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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-09

ST. LOUIS. MO, sept. S.-Flour I'M
changed.
Wheat lower; September JGisc; Deem
Der. Goic.
corn lower: September, 1Sc.; December,
l9c. May, 22c.
oats lower. September. 1l@tc. May, 100.
Pork Standard mess. new. SG2J; old.
S5.s7i1.
Other articles unchanged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-09

IA his watches ran down. and 10 was
unable to establish his position correctly
Until he saw my map Of last year no
supposed that no one had been there De-
fore him"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-09
CA9TO7TA.
rAs ,i,- II ,,~
4; ZzzGzzWr III! ri II;
Niagara Falls Excursion Via II. +. 4 r.
and PENN. X. ".

Niagara Falls tours will leave Wash
ington, ID. c., I'm special trains via the
PENNSYLVANIA railrCa al. at 1870 a. NJ, sep
fenher nth. The r.. J.. and =.
railroad will sell round-triD tickets from
Richmond for these tours at sl4.
For full Information apply 20 Richmond
Transfer Company, No. 900 east Main
street Jefferson Hotel Branch. Byrd
c. A. TAYLOR.
Traffic Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-09

Barlow's Ministries. touring under the
manacemcnt OF Mr. Thomas G. Lcath.
OF the Academy OF Music, has been con-
ced.d on all hands TO be the strongest
mil strel cen hiuation on the road. II VIII
be here on Friday nisht.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-09
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT NEWPORT NEWS. SEPT S. 1896.
SAILED.

Schooner Walker Arlington, Proyi-
deuce.
Schooner Berthe Walker Charleston.
Schooner Lucinda Sutton. Bangor Ne.
Ger steamship Canada, Hamburg
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-09

IT Is A FACT that Hoods Sarsaparllla.
the one True Blood Purifier has proved.
over and over again, that IL has power
10 cure even when other medicines fail
to do any good
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-09
PORT or WEST POINT. SEPT. S. 1896.
ADfTNTfn

Steamship Danvlle. Boyd. Baltimore
passengers and general cargo
steamship Accomac. Thompson, Norfolk
passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-09

steamship Danville. Boyd. Baltimore.
passengers and general cargo
Steamship Accomdc. Thompson, Norfolk,
passengers and general cargo.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18

Whatever It is, for the time being. set
of speakers and writers are engaged in
proving to the people that 1t is the
be-all and the end-all of their national
existence. Indorse this. clamor one
crowd, and everything will be well.
All evil and misfortune will disappear,
and prosperity will smile upon us per-
petually. Indorse this, say the other
crowd and black misfortune will set
tie upon us, and the destruction Of the
republic is near at hand. That is ex-
actly the way the people were talking
about the tariff four years ago, and
they applied the prosperity test to
it. The country voted for low tariff
or no tariff. There happened to be
financial panic the next year, growing
out of bad currency legislation, and at
once all the tariffiteS in the country
echoed this argument that the decline
of prosperity was due to tariff legisla-
ton, although the bill that actually
passed was one embodying rates so
high that a Republican congress would
have been ashamed few years ago to
suggest them. Now we have another
turn of the wheel. The country has
been told this time that neither tariff
nor anything else matters much, save
only the monetary standard. And
again, the same people say pros
perity is the touchstone, and the proof
Of the pudding is in the eating.
All this is very absurd for reasonable
men. That we shall have better
times with the subsistence Of financial
agitation is not only certain, but has
been already established. That this re-
turning confidence is proof against
war, famine and pestilence; that it can
make us all rich and happy in spite Of
follies and indiscretions; that the re-
tention of the gold standard can alone
assure prosperity to us forever, is
proposition that does not commend
itself to men who are both intelli-
gent and honest. The prosperity test
is political device, whose chief effect
thus far has been to make the people
reverse their decisions every four
years. No political party and no ad-
ministration can make men other than
they are, With the mixture of good
and evil that there is in the world,
we will have the same compound of re-
suits in our government Those who
have expected the millennium there
upon turn and rend the people they
have put into power. It is an utterly
unreasoning position and must finally
yield to common sense. The essence of
it is found in the prosperity test, which
Is proposed to US now as the final, eff
fective and sufficient ordeal for every
political policy and every maxim of
| political economy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18

