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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03
Spec ial Sale of
Flower Vases.

Flower asses.
The greatest display of Easter
Vases ever shown in st. Paul.
S gross bohemian Glass Flower
Vases, assorted co1ors, tulip shape,
61a-inch size; cheap at 10c. -
For Monday only, EACH. 0C
gross fine Bohemian Glass Flower
Vases, cameo and flower decora-
ton and gold traced, Finch size;
cheap at zoe. H.
For Monday only, each. OC
8 gross very fine grade Bohemian
Glass Flower Vases, fancy colors,
blue, green and silver, rich dec
orations; 81 and 10-inch sizes.
Cheap at Csc 10 3oc. H.
Mondays sale, each. -. SC
gross rich Bohemian Glass Flower
Vases. green and blue; beautiful
gold decorations. 12-inch size;
cheap at SOC and 6oc. o.
For Monday only, each. OSC
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03
Millinery.

AS our largely attended and beau
tiful Spring Opening demonstrated,
we have the most complete and fash
ionable line of Pattern Hats in the
Twin Cities. Words of praise on every
side and orders pouring in in quanti-
ties sufficient to warrant an increase
of help in every line. That reminds
us-if it is possible to call early in the
week, it will be much to your adj
vantage, though we will at all times,
no matter how great the rush. be
able to serve you to your satisfaction
and ours.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02


 world. and I tell you that you nave not the experience and you have never, been in big engagements like European coun- l tries. N,., %'.XVell, for --- sake" an trate Alile[t- can replied, have you. ever heard ot the Battle of Gettysburggs :. f'No, T. never have. When. was IL >fought?'' the. student of history answered. req. No. not .Gettysburg, but I know all about The biggest battle you Americans ever fo1ight-the Battle. of Bunker Field. Ana Rfbas is. still. wondering why the croWo laughed till the. roof shook and left nm alone in his snperla tixe wisdom
 . Mrs. Jack Smith. and Mrs J. Wiillalns of Dawson great: the. Palace J. c. .charrbertin. of ,Mazat tan Vice Con .st1I to Marseilles, is at the Palace.
 Railroad Commissioner + NJ LaRue arrived from Sacramento last nlght.
 Edgar B. Piper, proprietor of. the Post Intelligeneer: of Seattle is at the. Palace Judge john D. .BeckneH-o of Los Angeles fe.and .dga aghter. are at the Occidental, al pr. Masforrelis M. Johnstone. and C: !, B F. West arrived yesterday on the San Bias and are at the Occidental. :: .:..-.... .: John Erikson,. one of the successful K1ondikers,..- arrived yesterdaX on E. the the Humboldt. and is at the California. s
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
THE COMING PEACE TALK.

| c NICE the President and Embassador Canlbon N of France, acting for Spain, have virtually AD agreed upon terms of peace it would seem that the prospect of an early ending of the war IS good. The pipe of peace it may be said has been filled with the tobacco of agreement, and nothing is left to be done but light with the match of ratification and pass 1t around for the smoking. Ithappens, how ever that the application of the match will have to be made in this country by the Senate and that fact will give pause.
 We are to have Senatorial peace talk pre-
 linary the ending of hostilities, and having had much experience with Senatorial talks, we cannot be very sangune of speedy ending of the coming palaver It is fairly certain that the Senators will de bate the ratification syllable by syllable and that we shall hear much of the rat before the final syllables are adopted and peace established.
 Ii the calling of the extra session to discuss the treaty o peace can be postponed until Morgan o Ala bama and Cullom of Illinois are away ln Hawai- something will be gained Even then however there will remain Mason and Foraker, Timan and Chand- c- and Lodge likewise Allen the Popust; and last, but not least the verbose Vest. These men must talk It is their duty uphold the prerogatiyes of the Senate, and so far those prerogaves assure the right to unchecked streams of perervid oratory they will fulfill that duty to the uttermost.
 Our correspondent at Washington cheers us with
  Senators will make every effort to support the admin istration and will yield their judgment as far as possible rather than risk prolongng the war by re jecting so amending tine treaty to make 1t un- acceptable to the Spanish Government. In this statement there IS encouragement to the hope of early peace but the encouragement falls far short of being an assurance They will yield their judgment says correspondent, as far as pos sible but who can say how far that possibility goes? There many Senators of many minds In addl- ton to the ngoes there others. While the i'm peralists would annex everything in sight there IS Wellington, who is opposed to annexng even coal ing station and there is Hoar who must always make speech on side in order to emphasize his vote or the other
 Finally the war question and the annexation of the conquered colonies is going be mixed up with party politics, and the campaign IS at hand The peace palaver therefore, may be prolonged like debate on the tariff or the silver question Meantime, however, 1t is worth remembering there IS always a saving common sense in the Senate when public opinion be- gins to roar in rage at its long debates. That com mon sense may occur at this juncture. The pipe of peace apparently ready for and the Senators, as soon as they are assembled may get in and smoke it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
The Columbia.

