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WEATHER FOR TODAY.Miniu \u25a0\u25a0'••.« fair Saturday; warmer in ;

northwesi portion; Sunday fair, warmer\u25a0in portion; fresh north to east

w Inds.in northern, showers in

southern portion Saturday; Sunday fair;v Inds.

Xorti: Dakota- Pair Saturday, warmerportion; Sunday colder andan or snow; variable winds,

rly.South Dakota— Fair Saturday; Sunday

probabl:. rain or snow ar.d colder; va-_I'iabh

Motn in i Showers Saturday; Sundayrain or *non and colder; variable winds.

Wisconsin Fair Saturday; Sunday fair,warmer; tiesh north to east winds.

ST. PAULuobservations, taken by the

i ime.i States weather bureau, St. Paul,i". F. Lyoua observer, for the twenty-

led at ". o'clock last (light,imcter corrected for temperature;

and elevation.tnperature 35\u25a1perature 8

; temperature 28LHiily range IS

30.2^• liumldity U4

Precipitation i>7 p. in temperature \\il

l. northeast; weather, cy 11STKU \u25baAY'S T EMPBRATUB J >"

SptnHlgh *SpmHlgbid ....24 30 Winnipeg 50 54

LMsmar-li s 42 Huffalo ::u 3s' algiii , 44 46Cheyenne 'S 5C

34 38 Denver S-l «0vii \u0084..3S :^S Xl Paso t>(] 70

54 Kansas City .52 60.".4 i.os Angeles .68 'ii

Huron .44 .".OX. Orleans ...'i_ $2• \u25a0 tlat.4fi BO New York ....4« r.:!

28 28 Pittsburg 16 M50 8. Francisco...6o 62

.48 7,0 -".alt Lake W fi:>.22 28 Washington ..53 US

WlMston --^i 36

. oj Ume (7 p^ m. St. Paul).

SATI'RDAY, MARCH 24. 1900.

IIKMOCRATS, OX GUARD.A i the moment of writing, the worst

fears and suspicions of the Globe re-

tnocraitic primaries haverealised. Corruption and dlsrup-

rampant, and fraud raid:> have been the order of the day.

;•\u25a0 all the efforts of these

.id by a ruffianly policet'M-ce, the mass of the Democracy has

Its will known. It has asserted•remacy, and the duly elected dele-

's convention represent. :: iina;c aspirations of the party

and stand ior the legitimate wishes ofthe decent elements of political society.

i.iv night's primaries were the at-

•i consummation of the conspiracy

of fraud and blackguardism which h;is

'.he downfall of Democracy

since these men were foolishly allowe-lto usurp ihe functions of a city c >m-mlttee.

humiliating and disgraceful to the

Globe to be compelled to record theif this situation. They are worthy

days, of ballot box stuffing

and political terrorism. Unless .they andwho have produced them are

wiped from the face of the Democracy

irij in St. Paul must stand branded• L-hosen abiding place of successful

\u25a0a crime against the fran-

ft i.- a condition, not a theory, which

lie delegates to the Democratictoday. The hands of the

en put back four years,

as four years ago, a band of ruf-

take control of what shouldIcliberatlve body. They have bern

us far by Mayor Rioters po-

Thej will be backed still further.

The < riais has come. It rest? with the

rrtiik and tile of the party how it shall

be met. The duly elected delegates of

the party have imposed on them a grave

responsibility. The attempt will be

made, .-i? it was made four years ago,

tv wrest from them the organization of

the body In which they have been chos-

en to represent the voters of their party.

The means adopted will be the same.

id will be used to back up force.

They are a desperate band who are

playing ihis desperate game. They will

etop at nothing. They have entered the

cl adel of the party and seek to betray

It to the enemy. Let every Democratic

ite st;md as a soldier to his po?t,

and when ihe moment of betrayal comesdisarm the traitors and mount guard

above the cause of good government and

honorable party administration. From

tho moment that the convention is called

to order no man must falter. The party' 3fate in this community is at stake. That

convention must be controlled by therepresentatives of the party. In order

thai this shall come to pass the mem-at this band of marauders must, if

necessary, be trampled under foot, and

the elected delegates must assume con-

trol.

I\ \ (TING TROUBLE.The press dispatches from Kentucky

\u25a0how that public sentiment In the stateBilil remains excited, even to the point

of an outbreak of bloodshed at any mo-ment Both sides seem on this occasionto !>e culpable in pursuing courses which

produce needless excitement. The acting

governor has given free expression tv

views which are subversive of all re-spect tor law and order. His opponents, inurging forward at this time the trial of

the men charged with being parties to

the conspiracy to murder the late Sen-

ator Gtoebei. 3eem acting In a spirit which1h clearly liable to result In trouble.

The arrested men are entitled to a

speedy trial, provided they insist upon it.

But the public Interests which are In-volved should dictate both to them and

their political friends, as well aa to theiting officials, that the present is

no time at which to conduct a prosecu-

tion which must be regarded by a goodproportion of the people as purely polit-ical in character.

in order to allaj prevailing popular ex-citement representatives of the two par-

ties should come together, aa they havealready done, and reach some tentativeagreement, pen.'ing- the decision of thecourt of appeals on the Question of therespective rights <>i" Beckham and Taylor.

By w.;ivi;i}; preliminary examination allmight be held to the grand

Jury, and Indictments, if found, withhelduntil the court of appeals had passed onthe pending cases involving the control<>.'' ih:/ state offices. 'lnere is evidently

bq such condition prevailing as admitsof a fair trial betas; granted to thesemen. More than that, the court of ap-peals of Kentucky recently very prop-erly refused to hold its stssion overshad-owed as it was by military force during

the period when it was apparent that theRepublicans and mountain politicianswere intent on shooting their titles clearto t;i,- offices in wUpu-".

