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IAnoR sTRIKEs ABROAD.

Carroll D. Wright, labor commits
sioner of the United States, has is
sued his first labor bulletin under
the provision of an act of the last
congress. A portion of this is de-
voted to the history and tabulation
of strikes and lockouts in this coun-
try, which we have already noted.
An interesting and valuable portion
of the bulletin is the statistics of
strikes and lockouts in England and
France. In the former country these
figures have not been gathered so
long as with US, and the facts from
the French report cover only the
year 1894 Mr. Wright finds the data
gathered in England prior to 1889 so
confusing that he limits his report
to events since that year.
The strikes that have occurred in
both countries had their main cause,
as here, in disputes over wages.
Fifty-nine and five-tenths. per
cent of all those in England
have been. either to obtain an
increase or to prevent a re-
duction of wages. OF this class 42.7
per cent were successful, 27.9 per
cent only partially So, while 21.5 per
cent failed, and the result of the re-
mainder is unknown. When we turn,
to the minor causes of strikes in that
country, after noting with pleasure
the large proportion of successful
effort for increase of wages or pre-
vention of decrease, we find among
them the efforts of organized labor
to prevent the employment Of nom
union men. In the reverse result one
can see the difference there is in
any cause between having the sup
port or the opposition of public senti-
ment. Of the 346 strikes caused by
the employment of non-union men,
but LIS were successful, % were only
partly so, while the rest are report
ed either as failures or the result un-i
known. During this entire period
there were 1926 strikes, of which
2,870 were: either wholly or partially
successful, and the remainder either
failed or the outcome was notsre-
ported. 1t was in the textile trades
that the largest number of strikes
took place, while it was among the
miners that the largest number of
persons were involved. The adMo-i
Gates of arbitration for the settle,
ment of, strikes will not find much
encouragement in the table giving
the modes of settlement, in which
but fifty-six strikes were SO.
adjusted, while nearly thou
sand were settled; by conciliatory
means, which, we take, was the get.
ting together of employers and en-
ployes and adjusting their differ
ences.
In France. the report covers only
the year 1894, when there were
391 strikes, in which but 21.5 per cent
were successful, 3S per cent partly
so, and the remainder failed of their
purpose. Here, as in England, the
strikes were most numerous in
the textile industries, but here the
number engaged and the days lost
were greatest. Here, as across
the channel, the chief cause
of trouble was wages, and
here, too, we see the effect of; hav-
ing a just and popular cause in the
J much larger proportion of success
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
A SURPRISING ADVANCE.

The result of the contest in Chi
cago between the vehicles bearing
the curious and meaningless names
of motorcycles" and "electrobats"
will surprise the public not by it's
failure, but by the degree of success
achieved. For many years now we
have been clearly in sight of the day
when street and highway traffic will
be carried on principally by vehicles
propelled by something else than an
imal power. That event appeared
on the horizon when the first stor-
age battery was invented. But,
While one set Of inventors have bus
led themselves with efforts to make
a storage battery light enough and
at the same time strong enough to
be commercially valuable, others
have studied the possibilities of mot
ors operated by gasoline Their vari-
Gus devices are still in the purely ex-
perimental stage. Nobody pretends
that any one of them has become a
commercial success. The contest be-
tween what are called, for want of a
positive term, ''horseless carriages"
in France, and that which was begun
some weeks ago at Chicago, did not
exhibit satisfactory results.
That which occurred at Chicago on
Thanksgiving day is much more
promising. All that has been claimed
for the motorcycle" was that it
could make good time for a consider
able distance over smooth roads.
The condition: of the streets in and
around Chicago at the time this trial
took place was such as to discourage
all who took part in it. There had
just been a tremendous storm which
left the highways almost impassa-
BILE by the accumulation of snow and
slush. Through this forbidding mix
ture the vehicles had to make their
way on the appointed date The
major portion of their energy was
consumed in overcoming this resist
ance. The test is therefore no fair
measure of what they could do on
a road in even the ordinarily bad
condition of the American thorough
fare. To have completed a course of
fifty-four miles in less than ten hours
and half testifies to the extraor-
binary strength and endurance of
the machine that made this record.
Even those that failed to finish
showed what they could do under
more favorable circumstances.
The street vehicle propelled by it's
own motor is now much further. ad-
vanced than the electric light was
from ten to fifteen years ago. All
the initial difficulties have been
overcome. A practical success has
been achieved. What remains is the
perfecting. of detail and the cheap
ening of processes which will make
the invention commercially valuable
to the public. We have little doubt
that the conquest by these devices of
all roadway traffic will be as rapid
and complete as that which the cleo
trio railway has won. over the old
horse railroad within the last
few years. The day Of the moto-
cycle is at hand, and now we ought
to consider a more accurate and
sensible napoa for II
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aside those which shock our human
ity, convinces the student that war
is curse without mitigation.
SCIENCE OR POETRY.

