OFFICIAL PAPEROF THE

CITY OF ST. PAUL.

THE ST. PAUL GLOBE

OF'FiGiAL PAPEROF THE—

GilW1r OF ST. PAWL.

VOL. XXIV.-ISO. 140.

iiimiCLOUDS OVERHANGING BUFFALO

TO BE DISPELLED BY A BRIL-UAXT OPEMXG

PAN - AMERICAN EXPOSITION

PLANS FOR THE CiKXERAL CARNI-VAL COMMENDED BY ST. LOUIS

EXPOSFTIOX DIRECTORS

PORMER GOV. FRANCIS TALKS

r.CFFALO, N. V., May 19.-The eve oftho dedication of the Pan-Ametican ex-position sees the weather breaking into acheerless rain storm, a g.i.y city decoratedin a dress of bunting and a happy peo-ple proud of their work and effort of twoyears.

A parade partly military and partlycivic, with bands, will march to the greatlair and It will bo dedicated to the artsand industries which it represents.Dedication clay will find the RainbowCity almost ready for its pleasure seek-ing population. The great buildings inthe Exposition City are practically com-pleted, but the Installation of exhibits

proceeded very slowly and complete-in that respect stretuhes away to

some indefinite date in June. There has\u25a0been a concentration of energy to pre-pare the exposition grounds for the open-ing ceremonies and an immense amounthas been accomplished in the la^t twenty-four hours. An army of 3,000 men is en-gaged' exclusively in cleaning the build-ings, grounds and streets and thousandsof carpenters, painters ;;nd other artisansare at work on and In the buildings. Tholast of the work of scaffolding that forweeks has enveloped buildings and tow-ers is being torn away and the exteriorview tomorrow will be marred with butfew signs of incompleteness. The sceneswithin the grounds today were interest-ing ones. The sun fought its way throughrain and clouds by noon and a brightafternoon brought thousands of visitors.The tenants of tine Midway, idle for theday, and many of the attendants at theforeign exhibits mingled with the crowdand gave it a cosmopolitan air. TheMexican band gave a concert in the plazaand drew a ];;rse crowd about the Stan 1^

All the pleasure and enjoyment of theday depend upon the continuance ofclear weather. The city is rapidly fill-Ing with visitors, find if tomorrow dawnsbright it is estimated that 150,.00 personswill participate in the ceremonies. It isto be a holiday In Buffalo and all of thesurrounding cities and tiie railways arcto send in holiday crowds. One largemanufacturing concern has bought tick-ets for its 2,500 employes and will sendthem into the city by three special trains,end In other wr.; s the same .u;>irit of gen-erosity is being manifested everywhere inthis vicinity. The number of distin-guished visitors is being added to by ev-ery train. Vice President Roosevelt, ac-companied by members of his family, ar-r> -a to&lght and is the guest at thehome of James H. Mitburn, president ofthe exposition. Senators 11 anna andLodge arrived here this afternoon andppent the afternoon at tho grounds, andthe members of the St. Louis directorate

also conspicuous visitors.The directors of the St. Louis exposition

were banqueted tonight at the Iroquois

hotel by the directors of the Pan-Ameri-can Those who spoke for the guests con-gratulated the hosts upon their achieve-ment Former Gov. D. R. Francis, of

St Louis president of the St. Louis cx-

i osiUon, gave the Associated Press thisexpression for himself and associates:

•We are more than pleased with what

•we have seen today on the Pan-Amerioanexposition grounds. We think these Bu .-falo people have done marvelous things

for the money they have had in hand and

for the time they have been employed in

ireparation. ""An aureolia of light hangs over the

exposition grounds, where an electric dis-may is in progress tonight. Power gen-

erate:! by nature at the mighty rails of

Niagara, supplies a huge plant on thegrounds and the scheme of lightsi Is tne

most elaborate ever undertaken 1he^ef-fects obtained aTe beautiful and makesthe lighting Plant one of the most con-

spicuous things at the fair.

BIG SIRDS AMONG EAGLES.

The Oifflcers Elected by the Supreme

Grand Aerie.

SAN FRANCISCO, May I!).—The su-preme grand aerie of the Order of Eagleselected the following officers:

Grand president—Delcarey Smith, OfBj okane.

Grand vice president—Dr. Schwatka, ofBaltimore.

Grand Chaplain—Morris Elsenberg, ofBvittc, Mont.

Grand judge conductor—George Fow-ler, of Salt I^ake.

The grand aerie adjourned pine dieearly this morning. Minneapolis waschosen as the place for holding the nextannual sess'on. The following wereelected trustees:

Senator P. K. Trainor, New York; C.I. Flynn. Baker City, Ore.; Thomas F.Flynn, Paterson, N. J.; E. P. Jnsti,Fresno. Cal.; Dr. J. J. Scnlewig, SiouxCity. 10.