From all present Indications there is nobetter condition prevailing now than pre-vailed Immediately following the assa3-

slnation of Mr. Goebel. Hostile armedforces confri.ru each other, each assum-i-.-.s; to represent the military authority ofthe state. The partisans among the peo-

either party make open demon-si ;.<tion of tlu-ir partisanship. The friendsof the accused men are disposed to re-gfv.i their arrest and Imprisonment asmere political persecution, it is truethat the conspiracy which the news dis-patches Indicate the prosecution to be ina position to establish, if it existed, re-ieals an almost incredible state of things,showing the active co-operation of pub-lic ofneud.v with known bravoes and as-sassins Tor the murder of their politicalopponents. Even if that conspiracy ispossible of proof, thls ,s no(. thg t

,me tQ

offer proof of it.The courts should not consent to go

on with the trial of these men. The Dem-ocratic officials should not be placed inths position of urging- , he trials at thistime. Thus far the Goebel adherentshave shown self-«,ntroi and self-sacrific-ing patriotism. It win be deplorable ifat the last moment they relinquish tnelrclaim upon tiie public consideration whichis concededly so weil founded.

THE PHILIPPIC WAR IS VOI \GEJT.

There- is realty no necessity for the peo-ple of the United States becoming im-Pa-tlent for the termination of the war in thePhilippine islands. jt is not yet twoyears since Admiral Dewey with his fleetsailed into Manila bay and rescued thedown-trodden Filipinos from the powerand tyrannj of Spain, and, .wcordin* tothe latest reports, not more than 1,300American soldiers have been slain, only!a f-w thousand have died of disease,and but a few thousand have been wound-ed or stricken with sickness since thefigtlng Logan. True, the Filipinos mayhave i'ost more men than we have, butthat la theii concern. There is no earth-ly use in becoming- discouraged at thisearly s-uige of the war. Europe has en-j•: a a thirty years' war; the Dutch have

Silting the natives of the island ofSumatra .since 1600; the Turks have beenat war with the Armenians for three~hun-drcd years; the English have war onthe Indian frontiers nearly all the time;Algiers has kept an army of 50,000 Frenchsoldiers busy lighting for the past eightyyears; and as a matter of fact theAmerican people have been lighting theIndians since ICliO or thereabouts. So,really, there is small cause for complaintyet because oi this war In the Philip-pine islands. It may be only just begin-ning, and may last for many years, or,like the war between the Dutch and theirSumatran subjects, it may last forever.Give the war a chance. It is young- yet.

WAS iI: J:it H A OKI MBiThe people of St. Paul have been sad-

dened and shocked at the recital of thecircumstances of the unfortunate accidentthat befell a worthy lady, of being frozenso that she will lose both her feet, and,it may be, her life.

Blame certainly attaches somewherefor the possibility of such an occur-rence. The lady had a home and a hus-band, although, according to the newsreports, her husband refused to admither identity for some considerable timeafter her recovery, and had insisted thathis wife was then at their home. Shehad been an innvate of one or more pub-

lic institutions on account of being men-tally defective. She was adjudged Insanein lbltS, according to the reports and onthe certificate apparently of one of thenotable specialists on nervous disordersof the city. It is declared, even, that shehas been an inmate of the Rochesterlunatic asylum.

How could such a person have been al-lowed to go alone and unattended throughone of the most deserted portions of thecity, so that she was rendered helplessby cold and exposure? This ia a seriousquestion. The answer to it may involvea grave dereliction of duty, either pri-

vate or public. From what point of de-parture did she wander to the placewhere she was discovered by the merestaccident? How are her husband's contra-dictory statements to the reporters andhis cold indifference as to what had be-fallen to be regarded?

The woman's identity has been estab-lished. She must have been In her un-fortunate situation for over twenty-four

hours. It is said that the remains ofa loaf of bread were found in her pos-

session. Now, no woman of her recog-nized social position could ordinarilyhave been found in any such conditionunless there was something criminallywrong somewhere.

The Globe dues not pretend to say

! that any person is criminally responsible

for what has befallen this lady. But thereis considerable mystery still .surroundingher disappearance arid recovery and thecircumstances of her home life. The po-

lice should thoroughly investigate thec;u=e. And, if there has been any suchbrutal neglect of tho "woman or

pnpitiv.-. ill-treat m«H of her aa to havedriven her to Ltee s>.ful Btcaita in which

die appears to have been before she fellutii tbe sand pt< tn which >h> was found,.hose who are responsible should be held•rimlnally liable.The case ia an exceptional ono, and it is

o be regretted thai the clrcuawtancea oi

( have not yet been Kplalned in a man-ner which is entirely cotfeistent with theilamelessness of the friends or family ofthe lady.

St. Paul j"bprinters report heavy busi-iesa in office door signs, This is prob-ib'.y due to U:-- approach of the baseballt-as"ii. Xv office la complete without a

ioor gign: "<;on,- to Courthouse. Back atI."' or "Gone to Hospital. Hack at G."

t is perhaps superfluous to udii that notin order lias been turned In for pignafading: "Gone t<> Baseball Park. BackLfter the Game."

Eastern correspondents fail in grasp the>eautiful in their reports of happenings.Sx-Prealdent Cleveland Ims .ju.-i returned0 Prinoeton from a iishing trip. The>ress report says that Mr. Cleveland*walk waa more elastic than when he de-

larted. Bui it signally falla to state howilastic was his report of his oatch whileIshing.

Tom Thunder, of the Wlnnebago ln-

lians, has beeu reading up on Kentucky

'hct ion methods; He has declared l<im-

lelf chief, anil announced that WhiteBuffalo, the Chicago Irishman recentlylectod to the chieftaincy of the tribe, Is ajhow chief. Tom adds that he wil! appeal

:o the tomahawk argument with the Chi-

cago claimant.

