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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE . THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS. Official ■f™*K?T{v*™>:)™,*^u\ Citt °' Paper .^^ggjgg^* St. r*ou Entered at Postofflce at St. Paul, Minn., as Second-Class, Matter. ;. >• .^ . v. TELEPHONE CALLS. Northwestern—Business, • 1065 $ Main. ; Editorial. 78 Main. Twin City—Business. 1065; Editorial. 78. .: ■• CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. ;" i By Carrier. 11 mo. mos. 113 mog. f>ally only 40 f $2.25 I $4.00 Pally and Sunday.. .60 2.75 I • 6.00 Bun Jay 16 | .75 | . 1.00 i COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. ■'i By Mall. ~11 mo. 6 |12moa. Dally only * 725 $1.60 $3.00 Daily and Sunday .1 .85 2.00 4.00 Sunday | ... j .75 1.00 BRANCH OFFICES. ' • New York. 10 Spruce street, Charles H. •Eddy In Charge. Chicago, No. 405 Schiller Bia*;., W. B. l#efflns:well & Sons in Charge. It Psfs to Jlldmrtise in the Baity fflobt The Increase in the Total Cash Advertising Carried by The Globs ' for the Last Six Months* Over the Same Months in 1902: March ...... 2,711 Inches April 6,7115 Inches May 3,219 Inches June 3,787 Inches Ju1y....... 3,457 Inches August 2,3511 Inches Total Increase s* Months 22,330 Inches Increasing Business With the Globe Increases Business for Business Men. FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1903. WHERE THE PROBE WILL STOP. A Republican congressman froi» Maryland announces that he will in troduce at the next session a resolution providing for an investigation of every department of the government service. He says that it is permeated with grafting, and that he wants it probed to the bottom. Which is very credita ble to the honorable gentleman, but "will be very disagreeable to his pary. And he will dlsoover that his probe does not go far, because the party Kadors cannot afford to have it reach the seat of disease. The difficulty about it is that Presi dent Roosevelt is a candidate, and as such is in the hands of his friends. We sincerely believe that, it he dared to use a free hand, if he were the im petuous untrammeled leader that he ■was years ago, he would not leave a scandal untouched or a rascal unpun ished if he could reach them. His in* stincts are for honest government; and his personal character is above re proach. But he has had to pay the awful price exacted from a candidate for high office. At least he thinks that he has, which is the worst mistake of his entire life. That there is rottenness in all the departments is now beyond reach of denial. A part of the festering sore has been laid bare in the postoffice de partment. The interior department has made confession of frauds in the Indian bureau. The record of the treasury in connection with the con tracts for public buildings will not bear the light. The facts in relation to all these abuses have appeared in our col umns. And what has the president done about it? He has, very obviously, compromised with his conscience. He has author ized investigation to be made, but is unwilling that it should be sufficiently thorough to right the wrong no mat ter whom it may hit. Postmaster Gen eral Payne remains at the head of his department. The work of ferreting out the scoundrels has been committed to Biistow, but everybody knows what the liznitations are as long as Payne remains In command. The president put him there to do a certain work; to aid in securing his nomination by the next Republican convention. And that work is not to be interfered with, though the good of the service de mands it. Behind the contractors who are ac cused of bilking the government by the construction of public buildings stand the big bosses, Platt and Quay. The president does not dare to defy them. He dare not take the chances of alienating their support at the possible cost of defeat. He dare not be brave and strike at fraud wherever it may be found, forgetting that such a rec ord would constitute his greatest strength with the people. The conven- tion is too near at hand and the risk of defeat too great. The injury to the people is no greater than is the pity of . It that Theodore Roosevelt should feel such a constraint, and admit himself helpless before the venal "crew with whom he believes that his political for tunes are tied up. It is precisely the same weakness that appears in Republican dealing with the tariff question. It "lets I dare not wait upon I would." The masses of the people believe that tariff re duction is an economic duty and a moral necessity. The Republican lead ers will not let them move.' lest the protected Interests take offense and cut off contributions and votes. That Is the dilemma of the president with ref erence to legislation, and his case is just as pitiable with reference to ad ministrative reform. Better a continu ance of jobbery and corruption than an exposure that might mean defeat. Therefore the probe will stop before it reaches the seat of the trouble. There will be an appearance