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CASH WANT ADS Get. Green Trading Stamps at the Globe Office. VOL. XXVI.—NO. 27. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BILL IS AMENDED Senator Nelson Changes It to Fit in With the Presi dent's Plan for Trust Reg ulation—Bureau of Cor porations Created to Make Investigations and Secure Publicity. From Globe Washington Bureau. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 2C—Sen ator Nelson is working in harmony with the administration in trying to rescue his department of commerce bill and make it fit with President Roosevelt's plan for trust regulation. To this end ho has drawn an amendment to the section ci eating a bureau of corpora tions and whtn the bill is reported again from his committee it will carry an elaborate t-ddltion creating a bureau of publicity. The amendment is framed along the line of Attorney General Knox's leeommendations, but more condensed than the bill which Knox drew up fu-.ct. It is proposed that the publicity bu reau be armed with all necessary power to investigate the affairs of corpora tions doing an interstate business. Re ports on the results will be made di rectly to the president and the latter shnll have the power to make them public in such cases as he sNiall de termine. By this discretionary power in the executive it is planned that pub licity can be direct* \ to the doings of the large and iniquitous corporations without harming small, innocent one 3 or interfering with competition or nec essary business privacy. OOURT GOES AGAINST HITCHCOCK Federal Judge Says Congress Has Exceeded Its Legis lative Power. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 26.— Judge Marshall, of the United States district court, today sustained the de murrer of the defendant in the case of the United States vs. Frank Martinus, Who was charged with running a band of 2,000 sheep on the Fish Lake forest reserve in violation of the rule formu lated for the protection of forest re serves by the secretary of the interior. Judge Marshall states that congress has exceeded its legislative power in empowering the secretary of the in terior to make rules, the violation of ■which would be a criminal act, and held that the law was unconstitutional. The decision is regarded as of the greatest importance to Utah sheep men, as similar cases will be thrown out of court. AMERICANS DIE FIGHTING LADRONES Volunteer Force Outnumbered, De- feated and Beioed in Zambales. MANILA, J;m. 26. —It is reported ; here that the volunteer force organ ized at Bolinao, province of Zambales, for the puipose of dispersing the La- j drones in that vicinity, has been de- j feated, and that three Americans, in cluding Mr. Osborne, a teacher, were killed. The Ladrones outnumbered the I volunteers, surrounded the latter and ! beloed them. The Americans died ' fighting. The decline in the value of silver has forced the Philippine government to lower the official rate. The now ratio is $2.C1 sliver for $1 gold, the lowest official rate ever declared. It represents a heavy loss to insular treasury, and the commercial houses fear that further declines will result in commercial disaster. It is expected that the question of the possession of church property in the Philippines will reach the courts shortly. The Roman Catholics have applied to the supreme court for an injunction to restrain the Aglipay fac tion from "defiling the church" in Rizale province. The court denied the application of lack of jurisdiction, and j said the Rizale courts were competent to decide the matter. It is expected that an application for an injunction will be made there. ALL AGAIN SMOOTH IN COLORADO Regularity of Teller's Election Con- ceded by Republicans. DENVER, Col., Jan. 2(i.—The regu larity of the election of United States Senator Teller Saturday is practically conceded by the Republican senators, who today abandoned the separate or ganization which they maintained all last week and,returned to the senate chamber, where the Democratic ma jority has been in continuous session since last Monday. Lieut. Gov. Hag gott shook hands with the Democratic president pro tern, Senator Adams, who had presided during his absence last week, and resumed the chair. The senate then adjourned until Thursday afternoon. The Republican officers of the house of representatives, today recognized the Democratic senate as the regular organization by receiving from its sec retary the emergency appropriation bill which it passed last week. A mo tion was made by Representative Fre wen, a Wolcott member, to reconsider the adverse action on the report for the expulsion of all the Arapahoe Dem ocratic members, but it was defeated by a vote of 37 to 24. The house ad journed until tomorrow. Mr. Peabody said today that he knew no reason why he should not sign a certificate of Senator Teller's election but he