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St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
THE GREATER NEW YORK

The bill enlarging the limits of the
city Of New York and creating the
Greater New York" has passed the
legislature and awaits the signature
of Gov. Morton. Spurred, perhaps, by
the example of Chicago and, possibly.
by fear that, in the matter of popu-
lation, the Windy City would become
first in the list, an agitation for the in
clusion in New York of it's suburban
cities began ia 1890, and has been per-
s,stendy pushed ever since. A bill
failed of passage in the legislature Of
1893 but in 1894 one passed, submitting
the question Of consolidation to a vote
OF the people of the several municipal
tiles This resulted, in the November
election, in majority for the measure
IN all the larger cities, although that
in Kings county was but 277, and some
of the smaller precincts voted against
1t. The vote was taken as expressing
q wish for consolidation, and the COM
mission, created in 1890, introduced in
the present legislature their bill Mean
time the legislature last year attached
about twenty square miles of West
chester county to New York
The lines of the new city run down
the Hudson to the north line of Rich
mond county, on Staten island, swing
westward to include all of that county
thence across the lower bay to the
south shore Of Long Island, near
the center of Queens county, thence
north across the island and the sound
Into Westchester county, and bearing
nerthwesterly to the northern limits Of
the present city. The following table
gives the area of the enlarged city
together with the population as it was
In 1890, the natural increase since Civ
Ing an estimated population of 3, 100, ,0OO
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
THE BLESSED RAIN.

Never, except when the growing grain
is. menaced with ruin by long continued
drought. could rainfall be more vel
come than that which prevailed
throughout the Northwest on Friday
and Saturday. Over q large part of
this territory the situation was not
only full OF personal discomfort, but
awakened serious apprehension as to
the future of agricultural operations.
The winter has been one of deficient
snowfall. The ground has been totally
or partially bare during a large part Of
the season, while we have had an un-
usual number of days with dry and
driving winds. 1t IS apt to be for
gotten that the process. of evaporation
in this part OF the country goes on
with extreme activity during the win
ter. Great banks of snow disappear,
although the melting point may not
have been reached for weeks. simply by
absorption into the thirsty atmosphere.
This winter that moisture has been
taken from the unprotected soil. and
from lakes and rivers. In some parts Of
the Northwest observations have
shown decrease in the depth Of lakes
since last fall equal to what would
take place during weeks of rainless
summer.
The condition of the ground was well
shown by the frightful dust storms
that have occurred during the past
few Weeks. For days at a time the
sun has been practically obscured by
the immense quantities of pulverized
soil taken up and whirled hither and
thither by continuous gales. If there
were no relief from this before the
spring seeding began, not only would
the ground suffer for want of the
moisture necessary to assist germina-
ton, but another twenty-four hours Of
high wind might uncover the sowed
grain, or as has been known in the
past, actually blow it out of the
ground. Rain was needed inaperatjyeIy
and 1t has come in copious amount
and in such gentle fashion, after the
ONCOUloI dAu uOWnDOur OF the
storm, as to be worth millions of dol
lars to the Northwest While the
ground is still full of frost. -notbins
draws that out more quickly or eff.
fectfvely than a warm and gentle rain
Every hour of this increases the depth
Of the surface layer Of loose soil. in
which large share OF the precious
moisture will be held for the benefit
of the crop that is soon to be put in
The excess will be largely stored in
the streams, lakes and ponds that had
been so dangerously depleted by the
drought OF last fall and the failure
of the winter snowfall This blessed
rain, which has added so much to the
personal comfort of the denizens OF
cities as we'll as the people of the
country, augurs happily for the crop
prospects of 1895.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
MOVING For THE METRIC SYSTEM.