'The Masked Ball,'t as presented by the Frawley company at the Columbia last night, is well calculated to promote good hearty laughter and should be a panacea for the blues. The subject is fruitful of comical situations, the trans latton from the French has preserved the clean cut wit and brightness of the orig inal lines and as the company is well equipped for such work and individually fitted their parts nicely the result was a very enjoyable performance.
 The ideas of the play were explained In these columns on Sunday. Miss May Buckley, as the loving young wife who desired to punish her husband for prac- ticing deceit in securing her hand, again displayed her ability to delightfully."- por- tray a part of this kind. Edward Bell, the jealous young husband; Eleanor Ca rey as the aged, jealous and quarrelsome wife; Sam Edwards in the character of the henpecked husband, and Alfred Flick man as the deceived and hopeless former suitor did due credit to their various talents. MT. Edwards, by reason of a serious attack of tonsilitis, labored un- der difficulties, but gave a good account of himself. By order of his physician he will take a temporary rest and his part will be assumed tonight by Mir. Burke
 The action dragged somewhat last even ing, as Is often the case on a first night, and the attendance was not what the merits of the production deserved. How ever "The Masked Ball' will doubtless have a successful week.
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THE EARNEST SAILOR OF ALL

I know a naval officer. the bravest fight ing man;
 says Puritan" .-sa And all day long he sails a ship between our land and Spain, And he aVenges, every hour, the martyrs of the Maine.
 His warship is six inches square, wash tub serves for ocean; But never yet, on any coast, was seen such dire commotion. With one skilled move his boat is sent from Cuba to midseai And just as quickly back II comes 10 set Havana free.
 He fights with Dewey; plants ms nag upon each islands shore, Then off with Simpsons fleet ne goes to shed the Spanish gore: He comes to guard New EnSlailu coas t' but ere his anchor falls He hurries off in frightful speed to sheli Manila's walls The Philippines so frequently have yielded to his power, tain, at this hour
 And when at last he falls asleep, 1t IS 10 wake again conquer Spain. ., 1.,.,.,
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NEWS OF FOREIGN NAMES.