of frank ness; but only surface evils, that can not be hidden, will be reached. The little fellows may have to go, if they have no influential friends. No power will dare to touch the real criminals. All this will be made plain this winter. The Democratic party will press for a real investigation and will take care that such facts as it can reach are brought to light. No shield of official protection will hold them all invulner able. But there will be no reform from within. The hands of the Republican party are tied because it is the bene ficiary of corruption; and because those of its leaders who, like the presi dent, are personally above suspicion, fear to apply the only remedy lest the patient die on their hands. The coun try demands reform; but it must turn to the Democratic party to secure it. To this contumacious "Marylander one may say, "Remember Babcock, of Wis consin." The charge that the Minneapolis po lice allowed pickpockets to work on the state fair grounds must not be construed as reflecting on the integ rity of the coppers. Pickpockets do not always announce their arrival with a brass band. And they have been known to operate in other ways than mounted on the backs of white elephants. You must not expect too much in the way of perspicuity on the part of a mere Minneapolis detective. A DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE AD- MITTED. One sentence in the talk of Secre tary of the Treasury Shaw to the busi ness men of Chicago should be read thoughtfully by our people and with a sense of no little satisfaction by all Democrats. This is that wherein he refers to the privilege of issuing cir culating notes as a "well-nigh in herent right of banks." He does not mean what he says altogether, for he proceeds to explain that he would not confer this right again on all banks, but only on those subject to the national banking act; but he ad mits the justice of a principle for which the Democratic party long con tended. The right to issue circulating notes was taken away by the use of the pow er of taxation. In order to give a monopoly to the national banks, ulder the delusion that this was necessary to make a market for the bonds that we had to issue during the Civil war, a tax of 10 per cent was placed on all state bank issues. This, of course, is prohibitive; and year after year, in congress and in the national platforms, a demand for the repeal of this act was made by the Democratic party. Now, in searching for some means of providing an elastic currency, a Re publican secretary of the treasury la forced to give qualified assent to the practical demand, and complete assent to the principle involved. The suggestion that Secretary Shaw advances is that national banks be permitted to issue, with the assent of the controller of the currency, addi tional or emergency circulation to the amount of 50 per cent of their bond secured notes, subject to a tax of 6 per cent. This circulation would be retired at pleasure or by direction of the controller, on the deposit of lawful money with any subtreasury. Such lim ited adhesion does he give to those who protest against the rigidity of cur rency volume as compared with the ever-fluctuating demands of trade. This plan is presented too much in outline to be the subject of thorough criticism at present. At a glance a vital defect can be seen. It would make the controller of the currencq, and through him the secretary of the treasury, and through him the party in power a dictator of money volume and of the fortunes of chosen institu tions. Suppose sudden contraction called for increase of circulation, and all the banks were applicants for the privilege. Without the approval of the controller it could not be obtained, and he could withhold it in any given case. Similarly as to retirement. Though a bank might be perfectly sol vent and doing a business to which the continuance of the notes that it had been allowed to issue was indis pensable, it could be ordered to Its own ruin by being compelled to retire and redeem these notes at the mere pleasure of a government official. We do not say that this would often happen, but we point out that it might happen; and that no such authority should be conferred on any man. For it is not the arbitrary use of it that we have so much to fear as the com plete control which the knowledge of its possession would establish, and the practical coercion that could and would thus be enforced, without the need of proceeding to extreme meas ures. For banks have to know on which side their bread is buttered, and are extremely sensitive to regulations that place them in the power of any outside influence. The need of an elastic currency, one that will either expand or contract, according^ to business conditions, stands confessed. It is a need whose proper satisfaction the Democratic party should be prepared to furnish by a plan of its own. Secretary Shaw has given but a bare hint of the scheme that approves itself to him, and out of this two things show prom