would wait for a "judicial opin ion on the matter, for which he had asked. The Democratic and anti -Wolcott Republican members of the house have agreed to maintain the present organization of the house intact. In THE ST. PAUL GLOBE consideration ; of recognition of the Democratic senate and an agreement to unseat no more Democratic mem bers, the Democrats will vote with the anti-Wolcott Republicans against any proposition that may be sprung by the Wolcott faction looking to a reorgani zation of the house. Thus the Repub licans opposed to Wolcott's- senatorial candidacy, who refused to enter a cau cus, will be left in control of all the important house committees through out the session. . :-: Frank C. Goudy, one of the leading Republican candidates in the sena torial struggle just ended, issued a statement tonight regarding his posi tion in the matter. He declares the election of Teller illegal, but passes it up to the United States senate. He defends the action of the anti->Wolcott members of the house In failing to seat the Republican contestants from Den ver on the ground that such action would have caused the unseating of all Republican senators and blocked necessary legislation. He says the campaign of 1902 was made upon the distinct understanding that Mr. Wol cott would not be a candidate for sen ator, and adds: "If he had not come into this fight there would have been no factionalism, and in all probability Mr. Teller would not have been successful." HEWITT EULOGIZED BY LEADING MEN Ex-President Cleveland and President Roosevelt Pay Tributes. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—The late Abram S. Hewitt was eulogized by former President Grover Cleveland to inght at a memorial. meeting held at the City club. Addresses also were made by Edward M. Shepard and City Chamberlain E. R. L. Gould, and Rich ard Watson Gilder read a poem, "The Great Citizen," which he wrote for Mr. Hewitt's funeral. Wheeler W. Peck ham presided. The following letter from President Roosevelt was. read: "My _ Dear Mr. Peckham: I wish there was some way in which I could express my profound sense of personal bereavement in the death of Abram S. Hewitt, and above all my feelings as a citizen of what we all owe him. His presence has been, in the literal sense of the word, an inspiration to the de cent performance of duty by all who wished well to the state, and the mem ory of his life is a heritage of honor for the city. Sincerely yours, —"Theodore Rooosevelt." Mr. Cleveland said: "The tribute of sadness which here prevails is but a subdued echo of the sorrow of thousands of our fellow countrymen who are mourning the death of a good man and a useful citi zen. The universal grief that has troubled this great city, where Abram S. Hewitt lived so. long and wrought so well, indicate the true value of his life. Today we find welcome consola tion in the thought that our distin guished fellow citizen, though dead, Is not entirely lost to us. "We have fallen upon a time when many disturbances in the currents of our social, political and industrial life, nearly give rise to the fear that the stalwart and patriotic popular views essential to cur national success and happiness are growing weak and per haps waning to extinction. But the dead whom we here lament is not lost to us. From his death comes reassur ance; and we are taught by the spon taneous tribute paid on every side to his civic usefulness that the American people still gratefully dwell upon dis interested service for the public weal, and that patriotic impulse and high .aspirations still have an abiding place in the hearts of our countrymen. "I believe I but voice your thoughts when I say that Mr. Hewitt has taught us not enly how to live, but also how to die. As members of a nation more favored by God than any other which He has permitted to exist, let us real ize our obligations to make safe and &<?u- UIL e Vth6 government by the people which has been intrusted to our ke^p- Let us rei nember that It can thrive and grow only in the atmos phere of popular devotion and unpel iish attachment, and above all things let us open our hearts to such Influ ences and teachings as emanate from the life and death which we today memoralize." rty JAPAN ALSO HAS SCHOOL BOOK MEN Sensational Revelation Involving Men In High Station. | TOKIO Jan. 26.