There Is quite a rivalry between the Deyonport. Chatham and Portsmouth dockvards as to which one can turn out shins quickest and cheapest. Davenport is just now ahead, and the Admiralty has sent a complimentary letter to the ad- miral superintendent with reference to the Talbot a $500 ton sheathed cruiser hriT+ at that yard. Her estimated cost was S1 439 76O. but she was built for $l 5q5 while the Minerva, built at Chatham cost Sl 369 1855. and the Eclipse, at Ports mouth. cost St, ,3T7, ,725. They are identical ships.s and the time of building was two wears four months and tWenty-six days for the Talbot; two years, eleven months and twenty-seven days for the Eclipse, and three years, one month and twenty four days for the Minerva.
 The British Admiralty has awarded 80, Oo0 to the owners of the steamer Pectan, which came to the timely assistance of the battle-ship Victorious when aground near Port Said and succeeded in getting the warship off. The Admiralty desired the distribution of the money to go s25 ,OOO to the owners of the Pectan. $2500 to the captain and S2500 to the crew of the ship.
 The Japanese iron-clad Fu-Soo, which sunk last year off Nagasaki, was foated July 5 and lowed safely to anchorage. Captain Uriu, who was in command Of the ship when 1t sunk, was court mar tialed and sentenced to three months imprisonment, and it so happened that he was only liberated from prison on the day previous to the raising of the ship.
 Three warships were launched from the Armstrong yard at. Elswick, near New castle-on-the-Tyne: A Japanese cruiser on July 4, a Chilean training ship on the following day and another Japanese ar mored cruiser on July 6. It Is very un- usual occurrence, not, however, without precedent la this county, for the cruiser Baltimore gunboat Yorktown and a large merchant steamer called the Monmouth were launched on the same day-April 2S, 1888. at Cramps yard. and the battle ships Kearsarge and Kentucky were like wise launched at Newport News March 24, this year.
 The Ocean, battle-ship of 12 $50 tons was launched July at the Davenport dock yard, and on the same day the sAmph- trite a cruiser of II 900 tons, was launched at Barrow.
 The Japanese armored cruiser Tokiwa, launched at Elswick July $, Is 40S feet In length, 67 feet beam and dfsplaces 970O tons in mean draught of 24 feet inches. The speed under forced draught Is esti mated at 211s knots with 1S.000 horse power. The battery consists entirely of quick fires and includes four S-inch, fourteen 6-inch, twelve f2 .pounders and seven 21s pounders. The ship is also fitted with five torpedo tubes The nor mal coal supply Is 600 tons, but the bun- kers capacity is, 1900 tons, which latter will bring the ship down to draught
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
GRAND OPERA AND DRAMA
3NHE season. of grand opera at the
 TivoH opened Last evening; with the.

| TNHE season of grand opera at the F ! Tivoli opened Last evening with the production of sVerdfs masterpiece | Aida It was a success: The regulations of the artists sufffced to fill f the big opera house so that even stand ing room was at a premium. The stag ing was beautiful, the scenery being Tn the Egyptian style, the characters taken out of the misty past when the Pharaohs ruled the eountry by the Nile.
 Aida, daughter of Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Is a prisoner in the hands of the Egyptians and in Memphis is slave to Amneris; the daughter of the ruler of that people Between the Ethiopian Prin- cess and Radames, a young captain in the Kings guard, a tender attachment exists, which eventually causes the death of the lovers by being burned alive, their destruction being brought about through the jealousy of the Egyptian Princess, who also loves the captain.
 The latter character is taken by Rhys IhomaS,. whose fJne tenor, good figure and easy carriage made him a favorite from the start.
 The principal part, Aida, is taken by Frl. Marie Brandis, whose excellent so- prano voice has great range and shows applause and frequent recalls. Sig. Mau- rice de Vries, as AnonasFo, was not given Tn the part he took proper opportunity to show the range of his rich barytone. one of the most trying and difficult char acters was that assumed by Mary Lfnck, the jealous Egyptian Princess, but her ef- forts showed that her contralto voice ranks among the best in the country
 More than that. she is an actress of no mean order and to her is due much of the success Of Aida This is her first ap- pearance here.
 These vocalists are all recently from the East yet to one of the old Tivoii faVorites IS que word Of praise. William H. West, as the King of Egypt, did better work than In comic opera, which he has been singing for some time past with the Tivoli part in which he could do justice to him self; he demonstrated that his ability lies in the more legitimate lines of music For nrst night the opera ran with marked smoothness, which insures its continued | success,
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02

