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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21

Weekly-Sir: I am very glad my subscrip-
ton to your paper is so soon to expire. Your
misstatements and lying SANDERS about pen
sion matters is such an outrageous lot of
lies is reason why every fair-minded man,
whether Democrat or Republican, should de-
test your Infamous attack on the old sol
diers. AS for H. ". Boynton that cursed
liar who you have refured to in your article
on pensions you know well as he does he
lies about the vast amount of pension frauds.
The Cleveland administration had chance
to show up these frauds, and you know you
vile cursed liar that it was utter failer.
Why do you put forward such lies you de-
testable scam. You should know as you
probably do 1t is only the worst kind of
abuse to the brave defenders of this nation.
l detest and abhor your lying paper and
-Thaddeus Wheelock.
AS this seemed to mean a very bad PEN
sion case, the record of this brave defender
of the nation" was looked up, and here 1t is:
He served sixty days in the New York
1861, guarding the railroad near Annapolis
Junction, Md. Claimed to have been In hos
pital twenty days. though there is no record
OF 1t, and the surgeon. when found, had
neither record nor remembrance of the case
or the man. Claimed to have contracted a
bad cold and catarrh, which permanently
disabled him and led to deafness. Applied
for pension in 1885, and since has had four
attorneys, who, together, have called at the
pension Office seventeen times for a state
ment Of his case. Not having been mustered
into the United States service. and not hav-
ing served ninety days, there is no law under
which a pension could be granted. even if
the proof he furnished had been straight
which it was not.
The number of the claim is, "Original. $685.
$780," Further comment would be superfu
ous
We apprehend that Mr.. Thaddeus
Wheeloek regrets his impetuosity in
rushing forward to pose as an old SOL
der in defense Of pensions, for which
his record shows he has an organized
If unsatisf1ed appetite. It rarely fails
that men who talk as he does have
such war record as the pension bu-
reau and army rolls show he had. There
are exceptions. Of course, but they only
serve to prove the rule.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21

The retribution that follows evil
deeds is descending at one point upon
the unhappy senate Of the United
States. When 1t violated proprietv NV
ordering the discussion of the Ha
Waiian annexation treaty to take place
behind the barred doors Of the execu-
1--WE session, it forget to reckon with
Morgan. 1t has now to bear with Nor
gan all by itself. Instead Of obligine
the American people to share in the
doleful dumps that are produced bv
one of Morgan's speeches, it has turned
the torrent Of his yawp. upon the de-
voted heads Of it's own members r.
las saved the people from the inflic-
tlon, through the news reports. Of one
OF Morgan'S characteristicauy fuddlad
speeches, stretching over two or three
days, covering the range of the uni-
verse and exhibiting the melancholy
spectacle of a man of parts reduced to
MS unhappy condition by the absence
OF self-control The executive session
has saved the people from all Of Nor
gan except the little rills Of speech that
creep out under the senate door.
One of these tells us what the mem
pers must be suffering. Morgan saws
that, unless Hawaii is annexed. we
snail nave various and sundry wars
upon our hands with all the princina1
nations Of the world within a few
weeks. All Europe Is simply waiting
to pounce upon the Sandwich islands
They do not really care about the par
t1tfon Of China, which is only a. diver
sion, or about anything else on the
lace OF the globe but the acquisition
OF this small group Of valueless islands.
and the hottest scrimage Of a football
| contest will be nothing to what ensues
when, the United States having refus-
ed to annex, all the other great MOWERS
Of the world project themselves upon
Hawaii and proceed to hold it and the
United States and one another with
noses firmly embedded IN the soil.
There is one thing about this which
we cannot quite understand. Accord
ing to Morgan's own logic, he ought to
be the rabid opponent of annexation.
Morgan has lived and imbibed and
yawped for several years past for no
other reason that we can discover than
| to have us indulge In a war with
somebody about something. It did not
matter who the other party was. and
any old thing would do for a casus
| bellf. War was what the soul of Nor
gan thlrsted for, and he has distanced
even Bill Chandler in his valiant bat
| ties with the tongue According TO
| Morgan, we ought to have fought Eng
| land and Germany and a few other
| first-rate powers long ago. It is the
the crime Of the century that we have
not gone swash- buckling about the
| earth and fought with every power
that we CHANGED to meet. Why, then.
| does Morgan now predict war over
as an argument in favor Of annexa-
! ton?
The whole episode, ridiculous In one
aspect and disgusting in another Illus
| trates the plane of discussion and Of
thought in congress today. The only
alleviating feature thus far is that the
| public is saved from a part Of it, and
| that the walls Of Morgan's yawp have
been uncorked and emptied upon the
miserable heads of a senate condemned
to this punishment by the close con-
finement Of the executive session.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
BOLD ROBBERS
Attempt to Hold Up a Bank in Broad
Daylight.