— sensational case in volving the reputation of high officiate, i deluding governors, ex-governors, legis i lators, etc., has been agitating the coun- I try for some time. Already seventy-seven | arrests have been made and the public ) trial will begin shortly. According to law any irregularity in a text book debars its use in the public schools, and as the schools will start .shortly, and the mat- In ft* * teXt books wIII ** be de cided, the children will be without books The case is that of unscrupulous pub dishers who are accused of having given bribes to.high officials to Induce them to accept a text book in their districts that could be .suppled at a largo profit. TAMMANY MUST RECOGNIZE DEVERY AS COMMITTEEMAN New York Supreme Court Grants Writ of Mandamus. enS-ftf in'o^' Jan 2<s—Justice Lev- I™ I■* m- the supreme court today anted a peremptory writ of man *™» J° *? ter J- Garvey. fj?me"r Chief of Police Devery's lieutenant In the assembly district, ordering the general .committee Zof |Tammany- hall to recognize him as a member of that committee, and also .to recognize as a member of the executive committee of Tammany hall the person duly chosen b^ Garvey and his fellow members The Tammany 'general -committee several months ago adopted a resolu tion denying v recognition to Garvey. The effect of the decision rendered to day is to secure Devery a seat in the executive committee on Tammany —^*- JUDGE DAY FINALLY GETS HIS APPOINTMENT He Accepts a Place on United States Supreme Court Bench. V CANTON. Ohio, Jan. 26.—Judge "W R Day has accepted a tender of appointment as associate justice of the United States supreme court. Judge Day said today in answer to a query as to his appointment • I received the tender from President Roosevelt Saturday. I mail my accept ance this morning." - ■ Judge Day does not know when the appointment will be sent to the senate. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1903.—TEN PAGES. DAY'S NEWS SUMMARIZED Weather for St. Paul and vicinity: Fair and colder today; fair tomorrow. FOREIGN— Rumor has it that Venezuelan blockade will be raised tomorrow. Situation in Macedonia is reported worse than at any time in five years past. LEGISLATIVE— Representative Dorsey introduces bill* for taxation of foreign corporations, fran chises and incomes. House committee will investigate work of capitol commission. Dr. Budd objects to bill reported out for passage by only half a committee. DdMESTIC— Federal judge in Utah, in forest re serve case, says congress has exceeded its power. Volunteer force operating against la drones in Philippines is defeated and three Americans are killed. lowa woman sues for divorce from father of Evangelist Dowie. Capt. Alexander Grlggs, founder of Grand Forks, N. D., dies in Washington state. Judge W. R. Day, of Ohio, accepts ap pointment as associate justice of national supreme court. WASHINGTON— Philip Doblin, who testified in Lessler investigation that he had heard bribery talk, declares he testified falsely and takes it back. Littlefield's committee report on an ti-trust bill is out. Executive committee of National Afro- American Council issues address to coun try. Senator Nelson amends his department of commerce bill to accord with presi dent's idea as to trust regulation. SPORTING— A. A. U. refuses to sanction proposed invasion of England by American ath letes. Peter Maher is knocked out in the sec ond round of fight at Philadelphia by Joe Choyinski. Arthur Mallett, of St. Paul, defeats Le Roux, of Minneapolis, and retains toil championship of Northwest. LOCAL— New national bank is being organized with Joseph Lockey at its head. State makes requisition on federal gov ernment for 2,100 Krag-Jorgensen rifles to arm national guard. Reports and other papers arriving at general railway offices in St. Paul are to be fumigated for disease germs. Italian sculptor is in the city to make busts of Frederick Weyerhaeuser and other St. Paul men. Chinese will begin celebrating their New Year today. Boot and shoe workers wait on Gov. Van Sant and state board of control to protest against the manufacture of shoes by convict labor. Health commissioner asserts that death of ten-year-old Helen Poucher was due to superstition of parent and osteopathic treatment of contagious disease. RAILROADS— Senate committee strengthens Elkins' anti-trust bill. Northern Pacific loses land case in Unit ed States supreme court. Rock Island is to build extension in Texas. Negotlons for transfer of control of Chicago Great Western are thought to in volve plan to divide road between St. Paul and North-Western. USINEBS— Wheat closes lower after making new high price. Com advances and oats fall. Stock market is more cheerful, but With exception of one or two spurts trad ing is stagnant. MINNEAPOLIS— County Attorney Boardman brings a libel suit against McClure's Magazine for $50,000 damages on account of the famous article concerning the municipal scandal. "Billy" Edwards and Charles Howard, the "big mitt" men, return to Minne apolis to testify if need be at the coming trial of Irwin Gardner. COLE YOUNGER GETS HIS BROTHER'S RELICS Personal Effects of James Younger Are Turned Over by Morgue Keeper. "This is to certify that I have this day received from Delancey Richardson cus^ todian of the Ramsey county mbrgue the entire personal effects of James lounger, deceased. ls —"Cole Younger." As Cole, with a flourish, concluded