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THE TRI-CITY CHARTER

If Senator Wyman said, as reported.
tnat there was no chance for the pass
age of the tri-city charter at this SEES
sion out that a bill to make effective
the home rule amendment to the con-
stitution should be pushed through. he
described the situation as it ought to
be, and as we have little doubt that it
is. The charter which has been franz
ed by representatives of the cities of
St Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth. or.
speaking more accurately, by a COM
mittee of lawyers chosen from these
three cities. has many points Of excel
lence, and may be, for all that we
know, free from objection. The great
difficulty about it is that neither we
nor anybody else can know. between
this and the end of the legislative ses-
sion, whether it is or not. This new
charter is bulky document, as Of ne
cessity it must be, covering hundreds
of pages of typewriter matter, and
in any section, clause, line or word OF
this there may Turk a suggestive change
that would be far reaching in its ef-
fects
We know already that this charter
proposes a wide departure from pres
ent standards Take, for example. the
section last submitted, relating to the
constitution of water board. This
provides that members Of the board of
water commissioners shall be appointed
in June, 1893, to serve for FIVE years.
Now this is a radical proposition, and
might be made a very dangerous one.
1t would be possible for a mayor to
refuse to reappoint any of the expert
enced men who have rendered such ex-
cellent service, and to pay political
debts by creating a new water board
that could not be changed or removed
for five years to come. His successor
would be helpless to remedy the evil.
This is only one point out Of scores
that may arise as to the advisabiIity
of adopting the charter as proposed.
The whole trouble lies in the fact
that there is not sufficient time re-
naming to study and digest 1t. 1t
may be good or bad, but the people
cannot find out within the month, at
whose end the present legislative ses-
sion expires. If such a charter was
to be constituted, the work ought to
have been going on for the last eight
cen months. and its results presented
to the people so early that they could
have studied them line by line and
have discovered weak points, if such
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existed. 1t Is too much to ask the Iegis-
lature or any city to accept now, as
whole. a charter prepared by nine
men, who, however signal their abil-
tiles or honest their purposes. may
have made mistakes that would be
serious and costly in their practical
bearing. The last legislature followed
the course marked out for this one by
adopting the Howard charter on the
recommendation of it's author, without
analysis, simply taking it on faith.
What was the result? Is there a city
in Minnesota today that would dream
Of taking the Howard charter for it's
guide, or that would accept it at any
price?
The only sensible course is to author
lie the cities of the state to take ad-
vantage of the home rule amendment
and frame charters for themselves.
This will relieve not only the three
large cities in the state, but all those
Of the second or third class that may
wish to change their present instru-
mentS of government. Let US examine
the new tri-city charter at our leisure
and use it where it will undoubtedly
be valuable, as guide in framing an
other charter to be submitted under
the home rule arrangement. But do
not let this session pass without an
enabling act that will authorize all the
cities Of Minnesota, including our own,
to make charters for themselves.
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COMING TO 1T AT LAST.
"FrnternaI" Life Insurance Assocf-
atiOns Find They Must Have
Some Sort of "a Reserve

THE fact has developed" saws the Chi
cago Evening Post that confidential cor
respondence has been and is still in progress
between the national officers of the various
fraternal beneficial associations, including
the Royal Arcanum, National Union, ROYAL
League and Maccabees, looking to united &C
ton at the next meeting of the national fra
ternal congress in favor of the adoption by
the societies of a reserve fund and the in
crease of regular assessments or the calling
of special assessments for that purpose This
step will be a radical departure, inasmuch as
opposition to the reserve-fund plan has hith-
erto been the backbone and main argument
Of the fraternal organizations, on the ground
that no more money should be called for
than IS actually needed from month to month ;
and that, further, the reserve-fund plan
means the creation, investment and care Of
large fund, adds to the number of officers,
materially increases the salaries and other
expenditures, and to all intents and pur-
poses, puts the fraternaI society on the same
plane as the old-line company.
The supporters of the plan, however-and
they include supreme officers of a large num-
Der of organizations that have hitherto been
bitterly opposed to it-take the ground that
the steady increase in deaths, and conse-
quently in assessments, must inevitably lead
to a disintegration of the fraternal society
and that it is absolutely necessary for the
protection OF the older members to create a
reserve fund, in order to meet such a de-
mand upon the finances as might be brought
about by an epidemic or similar catastrophe
The membership of the various secret So
cieties that are working toward this end
runs into the hundreds of thousands and if
the proposed reserve fund is indorsed by the
fraterral congress, which is composed of rem
resentatives CT all the societies, ii will bring
about storm of fncalculable dimensions.
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AT THE THEATERs.

