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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-15
Democratic YictorU-

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 1.-the Sill
preme court today held that the election COM
missioners shall place the names of the
Democratic candidates for appellate Judge
ships on the state ballots, reversing the low
er court
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-15
PLOTTING AT PARIS.

Situation More Serious Than at Any
Time Since the Commune.
LONDON, Oct. 14.-The situation In
Paris is regarded in we'll informed
quarters here as being more serious
than at any time since the commune
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-15
HAVE LITTLE FAITH
IN WILLIAM HENRY
e. c. SUTTON'S EXPERIENCE WITH
THE FIRM OF EUSTIS,
NEAL a. co.
RECORD OF A SUIT
IN AITKIN COUNTY

which Had Il Sequel I'm the Henne-
pin County COurt-Interesting z
Story in Seven Chapters About an
Effort to Collect "a Bill From a
Firm in Which the Republican
Candidate Was Interested.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-15
Decision of the Powers.

coNsTANTINoPLE. Oct. 1.-THE ambas-
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Continued on Fourth Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-15

According to the Indians Cen
eraI Massacre of BacOn's COM
mand Was Prevented Only by
the Embarkation of the Troops
Desire for Peace Expressed by
the Chippewa Chiefs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-15

The rest Of the story may be told
in the testimony Of Mr.. Neal as copied
by representative Of The Globe
from the transcript Of the testimony
now on file in the office of c. N Dickey,
clerk of the district court for the
Fourth judicial district.
Mr.. Neal, under cross ss-examination by
A. j. Shores, then a Minneapolis at
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deavoring to isolate England with view 10 crlppling her commercial enterprise and eventually crushing the won-e ful little island. and dividing her possessions. All this is freely talked, and Is doubtless fr ely considered All hate England. All are jeal- ous of her success In every part of the world. All fear further extension of An- glo-Saxon influence and civilization. The slay dream is universal empire and dom,- nation. The Latins are ancient enemies. in the way of all. England must therefore be crushed. When Engiand is crushed. a combination against the United States would be considered easy. and this country would either have to accept the slav, or fight hard battle. It would have to give up trade in China and the Pacific It worl1 have to hand over the Philippines. It would have to accept whatever terms Russia might dictate. unless. indeed, it could fight single-handed for the worlds supremacy.
 The man or party who puts upon this country such a struggle or such a humilia- ton, when by an alliance with the mother country it can be indefinitely postponed and probably forever averted, will be the man or the party that posterity and his tory would execrate almost beyond the power of language to express. This is the real basis of an English alliance. It is self preservation. It is freedom of trade in China, in any other country. It is business sense And it is coming.
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factured products will. however. be in- creased. Altogether there Is every reason to expect another year of heavy exports and fine trade balances. but that the record of the present year will be reached. no one anticipates. simply because there will next year be other sellers in the wheat markets of the world. In other respects the coming fiscal year Is as promising as the present one has been. and that is saying good deal.
 The figures are so flattering to this eoun- try, so full of comfort to all in this great land of wheat and cotton and cattle. that they should be given. The following table covers the first ten months of each fiscal year since 1890:
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LIFE OF A GUN.
Modern Steel Gun Should Not Re Fired More
 Than 100 Times.

''The life of gun is one of the most un- satisfactory things about it." remarked an ordnance officer in discussing the war ques- tion with Washington Star rep rter, "an1 though a number of experiments have been made in connection herewith, there Is no absolute certainty as to results. general rule has been arrived at which is thought to be on the safe side of the matter, and that it matters n ot what the emergency may be, it 1 ssafer to dismantle the gun and send it back to the shop than to risk firing it, for the explosion of a gun is a decidedly and extensively dangerous occur renee to all in its immediate locality. The firing of a gun causes the steel to crystal ize and thereby become brittle as file. So far as has yet been discovered, there is no remedy for it. It is not exactly a total loss after the gun has become dead, for the steel can be used for thousands Of things in the way of bolts. braces and the like for new work and for repairs. As is generally known, a modern gun is an ex- pensive affair, running from $75,000 way up. It is equally expensive to keep it in opera ton, the cost for each cartridge sent from it being over s1,0OO, which does not include the putting of the gun on its emplacemeat taking it down, nor the thousands of dollars necessarily expended in paying sala- ries and subsistence of the officers and men who operate it. This is specialization of the metal is one of the mysteries of the science of ordnance. The gun could be revivified to some extent by heating it to white heat and allowing it to cool off slowly, but the treament is not exactly satisfactory or even approximately certain as to results. It has been said of us, as of other nafons, that if we kept every gun we own in act ual firing operation for even twenty-eour hours the powder and shell bill would b lnk- rupt us, and there is some truth in it. This specialization of the metal Is not confined to guns, however. The same thing occurs in the journals of axles used on the rail- road cars. It Is for that reason that care- ful railroads put on new axles every five or six years In Europe there are laws upon the subject though it is custom with us. In Germany it>is unlawful to use an axle on passenger cars more than four years, though the limitation on freight cars Is not so rigid As with the oft-hred gun, the steel in them journal becomes so brittle by the specialization in consequence of its use that it is liable to snap into dog n pieces any time after it's life is ended'
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Sand in War

