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The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
GETTING IN IFS WORK.

When the Dingley bill was in process
Of incubation we warned our readers
to prepare for advances in the price
of all the articles receiving especial
favor in that instrument, especially as
they We're by farthe greater part of
the necessaries of life. Every house
wife has since experienced the correct
ness of our warning, and the end is not
yet. Last month there was a called
meeting of all the manufacturers of
knit goods in the country held in the
city of New York The circular call
ing the meeting stated the situation
the knitters found themselves in be-
tween the rising price of raw material
and the prevailing prices based on free
material The situation called for con-
ference and united action to prevent
disastrous losses and decentralization of
the trade.
At the meeting. which was largely
attended and to which those who could
not attend sent approving letters, there
was a full discussion of existing condi-
tions, the outcome of which was the
unanimous adoption of preamble that
recited the increase in the price Of
wool and cotton largely increasing the
cost of knit goods, and of resolutions
declaring that selling prices should be
based on the price of raw material or
yarn at the time of sale; an agreement
to ask and maintain such price; that,
according to the relative amount Of
cotton and wool used in the fabrics,
there should be an immediate advance
of from Is to 40 per cent in prices to
cover the increase in the cost of knit
goods" and that, IF necessary to carry
out the resolutions" the knitters would
"curtail production even to the extent
of stoppage of our mills
The G o b of Wednesday found
conf1rmatory evidence in interviews
with our city jobbers.
1.-The Dingley bill is probably the cause of
the big advance in prices on material for our
products said George L. Swift, of George L..
Swift & Co., manufacturers of clothing.
."Flannels and woolens have advanced 20 per
cent and cotton goods about 5 per cent, they
being affected by the increase in cost of the
other SinguIarly enough very few merchants
stocked up on those goods, as they do not
make heavy advance purchases as they once
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
WESTERN UNION MEETING.
Surplus of Seven and a Half Millions
Reported.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-The annual
meeting of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, held today, resulted
in the reelection Of the old board Of
directors with one exception-the cleo
ton of Jacob H. Schiff, to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
John Van Horne, one of the vice presf-
dents of the company. The report of
President Eckert gives the amount of
capital stock outstanding as $97, $40 900,
of which S29, 9,850.35 belongs to and Is
in the treasury of the company. The
net revenues, expenses and profits for
the year ending June &c. 1897, were as
follows: Revenues, so, ,638, ,859.16; ex-
penses, SIT, ,906 656.0S. Deducting moneys
applied for dividends, interest on bonds
and sinking fund, there is surplus to
June 80 of $7,647, ,541.0 .06. The assets and
liabilities are placed at $128, ,410, ,498 each.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
A CLAIM AGENTS WALL.

