate will
come to order this morning. Whether
they will stay that way or not remains
to be seen.
And Powder Puffs.
One of the New York aldermen has in
troduced a resolution in the assembly
calling on all railroads running surface
cars in the streets of New York to keep
a cuspidor and a clock in every car. Why
not bootjacks?— Boston Dally Globe.
The same people who complain if they
have a long wait for a street car will
kick Is given short weight at the grocer's.
—Augusta Herald.
"Why Canada, of Course.
Porto Rico, the Philippines, Hawaii,
Tutuila and others of the Samoan group,
and now the Danish West Indies. Ex
pansion is the order of the day. Next?
—Tacoma Ledger.
Editorial Enterprising-
Farmer—l wonder why farmin' don't
pay better?
Rural Editor—Well, you know you
farmers don't advertise.—Judge.
And Sow a Little Jnlep.
L»ater Col. »»atterson may advise Mr.
Carnegie to endow a mint bed in connec
tion with that home for aged journalist:*.
—Detroit F>nee Press.
*Sfe]TRIC/ib
The largest and most brilliant audience
of the season witnessed the performance
of "The Chapsrons" at the Metropolitan
opera house lust night. Society was out
In force. Every seat on both floors was
occupied, tveiy box was filled and St.
Paul's smart set gave a warm welcome
to • Frank Perley"s clever people. Miss
Cahill, wno -waa in much better voice
than on the opening night, received an
ovation on her first appearance, and the
welcome accorded her must have glr.d
dened the heart of "The Chaperons" cle/
er leading lady. All the other principals
were in excellent condition and the play
went with a> rush from start to finish.
Charles B. Hanford, supported by Miss
Helen Grantly and a strong company,
comes to the Metropolitan Sunday night,
In a splendid production of Shakespeare's
"Taming of the Shrew."
"The Heart of Maryland," David Be
lasco's war drama, seenis to have plead
ed local theater-goers. The play is full
of thrilling climaxes', strong heart inter
est and presented by a company of ex
cellent merit.
The Grand cpera house next week will
have for its attraction "Yon Yonson."
Despite the cold weather yesterday, two
record-breaking houses saw tne excellent
performances given by tbe Dewey Ex
travaganza company at the Star theater.
The entertainment provided by this com
pany ranks among the best of the Star's
offering's thus far this season and is
pleasing the patrons of the theater.
GREE\aOO.V GOSSIP.
Nance O'Nell, who is now playing in
South Africa, is to make a London ap
pc-a ranee.
Annie Russell, it is reported, Is soon
to have a play from tine pen of Steplien
Phillips.
Charles E. Evans intends to tour next
season in a revival of his old sucuife;,
"A Parlor Match."
A dramatization of Mark Twain's "Tom
Sawyer" has been completed by Paul
Kester, and is now in the hands of
Charles Frohman.
According to the London papers, whsn
Oiga Nethersole returns to America she
will use a dramatization of Thomas
Hardy's novel, "The Mayor of Caster
bridge."
John Drew's return to New York in
"The Second in Command" was marked
by the appearance with him of his
daughter Louise, who is achieving con
siderable success as a member of her
father's company.
E. W. Townsend is working upon a
dramatization of "The Daughter of thd-
Tenement," which is lo be produced as
soon as it is ready. Another newspaper
man, Vance Thompson, has had a play
accepted by David Belasco.
Grayce Sc<>tt has been engaged by
Henry B. Ha.rris for the role of Hope
Langhom in "Soldiers of Fortune," in
which Robert Edeson will star. Tommy
Ross, formerly with the Grand stock
ctHXipany, will also t>e in the cast.
Charle3 Frohman has succeeded In 33
--curing from Arthur Wing Pinero a con
tract to write an original play for pro
duction in this country. With it is the
rights for America of "Iris" and the
play upon which Pinero is now working.
