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Accommodations ffrst-class Free bus
10 ana from hotel, w ] Ell DEE
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SACRAMENTO BANK
FARMERS And MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK
FOaTih and ] SIGaIs. Sacramento Cal.

LOANS MADE ON REAL ESTATE.
Interest paid semi-annualIy on Term and
Ordinary Deposits.
B. U. STEINMAN President
DWIGHT HOLSTER Vice President
d. u. WHlTBECk ................C Cashier
c. H. CUMMINGS .... ......... Secretary
JAMES Nj. STEVENSON ....... Surveyor
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Phyllis Rankin, who is seen in The
Belle of New York as Fif, the French
candy girl, is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mckee Rankin, who are both we'll
known to theater goers of the past two
decades
The record-union., 1898-05-01

Henry Jardine, for several years
identified with the profession in Bos-
ton New York and Chicago, has had
a play accepted by Miss Ellen Terry,
for production at the Lyceum Theater.
London. This is the second play by
Mr.. Jardine placed in England this
year
The record-union., 1898-05-01

THE Fortune Teller is the name of
the opera which Herbert and Smith
are writing for Alice Nelson. The
scene is laid in Hungary, and the plot
deals with the Hungarian war of in
dependence. Miss Nelson is to play
the part of the gypsy fortune teller.
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A railway car appointed with a lavish
disregard for luxurious precedents and
blaZOned circuswise, a horselesS car
riage, and a four-in-hand equipage, are
made much of by active press agencies
in behalf of actresses who would thus
be thought to need artificial aids
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03
POINT TO 1T WITH PRIDE

tinted faces file of Egyptian female
slaves, put up in glass case, at auc-
ton, and blushing because there was
no demand for them
The objects of this paper are simply
to give to the people of ST. Paul the
experience of other men in other COM
munities in dealing, unselfishly, with
questions of public Importance Shortly
after the organization of the board of
education of Kansas City in 1873, the
question of how to establish a public
library came under consideration.
There was a subsequent submission of
plans and much discussion which re-
suited in the institution of a course of
lectures. These We're promoted with
successful results so far as revenue was
concerned. A resolution was introduced.
and carried, providing that every
scholar of the schools who should sell
four tickets for the complete course
should be entitled to one course tick
ct and that every scholar selling four
tickets to any single lecture should be
entitled to a ticket FOR that lecture.
This was placing every American pupil
of the public schools on the basis of
independence and of merit as the direct
result of his or her labor. About the
same time a resolution was passed by
the board of education providing that
there should be established, in connec-
ton with the schools a library for the
use of the officers. teachers and schol-
airs of the public schools to be known
as the public library of Kansas City,
and that annual appropriation be made
of such sums as the board of educa-
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portant to be longer left out in the
cold. This principality-once known
as Stewards folly-with it's 100000
square miles of area, and a sea coast
two and 'one-half times that of the
rest Of the United States, has, since
1854, been mis-rued by a governor.
nine commissioners, a surveyor gener-
al, receiver of public money and the
officials Of one district court The laws
for their guidance. or misguidance,
have been those of the state Of Oregon.
Now all this is to be changed; meas
ures establishing a full territorial gov
eminent have been passed by each
house, and are now in conference,
where disagreements will no doubt be
recOnciled and the enactment into law
assured es
Mr.. Fletcher Is also a member Of a
third committee; that on expenditures
in the department of agriculture" but
as he did not seem. to be aware of the
fact when his attention was called to
1T, his views Of the work there would
probably possess more theoretical than
practical value.
With the above exception. Mr..
Fletcher Is assiduous, experienced and
provident as committee member. The
work is to his liking, being. unostenta-
tious and calling for business methods
Congressional 7labors greatly resemble
ale in pewter mug; the froth is on
top in the sight of all; the substance
lies concealed underneath
Busy With Local Bills.
Mr.. Fletcher is happy over the con-
dition Of his local measures. From
private claims to more general mat
tiers, he feels that he has done all that
any one can do. He obtained an an
preparation for the improvement Of the
Mississippi river last session, and after
much vigorous proddfnS the plans
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marble and bronze, and book binding
room, together with a stack room with
a capacity for 100000 volumes, and pri-
vate offices for the superintendent,
business agent and librarian The lat
ter is Mrs. Carrie w. Whitney, who
has occupied the position since 1881.
The principal feature associated with
the institution of the Kansas City
library, which is of interest to the peo-
pie of St Paul, is that it is an out
growth of public spirit, drifting, fortu-
nately, into the control of the board
of education, which is a non-partisan
body, consisting of three Democrats
and three Republicans, entirely remov
ed from the politics of the municipality.
1t has had the support of the Com
mercial club, which, in it's conduct, APP
pears to have been of extraordinary
advantage to Kansas City because of
its application to things material
rather than to things spirit
ual. When the people OF st. Paul get
ready, in their own wisdom, to locate
a public library and to adopt plans
for a building they might profitably go
to Kansas City and study the admir-
able institution in that place. AS a
gentle hint to some generously inclined
citizen, if such exists, it may be said
that the Kansas City public library
received a very beautiful donation, to
the amount of $4,000, for expenditure
in books from MI George Sheidley. Not
by way of Encouragement. but as mera
confirmation of the inevitable course of
nature. it may be added that MI
shsidley subsequently died. This, how
ever, ought not to deter any liberal
minded man from following his ex-
ample in the matter of giving" Mr..
Sheidiey made his gift and died after
wards. The two incidents bore no re-
lationShip to one another, and, while
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lonial, Royalistic and Pre-Adamite so
ciatieS of America
Correspondence The st. Paul Globe

