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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
AMEND THE LOUD BILL,

While the bill Of Representative
Loud. Of California, one of whose ends
is to cut down the abuses of our pres
ent postal laws, receives favorable
comment in many quarters, there are
many who, curiously enough, overlook
the objections to it which make it re-
Quire amendment. Every man in favor
Of economy in public affairs has for
years been urgent for such q change
OF the postal laws as would prohibit
the transmission of miscellaneous
printed matter through the mails
at rate which costs the gov
eminent millions Of dollars every year
Publishing houses put out their books
as single issues Of alleged periodicals,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28

In Boston.-"It's too bad"

In Boston.-"1t's too bad"'
WHAT
That a straight man like Washington
should have such a crooked street named
after him. Wrinkles.
East Side Exegesis-"Now, Johnny Tuf-
fun you may tell me what the lesson last
Sunday was about
g Bout bloke wot asst fer a handout and
de people trowed rocks at i'm. Puck.
Then they didn't start on the honeymoon
that night?''
mo. 1t was after o'clock, and they had
to wait until the next day to get her fathers
check cashed. Brooklyn Life.
Tommy-Paw, was there any fireworks in
the days Of the Bible?
Mr.. -No-unless you count David. He
was a pretty good giant cracker at one time.
Indianapolis Journal
What do you think OF the presidents mes
sage?" Il
why, it seems to- be at least foot and a
half shorter than the other one. Chicago
Record.
Hunker-I paid 800 this suit have on.
Swayback-Who IS your tailor?
Tailor? Do you Suppose I'd pay tailor
$50 for suit? He's a sartorial artist.-Ex-
change. t
She-I shall marry for love and love alone
He-You surely wouldn't refuse a fellow be-
cause he was wealthy.
.She-Oh, no; for I could love his wealth.
Wrinkles.
Henry. you look very pale. What's the
trouble?"
81 was stung to the quick by an adder this
afternoon"
'How did it happen?'
why, / dropped In at the bank and the
bookkeeper told me my account was over
drawn."-New York Tribune.
He (pathetically)-All great men have
smoked my dear.
She with animation)-Oh IL you will only
give up smoking until you are great shall be
quite content.-Exchange.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
cUBAHS IN A FRIGET
NEW COMPLICATIONS IN THE CASH
OF THE FILLBUsTER, THREE
FRIENDS.
CREW LIABLE AS PIRATES
foh THEIR SHARE In THE FIRING
ON THE SPANISH GUN
BOATS.
SPAIN MAY ASK EXTRACTION.
United States Has No Other Cour~
Than to Give Up the
Men.

TAMPA, Fla, Dec. 27.-Develop-
ments in Cuban circles today have been
startling, and the actors in the recent
sea tragedy who were on the Three
Friends are badly frightened over the
gravity of the situation in which they
nave been involved. They find them
selves, instead of being in a dangerous
position as filibusters, to be in the I'M
enviable position of pirates, and the
Wisest Cuban heads have been sum-
moned In consultation Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury Scott Wike was
at Key West investigating the matter,
but the absence of a district attorney
at that place made detention a farce.
Mr.. Wike stopped at Jacksonville
yesterday afternoon and censured the
district attorney there for having no
representation at Key West He ar
rived here this morning and has been
in consultation with the collector of
customs. This morning the affair pre-
sented the following aspect:
No denial has been made Of the story
by officials of the Three Friends. Their
silence was an admission. In that case
Spain may make requisition upon this
government for the persons who were
aboard, and this government has no al
tentative but their delivery. Mr.. Wike
Is to leave tomorrow on the cutter For
ward for Key West, where the fullest
possible details of the serious situation
will be obtained When the -OHyette
arrived this afternoon Col Emilio Nu-
nez, GARLIC and several other Cubans
were on board. Capt. OBrien, Of the
Three Friends, was also q passenger
Col. Nunez admitted that the story Of
the engagement was true and appeared
mr. L 60 fI10
custodian Of all the recent expeditions.
When they learned Of Assistant Score
tary Wilkes presence, the Boosting
changed to consternat ton, as the light
in which they were regarded dawned
upon them.
Nunez and the Cubans came to
Tampa to consult with the leading
Cubans. They left for Jacksonville to-
night, where they go to confer with the
owners Of the Three Friends. The adj
mission by Col Nunez and the monde
nial Of O'Brlen is regarded as SUBJ
Stimulating the story of the fight
Other passengers besides Nunez con-
firm the story. 1t is also learned that
Spanish hands. Francis Lynde Stetson,
President Cleyelands former law part
ner, was at Port Tampa today. When
this was learned it was said that h6
had been sent as a special emisSary to
look into the case. This helped to in-
crease the fright Of the Cubans. The
Three Friends left Key West today for
Jacksonville.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28