reclaimed, which It will then lease to
the occupants on long time and rea-
sonable terms. This will doubtless be
the first practical step taken toward
the introduction of the single tax idea
in the United States.
The beginning Of this movement is
the passage of irrigation laws in the
various states, making provisions for
the work That the legislative
body has power :, to do this would
not seem to is be involved in
any doubt, the analogous case Of the
states OF the lower Mississippi valley,
which have created Ievee districts and
taxed the people for the erection and
maintenance of these bikes, being in
point. The supreme court decision,
however, settles the question finally.
A new prosperity. and new era will
open for the West when both the
federal government and those of the
several states Waken to their oppor-
tunity and proceed to engage in the re-
SANNii1~eioAH anu lIT1SdllOl VI oui dilu
lands on large scale. Not even the
building of the Pacific railroads work
ed such transformation in interests
and such change in the balance Of
population and OF industry as will fol-
low the transfer of mighty agricul-
tural population to what are now only
the tOrrid sands or the alkali plains
Of the great American desert.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
NEARING IT'S CLOSE.

The outlook is more than fair for a
termination of the long and desperate
struggle for Cuban independence. Con-
Trajectory as the numerous reports
about Cuba are, it is evident that the
crisis is at hand. Spain apprehends
and rightly SO, a possible active inter-
vention on the part of the United
States. Spain is also troubled with af-
fairs at home and with disturbances in
the Philippine islands. 1t is almost as
great a blow, both to her prestige and
to her exchequer, to have this war with
Cuba prolonged, as it would be to
done with it. The situation, indeed, is
an absurd one. Here are zoe, 900 troops
sent over to subdue a little island de-
tendency held by few bands of guer-
rillas. Here is one able general sue
ceeding another, and each announcing
an elaborate plan of military opera
lions by which he proposes in a few
days to put an end to the revolution.
And all the time the forces of Spain
are hemmed up in a few cities,
in a contracted area about Ha-
vana, and are practically besieged by
the insignificant army of the insur-
gents. Here is Gen. Weyler, the last
Spanish Importation, who has exercis-
ed the terror Of his name and the cru
city of his nature against all those who
came within his power, and who is
now endeavoring with a force of $4,000
men to cope with Maceo, commanding
a band estimated at 1000 soldiers.
The Cuban rebellion has been a
bloody tragedy, but it has also pre-
scented all the elements of a farce. Spain
is making herself more ridiculous in the
eyes Of the world by this massing of
only opera bouffe effects than she
would be if she offered independence to
Cuba Internationally. Every such
failure, moreover, adds to the reasons
which justify and call for interference
on the part Of the United States. Spain
can never ask or hope for a more IA
vorable opportunity to crush this
rebellion than she has had. If she can
not do it under these circumstances,
she cannot ever do it. Therefore, it is
right to say that there be an end to
this marrying and torturing a people
whom you can Cypress but can never
conquer, and an end to this interfer-
ence with industry and trade that is
costing our own country almost as
much on the Industrial side as it sub
tracts from the Spanish revenues. If
Weyler does not accomplish some
thing signal and almost decisive with
In the next thirty days, Spain will
withdraw from Cuba either voluntarily
or under compulsion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
Is a Model Establishment

Changes and improvements begun during
the summer, have just been completed in the
local establishment Of Browning King e,
Co., which have made the place one of the
most complete and up-to-date retail stores
in the Northwest. Manager Fl. w. Fagley.
during the summer lull in business, tore out
the interior of the store, and had it complete
ly rehabilitated with fittings and furnishings
which enable the firm to show to the best
advantage it's big stock Of mems clothing,
hats and haberdashery.
The spacious departments are light and
attractive, and the display of merchandise
speaks in high praise of the firms progress
siveness. The street windows have been en-
larged and tastefully decorated with stained
glass backings, while the interior is reflected
again and again by immense mirrors.
Not little attention has been given to
children's department on the second floor.
where all things necessary for the youngsters
may be found in great variety. Quietly but
substantially furnished, the department sup
plies place where mothers can take their
children with the utmost convenience and
comfort cosy reception ROOM with rich
furniture, softly carpeted, fitted with con-
Fenfences for writing, and supplied with the
current magazines, papers, etc., is a feature
not often found in store of this kind The
surroundings are in keeping with the grade
of stock which fills the tables and shelves.
and the ensemble is such as called forth the
most favorable comment from E. W. Dewey.
member of the firm. who is at present in
st. Paul. from New York, where he lives.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
LOCAL NEWS NOTES