*T\ ISPATCHES. announcing the raging of forest Il fires were received on Sunday from Santa :AA- A-< Cruz, Red Bluff Salinas, Highland Springs Stockton and Los Angeles. It will be that al
 most every section of the State is this time suffer ing from these confagratons The time is therefore opportune for emphasizing the need of better forest pIotection. By the damage that is now being wrought in the otate the people can learn the importance of providing some legislation in that direction at the next session of the Legislature.
 The object lesson of the time is impressive only Eby the widely scattered of the State that are being ravaged, but by the amount of destruction caused at almost every point where the fires exist Thus it is reported from Santa Cruz that the fires have been burning in the woods of that county for over two weeks Hundreds of acres have been burned over. and in some buildings we'll trees have I&bcen destroyed. s From Red Bluff it is announced that several thou sand acres in Shasta County have been swept by the flames which extensive that the whole of that part of Sacramento Valley is clouded with smoke
 The Salinas reports stated that the fires in that sec
 ton have been extinguished but not until they had oyerrun wide stretch of country and inflicted heavy losses uron the ranehers. At Highland Springs the flames ragged such that the summer hotel at that point in danger. Stockton dispatches say tha chaparral fire terribly destructive swept across Cdl dlIcy al tIe
 dispatch sent the flames still spreading with a high wind blowing them forward
 ! The news from Los Angeles to the effect that the fires in that portion of the State surgng the mountains west of Mount Lowe and in the vicinity Of Willard Canyon Fortunately in that vicinity there was almost no wind, and was believed the flames ENould soon be checked. The damage to timber and grazing will however be great if the fires go no further +:
 < It is not worth while attempting to estimate the Eexaet amount of the damage that has been caused by these f1cs.: That the will far up into the thos 1ds goes without saying The loss California Fly them alone will exceed the entire sum that would required to defray the cost of forest protection for E a year. The object lesson is before us It remains for ts to profit by it. The time has come for prac
 ca study of this problem that adequate remedy
 may be devised for enactment by the Legislature next lWfnter
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
INQUIRY INTO :, pROUGHTS.

N1 R. "HAMMoN. of tie. .M.eathe1=: seqvvIce has made preliminary publication of " an inquiry into the cause 0f droughts:. that is of the highest importance. . It: is":.eyident that temperature affects = eyaporatiof, and .that moisture that is not eyaporated cannot be preeipi tated, This projects the .inq1iryy on the line of temperature The effect o the gulf stream upon the climate of the British isles has long been known That great current, heated under e eqfator so nod
 flies and mostens the climate of England as 10 give London, above latitude 5I an annual range Of tenn perature which makes it desirable resence atld aS fostered there the growth of te greatest city in the world. But the Hudson Bay:counfryS is in: the same latitude removed from the influence of tie gulf stream, and there the brief summer faawson1 the surface of the ground, which fenlains, at no great depth, perpetually frozen: Remove the gulf stream and the climate of the British isles would change to nearly that of Northern Afantoba Alf Ia1r1ilonss s studies of the Japan current will reduce to scientific certainty its effect upon precipation 6f moisture in California. That its teilperatre is capable of iffu- encing such precipitation seems so reasonable when it is suggested that wonders it was not inesti- gated earlier II that current by being defccted to the north before 1t reaches chilled to degree that checks evaporation when it comes to. us it be- comes certainty that Have found"the cause of the anhydrous condition of the air and*the low: winter temperature, which are associated i Dur years of drought. . :..<: ii :s :.
 Behind it all will be the :queston-.Wiat defects the current? Is its delectionfeguary reeurrent and governed by any apparent aw2 The fact of the de- fection, it seems, may be llnown long enduglp in ad to enable notice that short rainfall may be expected and the economic saving due to such nofce will be incaculable If it had been known last fall that both theeary and the latter rains woud fail tfe immense sums spent in seed and seeding the grain fields in the dry regions of the State where crops de pend solely rainfall, would have been saved ,So too such notice will enable such changes in le prun
 ing and cultivation of orchards and vineyards in the same regions as will prepare them for the lack. of moisture. 5. :...'-
 The discovery of MT. Hammon. if it be verified, is the most important discovery in cmatoogy that has been made since the existence direction and effect of barometcal pressure were made known.
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of twenty-five feet six inches. The armor belt is of Harveyized steel seven inches thick and every gun position is well pros tected by armor six to four. inches thick.
 An electric launch built on the Isle of Wight for the Russian Government. was tried last month. The boat is thifty-txo feet in length. eight feet beam and three feet eight inches deep, and is built with out frame, having a double skin of ma hogany planking. At seventy-two. volts pressure and a current of 120 amperes the motor made 1000 revolutions per minute, developing 11.4 horse power. and a. speed of seven knots. The boat is capable of going four hours at seven. knots and eight hours with a speed. of four and a half. knots, making its. radius twenty eight knots at full speed and thirty-six knots under one-half power. Three boats of this kind have been ordered and will be used on the inland lakes in northern Russia. =
 Admiral Dalrymple Hay has written a racy article on the subject of names of ships. He tells of how an officer. was twitted with the bad character of Go liath-the name of his ship-to. which the gallant captain replied, What :: Goliath not great hero? Did he not kill David ?''
 When steamers were first introduced in the British navy the. surveyor and the first lord of the Admiralty wrangled, over the selection of appropriate names, and the latter finally gave it. up in: <despair, saying; You may call: them the devil. If you like" The surveyor took him at his word. and named one the Beizebjb and the other Internal. When the time arrived for launching the Government had changed the Belzebub to Ffrebrand and the Infernal to Fair Rosamond. Both ships proved themselves very urri- lucky.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
PEOPLE WHO SHIRK:. :TaxES.