Some writer has observed recently
that it is not religion, but poetry,
whose existence Is really threatened
by science. The statement is called
to mind by the discovery that w.
Hamilton Gibson, who is to be in ST.
Paul this week, has gone upon the
platform in the character of a natur-
alist, his thorough scientific quality
being attested by those who ought
to know. Now Mr.. Gibson has been
very familiar to the magaZine-read-
ing public for the last fifteen years
or so, as an artist with an incom-
parable gift for representing delicate
detail in nature. His bees, birds,
flowers and grasses were far more
satisfactory than those We saw with
our own eyes on our walks abroad,
because they possessed that poetic
quality which we always desire in
nature, but cannot always find for
ourselves in her. The evolution of an
artist with such qualities into a
lecturer, even an artistic lecturer,
seems at first glance aaretrogression,
and afterwards arouses ill-detined
uuestionings as to what is really the
character of mans fundamental re-
lation to nature.
To- Of tl,n fyi1
of the earlier workers in science, the
consensus of opinion has been that
the poetic or artistic insight was
deeper than the scientific, and that
to barter the one for the other would
be to make poor exchange. The
artist makes a friend of nature; but
she is by turns the scientists slave
and ruler; in either case their rela-
tions are too peremptOry to permit
that idealization which is a part of
perfect vision Consciously or not,
most of us have felt sympathy with
the naive petulance of the New En-
gland poet of nature who found
science intrusive.
Whereas 1 took the butterfly
Aforetime in my hat,
He sits erect in cabinets,
The clover-bells forgot"
is her lament, and the people who
are not professional poets have
shared her desire to keep point of
view of nature in which science had
no part. But as this is a world in
which the predicted never happens,
it may be that this is a shallow and
undisciplined desire. Perhaps the op-
position claimed between the scien-
tific and the poetic is as illusory as
that between science and religion is
now proved to be. If Mr.. Gibson can
demonstrate to us in his lectures
that the enthusiastic botanist has
also remained the poetic artist, it
will go far to prove the proposition.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
THE RIGHT PLATFORM.

The newly elected mayor of Balti-
more made, in his inaugural address,
a statement that is regarded as so
novel, and yet so important, as to
secure general publication in the
press of the country. This was moth
ing more nor less than the assertion
that he regards the government of
the city of Baltimore as only a ma
chine for conducting the municipal
affairs of citizens in business-lil1e
way. He says that he considers the
duties Of mayor to be similar to
those of the president of any other
corporation; that the members of the
city council are his directors and adj
visers, and that all their political
acts should be governed by this idea.
IF this conception is a correct one"
he adds, land 1 believe it is, then
the affairs of the mayor and city
council of Baltimore must. be con-
Quoted on principles similar to those
of any other business corporation. /
know that this position has been.
and will be, criticised adversely by
many who do not take this view of
municipal government, and yet
have at this time reiterated it so
that my platform may be clearly un-
derstood, and my actions in the fut-
ure be interpreted upon this basis. i"
Perhaps Mayor Cooper will be able
to live up to this standard that he
has set for himself, and perhaps the
pressure of the spokesman will be too
strong for him. The singular thing
about it is that this declaration of
his should be regarded as something
so unusual as to call for general no.
tice and special commendation.
What other conception can there be
in the mind of reasonable and hon
est. man of the duty and proper
methods to be followed by munich
nal government? Yet the fact re-
mains that of all the hundreds OF
cities. great and small, in this coun-
try. it is the exception and not the
,,1le to find one whose business is
managed on this principle.
The fault, let us reiterate. lies with
the people. Party organizations and
party allegiance and party discipline
are all necessary in the larger field
of; national politics. We. know of
no way in which the larger questions
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INHERITANCE TAXATION.

