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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
TO CHECK BLOCKADE RUNNERS.

Lines to Be Tightly Drawn on the
Southern Cuban Coast.
Copyright by the Associated Press.
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June %.
via Kingston, Jamaica, June 23.-With
the complete investment of Santiago
de Cuba by land and by sea, but a few
days off, the admiral has decided to
strengthen the block de Of the large
ports on the southern coast westward
Of Santiago. ~
For three weeks the south coast, west
Of Santiago to Cape San Antonio, has
been practically unprotected. The
blockade has been simply on paper, in
name only, with the result that it is
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the present battle gives such promise
Of success for a dark horse.
1t seems probable that Collins actual
strength in the convention will be
larger than this. Some counties in the
Sixth district are reported by The
6 b e correspondents to have desert
ed him, but 1t is not improba Bile that
they might be rallied about his stand
ard II the time should come when it
might seem possible to break the op-
posing phalanx
Friends of Gov. Clough intimate that
he will have battalion of his own in
the convention. They point to four or
i've counties with about 100 delegates
as reliable for any reasonable requests
the present governor may ask Of them.
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command Of Gen: Duf1eld. Col. Boyn-
ton, of the Thirty-third regiment, Is
second in command.
The men arrived from Washington
by steamer early this morning. On ar
irving at Old Point the troops landed
and marched into Fort Monroe, where
they had breakfast. After dinner, at /
o'clock. they again boarded the steam
er, which took them alongside the Yale,
to which they were soon transferred
large crowd assembled to see the
troops embark, Qd when the Yale
weighed anchor and heA1ed for the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
KNOCKING AT THE GATES.

Insurgents Are just Outside the
Walls of Manila.
LONDON, June 23.-The Manila rail-
way company, having offices in this
city, has received cable message
saying though the Philippine insur-
gents have captured all but the inner
city of Manila, they are respecting
property and are all refraining from
looting.
A London agent of the insurgents
claims to have information that Gen.
Aguinaldo has made a compact with
Rear Admiral Dewey not to attack
the walled city until the American
troops arrive, when the Americans and
insurgents will cooperate.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
CREDIT MEN
Practically Complete the Work of
Their Meeting.

Practically Complete the Work of
Their Meeting.
DETROIT. Mich, June PA leading fea-
ture of the business before the National As
sociation Of Credit Men today was the re-
port OF special committee urging i'm
provsclent of OF mercantile agency service
along lines which were indicated in an ad-
dress to said agencies proposed by the COM
mittee.
There was a short colloquy over the rep
resentatives of the mercantile agency present
to be heard. The committee had invited the
executive officers of the Dun and Bradstreet
agencies to address the convention but none
of said officers were present. 1t was finally
decided to allow the representatives present
to be heard.
After the latter had spoken upon the func-
tions Of their commercial agencies and their
relations with credit men generally, ceso,u-
tions were unanimously adopted as recon-
mended by the committee, requesting i'm
proved service along certain lines specified
by the committee and also declaring the
credit men should be more exact and prompt
in the information they furnish the agencies
The session closed with the denomination of
j. G. Cannon, Of New York for president,
and w. H. Taylor, of Kansas City, for vice
president.
The afternoon and evening were spent in
an excursion to st. Clair fats.
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ToDAY's BULLETIN.

Page
1-Spaniards Whipped at Santiago.
Miles to Go to Cuba.
State Political Situation.
minnesota Men at the Front
3-Ramsey County Convention.
Hennepin County Republicans.
State Republicans Name Delegates.
EEeitorial.
Red Cross Women Annoyed.
Hawaiian Issue Serious.
tSporting News.
Saints Win at Omaha.
Cornell Wins College Race.
Amateur Athletic Meet.
e-Markets of the World.
Bar Silver. 5SBc.
Cash Wheat, S21se.
Minneapolis Matters.
News of the Northwest.
News of the Railroads.
Women at Denver.
1Oficers Walt on Clough.
Engineers to the Front.
What the Courts Decide
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
WILL COMPROMISE.
Western Roads Will Pay Part of the
War Tax.