inence. One Is that the natural Idea THE ST. PAUL GLOBS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1903. of a Republican authority is a great centralized system, with an autocrat of life and death holding power at the top of it. The other is that, mere ly to present this plan, he has to con cede the justice of the old Democratic contention and come back to Demo cratic principles. Gen. King was a bit harsh in judg ing the Eastern heroes. He should bear in mind the fact that the East has to do the thinking for this coun try and you can hardly look for an intellectual people to produce prize fighters. GOOD-BY, SIR THOMAS. It has been proved to demonstration that the American yacht is the superior of the British boat. In every race that has been sailed, under all conditions of weather and with fairly well balanced natural advantages, the Reliance has proved the better boat. And even with out regard to the fact that it was the better boat with a great advantage in sail area, it must be admitted that the yacht was handled in such a superior manner that the same crew, under the same intelligent direction, might read ily have won with a worse sailing craft. We have the boat and we have the sailor men. And it Is this latter fact that would hurt the British pride if there was any disposition on the part of the Americans to be vainglorious. Britain's pride in her sailors is heredi tary and was well founded before the Yankee sailorman had to be reckoned with. More than half a century ago the nations had recognized the smart ness of the American sailor. American ships, with American masters, when manned by foreigners showed well in competition with the sailing ships of other nations. In those days when the merchant marine of the United States depended on the Briton and the Norse man for the working of the ships they were famed as being of the best of their class. It is not therefore to be marveled at that with the ability of the American shipbuilder backed by the seamanship of the American sailor we have beaten the best that Great Brit ain can produce in the way of boats and men. We have been very fortunate in hav ing so gallant a foe as Sir Thomas Lipton in these contests. He has not been inclined to quibble when beaten; the races have been free from the small jealousies that marked the con tests when Lord Dunraven managed the British boat. Sir Thomas took his beating manfully. But it is not to be expected that he will ever try for the America's cup again with a racing ma chine. Indeed it is to be hoped that the racing machine will be allowed to drop out of sight. As a nation we have learned nothing of shipbuilding or of seamanship from the new style racing yacht. The boats that participated in yesterday's race are fit for nothing but the junk pile today. The million and a half that was spent on the boats and the races has been altogether lost so far as substantial results are con cerned. Let us hope that if there is again a contest for the America's cup it will be between boats that truly repre- sent the genius of the shipbuilder and the sailor; that it will be participated in by boats that will teach the builder and seaman something worth while in a substantial way. The result of the races was foreseen. But that does not at all detract from the appreciative esteem of the Ameri can public for Sir Thomas Lipton. He is that best of all good things—a good loser. He has preserved his poise ad mirably. He has quite endeared him self to us. May he get a better boat, take heart of grace and come over and get another beating. And if he should reverse the conditions and beat us there is no man on earth that we had rather see carry off the America's Vll& than the gallant Irish knight. Sir Tom on the poop of his yacht. Regretted the wind that was nacht; When up came a breeze. That skinned him with ease. Says Tom, "I'm a sucker, that's wacht." THE GIAOUR AT HIS GATES. The Bulgar, is not in himself a love ly creature. He has habits not much better than those of the Turk, but he is not so much to be blamed for that for he has had the example of his mas ter before him for these many years. He is not of much use to his contem poraries, in a direct way, for he neither buys nor sells, being inclined to take by force of arms that which he needs. But his value in the economy of na tions will be sufficiently proved if he should provide the means for sending the forces of civilization to the gates of Constantinople and beyond. And that appears to be a likely event. Affairs are so shaping: them selves in that hotbed of unrest, the Balkans, that the result looked for cannot be long delayed. The time has gone past when the demands of de cency may be hushed by the influence of the holders of Turkish bonds. This is not because of the desire of the bondholders to waive their claims, but rather for the reason that they have given up hope of ever getting their money out of the perennially bankrupt Ottoman treasury. The British minis try is not likely to remain opposed to