.+.: : =. i:.. @ - n MONO the differences het&een~ " Wells- Fargo <i people and James H. Barry is: that in reusing ; to pay taxes the forleT. have no eXcuset while the latei has one 50 bad asto be:worse than none
 Barry wants to. go to Congress: to succeed Mcguire He has long been the. speaking tube through which Maguire has projected renarks The: xanlier:is the personal organ of Populist Mcguire Therefore the assumption is fair that whatever the organ! has say about Barry has the Mcguire approval and by this benign indorsement b@cotles oficial:: Barry says through the organ that he will pay when: the city has paid what t owes ill. There aTe many claims against the city and Barry *oue of the small According to the organ the total o these claims IS over: $Ioooooo. s <. ." %:
 Now ii all of the holders of these claims were to assume Barrye5que *attitude, the e1nbarrasstlent would be considerable. Tlis particular claim is or printing. Ii it is just there wiu doubtless time be adjudication and:a seteine1it follow In the mean time Barry would withhod* from the schools, the streets parks almshoqses from every public utility and improvement the support of~ his few dollars of long overdue taxes This isnota course which would suggest itself to good citizen. 1t is course such would be repelled by any man fit :to go to Con gress. It IS the declaration Qfa deliberate labreaker with the nerve to suppose he will delegate to- the work of making more laws. But after:a eoHsfdera= ton of the Barry pretextis idle because it is So pal pable pretext Everybody knows. that his refusal to pay is based his pet theory that the taxes must all be paid by the =otherfelow He willing to be paid for services ofthe fuds collected by taxes, but to contribute to the funds never. It would be against his principles. < :..: :: ri;
 The plain duty of the. proper officials isto: make, Barry pay his taxes and: hus=o1erthroM his neton that in the community wholf he lives and on which he thrves he is privileged claracter::=e can think: of no good reason why Barry should be exempt from the duties of citizens who talk less never get cent from the public treasury, nor indulge in futile yearn. ings to bob around in gTessonalchar.. # ... ..
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
A. DEAL WITH ENGLAND.

To the Editor of The, San Francisco Call: May I make a suggestion regarding
 the disposal of the Philippines? 2 Cannot our. Government, make. a dicker. with Eng land whereby she shall give. to the United e9 States Bermuda in exchange. for the Phll-
 ippines.? We would thus be. gettlng piece of land that by good rIgnts5 ousitlS ousiIS to belong to this country. and give to 5 th z
 Philippines a better. mas ter tn an We cCetlla
 he. to them under the present elrSI C SIllf7 I1 stances. Yours, JACK .P1EE4SBl{f I =.
 San Francfsco. July. 30 .1S98. ... II
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AROUND THE
 CORRIDORS.

E. H. winship.of Napa is at the Grand:
 Dr. c. E, eed.-of PetaIuma- is at the Grand. =.
 Captain Russell of San Bias is at. the Occidental.
 " W. Eldrid, a merchant of Seattle, lis at the Russ,
 E.sJ. Rule. a mining man of Janiiestowlris, Is at the Grand. .. -.
 General A, M; B. Montgomery of Chico is at the Grand.
 F. A, Him, a capitalist of Santa. cruz; is at the Occidental 2 AN: Butts,a mining man of Angels. Is at the Occidental. s