At the Metropolitan opera house tonight
Richard Mansfield. supported by the New York
Garrick Theater Stock company will COM
mence his engagement with production OF
Shakespeare's comedy, THE Merchant OF
Venice" 1t is said that Mr.. Mansfield
reading of the Venetian merchant Is entirely
original as he has accepted him in the
spirit that he was created and without ex-
aggerating his characteristics, gives a faith
full portrait, more correct than those who
seek to win sympathy for Shylock, by pictur-
ing him as abused and long sufering
man. While Mr.. Mansfield's Shylock is new
to theater-goers Of this city, it is we'll to
note that it has been some three years since
first he gave public his conception which
at that time was approved as a careful.
consistent and most dramatic personation
Tomorrow evening Mr.. Mansfield will pre-
sent his magnificent production of "A Paris
ian Romance" at the Saturday matinee.
Beau Brummel," and on Saturday evening
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde"
Next Sunday evening at the Metropolitan
opera house the latest New York comedy sue
cess. my Friend From India" will begin
an engagement of four nights and Wednes-
day matinee. This is said to be one of the
most exhilarating and amusing farce come
dies ever presented in this country. The
main theme, a harmless travesty on the
Theosophic cult, is used as a basis and the
author and players cleverly work from it
more genuine fun than was ever before
crowded into one play. 1t will be presented
by the original New York company, incIud-
ing Frederic Bond Edward Abeles. Walter
E. Perkins, Charles Arthur, Marion Giroux
Kenyon Bishop, Louise Galloway, Helen
Reimer and May Vokes.
dispatch from Omaha says: James
O'Neill and his excellent company presented
"Vtrginius" tonight at Boyd's theater to a
crowded house of tragedy lovers and society
people. special delegation of the trans
Mississippi expositions official staff occupied
all the boxes, which were decorated in their
honor. Excursions were run from Lincoln
Nebraska City and Fremont. Buffalo B!lPs
daughter and a party of friends were among
the most enthusiastic in the audience. Mr.
O'Neill was called before the curtain six
times after the third act, and forced to
make speech.
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= FIT CONTRAST.