"RAGTIME" HAS FRIENDS.

New York Masic tana Will Not Join

NKW YORK. Hay IT-.—NVw York mu-sicians will iK^-t take part in the wardeclared on ragtime by the Anie leanFederation of Musicians at its recentmeeting. Members of the federation as-sort that ragtime was "unmusical rot,"ana that they w->uld do all in their pow-er to suppress it. New York composersmid orchestra conductors, while not ex-ng great admiration for the "doublesyncopated" music, say that they willti<:it it the same, as other molodi s.

JuVius P. Whitmark. of the firm ot MWhitmark & Sons, music publishers. w*iohave turned out hundreds of racrtimosongs, said: "There is no need to makewar on ragtime musto. The demand forIt i° on the wane and it is likely to bereplaced in public favor by high-class1 lad music. A pretty story "weddedto pretty music makes a hit."

in Proponed Wsir.

REFORM LAWS US MEXICO.

Dftttarbanee in RellKloun Circle*Over Auti-Clericol Recline. "

MEXICO CITY, May 19.—The breakingtip of the convent of the Camelite nuns lathis city. Is believed to be the beginningof a movement all over Mexico todrivout monks and nuns living in communi-ties in disobedience of the reform \u25a0\u25a0 lawsi he-re is much agitation over the matterIn religious circles, but the Liberal oartvnewspapers commend the firm action ofthe government, which, It is declared,Will bo kept up. Evidently the govern-n-icnt has taken this action to show thatit will not tolerate any violation of thdreform laws, enacted during the an i-clcrical regime of President Juarez. Itis Intimated that there are many secret•tll?i°-U'Morr'munltles whlch have been«*taU,Hhcd under the mistaken idea thatwant

party was growing more tol-

inmisPULPITS OF PHILADELPHIA FILL-

ED YEISTEIRDAY BY GENERALASSEMBLY DIVINES

NEW MODERATOR'S ADDRESS

CHRIST'S PARABLE «IP RESTORINGSIGHT TO THE BLIND SUP-

PLIES THEME

CRITICISE FEDERAL SOLDIERS

PHILADELPHIA, May 19.—The cus-tom of having visiting commissioners tilthe Presbyterian pulpits .on Sunday inthe city where the general assembly isbeing heicl was strictly adhered to today.There probably was not a Presbyterianchurch in the city that did not have oneor more of the visitors at its services.Many of the commissioners filled pul-pits in the suburban churches and inCamden, N. J., across the river. ±'h«weather was chilly and theateningthroughout the day. The mecca of mostof the lay commissioners was Calvarychurch, where the assembly is bittingand where the moderator, the Rev. ur,Henry c. Minton, of California, preachedhis first sermon as the presiding officerof the assembly. The services were con-ducted by the Rev. J. Sparhawk Jone;-;,pastor of the church, and he was as-sisted by the Rev. S. J. Niccolls, of St.Louis. Dr. Milton took for his sub-ject, 'The Parable of Christ RestoringSight to a Blind Man," emphasizing thatthe miracle was effected gradually.

"We are born blind, 1' he said, "for acataract of sin covers our eyes. Multi-tudes have received the first touch, butwant the second. This is a day whenthe church of God should be on gurirdagainst the intelligence of her faith.We believe in creeds, of course; but wePresbyterians forget that creeda are byno means all. We boast of intelligence,but wo should be wary lest our glorybecome our shame. Tht mystic elementis needed to give tenderness to the soul,but Christianity, like Mohammedism,has its whirling dervishes. Some ccc tiiitalong the line of sincere purpose andethical endeavor. It is not enough to besincere; one must not only be sought, butredeemed to a present career of honor.The church must teach, train and de-velop her sons. In education there mustbe character-building and consecration."The moderator sounded a note of warn-ing regarding the public schools. "Godforbid," he said, "that I should say anill word against our public school sys-tem, the safeguard of our nation, butis the educational machinery subsidiai yto tho only worthy end of fashioningcharacter; have we, so morbidly afraidof uniting church with state, gone sofar as to disunite Ood from the state?This is a most serious question. Thofaith of our sons and daughters Is in-volved, and the kingdom of God in ourcountry is involved. It 13 not an organ-ized scepticism that threatens, but aGod-forgotten secularism."

There were three popular meetingsscheduled for this afternoon and even-ing. The largest of these gatherings

was at the Witherspoon building, wherea meeting in the interest of the Women'sBoard of Home Missions was held. TheRev. D. Stuart Dodge, D. D., presided.The Rev. J. Milton Greene, D. D., now-stationed in Havana, but formerly ofSan Juan, Porto Rico, -where he organ-ized Presbyterian missions, created aprofound sensation by severely criticis-ing the alleged Immoral conduct ofUnited States soldiers in Porto Rico. Dr.Greene addressed the meeting on tlieconditions existing In that Island. Hasaid the conduct of the United Statessoldiers there was a disgrace to humani-ty. Twenty drunken soldiers, he said,could be seen on the streets to onedrunken native.

