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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-03
CONTRACT WORK.
Sewer on Hoffman Avenue ana
cIermo1t Street.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works, J
City OF ST. PAUL, MINI, Dec. 20, 1855. I
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Min
nesOta. at their Office in said city, until
II m. OH the 18th day of January. A. d.
1889, for constructing sewer on Hoff-
man avenue. from Lizzie street to Cler-
mont street, and on Clermont street,
from Hoffman avenue to Mound street,
in said city, according to plans and
specifications on file in the Office of
said Board.
A bond with at least two t2) sureties
in sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accom-
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right TO
reject any or all bids.
II. l.. GORMAN. President.
Official: w. +. ERWIN,
1862 ~ Clerk Board of Public Works.
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ing market here all the morning and twas
1910 D. IN. before buyers an& sellers could
agree on values, when single 5.0u0 lot OF
May wheat was reported at 1l2c. below Mon
days closing quotations, the session continued
very dull with declining tendencies with no
disposition OH the part of any one 10 do much
of anything. A few cars of cash wheat
changed hands at decline of &c on No l
hard and dc OH No. ] northern. The close
was dull but firm at the decline with buyers
at l2c below the opening cash wheat idull,
weak and 2a4c lower than on Monday last.
No. l hard, sales, S1.lo; No. l northern,
sales at 81, nothing was done in the lower
grades; they are all lower to sell. January.
wheat no transactions, closed nominally at
S1l6; May wheat opened late at lac below
Mondays close, at ST. 23l2. ruled very dull
and declined to ST. %, at which several lots
were reported; it closed firm, with buyers.
June wheat no transactions, close nominally
l2c, under Nav ST. 22Q2
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ST. LOUIS, Jan. Flour quiet and un-
changed. Wheat opened strong on light re
ceipts, firm cables and higher prices else
where; but later, under bearish news from
Europe and q tumble at all speculative cen,
ters as well as the shut down OF all local
mills, there was collapse, and prices closed
2@2lsc under Monday: No. = red, cash, 9ol2
@95S4c; May, S1O05s@ ]. 0034@1. DOLE. clos
ing at 81. 009s@1 .OGa4; July. s97sc., closing
at S97sc asked. Corn lower ana weak: cash.
3o@3ol2c; January. 30@3oAc, closing >; at It
30lsc; February, 3OAs@31c, closing at 5mS4c
asked; May, 33ss@3 a4c, closing at $3.50
33l2c bid. Oats lower; No. cash, 24l2c
asked; May, 29A@2S6sc, closing at sac
Rye firmer; 4S@49l2c bid Barley quiet;
sample lots Wisconsin, 72@TSc: Iowa. DOG
Gle. Dakota and Manitoba, 72073c. HAY
dull prairie, S70S. 90; timothy, $40: 5O@i4.
Bran steady Lead dull: $3.50 bid. Flax
seed nominal at Sl.50. Butter dull; cream
cry, 24@26c; dairy, 10@22c; northern roll,
15@1sc. Eggs lower; l5116c. Corn meal
firm at 81. 75@1.SO Whisky steady; Sl.03.
Bagging quiet at 11I2@1IS4c. Cotton ties,
S1.2o@l rs. Provisions dull and weak. Pork
job lots, $13.5O@1315. Lard nominally
at S7.25. Dry Salt Meats,Car lots, loose 10 se
shoulders. So %; longs and ribs. 81: short
clear, 81 25. Bacon-Shoulders,S 81. % longs
S7.75: ribs. S7.s5; short clear, So. l0QS.i 2i2.
Receipts-Flour, 5000 bbls: WHEAT, 1000
bu: corn, $4,000 bu: oats, 5000 bu; rye,
none: barley, 10000 blu. Shipments-Flour,
5000 bpls; wheat $4,000 bu; corn, l79, 900
blu; oats, 5000 blu: barley, 2,00O Blu.
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Kansas CITY.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 2.-The Live
Stock Indicator reports: Cattle-:Recelpts,
Alto; shipments, 27l; dull and weak;
dressed beef steers and cows 5@15c lower;
mon to medium, SO. 2U@4.25; stockers and
feeding steers, S2@33O; cows, S1.25@2. 80.
Hogs-Receipts, 1856; shipments, blank;
opened sc lower. closing dull and weak;
good to choice, $4.s5@4.95; common to
medium, $4.30@4.75. Sheep-Receipts l.
Al; shipments. blank; steady; good to
choice muttons S3.75@4; common to me-
dunn, $2.5O@3.5O.
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all persons present interested. the same
was duly completed, and the Clerk was
directed to give the confirmation notice.
Pursuant to due notice. the matter of
making and completing the assessment
for the construction of sewer on Uni
versity avenue, from Rice street to Dale
street, together with the necessary
sewer connections to the property lines,
came up, and after hearing all persons
present interested, the same was duly
completed, and the Clerk was directed
to give the confirmation notice.
Adjourned.
r. L. GoRMAN. President.
w. F. ERWIN; Clerk Board PublicW Works.
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Special Meeting,