The deep damnation Of the modern
age is spoken in the concert OF the
powers, the blockade of Crete and the
firing upon Christian insurgents by the
Warships of sO-called Christian nations
in aid Of the Turk, whose emisarries
Christians mercilessly in another part
of the empire. Fit companion pieces
are the massacres and outrages in Ar
menia, renewed at this very moment,
in insolent defiance of Europe. while
the sultan, who is responsible for them,
sits calmly on his throne and sees
these same European powers massing
their forces to maintain and protect
him in the authority that he has abus-
ed
1t is the seemingly impossible that
has happened. We could understand
how, if one power proposed to depose
the Turk. in order that it might pos
sess itself of Constantinople and rule
the entrance to the Black sea, the
others should interfere lest it's ag-
grandizement might work to their in
jury. But with all of them present and
acting in apparent concord, with naval
forces enough at the East to wipe the
Turkish empire off the map of Europe
there is no thought save that of COM
polling Greece to abandon her belliger-
ent attitude, of saving the Turk from
the necessity of striking a blow for
himself, and leaving him free to wreak
his accused will upon the poor wretch
the forces of Europe
We wonder how the peoples of any
Of the nations represented, those of
England especially, can bear for mo-
ment the intolerable shame Of the pro-
ceeeding in which they are engaged
Better thousand times the shatter-
ing to fragments of European har-
mony; better the reorganization of the
map of Europe and a new balance of
power; better anything and everything
than that the forces of Christendom
should be united at this hour to coerce
rebellious subjects of the Moslem beast
who is at the same instant ordering
murder and outrage and pillage in
those districts which the arm of Europe
cannot reach. 1t is not Abdul Hamid
who is responsible today for the re
vival of Armenian butcheries. 1t is the
prime minister of England and that of
France, and the emperors Of Germany
and Russia. Their hands are ciasped
in this compact Of blood, and it would
be no greater shame were the rulers Of
Europe to profess tomorrow, publicly,
the faith of Mohammed than for them
to do the infamous work Of the crescent
under the name of the cross.
The whole world cries out in indig-
nant horror against the crimes with
which the Orient is now filled COM
mitted under the name and by the
authority of the so-called civilization
of the world. 1t is the hand of Europe.
not that Of Asia, the creed of the Chris
tian, not that Of the Mussulman, that
are now responsible for the dark and
desperate deeds that shadow the East
ern Mediterranean. How long, oh Lord
how long will humanity permit the con-
nivance of the great nations in the
great crime of the century?
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For Winter Lake Traffic.

CLEVELAND, O.. March A.-Capt B. B.
Inman, Of Duluth, is in the city consulting
with vessel men concerning the construction
Of two unique vessels which he expects to
powered ice breakers, constructed forward like
rams, SO as to force a passage through heavy
ice by forcing the frozen masses upward, in
stead Of crushing them down, as is the
common method. He says this style Of boat
will go through the heaviest ice. His in
tention is to run the two new boats all next
winter from Cleveland and Buffalo to Duluth
and return. If this experiment proves a sue
cess there will be navigation every winter on
the great lakes, and lake commerce will b
reyOlutioniZed
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Bank Tax Rate.

LOUISVILLE, March 24-The court Of ap-
peals at Frankfort today decided that the
banks of the state must be taxed under the
ad valorem system, thus reversing a de-
csion rendered something over a year ago.
This decision comes as a blow to the bank
ing institutions Of the state which hereto
fore have been taxed under the Hewitt bill,
passed in 1886, and which provided for the
payment of rs cents on each 800 worth Of
capital stock. Under the ad valorem system,
they must pay the regular tax rate not only
on their stock but on all the property that
they may have in their possession.
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cream off the agricultural department;
but Mr.. Payne decides that he does not
want a foreign mission, and Mr. Hoard
concludes that editing the best dairy
paper in the world is. big enough
job for him. And all because of this
epidemic of blissful harmony. In the
language Of somebody, Behold how
good it is for brethren to dwell together
in peace and harmony
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MOVEMENT OFF STEAMSHIPS.

NEW YORK-sailed: st. Paul, southamp-
ton; Teutonic, Liverpool; Westerland, Ant
werp Arrived: Olympia, Genoa.
Observation-Disclosures: Sylvania, Boston.
Observation-Disclosures Pennland. Liv-
erpool.
SOUTHAMPTON-S Lam, Bremen
for New York; Majestic, New York. Ar
rived: Havel New York; Paris, New York
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ST. Lawrence Coral.

MONTREAL, March A-The dominion
government has definitely decided to push
the work of deepening the St Lawrence
canals to a uniform depth Of fourteen feet
tho work to be completed in two years. The
president Of the American Steel Barge com
paEy, TO Ottawa. Is reported to have been
ia connection with this question.
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ST. PAUL MAKES A GAIN
In the Whist Tourney Being Played
With Minneapolis

st. Paul made a net gain Of fifteen
and a fraction points in the whist game
with Minneapolis last night, and is
now eleven points to the good. The
next game will be played in Mime
apolis two weeks from tonight. Follow
ing was the score of last nights game:
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HEADS HUNG UP.
Speedy Vengeance Taken by the
Sultan OF Morocco.