Another lone train robber has held up

md robbed a train in lowa, near the

Missouri line. And Jesse James is d*ad jmd the Younger boys remain permanent j;uesus of the state of Minnesota.

Philadelphia is still shy $30,000 oi." thatRepublican convention entertainmentFond. But the Quaker City will gel (hero,

eventually. It ia contrary to Philadelphia.

custom to be in a hurry.,

The Duke of Orleans will likely be

ostracized in France. lie had an en-counter with a boar and killed it. This imay be regarded by the Parisian? :ts de- |

pro-British.

It is something more than suggestiveRrhen people and newspapers begin pro-viding comfortable positions in education-al institutions for the occupant of thepresidential chair.

Chairman Towne called a convention of3ilver Republicans, and then went to aloapltal and submitted to a surgicaljperatloti. It is 10 to 1 that Col. Towne jcvill recover.

The American girl who thrashed ti pureesnatcher in Paris will not take to ;!ie jlecture platform, but she may establish !1 gymnasium in Chicago.

Market reports state that Chicago i>ut-ter is "strong." The fact cau:-ed no flurry

In that city, the condition of the marketbeing clas?«d as normal.

MUSIC AND THE STAGE.GODOWSKY RECITAL..

Leopold Godowsky, the RuHPian pianist, Iwho appeared in recital at the People's ishurch iasL evening as the star of theFourth concert of the Schubert Hub s<- :rles, scored an immense and instantane- !juh triumph, and placed the name of |Leopold Godowsky on the list wlih world- !famed pianists. His programme last even-ing embraced Grieg, Schumann, Chopin,Brahms and Lisst, with one group of his)wn paraphrases on the Chopin Etudes.Godowsky's art in his own particular

field is unique; his position before thepublic eye today has been gained, not iatone through his remarkable abilities as ji pianist, but as a bold navigator In the IChopin transcriptions of the Polish n>a.--- !ter, and he has accomplished at a stroke ia. new thing in musical literature, [nter-3St centered chiefly on last night's pro- |?ramm« around the Chopin numbers, the 'niperb renditions of which have- earned for '\u25a0him the title of a latter day Chopin. Inthese spiritual and ingenious transposi-tions of the Etudes, the Chopin profilewas never lost, but, on the contrary, theparaphrases were more Chopin thanChopin himself. Technically, Godowsky'splaying is perfection, the biggest technicaland fortissinno passages being* played '<with the greatest ease. Variations on th«Paganinl theme, by Brahms, wag a com-plete revelation to the audience, bringingin as it did his wonderful and dexterousleft hand. Technical feats were thrownoff-hand right and left.

No more satisfactory artist has ap-peared in the series than Mr. Godowskyand a re-engagement for next seasonwould be one of the delights of the fu-ture. An enthusiastic and appreciativeaudience applauded Mr. Godowsky to the

Mr Lewis Shawe. the baritone, com-n ,? y tivated the audience in the Yonb lelltz-Eliland, and added one more tri-umph to his already many laurels, hiscase and grace being strongly suggestiveof that king of baritones, David BisphamMr. Shawe'3 second group compriseda brace of three songs, the feature ofwhich was the strongly dramatio pro-logue from "IIPagliacd." This !s one ofthe great test numbers in the baritonerepertoire, and Mr. Shawe rendered itsuperbly. Mr. Oberhoffer's co-operationat the piano was a distinct feature of theconcert. A splendid concert grand Steln-way piano added to the programme andwas a delightful change from the instru-ment used in his Minneapolis concert.

METROPOT tt \ N.An annoying feature incident to some of

the big engagements at the Metropolitanthis season has been 'a aeries of r.imorsstarted by irresponsible parties concern-ing the attractions and the advance sales;whenever a line of ticket buyers at thebox office window gave indication of bl*rbusiness the management couM prophesywith invariable certainty that n numberof busy-bodies would soon be running upand down telling people that the horsewas sold out and that no seats could behad. And again, when a particularly at-tractive star would be playing an engage-ment which Included a matinee perform-ance, it was pretty safe to prophesy thata rumor would soon be afloat to the ef-fect that the star would not appear a thematinee. When Julia Arthur appeared atthe Metropolitan a rumor gained somecredit that she did not play the matineeperformance, which caused a great dt-alof unnecessary annoyance to the manage-ment and the patrons of the Metropolitan,as Miss Arthur appeared -it every per-formance of "More than Queen"' in thiscity. All this is simply preliminary tothe statement that Miss Viola Allen willpositively appear at the matins?e perform-ance of "The Christian" at the Mi-tr,>-

polltan this afternoon, us well .is at thefarewell performance tonij^ht. The mati-nee will begin at 2 o'clock sharp, theevening performance at 8 o'clock.

GRAND.Frederick Warde and his talented com-

pany will give Iheir farewell performance

at the Grand this afternoon and evening.Last night's audience was one of thelargest of the week and was thoroughlyrepresentative in character. For this aft-ernoon is offered "Romeo and Juliet."The Juliet of Mrs. Brune is describedas an artistic Impersonation.

For tonight, '-Richard 111."

Nobody WniitM to < m<-!i It.Washington Post.

FerhalM the administration will t*ke theprecaution to detain the mind <>f lion.\Yt !>ster Davis in quarantine.

(old Turkey Will !>.».

Washington Post.Gen. Bailer will do well \t he manager

to k'tn a Fourth &f July siMtcfc *iPretoria.

\u2666 Capital ChatWashington Uosrtp, Political and

ctherwUe, for (he Kettlcr*of the Globe.