the demand of the nations that the Turk should be made to conform to the conditions of civilized life. Not one of the parties to the Berlin treaty would oppose the partition of Turkey in Europe if each could be assured that the partition would be equal. And there are other nations that had noth mg to do with the Berlin conference but which have now very large hu- mane and matex^Linterests in the ad ministration of Turkish affairs. Hence we max look for the subjec tion of the Twl*. We have but a superficial knowledge of what goes on in Constantinople. We know nothing at all of what is transpiring In that fearful and blood-stained nest that houses Jthe p^toman ruler —the Yildiz Kiosld. It is time that the searchlight o( civilization was turned into the placa ;'Mrime that ihe giaour should under| ie the chastisement of the Moslem. £ 4ndj the signal for the reformation oj fhefrurk will be the at tack on the foT^ign embassies in Con stantinople—an event that will be managed by the Turk whatever the means for its carrying out. Abdul Hamid said in the course of a speech the other day, "All I wish for is the good of my people without regard to race or religion." Ab talks like the chairman of the committee on resolutions of a Republican convention. The Hon. Andrew R. Kiefer has not for a week reaffirmed his belief that he is the only Republican who could win. Has something occurred to shake the conviction of the Hon. Andrew in the verity of this self-evident fact? The Hon. Mike Finn is going to be come the manager of the Minneapolis base ball team and that doesn't help the Mill City fans to guess the result. They don't kn^w- anything about what sort of finish the Finn finish is. What is the use of the strenuous life anyway? Just about the time a fellow begins to ; let his chest protrude be cause he has made a record some in terloper comes in and breaks it. ' ;. ■■-• - -•• - •*■->' '•■ * '• ;■• ■■"' : ' '- - — '-jiL ■ It is about time for the Chicago crook to move now that it has been demonstrated that the mere shooting up of the tractfoii'.'company's employes is resented. It is all right to love the Roosevelt family, but it is not necessary to go crazy about them. Contemporary Comment j Estimate of Salisbury. Lacking the heroic qualities of Pitt, possessing little of the force of Palmer son, dull compared with Beaconsfield, and dumb beside Gladstone, Lord Salisbury was nevertheless one of England's notable, If not one of her great prime ministers. For a time the world thought and wondered why Bis. marck called him a painted lath, but long before the man of blood and iron had repudiated the characterization its falseness was apparent. Yet Salisbury had few of the ordinary parts of the statesman. Oft imagination he had no trace. His firmness at times smacked of obstinacy. His mastery of details was not striking,"tan" was his insight extraordinary. Unsympathetic and ungenial, he was almost wholly lack ing in social gifts. Too pessimistic to be constructive, he led the nation for ward by no flattering visions of opu lence and power. Downright of speech, he was apparently indifferent to the arts of the orator. Nevertheless, in the latter years of his office Lord Salis bury was a distinctly popular leader; his last majority was his largest, and he succeeded in holding together a conglomeration ,of conflicting elements —an achievement which in almost any other man would have counted as evi dence of great tact. —New York Com mercial Advertiser. New Play'for Carrie Nation. Carrie Natron, says today's New York Times, fqliowing the example of John L. Sullivan," James J. Corbett and.others of, taer' predecessors in the strenuous life, Is going on the stage. According to the Herald, the play she has chosen is , '>Ten Nights in a Bar Room." With all due respect we sub mit that this is no fitting vehicle for her destructive powers. Mr. Robert Ellsworth, who is to rewrite the play for her, will be guilty of an obvious dereliction of <i*t4:y> if he makes it any thing less than "Ten Bar Rooms in One Night."—Scranton (Pa.) Times. Want a Joshua. The Columbia » Enquirer-Sun says that what Dernbcracy needs is not a Moses, but a Joshua, and it is correct. Moses led the children of Israel to the borders of the promised land, but was not allowed to cross, the Jordan. Joshua led them over arid Conquered the coun try. Our party needs a Joshua who will take it across the boundary and land it safely at Washington.