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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
ALASKAN COAST TRADE
MOVE MADE TO HOLD 1T FOR
AMERICAN VESSELS
Payne Bill Amending the Navigation
Laws Favorably Reported by the
House COmmittee-Hansb
Amendment to the Act Extending
Homestead Laws to Alaska.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE house
committee held a meeting today, go
ing over proposed changes in the naVi-
cation laws to remove troublesome
problems arising in Alaskan commerce
AS result, the committee later favor
ably reported to the house the Payne
bill providing for several amendments
to the navigation laws.
The bill is framed to meet new con-
d1tions created by the gold discoveries
on the Yukon river and its objects
and effects are explained in a compre-
hensive report made to the committee
by Secretary Gage.
1t strengthens and makes explicit the
laws declaring our general policy that
the coasting trade Gncluding the trade
between the rest Of the United States
and AlaSka) shall be reserved exclu-
sively to American vessels, and covers
more explicitly the situation.
The essential amendment, as pointed
out by Secretary Gage, is on the ques-
consigned to Alaskan ports from Sc
attic can be carried in American YES
sells to Victoria, a distance Of only
seventy-two miles, and be put on Brit
ish vessels to be carried to Dyea
about 900 miles. or to st. Michael's,
about 1000 miles.
The treasury department has ruled
that this is a violation Of the laws
reserving the coasting trade to Ameri-
can vessels. The policy of the United
States Secretary Gage says, is to con-
fine carrying by water for the whole
voyage" between American ports to
American vessels, and the new bill is
believed to explicitly affirm this pol
icy and remove all doubt.
HansbrOugh Bill.
Senator Hansbrough today offered
the following amendment to the house
bill pending before the committee on
public lands, extending the homestead
laws and providing for railroad rights
of way in Alaska:
That permission to enter goods under
bond or TO place them in bonded ware
houses at the port of Wrangel, and to
withdraw them for expectation to any place
in British Columbia shall not be granted
until by proclamation by the president of the
United States; that no exclusive privilege
or the Northwest territory goods or passen-
gers arriving from or destined for other
ports in Alaska has been or will be grant
ed to any person or corporation by tho gov
eminent of the Dominion Of Canada; and
further, that the privilege has been duly
accorded to responsible persons or corpora
tons; and further that the dominion gov
eminent has consented to and is allowing
the entry, free of duty, of all miners out
fits and supply Of provisions and clothing
the whole not exceeding in quantity $500
in mining in British Columbia or the North
tarri
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
OLD-LINERS HAVE LOST.
township Mutual Companies Cut
InSurnDce Profits.

insurance Commissioner Dearth has pre-
pared table showing the business done by
township and old-line fire insurance compa-
mes IN this state. There is a falling off I'm
the number of new policies issued by the
township mutuals. but this is charged to the
fact that each company covers a limited ter
rltOTy and they all have their respective
helds well covered, leaving little room for
new business. 1T is said that they have
praCtically driven the Old-line companies out
OF the farm fire insurance business. The re-
port on the mutuals shows
PoicleS in force Dec. 81 1896 81 938 Dur
ing 1897 there were issued II 64J policies Gov
eT lhg insurance amounting to So, COS 463 Dec.
81 1891 there were in force 30 975 DoIicies
covering insurance to the amount OF SIS S7S
W4' me losses incurred during 1897 amount
ed 10 $93, 1907. The total income for the
year was S14S, 041. 13, of which S54 238 OF came
from nrst payments on policies; $7S 2t3 Al from
assessments. and $15,562 from ali other
me total disbursements were $40 500. Go. of
wnlch SIOo5ll43 were paid for losses and
$40 4ll2 for other expenses
Inc assets on hand Jan. / 1893 we're sS4
5000 in cash and sl5,5S9 in property of yari-
Gus kinds. The cash on hand Dec RI 1908
amounted to $91 945.28
Inc old-line fire insurance companfes in the
state represent an aggregate capitalization
or S3O. 0zO ,035. and during 1897 they wro,e SKIS
to the amount of 1912. 100 100 on which the
premiums received amounted to 50 SO s2J the
losses paid to $1.152 $50, and the losses in
CURED to 81 129 SOB "
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
RICH NEW STRIKES REPORTED
Bench Claims Located on II Side Hill
Above EIdOradO in the
KIOndike.