WASHINGTON, March £2.—(Special.)—Chairman Babcock, of the national Re-publican congressional committee, sayshe Is satisfied that the result m the elec-tion this fail will give the Republicansat least tiftj Majority in the lower houseIn ihr Fifty-poventh congress.<h.iii:!,.in Hfeluiid;«>n, of the Demo-

cratic nit'n.'Viii campaign committee,seems in bt- equally certain that the out-come next November will be favorableto the Democrats, lie places the Demo-cratic majority In the house in the Fiilv-seventh congress anywhere from thirtyto fifty.

Both iiif Republican and Democraticcommittees are ulready engaged in thepreliminary work necessary in the na-tional congressional campaign. The Re-publicans have opened their headquartersand are sending to the four winds liter-atim- which they think will benefit theirL-ause in the present campaign. The Dem-ocrats are preparing to Hood the countrywith documents which they believe willwork to the detriment of the oppositionparty and to their hem-tit.

The contest between the Republican andDemocratic national congressional com-mittees will be second only to the fightwhich will be made between the Repub-lican and Democratic presidential com-mittees.As I have stated heretofore in tele-

grams to this paper, tiie work of thepresidential mid congressional committeeswill be separate and distinct in every pos-sible way. The Republican national pres-idential committee will have its princi-pal headquarters in Chicago. As wasthe case in 1886, this committee will havebranch headquarters in New York city.The Democrats will p*ursue a similarcourse. The headquarters of the nationalpresidential committee of the Populistparty, however, will be in Washington.The headquarters of bath the Democraticand Republican congressional committeeswill also be in the national capital. Cer-tain politicians, considered wise by theirassociates, believe that all the partieswill be wise in having their principalheadquarters located in the capital. Aneffort will be made by the citizens InWashington to bring about such a result.They may or may not succeed. PresidentMcKlnley will be consulted by the peo-ple of Washington regarding this matter,as will Col. Bryan. There is a bare pos-sibility that both presidential candidatesin the 1900 contest may yet be induced tohave their campaigns conducted from thenational capital.

* * *G. Bie Ravndal. United States consulit Bierut, Syria, has furnished the statetepartment an interesting statement re-garding the receipt of American goo's inSyria. He says his report <ntltl d "Sam-ples of United States Goods Wanted inSyria" lias brought offers of a variety ofsamples and a great quantity rf corre-spondence. His statement .says:"Messrs. Hummel and Mommaas, man-

igers <>! the house of Kr. YV.hner, takemuch interest In this sample collection,Tiid answer all: letters of inquiry fullyitid conscientiously. For their own ac-count they do not intend to handle oth-sr articles than flour and cotton goods.rhey hope to sell at least 1,000 sacks offlour per month when they get fairlystarted. As to - cotton cloth, they willmake a big effort to introduce these stuffsIn opposition to Manchester."Messrs. Sabbae & Fils are the largest

reporters to the United Sates in thiicountry. They send our country wool,licorice root and bitumen to the amountit nearly $1,900,000 per annum. I have suc-ceeded in interesting them in a generalirrigation scheme, and, as a result of thereport above alluded to, a c impany InIndiana offered to send hero free of;.harge, as a sample, a complete wind-mill outfit. Messrs. Sabbag & Fils haveirdered from the same company a well-irllling plant. We shall look for the.cmachines in February, and, if our experi-ments prove successful, Syria will be-come a good market for our well diills,wind mills, pumps, hand tools, etc. Mr.Ibrahim Sabbag will visit the UnitedStates this spring, and may become the\u25a0sponsor of other American products."Russian oil having gradually risen in

price during twenty months from 88 c n;s

to $1.37 per box (sixty-five pounds), thereare hopes or relntroduclng the Americanproduct into this market, where, fifteenyears ago, American petroleum was soldto the amount of $200,000 to $-30,000 an-nually. A prominent local merchant isat present in cable communication wilhihe United States on this subject."Negotiations are being carried on be-

tween Mr. Michel Ghalie, of the firm ofPharaon & Co.. and houses at home con-cerning the question of coal. This firmdisposes annually of about 100.000 tonsof patent fuel (Cardiff briquettes) andCardiff coal (soft), of which about a fifthis sold in Beirut, while the rest goes toother Syrian ports and to Port Said. Mr.Ghalie informs me that nearly all thecoal consumed in the Interior consistsof Cardiff briquettes (rectangular pieces

of pressed coal and pitch weighing five toeight kilograms each), as they can becarried more safely and without muchwaste on camels. This patent fuel ut-edto cost f. o. b. Cardiff 9s to 10s ($2.19 to52.43) per ton. Last year the price wasIncreased to 11s to Us ($2.68 to $3.41). andnow it is held at 18s to 22s ($4.38 to $5.35).

The freight used to average S%s to 10s($2.07 to $2.43) per ton, but ha3 gone up to12s to 14s ($2.92 to $3.41). Coal, Mr.Ghalie says, that has been bought atCardiff for 11s to 12s per ton is nowhardly obtainable at 30s ($7.30), on ac-count of the spreading coal famine inEurope. Cardiff dealers would allow 2V£per cent discount for cash. Americancoal companies should quote prices c. i.f. Beirut

"Phillipe Turkel & Co. have during thelast three months sent in several im-portant orders for American hardware,glassware and beer.

"Letayf Bros, ordered a few weeks agoa supply of canned provisions, preparedcereals, and whisky from New York.