Daylight.
PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 20-A bold at
tempt was made to hold up the Clti-
zens' bank, on the East side, about $3.50
o'clock this afternoon, but owing to
the courage and thoughtfulness Of
Cashier A. w. Lambert, the robber was
put to flight without securing a cent.
The bank had just closed for the day
and Mr.. Lambert, the manager, with
his assistants, was preparing to put
the money in the vault when a masked
man entered the front door, which is
probably ten feet from the counter. In
his right hand he held a revolver while
with his left he was apparently holding
his mask close to his face. Pointing
to a stack Of bills on the counter be-
hind the screen, the robber demanded
that Cashier Lambert hand them out.
Lambert started to pick up the money,
but at the same time secured a revolver
from a drawer. AS soon as the robber
saw that he was confronted with a re-
volver he turned and fed. but before
he reached the street Cashier Lambert
fired a shot at him, which passed
through his clothing,
Dozens of people were on the street
and a large crowd was attracted by the
shooting. but the fleeing robber soon
secured his horse, which was tied only
a block away, and, mounting 1t, was
soon out Of sight. No trace had been
secured of him up to a late hour.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
FRESH WATER FOUND IN ROCKS.
Fluid Fit to Drink Found at a Dentb
of 100 Feet

In the November number of the Geogranht-
cal Journal we find a communication from
Sir Clements Markham who describes how
Baron Nordenskiold reasoned out the nnssi
btlfty of finding fresh water by boring strong
crystalline rock, says the Electrical Review
Baron Nordenskiold's idea was that by boring
through the granite rocks he would strike
Water-bearing assures He therefore selected
the rocky islets on the Swedish coasts which
serve as pilot and light stations. and COM
plctlng bor1ngs found sweet water lying In the
assures at depth of 100 feet the texture of
the surface rock preventing the salt water
from percolating through and commngIing
with the sweeter water lying in the assures
In the same number of the Geographical
Journal there is an article by NJ. f. A SIartel
tel describes descent into caves near Ennis
kiilen, as well as other descents in Ireland
and also describes what he saw of UNDER
ground rivers and lakes in Derbyshire and in
Yorkshire. In the case OF the Irish caves he
says their flowing waters must have an out
let under the sea. as there is no other wav
to account for the phenomenon We refer IN
these matters, as they interest cable engI-
Heers. and bear upon paper read before the
Institution of Electrical Engineers during the
last session by Mr.. Benest. In this paper
1t was stated that il was believed by some
engineers that submarine telegraph cables
when laid on continental slope and in a d.
rection more or less parallel to the coast line
were liable to interruption from the effects
of an outburst of subterrancan water on
these slopes even in deep water. Deductions
from the evidence furnished By Baron Nor
denskiold and Mr.. Martel seem TO increase
the belief in the theory referred to in MIR.
BeueSt'S DaDer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21

Those blarsted Canucks are mighty
f1nicky set. They have blackballed
Bittinger, our consul general, who was
proposed for membership in a Mon
treal club, because he was indicted for
and convicted Of defrauding the United
States out of some internal revenue.
This may not be a casus belli, but it
seems as If it calls for the Intervention
Of our government. In fact, 1t looks
like a direct affront to the president
and department of state. If Mr.. Bit
finger is considered by the president
fitting person to represent him
in Canada, is 1t not an insult to him
for the Canadians to say that Bittinger
is not a fit associate for them2 If the
president can overlook so trifling a
slip as stealing from our revenue, have
the Canucks any right to refuse con-
donation? Is 1t not virtually an as
sertion that these club men consider
themselves better than our president ?
And, If that Is not cause for declara-
ton Of hostilities, it certainly calls for
some rebuke. The president might have
Mr.. Foster run out his tongue at them,
at least.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
WISHES HE HAD KEPT SILENT.