The lawlessness of the soldiers, he con-tinued, is proverbial. He attacked thepresent system under which chaplains ofthe army work and some ought to ap-peal to the United States government

for a system by which the spiritual wel-ware of our soldiers could be betterlooked after.

The other speakers at this meetingwere the Rev. H. R. Marsh, M. D., ofPoint Barrow, Alaska; the Rev. JanesHayes, Nez Perces Indian mission, Ari-zona; the Rev. S. J. McClenaghan, Ashe-ville, N. C. and the Rev. D. J. Sanders,D. D., president of Biddle university,

Charlotte, N. C. The other two meet-ings were held tonight. One was in theinterest of home and foreign missionsheld in Tenth church, and the other tookplace at Northininster church and wasIn the interest of Sabbath observance.

DISCUSS REVISION THURSDAY.

The great question before the Presby-

terian church for years—the revision ofthe confession of faith—will be takenup by the assembly on Thursday. Thehearing and the consideration of thereport of the committees upon the re-vision of the credal statements of thechurch, appointed at St. Louis last year,was made a special order for that day,and the matter will remain before the as-sembly until it is disposed of. At thistime it is impossble to forecast the ac-tion of the commissioners. The commit-tee, in its repu-rt, recommends the ap-pointment of a committee, as providedfor in the form of a government, andthat this committee be instructed to pre-pare a brief summary of the "reformedfaith," bearing the same relation to theconfession which the shorter catechismbears to the catechism, and formed onthe general model of the concensus ofcreed prepared for the assembly of 1596,or the \'articles of faith" of the Presby-terian church of England.

There Is a considerable number of com-missioners who believe such a commit-tee will be appointed, but many of themwill not venture an opinion as to whatwill be the character of the instructionsto be given the new committee. Thereare seven or eight factions, and e.ich\u25a0one will contend that the committeeought to bf given Instructions alung theline of its belief.

After the credential question Is outof the way the matter of judicial com-mittee will be the order of business, andwill be considered until disposed of.

Tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesdaywill be given up entirely to reports ofcommittees and the reports of severalboards of the church.

DEDICATE THE CHURCH.United Brethren Otmiinemorutc the

Centennial Anniversary.

FREDETUCK, Md.« May 19.—T0 com-memorate the centennial anniversary ofthe founding of their denomination, thequadilennial conference of the UnitedBrethern Church in Christ today dedicat-ed their memorial church here with im-posing services. The dedictory exerciseswere conducted by Bishop Ezekiel BKeppart, of Pennsylvania, assisted byBishop j, W. Holt, of Dayton O- RevT. K. Carter, of Chattanooga, Term."preached the sermon.

The edifice, which Is of Gothic etyle ofarchitecture, with pressed brick frontand gray stone trimmings, cost |18 000The front. Is ornamented with a triplepanelled stained glass window fn memoryof their three first bishops, OtterbeinNewcomer and Boehn,

BTTiLLETIN OP

IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAYWeather Forecast for St. Paul.

Fair.

Rainbow City Ready.American* Suicide In Naples.Moderator Minton Preached.Cubans on Plait Law.Murder in St. Paul.

2—Conductors Enjoy Sunday.

Eminent Men to Sneak.Republicans Laying; Wires.

B—Big Strike Due Today.Gen. Grant Reaches Home.Negro Vote the Is«u.e.News of N>ojrthirest.

4— Itor 1 Page.

Sporting Page.St. Paul Whitewashed.Minneapolis Beaten,

Slcllrath'H Great Ride.Kutlierine Geriuiime's Close Call

—Popular "Wants:

7—Markets of the World.Review of Wall Street. I

8—Soil amd Moisture.Government Bulletin on Egg».

TEE WEATHER.Minnesota—Fair Monday and Tuesday;

warmer in western and southern portionsMonday; fresh northeasterly winds, -be-coming variable.

Wisconsin —Partly cloudy Monday;Tuesday fair; fresh north to northeastwinds.

lowa—Fair Monday and Tuesday;warmer in eastern portion Tuesday;northeasterly winds, becoming variable.

North Dakota —Showers and coolerMonday. Tuesday fair; northwesterlywinds.

South Dakota—Showers Monday; cool-er in western portion; Tuesday fair;southeasterly winds, becoming north-westerly.