Under the management of Robert B-
Monroe and Alan Gray, "A Gibson
Widow," the new farce comedy founded
on Charles Dana Gibson's series of hu
morous sketches, "The Widow and Her
Friends," will be given an early produc
tion.
Oscar Dane, who until recently played
the leading part In "Are Tou a Mason?"
will soon make his debut in vaudeville
here. His act will include imitations of
Richard Mansfield, Joseph Jefferson,
Henry Miller. E. H. Sothern, Stewart
Robson and Nat Goodwin.
Manager John R. Sterling, of Buffalo,
who has so successfully looked after the
starring tours of Rose Melville in "Sis
Hopkins," has a new star for next sea
son in Almiro Droege, a German come
dienne, who will be sent out in a musical
piece that is being written.
The inevitable has happened, and,
though not yet announced by the man
ager, it is a fact that Charles Frohman
has secured a dramatization of "Tom
Sawyer." The play has been made
from Mr. Clemen's book by Paul Kes
ter, the American dramatist, who wrote
•'Mile. Mars."
It's William B. Van now. The former
little comedian of the burlesques, whose
sketches are well known to patrons of
the People's, has succeeded Charley
Evans in "My Antoinette," a musical
comedy now running in Boston. Van has
received much critical praise during his
engagement in the Hubs.
The announcement that De Wolf Hop
per will leave Web*;r and shields to re
sume his starring tout next .season again
confirms the rumor that feie i>ailey is to
go back to hid old love. An. Hopper is
to play "Pickwick," in a comic vertlon
of the famous Dickens stori,-.,. now being
made for him by Charles Klcia.
Gus Rogers' illness in Chicago last
week cost the management of u.e fing
ers Brothers' piece quite a tjuj .! iaa."
The Illinois theater had been pra.u ily
sold out for the week, and it is estim c d
that the comedian's inability to pla> , ->-
ily figures up a loss of $10,000 in rece.ttj
for the week. Rather an expensive Sick.
ness at these figures.
Miss Jessie Millward," former leading
lady of the Empire stock company, has
secured the English rights to "In the
Palace of the King," and will play Mis?
Viola Allen's role in the London produc
tion of this piece. Miss Millward, by the
way, was brought over to this country
to succeed Miss Allen when she retired
as leading lady of the Empire company
to become a star.
The announcement of Richard Mans
field last week that he will produce a
play founded on Tolstoy's powerful story
"Iran the Terrible," has been received
with interest in theatrical circles. It
will be Mr. Mansfield's first attempt at
Russian character work since his play,
"Rodion, the Student," which was a
powerful drama, though it never caught
the public to any extent.
There Is a rumor that seems to be well
founded that Edna Wallace Hopper has
decided not to be her own manager in
the fall, but to intrust her fortunes to
Charles Frohman. It was under his man
agement that she first became known
as the little soubrette in "The Girl I Left
Behind Me." It is rumored also that by
the terms of her contract Frohman will
keep her in musical work .
Delia Fox resumed her stage work in
the star role of a lively comedy called
"The Little Mam'selle," last week at
Paterson, N. J. The piece is said to oe
a very entertaining comedy in three acts,
depending up<n the complications arising
from the mischievous behavior of the
Little Mam'selle in a Jersey village. Miss
Fox plays a dual role, that of the
French girl and a dashing young boy.
Charles Hawtrey, the English actor
has been so successful upon his first
visit to this country that he has signed
a three years' contract with Manager
Charles Frohman providing- for annual
visits to this country of thirty week 3
each season. Mr. Hawtrey will remain all
season in New York and sail back to
London March 8. When he returns he
will tour the country in his success, "A
Message From Mars."
The benefit of Laura Burt, which was
to have taken place at the Bijou theater
in New York tomorrow, will be held in
the Casino theater there on Thursday
afternoon. An unusually long 1 list of
volunteers will assist in the entertain
ment. Miss Burt is still confined to
Roosevelt hospital, where she is slowly
recovering from the injuries sustained
by an accident during the performance
of "The King's Carnival."