ST. PAUL, Dec. 2S, 1888.
Board met ut 2 D. H., pursuant to
call.
Present: Messrs. Quinby, Starkey,
Horrigan and Mr.. President.
August Madison, owner of part Of lot
8, block l, Dayton's addition to st.
Paul, presented claim of $500 for
damages to improvements on said
property Oh account of the construction
of the sewer Oh L'Orient street Re-
ferred to Engineer for examination and
report.
1t having been made to appear to the
Board in the matter of the assessment
for grading the alleys i'm blocks Is. ID
and 10, Lewis Second addition to st.
Panl, that lot IL, block Is, said addition.
has been OveraSSeSSed to the extent OF
Sl.32, said assessment was corrected by
reducing the amount assessed against
said lot - from 5000 to 1888, so as to
conform to the facts and rights of the
case as intended.
1t having been made to appear to the
Board, in the matter of the assessment
for the construction, relaying and re-
pairing of wooden sidewalks on Stew
art avenue, south side, from Otto street
to Tuscarora street Estimate No y,
under contract of James FOrrestal for
term beginning April 1, 1888, and end
ing Nov.1, 1888, that an error has been
made as to ownership, description and
amO.nt assessed against lot 4, block /,
Riverside addition TO st. Paul, said
assessment was corrected, the owners
of said property having consented
thereto, so as to conform to the facts
and rights of the case as intended, and
so as to read as follows, tO-wit:
Riverside Addition to st. Paul
Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Block. Benefits
John Mergens, u
of. Observation-Disclosures. 4 l $707
John B. Mergens, w
= of ............ 4 l Z OF
Adjourned.
Il. l.. GoRMAN, President.
w. 4. ERWIN. Clerk Board Public Works.
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MILWAUKEE, Jan. 2.-Flour, steady.
Wheat, weak; cash 9llsc; February 93ssc;
May, 977sc. Corn, steady; No. 3, 31@32c.
Oats steady; No. 2 white, 27l2@2ec. Rye,
quiet, No. l. 49l2c. Barley, quiet: No. 2,
sc. Provisions, easy. Pork, SIS 90:
Lard, S742I2. Butter, steady: dairy. 200
22c. Eggs, steady; fresh $50 Ice. Cheese,
unchanged; cheddars, 10@lOl2c. Receipts
Flour 5000 bbls; wheat, $4,000 bu; bar,
ley. 10000 bu. shipments-Flour. 22,Soo
hills: harley D S0l hu
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DRY GOODS.
New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-There was an irregular
demand for all classes of goods, but through
Agents have made the prices OF prints as fol
lows: Pacific fancies, 6lac: do. robes, &c:
Cocheco fancies, 6lsc: do. chocolate, &c; Co
checo Xxx twills, 6i2c; Portsmouth robes. 6l2c
Windsor fancy, 612c, and steel river fancy,
&c, with a reduced discount, making jobbers'
net prices as above
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Chicago.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Cattle-Receipts, 10000;
shipments. 5000; market steady; choice
peeyes, 81. 5O@4; go; steers, S2.s5@4.S,,;
and mixed. ST .4o@s. sS: Texas cattle. si.75
@3. Hogs = Receipts 1890; shipments,
5000; market weak and Sc lower; mixed
and light, $5@5. 20; heavy, $1,000; 80;
skips, $3@5. Sheep-Receipts, $500; ship
nents, 1000; market strong: Western corn
fed, $4@4 go; natives, S3.25@4.sO: Texans,
S2.5OM3. 10: lambs, S4M5.95.
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ST. PAUL OFFICE, GLOBE BUILDING.
Fl, J.DEUEL Manager.
Toledo Grain

