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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
SARAH'S DEBUT.
She Fires New York's Heart With
LA TOsca."

LA TOsca."
NEW YORK, Feb. Elm the Garden
theater last night as the heroine of La
Tosca" the eccentric Sarah Bernhardt
made her re-entrance upon the stage OF
this capital. She gave performance
remarkable for the dexterity and finish
of its mechanism, and for It's ample rev.
citation of those personal pecullarities
that have inspired and long retained the
devotion of her admirers. The supple
figure, the nervous force, the inceSSant,
yet reposeful and beautifully mould
ed action; the unerring fit
ness of expressive gesture, the
wealth of capricious wileS, the melody
of voice, the vehement loquacity and
the abundant resources Of craft and of
fire in moments of sudden theatrical
transition-all these equipments and
felicities of her exceptional person
atty and her authoritative art remain
unimpaired and entirely at her COM
abhorrent play, and more than enough
has been said about it already. This
life of ours is short one, and people
can always be better employed as 1t
passes than in raking over pile OF rot
ten rubbish. The duty OF the moment
toward one of those pieces is fulfilled by
a record of its recurrence.
Sarah Bernhardt was measured
for the part of La Tosca, and it fits her.
Sne is artificial and insincere in her
coquetry, but perhaps her inSincerity
makes it all the more natural. She
does not express any higher phase of &
woman's love than the animal phase
of it. The most of Sarah Bern
hardt's stage women are commonly en-
gagged in trying to make themselves
Sensually enchanting to men, but they
never truly experience love, and the
word is profaned when it is associated
with them. During La Tosca's scene
with the corpse Sarah Bernhard held
her audience in a hush of breathless
suspense. and at the end of it
the piaudits were long and loud.
She is unquestiOnably a woman of
unique character and of great talents;
and as such, and Notwithstanding that
her influence upon the stage and upon
the dramatic profession has been almost
universally perniciOuS, she may be seen
and studied with interest and benefit.
The propensity to look upon Sarah
Bernhardt as a pr0dIgiOuS and
wonderful and incompatible and
tranSendant actress indeed. ought
not to he encouraged. Sarah Bern
hardt is an accomplished artist, but she
has never reached, nor she never will
reach, the height that was occupied on
the American stage by Charlotte Cush-
man and that is occupied on the English
stage by Ellen Terry.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
STORIES OF STATESMEN.

T. P. O'COnnor, the wOrld-famous
Irishman, who is now visiting America.
has done much newspaper writing, and
at one time he was the cable CORE
spondent on Irish topics of a syndicate
of influential American newspapers.
An amusing incident of his connection
with this syndicate was told me recent
ly by the gentleman who used to man.
age it.
Mr.. O'Connor was very unreliable
worker. Ii he had not been watched
constantly he would probably not have
turned in his copy more than two or
three nights in the week. The London
agent of the syndicate made it his bust
ness to follow Mr.. O'Connor about, hunt
him up at night and, if necessary, wait
for him to write his letter. One night
he hunted in vain. OCOunor was not
at home and he could not be traced in
any of his usual hauntS. The syndicate
had to have some Irish news, and, de-
spairing at last of finding O'Connor, the
agent sat down and wrote from his own
knowledge brief review of the Situa-
ton. 1t was cabled over in the usual skel-
eton form. In the New York office, from
which Mr.. OConnor's letters were dis
tributed by telegraph to all parts of the
country, the skeleton letter was '.pad-
died." as usual. by the introduction of
the smaller words which had been
omitted from the cable message. The
editor who was making up the dispatch
noticed that Mr.. OConDor'S signature
was lacking, but thinking that this was
a simple omission, he added the sigma
ture ana sent the matter out in the
usual form.
1t happened that there was a large
Irish convention of some character i'll
Chicago, and as the dispatch was rather
radical i'll tone, the Chicago paper which
received 1t made striking feature OF it
in an extra edition which was put on the
street at late hour. AT about the time
when tie paper was selling Oh the
streets of Chicago, the syndicate
manager in New York received
a. delayed cable message from
London explaining the inability of his
agent to find Mr.. O'Connor and the cir
cumstanceS in which the cable letter
was written. This dispatch made him
very unhappy for time. 1t would
probably involve the necessity for eX-
plantations. apologies and published re-
fractions which would iniure his repI-
tatden both with the editors who had
used the dispatch and with Mr.. O'Con-
nor. WITH this uncomfortable prospect
in view, the syndicate manager sat
Down at his desk and wrote long
cable message to Mr.. O'Connor, ex-
planning the mistake, and asking what
he would better do about it. Mr.: O'CUu-
nor probably went to the telegraph
office aud read the message as it was
sent out over his signature, for in few
hours the syndicate manager received
All answer from him in two words. 1t
read:
..HanDy acrident
IT. p. O'CoNSoR.''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
SMITH ON WAsHBURN.