and the various libraries" Of summer
and winter fiction are sent all over
the country at postal rate which was
fixed originally for the benefit Of
legitimate dailys weekly and monthly
periodicals TIE rectify this is not only
along the line Of reform, it is a public
duty.
Like most reformers, however, Mr..
Loud mas gone to an extreme, and
there is incorporated in his bill at
least one propositions which has moth
ing to do with the abuse aimed at. and
which involves, some hardship on
newspaper and. magazine publishers.
This is the provision which excludes
from ordinary postal facilities sample
copies of regularly issued publications,
and also returns of copies unsold
There is no injustice in these priv
ileges, and the bill should be amended
SO that they might be retained. The
general object of the Loud bill is
good one, and it might very we'll be
supplemented by another bill to cor
rect the abuse by which tons of bulky
merchandise are sent through the
mails every day at the peoples cost,
when they ought to be transported by
the express companies at the cost of
the shipper. But, in reaching these
ends, we ought to try to achieve the
extremely difficult task of steering a
middle course, and. correcting one evil
and hardship without creating an
other.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
AT THE THEATERS.

'McSorley's Twins" amused a large audi
ence at the Grand last night Brighten skits
than 'McSorley's Twins and funnier camsdi-
ans than this aggregation includes have enter
tanned the patrons of the Grand but patrons
OF that theater seemed entirely satisfied last
night. 1t would be captious to find fault
with lot of players whose sole ambition it
Is to amuse, if they amuse. The laughter
and applause literally bestowed upon fhe
performance indicated that it fulfilled it's
purpose. The leading members of the com
pany are two opponents of the" genus known
as Irish comedians" Terry Ferguson i'm
personates that species of Irishman who
laughsoC maA schmrdfwyp sfnlrfdwlu uu
longs for office. A wide scope must be allowed
him. George H. limerick is ward boss. He
must likewise be accorded an expansive lat
itude. In broad and obvious style these
two Hibernians are comical They emphasize
their witty lines with knock-down blows
rather than with subtle emphasis. Their
style Of art appeals to the impressionist rather
than the meditative student.
The specialties are Of uneven character
Some are quite tame, two or three fill in
pretty well, and one is conspicuously clever
1t is contributed in the last act by the Sis
tiers Gehrue, two graceful bright-eyed young
women, who execute number of terpsichor-
can feats with a captivating flourish The
numerous encores that rewarded them were
merited.
The most conspicuous members of the cast
are Bessie Seymour and Gertie Keith, who
impersonated Mr.. Mcsorley's twins. They
completely fill the eye.
1.-The Prisoner of Zenda" will be seen at
the Metropolitan opera house all this week
commencing this evening. The Prisoner Of
Zenda" as a story is interesting and enjoy
able from start to finish. The love story that
threads it is a sweet, and pure one. The
spirit Of adventure that; leads the English
man to essay the role Of king is harmless
in its intent and character, and withal the
patriotism and loyalty that prompts the old
soldier to plot and scheme is thoroughly
commendable. 1t is a wholesome story in the
first place, and one can readily see that An
thony Hope in writing the novel got the
material from his own healthy brain. In the
company are Isabel Irving, Maude Odell
Howard Gould, William +. Owen, Walter
S. Hale, Arthur Elliot John Findlay, Mer-
vyn Dallas, R. J. Dustan Myron Calico
Vaughan CHASER, Grace Reals and others of
the original Lyceum cast.
Through an error the Globe yesterday
morning announced that John Redmond
would lecture at the Peoples church Wednes-
day evening, Jan. 6. The announcement
should have read Conover hall Wednesday
evening, Jan. g. on which occasion Mr. Red
mond will deliver his lecture on Fifteen
Years in the British Parliament" Mr.. Red
mond has been one of the leading figures in
the English parliament and identified with
all the important incidents which have been
during the asst fifteen years so full of interest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
THE CABINETS FIFTH WHEEL.