the signing of his name yesterday. Custodian Richardson handed over to him a n um brella, a pair of shoes, an overcoat, neat ly brushed, and a package of trinkets They were the property of his dead brother, James Younger, and represent ed the effects taken in charge by Coroner Miller shortly after James' tragic demise. A pistol, the one with which the broth er closed his earthly career, was included in the transfer, but it had grewsome memories, and Dr. Miller's request that it be given to him as a memento was quickly honored by Cole. Cole, despite the grewsome package that he carried away with him from tide morgue, was cheerful, and to The Globe's remark as to how he felt, an swered: "Very good, thank you. I am feeling 50 per cent better than I did a month ago. I feel as young as I did twenty-five years ago. and can romp, and play" with the best of them." Cole says he has strong hopes of secur ing a full pardon, and as soon as he gets it will go back to Missouri to spend his old days. He says he receives letters daily from his oldhome. wishing him suc cess and tendering aid. NURSES PROLONG LIVES OF PATIENTS TO SAVE WORK Serious Charges Filed by a Former Member of the Ranks. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Official in vestigation is to be made of the charges against the nurse-training system of Bellevue hospital made by by John Santarose, a male nurse, who recently resigned, and who, in an affi davit, said that men nurses were in the habit of giving powerful injections of strychnine to dying patients in or der to prolong their lives until after the close of the period of duty of the nurses in attendance. The alleged ob ject of this procedure was to shirk the duty of "laving out" the bodies. Other grave irregularities are charged The nurses make a general denial of the charges, but say their work is too hard. Gen. Miles in Paris. PARIS, Jan. 26.—Lieut. Gen. Miles the members of his staff and his family have arrived here from Berlin. Gen Miles will probably be received by the minister of war, Gen. Andre, and other French military notabilities, and will inspect the military school and other features of the French military sys tem. J DR. DORSEY REVIVES DEMOCRATS'TAX PLATFORM Representative Introduces Bills for Taxation of For eign Corporations and In comes and Improved Meth od of Determining Value of Capital Stock for Assess ment. Representative John Dorsey, Glen coe, yesterday introduced in the house two bills covering the subject of taxa tion, which embody, with slight addi tions, the tax programme of the Dem ocrats submitted to the extra session, and which was originally outlined by Gov. Lind. The bills provide for the taxation of foreign corporations, a constitutional amendment for an Income tax and a method of assessing companies incor porated or otherwise. The bills were sent to the committee on taxes and tax laws, and will probably be the bones of stiff contentions In the com mittee. Being of Democratic origin, their fate is hardly problematical. The first bill, which provides a method for the assessment of compa nies is similar to the present law. The new features are the addition of the amounts of outstanding bonds, bonded debt bearing interest and the amount and value of funded or bonded debt severally to the present list, which calls for the amount of stock author ized; the paid-up stock and the mar ket value of the stock f*bm the total of which, value of the real and per sonal property is deducted to estab lish the assessment value of the stock. Franchise and Income Taxes. The additions are primarily for the purpose of furnishing a check against watered stock and a consequent eva sion of taxation. The value of the stocks determined by the prescribed method, they are to be assessed in the manner provided for the assessment of property of private persons. Month ly installments paid into building as sociations, and subject to the with drawal clause, are to be considered as debts and deducted, as provided by the present law. The proposed amendment to section 3, article IX., of the constitution, pro vides for the taxation of charters, special privileges and franchises granted by the state of Minnesota, or any political subdivision, and a tax on the gross or net income of persons above an exemption to be fixed by the legislature. It is also provided that the legislature may exempt one or more classes for the purpose of pre serving equality of taxation. SCAN CAPITOL ACCOUNTS. House Will Investigate Commission's Expenditures and Needs. The house committee on public ac counts and expenditures will prose cute a capitol Investigation for the purpose of assuring the house that ex peditures on the new state house have been wisely and honestly made, and that the $1,500,000 now asked by the commission will finish the structure. The investigation was decided upon yesterday after a half