The rumors-that Ada Rehan was left
in financial straits owing to the sudden
death of Augustin Daly, which have been
persistenly,caieted about since the famous
manager passed away, was put to the
blush, let us hope for all time, in New
York the 'cth^r day, when Miss Rehan
disposed of a, piece of property in the
metropolis to John D. Crimmins for
$30,0CW. The ground originally cost the
actress about $9,000, and is but a part
of her real estate holdings in and about
New York. With that snug sum In
bank Miss Rehan can doubtless worry
along, eating regularly for some time
without fear of becoming a bankrupt.
Many of his friends wondered why Rob
ert Hilliard took such a lively interest
in the late election, even to the extent of
invading the district of hl3 friend. Sen
ator Tim Sullivan, and winning the
hearts of the Bowery audience. At last
tho secret is out. Hilliard will know the
loot lights no longer, never again, ha
swears, under any circumstances; or for
the most princely salary ever offered,
will he be tempted to put on hia make
up and take the center of th« stage. He
is going into business just where he
left off fourteen years ago. Ana he feels
confident that there success will be his
In a more steady, if not c,p brilliant a
fashion as it naa been recently.
ADDING TO THE PARK
PARK BOARD'S CONTEMPLATED IM
PROVEMENTS AT INDIAN MOUNDS.
During the past year the park board
has added thirty acres of ground to In
dian Mounds park, at a cost of nearly
$30,000. The board contemplates another
addition of nine more acres, which will
bring the total cost up to about $35,0C0.
In a few weeks the board will call for
bids for the improving of the buildins
to the west of the grounds, which will
be used aa a pavilion. It will be sup
plied with a veranda and toilet rooms, at
a cost of about $3,000.
The board has received a gift in the
shape of a ring-tailed monkey, which has
been added to the collection at Oomo
park.
II S TRE£:T.
Using the cub reporter's copy for a
piece of sandpaper, the city editor was
hard at work rubbing the end of his
blue lead pencil ta a point when Tommy
Quin, police reporter, pushed into the
office. Tommy, being one of the regular
men, could push into the office every five
minutes without attracting any particular
amount of attention, but this time the
city editor stopped grinding the blue
pencil.
Tommy stopped him by starting to talk.
For at least seven minutes Tommy said
words without compelling the us© of the
ditto sign a single time. On the eighth
minute he repeated, and fearful that it
was to be an encore, the city editor
waved the flag.
"What's the matter with you?" he
shouted. "Here you stand talking cuss
words without a break for seven minutes.
Come out of it and tell us what's the
trouble."
"I'll tell you," shouted Tommy right
back. "I'll tell you all right, all right
Wot' fell you want to send me up
against that cat show for?"
"What's the matter with the cai
show?" asked the city editor.
"Oh, nothin', nothin' at all," snarled
Tommy with a nasty grin. "Here I gets
sent up against a 'bunch o' cats an' that
aint enough trouble for me. I meets up
K . -1 fj&jr > -*(r • &**»y \
Riding in the Patrol.
With a lot o' folks with funny apart
ments occupied an' almost gets pinched.
Oh, irothin', nothin' at all Is the matter
with that cat show."
"If you back up for a minute," broke
in the city editor, "and kicdly begin eA
the beginning perhaps we can help you
out."
"Oh, It's all over now," growled
Tommy.
"Well, what happened to you at the
cat show, anyhow?"
"Oh, nothin', nothin' at all," answered
Tommy. "Only I goes up to that cat
meetin' place to get a line on the doing.
I goes in an' announces that I has come
up to look the kittens over.
" 'What for,' says a thin-looking guy
at the door.
" 'Oh mostly cause I wants to look 'em
over.' I says.
" Has you a ticket?' asks this wiso
boy.
" 'Nixy ticket,' says I right back. 'I
don't need any pasteboard in mine, cause
I'm a hunter.'