Harper's Weekly is one of the papers
that has braved the anger of the pro-
fessional old soldier by daring to init
mate that our pension system is based
on a wrong principle and needs refor-
nation and by stating that there are
men on the rolls who, even under the
latitudinous provisions of the law, are
not entitled to their monthly gratuity.
A recent issue of that journal says:
We have received the following letter from
a person who describes himself as depart
ing subscriber:
Vienna. N. Y. Dec. %. 1S97.-Harper's
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21

me Caledonia Journal, since It's blackburn
Der editor received q Knockout blow in his
race after the postoffce has vented all his
a al ON Hon. James A. Tawney.-Cale-
If Roverud, the elongated. has vented all
his 'animus" On Tawney, the latter is suf-
ficiently supplied for dozen campaigns.
There have been indications that Jim was
running short Of "animus," and that is stuff
no statesman can get along without. II.
therefore, Tawney knocked Roverud out Of
the Caledonia pcstofHce and Roverud has
vented all his own 'animus'' on Tawney, 1t
is about as fine a case Of returning good for
evil as we just now recall. Possibly the
Tribune meant luminosity instead of "ani-
mus" which. Of course. makes quite another
story.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
SUGAR AND WOOL IMPORTS.

It was with a sigh Of relief that Re-
cess Of receipts from ordinary revenue
sources over expenditures Of a little
more than one million dollars, but all
| exultation was tempered by the ad-
monition that outgo was abnormally
light that month and January might
not make so good a showing. The
buoyant Dingley pointed, however,
to the increasing wool and sugar i'm
ports as radiating beams Of hopeful
ness for the vanished SURPRISES. The
monthly summary Of imports and ex-
ports for November fails to sustain
Dtngley's optimism as to the reli-
ance to be put upon these two main
dependencies of his act. We find that
there We're imported that month &C., 619
pounds OF clothing wool in the grease;
1857 pounds of combing woods, also in
the grease; no secured woods Of either
Of these classes, while of carpet woods,
the mass Of the imports, on which duty
milking
an Insignificant revenue item, the i'm
ports were 9,636,42S pounds.
Nor is there so much that Is encour-
aging in the sugar imports Prior to
the increased duty, with it's discrimina-
ton against beet sugar, that variety
was the bulk Of the imports. In No
vember we find only $50 pounds Of du-
table beet sugar below No. 16, the raw
sugar of the trade. imported, while raw
cane sugar imports amounted to 1874
100000 pounds. But Of this 80, 000, 900
pounds came from Hawaii free of tax
under the treaty of 1875. AS the dis
eliminating tax amounts to a virtual
bounty on all cane sugar to the amount
Of bounty paid by any foreign country
on exports Of sugar, the effect will be
to stimulate the production Of cane
Anyway, the immediate effect, as seen,
is to diminish imports of beet sugar
thus diminishing the revenue. The
Ohio ram-raisers are now repeating
their old cry Of fraud in the imports Of
class three, or carpet woods, claiming
that clothing woods are imported under
that grade. But when a premium is
offered Of nine cents a pound for wool
that can successfully escape its class
it is too much to expect Honest decla-
rations of quality or that men will not
try to win the premium.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21

would you fellows be when your party has
made clean sweep If you had no rooster to
display, for how would you get ROSTERS II
hens quit "laying?" Proper? 1t would go
below propriety and touch treason should they
quit. AS to people, Job said, when in high
dudgeon one day. that they are all liars; and
though progress has been made since then,
some remain; editors when telling how large
is the circulation of their papers, for in
stance. or how the Dingley tariff made dollar
wheat. But such lies are not proper: they
are naughty. @.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21

Mr.. Tawney recommended for collector OF
customs. Mr.. Demont, of this district one Of
natures noblemen, but he was trimmed down
by Senator Davis. a man who owes his po-
stion today in the United States senate, to
Mr.. TaWney.-Houston Signal.
They have queer ideas down in the First
district as to who are the makers Of senators.
There was once little tailor in Winona who
made Senator WINDOWS breeches and claimed
that he made him a senator.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
AFTER GROsVENOR'S SCALP.
A Plan to Reorganize His District
and Get His Seat.