TOLEDO, Jan. 2-Wheat lower; weak;
cash, ST. .01 l2@1 .03l2; May. $1.02s4. Corn
duh; cash, 3512c; May, 375s. Oats quiet;
cash, 27Ac; No. 2 white, 2sl2c. Glover seed
very dull; cash, SD Receipts-Wheat,
1900 bu; corn. 23.0U0 bu; oats, 1000 blu;
clover seed ,256 bags. Shipments-Wheat,
5000 bu; corn, $4,000 blu; oats, 5000 bu;
clover seed. 900 bags
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Other Grains-No. corn. car; No. 3
rye, car; No. 4 barley, 8 cars; No. flax,
cars
Inspected Out-No. 2 hard, ~ cars; No. 1
northern, ~ cars; No. 2 northern, 3 cars;
No. l, 2 cars; Nos, 5 cars; No. B oats, 6
cars.
FLOUR SHIPMENTS.
Milwaukee road 1.040 bbls; Omaha, 2. 425
bbls Minneapolis d ST. Louis, 676 bbls; Wis
consin Central $40 bbls; St Paul u Kansas
City, 1857 bbls; Chicago, Burlington d
Northern, ops bbls; 500 line, 1867 bbls.
CAR LOT RECEIPTS.
Following are the Minneapolis wheat re-
ceipts by roads: Milwaukee road, % cars;
Omaha, IS cars; Minneapolis d ST. Louis, 2
cars; Manitoba, 80 cars; Northern Pacific, II
cars.
WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The following are the receipts and ship
ments at primary points to-day as reported
by Charles E. Lewis, commission merchant,
Jt)d los Third street south
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SAN FRANCISCO.
BANK OF MINNESOTA.
Paid Up Capital, 100000.
Surplus. 100000
VIM. Dawson, Pres. Robt. A. Smith, Y Pres
VIM. Dawson. Jr.. Cashier.
LOCAL MARKETS.
LOCAL MARKETS.
St. Paul.

ST. raul.
Wheat was steady, with fair degree of
firmness and some inquiry. Corn is holding
steady. with stocks light. Oats are very dull
and exceedingly weak, with no demand to
speak of. Mill stutfs unchanged. Dressed
hogs are firm. Hay is i'll bad way. There
is no demand whatever for it,
Wheat-No. l hard. S1.I5 bid; No. 1
Northern, Sl.06 bid; No. 2 Northern. 96c
Corn-No. 2, old, 32c bid; No. 2, new, SOC
bid. Sic asked.
Oats--No. mixed, 25l2c asked; No.
white, 2714c bid: December. 27l2c bid; May,
Soc bid, 35l2c asked; No. 3, 26c asked.
Rye-No. 2, 52c bid.
Ground Feed-No. l. S13 asked.
Corn Meal-Unbolted. S13 asked.
Bran-Bulk, $11.25 asked.
Hay-No. upland prairie $3.50 ASKED;
No. l, SIS! $50
Dressed Hoss-S5. so bid.
Flax Seed-$1.52 bid.
Eggs-21c asked.
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Kansas CITY Grain.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 2.-Wheat-Lower; No.
Q red, cash, 9Oc bid. 9212c asked; May sales,
973sc; No 2 soft. cash sales at 95l2c; May.
9sl2c bid, $l.0Ol2 asked. Corn quiet; No =
cash, 2584c asked; May sales at 29Ac; No. 2
white, cash sales. 30I2c. Oats-NO. 2, cash.
dc bid. 22Iac asked: MAY sales at 24l2c.
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AND OIL BROKERS,
New York Produce.