" 'A what?' he inquires.
"'A hunter,' I says. 'A hunter of news.
I'm the boy reporter, an' my city editor
baa sent me up here to look over the
kittens.'
"He didn't like it, but he lets me in,
an' I starts to look over the tabbies. I
tells a little Ruth maiden that I'm from
the newspaper, an' she starts out to take
me by the mitt, an' away we go to look
at the living bundles o' violin strings.
"We is doin' mighty fine an" dandy,
an' the maiden is telling me that she
would like to have me call some even
ing, when'an old dame catches the curve
at thß corner of a row of cages an' we
just miss a head-end collision. Then
trouble starts, for the old dame barks out
a yelp that starts all the kittens for the
dark corners.
" 'Oh, Marie,' she shrieks at the maiden
on me arm. 'What, Oh, what are you
doin'?"
"Marie wasn't doin' anything, an' she
tries to tell this to the old fairy, but hot
for Maw Maw. It was Maw, an' she
wouldn't listen to reason.
" 'Who is this man?' she pipes just like
3'ou get it at the ten, twent' and thirt'
shows.
"Marie makes an old acquaintance play
an' explains that this man Is a news
paper reporter interested in the study of
felines.
" 'Not so, not so,' shouts the old one.
'You are deceived, for this man is a
burglar.'
"That was all news to me, but I was
overlooked in the deal an' I lets them
play out the cards. The maiden wants
to know why, an' the old one explains
that she sees me pinched just th« day
before up at Seventh an' Minnesota
streets.
"'I saw him hauled to jail in the
patrol wagon' shouted the old one. 'An'
you, sir," she goes on handing it right
straight to me, 'leave the place this
minute, or I will have you arrested.'
"I ducked, mostly 'cause I didn't want
to stay, an' now I wants to tell you that
you either cut out this police work . r
the cat shows. If I gets the police news,
it is up to me to ride in the patrol
wagon with the cops. If I rides in the
wagon I'm a burglar and if I'm a
burglar you send the others to cover
those society events. Another play like
this and my nerve is to the bad."
The city editor said he thought so, too,
and then returned to his blue pencil,
while Tommy Quln, police reporter, went
out to his machine and started to tell
about cats for the readers of the paper.
And Like Smallpox, Catching.
Just as the beginning of the end of the
Boer war is again announced, comes the
news of another capture of - British yeo
manry. • This time the number was only
twenty-five, but.it shows that the Boers
are still at work.—Philadelphia Times. -
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A Poor Job.
Hospital Doctor—Have you ever been
asphyxiated before!
Mose—Yes, sah; in de let' ahm— it
didn't take, sah.—San" Francisco Bulletin.
grist wm political Mill
A New York Judge In & decision says:
"No man's life, liberty or property Is safe
while the legislature la in session." That
judge talks as if he had! traveled in Min
nesota.
There may be no connection between
the convening of the legislature and the
cold wave which struck St. Paul simul
taneously.
If the Duluth delegation will introduce
an amendment to the tax bill providing
for a 10 per cent tax rate on farm ma
chinery notes it may make even Jaeobsoh
listen to reason.
Comptroller McCardy's fame has trav
eled abroad. Municipalities throughout
the Northwest axe crying- for Instruction
that will enable their officials to keep
books along the lines originated by Mr.
McCardy. Mr. McCardy is modest and
has not given this fact publicity. He has
recently received delegations from Pig's
iiye, Mendota and North St. Paul. Each
cf them was very anxious to secure a
dote for a visit from the comptroller,
when their officials can be brought to the
rack and be taught to keep accounts in a
metropolitan manner. It was suggested
by a prominent Republican yesterday tna t
a series of lectures on official courtesy
from McCaT&y might also bo of gTeat
worth to officers and taxpayers of com
munities not favored with a McCardy,
and an effort to route him through a
lyceum bureau will probably be made.