The National Tribune, still, we as
sumo, the organ of firm of pension
claim agents, does not take kindly the
criticisms of the G l o e on the an
nouncement of Commissioner Evans
that he will have to ask pardon for
contributing some five million dollars
to the annoying deficits in the treasury,
because he finds some 100000 cases
pending, ready for adjudication, which
will add that sum to the expenditures
of his department this year. Natural
ly, the G O b wanted to know where
all these claims originated, in service
disabilities or in that pauperism Wh1f
the act of 1890 was designed to relieve.
To this the Tribune makes answer
that the usual animosity of the G e
to the old soldier is again breaking out,
the customary retreat of pension claim
agents whenever criticism is made of
them, their measures or their methods:
men to whom all soldiers were alike
meritorious and whose claims on the
pension roll were all worthy of allow
ance. This is untrue, as every old SOL
dier knows. But, true or untrue, it is
no answer to the questions we asked.
To meet them, the Tribune says that
when Commissioner Lochren assumed
office he made proclamation Of the ex-
istence in the bureau of over 100000
adjudicated claims, based mostly on
service disabilities, ready for final ac-
tion, which he purposed giving them at
once. 1t says that was the last it
heard of the matter, although it called
the commissioners attention frequent
ly to it, Doubtless. and the motive
was the amount of fees involved In the.
suspended claims that would flow into
the pockets of the Tribune's pension
agency if they were allowed.
We have no information on which to
found a belief that the statement of
the Tribune relative to the alleged an
nouncement of Commissioner Lochren
is true or not. and therefore deny the
same But, if, perchance, the state
ment is correct, it only proves that
there were 100000 applicants for pen
sions whose petitions had been refused
by even the Iatitudinous complacency
of the Tanners and Raums, who had
so greatly helped to deplete the surplus.
because of insufficient merit, and that
| Commissioner Lochren, upon investl-
| eating them, reached the same conclu-
sion as his predecessors. Judging those
| 200. 900 claims by the merits, or lack of
| them, that every soldier knows so
many granted pensions rest upon, their
suspension by all the commissioners be-
comes comprehensive. Commissioner
Evans may be, after all, suffering from
the freshness of a new official and, pos
sibly, from the urgent representations
of the claim agents who have some
two million dollars hung up in these
! suspended claims. 1t is probable that
| when he, too, comes to examine them,
! he will leave them as a legacy to his
Issuccessor, as they came to him Mean
| time the G l o b e is not disturbed b.
accusations of hostility to the old SOL
dier, the real old soldier" who will
not make sacrifice to his rapacity of
! his soldierly honor and patriotism. It's
only regret is that the indiscriminate
| granting of pensions makes Impossible
the adequate pensioning of the deserv-
! ing ones among these.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
GAMES OF ANCIENT ORIGIN.
Many of the Present Day Pastimes
Copied From the Savages

Most people are well aware that the pop
ular Canadian game OF lacrosse originated,
goodness knows how many centuries ago,
among the North American Indians, says
Harper's Round Table When you come to
look into it. it is quite astonishing how many
games were originally invented and are to-
day practiced by peoples We are accustomed
to think of as savages. Wallace tells US how
in Borneo one wet day, he thought to amuse
his Dyak boys by showing them a eats era
it, but knew more intricate figures than he.
The Moaris of New Zealand actually have a
sort of pictorial history in cat's-cradle fig
ures of twisted fiber. The Sandwich islanders
peoples nearly all are adopts at kite flying.
Polo comes from Persia. and is played mag
nifeently by wild hill tribes from Northern
India Backgammon and parchesi are both
Eastern games, fiat tamariEd seeds being
used as lots in the latter.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
RACE DEGENERATION.
DR.. Kellogg Says There Is Great
Danger of 1t.

Danger of 1t.
BATTLE CREEK Mich, Oct ia
paper read this afternoon before the
civic congress, by DR.. J. H. Kellogg,
caused something of a sensation. He
said in part: Notwithstanding our
marvellous accumulation of wealth and
wisdom, We are certainly going down
physically toward extinction This as
sertion will doubtless appear in the
highest degree reckless, and perhaps
absurd, in face Of the we'll known fact
that the average length of human life
has been doubled within the last two
centuries. But vital statistics are not
the true measure of the constitutional
V1gor of the race; the average length
OF life does not represent the vital ca
pacity Of the race. The true measure
is the number of individuals per thou
sand or million who attain great age.
"Sanitarians pride themselves on
having saved millions of lives and the
credit claimed is justly due. Never
theless we must not see in this great
increase in the average length of hu-
man life an Indication that by con-
tlnuatfon Of the same method human
longevity may be Indefinitely or even
greatly increased.
Public sanitation quarantine laws
and general hygenic regulations serve
d uSelui purpose IN the prevention OIL
epidemic and endemic diseases, but the
influences, at the same time, serve to
keep alive great number of physically
weak people and worthless human be-
ings, who would otherwise be carried
off by acute disease, natures method
of securing the survival of the fittest.
1t is high time that society gave
more serious attention to the great
class Of bankrupts by heredity from
which springs the greater share of
crimes and criminals, cranks, lunatics
and imbeciles. The, remedy is to be
found in the cultivation of private
hygiene. More attention must be given
to the training of the individual; men
and women must be made to see that
the prevalent conditions of our modern
civilization areranti-natural and tend
to the deterioration of the vital pow
ers and the Development of disease.
So long as man regards his body as a
harp of pleasure, to be played upon
while its strings can be made to re-
spend, so long will he continue to
travel down the hill Of physical deca-
dence and degeneration in spite of
quarantine laws and the most minute
sanitary regulations"
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
FIELDS RETIREMENT
Indicated by the Postponement of
IInportant Cnses.