—Mont gomery Advertiser. The Minnesota Idea. The New York Post calls attention to the fact that no sooner Is the "lowa idea" disposed of by the Republicans than a Republican state senator of Minnesota declares that Minnesota wants duties lowered on lumber, steel and other commodities. It will be dif ficult for the Republican party to get away from the "idea" if it is to be brought repeatedly to public attention. —Mobile Register. Economize en Schooling. The average American municipality is now preparing to open as many of its schools as it has to open, or are habit able to as many-children as it can ac commodate. The remainder of the children will haYe 1 to wait till the rest of the schools are built or put in re pair. It is odd how, in the average municipality, the question of education at once suggests the virtue of economy. —Baltimore American. Genuine Britishers. An occasionail yelp from our Cana dian friends shows that they have not even grasped the fact that Mr. Choate's proposal to plage a statue of Washing ton in Westminster abbey was purely facetious. In the -matter of density of this kind the Canadian brethren prove their title to *h"e designation which they covet above all things—that of true Britons.—Chicago Chronicle. It May Make a Difference. The "irregularities"—mark the ex pression—in the Indian territory are to be investigated, says Secretary Hitch cock. But the interesting question is. Who will conduct the investigation?— Louisville Courier Journal. Why? The runaway marriage of Lillian Russell's daughter has served among other things to recall the inquiry once made by a perplexed philosopher: "Why do people marry Lillian Rus sell?" —Boston Globe. At St Paul Theaters] Chauncey Olcott is presenting his new play, "Terence" at the Metropoli tan to the customary accompaniment of large and appreciative audiences. The play itself is the best of the se ries in which Mr. Olcott has popu larized himself with local amusement lovers, and the Metropolitan audiences have been quick to appreciate the fact. There remains but three more per formances, including a matinee to morrow. " 'Way Down East" is to be the at traction at the Metropolitan opera house the week of Sept. 6, with special matinee on* Labor day, and that means a week of enjoyment for the theater goers of St. Paul, for the play is one of the wholesome, homely kind which appeals to the heart. It is just a play with a story which is not new, but which is truly told. The usual Friday ladies' matinee will be given this afternoon at the Star theater. The bill furnished by the Trocadero company has proved ex ceedingly popular and should appeal to the women who like good vaudeville. The Trocadero company engagement closes Saturday night. The lovers of comic opera are being well entertained at the Grand this week, where the Kirke La Shelle Opera company is presenting "The Princess Chic" to crowded houses. The opera contains bright, catchy music, and the company presenting it is capable. Love is the dominant factor of "The Price of Honor," which will be at the Grand next week, but through it all runs a vein of comedy, so it is said, which converts tears into smiles. There will be a special matinee Labor day. What the Editors Say ; It is our honest opinion that if every editor, candidate or friend of a candi date will drop, for the next six months, the hints and the nagging rel ative to the probability of Van Sant's attempt to secure a third term nomi nation, we will have heard the last of Van Sant in connection with a third term. His enemies are doing every thing possible toward crowding him into the field. If they crowd him in he will be liable to crowd some of them out. Please don't forget to re member that. —Blue Earth Post. That young man. Vice Consul Ma gelssen, at Beirut, Turkey, has secured a large amount of publicity that could never have come to him otherwise, if he hadn't been reported assassinated. Had that rumor continued good for forty-eight hours, what a fine collec tion of obituary notices he might have had for his scrap book. Here's a case where the alleged victim wasn't dead —to the public—as long as he should have been. —Stillwater Gazette. The state press keeps itself busy fig uring out who will be the next govern or. No doubt such gossip makes a good space filler, but to most of the newspaper men it doesn't make a cent's worth of difference whether Dunn, Heatwhole or Van Sant is the winner. If the "stuff" were paid for at legal rates some of the fraternity would soon be rich.—Thief River Press. Frank Eddy says that "Lot well enough alone" is the creed of hell. The people of Frank's district seem to agree and didn't let well enough alone, seeking an Improvement.—Windom Reporter. Say, now, read that over again.— Morton Enterprise. We "red" it and are of the opinion there has been "nuff said." —Bemidjl SentineJL It is certain to be year, as it has been in all years past, that the man who holds his wheat for a raise above 75 or 80 cents usually holds for a loss. If a man can realize on his crop at the above figures, he is getting well paid for his work; if he Isn't, there is something wrong with his farming.—New Ulm Review. South Dakota is not alone in hav ing absurdly low assessment returns. The people of Minnesota, though living in a state which boasts of being al most as prosperous as South Dakota, are really in a most poverty stricken condition, if the assessment returns are to be relied upon.