SMITH, whose bass voice has been eX-
| citing the admiration of the friends
of monopoly in the present legis-
| lature, has now undertaken the
formidable task of championing the
cause of Senator WAsHBURN. 1t is to
be hoped that he has laid in large sup
ply OF throat invigoratorS. If he has
not, and does all the talking which the
subject demands, it may safely be pre-
dicted that his assaults on the Sage will
be uttered in feeble falSettO before
the matter is exhausted. This business
of backing WASHBURN was currently
reported to have been very profitable
two years ago, but we cannot see how
there can be very much i'll it at present.
Perhaps SMITH defends WAsHBURN
because he likes him. SMITH looks like
a man who would admire WASHBURN.
They both have such genial manners.
Let SMITH have the floor for awhile
to tell in an easy, off-hand way some
pleasant anecdotes about our senior
senator's wit, cordiality and good
ness of heart. All great men have
their Boswells, and let SMITH
be WAsHBURN's. If he prefers
to write his euIogy and will put it up at
auction, the GLOBE promises to bid high
for the rghtto its exclusive publication.
1t would he out of sight in our funny
column. If SMITH proposes to make a
speech on the subject, however, let him
select some day when HENRY KELLER
is absent. The senator from Stearns
county met WASHBURN when he was
in Washington last summer, and knows
what good fellow he is. SMITH cam
not afford to have any one compete
with him as WAsHBURN's champion.
1t never WAS hard to see why WASH
BURN was elected senator two years ago.
He is such an orator that he charms
everybody who hears him speak. His
personal magnetism is so great that no
one can come near him without becom-
ing devoted to his cause. His charitable
deeds and interest in the poor and the
suffering are SO well known that every
body loves him. 1t was seriously
charged two years ago that he had
bought his seat in the United States
senate, but this accusation was made by
people who were seeking some ex-
PLANTATION for his selection. They
did not know how dear he was to the
hearts of honest men, and so
they supposed that corruption must
have played some part in his choosing.
Anybody who has ever SeenWAsHBURN,
however, will know at once why he was
elected. He is so justly popular. Any
how. the question of bribery was set
tied by all investigating committee at
the last legislature. To be sure, it met
in secret session and never published
Its proceedings, but it reported that
there was no blot on WAsHBURN'S
'scutcheon. Give SMITH a chance to
deliver his eulogy. This will show that
WAsHBURN is a most lovable character.
Then let the proceedings of the investi-
eating committee be published in full.
This will show that he is an honest
man. The whole world knows these
things already, but it is just as well to
have the evidence OH record.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
PENSIONS.

It is now officially stated that the
amount expended for pensions by the
United States government for the year
ending June Sc, last, was $l09, 437, 534.
For the year before that the amount
was $S7, GA, 1911, which, in turn, eX-
ceeded the amount for the preceding
year by more than $7,OOO,000. The New
York Herald. in giving these figures.
states that the cost of tile German army
is estimated for the current year at SOL
726, 293. For our army we spend annu-
ally in the neighborhood of $4,000, 00o
If we add to this grand total of our out
lay for pensions and military expenses
the sums annually contributed by the
governments of the Southern states for
the relief of the soldiers who fought on
the Confederate side during the civil
war, we get yearly outlay which is
appalling in its volume. This, more
over. promises to increase in the future,
as more liberal pension laws are
enacted. and those entitled to the bene-
fits of the laws already in force secure the
allowance of their claims. Nobody be
grudges the man who fought for the
Union, and who is now in want, the as
sistanee he receives from the govern
ment. 1t needs to be remembered, how
ever, that the present expenditure con-
sumes what is equivalent to the pro-
eeeds of an annual tax of nearly IS per
head on every man, woman and child in
the United States. The country is rich
enough and grateful enough to afford
this. if it is needed. But the total is so
appalling that the matter should be
watched carefully. The undeserving
should he denied all allowance, and
pension laws should not be passed with
the sole purpose of using up the surplus.
This has been favorite device of the
monopolists when an overlooking treas
ury called attention to the extent
of unnecessary taxation. The govern
ment should look after the honest and
suffering soldier. After that the way
to get rid of surplus is to lower the
tariff. This course will ameliorate the
hardships of the poor veteran, and of
every one else at the same time.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
NOT ALL A GARDEN.