"Affairs are moving in the right direc-tion and we would make fairly goodprogress if we had regular direct steam-ers plying between the United Statesand these ports, calling here once everysix or eight weeks."• • *

The state department has just re-ceived from W. R. Holloway, UnitedStates consul general at St. Petersburg,some very Important Information re-garding the merchant marine in Russia.This report is especially valuable at thistime because of the bills now pendingin congress which have In view the up-bulldlrigr of the merchant marine in theUnited Slates. It Is not yet knownwhether these measures providtng for asubsidy for American ship builders willbecome a law or not. The report fromGen. Holloway will, however, be of in»terest for future congresses and wiltsupply valuable information regarding

this important question.Mr. Holloway states that the mer-

chant marine of Russia on Jan. 1, 1895,consisted of GO4 steam and 2,294 sailing

vessels. The tonnage of these twoclasses of vessels on the White, Baltic,Caspian. Black and Azof seas, which areinland, Is 261,958.46 and 343,845.77 tons, re-spectively In addition to thl3, tonnageon the exterior seas, of the steam andsailing vessels, is 156,">93.28 and 155.429.7tons. Of the total tonnage of the mer-chant marine. In the respective seas, thetonnage of the sailing ves?els on theWhite sea is 81.5 per cent; on the Baltic,50.5 per cent; on the Caspian, 66.4 percent, and on the Black and Azof seaa,only W. 7per cent. The tonnage of thesailing vessels on the exterior seas forms18.8 per ceitt of- the total tonnage of allthe vessel* and, including the Caspiansea. 56.8 per cent. In the tonnage of themerchant marine the Caspian sea occu-pies the first place, the sailing fleet ex-ceeding in tonnage that of all the ex-terior seas; the steam tonnage on thoCaspian s<a comes next to the Blackand AsoJC ge&fi and is largely in excessof that i.f the White and Baltic seas.

The total value of steamers on Jan. 1.1598, amounted to $4!,6i2,0(W, agaiu3t W,-

THE ST. PAUL GLOBi;, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1900.

SMART SHORT STORIES.

101,000 in the preceding year. In point ofvalue the fleet ranks in the following or-der: Black and Aaof, Caspian, Balticand White.

During tin- year 1897 forty-two newsteamer* were added to the merchantmarine of Russia, of which twenty-eight, tonnage 14,825.24, were built abroadand fourteen, tonnage 2,801.99, In Russia,The machinery for one of the steamersbuilt for the Baltic sea and "ne totthe Caspian sea waa Import* .1.

The 158 n< w Railing vessels Included inthe list durii!!,r 18OT litui ;; total fulltonnage of 15.518.03, and b net tonnageof 15.0<)7.hi. During 18W seventy-two ves-sela were withdrawn from service, somebeing too old for service, while otherswere sold abroad.

Sixty-one per cent of the entire fleet jof 2,^55 vessels has a tonnage less thanmo tons, I*> per cent has from 100 to 200tons, and on \ I'll vessels have a tonnageexceeding 509 tons, chiefly on the Casp'ai*sea.

The value of the sailing Beet Increasedin 1M!)7. through the addition of new ves-sels, $35*1.7H8. During thi: same yearvessels were destroyed and sold to theamount of $1!>2,650. On Jan. 1, 189S,the commercial Bailing Beet of Russiawas estimated at $7.'J2'J,OIK. The fleetof the Caspian sea, which has severallarge vessels for transporting naphtha, lathe most valuable; then follows that ofthe Baltic : Black and Azof in their or-der. Most of the sailing vessels of theRussian merchant marine are built inRussia.

The merchant marine is controlled by

two departments, belonging to the minis,

try of finances, viz., council of the affairsof the merchant marine and the depart*ment of commercial navigation, whoseofficers study merchant marine serviceof the leading nations and advise withassociations and persons interested Intho Russian merchant marine service.

The Chamber of , Commerce and likeassociations are represented in the coun-cil of the affairs of the merchant marineby delegates selected for that purpose.

—J. S. Van Antwerp.

PICTURE OF A KISS.

<\u25a0. W. Hucliuiauu Kt';ncial»cfe«l »a>«Spent in the Philippine*.

At a little smoker given in the Brook-lyn Navy yard, Friday night, March IG,

a quartette of the Jaekies sang a song writ-

ten and composed by Charles W. J3ach-mann and dedicated to Capt. W. H. Mc-Kelvey, with whom Mr. Bachmann spent

half a year in the Philippines. Capt. Mc-Kelvey is a St. Cloud man and command-ed Company M, Thirteenth Minnesota.It is called "The Picture of a Kiss,"

and the first two verses are as follows:In the closing evening twilight, in a lit-

tle country town,Stood a weather beaten cottage, with its

shutters fastened down,Within there sat a mother, in the rapid

gath'rinff gloom,A nrtJutai auu a child, in a dark and

cheerless room,On a table lay a letter to a dear one far

away,A husband and a father, whom they ne er

again might see,She wrote him of the loneliness his ab-

sence long had made,She wrote him for his little ehlid, and

this is what she said:

CHORUS.

I cannot write dear papa, so mammawrites this for me,

We miss you, dearest papa, come backfrom o'er the sea.

Just kiss thta bict that here you see, It'scircled round like this,

Mamma and 1 have kissed it. too, 'tis thepicture of a kiss.

In the trenches near Manila, waiting forthe morning light,

Lay the soldiers of our Union, watching,eager for the fight.

Well they knew that with the dawningwould the bugle sound advance,

While ev'ry bravo man In the trenchesfelt that life hung by a chance.

Shrilly then the bugle sounded, ev'ry manstood at his post.

Now the smoke of battle clearing, manynumber with the lost.

With his comrades bending o'er him, coldand stark, a brave man lay.

To his llpa he pressed a letter, list towhat it had to say:

A certain amount of freshness Is nat-ural and desirable In youth, but there Isa young man in social Washington, saysthe Post, who 13 offensively and Incura-bly fresh. One day I-ast week, however,he had a setback which to moat personswould have been ample for all purposes.He was at tea and had been presentedto a young woman from Ohio, who be-lieves in heroic treatment of desperatecases, which Bhe very soon perceived histo be. In the course of the conversationshe suggested that something might belearned from his past.

"Oh," he said, "I am the heir of all theages in the foremost files of time, and Ican't waste my precious moments lookingback, like Lot's wife."