Montana—Fair Monday anfl Tuesday;warmer Tuesday; southwesterly winds.Yesterday's temperatures—

St. Paul — Yesterdays observations,taken by the United States weather bu-reau, St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, forthe twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clocklast night—Barometer corrected for tem-perature and elevation: Highest temper-ature, 74; lowest temperature, 54;; av-erage temperature, 64; daily range, 20;barometer, 30.04; humidity 52- 7 p mtemperature, 70; 7 p. m., wind, north-east, weather, clear; precipitation 0» x, . *Bp.m.High *Bp.m.HlghBattleford ....56 58CincInnati ....62 66Bismarck ....82 88Cleveland ....56 68Calgary 46 D6Detrolt 56 62Duluth 68 60Jacksonville .78 86Edmonton ....52 64Kansas City .74 76Havre 64 66Montgomery .72 88Helena 58 64 Montreal ....52 54Huron 78 82Nashville 06 72Medicine Hat.6o 72New Orleans .78 S8Minnedosa ...76 StNew York ...54 56QuAppeHe ...84 88Omaha 74 78S. Current ...68 86Philadelphia .56 56Williston ....88 92Pittsburg ....62 68Winnipeg ...78 84St. Louis ....66 72Buffalo 52 62Salt Lake ....68 70Boston 46 68St. Maria ....62 62Chicago 46 60Washington ..58 64

•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).

OCEAN LINERS.j

w~ T°rk—Arrived: Un.bria, Liverpooland Qucenstown: L'Aquitaine, Havre;

Mobile6'

uondon; Attoria, Glasgow and

Queenstown—Arrived: Saxonia, Bostonfor Liverpool (and proceeded).

YorkWerP ~ Arrived: Fi'lesland. New

Queenstown—Sailed: Lucania (fromLiverpool) New York. v."om

R WM A XIIPI'RTHBB SfTUDY OOF" THE NAPLES

MYSTERY INDICATES AMERI-CAN MIIiNiIISTEiR'S IDENTITY

EVIDENCE IS VERY STRONG

FVJend of the Evangelist DeclarerTemporary Insanity Must Have

Caused the Act—Sketchof Dead Man.

+^?f^E^ -May "—^"rther Investiga-tion into the case of the American cler-gyman, who committed suicide here yes-terday at the International hotel byswallowing corrosive sublimate and sev-ering an artery in his wrist, and whowas mentioned in yesterday's dispatchesas Mr. Maitie, an American evangelicalminister, proves the suicide to have beenthe Rev. Maltbie- Davenport Babcock

NEW YORK.May J9.-One of the closestfriends whom Dr. Babcock had in thiscity was w. D. Harbour, a member ofthe Brick Presbyterian church congrega-tion. It was Mr. Barbour who yesterdayreceived the cablegram announcing thofact that Dr. Babcock (had died in Naplesof Mediterranean fever, and he at oncecabled back for particulars. He had re-ceived no reply up to 9 o'clock tonightand the first intimation he had that therewas an element of suicide in the case,

I was tonight when he was shown the As-! sociatcd Press dispatch. He said:

HAVE BEEN INSANE."If this dispatch is correct, and I do

not doubt that it is, then Dr. Babcockwas out of his head when he took hislife."

I Continuing, Mr. Barbour sail: "Of allpoison, corrosive sublimate is the lastI would think a first-class hospital, as 1know the International to be, would havelying about, especially within reach ofpatients suffering from fever and liablejto have delirium. Surely they would not

| leave a patient, lying with it at his bed-! side, and I am sure that some one ofthe party was constantly at his bedeido.But then we can only theorize until woget at the details of this dreadful af-

i fair."Dr. Babcock saw everything In the

j funniest, light and he was just bubblingover wit»h fun and health."

There was no services in the BrickI church tonight and the report that Dr.j Babcock had committed suicide did noti gain circulation on this account. Dr.Babcock has been pastor of the Brickchurch since Nov. 8, ISO9. the church'sformer pastor, Rev. Dr. Henry Vandyke,when he went to Princeton, having rec-ommended that Dr. Babcock be call«dfrom Brown Memorial church In Balti-more, where he was then pastor. Justat that time Morris K. Jessup offered aresolution in a meeting of the trusteesmaking the salary of the new pastor $12,---000 a year.