That the counties i'll the Red river
valley in North Dakota possess soil
of great depth and almost ineXhausJible
fertility is known to all familiar with
the country. Its wheat is unsurpassed
in quality. and failure in the crop has
never been general or serious. The
papers Of that section have had good
deal to say about the twenty millions of
bushels grown the past year. and the
great word painter is again on duty
drawing gorgeous pictures of luXurlance
and beauty. There is no disposition to
shadow by a word the faireSt visions, or
doubt that tropical products drop into
waiting mouths every month in the
year. 1t is to be regretted that this
condition does not apply to quite all the
parts of the state as steady
thing. The state is some 400 miles
in width and that includes the
Bad Lands and scattered district S
better fitted for Sioux Indians
than people who have only the soil to
depend upon to afford subsistence. This
week an authorized party from sec
ton probably visible from the dome of
the state capitol has been in St. Paul,
soliciting relief for the destitute in his
county. A few days ago aFarmers' AL
lance at Bachelors Grove, somewhere
in the Dakota state, condemned action
by the legislature inviting immigration,
on alleged humane grounds The con-
clusion seems to be that North Dakota
is variegated state, and that discrim-
ination should be had by new settlers.
They ought to wait little for irriga-
ton OF better development before trying
to subsisC in those sections where the
hat has to be sent out every season.
There is more restitution in South Da-
kOta. Nebraska and Kansas than in
North Dakota, and there are probably
counties in each that settlers would do
well to avoid for time.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
COL. BENDS REPORT.

There will be general feeling of
disappointment among the traducerS of
st. Paul over the report made by Col.
BEND on the city's finances at the
chamber of commerce. The sensation
mongers who have been trying to at
tract attention to themselves by attack
ing the honor of the city which sup
ports them, if they are capable of I'M
derstanding the figures presented, must
find it very difficult to comport them
selves with dignity. 1t takes rare
man to conceal his discontinue where
he has been scolding and clustering,
and it turns out that it has all been
about nothing. We have no doubt at
all that there are great many men In
this community who have been hoping
that Col. BEND would find the city'S
debt to be twice the size it has been adj
mitted to be. This would have added
large amount to the burden of their
taxes: but what would that have been
compared with the satisfaction of being
able to say 81 told you SOL?
Col. BENDS figures show that the
city will need the proceeds Of about
1922. 600 of bonds in order to be even.
This corresponds to the amount of taxes
for past years which remain uncollected
| because they were assessed against
property which is by law exempt, or be-
cause they had been RENTED by the
courts or by the state or city govern
| ment. Had the full amount assessed
been collected, there would have been
no deficit. The work done has taken
the amount as calculated. The taxes
realized on have fallen short of the
total levied by something over 100000.
| We can make this up either by increas-
| ing the tax rate for a number of years,
| or we can. fund the deficiency in the
form of bonds. Everybody seems to
agree that this second is the course to
pursue. In any event, there does not
appear to be any occasion for hyster-
les and blue lights and slow music.
| Col. BENDS conclusions correspond
with Comptroller RoCHE's, and the
| colored gentleman who was confidently
looked for in the woodpile does not
| seem to be there. JOHN ROCHE is Hon
| est JOHN ROCHE still, and seems to
know more about bookkeeping than his
| critics.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
NOT HIS Congo,
But a Reprimand for Sir John
Macdonald

