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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
MAKING A DESERT

Gen. Weyler is following the policy of
making desert in Cuba and calling if
peace. The charge which he has
brought from the beginning of the rev.
olution against the insurgents is that
they have devastated property and de-
stroyed industry, rather than fought
battles. He has now been reduced to
follow that example and to carry that
policy to extremities never before
dreamed of. Being unable to make anv
Roadway against the patriots in the
field, he has assigned his troops to the
work of ravaging the country which
they cannot subdue His latest plan
is one no less comprehensive; that is, to
pacify Cuba by reducing every man,
woman and child in it to starvation.
He has discarded the hopeless effort to
win by force of arms, and is razing
buildings, crops and everything that
can support or shelter human life to
the ground.
This is the last addition to his long
list Of crimes. 1t destroys the last rea-
son why this country should stay it's
hand from Interference. 1t is not civil
lied warfare. It is not a condition that
requires the observance of neutrality
laws. Those laws are made for nations
which respect the usages of civilization.
If a general should put every captive
who fell into his hands to death by tor
ture, we should not say that the forces
opposed to him were bound by ordinary
rules If a foe fires upon a flag of
truce, it cannot claim the protection Of
a flag of truce. All the rules that
govern conduct between one nation
and another rest upon an agreement
of mutual respect for them. What
Weyler is now doing rs not warfare.
He can no more claim, nor can Spain
advance in her own behalf the guar
antee of neutrality by the United
States, than man who has just held
up another on the highway at the
point of a revolver, or broken into a
house and ransacked it, can indict any
one who interferes with him for as
sault BY his inhuman cruelty to the
Cubans, and now by his declared war
upon human industry, Weyler has alb
solved this government from any duty
to abstain from interference. 1t is our
right, our place and our moral obliga-
ton to step in and declare that this
thing shall not continue
We see now the only end tc 1t that
is possible. When Cuba shall have
been made a desert from one end to
the other, when there is no longer a
habitation for man or beast, when the
soil is producing nothing but weeds
and the wild flowers that blossom even
in the midst of desolation, the work
of Spain will be completed. Are we
to permit that work of infamy to be
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consummated? Never since the revo-
luton broke out has duty been as un-
qualified, and never before have our
hands been free. The United States
should act and act without delay We
and we alone have the power, as we
have the right, to say that a power too
weak to subdue the Cuban people, and
too Infamous to grant them the rights
of free men, shall not turn the Queen
of the Antilles into q wilderness.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
MIR. BERG's REPORT.
Secretary of State Makes known
His Years Work

His Years Work.
Secretary of State Berg reports that
during the two years ending July 81,
1896, the department has treated TAI
new corporations, of which 242 were for
charitable, religious, benevolent or So
cial purposes.
Fees paid into the state treasury on
capitalization, as provided by chapter
225, General Statutes 1889, for the fiscal
year ending July 81, 1895, were $13.320,
ana for the fiscal year ending July 81,
1896, $9l, 1856. The Northern Pacific
alone paid as fee on their capital stock
OF $l65, 900 the sum of $77,525.
Record and other official fees for the
fiscal year ending July 81, 1895,
amounted to 81, 1926, and for the fiscal
year ending July 81, 1896, 81, 541.35
The report contains table showing
the amount of printing and bindery
ana the amount of paper and station
cry furnished for each department.
The amount expended for printing and
binding in 1896 was $25.514S5; in 1885,
1886. This is partly accounted for
by the completion of the state geolog-
1caI survey and special appropriation
OF $4,000 for that. The expenditure on
that item in 1895 was S,231. 23 Then in
1895 there were the laws and the house
and senate printing, which, including
the manual, amounted to about $24 coo.
The paper bills for 1895 amounted to
$1S,1S5.83 and those for 1896 to $5,8S4.67.
| The stationery bills for 1895 were 49,
1913 and for 1896. $702.34 all of which
show the difference between legislative
and non-legislative years
There are some forty departments of
state administration regularly requir-
Ing printing, and besides these as emu
merated in the foregoing table, appear
amounts against printing for general
elections, occurring in alternate years,
advertising for the several depart
ments annually and publishing the
laws and legislative manual in legisla-
tive years. The printing for the gen
eral election of 1894 aggregated Sc, 1892. rs.
The printing for the general election Of
1896 VIII exceed these figures, owing to
the greater amount required by in
creased voting population, larger num-
Der OF voting precincts, and amend
ments of the election law, requiring
more printing. Fourteen thousand
pamphlets containing the amended
election law of this state, and two
thousand pamphlets containing the law
for primary elections and the corrupt
practice act were printed.
The following table shows the cost
of printing, exclusive of paper, for each
OF the past six fiscal years. tire figures
for 1S91-2-3-4 being taken from the an
| nual report Of 1884. The largely in
creased expenditures for the years
1S9l-3-5 is due to legislative printing
in those years: 1891, s103, 1S6. So; 1892,
sec, 1923; 1898, $97 097 &c. 1894, $32, $50. OF;
1895, 81, 1886; 1896, $25,514S5.
From the above figures 1t will be
seen that the average expense of pub
lie printing for the state during the
past six years has been, for legislative
years, $50, 75707, and for non-legisla-
tive years, $29, 1859.
A considerable deficiency appropria-
ton will be required to meet the OBJ
legations Of outstanding orders
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
AT THE THEATERS.