WASHINGTON, Oct 13.-The belief
that Justice Field is seriously con-
templating early retirement from the
supreme court bench was strengthened
today by the postponement of several
more important cases until the first
Monday in January. Among those
were the suits involving the constitu-
tionality of the antitrust law of Texas
and several cases appealed from the
court of private land claims dealing
with Spanish land grants. The post
ponement in the Texas case was made
upon the statement to the court by
one of the attorneys that it involves a
constitutional question rendering it de-
sirable that it should be considered by
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
He Raised the Wind.


The ship had lain beeaimed in tropical
sea for three days. Not a breath of air stirred
the m,rror-like surface of the sea or the limp
sails that hung from the yards like drapery
carved in stone.
The captain resolved to wait no longer. He
Eiped up all hands on deck, and requested the
passengers to also come forward.
Il must ask all, of you. - he said ''to give
me every match you have"
Wonderingiy the passengers and crew
obeyed.
The captain carefully arranged the matches
in his hands as each man handed him his
store until all had been collected. Then he
threw them all overheard but one, drew a
cigar from his pocket, and. striking the sod
tary match on the main mast, endeavored TO
Eight it.
In an instant a furious gale swept over the
deck, extigu.shed the match. and filled the
sails, ard the good ship Mary Ann sped
through the waves on her course.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
Gladstone Has Royal Blood.

It is not known by many that Mr.. Gladstone
claims direct descent from Henry Ill, king
of England, and from Robert Bruce, king Of
Scotland. Among his ancestresses, too, is
Lady Jane Beaufort who married King James
l., of Scotland. The latter, while captive in
Windsor, became acquainted with Lady Jane,
and the young couple. were welded at the
old church of st. Savior, at the South. ick
captivity James took his bride to share his
Scottish throne. After his assassination his
widow, disconso,ate for time, married Sir
James Stuart and from line to line at last de-
scended Anne Robertson, who. in April, 1S00
married Joseph Gladstone, father of the grand
old man.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
NEW ALASKAN TERRITORY.
Slice to Be Carved Out and Given
the Name of Lincoln.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19.-Special
correspondence of the Call from Alaska.
brought by the revenue cutter Thomas
Corwin, tonight, via st. Michaels. con-
Veys the news that it is proposed to es-
tatlish new territory, to be known as
Lincoln, out of the northwestern por-
ton of Alaska. It's boundaries have not
as yet been fully decided upon, but it
will include the Yukon river country
and extend north to the Arctic ocean.
This scheme meets with the approval
of the North American TRANSPORTATION
and Trading company, the officers of
Which recently held a conference on the
matter with Senator Carter, of Mon
tana, and several other United States
officials. The new town of Weare, stu
ated on the Yukon river, about half
way between Dawson City and st. Mi
chael's, has been chosen for the cap
ital of the proposed territory. 1t is un-
derstood that Ely Gage, son of the sec
retary of the treasury. is prominent
candidate for governor, in case a terri
torial organization is affected.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

Correspondents would save us some
trouble and themselves much labor and
annoyance if they would bear ir mind
the rule that the G | o does not pub
lish anonymous communications. We
Notwithstanding numerous warnings
that they will not be published. Once
more we remind our readers that ali
unsigned communications find their
way unread into the waste basket.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

and should be sent to the junk shop.
But where the issue is vitalized by a
historic principle Of the party, no de-
feat can destroy or impair it or send
it to the boneyard. Principles are the
very life of any party, and when it at
tempts to live without them it surely
dies. The distinction is one that party
managers may well bear in mind, If
they care for party success.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

a full bench. The chief justice in con-
sultation with members Of the bar
makes no direct reference to the prob
able change in the courts personnel,
but his manner and the fact that he
insists upon the postponement of i'm
portant cases leaves little room for
doubt that he is Of the opinion that
there will be a change.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
Byrnes Back in washington.