William Louis Kelly Jr. yesterday filed
his certificate of nomination to the Demo
cratic municipal court ticket. Mr. Kelly
is tha eighth avowed candidate from the
Democratic side of the fence. He is the
son of Judge William Louis Kelty, of the
district bench. He Is young, aggressive,
an experienced lawyer and has built up a
lucrative practice.
John Gioske yesterday filed his certifi
cate of candidacy for Democratic nom
ination to the assembly. The withdrawal
of Fritz Lehmann leaves Mr. Gieska the
only Democratic candidate, to date, from
the West Side. He ds a resident of the
Sixth ward, and the proprietor of a bar
ber shop on Fourth street.
A meeting of the Democratic First ward
/few tfork £eiter.
Xew York's IVevr Bond Issue—
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The first bond
sale under Mayor Low's administration
will be held on Feb. 18, at which time
$3,000,000 of corporate stock of the city
will be sold to the hig-hest bidders.
Comptroller Grout announced yesterday
that under the new charter "all or none"
bids which (have been! the feature of aft
city bond sales for years will not be al
lowed.
In advertising the sale the Comptroller
calls attention to the charter provision
which declares that preference shall be
given to small bids providing 1 the pre
mium offered equals that of the larger
bids. The bonds may be in denomina
tions as low as $10. They will bear inter
est at the rate of 3% per cent, payabfe in
gold, and will run for forty and fifty
years. Nearly all the proceeds of the
sale except $500,000 will be spout on rapid
transit work.
Columbia's Chinese Chair—
It has been announced by John B. Pin?,
of the board of trustees of Columbia uni
versity that the anonymous gift of JlOf,
--000 made publio on Jan. 6, is to be used
for the enlargement of the department of
Chinese language and literature, founded
last spring by the "Dean Lung founda
tion." Gen. Horace W. Carpenter gave
t/he $100,000 to start the fund, and $12,000
was received from Dean Lung himself.
Gen. Carpenter reserved the privilege o*
increasing the endowment at any time,
and although the name of the donor of
this latest gift is withheld, he is under
stood to be Gen. Oarpentier.
Schwab Has Not Resigned—
The story that C. M. Sdhwab had ca
bled his resignation as president of the
United States Steel corporation to J. Plei
pont Morgan was denied positively by
Mr. Morgan this afternoon. It has been
announced in Wall street that C. M.
Schwab, president of the United States
Steel corporation, will sail from South
ampton, England, on Feb. 8, in time to
be present at the annual meeting of the
steel company next month.
Pine Arts Federation Building—
Members of Che United Fine Arts build
ing committee, composed of delegates
from all the societies of tha Fine Arts
Federation of New York, who are work
ing on a scheme for placing the art so
cieties of this city in a permanent home
In a central part of the metropolis, at a
cost, exclusive of site, of at least $1,500,
--000, are strongly of the opinion that the
city should give substantial aid to the
project.
Bishop Wants Coffins Closed—
"U'illiam B. Derrick, bishop of the New
York diocese of the African Methodist
Episcopal church, and presiding bishop
of the New England, New Jersey and
Philadelphia conferences, has issued an
edict, from his episcopal residence in
Flushing, to the clergymen under bis
jurisdiction, dealing with the custom of
exposing the bodies of the dead in crowd
ed places at funerals. The bishop con
siders the practice, at the funerals of
industrial ffofes.
Among the recent combines are the
following: Boxboard manufacturers,
forming a $30,000,000 combine; new cycle
combine, with $8,000,000 capital, has been
organized; an $8,000,000 lumber trust, and
a $2,000,000 motor cycle combine.
The United Labor League, of Pitts
burg, Pa., has taken a stand against
bossism on account of the employment
of non-union labor and low wages in the
city bureaus, and will make their griev
ances one of the issues of the municipal
campaign.
The working of alleged non-union elec
tricians, steamfitters and lathers on
eighteen houses in Pittsburg, Pa., will,
If the men are not unionized, result in
a sympathetic strike of about 400 men.