There is no offense, my lord"
Yes, by heaven, there is and much Of
tense, too, touching this song that
Joseph Murphy sings at his mothers
grave at the opening of the second
act of "Shaun Rhue. - 1t is an honest ghost
of song. If Mr.. Murphy could sing it might
prove acceptable, strained and theatrical as
the scene is, but Mr.. Murphy lacks one prime
qualification of a successful singer-that is
a musical voice. Whatever sympathy the
people feel for Larry Donavan, as they be-
hold him in the pale moonlight, reclining at
the foot of his mothers grave, vanishes
when Larry begins to sing about that
Handful of Earth he Is gathering as a.
memento Of his departed parent
Eliminating this song, as sung by Mr.
Murphy, from the performance of "Shaun
Rhue," the rest can be accepted for what it
is, conventional Irish drama, with brave
but jolly hero and a prosecuted heroine. who
would marry for love, but whose sordid
father insists on selling her to the man who
holds mortgage on his life Joseph Muir
ply has not changed He is the same as of
DID, but scarcely so pleasing 1t is true that
certain other successful actors have been
content to restrict their repertoire to two
or three roles, but the one or two of them
who still draw large audiences appeal to the
people through the medium of something
better and brighter than "Shaun Rhue."
Mr.. Murphy is, of course Thoroughly at
home upon the stage, and his acting is free
from affectation and theatric flourish. but if
is likewise, or was last night, devoid of spirit
and animation.
The company is Of mediocre rank.
The local popularity of farce comedy is be-
ing demonstrated by splendid audiences which
are greeting the ''DaZZler'' at the Grand +b;.
week. This piece, in it's rejuvenated edition
offers much that is new and novel in the
fun making line. 1t is a bright entertain
ment and is well presented by number Of
clever comedians and bevy of pretty girls
Will West as the tramp is exceptionally
funny.
The music lovers Of this city have become
very much interested in the announcement
that Nine. Lillian Nordica will appear here
in concert at the Peoples Church Dec.
10. In connection with Nine. Nordica
Charles Gregorowitsch the great Russian
violin virtuoso, will appear fer the first time
in this city. Mrs. Herman Scheffer will
also appear in connection with the Nordica.
concert in a piano recital, and large chorus
concert. 1t will be given under the auspices
of L. N. Scott.
Last evenings performance at the Market
hall Of the Anna. Eva Fay attraction brought
out more people than on any preceding night.
The reserved seats were filled and there was
still a demand for more. number of re-
markable tests were made and nearly 200 per-
sons wrote questions and had them read and
answered by Miss Fay. This evening at S:15
Miss Fay will appear again at Market hall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
NOT AN ORIGINAL pEEECT.