TANGIER, March PA body Of in
sCrgent tribesmen in SoOs, the south
ern most province Of Morocco, has fall
en- upon and cut to pieces the Shereef-
ian punitive expedition recently sent
there by the sultan of Morocco to quiet
rebellion. The sultan's troop were
taken in ambush. A fresh force sent
out has in turn defeated the rebels.
Eighty heads have been sent to the
sultan as CHASTITY proof of the VIC
tory of his troops. These, with forty
three others, are now exposed at the
gates of Morocco. The forty-three are
the heads of a band of starving tribes
men who had attacked the sultan's
forces while encamped near the city Of
Mnrnnnn
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AntI-CcxeY Law.

DES MONIES, To-, March A-The house
today passed the original procedure law. max
ing 1t a crime punishable by six months to
three years i'll the penitentiary. for ten per-
sons to go together, organized or unorganized.
without means, depending on people for sup
port in Kelly or Coxey army style. The
ate rejected the proposition last week.
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Sailors Rescued.

BOSTON, Mass, March A.-The steamer
Ontario, which arrived here from London
today brought into port twenty-seven men,
comprising the crew of the British ship
Androsa Capt. Morgan. which was abandoned
at sea March 5. eight hundred miles west Of
Falmouth
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25

st. Paul musicians will be pleased to learn
Of the intended return to and location in st.
Paul Of Miss Hope Payne, a young violin
list Of local note, who has been studying with
the finest teachers IN Europe for the last
nine years. Miss Hope is a girl being still
in her teens, and is said to be a violinist
Of remarkable talent She returns to St.
Paul this summer
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Iowa Banker Dead.

OTTUMWA, To-. March "a. - Charles f.
Blake, ex-president Of the Iowa National
bank the Ottumwa Industrial exchange and
one of the principal promoters Of the Coal
| Palace exposition, died of heart trouble to-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25

The class Of '9S Of the Humboldt high
school has arranged to give freak enter
tainment in April. the date to be decided
on later.
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musical and literary entertainment will
be given Monday evening in the Plymouth
Congregational church. On the programme
will appear Miss Florence Pace, Mrs. Allen
K<ieger. G. G. Fairchild, Frank Krieger and
Charles Fink of st. Cloud.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25

The women Of Clinton Avenue NJ. E. church
held meeting Monday at the home of Mrs.
R. N. Hare to arrange for their Easter sale.
Friday the women will hold all-day meet
ing with Mrs. M. K. Williams, Of Winni-
fred street.
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Thousand Ont of WorIx

BRISTOL, R. l., March 24.-The big fac
tory Of the National india Rubber company,
which is controlled by the United States
Rubber company, closed today for two weeks.
Fourteen hundred employees are affected.
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, 1894; thermometer, g. relative
humidity, "a; wind, northwest; weather,
partly cloudy; maximum thermometer, "a;
minimum thermometer "a daily range, 10;
amount of melted snow in last twenty -four
hours trace
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secnnd snnadrnn.

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 24-The Turk
ish minister Of marine has pledged himself
to the DaFdanelles In the course Of a fort
night.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25

The Paramount Euchre club holds it's last
meeting Friday evening with Mrs. Sibley of
Osceoia avenue.
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The Afternoon club will entertain at euchre
Wednesday afternoon at the home Of Mrs.
Hart of Lincoln avenue. There will be eight
tables.
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CHILDREN BURNED.