Ammund Jorgenson was admitted to cit
izenship in the supreme court yesterday.
Scarlet fever is reported at COS Lafond street
and diphtheria at 264 Erie street and 692
Hamline avenue.
Rev. ]. Gmeiner will lecture for the
Cathedral Sacred Thirst society this evening
at Cretin hall, Fort and Sixth streets.
The executive board of the Firemen's Re-
llef ASSOCIATION held meeting at Central
Der of sick accounts
A one-story frame store at 1852 West Sew
enth, occupied by Thomas Wax as a harness
shop, was damaged about $500 by a fire at
IL o'clock last night.
Frank Bell. accused Of shooting Rufus
Carroll early last Saturday morning, has his
nearing in police court yesterday, and was
bound over to the grand jury.
At p. m. this evening the Sacred Thirst
society will meet at sCretin hall. Rev. John
Gmeiner will deliver an illustrated lecture
on The Great Cathedrals Of Europe"
the complaint of his wife, was released yes
terday after being placed under 800, bonds
to keep the peace. IL Ief
W. F. Kaufman secured a permit yester-
day to erect two-story frame dwelling on
the east side of Bates avenue, between Euclid
$4,000.
Patrolman W. We Smith was before the
mayor Yesterday. accused Of intoxication
against him was not very strong, and he was
merely reprimanded. e ~
The talks on timely topics at the First
Baptist church next Monday evening will
be devoted to the temperance question, the
main feature of the evening being an address
by Rev. J. W. Conley on high license as
temperance measure, followed by an informal
discussion. There will be a good musical
programme. Ladies are invited to be pres
ent.
The Cooperative Elevator Company of
Lake Benton, capital stock SO 000 filed articles
n rytt tnn n+Or ~ SIN
yesterday. The incorporators are Peter
Peterson. Julius Kuse, Nels Rasmussen,
Jacob Wilmer Morten Nelson, w. C. War
johnson, X. G. Skartum, ]. s. Tucker. C. T.
Mark. e. osbeck. Joseph q. Forbs and Henry
Potter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
ST. PAUL's BONDS GOOD.
Local Capitalists willing to Invest
in Them.

st. PauPs bonds it seems are not only
a desirable investment for capitalists
in the East, but also for people at home.
The confidence that people here have
in the city as well as the fact that
there are local institutions that have
money to invest is shown by a state
ment made by Comptroller McCardy
yesterday to a reporter for the G l o b e.
He said:
'"The city has $15O,O00 worth Of bonds
now drawing 8 per cent interest, which
fall due in a few months. / have had
one st. Paul man come to me and say
he would take the whole $150,000 at
per cent. have had another man come
to me and say he would take the whole
$150,000 worth at 4 per cent. l have had
another man come and say he would
take $4,000 worth of them at per cent.
That is $350,000 worth Of st. Paul CAPT
tai that our citizens are willing to in
vest here at home. No trouble to re-
new those bonds at advantage if the
city desires to do So which is doubtful.
In my estimates [ am now figuring on
the necessary levy to wipe out these
bonds, If 1t Is thought best to do SO.
1t will mean a mill and more increase
in the assessment, but I am not sure
that it Is not better to pay them and
have them out of the road"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
THOUGHT TO DE THIEVES.
Police Corral Three Men in a Lower
Town Saloon.

Charles Osberg, Erick Lernberg and
John Kohlman, three strangers in the
city, were locked up at the central
police station last evening on the
charge of larceny. The men are accus-
ed of stealing gold watch from the
residence Of Mrs. J. Lee 372 East Sixth
street, during her absence from home
yesterday afternoon. Access to Mrs.
Lees rooms is gained by a back stair
way and when she left the house about
4 o'clock, she neglected to lock the
door. When she returned half an hour
later, she found her watch missing.
The woman living down stairs told her
three men had asked for her while she
was away, and had gone up stairs to
await her return. From the description
of the men obtained by Mrs. Lee she
traced them to a saloon at the corner
Of Fourth and Rosabel streets, where
Officer Mccall placed them under ar
rest. The watch was not found on the
men, and each of them denied the theft
Mrs. Lee claims to know Kohlman, who
she says called to see her husband on
several occasions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
OF VAST IMPORTANCE.