1t is not to be expected that the
F1fty-feurth congress will do so sensi-
bic thing as to adopt the report of
the committe Of the house on weights
and measures and provide for the
adoption Of the metric system. Should
IT do 1t and thus relieve the country in
time OF our crazy-quilt system, if it
may be called a system, matched only
by our monetary mosaic, it will have
done one thing at least to justify its
existence. Neither our weights nor our
measures have anything scientific in
them. They seem, like Topsy, to have
just growed." They are neither sym
metrical nor uniform. What consti-
tutes a busheE in one state will be
either more Or less than a bushel in an
other. -
No man knows now what quantity he
gets when he buys by the barrel. Even
If the number of gallons 1t contains is
I branded rponl it,< the contents of the
gallon are not certain, 2S1 cubic inches
sufficing in New York and 2s2 in Min
nesota. The standard bushel Of the
United States is 8 per cent less than
that of Great Britain. Should a person
purchase oats in Maryland for delivery
in Oregon, he would find that 1t re-
quires ten pounds more In the latter
state to make asbhshel than In the for
mer. Buying barley in California
where fifty pounds are required for a
bushel, would be very profitable for
shipment and sale by the bushel in
Louisiana, where but thirty-two
pounds are necessary. The bushel of
buckwheat in Minnesota, Weighing
fifty-two pounds, gains ten pounds
when measured in New York, where
forty-two are enough. Colorado wants
eighty pounds of salt in it's bushel
while Massachusetts is content with
seventy, and Virginia requires but fifty
pounds. And so one might go through
the whole schedule of our weights and
measures and find nothing but an arbi-
| trary conglomerate of zstatutary enact
ments, having no scientific basis, no
uniformity and no relation whatever
between measures of extension and
those of capacity
Great as are the obstacles to
change from the present to the metric
system, they are not insuperable. In
France. where it originated, it was
the longest Sin egetting into gen
eraI use, owing fb vacillating legisla-
tien and frequent revolutionary move
ments. But sifRuGermany. only two
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

1t ever before occupied. There still re-
mains the complication of the state
with national elections, the personal
interest of the contestants for local
county offices,to detract attention from
the principles involved tn the contest.
But the nominating conventions start
the officeseekers after petty Offices
Into activity but few weeks be-
fore election usually, and the presi-
dental campaign will have moved
along for several weeks before the
petty interests have come in to obscure
issues and divert attention. F
Some day this reform, that has con
quered the national field, will invade
the smaller one of the state and in
sfst that there, too, men shall be Sc
lected to perform the clerical work Of
the communities because they are COM
petent to do 1t instead of being merely
competent to fpyll the political wires
that will secure them a nomination.
The common sehse, the ordinary pru-
dence that 2nakes such a method of
selection the only. one that business
man would fonia moment think of ap-
plying to bss GOWN affairs will be ap-
piled in local Communities in the selec-
ton OF mensto dp the communal work
This order will he the crowning glory
Of Mr.. Glexeland's presidential career
II, during the two terms which he has
served the nation, he should have ac-
complished nothing else of general
good except this, it would be sufficient
justification OF. his presidency. What
ever else of praise or structure history
will record OF him. it will be said to his
honor that he removed the appointive-
off1ees OF the country from the grasp
OF the SpOilSnen
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
A SENSIBLE COMPROMISE

l. The best thing that can be done now
agree to the compromise reached by
their joint committee in the matter of
salaries for the police and fire depart
ments. 1t is unfortunate and unneces-
sary that any contest over this matter
should have arisen. The reductions
proposed in the pay to men in these
two departments are, we all admit, un-
fortunate, but they were only part of a
general scheme of retrenchment. In
which it was felt that every employe of
the city should, as far as possible,
bear his share. 1t was foolish to raise
any question over the fire department
pay roll, because salaries there are en-
tirely. under the control of the fire
board. The pay of the policemen has
been held up for couple of months
whiletthe assembly and board of alder
men. were sealabbling over a reduction
of So per. month zin the pay Of patrol
men. This had gone so far that the
members off the force We're actually
suffering for want of their salaries,
and had been compelled to bring suits,
severally, against the city for money
due to them.
1t is now agreed by the committee
that there shall be reduction of So. SO
per month, instead of s5 per month, in
patrolmen's salaries. and that the re-
ductions in the pay of the other po-
sitions shall be left as fixed by the
chief Of police While this will reduce
the saving which 1T was expected and
desired to make. in the cost of the POI
lice department by about $4,000 per an
mum, it is much better to leave it al
that than to. keep UP the controversy,
hold up the pay rolls and necessitate
litigation. 1t Is estimated that the cost
Of the suits begun against the city
would approximate $4,000; assuming
that the men obtained judgments, as
they assuredly would. The result.
therefore, Of continuing the deadlock
would not only be to prevent any say
ing. but to add to the expenses the
costs of these lawsuits. BY all means.
let the compromise be accepted by both
branches Of the council, the policemen
paid the money due to them, and an
end put to an unseemly and useless
contention. /
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