md Get His Seat.
COLUMBUS, o.. Jan. Ex-senator Fink's
bill to gerrymander the congressional districts
of the state was introduced in the legislature
before adjournment today. The main pur-
pose Of the bill. and Mr.. Fink frankly ac-
knowledges it, is to leglslate Congressman
Grosvenor out of office and put Democrat in
his place, Consequently. Mr.. Grosvenor's
district. the Eleventh, is most completely
changed. But, beyond this, there is revis-
ion suggested in the makeup of the Seventh
Tenth, Twelfth. Seventeenth. Eighteenth
and Nineteenth districts. The famous old
Eighteenth district, from which President Nc
Kinley was elected to Congress, Is restored
The present district, which Congressman
Grosvenor represents, is known as the
Eleventh. The bill proposes to make it
Democratic by taking Ross and Meigs coun-
ties away and substituting Fairfield and Pick
away. This would leave the district composed
of .Vinton. Hooking. Athens. Perry, Fair
field and Pickaway. Upon the vote of 1896
the Democrats would have carried this by
1865 and upon the vote Of 1892 by /, ABS,
Congressman Grosvenor however, claims
he could carry the district as rearranged
The bill is one of the direct results of the
anti-Hanna combine. and the Democrats
claim they can pass 1t with the aid of the
Republican boilers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
A LARGE DEAL.
Michigan Syndicate Proposes n Gil
Santic Deal.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Jan. 2O.-One OF
the largest syndicate deals ever entered into
in this state is about to be consummated by
New York capitalists. They propose to buy
both electric light plants and the gas plant Cf
this city, the electric street railway uf this
city and Kalamazoo. the new elsctr'c road
now in process Of construction between this
city and Kalamazoo, the Kalamazoo electric
plant, the electric plant of Albion, the electric
railway and lighting plant of jackson. and
the electric street railway of Lansing 1t is
er Of the Ceresco Milling company about one
year ago. The deal will involve several mill
ion dollars. and the syndicate has an option
on all the property named.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
"Marehins Through Georgia,

HARTFORD. Conn. Jan. 2O.-A movement
has been started in this city by number
OF prominent G. A. R. men toward thu
erection of suitable monument over the re-
mains of Henry Clay Work. author Of
Marching Through Georgia" ''Nicodemus, .
and other war lyrics, and whose grave is
unmarked by any distinguishing tablet
Middletown, Conn. was the birthplace Of
Work. but the greater part of his life was
spent in this city, ard he died here In 1891
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
Conceded by Uncle Sam

VICTORIA. B. c., Jan. 20.-Information
comes from Ottawa that the regulations of the
United States government allowing Canadian
outfits to cross the narrow strip Of American
territory in the Yukon without escort will go
into effect at once. Minister of the Interior
Sifton telegraphed that he had received word
from Washington to the effect that the regula-
tons will be issued Immediately.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
SHAW WILL PRESIDE,
Iowa Governor Will Hold the Chair
at the Monetary Convention,

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 2o-The work
of preparation for the monetary convention
is nearly over and when, the delegates as
everything in readiness for the business on
hand Messages and letters were received
today from number of cities saying they had
appointed delegates and the lists of men
who will attend the convention are steadily
growing. Gov. Shaw, of Iowa, who will pre-
side over the deliberations of the convention.
representative business men of Des Moines.
They will arrive Monday
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21

II the Republicans put up clean char
acter for governor the opposition will be
engaged in searching for the hole that John
Lind snuck in at.-Spring Valley Herald.
Here's a fresh gramnarian's fresh conju-
cation for you. Present. sneak: present par
ticiple sneaking; preterit, snuck.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
Hurricane IN Ohio.

CINCINNATI, O.. Jan. pa special to
the CONGRATULATIONS from Lima, O.. says:
the oil field here and blew down telegraph
and telephone poles in many localities A
tremendous rain accompanied the wind and
streams are overlooking their banks. The
village Of Alger, in the Scioto march, is com
pletely submerged and the residents have
been compelled to vacate or move into second
stories OF their houses
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
DEPARTMENT HEDGING.
Twin City Letter Carriers Will Re-
main as at Present

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 2O-There IS no
danger that the letter carrier forces of St.
Paul and Minneapolis will be reduced if the
pcstmasters in these cities say they cannot
cut down the present expenses. The postoflce
department is hedging on the order issued a
few days ago. If the department finally de-
cides to reduce the forces and business men
register a strong kick congress will come
to the rescue with the necessary appropra-
ton to make up the deficiency. The RepublI-
can leaders will not oppose the business in
tereSts in the matter
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
Below zero.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer. 29.S5; mean temperature, 80;
weather. cloudy; maximum temperature. "a:
minimum temperature, %; dairy range, 5;
amount of precipitation in last twesty -four
hours, 0.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
ana elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
AN EARL'S DEBUT.
English Lord Becomes IN Actor t,
Earn q Living.

