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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
FIGURES OUT THE SAME

The probability is that the Tinted
States will find itself in neither better
nor worse condition by the refusal of
congress to pass the Pacific railroad
funding bill. Upon the assurance
that no action would be taken tn So
cure the debt Of the Pacific roads to
the government, by funding it in long
time bonds, the administration immedi-
ately took steps to protect the peoples
interests. It had two choices omen to
it. The one was to forecIose directly
and take the property AS this involved
the payment of more than $50, OO0, 900 to
the holders Of the first mortgage bonds
ana the operation of the roads bv the
government, 1t was rightly discarded
Inc other arrangement, which has been
entered into, is an agreement with tho
reorganization committee Of the Union
Pacific, by which that committee is to
90 the foreclosing, and the government
JOINS In the proceedings, on an assur-
ance from the committee with nro7,ar
money forfeit put up, that 1t will bid
par for the governments second lien
This puts the matter, unless all the
ordinary processes of financiering are
TO be reversed, just about where II
would have been had the funding bill
passed, except that there will be con-
tlnued opportunities for dickers and
deals between the parties who are TO
manage the Union Pacific hereafter and
congress. In neither case. wa NAV &c
sumo did it propose to pay in cash
the nations claim upon the property
Unquestionably, the REORGANIZATION
committee, after 1t has taken charge of
the road, will issue a lot of new secur-
tiles to cover the Indebtedness, and the
sum due to the people will be funded
IN new long time bonds, just as it would
nave been under the arraneenent re-
Jected by congress. Until the reorgani-
cation is completed, the terms of this
arrangement with the government are
left open, and it remains to be seen
whether they will be more or less favor
able than those suggested in the house
bill. We may be pretty sure, however.
that the shrewd capitalists who are
behind the Union Pacific reorganization
will not get the worst Of the bargain.
and will not offer an adjustment large
ly more to the public advantage than
that which was refused by congress.
The chief interest of the incident lies
in its new demonstration of the total
incompetence Of the legislative bod% to
deal with large affairs and practical
business problems. They are best set
tied by few men, experts in their
own domains. It is most fortunate that
the arrangements now made fell within
the term Of an administration which
has shown itself singularly Independent
aid Competent in protecting the peo-
pies interests, without regard to po-
litical effect or to the cavils of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25

grave. presumably to prevent his be-
ing overlooked in the crowd or to pre-
vent his blowing out the gas. If
cabinet officer We're also to travel up
from New Jersey into civilization, it is
hard to see what the state could find
to do sufficient honor to the occasion.
A fleet of royal sbarges or a brigade
of life guards Is probably what
would suggest itself
New Jersey up to this time, has CAP
ried off it's honors modestly and meek
ly The fame of its mosquitoes and the
renoWn Of its suburbanites have
caused no undue pride. Justly and de-
servedly pleased, the state has always
heretofore avoided Mysteries. But
political honors are too much. Mr..
Hobart's words of warning should have
serious heed. An overwhelming public
sentiment should impress their i'm
portance on the president-elect. New
Jersey after all is state and a sister;
no matter what the sacrifice to the
nation and the administration, her
voice must remain silent in the coun-
ellis of the nation. Her safety comes
first and must outweigh all other con-
siderations. A state puffed UP into
hills with pride, or a people drunk with
honor constitute menace to be avoid
ed at any cost. Great is Hobart and
great is New Jersey; but there is a
limit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
EMPEROR SIGHTS BIsMARCEx
Hefuses to Attend a Wedding Break
TEST liz the Ex-ChancelFor's Fam
lily Attends.