The people of france have gone
much further than those of any of
our states in the direction of taxing
interitances. Several of the states
of the Union have passed laws i'm
posing taxes on property as it
descends from one genera ton to an
other, and such tax has been urged
strongly upon the people of Mime
sofa. 1t has been fought bitterly on
something the same ground taken
by the opposition to the income tax,
although without anything like the
same Justification. The law of New
York, for example, simply requires
the payment of a certain tribute to
the state whenever a great fortune
passes from one possessor to anotf-
er. Being tax on property, whose
safe transfer from one generation to
another is guaranteed by the state,
it has beneath it a foundation of JUS
tice, and, will undoubtedly be more
or less adopted in all the states. The
law which has just been passed by
the French chamber of deputies is
much more sweeping in it's provi-
sions than any that has been pro-
posed in this country. 1t is, indeed,
almost revolutionary in it's severity.
The American succession taxes
generally exempt property passing
directly to other members Of the
same family, and fix a liberal limit
below which no tax is collected. In
the new French law everything
above $1,000 is taxed, even when 1t
is q succession in direct line, at the
rate of from i1ls to 4 per cent. When
the property does not pass from
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
Superintendent Byrne Sustained.

State Superintendent PenderSast yes
tercay morning heard the appeal of
Miss Millie Titus from the decision of
County Superintendent Byrne, of Lyon
county. refusing to grant her certll-
cate. Miss Titus failed to pass the eX-
animation, and complained that the
markings were too rigid. County SUI
perintendent Mcintosh, of Washington
county. examined the papers on behalf
of the state superintendent, and found
that they were not up to the standard.
so Superintendent Byrne's decision was
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
THE UNITY OF ART.

The strongest impression which
the listener carried away from Mr..
-Jefferson'S graceful address before
the School of Fine Arts yesterday
morning was Of the speakers belief
in the essential unity of all forms
of art. It was not only that Mr..
Jefferson specifically referred to and
brought out the fundamental rela-
tions between the art of the actor,
the painter, the author, the orator,
but also that everything he said, of
any art, implied this elemental kim
ship. That idea was the background
Of his thoughts about art.
There is, however, an. even broad
er artistic unity than that
to which he testified in words
namely, that enviable unity
of spirit and interest which
seems to embrace all those who
share the artistic spirit, and to this
also Mr.. Jefferson unwittingly testi-
fled. No more gracious tribute to the
brotherhood of art is possible than
was paid by the veteran actor,
crowned with years and laurels, in
spending himself as he did in an
hours delightful but exhausting
talk, before entering upon the duties
of an arduous professional day, for
the qualification and instruction of
those who are just beginning the
study of art and it's varied prob
lens. The substance and the spirit
of his address will remain long with
our art students and those of their
friends who were SO fortunate as to
hear Mr.. Jefferson's address.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Oh
PUBLIC WORKS DIDN'T GET
OCTOBER SALARIES
UNTIL IN NOVEMBER.
PRESIDENT G0RMAN MAKES 4
STATEMENT ABOUT THE SAL
ARIES OF CLERKS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE re WORK.
Situation Was Explained to Them
and They Chose to Labor
and Wait.