Inc decision given out by the SUI
preme court of the United States hold
ing constitutional California law
providing for the division of the state
into districts and the levying Of a tax
Tor irrigation purposes is Of vast i'm
portance to this country. The reclama-
ton Of the arid spaces Of the American
continent is the great problem and the
great labor Of the future. While an
immense amount of untitled land 70
mains within the boundaries even Of
our older states, there Is little of if
which has not passed into the hands
OF private owners, Individual or cor
norate. Neither the government of the
United States nor that Of any state
is any longer in a position to offer a.
free home to all corners. At the same
time, there is this tremendous area
of untillable land, estimated at 600 600 =
600 acres, which needs only sufficient
supply of moisture to make it the most
productive in the world.
the most desirable land for agricul-
tural purposes. The soil Of the arid
regions is almost uniformly rich in the
constituents that promote plant
growth. When water is applied to il
the productiveness Of it and its canac-
1ty to support life is much greater
than in the soils of most districts
possessing an abundant water SUNNY
Then again, there is no such thing
as crop failure in an irrigated conn
try. Crop failures are almost entire
~ the products of atmospheric condi-
tons. They mean either too much
water or too little water at critical
periods of the plants growth. Where
the water supply is absolutely at the
command Of the husbandman. the
quantity and quality of the crop is a.
matter of almost mechanical calcula-
ton. To add to the habitable area of
our country all these millions of acres
OF the arid belt would be to add much
more, correspondingly, to it's produc-
CV1ty and Its population
This Is one of the cases where the
state has to step in in self-defense
The work is too great for the Individual.
No man but millionaire could afford
to construct the great bitches and
canals necessary to bring water from
some distant point to his particular
holding. 1t must not be left, either, to
corporations. Too many of the few
valuable water rights in the arid re-
gions have already passed within the
control of the monopolies. The first
thing which company organized to
reclaim arid land does is, usually. not
to provide for watering the acres of its
own possession, but to gobble every
water course and water right within
its reach and hold them at extortion-
ate prices in the strong grip Of
monopoly. Inasmuch as the supply
is absolutely limited, and as it would
take millions of dollars to contest
supremacy, this amounts to putting the
whole future Of the arid belt into the
hands Of greedy corporations. 1t
will eventually be necessary for the
states within which large bodies Of arid
lands are situated to take possession
by the right of eminent domain, with
due compensation to present owners, Of
all water supplies needed for irrigable
lands. The state will be obliged to
construct irrigation works and operate
them. and to hold the fee OF the land
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
LET HIM TRY.