LONDON, Jan. 24-Accordfng TO tha
BerIln correspondent of the Daily News
Emperor William was invited to at.
tend the wedding breakfast last weelx
OF the daughter of Count Won WedeJl
minister Of the imperial household tn
Count Won Decentralization, to which
the Bismarck people had been invited
and refused to meet Count Herbert
Bismarck. Count zu Gutenberg The
court marshal, tried to arrange matters
but the emperor was obdurate ana
Count WedelPs family was compelled
to ask Count Herbert Bismarck to re-
main away from the wedding.
The Daily ,Telegraph's Berlin COR
respondent, with reference to the en-
peror's slight at the wedding breakfast
Of Count Won WedelPs daughter. saws:
The eX-chancellor's name was not
mentioned at. the breakfast and there
were only two toasts-one to the en-
peror and one to the newly married
couple. Everybody regards it as a
slight to the old chancellor. because #
is known that Count Herbert tried to
dissuade his father from making the
recent revelations of diplomatic history
which 1t is supposed are the cause Of
the new breach I"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
A BODY BLOW.

The Nicaraguan canal bill, which dur
ing the past few days has been speed
ing along in the senate to a favorable
vote, came up to a circumstance on Fri
day, and, to judge from the remarks
of the honorable gentlemen just after
ward, the project is now in position
to give points to the late Mr.. Marley in
the matter of the comparative degrees
of death. The circumstance was a let
ter from the lately accredited minister
of the Greater Republic Of Central
America-a confederation which in
cludes Nicaragua-protesting against
the pending bill on the ground that it's
passage would be an act manifestly un-
friendly to a friendly power. In his
letter Senior Rodriguez points out that
the proposal before the senate is to turn
the responsibility for the project over
to the United States and to leave the
original projectors the happy privilege
of violating their agreement with Mica
ragua. 1t is charged that the company
to which the concession was granted
has not kept faith, that it has not
prosecuted the work as agreed, that it
has not made promised payments, and,
furthermore, if it succeeds in selling
the shell Of it's project to the United
States, that it has no intention of do
ing so, as there is nothing in any Of
the pending acts which conserves the
equitable rights Of Nicaragua. No bad
faith is charged on the part of the
United States or the authors Of any Of
the acts, but it is plainly pointed out
that, if the concession reverts to this
country, Nicaragua will get nothing but
the privilege Of whistIing for its money,
What the United States will get is not
discussed, but the obvious inference is
that, among other things, it will &C
quire an unnecessary amount of trou-
BILE
The debate which followed the pre-
sentation to the senate Of the protest,
transmitted by way Of Secretary Olney
and the chairman of the foreign affairs
committee, was pointed and personal.
Mr.. Morgan, who has had the bill in
charge, was especially bitter. He OPEN
~ charged that England was behind
the new move, and that it was an at
tempt to counteract the influence Of the
United States in Central America. He
also limited broadly that the protest
would have an important bearing when
the general arbitration treaty came I'D
Tor consideration. Whatever may be
the ultimate effect, the Immediate re-
suit of the protest is a pleasing one TO
contemplate. In face of the diplomatic
complications presented it is extremely
unlikely that the attempt to sell the
incorporate myth" to the United
States Will be persisted in at the pres
ent session, or that the attempt will
be successful if made 1t will be IN.
fortunate If the incident be used as
capital against the arbitration treaty.
or be made, at this tine, the occasion
Tor the twisting of the tail of the lion:
out, at any rate, it has served a very
useful present purpose, and it is prob
able that the arbitration treaty, backed
by a healthy public sentiment. can
take care of itself,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25

from the politicians point Of view; they
must begin down at the bottom and
make themselves influential in those
primary operations where the cards
are dealt in the game. When they
cuses. conventions and nominations.
then their resolutions, advices and de-
nands Will be something more than
expenditure of empty breath creating
idle sound. They must make the poll
tician fear them before they can eX-
pect him to respect them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25