The Building Trades council has taken
the fight up.
An effort Is under way among Fall
River, Mass., manufacturers to settle all
future wage disputes in the mills by the
appointment of a special arbitration
committee, composed of manufacturers
and representatives of labor unions.
The much-talked-of Shipmasters' Pro
tective association along the Great Lakes
will not do any business thi3 season.
They seem to lack a leader for organiza
tion. The Pilots' association has increas
ed its membership wonderfully since the
ciose of navigation."
The entertainment committee for th»
annual convention of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel and Tin
Workers, which is composed of labor
leaders and business men of Wheeling,
W. Va., will raise $5,000 for expenditure
during the convention.
Notwithstanding the decline In Indus
trial activity in Germany the coal pro
duction is not much less than last year.
The three chief coal regions in the
month of Odtober shipped' out 7.748.C60
tons this year, which Is but-2.8 per cent
loss than last year.
The labor bureau in lowa, as at present
formed, has been found Inadequate for
effective work, and an effort will be
n:ade at the present session of the legts*
lature to enlarge the board and effect a
complete reorganization. It has been in
existence for twenty years.
The feeling is very prevalent in Great
Britain that in the near future trade wll!
Improve. It Is argued that immediately
after the settlement of the South African
war there will be a greatly enhanced de
mand for bridge work, mining machinery
end metal goods.
The Schcnectady Locomotive works
organization will be held Tuesday even
ing, F e b. H, at 942 Payne avenue. Trie,
meeting will be thrown open to the voters
of the ward, and Fred W. Foot will de
liver an address on the primary law.
Tt is entirely improbable that the in
fluence of the "consolidated committee"
will be felt in local politics. The con
solidated committee represents the Com
mercial club, Chamber of Commerce, Job
bers' union, Northwestern Manufacturers'
association and kindred organizations, jt
has taken an active Interest in the work
of the conference committee and ttte
charter commission. Last we?k it was
proposed that the committee take upon
itself the task of securing the candidacy
of good men for the common council.
Ambrose Tighe was appointed to secure
a conference o-f the party leaders and
urge upon them the necessity of en
couraging the candidacy of clean, repre
sentative men and the discouragement of
political hangers on. The prominent Dem
ocrats on whom members of the com
mittee called at once promised their co
operation and invited the attention of
the commltttee to the splendid array of
representative men who have offered
themselves as Democratic candidates.
It Is Just barely possible that the com
mittee ran into a frost when It waited
on the Republican wheel horses. At alt
events it Is given out that the committee
is not inclined to mix in politics and
that the "proposed meeting of twenty-five "
representative citizens to" whom the "urg
ing" waa to be delegated will not be
called. Mr. Tighe says there seems to
be no very urgent demand for tne meet-
Ing and that until there is a demand the
committee will not feel called upon to
assist in creating one, In the mean
time the Republicans are howling for
council candidates and wielding a twenty
pound sledge on the reputations of the
few faithful who have filed with their
usual promptitude.
The First precinct committee of the Re
publican Second ward organization will
meet tomorrow night in Eis-enmenger'a
hall, Hastings avenue. There are several
vacancies to fill and the committee will
take some action looking to tne selection -
of judges and clerks for tne primary
election and registration.
colored persons, of opening the coffins at
the end of the services that those pres
ent may have a last look at the dead, a-j
dangerous in the extreme, and he won
ders that the health authorities have not
taken action on the ground that it la a
violation of sanitary laws. The bishop
instances a case where fifty persons died
from smallpox as the result of the ex
posure of a body. It is said t"hat the col
ored undertakers of this city are heartily
in favor of Bishop Derrick's edict. The
funerals of colored persons are often pro
tracted, they gay, by the exercises of the
fraternal and beneficial societies to which
the dead person belonged. Often the body
has been kept over night at the under
taker's expense.