Direct wires from our Office in st. Paul, No.
l Giltillan Block, to New York Stock EX-
change and Chicago Board of Trade.
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Loans on st. Paul and Minneapolis Real
Estate and improved Farms in Minnesota
and Western Wisconsin promptly closed.
No applications sent away for approval.
B. Lombard, Jr, President; James L.
Lombard, Vice President and General Man
dent; William McGeorge, Jr., Third Vice
President: w. Z. Swentzel, Fourth Vice
President and Assistant General Manager;
William A Lombard Secretary.
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the market is largely overstocked; nearly all
dealers have an accumulation. Apples are
dull and weak. Sweet potatoes are little
weak.
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RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Receipts-Wheat, $3.50 bu; corn, 2,40O
bu; oats. 900 bu; barley, 2.5On bu; flax
seed, $500 blu; flour. 275 bbls; millstuff, 80
tons; hay. Ito tons; fruit. 1000 lbs mer-
chandise, 1,21S, 500 lbs; lumber, 10 cars;
barrel stock, 6 cars; machinery, $4,000 lbs;
pig iron, Is cars; stone, 3 cars; live stock, 2
cars: dressed meats, 4O,OUO lbs; hides,
$4,000 lbs; sundries, Is cars. Total, 364
cars.
Shipments-Wheat, 81 800 bu; corn, 1900
1890 bbls; millstuff, 2O7 tons: merchan-
disc, 772, 100 lbs; lumber, Is cars; coal
ls tons; lime, l car; live stock, cars; hides
162, 900 lbs; wool, 1000 lbs railroad ma
terial. s ears; sundries, 10 cars. Total,
296 cars
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y Elk. int.
Chicago.
MINING SHARES.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Money firm and I'M
changed. Bank clearines. Sl40s0, 600
New York exchange. 25c premium.
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Butter il more plenty and a little slow of
sale, while stocks are beginning to accumu-
late There is very little demand for poultry.
with prices unchanged. Eggs are duh and
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Oil Markets.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.--Petroleum opened
firm at S7ssc. and after the first sales became
strong and advanced to SS6sc. A slight reac
ton then occurred, but the market rallied,
and during the afternoon was very dull, clos
ing at SSl2c. Sales 10000 bbls.
PITTsBURG, Pa. Jan. 2.-Petroleum fairlp
active; National Transit Certificates openeA
at S7l2c: closed at SSssc; highest, SS6sc;
lowest S7ssc.
Cincinnati Whisky.
CINCINNATI Jan. 2-Whisky, steady; sales,
3,434; finished goods OH basis $1.O3.
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Milwaukee Produce.

L. MENDENHALL. Pres. H. A. WARE, Cashier
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 29.-Flour nominal
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GERMANIA BANK.

tsTATE BANK
PAD UP CAPITAL, $780, 900.
Surplus and undivided profits, $55, 900.
ALEX RAMSEY, WILLIAM BICKEL
President CaShlre
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WALKER g. co.

Members New York Stock Exchange and
Chicago Board of Trade.
OFFICES: New York, Al Broadway: st. Paul,
Gilfllan Block; Chicago, 6 Pacific Av.
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St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

Receipts-5 cars hogs, TAT with yester-
day; 2 cars cattle, 80. and 8 calves; horse.
Sales:
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ST. PAUL UNION STOCKYARDS CO.,
SOUTH ST. PAUL.
The Yards and Packing Houses Open for
Business.
Ready Cash Market for Hogs.
j. j. WATSON, BRO. & HYNDMAN.
SO East Fourth Street,
REAL ESTATE AND NOR cACE INVEST
MENTS.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY.
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E Townsend Mix. W. A. Holbrook
Messrs. E. TOWNSEND MIX & co.
ARCHITECTS.