"At least," she responded, with a sweetinsinuation, "the result in the case ofLot's wife couM scarcely be possible Inyour3.""I don't quite understand," he said,

groping for her meaning."Don't you remember she was turned

into a pillar of salt?"He understood it then, for a wonder,

and somehow afterward the conversationlost interest for him.

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In the Plymouth congregation, during

Henry Ward Beecher's pastorate, therewas at one time a woman who had aharsh voice and a stiff manner of speak-ing, and her long-drawn-out, dv.l dis-courses wearied the congregation. At lastMr. Beecher, too, reached the limit of en-durance, and one evening, when she satdown, after talking nearly half an hour,

he arose, and in deep tones said, slow-ly: "Nevertheless, 1 still believe inwomen speaking In meeting." She spokeno more.

\u2666 * •The late Archbishop of York (Dr. Ma-

gee) made an eloquent speech In the houseof lords in opposilton to Gladstone's billfor the disestablishment of the Irishchurch. Incidentally he said that he"could not regard It as consistent with thesalvation of his immoratal soul to votefor the bill." A moment later, one peer

who was coming into the house inquiredof another who was going out: "Who

la on his feet now?"' The outgoing peer.who stammered, replied: "ArchbishopM-M-Magee is t-t-talklng against thed-d-d-dlsestabllshment of the Irishchurch." "What does he aay?" "Hesays he'll be d-d-d dlf he votes for thebill."

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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.Absolute Military Despotism.

Indianapolis Sentinel.Mr. Beveridge is a radical In the propo-

sition that congress has power to legislateIn defiance of the constitution. He fa-vors creating an absolute military despot-

Ism in the Philippines, and he is entirely

willingto create one In Puerto Rico to ac-commodate President McKinley and thehungry horde of office seekers v/ho are ex-pecting fat jobs.

Anything Until After Election.Denver News.

President McKinley, having considerate-ly shoved the whole question of Philip-

pine government onto the shoulders ofcongress, congress will now reciprocate by

shoving the question back onto the should-ers of President McKinley.

Wby Oil* Would Be Strong;.

Chit-ago Record.Have the Republicans considered the

strength Otis might develop as a vice

presidential candidate? People might vote

for him to get him away from Manila.

Surprise* for Dcwey.

Baltimore American.Dewey wi'.i learn some things about the

Manila bay light that he never knew be-

fore when the naval strategy board gets

to work.

Has Taken a Second Tlion»lit.Chicago Record.

On mature deliberation Senator Bevei-

KI«B Lbiufca it would be the part of wis-

rtom to stand in with the voters of In-r.ii;ina.

Giving Him a Tip.

Chicago Journal.Mr. William McKinley Dear Sir: In

keeping t;d> on th.^ campaign fund don'toverlook the rotes.—Many Admirers.

\<>; lle'» Too Hum).

liniMion <T<-x..» Post,Will President McKinley be kind enough

Lo tell' the country who is responsible forstarvation In Puerto Rico?

FARM SCHOOL GRADUATES.

They Had Tfcelr Comtten««menl atMl. Asiihonv t'urU.

The commencement exercises of theState School .if Agriculture were beid yes-terday at'tv moon at ilie experiment sta-tion in St. Anthony J'.nk. The -iass of1900, which is the eleventh :<> be gradu-ated from the school. Is the largestm r,ie history or the Institution.The exercises were opened by prayer i>y

the Rhv. F. M. Rule. Miss Mary L. Mat-thews, of Cambridge, iml.. delivered the jnaititatorian address, and spoke v, i>'iia!f |of forestrjr.The next speaker w.ts Ralph Ho&gland,

of Waysata, whose subject was •'State!Control of Bovine Tuberculosis." After jdwelling for sonip time upon the dangersto both man and beast uf the dreadeddis.?aso, the speaker went on to advocatesome remedies which he beli-ived wouldtend to check its spread. Rell^r could beliad, he thought, by the us<- of 'he tuber-culin test if it were administered by com-petent veterinarians, and state Ihws wereenacted imposing a rigid quarantine uponaffected cattle. Attention was called tothe fact that In the past year 5 per centof the cattle tested had been found to beeffected with tuberculosis. It was alaonecessary that the state legislature shouldrake some steps to prevent Minnesotafrom becoming the dumping ground of thediseased cattle of the neighboring states.On the point of the stato compensating

for cattle that were compelled to be killed,it was contended that the experience ofother states showed that the best rtsui'tswere obalned where the state bore part ofthe loss.

"Weeds" was the unpoetlc title of theaddress of Clarence E. King, of Wash-ington.

Adoplh Mueller, of Mankato, chose forhis subject "Contagious Diseases ofPlants."

Victor Sandberg, of Albert Lea, urgedthe farmers to improve their dairy herds,03 the average Minnesota cow was pro-ducing but 150 pounds of butter per year,whereas she ought to be producing from250 to 300 pounds.

Justus Ueland, of Edgerly, N. D., dippedinto the future and gave his idea on "TheSuccessful Farmer of the Twentieth Cen-tury."

Miss Clara L. Wichstrom. of OakGrove, in a paper entitled "The Coßt ofLiving," advocated the adoption of thecommunity plan of living as offering thebest solution of the problem.

The last speaker was Fred Ward, ofBuffalo, who preceded the valedictorianaddress by a short paper on "Habit."