Cleric Likes Stage Realism-
Realism on the stage has found a cleri
cal supporter. Ha i 3 the Rev. Dr. Percy
Stlckney Grant, rector of the Church of
the Ascension, and his views are looked
on as Important from the fact that he is
secretary of the Protestant Episcopal
diocese of New York, and is understood
to stand •extremely close to Bishop Pot
ter. In fact, his views on public affairs
are understood often to be those of the
bishop himself.
Electric Fire Losses-
Fire underwriters have just issued an
other record of electrical losses snowing
how extensive is the damage done in the
United States through non-enforcement
of protective regulations. Some recent
accidents have been distressing. Involving
destruction of life and limb, while others
have entailed a heavy property loss.
Slxon Wants Hill—
Lewis Nixon, acting leader of Tam
many Hall, did not appear at the wig
wam this morning. He will meet most of
the leaders this afternoon, and arrange
ments will be made for calls by more
delegations of business men, young men
and other sorts of men who want to
assure him of their loyalty. Nixon likes
to meet those delegations. Next week, it
is said, an effort will bo made to send
to Tammany Hall a "delegation made up
of men who have been fighting the or
ganization for several years. If the men
can be found they will be received warm
ly. Nixon is all for harmony now. Tam
many la always for harmony when it is
out of power. It was reported today that
Nixon might even call on David B. Hill
next week and ask him to forget all dif
ferences till after the state convention.
The Children's Court—
The children's court, provided for In
the revised charter, for the purpose of
guarding juvenile offenders from expo
sure to the atmosphere of crime that prp
vails in the magistrates' courts, has net
yet been opened. The law creating it set
Jan. 1 as the day upon which it should
be opened. This delay Is due to a va
riety of causes. Officials of the new ad
ministration say that 4t is for not more
promptly furnishing the money for the
changes necessary in the old Charities
building, but it is expected that It will
be ready in a few weeks.
have Just completed the largest and most
powerful locomotive in the world. It la
seventy feet in length, and stands half
as high as Niagara. On a level trade
it could haul a train a mile and a half
long, carrying the harvest of 10,000 acres
of wheat.
The scale recommended in the Mine
Workers' convention last week was for
the general advance of bituminous mit,
lng of 10 per cent, on a "run-of-mlne"
basis, the differential of 7 cents (the oM
figure) between pick and machine mining;
15 cents a day increase for inside driver*
and a uniform scale for all outside labor *
MUST MAKE NEW START"
CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING FOlt
PARKING LEXINGTON' DEFECTIVE.
"The proposed parking of Lexington av
enue, from Summit avenue to the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern rights c?
way, received another setback last night,
•when the board of park commissioners
was compelled to rescind all proceeding
and began the condemnation proceedings
over again.
The stumbling block this time Is H. W.
Topping, who objects to fory feet of his
ground being taken without retaining
soma jurisdiction as far as its care and
maintenance as a lawn and beauty sp *
is concerned. Through Attorney Chapin
he evidenced his willingness to. deed the
ground desired over to the park board,
but demanded that his interest be recog
nized to the extent of giving him com- <
plete control over. Its care and mainte
nance. Other conditions were also at
tached. Attorney Chapm intimated that
his client would fight rather than permit
the lawn to be taken from him absolutely.
Some of the members accepted.it as a.
challenge and a sharp Interchange of
words ensued.
Some of the members ■wore opposed to
giving concessions to one and denying
them to others, but out. of respect to
President Wheelock, who has been per
sistent In his efforts to see the street
parked, they gave way and voted to ac
cept Mr. Topping's conditions. - The sams
stipulations are imposed toy the cwn «-"3
of , the fstickney property across the
street. . , <i
The work of : condemning for a forty
foot lawn on each side of the street was
started nearly two years ago ; and during
that time *: the proceedings because of
some irregularity or a protest from some
property owners, have been rescinded and
approved fully a dozen tlni«a.':» - ,?-