800 TEMPLE COURT, MINNEAPOLIS.
Architects of Northwestern Guaranty Loan
Building, the New Globe and other impor-
tant works
B. II. Brown, Supt. of Construction.
Liverpool Grain.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 2.-Wheat steady; hold
ers offer moderately. Corn quiet but steady;
new mixed western 4s sd per GENITAL. Stocks
of breadstuffs: Flour, 10000. sacks;
wheat, 1907. 0U0 centals: corn, 46l 900 cen
tails. Lard-Prime western los Cd per cwt.
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ESTABLISHED 1879,
Woodward & Company,
GRAIN COMMISSION,

AZ Corn Exchange, Minneapolis.
Execute orders for future eliYery in (
Chicago, Milwaukee or Duluth.
w Quotations furnished on application,
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LOMBARD INVESTMENT COMPANY,
Boston, Mass.

Capital and Surplus, T,600.000.
No. $50 Leadenhall ST., London, &c Eng.
WESTERN OFFICE .. KANSAS CITY, MO.
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THE DULUTH UNION NATIONAL BANK.
MINI.

u S. Government Depository.
CAPITAL. $500. 900.
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CLARK &c METZ,
Commission Consignments Solicited.
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beet, Pork, Hides, etc
Produce Exchange

Prompt Returns.
104 E. Fifth Street. st. Paul. Mimi.
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LIVE STOCK.
Minnesota Transfer.

Minnesota Transfer.
The market at Minnesota Transfer yester-
day was quiet The receipts were 2 cars of
BUYERS were not very numerous but suffi-
Gent for the offerings, nearly everything
being closed out. Sales were:
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E. r. BARDEN,
GRAIN COMMISSION.
st. Louis Produce.

Wheat, Corn, Oats, Barley, Baled Hay.
IA Chamber of Com merce, st. Paul.
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THE NEW SALARY GRAB.

Those senators at Washington who
inaugurated the new salary grab move
ment have establisheda literary bureau
to aid in working up their steal. The
following is copy of a circular letter
which has been received at this office,
addressed to the editor of the GLOBE:
KANSAS c ITY, Mo-, March z, 1ss9.-Dear
Sir: LIS 1t right that our congressman and
United States senators should receive the
small salary of So 900 a year each? If the
attention OF the public can be called to this
subject am sure the sentiment aroused
will demand the enactment of laws which
will pay our national legislators, reas enable
amount for their services. Please call atten-
ton 10 the subject in such manner as you
deem proper. Yours, etc., W. f. WAKEMAN.
The writer adds postscript, in which
he says; LAS this is a delicate subject
for members and senators themselves,
the only way change can be wrought
is by the people taking hold of the mat
ter. Members of congress should re-
ceive $4,000 and senators $4,000 a year
each. AS the proposal of such a
law would expose those favoring it to
the charge of salary grabbing it is
but natural that members should be 10th
to move in this matter"
We have had a great many and varied
experiences in our newspaper work, but
for unmitigated gall and cheek we have
never struck anything equal to the
Kansas City mans proposition. The
GLOBE has already expressed its opin-
ion On the subject of congressman's
salary. We have standing contract
that when member of congress is dis
satisfied with his salary, and will resign
on that account, to find better man to
fill his place for the same money.
For the information of MI. WAKE
MANS congressional hackers, we will
say that the people have taken hold of
this matter. They understand tn stu
alton at Washington, and have made up
their minds that every congressman
who votes for an increase of his pay
shall find political grave. from which
there will be no resurrection.
This is no time for voting princely
salaries to public officials. If trey
can't live like plain American citizens
while in office, they do not deserve to
hold office. The great body of the tax
payers have Scuffle to provide the
necessarieS for themselves and families.
and are in no mood to submit to rob-
berry of their earnings for the luxurious
support of the Goldfish aristocracy that
is being established at Washington.
The GLOBE is not only opposed to
the proposed increase in the salary of
congressman, but we propose to make
it hot for every congressman who votes
for the steal.
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GROWING BE TIER.