lonial. Royalistic and Pre-Adamite So
cieties of America.
The commerce committee has been
much engaged this session with propo-
sitions for the construction and main
tenance Of Geographic communication
between the United States, the Ha-
waiian islands and Japan; and Incl
dentally. for the promotion of com
merce. Two corporations have asked
for rights, and, still more incidentally,
for subsidies-the one fixing it's figure
at $125, 900 per annum for twenty
years, and the other at $4,000 per an
mum for twenty years, at which rates
the government might possess the in
estimable, polyglot privilege of having
It's Oriental messages transmitted.
Mr.. Fletcher has opposed doing any
thing for either company. IF people
want to build cables" he says, "let
them pay for them"-an oracular die
tum containing a deal more of Jeffer-
sonian Democracy than he realizes. The
committee has submitted two reports
concerning this matter. The majority
report favors the payment of not more
and it is safe to add not less-than
100000 per year for twenty years to
the Pacific Cable Company of New
York, for such construction and trans
mission. The minority report, signed
by Mr.. Corliss and Mr.. Fletcher, re-
fuses to concur on 'The american
principle Of equal rights to adj, special
| privileges to none" It is not probable
that this measure will be passed. With
deficiency In view, members are far
more apt to think Of their own wire
| fences than Of Uncle Sans.
The commerce committee has juris-
diction over the question of the Nicara-
qua canal. 1t is understood that the
commission, supposed to have been
digging statistics on the Isthmus, is
hurrying home in the hope of getting
| half-loaf- course, no one would
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j. B. WEIDENBORNER
MA NRGER.


as there was in the old French assem-
ply' composed of men, intense, fanatic
superheated with rancors against the
abuses of the day. But there is moth
Ing of the Mahomet about Mr.. FIetcb-
er He will not go to the mountain.
1 nor VIII 1t come to him. He is more
l 1i an amable Nero who placidly fid-
dies because he is sure that the fire
wont amount to much. Such conserv
atlsm is not uncommon in congress.
AFTER Aeneas and Achates and the
brave Gyas and the brave CIoan
mus, then come the unknown
OF the rank ;, and file; men of
substance in their communities. men
sooered by years and estates, who are
always on the side of law and order
and who have an abiding faith in their
coGntry's institutions. Such men, and
OF such Mr.. Fletcher is a type. if not
great are practical and useful-good
traits in body where greatness is so
cheap commodity that few are SO
poor as to do it homage
C,oro
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03
STATE UNIVERSITY NOTES.