even a smaller amount of Judgment
than his enemies attribute to him,
he will not long retain his reported
attitude of Indifference to the plan of
calling congress together in extra ses-
sion Immediately after his Inaugural
ton. If he does look upon that as
desirable or even possible, then it must
be because he is bound hand and foot
to the great interests that contrib
uted the sinews of war to his cam
paign. Both history and plain COM
mon sense would make an extra ses-
sion the last necessity TO which a pres
ident-elect should yield with reluctance
and dread. To assemble congress at
once after the 4th of March has always
resulted disastrously and always will
The passions aroused by the national
election have not yet subsidized The
men who have just been chosen
for Office are still full Of un-
wonted self-importance, have not be-
come acquainted with one another,
and are new to the disciplinary usages
Of legislative service. They always
make what President Harrison said Of
the congress summoned by Mr.. Cleve-
land four years ago, "a team of wild
horses They will run away with any
driver, however expert or muscular.
The pratense for an extra session is
the alleged need Of more revenue.
There are several ways in which that
could be obviated. We do not doubt
at all that, for instance, if the Repub-
licans of this congress should consent
to strictly revenue measure, impos-
ing an additional tax on beer,
enough Democrats would join them to
pass it under the present enrolment.
We have much reason to expect that
without any legislation at all, the
natural Improvement Of business will
so increase treasury receipts as to pro-
vide for all needs of the government
economically administered. This would
certainly be true if congress should
pursue the policy Of limiting appro-
priations this winter to the proper fig
ure, instead Of the eXtravagant totals
chosen since 1890. There are many
ways Of avoiding all need of an extra
session, and should Mr.. Mckinley
make his views felt in the matter they
would probably be met If he does
not do so. if his party creates the
emergency that an extra session must
be called to satisfy, it will not be be-
cause Of the need for revenue, but be-
cause the same great combinations
which wrote the schedules of the tariff
bill Of 1890. affecting their profits, de-
mand the immediate performance of
promises made to them in the cam
paign of 1896.
Let it be understood plainly that if
there is to be an, extra session it will
not be for revenue, but for protective
purposes. 1t will be to redeem pledges
made to the steel barons and the other
industrial potentates who have de-
manded an increase Of their profits by
levying toll upon the pockets of all the
people. There could be no surer way
to elect a Democratic congress in 1898
and Democratic president in 1900
than the adoption of this policy. We
do not believe that the Republican
party and it's president-elect will do It
if they are free to act. Are they? Or
are they pledged and delivered to the
lords Of protection misrule? We shall
presently see.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
TODAY'S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov. 17.-Forecast
for Wednesday: Minnesota-Snow; variable
winds.
Wisconsin-Occasional light rain or snow;
light variable winds.
Iowa-Showers; northerly winds.
North and South Notwithstanding
weather, with occasional light snow; variable
winds, becoming northerly.
MontanG-Fair In the western portion
snow in the eastern portion; northerly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau Washington, Nov. H. GAS
D. M Local Time p. N. 18th Meridian
Time.-Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations.
TEMpER TITRES
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
FOR G. A. r.. WORKERS.
Reception to Be rendered by the
Comm erciaI Club.

The Commercial club will give public re-
ception early in December to the Grand Army
committees, which made the recent encamp-
is not for a few of the leaders, but for
every one who served on any committee, and
in any capacity. 1t is for ladies, gentlemen,
girls, boys, and people of all classes, creeds
and compilations who were members of any
Of the Grand Army committees and working
corps.
The reception was decided upon at the
meeting of the Commercial club directors,
which was held this afternoon.
Another matter of Importance that came up
was the question of converting the Audi
forum into a public skating rink. 1t has
been whispered about that the club would
carry on an enterprise of this sort, but the
directors put the rumor to Sleep 1t was
decided that the club would not have any
thing to do with it. If such a rink is pro-
vided in the Auditorium the club says it will
be private enterprise, and it is now open
to propositions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18

ment of cherished notions and the COM
1t must be confessed, have served hui
manity well, and the stupid people
may prove poor pupils, but such trifes
should not be let to stay the march Of
progress.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
HEEGE WILL RECITE.
One of the Features of the EIlxs'
Benefit.

Gus Heege, the original Swedish comedian,
author and star, has written original
poem entitled 'FYay Yor Yorgenson" especially
for the Elks' benefit at the Metropolitan
Friday afternoon. Mr.. Heege. 1t will be re-
membered has written several successful
plays apart from his Swedish productions.
Among them is I'm Gay Coney Island" and
Rush City"
Mr.. Frohman wired his permission yester-
day for the ''Thoroughbred'' company to
appear and their part Of the programme will
be great attraction.
The reserved seat sale opened briskly yes
terday, but there are some good seats left.
From all indications there will be one Of the
largest houses Of the season. The bill is
complete, and it will be So show for the
price Of admission. Twelve boxes were sold
yesterday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-18
Will Lecture ON Turkey.

Rev. G. w. Scovel will deliver lecture on
Turkey at the First Presbyterian church
tomorrow evening at 7:45 O'Clock Mr. Scoyel
spent three years in Constantinople as in
structor at Robert college, and speaks Of that
which he has seen. His lecture Is of par
ticular interest just now by reason OF the
illustrate it with seyenty-five stereopticon
views. Mr.. Scovel will dress in costume and
show several Turkish curiosities. Members
but a nominal fee is asked of others, to
provide a fund for Sabbath school mission
work