The Minneapolis Tribune presents
what it calls, in a beautiful combina-
ton of English and Latin, "a most
valuable data" for the state legislature
in connection with the proposed beet
sugar bounty. We would be very much
obliged if either the Tribune Or Gov.
Clough should point out to us the con-
nection between the Tribune's data"
and the giving Of bounty. The results
Of the investigation made by the Com
mercial club of Minneapolis go to show,
if they show anything, that the Guilt
walton of the sugar beet is, in and of
itself, and without any assistance what
ever, a remarkably profitable industry.
They report that in Nebraska the sugar
beet yields about fifteen tons per acre
and sells at S. per ton. Against this
yield Of $75 per acre, the expense Of
cultivating the plant is put at $35. The
Tribune says: 1.-THE net profit Of $40
per acre beats wheat raising, even at
the present comparatively high price
for that cereal. If this be true, why
on earth should the more profitable pro-
duction Of the-sugar beet be stimulated
by a bounty, while the proposal, in
North Dakota, to encourage the pro-
duction Of wheat. by similar induce
ment is looked upon with either ridicule
or horror?
The problem is an exceedingly simple
one. If the cultivation of the sugar
beet and the manufacture from it of it's
saccharine product is a profitable enter
prise there will be no lack Of capital to
go into it. The Globe has already
SHOWN this to be the fact by giving
the history Of similar enterprise in
Wisconsin. If 1t is not a profitable
industry, why should we sink money in
stimulating it in competition with the
gigantic bounties paid by France and
Germany, resulting in Offering chean
beet sugar to the consumers of the Unit
ed States at the expense of the taxpay-
ers OF the bounty giving nations? AS
far as the facts relating to sugar beet
culture in Minnesota have been ascer-
tanned, they constitute ga data" that
gives the bounty project a very black
eye.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
Convict Cremated Himself.

AUBURN, N. Y, Jan. 24-Warden Stout Of
the prison here, gave out statement to the
press today of the burning to death Of con-
Wet in the prison last night The unfortu-
nate man was James McTaige, sentenced from
New York county for term Of five years,
in 1893, for grand larceny. McTaige had
struggled naphtha to his cell on the fifth gal
for cooking purposes. About $50 p. m, an
explosion occurred, and the guards and
walters Immediately went to the scene, but
McTaige was enveoped in flames, and was 50
seriously burned that the efforts of the ply
sicians summoned proved to be unavaing,
and he died few hours later. His time
would have expired In March next
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
GREASE STOPS A RAILROAD TRAIN.
Practical Jokers Delay Merry
Party at Golden, Col.

GOLDEN, Col, Jan. M.-As the train bear
ing a merry party that had attended thu
school of mines dance reached the outskirts
Of the city, at 1870 o'clock this morning, 1t
came to standstill. The wheels went around,
but the train did not move. All kinds of sand
was poured the track, but the velocity of
the train was at the true zero mark. The
engineer swore, the fireman cursed, but the
grease had been applied to the rails for a
distance of half mile, and It was found
necessary to wipe the track with waste, for
the desert OF Sahara did not contain enough
sand to permit progress. The train was an
hour crawling over the slippery distance,
and all day today trains have been delayed on
that section Of the Lakewood. Who the prac-
teal jokers are not known.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25

demagogue. 1t will be something to
have this perpetual Pacific railroad
question out of the way, although we
will be more fortunate than our ex-
perience warrants us to expect if this
debt is either funded or paid finally
without another attempt to bunco the
treasury out of It.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25

Schoolgirls at Capac, Mich, Begin q
Warfare on Long Locks

PORT HURON, Mich, Jan. 24-The high
school girls at Capac have organized a hair
cutting brigade and the boys are quaking in
their boots. The girls have a decided aver
sion to the wild West style Of masculine
couture. One youth was bereft of a liberal
supply Of hair. and another received notice
that he must patronize a barber within
three days or he, too. would suffer-
The boys protest that they have a right
to wear their hair as they please, but the
girls are memorable, and say If the boys cared
for them they would try to look decent.
Their failure to cut their hair, therefore. Il
considered little short of an Insult
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
RUSSO-FRENCH ALLIANCE.
1t VIII Be Cemented Still Closer INV
the Czar's Orders

PARIS, Jan. 24.-It Is semi-officiallv
announced here that Baron de Mohren
nelm, the Russian ambassador, has in
formed M. HanotauX, the minister Of
foreign affairs, that the car has order
ed Count Muravleff, the newly appoint
ed Russian minister Of foreign affairs
to visit Paris so as to be presented to
President Faure and enter into rela.-
tons with the French ministers before
returning to st. Petersburg. The count
will arrive in Paris on Thursday. and
will be rendered banquet at the pal
ace Of the Elysee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
PLAGUE is SPREADING
Daily Reports of Fresh Outbreaks
-..- In India.