WASHINGTON, Oct 13.-T E. Byrnes, of
Minneapolis. returned here today from New
York, where he has been taking testimony
IN legal case. He says that he talked
with several prominent politicians in New
YORK who were supposed to be informed as
TO the exact situation in the mayoralty fight,
put that they were unwilling to make any
predictions Byrnes will attend to some de-
partment business here and expects to leave
Tor Minneapolis tomorrow. He does not ex-
pect to visit the White house while here
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
No Cattle Trail ON the Reserxe

WASHINGTON, Oct. ia telegram was
received at the Indian office today from
Maj. Clapp, agent at Pine Ridge, S. D., to
the erect that the Indians in council had
refused to sanction the issuance of permits
for driving cattle across the reservation Mai
Clapp is expected in Washington in a short
time, when the whole cattle matter will be
discussed.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

There are a few 'things" which hadn't
ought to be mentioned again in state politics.
and they are Clough, Berg and Reese.-Spring
Grove Herald.
And why not pray? Is either Of them any
different now than when the very salvation
Of society depended upon their election?
Didn't you know just as we'll what ''things"
they were last fall ass now?
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
MIR. DEAN RETURNS.
st. Paul Member Sitting With the
Monetary Commission

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The none
tary commission devoted the session
today to the discussion Of a prelimi-
nary report from the committee on
banking systems. Commissioner Dean
has returned to the city and attended
today's session. The commission ia
making satisfactory progress in it's
work and expects to be able to hold one
or more sessions each day until No
vember, with practically all Of the
members present. BY that time the
more laborious part of the work will
have been disposed of and a completed
plan for the reorganization of our mon
etary system, it is expected, will be
ready for submission to congress on it's
reassembling in December
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
New COnsuIs.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18-The president
mas T made the following appointments: To
BE Consuls of the United States-TaIbot j.
Albert. of Maryland. at Brunswick, Germany;
William A. Prickett, of New Jersey, at
Rheims, France. To Be Collectors of Gus
toms-John S. Bethel, for the district of
richmond. Vt. Jesse W. Elliott, for the
district of Newport News. Vt; William B.
SShepperd, for the district of Apalatchicola,
Fla.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
Logging Road to Carleton.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Minn., Oct 1S.-Information was
given out tonight that the surveying party at
work between New Duluth and Carlton. arc
surveying the line for logging railroad be-
tween those two points. The distance IL
about thirty miles. Maurice Quinn. the
millionaire lumberman of Saginaw, is one OK
the promoters.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
New POstmasters.

WAsHINGToN. Oct 1S-The president has
appointed app the following postmasters: Illinois
Blue Island, +. c. Kile. Iowa-Winterset A.
L. Wood Michigan -Charlevoix, Frederick
J.; Mech; Ontonagon, Alfred S. Follansbee.
MI esotaEWorthington. Frank R. Cough
dard; Lisbon. H. S. oliver.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

The dishonest application of the protective
noiicy is what we condemn, the great prin-
ciple of protection is that which we contend
for.-Morris Sun.
This recalls the protest of a horse-trader,
worsted in a deal by another of his kind:
81 don't care ven he sheat me honest
Every application of the protective policy
is dishonest.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
No New Records.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Jimmy Michael failed
to lower the record for ten miles in his trial
On the board track in Newark today. Through
darkness that rendered 1t impossible to see
the time by watch. without lamp, the
midget covered ten miles in 1920 rs, the
record being 1902 2-5 Michaels fastest time
was the fifth mile. in 1:54 20.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
Hotel Fire.

BOSTON, Mass. Oct. IA fire started in
the boiler room in the Hotel Vendome at II
O'Clock and burned through into the large
dining room, causing loss of s5,00O There
was considerable eommotion among the
guests, but no one was hurt
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

Several Republican papers are printing a
.'sixty-day comparison between the Wilson
and Dingiey tariff laws, but the period select
ed to show the disastrous effect of the Wilson
law was not under that law, but under the
Mckinley law, only a slight discrepancy
from Republican standpo -nt-Little Falls
Herald.
Some of them know better, but do not care,
and the rest know no better and care less.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
Manager Missing.