Some years ago, when the farmer was
induIging in rather louder than his Gus.
tomary growls, and the Alliance was
beginning to undergo the metamor-
phosis that developed into a political
organization, congress concluded that
something must be done for the farm
er He had been deluded for years with
the promise that something would work
out of the fiscal policy that would do
him lots of good when the point was
reached that the building home market
would eat up all he could produce, but
this promise, in view of the failure of
the appetite of the home market, was
being looked upon with distrust by the
farmer. So, to placate his discomfort
and crafty his pride, the department
of agriculture was created, and it's in
cumbent received a seat at the council
table of the president among the sec
retarieS
In order to give the matter more than
the appearance of an empty compli-
ment, the annual appropriation for gar
den seeds was increased, and money
was put at the incumbemt's command
to print sundry reports that no one ever
read, and which went promptly to the
dealers in junk. Now and then there
was some farmer simple enough to
really value the copies his senator or
congressman sent him, not for the con-
tents, but as indicating that the great
man down in Washington valued the
friendship of his constituent of the
farm. There was the pleasant sensa-
ton, too, of the distinction, the greater
Importance Of the recipient over his
neighbors. who were not fortunate
enough to be on the mailing lists Of
the distinguished gentlemen who were
looking after their moral and material
welfare at the nations capital Aside
from this the secretary for agri-
culture had little to do except to meet
with the cabinet, listen to the discus
sion Of matters coming from the other
departments, whose secretaries had
something to do. and, as well as he
might, preserve the dignity Of the great
vocation he represented.
In keeping with the real Importance
Of the office were the appointments to
it. There having been no sincerity of
purpose in establishing the department,
and it, having no serious work to do,
the secretaryship was usually conferred
upon some gentleman who had some
prominence in his party and needed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
Wedding AnecdoteH
New York Independent.

New York Independent.
There is a story of a young man who
seemed to know a good deal better what he
was about When the minister asked him:
DO you take this woman to be your welded
wife," ne answered instantly with no small
degree Of warmth: 'See here, parson, what
do you suppose we came here for, a d.
another case. when in addressing the bride
the minister asked: do you take this man
for better OF for worse?" 81 can't tell until
| have had him for awhile interrupted
the bride. On this occasion we think II
would not have been inappropriate had the
friend who presided at the piano played for
a recession the same selection that is said
to have been performed at a recent wedding
In Boston. As the newly married pair retired
down the aisle the organist il said to have
innocently rendered: Onward Christian
soldiers, marching as to war;
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Forecast for Mon
day: Enthusiastically fair on Monday;
warmer in southern portion; southerly to
westerly winds Monday.
Wsconsin-Fair Monday, followed by in
creasing cloudiness; warmer; brisk south
westerly winds.
Iowa-PartIy cloudy weather; warmer in
eastern portion; southerly winds.
South Dakota-Fair weather; warm souther
ly TO westerly winds; probably colder Tues
day
North Dabota-Fair Monday; warmer in
southeast portion; probably colder Tuesday;
westerly winds.
Notwithstanding cloudiness; probably
local showers Monday afternoon or night;
colder Monday night westerly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
United States Department of Agriculture.
Weather Bureau, Washington, Dec. 81, Gas
p. m. Local Time, p. N. 18th Meridian
Time.-Observations taken. at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations.
TEMPERATURE
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28

Something must be excused to the
senility of the octogenarian, whose per-
ceptlve powers may we'll be supposed
to have lost their keenness and reached
a stage when memory plays sad pranks
with facts. So when Galusha A. Grow
tells correspondent that cit will take
ten years to put matters back where
they were when the free trade advo-
Gates came into power" it is only fair
to him to assume that he has become
incapable of distinguishing a free trad
er from a protectionist Also when he
says that it sis nothing new for
Democratic administration to run be-
hind in revenue" his memory fails to
remind him that this Democratic ad-
ministration succeeded a Republican
one whose revenue bill declared its
first purpose to be ito reduce rev.
enue;" that the receipts during the
four years it was in force showed that
1T was excellently well adapted to it's
purpose, and that this Democratic ad-
ministratiOn had to administer the
treasury for eighteen months I'M
der it, and much longer under the eff
fects of panic invited by both the
tariff and financial legislation of its
predecessor. Mr.. Grow shows his years
painfully.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28