Though a youxg man, Dr. Babcock at-tained eminence as a pulpit orator anda theologian. He had the reputation ofhaving been a scholar and worker, fullof energy and method in his business. Hewas a graduate of Syracuse university Inthe class of 1879. After a course in thoAuburn Theological seminary he was or-dained In ISS2. His first charge was thePresbyterian church of Lockport, N. T.,and fly« years later he went to Baitl-

HI 1illMAJORITY AND ittIXORITYiREPOaiTS

TO) CUBAN COXSTTTCTIOiXAIj -CONVENTIONS

BY COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS

MINORITY HOLDS THAT PLATTAMENDMENT DOES NOT EM-

BODY AaiERICANSEXTIMEiNTS• 1— \u25a0 \u25a0>.' =

DELUSION IN ITS MEANING

HAVANA, May 19,-The committee onrelations of the Cuban constitutional con-vention will submit majority and minorityreports to the convention tomorrow Theminority report quotes article 1 of thetreaty of Paris, the joint resolution oftno United States congress and the Plattamendment and then proceeds as follows-'lnasmuch as Secretary Koot, being au-thorized toy President McKinley saysthe Platt law has for its object theguaranteeing of the Independence ofCuba and does not mean interferencewith its government or the exercise of aprotectorate or of sovereignty, and alsothat intervention will only take placewhen independence ia endangered by out-side powers or grave interior disturb-ances, creating anarchy; anl, inasmuchas Secretary Root has said that the navalstations will not be usd for vantagepoints of intervention, but only to protectCuba against foreign powers, we reportas follows:

REPORT OF MINORITY.'"That by virtue of the fact that the

Platt law, in its preamble, says it is afulfilment,of the joint resolution and hasbeen adopted by congress with the prin-cipal object of establishing- Independence,we do propose to the convention to ac-cept the following as an appendix to theconstitution."

The first, second, fourth and fifthclauses are quote-d in their entirety. Thethird clause has the following addition:

"It being understood that the UnitedStates has the right to intervene to pre-vent the action of a foreign power ordisturbances causing a state of anarchyand that the intervention shall alwaysbe the act of the United States and notof isolated agents. The intervention shallsuppose neither sovereignty nor a pro-tectorate and shall last only sufficientlylong to establish normal conditions. Saidintervention, it is also understood, shallnot have the right to interfere in the gov.eminent, but only the right to preserveindependence."

An addition to the sixth clause saysownership of the Isle of Pines shall besettled by a future treaty.

An addition to the seventh clause.eaya:

"It shall be understood that the navalstations do not give the United Statesthe rteht to interfere with the interiorgovernment, but are established for thesole purpose of -protecting Americanwraters from foreign invasion directedagainst Cuba or the United States. Cubawill sell or lease the ruces-ary lands atpoints to be agreed upon later."

An addition to the eighth clause saysthat the government of Cuba suggests atthe same time a treaty of commercebased upon reciprocity.

PLATT LAW NOT POPULAR.The minority report says:"The explanations given to the commls-

misaion in Washington show that thePlatt law does not express the wishes ofthe United States. It was Intended toprotect the Independence of Cuba, butthe wording gives other interpretations.

"The United States is inconsistent inasking naval stations, when the amend-

ment provides that concessions shall tegiven to foreign powers. Such a de-mand raises the auestion whether the

United States does not consider Cuba apart of their possessions."

The report of the minority virtually ac-cepts the first and second clauses. For

the third clause the following is substl-

"That the government of Cuba sub-scribes to the Monroe doctrine and willhelp the United States to enforce itagainst other nations trying to violate it

For the fourth clause the following is

substituted: . t"Cuba does not recognize aots of inter-

vention which are not in conformity

with tho Foraker resolution and tne

laws of the United States."The seventh clause reads: Cuba will

maintain naval stations, handing them

over to the United Btates in time of

report of the minority recunmendsa commercial treaty based upon reci-

PlThe Report of the majority has caused

considerable Burprise. It was generallybelieved that the committee on relationswould recommend an acceptance of thePlatt amendment on the basis of the in-terpretation given by Secretary Root, but

it was not expected that such additions

would be made to various clauses as therrajority recommend.

MAJORITY REJECT PLATTISM.

A prominent Cuban attorney said to-night: 'The majority report is not anacceptance of the Platt amendment asit distinguishes intervention on differentgrounds."

A person who is In close touch -withthe Spanish government made the fol-lowing statement to a representative ofthe Associated Press: "It is a fact towhich the attention of all Americansshould ba called that not only Spain,but Spanish residents in Cuba—boththoso who have retained their Spanishnationality by inscription and those whohave become Cuban by not Inscribing—

are closely watching developments in thismatter of the relations, between, theUnited States and Cuba. This is a ques-

tion which seems to Involve more thanthe Platt amendment merely. It seemsto tend ultimately toward annexation.

"Spaniards here and in Spain favor an-nexation. Not only'they fear that anygovernment by Cubans n^t controlledby the United States would endangerproperty and perhaps life, but they alsifavor annexation because they believeit would restore tha Spanish influencein. politics, because with the alliancethey would make with the autonomists,the conservative Cubans enfl the Ameri-cans who belong here, they would con-trol the politics of the island by an over-whelming majority.