CHICAGO, June 23-The Western
railroad lines are inclined to comprom-
ise on the question as to whether the
war revenue tax on bills of lading
shall be paid by the roads or by the
shippers. After receiving the opinions
of their attorneys, the executive Off
GERS have recommended that the roads
should pay for the stamp upon original
bills of lading, but that for all duplicate
and triplicata invoices the stamps
should be charged to the shipper.
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known that quite number of ships
have run the blockade and that an I'M
mense quantity of provisions has
been smuggled into Havana
The admiral has now decided that
blockade running must cease, and yes
terday he dispatched four fast ships to
patrol the coast from Cape Cruz to the
Isle Of Pines.
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WHERE Is CARTER?

Metal POlfshers' Secretary Mysteri-
Ously missing.
DETRORIT, June 23.-Samuel G. Carter
secretary-treasurer of the Metal Polishers and
Buffers1nternational union. is missing from
his home and his Office is closed. Last Fri
day he left for Dayton, o., to attend the con-
vention of the general organzation, which
opened on Tuesday. Wednesday Carter re-
ceved dispatch summoning him to Detroit
on account of the Illness Of his wife. The
report Of the auditing committee was or
dered delayed until his return. He did moi
return to Dayton. and no word was received
of ttm here or at Dayton.
.'The report of the auditing committee
will show Garter s2,5oo short in his ac-
sworn out warrant for his arrest"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
CAMARA HEADED FOR MANILA.

LONDON, June 24.-The Madrid correspondent of
the Daily Mail says: ''Senor Sagasta Informed the
Chamber OF deputies today cThursday) that Admiral
Camara's squadron the way the Philippines"
PALERMO, June 23-The Giornae di Stella pub
fishes dispatch from the Island of Panthelara south
west coast of Sicily, announcing that Admiral Camaras
squadron consisting of warships including three
torpedo boats and conveying five Transports passed
there on Tuesday. Juue 2 going in tn. direction of
Suez.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
Spain Again Talks of Peace

LONDON, June 24.-The Madrid correspondent of
the Morning Post says
"The government it is reported, has authorized
its agents throughout. the country to ascertain the
temper of the people to the desirabty of term-
mating the Senor Sagasta will ammo unce the re-
suit after the cortes is prorogued.'
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QUICK WORK.

Cruiser Yale on the Way With Re-
Inducements for Skafter.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, June 23-
The auxiliary cruiser Yale, with the
Thirty third Michigan and one battal-
ion of the Thirty-fourth Michigan reg
iment on board, sailed from Old Point
Comfort at 6 o'clock for Santiago. The
troops to the number of 1000 are In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
BY YOUR i.EAvE.

Germany Acts AdyisedIy In Landing
Marines.
LONDON, June 24.-The Washington
correspondent of the. Daily Chronicle
says:
DR.. Won Holleben, the German am
bassssdor to the United States, has ar
ranged for the landing of German ma
rines at Manila to protect the German
consulate, if necessary, with American
permission
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2AN|ARDS DRIVEN BACK .
JUNTA RECEIVES ITS FIRST
OFFICIAL CABLEGRAM {
cERVERA CABLES MADRID The
SITUATION IS CRITICAL
CLAIMS A VICTORY WHILE ADJ
MITTING DEFEAT

War Department Officials Are s,t.j
tsfied to Accept the Adytcea From
Madrid as Indication of the suc.
cess of the American Army
ESpanfsh Fleet In Santiago Mem
ace to the United States Troops
Enemy's Ships In a Position to
Shell Approaches to the City of
Santiago.
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ALASKAN RAILROAD.

First Mile of Track Has Been Com
p1eted.
SKAGUAY, Alaska, June IS, via Seat
tie, Wash, June 23.-The first mile OF
track of railroad was laid yesterday
Grading is finished for distance OF
five miles beyond the city limits.
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SPANISH TRICKERY.

How the People Are Duped by False
Reports.
MADRID, June 23.-In the chamber Of
deputies today Capt. Aunon, minister of
marine, read the following official dis
patch from Havana:
1.-THE Spanish auxiliary cruiser Maria
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
Bombardment Confirmed

MADRID, June "a later official dispatch
from Havana, signed by Admiral Manterola,
confirms the early announcements and says:
"The Americans bombarded the battery at
El MORO and the other batteries defending
Santiago bay from o'clock until II In the
morninS-
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FIGHTING IS EXPECTED.