TACOMA, Wash, Feb. lion Dec
Is last rich bench claims were discov
cred on a side hill above EldOrada IN
the Klondike country. The first three
claims were located by Dr. Savage.
Benjamin Oleson and Enoch Emmons,
of Tacoma.
A stampede followed and many claims
We're taken up.
News Of the late discovery is. con-
tanned in a letter received yesterday
from Oleson to his wife. 1t was dated
Dec. IS, three days after the first claims
were located
Not far away and 200 feet higher up,
on Eldorado creek, still another bench
has been staked out. 1t is stated that
one claim owner there has opened
rich pocket, not over ten feet square
from which he has taken $4,000. Other
stories of rich strikes in the same sec
ton are also reported in letters from
the north.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
MUST SPRINKLE CAREFULLY.
Board OF Public Works VIII Watch
Its Contractors This
Season,

The board Of public works yesterday
approved the specifications under
which contracts will be advertised for
sprinkling and laying wooden side
walks. The clerk was directed to adj
vertise for bids, and these will be
opened the latter part of this month.
The city for sprinkling purposes this
year will be divided into fourteen dis
tricts. Bids will be asked for sprinl-
ling streets paved with asphalt, for all
other streets except those paved with
asphalt and for sprinkling boulevards.
The asphalt streets are to be sprink-
led seven times each day, excepting
Sundays, and only spray sprinklers are
to be used. Each sprinkling cart is ex-
pected to care for one and one-quar-
ter miles of street, and the contractor
Is to be fined SIS for each time the
pavement is flooded or not properly
sprinkled.
The streets other than those paved
with asphalt are to be sprinkled four
times each week day and three times
on Sundays. One cart is to care
for two miles of street. Streets
which are boulevarded are to have the
boulevards sprinkled three times each
day.
The wooden sidewalk specifications
are about the same as last year. ex-
cept that the class Of lumber will not
be such as will prevent the contractor
from securing it. Last year the Spec1-
fications called for lumber which it was
hard to find, and the result was that
about eight miles of sidewalk was not
laid, owing to the contractor being
unable to secure a sufficient supply.
This year the several lumber dealers
were called before the board. and af-
ter a conference the following clause
was inserted in the specifications:
Lumber must be strictly of the grade
known as first common white pine Of
good sound character and free from
sap except on one edge only. The
measurement over adjacent surfaces
shall not exceed three and one-half
inches according to the plans furnish
ed with these specifications
Approximately about twenty-five
miles of wooden walks will be laid I'M
der the contract this year, which in
cludes the eight miles left over from
last year.
The city engineer submitted an esti-
mate for the grading, surfacing and
boulevarding Of Livingstone avenue
from Louisa to Winifred streets. Ac-
cording to the plans the roadway will
be thirty-two feet and the boulevards
eighteen and a half feet. The esti-
mated cost is $1,6S5. or 81 cents per
front foot to the property owners. The
figures will be presented to the alder
man Of the ward before further action
is taken. The plan also requires forty
four trees, at So each.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
NEEDS OF SUNDAY. SCHOOLS
Will Be Discussed Mt House Of Hope
Church Today


The second annual institute of the Sunday
schools of the uSt. Paul presbytery will be
held today at the House of Hope church
There will be three sessions. morning from
$50 to u, afternoon from until 4:3O o'clock,
and in the evening "a teachers rally from
7:45 until O'Clock. n. F. Sulzer and Rev
j. P. Fergusony-cf- Shakopee, will speak dur
ing the morning session on THE Country
SUNDAY sehool:g Rev. W. G. Laube and Rev;
H Work Among iQur E1oreign, Element" and
in Teaching" 'fThere3i will be roll call and
reports from the forty-on Sunday schools
represented in the presbytery. and a ques-
ton box conducted by Rev. j. H. Sammis,
OF Red Wing.
At 1890 luncheon will be served in the
church parlors by tlte House Of Hope ladies'.
In the afternoon the speakers will be Prof.
Thomas Shaw. Mrs. Gen. Johnson. Rev w.
C. Covert. Mrs. L. j. Lee, DR.. Charles E.
Lee. Andrew Rankin aud Or. NJ. D. Ed
wards.
At 4so there win be special private con-
ference of the superintendent and the1r as
Sistants
In the evening there will be an address by
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
Our New Carpenter Letters.