hour spent in discussion, entirely friendly. Last week Mr. Nelson, Fillmore, sent up a resolution asking for a special inves tigation committee. The object of the proposed investigation was, he said, to reassure the constituents of the coun try members that all has been regular and the state's money economically expended. Mr. Tighe, Ramsey, gave notice of debate. Mr. Nelson called his resolution up yesterday, and when It was amended to read committee on public accounts and expenditures, instead of special committee, Mr. Tighe withdrew his no tice of debate, saying it had only been given because the house was noisy and he was unable tc determine the purport of the resolutions when they were originally read. An investiga tion, he said, was entirely proper and a proposition that should be welcome to every member. A proposition to refer the investiga tion to the public buildings committee raised a slight breeae among the country members, who objected to that committee on the ground that it in cluded too many city members. KICKS ON SNAP JUDGMENT. Dr. Budd Has Bill Passed by Half a Committee Sent Back. The usual running flght maintained In the house committee on public health, dairy and food products arrived yesterday morning with Representa tive Budd, Two Harbors, an easy win ner of the first round. Mr. Morley, as chairman of the com mittee, yesterday morning reported out for passage the bill dividing the ex pense for care of contagious disease patients between towns and counties. The report was decided upon at $. meeting of the committee Friday. Dr. Budd secured recognition and in formed the house that »vhen a favor able report on the bill was decided upon five of the eleven members of the committee were abs«nt, inspecting the soldiers' home. The five members not in on the star session, Dr. Budd said, were opposed to the bill and wanted it recommitted to committee where they could take sundry kicks at it. Dr. Budd made his case so strong that no oppo sition to his request was made and the bill stands to meet a' bunch of trouble when the committee next stts *^a it. HUNT A NEW H^Mt House Needs Office Occupied I "Game and Fish Officials. It is up to the executive agent of the state game and fish commission to hunt a new domicile for the collection of confiscated guns, r^>ds and officials which adorns room 14, saate capitol. This room is needed by the house enrolling clerk and his assistants, and Mr, Fulton, Ramsey, .<ter<3ay intro duced a resolution authorizing- the ser greant-at.-arms to take ..possession. A temporary stay of proceedings was secured by some of the tender-hearted members who feared the executive agent might be forced out on an in hospitable world and catch cold out of storage. PAY MAYOR'S BILLS. Thief River Falls Would Assume Ex penses Incurred in Good Cause. A bill to legalize municipal enter prise was introduced in the house yes terday by Representative Simons. The bill authorized common councils Continued on Fourth Page. D.YIDINC CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN St. Paul Road May Give a Branch to the North- Western. Special to The Globe. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Regarding the statement of Vice President Stickney, of the Chicago Great Western road, confirming reports current that negoti ations are on for the transfer of con trol of the property to a larger system-, Vice President Oppenheim said to day: "All I can say about this matter Is that the negotiations are progressing satisfactorily." The deal is understood to be the same that was on early in 1891, when the St. Paul went so far as to take an option on the Great Western property at prices of par for the preferred A stock, 75 for preferred and 50 for the common stock, the intention being to divide the Great Western with the Chi&ago & North- Western, giving the latter the Kansas City branch. When it seemed probable the option would be exercised the bad blood between the Hill and the Harri man interests developed. LIVELIEST SORT OF A RUNAWAY One Girl Badly Injured and Another Has an Extraor dinary Escape. Special to The Globe. PRESTON, Minn., Jan. 26.—Reihl and Ed Klimnehaget, young farmers, paid $12.50 each in justice court today for horse racing on the village streets. While going home from church last night both teams ran away. One bobsleigh tore forty feet of rail- Ing from the iron bridge. Ida Reihl was thrown from the sleigh and struck her head against a girder ten feet above the roadway, receiving a serious scalp wound and was injured internally. Ma bel Kent was hurled headlong through the side rods of the bridge to the frozen mill race below, but was uninjured. Young Klimenhaget was dragged for some distance on the bridge and will carry a badly damaged face for some time to come. EULOGIZE THEIR FORMER FOES Ex-Confederate Extols Lin coln and Ex-Union Sol dier Praises Lee. NEW TORK, Jan. 26.