—Aberdeen Daily News. One court has decided that the Northern Securities company is In re straint of trade and one court has de cided that it is not, and since there is still another court to make a guess on it, it behooves the honest layman to postpone his guess for a time. —Or- tonville Herald-Star. The St. Paul Dispatch has opened its mud batteries on Bob Dunn, but the people are pretty well acquainted with Bob and it will be hard for the Dis patch to shake the public confidence in him. The people are also acquainted with the Dispatch and its animus.— Aitkin Age. _ TODAY'S WEATHER. Minnesota —Fair Friday; Saturday; warmer in east and south portions; va riable winds. North Dakota—Fair, continued cold Fri day; Saturday fair, warmer. South Dakota—Fair Friday; cooler in east portion; Saturday fair, warmer. Wisconsin —Fair, cooler Friday; Satur day fair, warmer in west portion; fresh west to north winds. Montana—Fair Friday and Saturday; warmer Saturday in extreme east portion. lowa—Fair Friday, cooler in east por tion, preceded by showers in* southwest portion; Saturday fair. Upper Michigan—Cooler in west, show ers in east portion Friday; Saturday fair, fresh west to north winds. 8L Paul—Yesterday's temperatures, taken by the United States weather bu reau, St. Paul, W. E. Oliver, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night-—Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation. Highest tempera ture, 66; lowest temperature, 58; average temperature, 62; daily range. 8; barome ter, 29.96; humidity, D 2; precipitation, .25; 7 p. m. temperature, 62; 7 p. m. wind, east; weather, cloudy. Yesterday's Temperatures— •SpmHiKhl •BDmHlffh Alpena 72 84! Kansas City ...76 84 Battleford ....52 54|Marquette ....66 74 Bismarck 52 60|Milwaukee 76 84 Buffalo 72 76!Minnedosa . ...48 52 Boston 66 66! Montgomery ...82 86 Calgary 54 56'Montreai 68 74 Cheyenne 74 84; Nashville 84 90 Chicago . ...74 84INew, Orleans ...82 86 Cincinnati ....82 B*'New York ...66 78 Cleveland 80 84 Norfolk 72 78 Davenport ....76 82! North Platte...76 90 Dcs Moines ..76 82(Omaha 78 82 Detroit 76 82IPhiladelphia ...74 82 Duluth 60 70!Pittsburg 76 84 Edmonton ....50 50;Qu'Appelle ....50 54 Galveston 80 82!' Frisco 60 62 Grand Rapids.74 80! St. Louis 82 86 Green Bay ....68 78Salt Lake 90 92 Helena 68 68-Ste. Marie ..60 70 Huron 66 76i Washington ..74 84 Jacksonville ..78 88|Winnipeg 50 60 •Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). River Bulletin— Danger. Gauge Change In Line. Reading. 24 Hours St. Paul 14 3.9 —0.1 La Crosse 10 4.8 0.0 Davenport 30 5.8 0.0 —Fall. The Mississippi will change but little In the vicinity of St. Paul during the next thirty-six hours. AMERICAN ALASKA BOUNDARY CASE Points the United States Hopes to Establish Before Bound ary Commission. LONDON, Sept. 3.—The Alaskan boundary commissioners held their first meeting today in the conference room of the foreign office. The commission ers selected Reginald T. Tower, of the British diplomatic service, formerly at tached to the legation at Washington, and recently minister to Siam, to be secretary of the commission. J. R. Carter, second secretary of the United States embassy, and Mr. Pope, a rep resentative of the Canadian govern ment, were appointed assistant secre taries. Lord Chief Justice Alverstone was chosen chairman of the commis sion. It was announced that oral argu ments would commence Sept. 15, and Lord Alverstone expressed the hope that they would be finished by Oct. 9. The commission decided to sit five days per week, beginning Sept. 15. and excluding Saturdays. Three of the counsel for each government will make arguments, the British opening and being followed alternately by Americans and British, the former se curing the advantage of delivering the closing argument. The commission then removed the injunction of secrecy on all documents hitherto exchanged, and the sitting was adjourned. The papers in the case of the United States have been made public. The questions at issue, namely, what is intended to be the point of commence ment of the line of demarkation be tween the United States and Canada: what is the Portland channel; what course the line should take to the en trance of that channel; to what point of the fifty-sixth parallel the line should be drawn from the head of Portland channel, and other familiar questions are discussed. There also is extensive discussion on the main land that Russia conveyed to the United States by the treaty of 1867. It appears from the document that Great Britain concedes that the line begins at Cape Muzon. The United States contends that it was the intention of the powers which signed the treaty of 1825 to confirm in full sovereignty to Russia a con tinuous strip along the continental shores of the northwest coast of Amer ica extending from Portland canal to the 141 st meridian of longtitude west of Greenwich and that such strip was to be ten marine leagues measured from the heads of all gulfs and other arms of the sea, unless there was with in that distance a range of mountains. The contention is further made that there is no such mountain range. It also is urged that the