"This condition would meet with theapproval of Spa.in because In her com-mercial relations with Cuba she wouldbe beaefitted by the preponderance ofSpanish Influence. Spain has great influ-ence In South Arrerlca and is trying to•maintain her" influence in Cuba* Theonly solution of the problem la annexa-tion. Spaniards will not become Cubans,but they are ready to beconl6 citizens ofthe United States.

"All the Spaniards ln-Coba and con-servative Cubans desire that the Plattamendment be not accepted, hoping Inthat case the Americans will take amore annexationist vle^s In regard tothe relations between the United Statesand Cuba. Many Spaniards and Cubanshave even gone as far as to approach

Gjov. Gten. "Wood prfckteljr to t«U

ANNEXATION IS DESIRED.

MONDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1901.

him that the most conservative andmost American solution of the problemwould be the rejection of tha Piattamendment and to urge that the UnitedStates should take special observationof the situation to see what deep rootthe desire for annexation has taken."

STAYS ON THE THRONEREPORTS OIF ivIXG ALEXANDER'S j

ABDICATION PRONOUNCED- . \u0084 BASELESS.

BELGRADE, May 19.—5ui rumors re-garding the abdication of King Alexand-er, the resignation of the cabinet, andthe banishment of Queen Draga, grow-ing out of the recent sensational experi-ences of the Servian royal family, aredeclared to be without foundation. Prof.Catazacune, of Bacharest, who was sum-moned with Dr. Wertheim, of Vienna,declared that the illness of Queen Dragashowed all thj signs of false or nervouspregnancy, and the rapid developmentof the symptoms wag brought about by ;the advice given her majesty by Dr.Caulet, who is advising her to lead asedentary life, encouraged the queen in jthe opinion that she was enceiente, pro- jduced an abnormal condition r calculatedto mislead both herself and her entour-age.. The two specialists declare that QueenDraga is suffering from netritis, but hercondition is not serious.

CHAFFEE LEAVES CHINAISISITES' PAREWEUi ORDER, E'XD-

-IXG AMERICA!* REUEP EX-PEDITION.

PEKIN, May Gen. Chaffee at mid-night last night issued his farewell .order,ending the American relief expedition inChina. The American troops will boardthe transports next Wednesday at Taku,and Thursday will leave direct for Ma-nila. M. Plchon, the French minister,left here for home th:s morning. A meet-Ing of the foreign ministers will be heldtomorrow, but it is not likely much willbe accomplished as some ministers havenot yet received Instructions from theirown governments. The ministers com-menting upon the blame attached tothem by the people for their slowness,say that as a matter of fact they arepowerless to act without orders fromhome. One of the foreign ministers toldthe - correspondent of the AssociatedPress yesterday that he had been in-structed to co-operate heartily with theother ministers. He found upon consul-tation with his colleagues that theirinstructions were absolutely different

\u25a0 from his. He said co-operation waspractically impossible.

SAYS BE HAD NO CHOICESTRONG EVIDENCE THAT A. V.

NEW YORK, May 19.—William Stan-field, a boatman, found a battle driftingwith the tide yesterday near the quaran-tine station. It contained a card of "A.V. Freeman, Menominee, Mich., DistrictManager Raber & Watson, Ties, Polesand Posts, Chicago, 111."

On the reverse side was written Inlead pencil:

"God knows I had no choice. Did notcome from Michigan with this intention.They say drowning is painless."

Stanfield has written to the companyindicated on the card giving the partic-ulars of the find.

FKEEffICAW SIICIDED.

CLEVELAND TO 'FRISCO.

Start Today,

CLEVELAND, 0., May 19.—The over-land automobile trip from San Franciscoto New York City, under the auspicesof the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and con-ducted by Alexander Winton and CharleaB. Shanks, will begin its journey tomor-row morning at 7:15 o'clock, when fromin front of the Ferries building in SanFrancisco, Mr. Winton will start hishorseless carriage on the trip over plans,mountains, valleys and deserts. This isthe longest trip of its kind ever under-taken in the United States, if not in theworld, and each day's progress will bewatched with interest. The Easterndestination is New York City, where apacket from Gen. Shafter will be de-livered to Gen. Miles. The projectors ofthe trip expect to make the run acrossthe country in very fast time." The route taken will probably measure4,000 miles.

Automobile That 31al£es the Trip to

CHARGE OF JURY BRIBING.

Metropolitan Street Railway OfficialIn Kansas City As-rested.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 19.—CharlesChurch, assistant claim agent of theMetropolitan street railway, was arrest-ed here today at the instance of WilliamH. Wallace, chairman of a committeeappointed by the Kansas City Bar asso-ciation to investigate charges ofalleged Jury bribing. Church will beheld pending an investigation. The barassociation has been actively pushingan investigation of alleged jury bribingand perjury in conection with damagesuits pending in the local courts againstthe railway company, and as a result ofits work a special grand jury called toconsider the matter recently IndictedGrant Woodward and one Davis. Bothare out on bond. It is said that other ar-rests will follow.