—The thirteenth annual banquet of the Confederate Vet eran Camp of New York, held tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria, was made memorable by eloquent eulogies of the great figures of the South and the North during the Civil war by men who themselves had fought in the ar mies opposing them. Charles Francis Adams, of Massa chusetts, a soldier of the Union re sponded to the toast of "Robert E Lee," and Col. Henry Watterson, a sol dier of the Confederacy, paid tribute to the character of Abraham Lincoln. The third toast, to Jefferson Davis was responded to by William Hepburn Rus sell, formerly of Missouri, and now commissioner of accounts of New York Upward of 500 comrades of the camp and their guests were present, and the presence of many women lent brillian cy to the banquet. Commander Henry E. Owen presided, with Mayor Low at his right and Col. Watterson at his left. The opening toast, to "The President and the Army and Navy of the United States—A Prince Among the Rulers of the World, but the Servant of a Free People," was drunk standing-, amid great applause, the orchestra rendering "Hail, Columbia." This was followed by the toast to Gen Lee. "Nature made him then broke the mold." In respond ing; Mr. Adams warmly eulogized Gen Lee. This was succeeded by the rendering of the "Bonnie Blue Flag" and songs of ante-bellum days, by Mrs. Hollings worth Watkins, formerly of Louisiana In responding to the toast to "Abra ham Lincoln—He Was Not for an Ag-e but for All Time," Col. Henry Watter son said: "From first to last throughout the an gry debates preceding the war. amid all the passions of the war itself, not one vindictive, proscriptive word fell from his tongue or pen. whilst during Its progress there was scarcely a day when he aid not project his great personality between some Southern man or woman and dan ger. Yet the South does not know ex cept as a kind of hearsay, that this big brained, big-souled man was a friend a friend at court, when friends were most in need, having the will and the power to rescue it from the wolves of brutality and rapine, whom the history of all wars tells us the lust of victory, the very smell of battle, lures, from their hiding to prey upon the helpless, the dying and the dead. But, perusing the after-story of those dread days, Mr. Davis knew this and died doing full justice to the character of Abraham Lincoln. "The years are gliding swiftly by Only a little while, and there shall be no man living who saw service on either side of that great struggle of systems and ideas. Its passions long ago vanished from manly bosoms. That has come to pass within a single generation in America which in Europe required ages to accom plish. There is no disputing the verdict of events. Let us relate them truly and interpret them fairly. If we would have the North do justice to our heroes, we must do justice to its heroes. I here render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, even as I would render unto God the things that are God's. As living men, standing erect in the jfesence of heaven and the world, we have grown gray without being ashamed; and we need not fear that history will fail to vindicate our integrity." The final toast of the evening was to "The Silent Brigade," all rising and a bugler sounding "taps." NEGRO MURDERER SHOT AND HIS BODY BURNED Killing of a Louisiana Sheriff Avenged by Lynchers. NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 26.—John PRICE TWO CENTS. °[V^^ TB . VENEZUELAN BLOCKADE TO BE RAISED TOMORROW Thomas, a negro, who shot and killed Sheriff Benjamin F. Ory, of St. Charles parish, near here, today, was killed by a mob and his body burned this after noon. Thomas shot Sheriff Ory while the latter was attempting to arrest him, and was himself wounded in the arm. He escaped, but a posse found him in the drainage ditch of the Ashton plan tation, a mile from the scene of the shooting. They immediately opened fire on the negro and riddled his body with bullets. Then, placing the body in the victim's cabin, nearby, they set fire to the building, which was burned to the ground, with all its contents SUES MAGAZINE FOR LIBELING HIM County Attorney Boardman, of Hennepin, Brings Ac tion Against McClure's. County Attorney Boardman, of Hen nepln county, has brought an action against the publishers of McClure's Magazine for $50,000 damages sustain ed by the publication of an article in the January number of their magazine which reflected upon the qualifications of Mr. Boardman in the conduct of his office. The papers were served last night on Fred C. Little, Northwestern represent ative of McClure's, by United States Marshal W. E. Grimshaw, and the case will come up for hearing at the March term of the United States court in Minneapolis. Ever since the publication of the ar ticle referred to Mr. Boardman has had the matter