LONDON. Jan. 2O.-Arthur w. Pnero's
new four-act comedy, '"Trelawney of the
Wells.' was produced tonight at the Court
theater. 1t is brilliant play, mirthful and
fantastic from first to last. beaming with close
observation Of character and wit and fully
sustaining its authors reputation. The act
ing was excellent, Miss Irene Van Brugh
made winsome and ideal heroine, and the
Earl of Rosslyn, the first British peer to
adopt the actors profession for a livelihood
bore himself with great sincerity.
There was an exceedingly smart" audi
ence. largely due to Earl Rosslyn's debut
1t was almost useless to particularize. The
play had an enthusiastic reception, Mr.. Pr
nero and the principals of the company being
called before the curtain. The critics in
their reviews tomorrow of the performance
will be fairly favorable in their comment
upon Lord Rosslyn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
Congress evidently intends that the

Congress evidently intends that the
census Of 1900 shall be the same worth
less affair that the census Of 1890 was
No statistician who has any pride in
his calling or care for his reputation
will put either to certain risk by faith
ering a census taken by a horde of fell
lows whose jobs are pay for past work
Col. Wright will not touch the work
under those conditions; Mr.. North will
not jeopardize his standing, and now
Mr.. Powers, while willing to superin-
tend the immense work, says he, too,
will accept it only on condition that
the force is put under the merit sys-
tenn. But the boys must be paid, and
they are awfully hungry and clamor-
Gus. It was they who filed the gal
leries Of the house and cheered the
vulgar Grosvenor to the echo. AS Mr.
Bryan very aptly said, the Republicans
in congress are trying to break up the
civil service SO as to bring the prom
ised prosperity to their henchmen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21

The sooner those Republicans who place
the qualification of their personal ambition
above the success of the party and the
maintenance of its principles are made to take
back seats the better it will be for the party.
-Rushford Star.
The front rows of seats would then be with
out occupants
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
WANTS TO DIE,
We11-Known Newspaper Man At
tempts Suicide

teHptS SUICIDE,
WASHINGTON Jan. 20-Hallett Kilbourn.
one OF the Oldest and best known business
and newspaper men of Washington, tomorrow
will be examined in lunacy proceedings. with
a view to his confinement in an asylum His
mania Is suicide. and unknown to any ex-
cept his physicians and his immediate family
he has made half-a-dozen attempts at self
destruction in the past week He twice tried
chloroform, once gas. and at other times tried
TO throw himself from the windows Of his
home. He is perfectly sane on all other suho
Jects. but is suffering from intermittent mol
ancholia. --'''
The commitment proceedings are with his
full consent and after consultation with in
fuential friends ''
Mr. kilbourn was born in Rochester. N. Y.
slXty-nVe years ago. During a congressional
investigation into an alleged real estate boom
under the Shepherd regime he refused tn nrn-
duce his books at the capitol -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
II U'
Some Good Shooting.

HAMILTON. Ont. Jan. 2O.-In the Grand
Canadian handicap today fifty-one men shot
and seven made straight strings of twenty
birds, as follows: D. L. Van Vlack, of To-
ronto; J. Weyper. of Hespeler; ]. S. Fan
ming. of San Francisco; L. w. Bennett, of
Bufalo; =. A. Bartlett. OF New York; F. KEEL
sey, of Batavia, and L. Norris, of Buffalo.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-21
Fire Company, Elects.

Special to the Globe. G'
SAUK CENTER, Mimi. Jan. 2O.-The Sank
Center volunteer fire department held their
annual meeting tonight and elected the fol-
lowing officers: Chief. TIL ]. Murphy; first
assistant, M. Swar&; second assistant, H.
F. Alden; secretary. Geo. L. West; treasurer.
r. r. Kells.