AS the result of an arrangement, con-
clUded several months ago with the
world famous newspaper correspond
ent. Mr.. Frank q. Carpenter. The
G. 10 b e will begin, in March. the pub
lication of a new series of letters from
him. covering the story of progress in
the entire continent of South America
An interview with Mr.. Carpenter,
which appears in another column, will
give more in detail the itinerary that
he has laid out, and the subjects that
he will treat for the instruction and
delight of our readers. This is one Of
the most ambitious projects ever I'M
dertaken in the newspaper field, and we
are confident that the results will JUS
tify the daring nature of the enterprise
and the magnitude of the outlay.
Mr. Carpenter, who is today without
a rival in the field of special newspaper
correspondence, is already on the 18th
mus of Panama. at the beginning of a
tour which will include $4,000 miles of
travel and will last more than a year.
He has mapped out a route that will
cover the South American continent
from end to end Beginning with Bo-
liva. he will pass down the west coast
of the Andean region to the Straits of
Magellan and the desolate islands of
the TERRA del Fuegans. Returning
along the eastern portion of the CONT
nent, he will investigate the condition
of the country that has been so often
compared with the United States. and
that is in some respects commercial
rival, Buenos Ayres; go up the great
rivers that flow from the Andes to the
Atlantic; explore the interior; examine
the resources of the mighty and Won
,derful empire of Brazil, and close his
Inquiries and adventures at the mouth
of the Orinoco and along the shores Of
the Caribbean sea.
The densest and most facile of men
could not make such a trip as this
without acquiring vast fund of enter
tainment and useful information. When
IT is done by such a man as Mr. Frank
G. Carpenter, a man whose senses and
Intelligence have been trained for years
In the quick perceptiveness and COM
plete assimilation that belong to news
paper work, its results must be fairly
equivalent to a lifetime Of individual
travel and study
Mr.. Carpenter will report upon every
aspect of life as he meets it under and
below the equator He will tell the
readers of The G 10 b e all about the
physical characteristics of this still
partially unknown land. He will enum
crate its different resources. He will
describe climatic conditions and topo-
graphical features. He will catalogue.
with the shrewd eye Of an experienced
man of business, the material resources
of nations, and locate the opportuni-
ties for business enterprise. These let
tiers will be a perfect guide for those
who may wish to journey to the south
EN- continent in the future, and they
will serve as a business directory for
those who are already beginning to I'M
derstand that it is the United States
to which the trade of South America
belongs. and that we must reach out
; and grasp it.
1t seems to US that this is an enter
prise far worthier in it's character as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
JOLLY JUNKET OF ELKs.
Big Time Promised at the Austin
Lodges Institution.

District Deputy John E. King and Silas
Foreman of Lodge No. SO. B. P. o. E., leave
for Austin this afternoon. where tomorrow a
new lodge of the order will be formally in
stituted.
The balance Of the St. Paul and Mime
apolis contingent Will leave for the place to-
morrow morning.
The st. Paul men-and quite a good repre-
sentation will leave here-will start in a spe-
cial train via the Milwaukee, pulling out Of
St Paul at 1925 a. m. and reaching Austin
about noon.
The exercises begin at p. m. 1t is ex-
pected that the guests, after attending prop
erly to the Austin horned brethren, will be
appropriately entertained and the special train
will leave after the ceremonies are over.
The sleeper will be on the side track near
the depot at Austin at o'clock tomorrow
evening, that the visitors may turn in
when they please. The train will start when
the exercises are over, and will arrive here
in time for business Thursday morning at
about 7:30 o'clock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
wENDRO'S CASE IS PATHETIC.
He Lay Out All Night With One Leg
Broken,

Frank Wendro, a boilermaker. living at
5S4 Pleasant avenue was found by Officer
Gustafsen, shortly before o'clock yesterday
morning. lying on the sidewalk on a semi
unconscious condition. at Colburn and West
Seventh streets.
When taken to the city hospital 1t was
found that the mans right leg was fractured
below the knee. When he shortly recovered
consciousness Wendro said he had been ly
ing where the policeman found him since
the previous night. when, he said he had
fallen from street car. He was unable to
clearly state the facts of the accident to
explain why he had not called for assist
ance before the officer came upon him.
The hospital authorities say If Wendro lay
out in the weather all night the exposure
his only injury is the fractured limb.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15

it will continue at a lively rate Tonight
John Haman, Mike O'Keefe. George RAYMOND
and J. G. Clark left for Alaska. They 20 to
ST Paul, and there expect to join another
IG Once in Alaska they will follow
Burns and two others left for the FIIondita
WITH complete outfits and eleven trained dogs
tomorrow another small party is expected to
starr, and during the next two weeks
before the end of the month not less than
nifty men. living in Duluth and vicinity. will
leave for the gold fields "'''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
Monument Not Paid For

action against Josephine Haggenmiller to re-
cover the sum of $780,. alleged to be due un-
der a contract for the purchase OF a GER
Granite company, of Cedar Rapids. 10. The
complaint alleges that the monument was
delivered and erected according to contract
but that the defendant has not paid for the
same. though payment has been demanded
The plaintiff company further alleges that
the Eastern Granite o2Inpany assigned all
its interest in the contract to the plaintiff
last October.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
Woman Editor for Dawson