Five of Them the Victims Of an
Iowa Fire.
OTTUMWA, Iowa March 24.-The
dwelling of Frank Penrod, at Ladds-
dale, burned last night, and his five
children were burned to death The
oldest was twelve and the youngest
two years of age. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
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number of Saltwater, Minneapolis and St.
Paul ladies', who are whist enthusiasts, have
organized into teams. and have been holding
tournaments for supremacy this winter. The
final meeting viii be held Friday afternoon,
with Mrs. Gillette, of the East side, Mime
apolis.
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Mr. and Mrs. w. NJ. Wheeler, of Hague
avenue. gave q luncheon yesterday, enter
tanning a party of women at three small
tables. The decorations were dainty and
in taste The guests were Mesdames An
drews, Brown, Atwater, Moss McClung
Taylor, Palmes, Shurrick, Youngman and
Barlow,
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RIVER AT s A. M.
WHAT DELIGHTFUL HARMONY.

Rise.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
ana elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer
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TODAY'S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Forecast for
Thursday: Minnesota-Far and slightly
warmer; northerly winds, shifting to south
erly.
Wisconsin-Fair; northerly winds, shifting
to easterly.
North Dakota-Partly cloudy; probable local
showers; southerly winds; warmer.
South Dakota-Generally fair and warmer;
winds shifting to southerly.
Montana-Fair, except in northern portion
local showers; westerly winds; warmer IN
eastern portion.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, Washington, March q, 6:4S
p. M. Local Time, p. m. 18th Meridian
Time-Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations
TEMPER TURES
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M;nneanons-Nor+b and s,ptb-

Average North and South
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Miss Wheeler. of Hague avenue entertains
a company OF young women at afternoon tea
tomorrow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25

The women of Trinity church give supper
this evening at the home Of Mrs. Wiseman,
on Iglehart street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25

Miss Carol Moore, of Dayton avenue, en-
tertained at cards last evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25

The Kangaroo club meets this evening with
Mr. and Mrs. True S. White, of Douglgas
street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25

The Missionary Society Of Atlantic Congre-
gational Church gives a tea this afternoon al
the home OF Mrs. Stowell.
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Little Margaret Mich, the youthful pianist
who is to play at Seibert's concert Sunday
afternoon makes her debut on that occasion.
The little lady has played several times at
small recitals in the Twin Cities, but few st.
Paul people realize what a small wonder. in
a musical way they have right here in their
midst. Miss Mich began the study Of music
when but four years old, with her mother
Mrs. Matilda Mich. who is herself a finished
pianist. The little girl has since then been
a pupil of Walter Petzet Miss Olson and
Won Ellemet. She plays the most difficult
compositions with wonderful finish, and
promises to be one Of the finest pianists St.
Paul has ever produced. Her small sister,
Arma Senkreh Mich named for the famous
some time next year. Both little girls are
charming in appearance, with blue eyes. light
hair and fair skino and are bright little con-
versationalists. Miss Margaret plays once Sun
day with orchestra accompaniment, giving q
selection from Mozart!l
Wednesday afterpeon the LEND Hand
Circle Of ST. James A. M. F. Church met
at the residence Mrs. R. Beard. 128 jay
street. Mrs. T. H Lyles read an interesting
paper on Music and Composers" Arrange
ments were made for the lecture by Rev. DR..
Edward P. Ingersoll tonight at St. James A.
NJ. E. church, onf Art and Its Relation to
the Negro. Admission free. good audi
ence is expected. Special music by the
choir.
A grand chiidren,s musicale will be given
Tuesday evening In Masonic temple under
the auspices of the AID Society of ConsteIla-
ton Chapter. o. E. S. The programme will
be a varied one. Miss Hopes orchestra of
young women VIII play. and there will also
be a Juvenile orchestra The Kinder sym
phone Of forty children will be the important
attraction of the evening.
At the last meeting Of the Economy Whist
club, held at the home OF Mrs. Wachen-
heimer. In the Dakotah, prizes were won by
Mesdames Dixon. Ellison, Knox and Camp
bell. The next meeting will be held Friday,
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The Carnation club meets tonight with Mrs
Robert Loux of Burr street.
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