The library facilities are now excellent
and 1t Is expected that they will be en-
!arged and improved still further before the
beginning of next year.
The law school is lust closing its tenth
year. Besides the undergraduate work there
is class of about twenty working for the
degree Of LII. M, and another of about a
dozen working for the degree of D. c. L.
One Of the main features of this years
work in the law school is the organization
of a system of moot courts, including the
justice, district and supreme courts. These
are all conducted according to the rules of
practice Of those courts in the state of Min
nesota.
&C. D. O'Brien, of st. Paul, opens
course of lectures on criminal law next Fri
day. H. S. Abbott also opens a course on
Thursday Of this week on interstate COM
merce law. Dean Pattee has just begun
course in general Jurisprudence before the
students in the post graduate course.
Some new books have been received and
have filled want long felt in the depart
ment of history. They are: The Domesday
Book in four volumes; ''Domesday Studies"
in two volumes; Parliamentary Writs," in
four volumes, for the reigns of Edward II:
and III. 1.-The Glossary of Medieval Latin"
by Ducange.
DIR. Folwell has nearly concluded a course
of instruction in taxation and is speaking
upon american Practice" and State and
Local Taxation In This Country" The SEM
mar work which is being done is on munich
pal charters and careful study is being
/ The engineering department is one Of
the most interesting Of the departments of
the state university. Prof. Smith, in an
interview, said: I'VE are getting the me-
chanical laboratory in good shape, but it is
not quite completed yet. 1t is being equipped
for making tests of steam, hot air and
gas engines, water motors, turbines flow
of water through noZzes over wiers and ar
ranged for celebrating and testing other hy-
draulic apparatus"
AT the banquet of the Chi Psi fraternity
held in Chicago on the 26th there were six
representatives of the q. of NJ chapter.
They. were: Charles Shepley, John and
Charles Pillsbury, L. Wallace S. Andrews
and William johnson. The party let Friday
night for Chicago ard returned Tuesday
morning. At the banquet, speeches were
made by ex-Secretary OF Agriculture Morton,
Judge Austin, of Milwaukee, and Richard
Lyon of Chicago. Letters were read from
Thomas B. Reed, ex-Past Master General
Den NJ. Dickinson, and Eldridge T. Gerry, Of
New York.
Mr. McMasters, who has been secured az
trainer for the track team, is now at the
U, and as soon as the snow clears eff will
oversee the putting in of the new track
Prof Hoag is to do the surveying The
heavy fail of snow has put the base ball and
track teams back considerably, and all the
practice that has been had has been con-
fined to that which could be had in the
armory The football team is doing nothing
where as it might be at work in the armo,y
The base ball nine will be chosen lust before
the trips to Beloit and Wisconsin The mt
versity team is to play the Minneapolis team
before long and Prof. Hinton's base han en-
will then be on exhibition.
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THE GLOBE RevOi veS

Once in twenty -four hours. Each time
it turns around it will do you good ~
you have small Want Adv. In its
columns.
Reid by thousands.
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Spring sounds.

From the Chicago Record.
What is that horrid noise in the hall?"
Henry, suppose, falling over our bicy-
cles He forgot that he brought them down
out Of the attic this morning"
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the earthly worm feeds on his mortal
remairs the bookworm enjl VS. the feast
afforded by his philanthropy.
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A round-trip rate of one and one-tbird
fare will be made by the Western lines for
the meeting Of German Catholic societies. OF
Illinois, May % to ~
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BRANN IS DEAD.
Wounds Received by the Editor os
the IcOnOclast in the Pistol Duel