LONDON, Jan. PA dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Bombay says: "Tho
actual number of deaths from plague
is double the official estimates, and the
malady is spreading slowly but surely
There are daily reports of fresh out
breaks
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
Ivory Quits En- gland.

LONDON, JAM. 25.-The Daily Mail an
nounces this morning that Edward ]. ivory.
acquitted Of charge Of completely In a dyna-
merly assistant district attorney in New
York city, who came to London in his de-
Tense, sailed for New York Yesterday
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, 81. 50; Thermometer, 20; relative
humidity, 50; wind, west; weather, clear;
maximum thermometer, Is; minimum ther-
mometer, -25; daily range, 10; amount Of
melted snow in last twenty-fOur hours, 0.
Note Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
Fell Under the Wheels.

Special to the Globe.
WASECA, Mimi, Jan. 24.-A farmer named
Hogan, living near Albert Lea, was killed at
Hartland, eighteen miles south OF here, last
night by a Milwaukee & St. Paul freight
train. He was intoxicated, and In trying to
board the train while 1t was in melton fell
beneath the cars
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25

LONDON, Jan. 24.-The weekly off,
cial report from the governor general
Lord Elgin, of the famine outlook in
India, says that from one to three
inches Of rain has fallen in the Puniab
except in the Delhi district, and light
showers elsewhere. There is a slight
fall in the prices in the northern PIN
jab, while elsewhere they are station
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
TODAY'S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON Jan. 24.-Forecast for Mon
day: Minnesota-Fair; not 50 cold in extreme
northern portions; nOrthwesterly winds.
Wisconsin-Fair; colder in eastern portion;
nOrthweSterly winds.
Iowa-Fair: continued cold north winds
South Internationally fair; continued
cold; northerly winds.
North Dakota-Fair; not so cold; westerly
winds.
Montana-Ifght snow in southern, fair in
northern portion; not so cold Monday night;
westerly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, Washington, Jan. "a, GAS
p. m. Local Time. s p. m. 18th Meridian
Time.-ObservatiOn taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations:
TEMPERATURES.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
Police for Tangier.

TANGIER, Morocco, Jan. M.-David N.
Burke, United States consul general, at the
piiing scheme for the formation Of poEce
force in Tangier.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25

MADRID, Jan. A.-There has been a severe
storm on the Gulf of Cadiz, and twenty-four
fishing boats have been lost near San Lucas.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25

LONDON, Jan. PA Rome dispatch to
the Daily Mail says~that the pope Is consid-
ering the compromise clauses Of the Manitoba
school question.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
The rxaisers Skipper.

LONDON, Jan. 25.-The Times announces
that Emperor William Of Germany has aD-
pointed Ben Parker, of Southampton, to
command his yacht the Meteor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
LoNGsHOT BOUGHT FOR CoNsUE1.o
Duchess of MarlbOrough's Mother
Sends the Hunter to England.

Sends the Hunter to England.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24-Longshot the ia
nous American-bred hunter was shipped to
England this morning on the steamship Mo-
hawk. The beautiful animal was purchased
by Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont for her daughter
the Duchess of Marlborough.
Mrs. Belmont has desire to see her dauph
ter able to follow the hounds, and she has
purchased the American thoroughbred with
that object in view. The price paid for the
animal Is said to be $50 co.,
Longshot is sixteen hands high and can
easily jump the highest fences with a mount
of $50 pounds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25