War Department Officials Pleased
With Reports From Santiago.
WASHINGTON, June 23.-Secretary
Alger and Gen. Miles were IN confer
ence in the secretary's office at O'Clock
this afternoon when the first Madrid
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OFF FOR MANILA.

Monitor MonadnOck Sailed From
San Francisc0 Yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO, June %. - The
coast defense monitor Monadnock SAIL
ed for Manila via Honolulu this after
noon. The collier Nero, which will ac-
company the Monadnock, went out
first The warship followed in few
minutes. Men on the Monadnock think
the ship will make the trip to Manila
In about twenty-three days.
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WERE LANDED UNDER FIRE
SPANIARDs FOUGHT SKATERS
SOLDIERS FIERCELY
WARSHIPS COMPELLED TO SHE'LL
A DARING SPANISH SQUAD
CAME WITHIN SIGHT OF THE UNIT
ED STATES SOLDIERS

Villages Not Destroyed by the Fire
of the American Fleet Burned
by the Fleeing Enemy-ThriII-
Ing scenes While the Troops
Were ScrambIing Up the Sides of
the Big Pier at Baiquira-StrOng
Guards Thrown Out After the
Landing Was Effected.
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HALF A MILLION LOSS.

Big Fire In Louisville Wholesale To-
bacco District.
, LOUISVILLE, KY, June 23-At 9:3O
tonight the entire strength Of the
Louisville fire department was sum-
mCned to combat a fire in the whole
sale tobacco district, which for a time
threatened to do enormous damage
After a gallant struggle, the fire
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
HE DENIES 1T.

Mr.. Chamberlain Says He VIII Not
Resign.
LONDON, June 2s.-The secretary od
state for the colonies, Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain. emphatically denies the
runors that he contemplates retirement
from the cabinet.
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capes. mighty cheer went up from the
soldiers and civilians on the govern
ment pier.
The auxiliary cruiser Harvard will
leave Old Point Comfort for Santiago
Monday or Tuesday with another ex-
pedition.
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Continued on Seventh Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-24
LABOR RIOT AT OSHKOSH
ONE MAN FATALLY HURT AND
MANY INJURED

Police and Sheriff Unable to Control
the Mob, and the Militia Is Called
Out - One Thousand Strikers
Take FOrcible Possession of Nc
Millen's Mill - Many Women in
the Crowd.
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MINNEAptB

NOT TO BI TAKEN I
from THIS ROORS
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-12

s5 After a few months he moved to 211S Geary street. The company con- tinued to suppl him with gas and no fault was found with the payment of the bills when they were presented. About four months ago he moved to POI Buena Vista avenue. When he moved he notified the gas company and asked for his bill. It amounted to $5 95. The collector was rendered the certifl- cate of deposit for s5 and 95 cents in cash The collector refused to accept it. When Long moved into the new house the owner of the property noti- fed the gas company that ne would be security for the gas bills his tenant would incur and the gas was turned on at the house on Buena Vista avenue. For three months gas was served the house and each month the bills were paid promptly. Every time, however, the collector called he presented the bill for $5 95 that was incurred in the Geary-street residence and each time the certificate of deposit and 95 cents were rendered in payment for 1t and each time 1t was refused. MT. Long finally got tired of having the bill pre- sented and he called at the office to de- mand an explanation. Again he of fered the certificate calling for s5, but the officials of the company very curtly refused to honor it.
 day or two later the gas was turned off from the house. MT. Long was obliged to purchase lamps and oil and for the past month he has been obliged to go without gas Tn his resi- dence. Three times since he has sent notes to the gas company to call and accept payment for the bill. Once a collector responded to the note, but he would not honor the certificate and the bill is yet unpaid. but the money has been offered to them half dozen times. The Long residence is without gas and there is every possibility that dam age suit for close on to $200 will be brought against the company within few days.
 According to the law provided to pro- tect gas consumers from the clutches of such corporations Long Is entitled to $50 for the first ten days that tn com pany refuses to. connect his residence with the gas mains and & for each sue ceeding day that the service is with held
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AN OPINION DOES
 NOT DISQUALIFI
An Important Ruling of Judge Carroll Cook in the Hoff
 Case.
Two Jurors. Selected to Try the Ac cused Carpet Layer for Mrs.
 Clute'S Murder.