mich Insurance company is a well-de-
served recognition Of ability, says the
Minneapolis Journal. Mr.. Kelsey's ex-
perience has been of the right kind,
he having started in q large local in
surance business in 1880. The following
year he was appointed special agent OF
the New York Underwriters agency,
with headquarters at st. Louis, and
year later became connected with the
general agency Of Martin Collins of
that city. In 1884 Mr.. Kelsey became
the state agent for the North America
In Iowa, and two years later was
transferred to Indiana, where he re-
manned until January, $780, when he
accepted the position of assistant man
ager Of the Royal in the. northwestern
department. He is a, man Of strict in
tegrity, concentration of purpose, and
enjoys the warm friendship Of all field
men in the West.
The Hartford has reinsured the Cres-
cent Of New Orleans and has estab-
lished a Southern department with the
former president of the Crescent as
general agent.
John Hoppin, of tbs city, for several
years associated with Josiah Thompson
Jr., has severed his connection and has
secured the agency of the Phoenix of
Brooklyn.
The Broadway Fire Of New York has
reinsured in the Hartford
-
The German Security Insurance COM
pany, Of Louisville, is about to retire
from business and will reinsure its
risks. Jan. l is given as the date of
retirement.
The State Insurance company, Of
Nashville, has decided to close its bust
ness and reinsure in the Philadelphia
Underwriters. AXIS iib
NO
William H. Taylor, manager of the
loss department Of the Hartford Fire
Insurance company, died at his home
in Wilmette on Thursday, Dec. "a. Mr..
Taylor was we'll known in the Western
field and had a host of friends in the
fraternity. His was a delightful char
acter, one that might be made stand
ard for many.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
DEATH OF ID. ID. DANFORTH.
Merriam Park Merchant Succumbs
to Typhoid Pneumonia.

Merriam Park Merchant succumbs
to Typhoid Pneumonia.
After lingering illness of several
weeks De Laskie ID. Danforth died yes
terday afternoon at his home, 1908
Rondo street, Merriam Park. A COM
plicated case Of typhoid pneumonia,
accompanied by pleurisy, was. the i'm
mediate cause of death. Deceased
leaves a wife and young son. His
mother and two brothers are still liv-
ing, one of the brothers, DR.. H. w.
Danforth, being surgeon in the Gu
ban army.
In the death Of Mr. Danforth Midway
loses one of it's best and most respect
ed citizens, as Mr.. Danforth was uni
versally respected as a kind and gen
erous man. upright, successful and
public-spirfted. His quiet charities
among the worthy poor have endeared
him to many with whom he has come
in contact
Mr.. Danforth was born in Oswego,
Ill, in 1853. He lived at Merriam Park
about eleven years. He was a mem
Der of the Order of Elks, Royal Area
mum, Imperial Knights and the Loyal
Legion.
Funeral services will be held at the
family residence Tuesday afternoon.
The remains will be taken to Milwau-
kee for interment, the family accom-
panying them. Interment will take
place in the Forest Lake Home GEM
etery in Milwaukee
The deceased was a member Of the
firm of Sims & Danforth, in business on
Frior avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
Wanted e. Loan,

One bitterly cold night in the winter of
1891 a lot of actors were gathered around
the big stove of a rough-and- tumble saloon
in st. Louis. 1t was after the theater and
they were going on Stunning" expedi-
walked into the place and looked hard at
them. Some one in the party, divining his
purpose, turned upon the stranger and said:
1--WE have no money to give you to buy cup
of coffee and nights lodging. for we're all
fiat broke" The stranger looked up with a
pleasant smile and quickly responded :, 81
but l wanted to know If one Of you would
lend me sandbag, 20 I might 10 cut and
make little.' fta.ra.r u
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
PRINCESS IN A MUD HUT.
Her Love for Her Gypsy Musician
Makes Divorce Easy.