United States has occupied this strip of territory ever since its acquisition from Russia and that Russia had controlled it since the treaty of 1825, until ceded to the United States in 1867. The commissioners discussed the claim made by their opponents that many protests have been filed by Brit ish officials against the American claim in reference to the boundary line. They admit that from time to time there have been informal repre sentations, but these they assert were in the main without sufficient data to justify serious consideration. Indeed they say that never until after the Klondike sold discoveries were made in 1896 did the British government take up the question seriously. They admit that in 1898 attention was called to the claim of the British government that the ten-league strip extended only from the main waters of the ocean, but they say that this contention was not made absolutely clear until the British case was delivered to the pres ent tribunal on the 2d of May last. Especial effort is directed toward showing the control by Americans of the country about the head of Lynn canal, including the srites of the towns of Dyea, Skagway, White Pass and Lake Bennett. Discussing the boundaries proposed by Great Britain, the commission makes reference to the instability of the Canadian contention on this point and concludes that "'the United States has from the time of the cession of Alaska to the present day maintained but one interpretation of the treaty of 1825. It is the same which was pre sented to the tribunal in its case and which it now reiterates in this counter case." Considerable space is devoted to the part played by the Klondike gold dis coveries in arousing Great Britain's interest in the controversy and in this connection notice is taken of an as sertion made by the British commis sioners that the towns of Dyea and Skagway owned their existence to the migration to the Klondike. They as sert on the contrary that Dyea was founded in 1886 and Skagway in 1888. They contradict flatly a contention made by the British commissioners that "Canada's claim to the territories at the head of Lynn canal was at the time well known to the United States government." Strong exception also is taken to the contention that there waa a reser vation on the part of Great Britain when the United States volunteered to create a port of entry at Dyea. The argument asserts that whatever reser vation there was, was made by a com missioner of customs and that he had no authority in the premises. Mr. Root and Senator Lodge left London tonight for Lord Roberts' country home in Surrey. Senator Lodge tomorrow will go to Paris, where he will join his wife. He will remain there until Sept. 14. After a week-end visit to Lord Al verstone, Mr. Root will go to Ledyard Carter's place in Scotland. Senator Turner Remains in London. Messrs. Root and Lodge hope to sail for home on Oct. 21. Iron and Steel Men to Meet Here. BARROW-IN-FURNESS, England, Sept. 3. —The iron and steel institute closed its autumn meeting today. It unanimously accepted an invitation, extended by Charles Kirchoff, of New York, former president of the Ameri can Institute of Mining Engineers, to hold a meeting during 1904 in the United States. Andrew Carnegie, pres ident of the Iron and Steel Institute, said he regarded the acceptance of the invitation as being an international event pregnant with beneficial results. The meeting in the United States will be held during the autumn of 1904. The next meeting of the fistitute will occur in London in May, 1904. Will Stick to the Leadership. LONDON, Sept. 3. —In reply to a question regarding his reported inten tion to retire from the leadership of the Liberal party in the house of com mons. Sir Henry Campbell-Banner man today telegraphed that there was "no truth whatever" in the report. The report said his retirement was medi tated on account of the continued ill ness of his wife. Steamer Burned at Sea. LONDON. Sept. 3.—The captain and a portion of the crew of the Danish Steamer Klampenborg, from Blyth for SmPm tfn,!? ave been landed at South Shields. They report that the Klam penborg was abandoned on fire. The third engineer was killed and six of the crew are missing. AUSTRIAN SPIES MAULED. Sensational Incident at an Italian Anti-Austrian Demonstration. ROME Sept. 3.—A congress of stu dents which was held today at Udine near -the Austria frontier, was the occasion for another anti-Austrian demonstration, dUe to the presence of students from those Italian provinces still under Austrian rule. Bands play ed Patriotic airs and the hymn of Trieste, while the flags of the four Itahan provinces not yet united to s£i, yn? re carried at half mast as a sign of mourning, and waved amid in tense enthusiasm and patriotic cries crT 1 mayor of Udine delivered a speech in which he said that the dem onstration was a pledge of brotherly solidarity among the free and unfreed Italian regions. Two or three supposed Austrian spies were discovered and a tumult ensued. The alleged spies were seized and threats made to burn them alive. The police rescued them from the mob after they had been severely mauled. King Victor Will Do Some Visiting. ROME, Sept. 3.