Several columns of the New York In
dependent are filled with opinions elic-
tied from preachers. justices, and men
of various creedS and no creed. as to
whether, in a moral point of view, that
city is growing better. 1t is surpris-
ing and cheerful fact that all these va
ried classes unite in the affirmative,
with single exception. The only pes
Simist is ANTHONY CoMsTocK. whose
special vocation leads him to burrow
among the morally unsightly. The YER
dict is practically unanimous in favor
of the hopeful side. If this is a correct
view of the largest and most alien pop
ulation in the country, it may be pre-
sumed to be quite as applicable to the
other cities. 1t may be difficult to think
of Chicago and few others in so hope
full light, but there is no hesitation
about the Twin Cities. AS the popula-
ton is so largely centering in the cities,
it is best not to get into the dumps over
it, but look on the cheerful side.
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INCREASING in NUMBER.

Milwaukee has been absorbing good
deal of beer of late in its excitement
over the bad conduct of some of its
Oriental people. A few of these have
been charged with enticing half-grown
girls to their dens and running them,
and the examinations have caused them
to be put under $1,000 bonds. If
guilty, they should have the limit of the
law, which is generally too lenlent with
this class of offenses. JOHN may be set
down as unpopular in Milwaukee, and
the white ''Washee" would like to put
him in the suds, with not a pigtail out.
In spite of the encouragement of the
laws, these Chinese are becoming more
numerous in most of the cities. In Chi
cago there are 5000 or more of them,
without solitary Chinese woman or
youth. The male specimens are the
coolies and trashy classes. and the alb
sence of the restraining female influ-
ence makes them more brutal and vile
than they are in their own land. AS
rule, men on the outskirts of civilization,
and wherever deprived of the presence
of pure and refining womanhood, de-
velop only the vile tendencies of their
animal nature. In fact, without woman
the race would have run out long ago.
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THE BERLIN CONFERENCE

To the Editor of the Globe.
VIII the GLOBE please explain the precise
objects of the Berlin conference, and what
benefits this government expects to derive
from 1t? n
Fargo, March Is.
The GLOBE cannot undertake to state
the precise objects of the Berlin confer
ence, because we are not in the conf
dence of the state department; and if
we were, we would probably not be per-
mitted to divnlge any secrets. This
thing they call diplomacy is two-faced
affair, and one never knows exactly
what it is aiming at. So far as surface
indications COVE are led to believe that
the prime object of the Berlin confer
ence is to agree on form of govern
ment for the Samoan islands. Ger
many, Great Britain and the United
States are the three nations most di-
rectly interested in Samoan affairs, and
these three countries will undertake to
solve the problem of Samoan govern
ment in a way to satisfy all.
This is going to be difficult task to
perform, for the simple reason that the
three governments hold conflicting
views as to the lawful status of affairs
On the islands at this time. The Ger
mans maintain that TAMAsEsE is the
lawful king of the Islands, and that the
followers of MATAAFA are rebels. Ac-
cording to the view of our government
TAMAsEsE revolted against the lawful
ruler, MALIEToA, and he is only a
uSurper, whose uSurpation is made sue
cessful by reason of German support.
The British authorities are of the opin-
ion that the Samoans are utterly inca
pable of and that king
should be named by the majority OF the
treaty powers.
Mr.. BAYARD took the position that
the leading obj ect in any agreement
should be to foster Samoan autonomy
as far as possible. We do not know
Mr.. BLAINE's views concerning the
m after, but we do know that popular
sentiment in this country is favorable
TO the BAYARD idea, because American
sympathy is habitually enlisted in home
rule. We take it for granted that our
American commissioners will insist
upon giving self-goyernment to the
Samoans, for it is more consonant with
our ideas Of what is just than imposing
upon them d system of foreign dOmina-
ton, even though this country should
have its share in shaping that DONNA
ton. AT the same time, we realize the
difficulty our commissioners will have
in bringing the British and German
representatives around to their way of
thinking. To give candid answer to
our correspondence must say we have
no expectation that our government will
derive any additional benefits from the
Berlin conference. The odds are against
us, at all events,