under advisement, and papers were not served sooner because it would have been necessary for him to have gone to New York to make such service, and the case would nec essarily have to be tried at that poin> consequently he has bided his time for a representative of the magazine to put in his appearance in this city, and now he will be able to fight the case on his own ground. Mr. Boardman feels con fident that he has good grounds for action, and believes that he will win out in the suit. The article referred to is one that was written by a representative of the magazine, giving a history of the mu nicipal corruption that has made Min neapolis a much advertised city for the manner in which its officials conducted a systematic game of graft, until they were brought up with <a sudden jerk through the efforts of the famous "April grand jury" and the co-opera tion of two of the principle "big mitt" men "Billy" Edwards and "Charlie" Howard, who were arrested on the charge of swindling when they were supposed to be operating in the city under police protection. The article states that Mr. Board man, county attorney, and Hovey C. Clark, foreman of the grand jury, had some words in the grand jury room, at which time Mr. Clarke told Mr. Board man that they did not wish his assist ance because they doubted his integ rity, and they wanted a man on whom they could rely. LEGISLATORS BETTER THAN JACK RABBITS So Those of Utah Seem to Consider Themselves. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan 26.— The lower house of the legislature to day made formal objections to its mem bers being compared to jack rabbits. The objection was in the form of reso lutions severely censuring a Salt Lake paper which on Saturday published an article stating that the members from San Peteo county "could change places with jack rabbits and the legislature would be strengthened by the presence of their substitutes." The resolutions, which were passed after a lively discussion, declared that the remarks cast serious reflection upon the intelligence and fitness for the work of the legislature. NAVAJO INDIANS ARE REPORTED STARVING Children in Snowy Weather 111 Clad op Naked. DURANGO, Col.. Jan. 26.—The Na vajo Indians on their reservation in New Mexico, sixty or seventy miles from here, are starving. The story is given on the authority of white resi dents of that section. A correspond ent says: "Hundreds of these people are not only starving, but suffering from cold. Some of the children wear nothing but calico shirts and many are naked. From three to five inches of snow has fallen on several occasions. Last sea son's drought left the Indians without crops, and the rivers and springs dried up, their stock perishing for food and drink. The squaws have been unable to get material with which to weave blankets. They have given up all their cheap silver, jewelry and trinklet3 for flour and meat long ago." LAURIER ON ALASKAN BOUNDARY SETTLEMENT Premier Says No Conditions Are At- tached to the Treaty. OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 26.—Sir Wil frid Laurier, the premier, arrived this afternoon from Montreal. He was ask ed as to whether or not there were any conditions attached to the treaty for the settlement of the Alaska boundary. "There are no conditions," replied Sir Wilfrid. "The arbitrators are ap pointed to interpret the treaty." "That is the treaty of 1825?" "Yes. The arbitrators will not be hampered by any conditions. They will have the whole case before them as shown by the convention of 1825." "What are the provisions as to the selection of the arbitrators?" "The only provision is that they are to be jurists of repute. There will be three jurists of repute on each side." "Canada will be represented?" "Of course." "And if the arbitration be ag tinst Canada, what then?" "Canada must bear it. We will jave to abide by the decision of (lie t? 1* • bunal." ray Subscriptions and Get TjGregn Trading Stamp at the Globe Office. So Declares an Unconfirmed Keport From Caracas, Bri tisli Naval Officer Being Quoted to This Effect-At Any Bate the Prospects of a Settlement Seem Bright er Than Ever. CARACAS, Jan. 26.—The Associat* Press correspondent has just receive^ a communication from the British naval officer at Guaira informing him that the blockade will be raised on Wednesday. Not Confirmed in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 26 There is no information in Washington to justify the positive statement con tained in the Caracas dispatch that the Venezuelan blockade will be raised on V/ednesday. Minister Bowen continues hopeful that such a happy consumma tion will result from the pending nego tiations, as the latest proposition he has made to the allied governments is regarded by him as an eminently fair, one. He is still awaiting formal re plies to that proposition from Great Britain and Germany and on these will depend the question whether the blocks ade is to be raised. The question now to be determined ia the amount of the customs receipts which arc to be given as a guaranty. Great FJ/itain is believed to be favor able to accepting the 30 per cent of fered by Mr. Bowen, while Germany ia supposed to be insisting on 50 per cent. What Bowen Prposes. Minister Bowen, acting for Venezue-* la, in return for the raising of the blockade, pledges 30 per cent of the re ceipts of the ports of Porto Cabello and La Guayra, the same to be collected by. a joint commission made up of one rep resentative from each of the powers having claims against Venezuela. Light From London. LONDON, Jan. 26.