The members of the board of pub-
+ lie works made a statement yes
terday in regard to the report that
the clerks of the board did not re-
ceiVe their salaries for November.
1894, and will not receive them for
November, 1895, whereas it appeared
that the members of the board got
. their salaries in full. The state
ments of the members of the board
regarding this matter were voiced
by President German, who said yes
terday in the presence of the board
On or about Nov. 1St, the board had
occasion to inquire into the status OF
the funds for the payment of the sal
aries of the board and the clerks. II
found that there would probably be nc
funds TO pay the clerks nor not even
half the salary of the members for
the month of November The clerks
were called in and modified by the board
of the condition of the funds. and
that they would have to be discharged
or laid off for the month unless they
preferred to work and take their
chances OF getting their pay hereafter.
They took this matter under advise
ment, and in two or three days they
presented the board with a communi-
cation signed by all of them, stating
that they preferred to work and take
their chances on being paid in the
future.
when the pay rolls for October went
in it was found that there were not
sufficient funds to pay the salaries of
the members of the board and .Ae
clerks, whereupon the board requested
the comptroller to audit the. pay roll of
the clerks in full for that month, and
that the board would wait until suf-
hcient funds came in to pay its roll.
These funds were delayed, so that the
members of the board did not receive
their pay until after Nov. 20
so it will be seen that there has been
no disposition to impose hardships upon
the clerks, but that they have been
treated fairly and honestly"
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01

the existing social order and concoct
those lordly schemes for the regep-
GRAFTON of society in the mass. which
are founded on a total misconcep-
tion of human nature. Happily for
society, some of it's reformers have
firm ground under their feet, and
Manhattan is to be congratulated on
possessing vigorous specimens of this
desirable variety. eey
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01

congratulate the state upon the In
ception of this work, and upon the
possession of citizens so ardent in
their support of public duty and so
munificent in their generosity that
the upbuilding of our prosperity may
proceed now as fast and far as en-
ergy can carry it without moments
dalav
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First ParIor Conference.

The first parlor conference of the
Associated Charities this season will
be held tomorrow evening at the resi-
dence of Judge Young. on Summit ave-
nue.. The general topic of the even
ing will be Hospitals to be present
ed as follows: THE Public Hospital:
Relation to the Public and the Poor"
by Dr. Ancker: Internal Organiza-
tion." by DR.. Heath; THE Charity
Hospital: Its Relation to Economics"
Mrs James Gilfillan; Its Relation to
the Church. by Miss Grace Doran.
The papers will be followed by discus
sion. Those desiring invitati should
address James +. jackson, secretary
of the Associa ted Charities, Room 1904
New York Life building
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
To Suppress Dog Stealing.

A meeting of the association for
the protection of dogs from theft will
be held in committee room No. ! at
the Windsor hotel tomorrow evening
The meeting is called to effect a. per-
manent organization and to adopt Il
constitution and bylaws. All owners
of valuable dogs, all sportsmen, and
every one concerned in the suppress
sion of dog stealing are interested in
the success and permanent organiza-
ton of this new association, which
counts among its supporters the game
and fish commission and all the gun
and sporting clubs in the city. A. gen
eral invitation is extended to all inter-
eSted parties.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
Caught Him Barefoot.

A burning chimney brought the fire
department and the salvage corps to
the boarding house of Mrs. r. A. Palm
er, 9S Temperance street, yesterday.
The alarm caught one of the salvage
corps horses with two of his shoes
off. He was on the point of deciding
what kind of shoes he'd wear this
winter. But he had no time TO think
about it until he fell all over himself
at Robert and Ninth streets. Within
a minute he had. been unhitched. plac-
ed on his feet and started again on his
wild career
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01

There are 7SO,OOO,0OO pennies in ex-
istence in this country, and the Phil
adelphiamints are turning out 100000
a day. The Chicago penny newspa-
pers are claiming the credit for this
great increase of small change, but it
is probably really due to the penny
in-the-Slot machines.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
Kittson Was Too Young.

1t having been stated that the case Of
Joe Gaines VS.. Alfred l.. Kittson had
been decided in favor of the defendant
because Gaines was unable to produce
any receipts for the drinks purchased
by Kittson, 1t is desirable to explain
that one of the most important grounds
for the decision was that Kittson was
proven to he a minor at the time the
debts were contracted, and was there
fore not liable.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01

A band of Ohio hunters killed a
great many rabbits Thanksgiving
day. They should not forget to give
Mr.. Mckinley couple of dozen rab-
bits feet. He may need them in
his great campaign against Thomas
l., of Maine, next summer
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
TODIYS, WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Nov. SO-Forecast
for Sunday: -,
For Minnesota-F'air: preceded py
SNOW in eastern portion; northerly
winds: colder in southern portion.
For Wisconsin-Light SHOWS, follow
ed bv fair weather: colder in northwest
portion: winds shifting to northerly:,
For South Dakota-Fair; northerly
winds: colder.
For North Dakota-Fair; northerly
winds. shifting to easterly; warmer IN
western portion Sunday evening.
For Montana-Local SHOWS; variable
winds; warmer in northern portion
Sunday evening.
TIEAI PINR ATIIR ES.
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GInzier Jubilee Singers.

