St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-26

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wanted 10 know was the manner in |
which his friends had made their es-
cape, for he knew that they had not |
been exchanged. Capt Even told the
story.
when Sherman's army approached
Columbia" he said. 1--WE were packed
into box cars and started oil, don't
know where. We went at once to
planning way to get nut OF our car,
and finally succeeded in cutting hole
in the bottom of the car. AT
the first stop made by the train
we dropped through the bottom of the
car and made our way 10 cabin in the
woods where we hid for several days,
when we heard cannOnadm@ in the
direction OF Columbia. We knew that
Sherman was there, and we waited until
he advanced northwar6, when we re
joined our old comrades"
When the regiments of Capt. Even
and Congressman Morgan reached war
rem Court House. the lady who had be
friended them delivered letter they
had left with her. and when their COM
TadeS went INTO the jail and saw where
the three had written their names, they
made up their minds that never again
would that old jail contain soldier,
and they RACED it TO the ground.
But one detail is lacking to make the
experiences of these three veterans
true romance of the style so popular
few years ago. and Congressman Nor
gan added * when he married the young
UnioniSt who had tried to help him and
his friends to escape after their recap
ture. 1t is needless to say that Missouri
and Minnesota Will De very close 10
gether in the next session of congress.
All three OI these heroes are ana nave
always been Democrats, by the way.
Presented by sweden.
Two years ago the United States
steamship Baltimore carried to his ma
tive land the remains OF the inventor,
John Ericsson, and with elaborate cere-
monies handed them over to the gov
eminent of Sweden. As a mark
of appreciation the king caused
handsome medals to be struck
Off for each of the 30 men making up
the crew OF the Baltimore. These
medals were handed over to Capt.
Schley, but have not yet been present
ed, because of the fact that special act
of congress had first to be passed. This
was done year ago, and now the navy
department has issued an order direct
ing the delivery of the medals. Only
about half of these men are now on
|
them are still in the service and may
expect their medals in the near future.
To the Swedish citizens of Minnesota
and the Northwest this little incident is
peculiarly gratifying, for while they are
| now Americans first, they naturally
| cherish a warm regard for their native
| land and rejoice to see any exhibition or
| fraternal feeling between the two coun-
| tries.
He Swings a Strong Az.
The new fourth assistant postmaster
! general has taken up the work OF his
! department with vim and zeal that
! augurS i'll for the pOStnaSterS at small
! towns and villages. For few weeks
! he will devote his time to the work of
| filling the five thousand places made
vacant during the past few weeks by
| resignation, anu then ne Will take
| up his axe and proceed to make record
| that viii surpaSS that OF lcesPTeSident
| Stevenson during the first admlnlStra-
| ton of President Cleveland: As pre-
dicted all the time by the GLOBE, Mr..
! Maxwell was not opposed by Senator
| Hill or his colleague, Senator Murphy,
and for the very good reason that
! while opposed to their control in
| New York, Mr.. Maxwell is in
| good Democrat who is able to rise above
! faction when his party demands 1t. 1t
! is no secret that the new fourth assist
! ant will be asked TO make something
near a clean sweep in all of the congress
| sional districts of Minnesota i'll the near
| future. There are already applica-
| lions on file for at least
500 of the postoffices i'll the
state. and preparations are being made
! to demand changes in nearly all the
others. In North and South Dakota the
| changes will be demanded early also,
and Senator Villas and his colleagues in
! both houses will see that the Badger
! state Democrats are not forgotten. In
Montana changes will be slow because
of the fierce four-cornered fight
that is on in that state. EX-COngresS-
man Dixon would like 10 have entire
| control of the patronage, but he Will be
far from getting what he seeks. The
president aud the entire cabinet are
disguised with the millionaire leaders
| in Montana, and are disposed to listen
to such men as eX-GOY. I0Ole,
who is mo mans man." With
the exception Of Montana. the
| Northwestern states Will have no reason
TO complain of slownesS in the matter Of
changes i'm The fourth-clasS pOstOtfices.
The only thing that will delay the APP
| DointmentS of Democrats will be their
failure to get together and agree upon
I men for the places.
Problems of State
The people have heard very little
| abnnt the new secretary of state since
Ie tooll charge of his department, but
they are certain to hear from him very
frequently during the next four years.
Ju,lpe Gresham IS a wonderful man,
and the country will expect great ac-
comDlishments by and through him
during the present administration. The
! Hawaiian snarl is the smallest OF the
nroblems that will be presented. By
The revision of the tariff, which Will be
made at the first meeting Of congress, a
| change will be made necessary III many
of the treaties now in force, and In
addition, that most important question,
a reciprocity treaty with Canada will
soon be again to The front. 10 the
Deopie of the Northwest, and especially
10 the cities of St.Paul and MINNEAPOLIS,
this question far OutWelghs all other
dinIomatic projects A reciprocity
treaty with Canada would give these
critics the trade of a section worth more
fo them than the trade of the
Dakotas, Montana and Washington.
Hinder these circumstances, the fact
that Judge Gresham. man thoroughly
Western and Northwestern in his ideas
and views, is at the head OF the state
department is highly gratifying, and
means that there will be in the near
future an honest effort toward the re-
mOYal of the
Absurd Trade Restrictions
that now separate the United States
from her vigorous nelghUor to the
north. Annexation is not demanded,
and is impossible at present if desir-
anIe. but free trade is possible, and just
wnat the people of 10th countries de-
mand LLEWON.
Faster Neckwear.