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 5.-A local paper
says that it is understood that Sir John
Macdonald received reprimand from
the British government yesterday for
having made public the text of the pro-
posal for reciprocity he has made
through the British government to the
government of the United States before
it reached the authorities at Wash
ington. The Canadian press has not
been slow in calling attention to
this great breach of international
courtesy, and only excuses the premier
en- account of the desperate means he
has been driven to to save his govern
ment from an ignomniouS defeat when
it goes before the country for vindca-
ton next month The British govern
ment insisted on q dissolution of parlia-
ment and an appeal to the country upon
the question of extended commercial in
tercourse with the United States in the
hope that by some such measure an
amicable settlement of matters in dis
pute between Canada and the United
States might be reached. This was
the Liberal platform, and how to recede
from the position he had taken
in opposing such measure re-
CURED all the tact and re-
sources of Sir John. A few weeks ago.
in view of the approaching elections,
Sir John informed the country that the
United States government had ap-
preached him on the subject Of reel
procity. but Secretary Blaine spoiled
this by giving emphatic denial to the
statement of the premier, whereupon
Sir John gave copy of the document
TO the press before it had reached the
United States government.
That the government is fighting
desperate battle is evinced by the means
adopted to delude the public into che
belief that it is sincere in its efforts to
secure more extensive trade relations
with the United States.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
GRASSVALE.

Grassvale lay hidden IN the hills, i'll indolent
repoSe:
1t lay there, like a snowflake in the bosom of
q rose;
Against the mountains on the east the east
winds yainly pressed,
And the mountain stopped the fury of the
stormburst from the west.
But the GrassvaIe people waited for rail
road to come down
And tunnel through the mountains and wind
grauGly into town;
Through the Weed-groWn streets of Grass
vale men would Saunter to and fro
And tell how when the railroad came the
little town would grow.
Every night to Durkee's grocery came
crowd of men to talk 1t
With big empires in their fancy and two
nickels in their pocket:
But the COWS trod down the dahlias in each
housewife S small front yard,
And whole droyes OF pigs went footing down
the village boulevard.
Every morn the magic sunrise all the eastern
hills would streak,
And God flung his sunset banner from the
topmOst western peak;
But moss grew on the houses where no paint
had yet appeared.
AS the face that has no beauty is the first to
raise a beard.
The chimney or the old town hail was
thrown down by the rain,
And they stuck rusty tunnel through the
bottom window pane;
At the Baptist church the steeple blew Of
one tempestueus day.
And they left it as rendezvous where hens
could go and lay.
The great Dream of the railroad baaished
their uneasy fears.
Although they had Il suit of clothes but once
i'll thirteen years:
For they reasoned when the railroad should
come winding down their way
They should huve pair CT trousers almost
every other day.
And we all wait for our railroad, while our
front yards grow with thistle.
Lie ana listen i'll our valley for the loeomo-
lives whistle.
Yes. we hnitd up mighty railroads in our SUI
iaarheaEed brain.
While we eaeht 70 climb our mountains ri nd
last foot il to he train.
5. VI. Toss iii Yaikce Blade
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
A RADICAL STATE.

1t is not surprising that Senator IN
CALLS should of late reach the conclu-
sion that his state is given to the unex-
pected and extreme. A year ago he
would have deemed pint of peanuts
wasted if invested to insure his cleo
ton. The radical and dramatic have
lined its history. 1t was settled in a
blaze of passion. Its early saint. JOHN
BRowN, deemed the killing of men who
would not accept his mission 1t iegiti-
mate pursuit. and something of his
spirit has hung over the state There
have been turmoil and tragedy all
through its record. RatIieaIism is the
rule at all times. No other state has
seen as vehement in its h.publicanis.l
.,,ll i; is now il tie writings OF an
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
SIR JULIAN's STORY.
He Explains How He Came to
Discuss a Matter.