DETROIT. Mich. Oct 13.-Thomas Coffey
manager of the Detroit office of the Vermont
Marble company. has been missing since Oct
8. and his family and friends have become
anxious about him. So far as known, there
is no shortage in his accounts.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
Ex-sAnator Dead.

COLUMBIA. 81 c. Oct. 13-Ex-United
States Senator Robertson died in this city
today. He was ssnator from South Carolina
under the recons4ruction regime and was
succeeded by Senstor- Butter Mr.. Robertson
had been paraly3ed fogy years
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
ProhibItionist Dead.

BALTIMORE, Nd. Oct 1s.-william Dan
ty in the United sates and its candidate for
the vice preside1Ry in 1854, died suddenly
this morning at his haIne in Mount Wash
ington, suburbs 8of baltimore.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

A. Tanner formally opened his Touring
mill for the manufacture of flour, last Mon
day morning, and thearesults are emnently
satisfactory-Little Falls Democrat.
Neither the shoemaker sticks to his last nor
the tanner to his tanning
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
Considering the Rids

WASHINGTON Oct. 1S-J. H Nicke1,s hid
Tor building the approaches to the St. Paul
pubic building is under consideration this
AFTERNOON. 1t will probably be accepted.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
Hands round, hands round,

HanuS TUuIIu, IdIuS- IUuIIu,
Happy as kin be;
Swing your rosy sweetheart.
But wheat's the lass for me.
Fargo Forum.
And gave him a merry laugh;
You're too old and fat and ugly
To catch me with your chaff."
st. Paul Globe.
No,-she smiled upon him sweetly,
Which made the major daffy;
And said: while 1 can chew wheat gum
I'll pass your Forum taffy.
East Grand Forks Courier.
Well-don't you think she passed us by
Sweetly she smiled at us-and then
Said she You're broad and big and high
But I'm fond of full grown men,.
Fargo Forum.
The round-robin's. voice gets squeaky and
its feet limpy Give the old bird rest.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
Alaska Postmaster

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The first postof-
nee appointment made in Alaska for a long
1me-at Dyea, a fourth-class effce-was an
appointee ~
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
Anainsf the Trust

CHICAGO, Oct. 13-New York and Chicago
capitalists have organized the Imperial Glu-
cose and Sugar Refining company, with a
cose trust.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

1t is with a faint heart and trembling hand
that we, with this issue, assume the manage
ment and control of the News-Zumbrota
News.
With all due respect we do not believe
it Mr.. Rockne is lawyer and none Of that
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
OBSERVATIONS.
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer 1886; mean temperature, So;
relative humidity, IS; wind at p. M, south
east; weather, partly cloudy; maximum tenn
perature 81; minimum temperature, 36; daily
range 81; amount of precipitation in last
twenty-four hours, 0.
RIVER AT s A. NJ.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

Never Travels on Crowded Car.
One of Portlands careful men always re-
quires a receipt for his street car fare
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

A female gossip of this place has gotten her.
self into a peck of trouble on account of the
Iooseness of her tongue.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

guild were ever known to be troubled that
way.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14

Upon request we refrain from mentioning
an occurrence which was witnessed here the
fore part of the week.-Gibbon Gazette.
These two local items indicate that the
editor is not going to get trouble by the
neck.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
ToDAY,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-Forecast for
Thursday: Minnesota and the Dakotas.Local
showers; cooler; winds shifting to northwest
Wisconsin-Increasing cloudiness, with
showers in the afternoon; cooler Thursdaay
night; br.sI south lily winds, shifting 70 hofth-
westerly.
Iowa-Fair in the morning; threatening
weather and local showers in the evening
or night; cooler Thursday night; southerly
winds shifting to northwesterly.
Montana-Light snow, followed by clearing
weather, slowly rising temperature; variab-e
winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau, Washington, Oct. IL, 6:4S
p. m. Local Time, p. m. 18th Meridian
ime-Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations.
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