We hear from all over the country
regrets that the Australian ballot sys-
tenn should have developed defect
that is shown by the throwing out of
thousands Of tickets which are so i'm
properly marked that the intent of the
voter cannot be ascertained. It is said
on every side that, while the new ballot
system has renledied great evils ana
proved of incalculable benefit, it is I'M
fortunate that 1t should bring with it
are real. Now the fact is that they
are not new at all. The point that
under the Australian method the voter
is not always able to give effect to his
intention is not original with this
system, but belongs to the old method
and affected it a hundred times as
much. The only difference is that,
whereas the marking Of the ballot dis
closes this failure to carry out the viii
OF the voter under the present law,
there was nothing whatever to dis
cover 1t in the past, and at every cleo
ton certain number Of candidates
were defeated and others elected
against the desire and intention of
majority of the voters, but entirely
without knowledge on their part as
to how an expression of their choice
had been frustrated.
Compare the two cases practically
and this will appear. AS voting is car.
ried on now an illiterate or confused
voter will frequently mark the names
Of two candidates for the same place.
HIS ballot is thrown out, and the fail
ure to record his preference may be the
means Of defeating that candidate for
whom he really wished to vote. But
now was 1t In the bad old times of
split tickets and unlimited fraud? This
very same voter, at that time. as he
approached the polling place, would
find thrust into his hand by a tickle,
peddler whom he knew, a ballot with
the appropriate party heading, and
one or two names on it that he recog.
nized as those Of the regular candidates
Of his party. He would deposit that
ballot in the box, never knowing that
1t was fraudulent one, and that half
or three-quarters of the names printed
on 1t were those Of candidates against
whom he expressly desired to vote.
Nothing in the counting Of the vote
could ever bring this to light. The
only difference between the Australian
system and that which it superseded
is that under the former we have nhvs1-
cal evidence in the shape Of Initiated
ballots of defeat of some indiyiduai
voters purpose, while under the latter
thousands of men could be practically
defrauded Of the suffrage and dozens
of candidates elected contrary to tbe
public will. without leaving evidence
or hint Of it behind
1t is to be admitted that the AUS
tralian voting system is still open to-
some Improvement. This can be COM
passed, we feel certain, by the adoption
OF the voting machine which Is now al
most perfected. But even if it were
not, and if it were to be always open
to the criticism that it is today this
to be fair, should state that it simply
revealed what the old system con-
cealed. Such defects as exist in the
Australian ballot are not new, but are
the trivial survivors of the army Of
frauds upon the suffrage that flourish.
ed under the old regime.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
COMPANY DIS DANCES
still Prove a Happy Feature of MIL
ftary Life.

The popularity Of the informal hops given
by Company D, First regiment, N. g. s. NJ,
after the regular company drill, was again
demonstrated last evening, there being a
large number of friends present to witness
the drill with the new manual of arms, and
to participate in the merry dance which fol-
lowed. The new armory of the Fourth bat
talon. Louisiana state national guard, in
New Orleans was formally opened last even
ing. and an invitation was extended to Com
pany d to be present, Company D having
been the guests of the Fourth battalion while
attending the Mardi Gras festivities last Feb
ruary. The invitation could not be accepted
on account Of the distance. However, the
members of Company D extend their most
hearty congratulations to their comrades in
the South, and sent regrets. The next in
formal hop will be given on Thursday, Dec. IL.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
HY FOOTE'S FIGURES.
He Has Inspected Nearly 100000
Barrels of Oil

The report of State Oil Inspector
Foote for the fiscal year ending July
3, 1896, as printed in the report of the
secretary OF state, shows that the total
number Of barrels inspected was 1885,
81; total number of barrels rejected.
2,734; total number Of barrels approved,
1Se,237 Total number Of barrels
shipped out of state, no fees charged,
1854; total approved for use in state,
1888. Total number Of gallons in
spected in state, SIS gallons to barrel,
1888, 405; total number of gallons re-
jected in state, IS gallons to barrel,
15O,370; total number of gallons APP
proved, So gallons to barrel, 10, 232, O35
total number of gallons shipped out of
state, 448, 470; total number Of gallons
approved for use in state, 1874 1855.
The number Of barrels inspected in
Ramsey county was 1886, in Hennepin
county 5S,187, and in st. Louis county
23,4 55. Following is a list of the coun-
ties and the number Of barrels inspect
IL
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04

Many desired TO hear them on that occasion,
out were unable to do so on account of the
extremely inclementN weather. II one can
Judge from the generous applause which
greeted the announcement Of their probable
return there will be a full house. The pro-
gramme will be entirely new
The plat will open at Howard Farwell &
Co.'S on Monday for the concert which takes
place at the Peoples church Dec. TO-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
DR.WINTNER, A DENTIST PRACTIC-
ING IN MINNEAPOLIS, WAS
THE VICTIM.
ARRESTED BY LIEUT.. PoTHEN
ON THE SUGGESTION THAT HE WAS
A SLICK CONFIDENCE
MAN.
LOCKED UP IN CENTRAL STATION
Wouldn't Notify His Friends Until
Next Mornfng-SOme News for
Mayor DOran.