''If every citizen who has formed an read of it in the newspapers is to be thereby disqualified from sitting as q juror at trial, we shall in many cases never succeed in getting a jury at all In my opinion, the mere pos session of an opinion based upon news paper articles is no disqualification of citizen to act as juror. I shall SC hold. The challenge is denied"
 These words, uttered by Judge Car roll Cook yesterday morning in making a ruling in the case of talesman in the Hoff case, show that his Honor is at radical variance with the estab- lished custom followed by criminal Judges generally in this State. Tales men confessing to an opinion upon the guilt or innocence of a defendant have heretofore found that challenge in- terposed by counsel had the effect ot preventing their acting as jurors.
 A. s. Tubbs, the well-known Front street merchant, was the man who held the opinion in this instance. He was of a fixed opinion and said it would take evidence to change that opinion Accordingly he was challenged by At torney Schooler under section 1076 of the Penal Code. Judge Cook then put the following questions to MT. Tubbs
 "Is your opinion based upon public rumor?"
 Tt is not"
 'Is 1t on common notoriety?"
 "It is not"
 "On statements made to you by wit nesses in the case"
 No"
 Upon statements made to you by persons claiming to be acquainted with the facts?"
 No"
 Then on what Is it based?"
 Upon statements made in the public journals"
 Upon those alone?"
 Upon those alone"
 Notwithstanding this opinion that you hold. can you and will you, If chosen as juror In this case, act inn partially and fairly and try this case according to the evidence and instruc- tionS of the court %
 T can and will, said Mir Tubbs.
 Challenge denied" said the court.
 An exception was taken to the rul- ing of the court, but Tubbs kept his of him Attorney Schooler had recourse later on to one of his peremptory chal- lenges, few of which remain Judge Cook has further distinguished himself in this case by peremptorily shortening the examination of talesmen
 There were eight accepted jurymen in the box when court was called yes- terday morning, but there were ten at the end of the session. C. B. Perkins of 1883 Market street and Edward Oli- yer of 2098 Market street were accepted. An adjournment was taken to next Monday morning. District Attorney Barnes was busy elsewhere yesterday and in his absence his associates, Messrs. Hosmer and Titus, represented the people.
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FAINT OF FRAUD
 ABOUT THE DEPOT
 AND ITS MAKERS Changes by Which the Contractors Seem to Have Robbed the The Floor for Which the State Has Paid and the Floor Which the State Received Cited
 Instance