LONDON, Dec. 2S.-The Brussels cor
respondent of the Chronicle learns that
there will be no legal obstacles to the
pronouncement of the divorce in the
case against the princess of Chimay
and Carsman, formerly Miss Clara
Ward, of Detroit, who eloped with a
Hungarian Gypsy musician
According to a Vienna dispatch to the
Standard, the Princess Of Chimay and
Caraman spent Christmas eve in the
mud hut of her future parents in-law
in the suburb of Notwithstanding She
has presented them with a pretty house
and with several acres of land The
Gypsy bands of musicians serenaded
the couple on Friday. They will spend
the winter in Hungary and will so to
the United States in the spring.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
SABBATH NIGHT FIRES.
West Side Family Is Routed RudeIy
From Bed.

Fire in house occupied by Samuel Doane
on Front street. near Winnipeg street, at
O'Clock last evening caused a damage of
$50 to the building. The Doane family had
just left the house for church and was scarce
ly half block distant when the fire was
discovered. The fire started in a closet under
the stairs and was extingulshed by the chem
zeal apparatus. The house is owned by Mrs
Mary Hogan, and was insured.
Shortly before midnight Michael Koop's res
idence at 1913 Prescott street, was damaged
about $500. Mr.. koop was away but his wife
and two children were asleep up stairs when
the fire broke out. They escaped without
injury. The house Is owned by Mrs. Dillon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28

The chief plea put forth during the
recent campaign for free silver coin
age was the need of coins of that metal
to relieve the alleged scarcity of money,
to which was attributed the prevailing
low prices of products. Repeatedly,
then, We presented the facts that album
dainty refuted the assertion, but it is
probable that their effect was largely
lost in the excited and antagonistic
condition of the minds Of those who
most needed the truth. Now and during
the ensuing calm, before another pO-
litical tornado, efforts to remove this
widespread illusion should be renewed
and continued. A very valuable con-
tribution to the support of the economic
facto that instead of needing ever more
money as civilization expands and de-
veloDs, we need ever prOpOrtionally
less, is the report of Comptroller Eckels.
1t sustains the theory Of monetary de-
velopment, which contends that the di-
rectiOn of growth in commerce is to-
ward the elimination of metallic money
and the substitution of something
equally solvent but more economical.
In the absence of precise data, it has
been generally assumed that while sill
yer had become too burdensome for
use in the larger affairs Of bushes it
yet remained the suitable and chief de-
pendence of people in making the small
ar lot To ba
of the country. It's province was among
| the retail stores where the daily sup
plies Of the families were purchased,
and there it was supposed 10 be the
chief medium of exchange. But the
report shows that even there the same
law of human action, movement on
lines of least resistance, that has driven
! silver from use in large transactions,
has substituted credit instruments for
it to surprisingly large extent. We
alluded at the time to the circular Of
inquiry addressed by Mr.. Eckels to
the banks, state and national, asking a
report upon the various forms of
money in the deposits made by the re-
tail dealers. Replies were received
from 5,723, covering a sufficiently di-
versiffed territory to warrant the as
sumption that the conditions they pre-
sent are an average of the whole coun-
try.
Averaging the reports received from
all sections, from Rhode Island the
lowest, to Nevada, the highest, Mr.
Eckels shows that GA per cent of the
retail business of the country is accom-
plished by means of checks His state
ment that metallic money had been
displaced by credit instruments in the
wholesale trade to the extent Of 953
per cent is but a further affirmation of
a fact already known; but that checks
had deprived silver of over half it's use
in the retail trade is a surprise to
those who, opposing its free coinage,
assumed that there was it's legitimate
and almost exclusive field These two
facts, the latter especially. completely
refute the basal proposition on which
the silver campaign was built, and
show that the movement failed simply
because it ran counter to a process of
monetary evolution which is eliminat-
ing silver as we'll as gold from the
processes of exchanging.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-28
ReheIa Driven Ont

POKWANI CAMP, Bechuana1and Dec. 81
Sunday Evening)-There has been stiff fight
ing since noon and the rebel position has
been taken. The principal street is in flames.
The natives lost heavily, but are still fight
ing in the hills. No casualties have occurred
among the whites. The bodies Of three
whites, murdered in recent disturbances have
baAn found