Another of those breaks which is
lending unpleasant notorfety to Mayor
Deran's revised police force has jus,
come to light. It would have passed
OF without any one having been the
wiser of it except the victim himself.
the officers who perpetrated the out
rage and Chief Goss, but for the fact
that the Ditpatch couldn't overlook a
chance to take a slap at Darragh even
at the risk Of giving publicity to the
whole affair. This It did in an article,
which appeared in last Fridays issue
headed as follows:
TWAS A CASE OF FIXED"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
BOILER INSPECTORS REPORT
Their Receipts and Expenditures to
Secretary Berg.


The reports of the five boxer inspec-
tors, which are included in that of tho
secretary of state, shows that in the
First district the receipts Of the Office
were SO, 48O, and the tota l disburse-
ments 81, 1850, leaving net balance
for the inspector of 81, 343.50.
In the Second district the total earn
ings Of the Office were $4,761 and the
total disbursements $4,1f4, leaving SCAT
for the inspector The Third district
Office yielded $2,272. and the expenses of
running it amounted to $1,751,7O, leav-
ing $500 for the inspector. In the
Fourth district John Sutton managed
to show up earnings to the amount OF
$4,951, and expenses amounting to
$9,9T1, leaving $3.50 to console him after
he had been knocked out by the SUI
preme court.
The Fifth district, which now in
eludes most of the northern part of the
state, did better for the inspector than
any of the others. 1t yielded $5.918,
and the expenses amounted to $4,548,
leaving s1,372 for the inspectors salary
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
Below zero
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, BOIL; thermometer 16; relative
humidity, 90; wind southeast; weather
cloudy; maximum thermometer, %; mini
mum thermometer, 8; daily range, II; amount
Of melted snow in last twenty-four hours,
.12.
and elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04

say Is not fiattering to the ability OF
Republican statesmen to deal with
even simple matters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
Entente Denied.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 3.-A semi
official note has been issued emphatically de-
nying that there has been agreement be-
. tween France and Russia regarding foreign
politics.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
Fisk Jubilee singers

The Fisk jubilee singers, who we're here on
Thanksgiving evening, have been recalled.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, Washington, Dec. 8, SAB
p. NJ. Local Time, s p. m 10th Meridian
Time-Obseryatfons taken at the same mo-
Inent of time at all stations
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
TonAY,s WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Forecast for Fri
day: Mtnnesota-Fair preceded by snow in
eastern portions; southerly winds; warmer
in northern portions.
Wisconsin-Light local SHOWS and partly
cloudy; fresh to brisk southerly winds, shift
ing to westerly.
South Enthusiastically fair; Southwestern
ly winds; warmer in eastern portions.
North Dakota-Increasing cloudiness; proba-
bly, local SHOWS; warmer in eastern portion;
variable winds.
Montana-Showers; westerly winds; warm
er in eastern portion, followed by colder
FRIDAY night.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
ARREST. BUT NO PROSECUTION.

TWAS A CASE OF FIXED.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-27
A LOT FROM A LOTTERY.
Title Acquired by Chance to he lnves
tfgnted In Court.