—The French govern ment having respectfully expressed the desire that the queen of Italy should accompany the king on his coming visit to Paris, negotiations to that end are now proceeding. Before the death of Pope Leo it had been decided that the visit of Kins Mctor Emmanuel to Paris should be distinct from that which the king will make to London in order that Paris should not appear to be merely a stop ping place on the journey to "England. Now, however, as the two visits will come close together, the French gov ernment has recognized the useless ness of King Victor Emmanuel re turning to Rome before going to Lon don, and unless a change is subse quently made the king of Italy will proceed to England direct from Paris. Thieves in a Museum. NAPLES, Sept. 3.—The museum ol Naples has sustained a robbery which illustrates the ease with which an ob ject of great value might be stolen from an institution. The thief or thieves boldly pried open the door of the museum, went up stairs to the room where stands the celebrated Fahrnes cup and carried away bodily two snakes, which encircled the cup. The snakes, which were of gilded bronze, were of no great artistic value. The cup itself was uninjured. The cup stands on a pillar under a glass case which revolves, the better to display the cup. The marvel is that one or more of the objects of incalculable value with which the room is filled was not carried off by the thieves. Argument on Venezualan Debt. LONDON, Sept. 3.—The Brussels correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says an agreement concerning the Venezuelan debt was signed today be tween a syndicate of Paris banks and Senor Velutini, the Venezuelan repre sentative. A new loan of $60,00i).oi)i», guaranteed by the customs receipts, will be issued. The agreement re quires the approval of the Venezuelan parliament. Wilhelm Eulogizes Luther. BERLIN, Sept. 3.—ln an address de livered at Merzburg, Prussia, Kmperor William speaking of Wittemburgr, said Martin Luther burned the papal bull at Wittemburg and was burled there, and in that city the greatest German rendered the greatest act for the lib eration of the whole race and tha strokes of his awakening hammer sounded over the German land. Vessel Damaged by Ice. PORT ELIZABETH, Cape Colony, Sept. 3.—A tug reports having Bpoken oft Cape Recife to the British .ship Afghanistan, Capt Cragie, from Bol lard, Wash., May 1, for Delagoa bay. The captain of the vessel reported that she had been damaged by ice off Cape Horn, that she hud lost some sails and deck load, and had twelve men in jured. Move Against Servian Conspirators. VIENNA, Sept 3.— it is reported from Belgrade that the Servian ojli cers who were not concerned in the recent coup d'etat, the assassination <»f King Alexander and Queen IVaga and their ministers, are demanding a court martial of the conspirators. If their demand is refused they will resign. Editors Will Not Be Surrendered. LONDON, Sept. 4.—The T'.kin cor respondent of the Times says it is practically certain that the editor and staff of the Chinese reform newspaper at Shanghai, the Supao, will not be surrendered to the Chinese authorities. Japs Arrested for Plotting. LONDON, Sept. 4.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Kobe, Japan, says three Japanese have been arrested on suspicion of plotting the assassination of the premier of Japan, Viscount Katsura. King Edward Starts Home. VIENNA, Sept. 3.—King Edward left Vienna today for London. Emperor Francis Joseph accompanied him to the railroad station, where the leave taking was most cordial. French and Americans Fight. PEKIN, Sept. 3.—ln a fight today between fifteen French soldiers and four Americans the French used bayo nets and two of the Americans were seriously wounded. British Agent Named. LONDON, Sept. 3.—Arthur Larcom, of the foreign office, has been appoint ed British agent in the Venezuelan ar bitration proceedings. PERSONAL MENTION. Ryan—J. A. Campbell and wife J W. Reynolds, W. H. Cole and wif... Ouluth; H. S. Clark and wife, Lake City; .Miss Austin, Faribault; L. M. Erlckaon, St Peter; Lafayette Bliss, Waseca; William Gaffln, Wlnona; L>. H. Gales, Bt. <'l'>u.i; Lloyd Barber. Winonn; K. J. Whitmore. Owatonna; W. IJ. Chandler and wife, Winona; D. S. Hall, Buffalo Lake, Kmil M. Forseth, Fair\ i -w. Merchants—N. P. Weaterbjr< C P. Ben der. Fergus Falls; K. s. Brown, Fisher; William Albrecht. Mapleton; M. K. limit. St. Cloud; H. N. Brown and wif.-. Albert Lea; W. S. Banks. Bedwood Kalis; H. I». Sawyer, Goodwin; Clark Chambers, Owa tonna; G. O. Mill, r and wife, White Knk; J. M. Diment and wife, Owatonna'; Kirn, G. D. Mayer and two children. Monte video; Frank P. Lowe and wife, l-ake City; J. W. Hoy, Farso; O. P. Larsen. Albert Lea; Thomas McCoy, Wlnona; J. 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