FORMAN. n. D.. Feb. 14-Mrs. H. s. Har-
court. wife Of the former publisher OF the
Lisbon Gazette. sends word to North Dakota
country shortly with a complete newsDaneT
OUTFIT and will establish a paper at Dawson
CITY. The lady is practical printer and her
IrIenas IN this section are confident that she
success q
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
DIAMOND RINGS GONE.
Mrs. Bncon's Jewels Are Stolen From
n Passenger Coach.

n Passenger Coach.
When Mrs T. H. Bacon. occupying apart
ments at the Colonnade. returned from a
trip to Chicago yesterday morning the pleas
ure of her visit to the Windy City was Sc
riously affected by the sudden discovery.
soon after reaching her home. that she had
left four valuable rings in the washroom Of
q Great Western chair car.
In making her toilet while the train passed
South St Paul. Mrs Bacon removed the
rings and left them lying the marble
washstand. She did not miss the jewels un-
til she had left the train, when she notified
the railroad officials and a search OF the
coach was made, but no trace OF the rings
could be found.
The most costly ring was diamond soil
tadre. valued at 800. while another of the
Jewels was a somewhat smaller solitaire.
which cost s75. The other two rings were
less valuable. being a turquoise worth s25
and an opal set with pearls valued at SO.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
From the Manitowoc Pilot.

Miss Central is always lovely parsonage
In telephone lines When John Watt gets his
phone in shape the Pilot won't talk over his
OLD line II he employs any but girls. AS John
Chloupek said before worldly wisdom taught
him that language was intended to conceal
thought, "Girls is nice"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
From the Grand Forks Courier.

Miss Nellie I. Taylor and Paul D. Quiggs,
OF Fargo, were engaged, and Nellie was out
OF town for few days They exchanged the
following kilograms and thoughtlessly signed
them by their initials only:
Dear Nellie: Come home to me. PD.Q"
Dear Paul: Am coming, my love. N ]. T."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
REPRoACHED THE JURY.
Judge willis Expresses Surprise at
W. s. .JOhnson's AcquittaI.

After remaining out for nearly six hours.
the Jury that listened to the testimony in the
criminal court in the case of the state
against w. S. Johnson, returned verdict
of not guilty.
Johnson is the colored man who was
charged with stealing a bicycle.
After the verdict had been announced and
recorded Judge Wills expressed his sur
prise that the jury should have returned
verdict manifestly contrary to the evidence
and the law. 1t was the opinion Of the court
that the verdict should have been against
the defendant.
Johnson was then discharged. His defense
was an alibi.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
AT THE HOTELS.

CLARENDON HOTEL-George D. Near
thur, Blue Earth City; W. H. Bentley, Lime
Springs; E. E. Hagen, Dickinson; ]. C. Palmer
and wife, Chicago; A. C. Hagemier Batavia !;
ana. Sarttre, Rochester; Anton Larson,
H1llsboro; P. C. Jacobs, Stevens Point; A. D.
Galusha, DEBORAH; II. A. Peterson Duluth;
J; H. Barnes, Eau Claire; H. B. Musins, Eau
Claire; J.: B. Dye, Waseca; P. C. Bailey, Wa
SEGA; William G. Lu Due. Hastings; William
O'Neil, Grandin; H. B. Briggs, Winnipeg; c.
A. Hagaman, Rush CITY
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, 1881; mean temperature. &c;
relative humidity, rs; wind at s p. m, north
east: weather cloudy; maximum temperature,
81 minimum temperature "a; daily range, 3;
amount of precipitation Gain and melted
snow in last twenty-four hours, .16.
I NOte-Barometer corrected for temperature
md elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
From the Waseca Radical.

fair warning. man died in st. Paul last
week while carrying an armful of wood.
Died with the wood still in his arms-caught
as 1t were, square in the deadly act This
should be fair warning to all men, to let
the women carry the wood.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
Court Cnses To-day

JuIy@Judges Lewis and Brill. IS. 8, 10. 2S.
60. 20. 80. "a. So 104 1O9
Cour-Judges Otis and Bum. 8 IA
Chambers-Judge Kelly.
Criminal Court-Judge Willis: State OF
Minnesota vs. Charles Dilley
Andrew Winter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
BUSY BOARD of BARRIERS.
1t Is Engaged In the Trial of
KrOhn's Helpers.