WASHINGTON. Feb. "a reporter
called upon the British minister Sir
Julian Paunceforte. this morning. and
drew his attention to the statement is
sued by Dalziell's news agency. reas-
serting the authenticity of the alleged
interview with the minister on the SUI
preme court decision on the Sayward
case. which was cabled to the London
Times. and to the text of the alleged
interview itself as re produced to-day in
New York. Sir Julian read all care
fully, and. after some conversation, he,
at the request of the reporter, reduced
to writing what he had said, as follows:
British Legation. Washington. Feb. ;,
199l.-Dear Mr.. Mckee: | absolutely
denv having used any of the language
attributed TO me in the alleged inter-
view telegraphed to the London Times,
and republisned in the World of to-day.
A man accosted me in public ear and
asked me whether | had heard of the
decision of the supreme court given
that day on the Sayward case. On my
replying in the negative. nc informed
me that leave had just been given
to file the petition. We exchanged
few commonplace remarks about the
agitation which the case had excited.
ana which said | was glad TO think
had subsidized. fhe conversation had
not lasted more than two minutes when
alighted from the ear. | had not the
least idea that | was being interviewed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
senator Morgan's CAPACITY.

Senator Morgan's speeches are ex-
quisitely phrased, and they make good
reading. He has wonderful capacity.
and no one doubts his ability to speak
for three or four days. During the de-
bates on the elections bill the Democrats
have held him in reserve for the pur
pose of harassing the Republican sena-
tors when the days of the session should
be growing few. He was trotted out to-
day, and only got fairly started. Sena-
tor Cockrell said to leading Republi-
can in group of Southern senators not
long ago: I'VE will use every fair and
honorable means to beat the elections
bill"
"Cockrell," said the Republican. as
he turned sorrowful gaze on the Mis-
souri, senator, ''dO you consider Morgan
a fair and honorable means"' And
even Senator Cockrell had to join in the
laugh that followed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
WaIdersee Retires.

BERLIN, Feb. Count Won Valdez
see, the retiring chief of the general
staff, took formal leave of the staff At
taches to-day. In speech, in which he
showed deep emotion, lie said: "The
emperor has ordered me elsewhere. Il
soldier Obeys orders without asking rca-
sons" 1T is now announced that Gen.
Won Witch succeeds Count Won Wal
dersee as chief of the general staff.
lie is regarded as one of the most able
officers on that staff
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06

The above, however, is all that passed
| am, dear Mr. Mckee, yours very
truly, JULIAN PAUNCEFoTE.
David r. Mckee. Washington Agent
Associated Press.
After writing this letter the minister
summoned his secretary, had copy OF
the letter made, and directed that it be
addressed to Lord Salisbury and cabled
at once i'll cipher to him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06

THE Republicans have been doing so
much kicking about the speech of Gov.
BoIEs in New York, disappearing the
condition of the farmers of Iowa, that
his friends will print 100000 copies to
circulate in the state to let the farmers
see if he lied about them. The heavy
kicking was over his statement that
corn-growing had not been profitable of
late
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
IN aphorisan on Tariff.

Senator Jones, OF Nevada, told me a
few days aga that his private secretary,
Mr.. Davis.cauid easily write his speeches
far hini. "Iie has beennie SO thoroughly
iuai,ued with my itie:t>.' said Mr.. Jones,
.-aiid iie l. 81 Ianiiiiar with my style ,,f
pxpr. '-siaa tiiat he eua!d easily v rtts
" AIT ss,aid ht>S cttfr,,nt a. atiRa and
y il / L n',aitt tn -, rft.cf!y Willing 10
.i.i ~ 4. tfti s,cu ,tef JJtr-s.
iio ! lY il - oil u. TAI III Ii l.i i,tluilc ll.e
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-06
THE NEXT WAR"
A Significant Remark by the
Young Emperor.

BERLIN, Feb. 5.-The kaiser's remark
about the next war;" in appointing
Count Waldersee to the command of the
Ninth army corps, has aroused much
gossip in court and army circles. being
in contradiction of nearly all that the
emperor has protested to believe as to
the assurances of European peace. The
kaiser continues to devote himself with
almost feyerish earneStness to army
matters. He has decided not to promote
Count Haeseier, of the Metz, to sthe
place vacated by WalderSee. Haeseler
is looked upon by many as the most
promising of German commanders, and
ne resembles Moltke to a remarkable
degree, both in military genius and
habits. The kaiser, however, does not
care to have near him any general
whose ability would receive credit for
military success, as the kaiser wants all
such credit himself, and means, it is
said, to have no rival in the leadership.