tfgated In Court.
An interesting question has arisen in
the case OF Ruth A. Robbins. guardian
Of Thomas A. Wright, jr.. VS.
Mary Il. Jones. William 4. Jones'.
Hannah Barrett. the Seattle Building and
Loan Association. James II. Wright and
Nellie Wright. which came up for trial
yesterday morning before Judge Langley
The action is for a partition OF lot 4. block
1 tn Eastern addition TO Seattle the plain
ia claiming he IL one OF thr>e heirs at
Law OF Helen NJ. Wright. deceased. who
had community interest in the property
mentioned. with Thomas A. Wright. ST..
her husband. during her lifetime.
When the case was called yesterday
morning John T. Condor. attorney for
Hannah Barrett. one OF the defendants
stated that ne had received Information
last Saturday that Thomas A. Wright. sr
vho Is the father OF the minor for whom
the action is being waged. would. II no
xere present at the trial. swear that the
property In question was acquired by him
In tss following manner; James Crawford
owned the lot, and undertook 10 dispose OF
u by means OF a lottery. and gave hirs
twr'whp a ticket In the lottery No con-
siderstion outside of friendship was given
for the ticket. and upon the drawing
WriEh, won and duly received the lot by
decd properly executed. After the death
OF Hclen wright her husband obtained
letters Of administration. and inventoried
all tho property he had acquired since
marriage as common or community prep
crty. except the lot in question. which he
teen believed and now believes IL his ow n
separate property and not community
property.
Attorney Condor states that Thomas
Wright sr-. ~ al present IN San Francisco
and Is willing 10 make q deposition bearing
out the above facts. He therefore asked
for fifteen days time IN which TO procure
the document. and secured a continuance
until April -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-27

The Pioneer skipper OF Dogfish BAY
Passes Away.

Captain J. J. Hansen. OF the steamer
Hattie Hansen. died at the family resi-
dence at Dogfsh bay. Wednesday evening
at s:35 o'clock. OF diabetes Capt. Hansen
has made a number of friends during his
career as a steamboat man on the Sound
and his death is spoken of with the deepes,
regret He leaves i've children, James.
Ole. Henry. Hattie and Birdie. all OF
whom are now at home except James, who
is In Minneapolis. Alfred Hansen. who died
OF typhoid fever a month or more ago. at
the Seattle General Hospital. was another
member of the family.
Capt. Hansen was a native OF Norway
and was about IS years OF age. He came
to this country in 1855 ana settled In Red
Wing. MINI. Remaining In that state I'M
I'll 1871 he came to the state of WASH
ington and engaged in the hardware bus
mess in Tacoma. In 1881 he bought the
old steamer ouickstep and put her on the
run TO Dogfsh bay. where he bought prop
erty and built home. The business pros
pered. and three years later. the travel
having grown Beyond the capacity Of the
Quickstep he built the steamer Hattie
Hansen. which has been on the run since
and has proved itself one OF the best boats
OF Its class on the Sound. Capt. Hansen
was a patient sufferer. ard seemed to live
votedly attached. For the paet year he
had given up active control OF the boat.
leaving the management In the hands Of
his sons. who. he often declared, ought
10 own tffe vessel On the death OF his
son Alfred. he appeared to lose all heart.
and from that time on to his death he
gradually grew weaker. -'here are more
elegant homes than that OF the late cap
tain, but surely none more happy until
the gloomy cloud OF death was thrown
over II.
The funeral will take place Friday after
noon at : O'Clock from, the family residen &c
at Dogfsh hay. The steamer win not
make the regular trip Friday on account
Of the death OF Capt. Hansen
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One Man Build. a steamer.

The British steamer Mystery towed the
newly built huh Of Steamer from Bal
lard to Victoria yesterday, and thereby
hangs a tale. The Mystery's tow was a
steamer and represents over years labor
by one man. John Swanson IL a beat
builder OF rare enterprise. and without aid
from any one, built the hull at Ballard.
working steadily for more than year.
He is economical. too, and has been us,ng
the vessel as a house for his family. The
reward for his toll Is In the s.. $50 paid for
the product OF his skill by Alfred Magnesen,
the cannery man Of Victoria. who viii put
an engine in the hull and use II at his can
merry In Victoria.
Swanson IL a Norwegian about SIS years
of age. He sold farm In the East 70 come
West and first settled In California. but
he has been In Ballard for the past year
and half He is a skllled ship carpenter,
and. building temporary ways on the beach
below Hopkins boiler factory, patiently
set TO work on the Construction OF a
steamer He worked alone and hammered
away patiently day after day until the
symmetrical form OF boat OF about 80
tons dawned on the view OF the wondering
citizens OF Ballard. The vessel II l2s feet
long and has q house from fore 10 aft.