—Great Britain' and Germay have informed their rep resentatives at Washington that they consider Minister Bowen's proposals regarding Venezuela's guarantees to form a satisfactory basis for further negotiations. In addition to the offer of the part of the customs at La Guayra and Porto Cabello as a guarantee, Mr. Bowen informed the powers that sev eral New York banks had expressed their willingness to undertake the pay ment of the first claims demanded by the powers upon the basis of such guarantee. As soon as the powers heard of the consent of the reliable houses to guarantee the payment of the first claims the blockade will be raised. This Is expected to be within two or three days. In the event of this arrangement be ing concluded, it is supposed that the. customs of the two ports mentioned' will be administered jointly by repre sentatives of the powers and of the banks concerned. It is understood here that the banks referred to by Mr. Bowen are J. & W. Seligman & Co. and J. P. Morgan & Co. The guaran tee offered to the powers through Mr. Bowen is a portion of the customs re ceipts of La Guayra and perhaps of several other ports. The proposal was first made to Great Britain, which pro visionally accepted it, and then to Ger many, which accepted it in principle on Saturday. The allies are now exam ining the value of the guarantee offered' and are negotiating details, like the form of payment. ALLIANCE STRAINED SEVERELY. Great Britain Prefers American to Ger- - man Friendship. Special Cable to The Globe. LONDON, Jan. 26.—While outward harmony continues to prevail between England and Germany with respect to Venezuela, the alliance has lately un dergone a severe strain. The ill-timed violence of the German warships has moved Lord Landsdowne, the foreign minister, to institute immediate inquir ies into the circumstances of the case, Count Metternich, the German am bassador, telegraphed to Berlin for in formation. Baron yon Rlchthofen re plied that the imperial government awaited details from the scene of ac tion, but was confident that the Ger man commodore attacked the Vene zuelan fort only as the result of serious provocation. With this dispatch before them. Lord Lansdowne and Count Metternich had an interview. It was impossible to tell what passed between them, but if Lord Lansdowne's remarks reflected on the tactics of the kaiser's naval subordi nates, they must have bordered on tie character of a protest. One consider ation is operating powerfully to keep the British government inside the tracks of the Anglo-German alliance. Lord Lansdowne's original purpose was to heal the breach between the British and German nations and remove what he believed to be a constant menace to peace. The king sympathized with this object, and the whole cabinet acquiesc ed in Lansdowne's plan. The foreign minister clings to the hope that his ob ject may yet be realized. He thinks that if it is, he will emerge from the pending complications with his diplo matic reputation intact. Consequently, seconded by his colleagues, he intends to postpone an actual rupture with Germany as long as possible, always determined, however, to accept that al ternative rather than estrange the United States. Any wanton offense to the United States on the part of Ger many would cause Great Britain to dissociate herself from the kaiser's pol icies. The foreign office and the state department are in regular communica tion and there is reason to believe that they understand each other. Defeat for Castro. WII.LEMSTAD, Jan. 26.—President' Castro's troops have been defeated by the Venezuelan revolutionists in an important battle about forty miles west of Puerto Cabello. Scattered bodies of the defeated government soldiers are arriving in Puerto Cabello. Their commanding general was captured by the revolutionists. The Panther Disabled. PUERTO CABELLO, Jan.26.—Persona in close touch with the blockading forces say that Fort San Carlos, which commands the entrance to Lake Mara caibo, has been captured by the Ger mans and blown up. They also report that the German gunboat Panther has been disabled, and is being towed by the German cruiser Falke to Willem stad. Curacoa.