President Northrop then conferred thediplomas upon the graduates, after whichbenediction was pronounced by Rev. E.S. Pressy. The following is a list of thegraduates:

John William Alton, St. Peter: ArthurHenry Anderson, Rowland; Alvin Theo-dore Anderson, Rush City; I/ewis Fred-erick Andrews, Green Valley; AlexanderBuss, Zumbro Falls; Edwin Elijah Bout-well, Kasota; John Ranney Brewster.NewLisbon, Wis.; Ealy Grannis Brlggs, Hous-ton; Gerhard Lucl Busian, Dover; Le RoyCady; Buffalo; Edward Carter, Austin;Harold Cuzner, Minneapolis; Geo. EdwardDean, Bloomington; Alfred Fouracre Flr-rnin. Minneapolis; Arthur John -Grone-wald, Farlbault; Ralph Hoaglantl. Way-sata; Royal Wm. Hodnett, Stillwater; Al-got Johnson, Minneapolis; Clarence Ever-ett King, Washington; Alfred R. Liggett,Detroit, Mich.; John Francis Loughlln,De Graff; Mary Lockwood Mathews.Cam-bridge City, Ind.: Adolph Mueller, Man-kato; Axel Newdall, Springfield; DanielEdwin Orlando Oehler, St. Paul; BennieOlson. Corning; Casper Olntad, Hauska:Theodore Adam Peters, Thielmanton; Al-bert Laurence Pfeiffer, Olivia; Celia JanePratt, Bethel; Sumner William Pratt.Bethel; Howard William Pryor, Glencoe;Evalena Maria Robinson, Minneapolis;Minnie Rowe.Hewitt; Victor Alfred Sand-burg. Albert Lea: Udo Fredrich Schrod-er, Minneapolis; Olai Chrlstain SteffenSolem. Brighton; Leo Hurter Snyder,Herkimer, N. V.; James Thompson Jr.,Lanesboro; Justus Ueland, Edgley, S. D.;Fred Ward, Buffalo; James EugeneWells Montlcello; Clara Louise \\ ick-strom' Oak Grove; Estelle Wllla Wllcox,Hugo; William Phillips Wilßon, LakeCity.

PADEREWSKI'S PIANO.

St. Louis Republic: "The keys of thepiano were very grimy. It was a pe-culiar grime that was upon them t andI examined it. It consisted of blood andcigarette ashes. Later I saw that Pader-ewskl's fingers were positively raw at theends from his almost constant work atthe piano. I also saw that he was aninveterate cigarette smoker, and thatall the fingers on both his hands werecovered with the yellow stains that char-acterize the fingers of a cigarette smoker.

"When Paderewski and Mr. Mayer hadcompleted their business they returned tothe study. I told Paderewski I was fromSt. Louis, and he began to ask me ofsome of the gentlemen he had met dur-ing his two visits to this city. I men-tioned Prof. Kunkel and Prof. Robyn.

both of whom he remembered very well.Then I mentioned the fact that Prof.Robyn's 'Answer' was my favorite song.

" 'I do not remember it," he said."I whistled a bar or two of the song

and Paderewski turned to thg piano.

" 'Oh, yes, I remember it now,' he said.'This is the way it goes.'

"And he played It from start to finish.He played it aa I have never heard itplayed before nor since. He played it

with Paderewski touches that made itImmeasurably sweeter than anything Ihad ever heard.

" 'It is a very pretty thing,' he said,when he had finished.

"Then he went to a desk near by andtook a huge roll of cigarettes that hadbeen made especially far him in Russiaand handed them to me.

"Givo these to Robyn with my compli-ments, if you will.' he said. 'I think may-bo he will like them.'

"And I will say for Prof. Robyn thathe did like them. He seemed to enjoy

them as much as Paderewski had seemedto enjoy playing 'Answer' for me."

Biff Claim for Injuries.

Joseph A. Holmes has commenced suitagainst the city* to recover $15,000 for in-juries received by reason of a dofectMpsidewalk on Charles street, near Chata-worth. _

Sa(nn!:i) .Vr»v» Sold.

A. E. Donaldson yesterday purchasedthe interest of O. S. Deringer In the Sat-urday Evening News, and the paper willhenceforth be published under his man-agement.

Mr. Deringer will move io Seattle.

ST. PAIL SOCIAL NEWSThe Young People's Society of the First i

Baptist Church held Its quarterly rally Llust evening In the church parlors. Tha^f'\u25a0\c!'t was also a celebration or" the ;--<:onr^Panniversary of R^v. 11. F. Stilwell's pa^Htorate. The church parlors were v '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0W\]Sf'lei uated in yellow and pink, a profusionof en! flowers carrying oui the colorscheme. E. C. Ferguson who has beenpresident of the Foung People's s<...ieiyfor several years, and who will removewith hl:s family shortly to the coast, waspresented by the members of the society,through Air. Bttlwell, with a line sot ofShakespeare's works. R»v. \V. \v. Bv-erts, at the Woodland Park Baptistchurch, delivered an address, his subjectbeing "Helps." Dr. Van Osdre, pastorof the tirst Baptist church at Spokane,spoke briefly of tfu: work that la beingdone out there by the young peopled so-cieties. An interesting musical pro-gramme was given. Miss Rhodes playeda piano solo. A quartette rompo^d ofMisa Alcott, Mis:-* Hope, Mr. Floyd andMr. Mac Williams sang Morrison's -ComeUnto Him." Mr. Paul Floyd sang "TiiaPrayer," by Tostl, ami Mrs. A. i!. Bishopsang two numbers, "Madrigal," byChamlnade, and Hastings' "To A. Rose."Mr. Charles MacWihiams sang "Ths Vil-lage Blacksmith." After the programmerefreshments were served. Mrs. VanDuzee and Mrs. Graham poured coffee.They were assisted by a number of theyoung people.

• • •Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Chamberlain gavaa dinner last evening at their home onDayton avenue in honor of Mrs. W. ERichardson, of Duluth. Mr«. E. C. For!est gave a luncheon yesterday for Mrs.Richardson In her apartments at the Ash-lar.d.