The state BARRIERS board held a short meet
ing at the capitol yesterday afternoon. tax
ing up the trial CT j. NJ. Kelly and Charles
Mckinney. employees OF Krohn, the West
Seventh street barber. who was charged with
maintaining an unsanitary shop.
Today the beard viii conduct an examina-
ton of applicants for licenses. of whom
about forty will be on hand.
Gov Clough yesterday appointed P. j.
Sauer, of Minneapolis. member CT the
beard Mr.. Purington, of the same city. re-
GETTY appointed, being unable to serve.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
DEPUTY COLLECTORS NAMED.
Collector of Customs Peterson An
nOunces His Appointments.

nOunces His Appointments.
Collector of Customs John Peterson an
nounced the following appointments yester-
day:
Otto w Lyman. of St. Paul. special depu-
ty at the port of St Paul. to take the place
John R Helno. of New York Mills. deputy
collector, clerk and treasurer at ~ the port y,
of st. Paul, to take the place OF Thomas f.
Masterson. transferred to Minneapolis
Homer D. G!bbon Of ottaw aort deputy PF Ra G0l
River, in place of Daniel Hyland.
Richard Bowman, of Cook G9unty' de. deputy ~
Clayton R. Cooley. of Minneapolis, deputy
collector at the SUPPORT Of Minneapolis. In
place OF ]. W. Henion.
James A. Noyes, of Warren. deputy coIiec-
tor and inspector at the SUPPORT OF ST. Vim
cent. in place of NJ. ]. Moran. ,.--.,
Charles A. Moody OF Warroad, deputy col
lector and clerk at SUPPORT of Roseau, in
place of G. j. Carpenter. -,
John A. Halter. of Monticello, deputy col
Iector and clerk at SUPPORT Of koochichlnG
in place Of p. D. C'Phelan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
Northwest RUMOR.
From the Fargo Argus.


Women cry at 4 wedding-the married ones
because they know how it is-the young
single ones because they don't-and the old
maids for fear they will never find out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
WEATHER EOR TODAY.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-Forecast for
Tuesday:
winds.
Wiscons:n-Generally cloudy weather; snow
in the morning; colder; brisk northwesterly
winds.
North and South Dakota-Light local
SHOWS colder; northerly winds.
Montana-Light snow or rain; colder, north
to east winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau Washington, Feb. II, 6:48
p. m. Local Time, s p. m. 18th Meridian
Time-Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
Big KIondike Pnrtr

NEW, YORK. Feb. IA party of slxty-fve
men. the majority of whom are mecbsnics
incorporated into the Alaska Klondike CO.
operative Mining expedition, leave this city
tom IomorF RI B,i for the klondike going by the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15

If Weyler's advice had been asked he
would have told De LONE to use a
typewriter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
Al9Skn HnsrifnIs

SEATTLE. Wash, Feb. IA new plan fs
hospitals at all the chief points in Alaska
and the chief promoter of the enterprise DR..
H. F. Booth. is now in Seattle on his way
northWard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15

on the part Of the United States. Had
it been the work Of American sympa-
thizers with Cuba, it would have been
open to very severe criticism. Accom-
plished by Cuban agencies, it becomes
a part of the work of war. War it is,
whether other nations recognize it Or
not, that exists between Cuba and
Spain, and such agencies as the in
Perception Of dispatches, public or pri-
vate. have always been admittedly
proper between belligerents. The Gu
ban enissaries have simply proved
themselves too bright-witted and too
active for their Spanish adversaries,
and have scored heavier victory in
diplomacy than they have won in the
field. If Spain RACES against the pur-
Joining of a letter, which no careful
minister would have written Or intrust-
ed to the post under any circumstan-
ces, her anger cannot be directed to-
ward the United States, which had no
completely in the affair. Cuba has
beaten Spain in this field, as in others.
Our skirts are clear.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15

1t need not be taken for granted that
the King Of Norway and Sweden is ap-
pointing white metallists to his best
offices. because he has appointed Steen
to one.