The Glazier Jubilee Singers closed a
very successful first week last night
at the Asbury NJ. r. church. Ross
street. Well-filled houses greeted the
singers every night during the week.
The weird songs of the negro race
amuse and delight the extremes of all
ages and classes of society. Return
engagements have been requested. in
several instances. The concerts this
week, begin at Clinton Avenue NJ h.
church ON Monday evening.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
state pairymen,s Association.

Sectary Bertram. of the state dairy
and food commission, is sending out
the programmes for the eighteenth an
nual meeting of the Minnesota State
Dairymen's association, which will be
held at the court house in Litchfield
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Dec, 10 II and u.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
Christian Socialism.

BY recommendation of the National
Church. Social union. addresses on
"Christian Socialism" will be delivered
at the Church of the Good Shepherd
on the Sunday evenings in December
Prof. Folwell of the state university.
will lecture this evening on Social
ism, Good and Bad"
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01

Light is breaking in Mexico. Pres
ident Diaz has issued instructions
for the suppression of bull fighting
for an indefinite period. This may be
FitZSinnnnons
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer 3G.14: thermometer. q;
relative humidity, 50; wind, southwest;
Weather. light rain: maximum Their
mometer. "a: minimum thermometer,
20: daily range, "A: amount of rainfall
or melted snow in last twenty-four
hours, trace.
RIVER AT s A. NJ.
Danger Height of
Line. Water. Change:
Davenport ID OF *O.1
St. Louis ......30 % III
*RiSe. Fall.
Note-Barometer corrected for tenn
perauure and elevation.
P. T. LYONS,
Observer.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01

Address all letters and kilograms to
THE GLOBE. st. Paul. Mimi
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-17
Welded IN WINCHESTER.
Miss Mary Holmes Love Becomes the
Bride Of Mr.. X. w. Hudsius.


WINCHESTER. VA, January 16.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The marriage Of Miss Mary Holmes
Love, daughter of DR.. w. g. Love. OF this
city. and Kenneth Worsham Hudgins. OF
Hampton, Va. was a very brilliant So
cial event. The Kent-Street Presbyterian
church was thronged with friends and re-
latives Of the contracting parties. The bril-
DIAL party was as follows: Maid Of honor.
Miss Elsie Love; bridesmaids. Misses Bes-
sic Love, Fannie Gray. Lily Boyd, Mamie
Boyd, Carter Conrad, Carrie Hunter. Lau-
ra Mcclure, Winchester: Mary ID. Small.
York, Pa; Grace Ringwalt. Philadelphia
Eliza Tabb. Hampton, Va; Jane and May
Faulkner. Martinsburg. w. Va. The best
man was DR.. Hope. Of Hampton. Va.
The groomsmen were: Messrs. Hold.
Howard, Saunders. Selvyn. Bickford, J..
Whiting, Thornton Jones, Hampton. Va:
Hon. H. ID. Flood. Appomattox. Va; Con-
rad Lyme. Washington; George Small and
Robert Ault. York. Pa: w. Roy Stephen
son. Winchester.
The ushers were: Holmes Boyd. Jr.. A.
8. Worthington. c. II. Worthington, w.
r. Enodgrass, H. X. Russell, Winchester:
and DIR. Charles holland. OF Baltimore.
Among the guests In attendance were
Senator and Mrs. Faulkner. Of West Vir-
ginia; Senator and Mrs. Gibson. Of Mary
land. and Hon. c. +. Black, OF Pennsyl-
vania.
Immediately after the ceremony hand
some reception was held at the residence
Of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hudgins left tonight via Baltimore and
Ohio railroad for o southern trip.