• • •The Ladies' Aid Society of tha FirstBaptist Church served a business men'slunchoon yesterday In the church par-lors.• • •The Young People's Society of Chris-tian Endeavor of the House of Hope

Church held its annual meeting last even-ing in the church parlors. Officers lorthe coming year were elected an follows-President. Fred H. Harm; Wee president^J. H. Taylor; second vice president, MissSaunders; secretary. Miss Minnie jrrm-a-trea.surer, J. A. Coffey.

• * *Gen. Ord Post No. 91, Women's Reliefcorp, held memorial services last eveningat Odd Fellows' hall for Mre. Annie It-tenmeyer, past national president. Thsexercises, which conelslted of prayer anda musical service, were conducted byMiss Mary L. A. Smith, president of OenOrd post. Mrs. Alice T. Bordwell deliv-ered the address.

• • •The Ladles' Social Circle of Plymouthchurch, gave a chicken pie supper laatevening in the churr-h parlors Those incharge were. Mrs. J. \y. Smith, MrsT\ ebber, Mrs. Bredemeler, Mrs. ChesterSmitn. Miss Lowell and Miss Andrews.The members of the circle are arrangingfor a concert to bo given Friday evening,April 6, in the church parlors. Mrs. T. H.Lyla has charge of the programme.

• • •Gen. Ord post, W. R. C, will give acar J party Friday evening, April 27, atOdd Fellows' hall. A silk umbrella willbe raffled.

• • •The county board of the Ladies' Auxil-

iary to the Ancient Order of Hibernianswill give a dancing party Tuesday even-ing. April 17, at Central hall. There willbo a general meeting of all members ofthe county at 2:30 o'clock Sunday after-noon, April 13, at Central hall. The mem-bora will discuss plans for the nationalconvention which meet 3in May.

• • •Company A. Fourth regiment N. G. S.

M., will give an informal hop Thursdayevening at the armory.

• • •Starlight Camp No. 465, R. N. A., gave

an informal card party last evening atCentral hall. The women in charge were:Mrs. Cox. Mrs. Dailey and Mrs. Shepley.

NOTED WOIiIEN.Miss Edith Walker, of Sidney, Austra-

lia, has given $50,000 10 the Birtis-h warfund.

Mme. Patti sang a few evening! agoat Lady Lansdowne's war concert at Co-vent Garden, London, with un<li.-iil,-.lshedsweetness and purity of tone- Mme. Pat-ti wore on this occasion her $1,259.(4)0worth of diamonds. The gross receiptsof the concert were $50,000.

Mrs. Esther Shatter, an experiencedtrained nurse, has accompanied Mrs.Frederick D. Grant to Russia. Mrs.Grant's daughter, Princess CantacuseStit,is suffering from an attack of typhoid fe-ver, and requires the skillful care ot anAmerican trained nurse.

Mrs. Egbert and Miss Sampson, of Chi-cago, have been employed by a bachelors'club to edit a magazine solely in th lrthe bachelors) interests.

In Germany there is a National Socidtjrfor the Improvement of Women's Cloth-ing, with local auxiliaries in all tha largj

cities. All of the 1,000 members receivea copy of the Reform Fashion Magazine,and a permanent exhibit of improvedstylo clothing is centered In Berlin.

The empress of China las a weaknessfor diamonds, and wears them, t>i spite ofthe Chinese law forbidding women towear jewels.

Miss Edith Rhodes, one of the sistersof Cecil Rhodes, has superior and largerdiamonds, It is said, than members o*royalty. Those were given to her by herbrother, and taken from the famous Wea-selton mine at Klmberley.

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MIXED ON HIS GEOGRAPHY.

Mill Uwton Knew Be Ha<i Stolen

the HarnfM,

Out of the frying pan into ihf flre wasyesterday tho experience of Charles Law-ton, the colored man arroiUd <n thecharge of stealing a hat'BOM found In hlapossession. When arraigned In the policecourt no owner for the harness could bofound, so Lawton was Aiachatgfid. A mo-ment later, however, Peter McDonald, afuel dealer at Third street and Mnrtaavenue, came Into court with the story

of a stolen harness.When I,awton was asked if It was Mr.

McDonald's harnes3 ho had stolen he re-plied that he could not tell unless he wa*

taken to the place whore the harness wasstolen. He was accommodated, and hisrecognition of the SUrroundtag Of Mr. Mr-

Donald's barn was so oooqpteta that h«was again locked up. this time charge-1

With stealing McDonald".-* harness.

T@dl£if§ Attmctkm sitSI Paul Retail Stvm.

FIELD, SCIILICK & CO. for Satur- lake, berth racer and roadster, for ladlesday's selling have chosen half a dozen and gentlemen; the Alaska a trifle cheap-

different lines of women's suits and jack- er and the Favorites for boya and glrl».ets, thousands of shirt waist lengths, —o—jewelry novelties, and for the men. hand- MILTON DAIRY CO. make a specialkerchiefs, socks and neckwoar. offer for today of strictly freah egg*

—o— fresh from the country.THE WELLS opens for business thia —o—

morning their exclusive clothing storo PEOPLE'S PROVISION CO. invite

for men. With their select line of modern housekeepers to come and nee them to

method clothing, at 375 Robert strest. clay to help prepare for the Sunday dlß-—o— ner.

PLYMOUTH CLOTHING HOUSE, —o—corner Robert and Seventh streets- YKRXAsays that In table supp'ifs they

Knox Hats are the feature here, ftttd are among the leaders In quantity Mia

are made a leader, but there are plenty Quality and are beveath them In notnWSof all styles and kinds to lit any head. but prices.

—O— —°—ST. PAUL HARDWARE CO. call spr- gCHOCHH offers to Wtva somuthing on

rial attention to their 1200 line of bicycles eveofthlng in his list of groceries rot-

and UMSdrlea. Their leuaer Ls iho AA- Suniljy'^ dinner.