through congress another of those
scandalous jobs with which the his
teryFof his party is SO rich.
1t is not to the credit of Senator Vest
that he should consent to represent the
Missouri contingent OF this syndicate
by joining Cannon in his attack upon
the secretary, although 1t may be
urged in his behalf that he has be-
come so chronic kicker, so inveterate
an opponent Of anything that the ad-
nlinistration does, that he will join in
any attack upon it, careless whether
in this case he may have become the
ally. of rapacious syndicate This,
however, calls for the exercise VI char
ity towards the Missouri senator, to
which he has not shown himself en-
titled.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
THE FINISHING TOUCH.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Evening Post, one of the
few well-informed correspondents at
the national capitol, says that within
short time President Cleveland will
issue an executive order that will put
the finishing touch to the movement to
put the appointive offices of the govern
ment out of the reach of the spokesman
For some time the civil service COM
mission has been engaged in a recodi-
step. 1t is purpose which the pres
ident has sought to fully accomplish
during his second term. The secre-
taries and heads Of bureaus have all
tent to which the reform can be applied
in their departments. The order will
include all of the previously excepted
places In the customs and internal rev.
Indian service, except the physician.
and all Of the still unprotected places
in the Indian schools. It will cover
the Interstate commissions clerical
staff and that of the navy yard; clerks
of bureaus and chiefs of divisions in
the departmental service will be In
cluded in it, and, practically, it will take
out Of the category of party spoils ev-
erything that still remains, leaving
no Offices to be fought for In our future
presidential campaigns.
The only question yet to be decided
Is the form of the order, whether it
shall be specific, naming the officers,
or whether it shall be general in its
terms, merely making it applicable to
all appointments under the executive
branch which do not require the con-
sent OF the senate. It is immateria
save as one form or another will pre-
vent future evasion of the rules, which
one is adopted. The most important
thing is that President Cleveland will
have finished the work which has been
going on for so many years, and. un-
til recently, with no rate of movement
that gave hope of its final and com.
plete success. The time is opportune.
A presidential contest is pendins
Even in the years that have but re-
Gently gone by, appointive offices in the
departments were made the trading
stock of such contest, and were held
out as a lure for assistance and q re-
ward for partisan services. The order
declares to candidates and their man
ayers that no such promises can be.
made by any party during this cam!
paigp with any possibility of their re-
dernptien.
The bane of our elective system has
been that the larger questions of the
nation have been lost sight OF thought
of in the scramble of men for the petty
offices either to be held as rewards or
distributed for personal benefit. The
excellent result will be that the field
Will be clear Of the body of mere camp
followers who care only fer. the plunder
of the captured camp and nothing
at all for the purpose for which
the battle is waged. 1t will leave
larger questions of national policy
to be seen and discussed free from, the
cloud of dust raised by the swarm of
contestants fighting only for the spoiIs.
The. campaign in this and future years
can move on much higher plane than
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
ROCKS VS.. THE THEATER.