Through this was to run a series of steel ties binding it firmly. That it would have been strong is patent.
 The floor as 1t is to-day only sug- gests the original because of the mosaic surface. It rests on very different basis Instead of the tiling there is a filling of broken stone and cement. TO sustain this is a layer of expanded iron" It is light and unsubStant1ai, and yet from 1t the floor must derive its tensile strength. Expanded iron is a sheet of the metal slit in parallel lines, the slits overlapping. Subjected to lateral strain these slits are distend- ed, so as to present the appearance of a set of diamond-shaped orif1ceS. TO the uninitiated the metal looks as f1imsy as the iron lath now In common use But the serious doubt Is as to its durability under such conditions as will obtain at the depot It will be damp from the frequent hosing of the floor. It will De suddenly dried in places by the steam pipes. Not even fortified by coat or naint against corrosion, 1t will be cer- tain to rust With a few months or years of rust it's virtue will depart. The abolition of the arches altered the depth of the floor, so that the steel ties nad to be omitted. Had they been put ln they would have been exposed to view.
 There is another phase of this part of the subject. According to contracts the State furnished the cement de- nanded by the plans. With the hol- low tiling there would have been need of much less cement in this floor than is there. The cement is combined with broken stone. The contractor, betng obliged to furnish the stone, naturally found it to his interest to use large share of cement.
 ,-;, hyia hnras floor is not the one for which the State agreed to pay. It is computed by per sons competent to know to have cost the makers S39597 less than the floor
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as designed would have cost. Now, if the State not only pays just as if 1t were getting the original floor, and throws in a lot of cement, Is not the State being cheated? This is a ques- tion which naturally comes to mind. It may also be mentioned as not de- void of interest that the pillars under meath the girders of this floor were, in the accepted specifications. sheathed i'll fireproof tiling. Now they are pro- tected from flames by coat of paint. If any deduction has been made from the price named in the contract, or course the Commissioners will be happy to tell the Grand Jury or anybody else all about it.
 Passing on to the next scene" as the shoUma't announces, there Is a still more remarkable display, although the figures may not reach to so startling a total Certainly the spectacle of a set of State officials practically bribing a contractor to cheat the State, paying him roundly for doing cheap work while his contracts had specified good work, accepting poor material and then gloating over the bargain is a rare spectacle This incident carries the in veStigator back to a meeting of the Harbor Commission September 19, 1896. There were present Messrs Colnon, Cole and Chadbourne. There was read on that occasion, as the minutes set forth, letter from c. F. Mccarthy, contractor for masonry on the ferry building, proposing the following changes, which he offered to make for $2416: To change the exterior finish of the end walls by substituting com mon brick in place of the Roman brick and terra cotta called for, the granite base to be omitted.
 To substitute Tennessee marble for all interior finish where the contract specified enameled brick or enameled terra cotta, with the exception of one room, to be finished in plain brick And all for an extra trif1e of $2416I Such Eberality merits at least passing no- tice. By leaving out the white enam- eled terra cotta in the grand nave there was saved s13,S96. Saved to whom? Not the State. MT. Mccarthy was able to save more than this. To put in the enameled brick the State paid him extra. for not putting in would have cost him 15 cents a foot more than 1t did to put in the marble, a total of s227O.
 Taking look at the ends of the build ing 1t will be noted that Mccarthy lived up to the revised contract Il called for common brick and he put 1t there; the brick of which little factory chimneys are made. This portion of the great structure looks as cheap and poor as the rear elevation of livery barn. Yet 1t has been designed to be a thing of beauty. Had the original plan been followed, and it was followed until after the letting of contracts, there would have been In these now unsight- ly end walls 31,634 pressed, square Ro- man brick. and 3581 molded brick The first cost s45 per thousand the second $75 per thousand. Their places were taken by brick costing about $6 or per- haps $14 laid in the wall For thus adding to the profits of his contract Mccarthy got $2416. Here's an actual blaze of generosity.
 A few queries might be projected in- to the situation. Why was this done? Why was work cheapened when the
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-12

Tn the communication the gas com nany calls the deposit voluntary ad- vance payment" Frank McGoWan, the attorney for Henry James, looks upon the statement as a frank acknoWleog- ment that the company had ana kne" it had no right to demand the volun- tary advance payment rom US pat rons. He looks upon the action of the defendant in the suit as VlctoTy for his client and says 1t looks very much as though any person Who mas made any such payment to the gas company can demand the return Of the money at any time, and he need not De afraid of a refusal MT. James, now ever. is not yet through with his suit. His attorneys say it is practically won, hut there Is now a matter of few dol lars costs that have been incurred in the suit that has yet to be collected and as the suit was commenced as a fight to a finish the gas company will in all probability be asked to pay that also.
 Legal opinions agree that the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company has no right to demand or receive de- posits from it's customers for supply ing gas to their residences or places of business. It is claimed by more than one attorney that the great amount of money that has been taken
  offices is being withheld illegally from it's patrons. It is also apparent that the officers of the gas company are we'll aware that it has no right to de- mand or even ask that deposits be given by consumers before gas service is given them. This is shown by the company's treatment of many of it's consumers who applied in the regular way for gas service, but who demanded their rights under the law and refused to comply with the usual demand for a deposit Most of the people who are acquainted with the law and the gas company generally make their applica- ton In writing and take a witness with them when they present it at the of- flee. It has been the general expert ence of those persons to have the de- sired connections with the street mains made within a few hours after the ap- plication Is made and the collectors make 1t point to read their meters correctly and be civil when the bills