The sale of seats opens this morning for the
engagement of the eminent tragedian, Freder-
lex Warde, at the Metropolitan opera house,
the latter part Of the week. Mr.. Warde will
present Thursday and Friday evenings
king Lear in which he achieved a notable
success last season. For the Saturday mat
inee the bill will be THE Merchant Of Ven
ice," and Saturday night, the farewell per-
Torrance Mr.. Warde will appear in Richard
Ill" Mr.. Warde's company includes such
clever actors as Charles Sutton, Darrell
Vinton, Ernest G. Warde, Beverly Turner,
Harry c.. Burton, Morton Baker, Charles
Clarke, Grant Foreman, Florence Wilburham.
Marcia Treadwell and Phyllis Ashcom.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-25
Address all letters and telegrams to

WASHINGTON BUREAU, I40o + 81 N. ="
Complete files of the G ! o e always Kel
on hand for reference.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20

The Rev. DR.. Todd, OF Escanaba, ad-
dressed the Y. p S. C...E. OF the Presby-
terrain church last evening on the "Undis-
puted Parts OF Scriptures and It's Liter
airy Excellences," His lecture was in
tensely interesting aud instructive and
cannot fail benefiting those who heard it..
The doctor has made special study OF
biblical criticism ndlately wrote a work
on "When, How and by Whom Was the
Bible Written?" This is a work of merit
and puts in concise, clear and interesting
forum an answer to the above questions.
Teachers, students and parents will find
it helpful in answering many questions
that are so prevalent in this age of much
skepticism. The religious press speaks
very highly OF the book.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
An Interesting Meeting.

Charity Lodge, Knights OF Pythias
made the visit OF Past Grand Chancellor
W. ID. Chisbee, OF Birmingham, the occe
sion OF a very interesting meeting last
evening and one which was of direct ben.
eft 10 those members who were in at.
tendance. The past chancellor exempli.
fled work in the secret degree and after
the lodge work light refreshments were
served and the remainder OF the evening
was spent in social intercourse.
Mr.. Chlsbee was very well pleased to
see the local society in such flourishing
condition, particularly when many lodges
in various orders are falling in the rear
just about this time. Mr.. Chisbee intend
ed to pay a visit to Eagle Harbor today
in order to see the historic old school
house in which the first ritual OF the
order OF Pythians was written.
1t is probably not well.known that the
foundation OF this great order which now
has branches in ali parts.of the country
and is one OF the largest and most influen-
tai ofall fraternal orders, was started at
Eagle Harbor and that the original ritu-
al was drawn up by a school teacher in
old Keweenaw county.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
THEY DO NOT SIT,
Some Birds That Hatch Their ERes BY
Queer Devices.

Some Birds That Hatch Their ERes bv
Queer Devices.
1t is well known that the Australian
megapod is bird that is accustomed to
sit on its eggs. In certain parts Of Aus
tralia are found numerous mounds of
considerable size and height which the
first explorers took to be burial grounds.
These were made by the Megapodius
tumulus, which uses them for Matching
its eggs. They have sometimes consid-
cradle dimensions A nest that is IA
feet high and 90 feet in circumference
may be regarded as large.
Each megapod builds its own nest
with material which it gathers from all
sides, and these are exactly what the
gardener uses in the month of March to
make his forcing beds-namely, leaves
and decomposing vegetable matter,
which, by their fermentation, give off
an appreciable amount of heat. In the
forcing beds this heat hastens the sprout.
ing Of the seeds. In the nest it suffices
for the development and Matching of the
young birds, and the mother can 90
where she likes and occupy herself as
she wishes without being troubled by
the duties Of sitting.
In the small island Of Ninafou, in
the Pacific, another bird has "a some
what similar habit, in so far as it also
abandons its eggs, but in place of OBJ
tanning the necessary heat from fer.
mentation it gets it from warm sand.
The leipoa, or native pheasant of Aus
tralia, acts like the megapod and watch
es the temperature of its mound very
closely, covering and uncovering the
eggs several times day to cool them
or heat them as becomes necessary. Aft
er Matching, the young bird remains in
the mound several hours. 1t leaves on
the second day, but returns for the
night, and not until the third day is it
able to leave for good the paternal abode.
Revue Scientifique.