The price Of theater tickets in New
York has been advanced this winter
from 81. 80 for the best seats to $3.50
and Mr.. w. ID. Howells, who appar-
emily employs most of his leisure in
verifying his conviction that the drama
iis degenerate, has offered in recent
numbers of Harpers Weekly protests
against these monopolistic charges
which, will meet with the hearty ap-
proval of most lovers of the stage.
His belief that the best seats in the
house ought never to be more than
seventy five cents, however. sayors too
much of grinding the faces of the
managers and stars, and coming from
an altrnian, is slsomething of a surprise.
1t is obvious, however, that his next
suggestion could only have originated
In the brain of a man who dwells in
some such far country; for although
plausible, it fails to commend itself to
the average citizen of this world He
proposes that would-be theater-goers
get even With aVaricious managers by
tickets, as furnishing a more lasting
recreation for smaller amount of
money. In visions he sees +theater
parties displaced by congenial COM
panies assembled for loud reading"
and he depicts fglowingly the peace of
mind and pocket which would be felt
by the, average young man who could
entertain his best girl and her chap
erone for a whole evening with a dol
lar book, instead of expending $3.50 for
tickets, not to mention the additional
cost OF a carriage. -e-- ~
The Idea is attractive, and fora mo-
ment one says, why not?" and
then recognizes sadly that the uues-
ton shows a lack Of familiarity with
the habits and desires of theater-go;ng
humanity. The ability to get enjoy
ment out Of a good book presupposes
certain mental aIertness on the part
of the reader, a willingness to do his
part, to meet the author halfway One
must be keyed up to a certain pitch
Of intelligence in order to read with
enjoyment On the other hand, the
theater-going attitude is one Of COM.
plete mental relaxation. The recep-
tivfty of the reader is active; Of the
theater-goer. passive There is a. con-
siderable difference between the two
attitudes in the amount of energy ex-.
pended, and it Is for this conservation of
energy that the theater-goer pays, with
grumbling perhaps, but still pays, the
additional dollar and half If the in
crease In the price of theater tickets
in New York signifies anything beyond
increasing avarice on the part of the
ater managers, it means there are COM
Ing to be more and more people in
the. American metropolis who will ex-
pend large sums fer precisely this mar
row margin between the wear and
tear Of amusing themselves and the
wear and tear of being amused. And
in the face Of such economic facts, al
trurian protests are useless.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
RECEIVERS ARE DISCHARGED.
Mast, BHfOrd & BurwelI's Affairs
StrnighteneH I'm

In the special term Of the district court yes
terday an application on the part of the re-
ceivers OF the Mast, Buford & BurweII COM
pany for the allowance Of their final account
and their discharge was granted. There are
still number of suits pending, however, to
establish the personal liability OF the stock
holders, but these are in no way affected by
the discharge of the receivers. The receivers
were William Dawson Jr. and A. B. Oyitt.
The total amount of the claims allowed by the
receivers was 1876, ,O0O while the amount re-
allied from the assets was only s101 $40
dividend Of 15 per cent has been paid. and
another of s per cent will be paid shortly
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
SOMETHING IN A NAME.
Alfred o. Olson Finds a Change Con-
yeniput

Alfred o. Olson yesterday succeeded In con-
vitcing Judge Kelly that his name was a
great inconvenience to him and drawback
I'm the transaction OF his business. and he
left the court house bearing the name Alfred
o. Hawkins. Mr.. Olson--now Mr.. Hawkins
is nurseryman, and he complained to the
court that there are so many people named
Olson in the city and vicinity that he had
trouble in receiving his MALL Sometimes let
ters intended for him were delivered to other
Olsons, their friends and enemies frequently
mistook him. and at times he received letters
of endearrnent from ladies he had never seen
'or heard OF, and the only way he could -ae-
coEnt for it was that they must have been in
tended for some other Olson. Judge Kelly
thought that such perplexing situation mer-
tied judicial relief.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
st. Paul woman Divorced.

Mrs. George NJ. Stone who. for two years
resided at the Albion, st. Paul, Mimi, has
been granted a decree of absolute divorce
with the change of name to Miss Harriet
Lyman Tichenor, by the supreme court of
Connecticut, that being the home of her hus-
band. George NJ. Stone. Miss Tichenor is
now living at her home In Newark ". J.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

between the states performance of it's
duty and his enjoyment of right
they We're at quits. But as choice
bit of paternal legislation. we have. not
found it's equal among the hundreds
that cumber.the statutes.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
WEATHER FORECAST.