Fatal.
= WACO, Tex, April Wv. G. Brann
the fighting editor, died at $50 a. m.
today. His wife and children were be-
side him. 1t was a remarkable death
bed scene, and those who were present
say the picture was one hard to be for
gotten. Brann's death Is the result of
an encounter last night in which he
fatally wounded his antagonist, Capt.
M. T. Davis. The fight was the latest
Of long series Of similar tragic affairs
in which Bramn has been participant
or was more or less directly concerned.
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From Staff Correspondent of the Globe.
KANSAS CITY, March SIN a
previous letter from this place, at
tention was called to the successful
way in which the people of Kansas
City. Mo. have dealt with the question
of providing a market place for Vege-
table gardeners. Any thoughtful citi-
ger OF 81. Paul who, as a taxpayer
comprehends the importance of looking
t. tie business end of a community
must realize that the capital city Of
Minnesota is delinquent in good
many commercial points of view. Kan
sas City has had its periods of adver-
SHY as well IS St. Paul. and it is a
younger city; but these turns in fate
have. IS the record proves been man
fully borne by men possessed, not only
OF grit hJit of tact and of ability to
command every avenue of resourceful
contribution to the general welfare.
St Paul is the elder city of the two,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILD
ING IN KANSAS CITY

Regarded as Il Model for Other Cities
Who Have Needs Along the Same
MISREPRESENTATION of the Institu-
ton I'm the Missouri City-SOme-
thing of Its Start, Growth and
Present Condition.
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WARS OF RECENT YEARS
FIGURES FROM SOME CONFLICTS
OF TIE 10TH CENTURY

The American Navy Cost Over $780,
100000 During the War-In the
Same Time the Land Forces in
the Field Cost Nearly $4,000
OOO.OOO-The Crimean and
FrancO-PrGssian Wars
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WILL DIRECT M'KINLEY
 TO END CUBAN WAR

NEW YORK, April 10.-A Washing ton special to the Herald says: A con- ference of leading Republican and Democratic Senators was held tonight at the residence of Senator Allison to discuss the form of resolution to be adopted. Among the Senators present were Messrs. Aldrich. Spooner, Cor man, Gray and Jones of Arkansas. Af- ter the conference broke up one of the Senators told me that it had been de cided that the resolution should be substantially in these words:
 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress. That the President be and he is hereby empowered and di rected to take such action as will bring to an immediate termination hostiIjties in Cuba and to establish stable gov ernment by and for the people of that island, and that he is hereby empow- cred and directed to use the land and naval forces of the United States, if necessary. to bring about that result"
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REASON TO BELIEVE
 LEE WAS IN DANGER
Rumors in Havana of a Plot Against
 the Consul Generals

HAVANA, April 10 (via Key West.- Havana is guarded more closely than ever, the Arolas battalion being posted around the limits of Vidano, the swell suburbs of the city. Within the last two days number of Cubans have been arrested and are now confined in the Cabanas fortress, charged with serious offenses. Some say the prison- CTS have been engaged in plot to as- sassinate United States Consul General Lee, and others assert that they have been acting as spies for the United States Government. There is no doubt that the Spanish Government is alarmed more than it has ever been before, and is taking every precaution. There are reasons to believe that there was a plot to kill General Lee, and that 1t was allowed to come to a head by the Spanish detectives in order that they might get credit for defeating it.
 All sorts of rumors were in cir culation yesterday, and there was no trouble whatever in finding dozen men to swear to its truth. The real impression among newspaper men was that General Lees with draWal was Shrewd move intended to show Spain that the United States means business. In the palace tele- grams were shown saying the Queen Regent had agreed upon the interven- tion of Russia, that Spain would accept S25O, O,O00,O00 for Cuba, end the war and withdraw her flag
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11
PRESS ARRAIGNS THE
 MADRID MINISTRY
fingered Because the Government Is Willing to Grant an
 ArmiStice.

Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.
 MADRID, April 10-Public opinion is excited and divided, but the Govern ment is pursuing the wise policy of giving out no information. At the la test hour the feeling is confident that the first Spanish indignation will be swept away by wave of good sense of the responsible element, and that the next twenty-four hours will bring the country around to the sentiment that the Government has acted in the best interests of Spain. There is to-day pre- vailing spirit of despondency which is only natural. We wanted peace" say nine out of ten people, but not in that way" referring to the armis- tice.
 Coupled with this there Is a widely expressed sentiment that complications will follow should the insurgents refuse to accept the terms
 The astonishment has been immense in Madrid, and the same will be the sentiment of the country, to the de- mands of General Woodford and the solicitations of the Pope. The Ministry has replied ever so many times that never would truce be granted except on the request of the insurgents The Jingo Imparcial is furious. It says that against all it's strongly expressed opinions lately the Government grants a truce to the insurgents which they do not ask. Violent articles in several papers have caused their seizure.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11
SPANISH RABBLE
 AT MADRID PARADES

MADRID, Apr. 10.-A large crowd is still parading the Puerta del Sol crying Long live Spain." and Long live the army!" The civil Governor of Madrid is among them, promenading LID and down and begging them to dispersa peacefully.
 The crowd, relying upon the kind heartedness of the Governor whom the population of Madrid adore, refuses to disperse and is bent on visiting the military club to make demonstration of sympathy. The authorities prohibit the formation of groups in front of the military club and in the vicinity of the American legation. General Castelvi was offered at the military club a ban ner to head the demonstration, but he refused. alleging that the crowd was composed of the dregs of the city, Sev- eral of the ringleaders have been ar rested, the civil Governor threatening to call out the civic guards if the crowd does not diSperSe
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11
Officers of the Key West Fleet Eager to Attack
 the Spaniards.
They Think the Insults to General Lee, Coupled With the Maine Disaster, Cause
 for War.

manding the North Atlantic squadron, Commodore W. s. Schley, commanding the flying squadron, and Commodore George Dewey, commanding the Asiatic squadron, state that the ves- action. In accordance with instruc- tions given them by the strategic board, approved by Secretary Long, they have advised the commanding off cers of the ships attached to their re- spective fleets of the part they are ex- pected to play in prospective battles. and copies of plans are in possession of subordinates of the fleet e. mmanders for their study. Captain Sa -npson has under his command at Key West a fleet of twenty-two warships, besides the supply ship Fern and tugs which will act as picket boats. This fleet is to be re-enforced by the monitor Milan tonomah, which will sail this week from League Island; the gunboat Ban croft, repairing at Boston; the dispatch boat Dolphin, the dynamite cruiser Ve- suvius, and ram Katahdin. When the merchant steamers purchased last week by the Rodgers board are ready for service two will be assigned to Captain Sampson's fleet and two to the flying squadron.
 Commodore Schley's command is at present composed of five vessels, and should war be deferred for another week the San Francisco and New Or leans will be added to it, besides sev- eral steam colliers. In the event of war being declared this force will be joined at Porto Rico or some other con- venient point by the New York, h. diana and Iowa and the protected cruisers of Captain Sampson's com mand, and this combination will be one which Spain'S navy will meet only to invite destruction.
 When this is accomplished the Amer ican men-of-war under Captain Samp- son can proceed leisurely with the work of blockading Porto Rican and Cuban ports. leaving Commodore Schleys fleet to harass the Spanish coast. So far as the American squadron at Hong kong is concerned, it is the belief of off, cials that it will be able to destroy the small Spanish gunboats in Philippine waters and reduce the Notifications of the ports of the islands without trouble. The squadron now under Commodore Dewey's command consists of the Olympia, his flagship, the cruisers Bos- ton and Raleigh and gunboats Concord and Petrel. This force will be'increased within a day or so by the protected cruiser Baltimore, which left Honolulu for Hongkong On March 25. Spain's na- val forces in the Philippines consists of six antiquated cruisers The largest of these is the Castila, wooden vessel of 3400 tons. and the remaining five are be- tween~1 ~1030 and 1900 tons. Opposed to the American vessels in the Atlantic, Spain has the torpedo boat flotilla, consist ing of seven modern high-speed torpedo boats at Cape Verde. and it is to be re- enforced by the armored cruiser Infan- ta Teresa Maria and the Cristobal Co., lon, which, as the Herald stated this morning, are en route to St. Vincent. The reconstructed hattle-ship Vittorio
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11
To Cure d Gold in One Day

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