BISHOP STEPS IN.

Prevents a Mother Prom Exhuming

LINCOLN, Neb., May 19.—Bishop Bon-acum, of this diocese, has refused toallow the mother of E<lwar<J Cngneyto remove her son's remains from theCatholic cemetery in this city. Thenif-ther, Mrs. McEntee, of Plattsmouth,desired to' exhume the body, which hasbeen buried ten years, to place it be-side the remains of another son atPlattsmouth. The request was refuse 1,and when agents of the mother persJst-<l,threats of criminal prosecution was made.The matter will be taken to the courtsfor settlement.

Edward Cagney, during Ms lifetime,was the coniider.tial ckxk of John Fitz-gerald, now dead, who was ten yearsego the best known railroad contracro.'in this part of the country, having builtperhaps half tho mileage In this s:ate.In ecclesiastic law the wish of a dyingperson is regarded sacredly. Cagney hadexpressed a desire to be burled on theFitzgerald lot in the Lincoln <~'athollr:Ci*metery. The cemetery is held, ac-cording to church custom, In the nameof the bishop as personal property. Bish-op Bonacum holds that the wish of thadying man shall be respected, and howill proceed against any one w'uo triesto remove the remains.

Body of Her Son.

TTTEKEY WANTS TO APOLOGIZE.Porte Willing to Submit to De-

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 19.—AhmedTewfik;Pasha, Ottoman minister of fore-ign affairs, called upon the; ambassadorsand notified them of Turkey's desire tore-establish the status quo ante In |hepostal question and herjfttenUyn to senda high functionary, probably the foreignminister himself, to apologize for theviolation of the foreign mail bags. .-._•\u25a0

The ambassadors met yesterday at theresidence of\u25a0 the German \u25a0 ambassador todetermine what ~ attitude .- to adopt -In

\u25a0view;- of ' the complete submission of\u25a0 th«sublime port*

iusvntLs of AinbaaiKitloTA.

Frank Grelpei, &45 Smith avenue, wasmurdered shortly before 8 o'clock la3tevening by his brother-in-law, HenryMingtrs. The victim was shot threetimes and did Instantly. At an e:ir y

hour this' morning the murderer had netbeen apprehended.

Wingers is a brother of the dead man'swife. At about 7 o'clock last night hecalled at the Greipel home, partially un-der the-influence of liquor. He sat WithMr. and Mrs. Greipel, conversing in theparlor. After they had talked for sometime Mingera asked for a glass of w:tt r.Mrs. Greipel offered him some waterthat was in the room, but he insiste 1 enher getting some that was fresh. Shewas obliged to outside tho house, andshe had not been out a minute when shewa3 startled by three shots in quick suc-was obliged to go outside the house, andon reaching the parlor found the llghTaextinguished. She quickly lighted thelamp and turning around was hoirift. \ itseeing her husband lying curled up in acorner of the room with blood oozingfrom a gaping wound in his head. Nearhim was her six-year-old boy, Frankie,who was the only witness to her brother'scrime and her husband's murder. Her\u25a0brother had fled.

The terrified woman rushed from thehouse and told the neighbors what hadhappened. Due as station pullce were no.

tlfled, and the patrol wagion with severalofficers was at once dl.spatahed to thescene. Pursuit of the murderer was tak-en up at once. Several minutes Utter thewajron from Central station, with Dete>-ttv»*B Alurnane and Fraeer, arrived. Adescription of Mingers was obtained andthe search begun.

Upon examination Coroner Miller foundthat there were five bullet wounds on thedead man's body. There was a hole inthe left temple, another in the left breast

Just over the heart, a third'ln the right

Bide at- the base of the ribs, and holeson the outer and inner side of the leftbiceps. It is thought that one bullet

passed through the left arm and into thetemple, indications being that the manattempted to guard his head with his

arm. By order of the coroner the re-

mains were removed to the county

morgue where an autopsy will be heldtoday.