WASHINGTON, March 28.-Forecast for
Sunday: For Minnesota: Clearing and cold
er; northwesterly winds.
Wisconsin: Rain or snow; clearing toward
night; colder and high southerly winds be-
coming northwesterly.
North and South Dakota: Fair and colder:
nOrthwesterly winds.
Montana Fair; colder In eastern portion;
westerly winds.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer 29.1G; thermometer. 80: relative
humidity, Sc: wind, southwest; weather. light
rain; maximum thermometer, As; minimum
thermometer, So; daily range. II: amount OF
rainfall or melted snow in last twenty ty-four
hours, 1.04.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. F. Lyons. Observer.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29


This puts New York far ahead of
Chicago, with its 1S0 square miles, but
leaves the prairies of Cook county still
accessible, and gives the former nearly
three times the area of Philadelphia
with its 129 square miles. The political
effect remains to be seen, though there
We're not wanting Republicans in the
legislature who opposed the bill one Of
them expressing the apprehension
that, after the consolidation, he never
expected to see another Republican
state administration. Harlem bridge
where the Republican majorities from
the upper state used to meet the Dem
ocratic majorides of the cities, is now
several miles within the city limits.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
Supreme Court CaIendarl

The April term calendar OF the state su-
prerne court cioses Tuesday Already there
are $50 eases on the docket
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

Daily Only, per Month - 40
Daily Only, SIX Months 1925
Daily Only, One Yenr $500
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Pnyn bic in Advance,

Daily and Sunday, per Month. 80
Daily and sunday, SIX Mouths $2.75
Daily and Sunday, One Year ). $500
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

Sunday Only, One Year $3.50
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

Weekly, One Yenr S1.Oo
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-04-23
IN GENERAL.

Rev. DR.. Brown, of recent notorety in
San Francisco, has been suspended NY
his church conference.
The last OF the regular appropriation
bills has been sent by the house of rep
resentatives to the senate.
A $1O,O00,O 900 bicycle trust has been
formed. and the statement is made that
800 machines are to be sold for $65.
The Spanish forces in Cuba claim to
to have Maceo and his troops elfectually
surrounded, but h. claims to be able to
break through when he gets ready.
Germany appears to be furnishing the
beers of the Transvaal with arms, that
they may defend themselves against any
encroahment England may attempt.
The white Republicans OF Texas held a
meeting at Houston, Monday, to elect
white delegates to the national conven-
ton, and to arrange plans to rescue the
party in that state from negro domination.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-04-23
GalvoniC BrOnzing.

By means of recent French improve
ment the process Of galvanic bronzing
is said to have been made not only more
simple, but capable also Of giving every
tone, from that Of barbedian bronze to
antique green, governed by the length
Of time that the copper is allowed to
remain in contact with the liquid. Aft
er tho piece has been well secured it is
covered by means Of a brush with q
mixture composed Of 30 parts Of castor
oil, 80 Of alcohol and 40 parts each Of
soft soap and water. Thus treated, the
piece left to itself for a period Of ~
hours becomes bronzed, and if the dura.
ton Of contact be prolonged the tone
changes, very great variety Of tones.
pleasing in their appearance, being OBJ
tainable in this manner. The drying is
finally effected with hot sawdust, the
only remaining operation being then
that Of coating the piece with a color
less varnish largely diluted with alco.
hol, thus insuring work Of the finest
character. New York Sun.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-04-23
NEWS OF THE STATE.

A deposit Of tin seems to have been
found in Ki,sap county, just west OF the
Port Orchard drydock, at least the Cook,
Kitchen Mining Co. think 80, they hav-
ing filed protest in the final homestead
proof of John LOckes, in sec. 10, twp. "a,
range west, alleging the existence OF
ouartz containing tin and other metals.
The Clallam Bay and Quillayute rail-
road proposition is assuming better pro-
portions. The :ennsular Railroad GO.
has agreed to build, equip and put in OPP
Grafton, a railroad from Clallam bay to
the forks of the Qullayute and Bogacheil
rivers, distance OF 10 miles, provided u
subsidy of 25O)O acres Of land, or its
equivalent, can be raised. One quarter