For nearly a year relations betweenGreipel and Mingers have been strained.Early last fall Greipel, who had been i m-ployed as a repairer by the Wagner Cycle

company, lost his position, and since then

has done very little work. He drankheavily all the time and the family be-

came poverty-stricken, llmgers, a num-

ber of times, angrily remonstrated with

his brother-in-law and insisted that if ha

tried he could set work. These quar-

rels continued until the feeling betweenthe two men became very bitter. Early

in the year Mingers started to board with

the Grelpels. Fights were a dally oc-

currence, and both men drank- heavily,

as neither of them was working. Three

weeks ago the fight of months end«d in

a quarrel so bitter that Mongers was. or-

dered from the house. He left ani went

to West St. Paul, where ha took, roomswith another sister, Margaret Mingers, Inthe home of Herman Grode, an employ*

of the Volk^eitung. Several times since; then he visited Greipel. Neither recov-ered from their desire to quarrel, andone day last week as he waa leaving thahouse, his sister, Mrs. Greipel, requested

him to stay away co that the continualquarreling might be avoided. Last night

he returned. Up to the time that Mrs.Greipel left the room at his request not.an angry word was spoken and no onebut the puny year-old • boy knowswhat occurred In. the next fateful mo-ment. At the time he was shot Greipel

was Bitting on a lounge putting on his

shoes. When found dead one shoe wasOft and the other lying on the floor whereit had fallen from his hand. H« wasundoubtedly taken by surprise and deathcame before he could utter a word.

"WIFE IS l>l&TlUi<jriSD.i With a year-old babe la her arm*, the

FIVE WOUNDS ON BODY.

PRICE TWO CENTS—i On Tr?l?vi-s.ralV* A"" V.r>w> i-^»—\ FIVE CENTS.

BRUTALMURDER

ON THE WEST SIDEFrank Greipel Shot and Instantly

Killed by His Brother-in-Law,Henry Mingers.

jwife of the murdered man. whose car©.worn face was pale and set, walked dis-tractedly up and down in a rear room asthe officers learned the story of her hua-1-and's death and the story that maybring death to her brother. Her sorrowwas a double one. In speaking of thwtragedy to a re;*rter for the Globe,Mrs. Greipel sol 1:

"I do not know why my brotl ar shotmy husJband. There was no reason.. Theywere never friendly, but the flghtß bo-tween them were not serious. My iiva-band lost work last fall and waa not eni-ptoyed for a long time. Henry used toget angTy and told him a number oftimes that he did not try to ga work.This angt red my husband and they quar-reled continually, but I never thoughtthat their fights were serious. Tula win-

ter my brother came to board with usand he always found fault with ray hus-band. Th< lr r.-Utions finally became sounpleasant that we ordered my brotherto leave the house. He went away threewe tics ago and we have only teen himseveral times since then. When he camslast night he was rather drunk and myhusband was not sober. They >\* n yer-fectly friendly, though, and I neverdreamed of thl3. He asked me to gtthim a drink and insisted on having

freesh water. When I was outside Iheard the shota. Then I came in and

FRANK GREIPEL, THE MURDERED MAN.

what I saw, my God!" At this point

the heart-broken woman burst Into tenrg

and the little baby In her am s lookedup at her wondor'ngly.

LITTLE 801- SOLE* WITNESS.Nothing could be learned fn>m l'rankle,

the little fellow who was the sole wit-ness to the tragudy"! He was probably

so frightened that he did not know whathappened. He did not cry out orthe spot. When his mother cam<: In .shefound him standing in the miciuk; of th»room, perfectly silent. Several timeswhile the coroner's party was Hi- re haslipped into the room unobserved and

stole a look at his father. Ho did notcry or seem alarm* d. Be could notunderstand. The oldest buy, ten year*

old, Bat on the couch within tv,<

of his father's body and readilyanswered any questions that were put tohim. The other child, a girl of af/outfour years, endeavored to conceal herselfin the folds of her mother's skirls, andto her it all Kerned a mystery.It was a Bad borne thd.t the d

upon as the last of Frank Grelp 1 wascarried to the morgue wagon. A penni-less widow, a barren home, four ecantl-ly-clad children, and a deep red bloodclot on the uncarpeted floor of the frontroom.

BOTH HARD DRINKERS.Frank Grclpel, the murdered man

i w?.s

born In Germany thirty-nine years a^o,"When quite young he came to this coun-try and soon after to St. Paul. He Orstlearned the printer's trade and for e'gKTyears was employed on the Volkzeftungr.About four years ago he secured wjrkas a bicycle repairer and worked f( r -v-eral of the local bicycle dealers. Lastsummer hie was employed by the Wujj-ner company. Four weeks ago lie so-cured employment with Powers & Mack,dealers at COS East Seventh street. Hedrank heavily and was bad tempered.Ho frequently quarreled with his wifeand family. Among those .who knewhim ho was not well liked.

Henry Mincers la thirty years old anj

unmarried. Until last fall lie was on afarm In West St. Paul, owned by' hieparents. Owing to the death of . bothparents the farm was sold about sixmonths ago and since then Silnstrn hasdone no work. He drank continuallyand wag very careless of his appearance.He is about 6 feet 8 Inches tall, welglja

186 pounds, has red hair, Is clean shaven«md freckled. At the time of bis disap-pearance he wore a dark suit an.4 %black Fedora hat. "*;\

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