Admiral Irwin, in the course of his testl- mony before the senate foreign affairs com- mittee was asked what he thought of the defenses of Puerto Rico. He said that the Notifications of San Juan were magnificent pieces of masonry" impregnable in their day, but now "of no more value than wooden fence' against the 12 or 13-inch guns of the Indiana.
 The admiral quoted the opinion of General Gilmore, after an extensive experience, that sand is the only material that can stand the terrific pounding of modern guns. Gen eral Gilmore said that if he were ordered to build fort 200 miles from the nearest sand he would have it hauled to the spot in wagons if necessary. In the bombardment of Morris Island the marvellous resisting power of sand was shown in striking man. ner. few sand bags at night made good the ravages of the day, and it was not until the crest of the parapet was shot away that the Notifications became untenable The fire on the works at San Juan seems to have shown the truth of Admiral Irwins prediction.
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TO DEWEY. FAR AWAY.

From the Elmira Gazette. Yankee Dewey went to sea Sailing on cruiser; He took along for c-mpany Of men and guns a few, sir. Yankee Dewey; Ea! Ha! Ha! Dewey, you're a dandy; With men and guns and cruisers too, You're certainty quite handy. He sailed away to the Philippines With orders for to snatch them. And thrash the Spanards light and left, Wherever he could catch them. And Yankee Dewey d,d it. too; He did 1t so complete, sir. That not Blooming ship is left Of all that Spanish fleet, sir o Yankee Dewey, you're peach, A hubble, gallant tar, sir! We hail you from afar, sir! We greet you with three rousipg cheers, For you and your brave crews, sir For the deeds you'vc done and the victory
 won,
 For Yankee Doodle Doc, sir. -snnfce Dewey, keep St up, You certainty are handy, With men and guns and cruisers. too, Dewey, you're dandy!
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The Country's Trade.

Ten months of the fiscal year were ended piled and laid before an astonished people Last year exports exceeded imports by s2S6, 100000. but this year the excess prom ises to be over s60O, 600 900. When the books were closed April 30 it stood at s515 OO0, ,OOD
 These figures do not take into considera- ton the movements of gold and silver coin and bullion. They are the movements of manufactured goods, food supplies, raw cot ton and the like only. They show what the coutry's bills made abroad are. and they show what the farmers and manufacturers ing. They show, too, how strong and inde- pendent the country has become. Europe must have American wheat and cotton. and the needs of this country in the way of for eign goods are every year decreasing. The decrease in imports as compared with those of the previous fiscal year promises to ex- ,ceed sloo.oooOoO. In the light of these facts, it is not difficult to see why gold flows to- wards ths country. It Is much more diff fcult to see why 1t does not come in larger volume-how a balance of 5000 600 can be settled by gold shipments of about one tenth that sum.
 The new fiscal year must be faced under less advantageous circumstances. Argcn- .ina, Chilli, Uruguay, Australia and India will each and all have normal surplus of wheat and the wheat farmers of this coun- try will he compelled to accept lower prices. It Is scarcely reasonable to expect another eleven-mllHon-balc crop of cotton, but still what Is lacking In volume will perhaps be rsga.ne1 in price. The exports or manu-
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The flag makers are princely plutocrats.
LAUNCHING OF TnE ALABAMA.

From the Philadelphia Times.
 The successful launching of the battle ship Alabama, the g'ant of the new navy, which took place yesterday at Cramps shipyard was devoid of special incide mt; yet the occasion was one of the utmost im- pressiveness in all it's features-in the masses of Alabama blossoms so heaped on the foredeck that they seemed to be floral coming towers: in the bright color con- trasts afforded by the uniforms of foreign naval officials, and above all. in the tre- mendous salutation that came from all the steam whistles within range of the specta- cle as the mighty vessel slipped fronlsher cradle for the plunge into the Delaware that marked the beginning of a career which is most likely destined to have his- toric quality. B
 A more suspicious lanch has not been witnessed in our local waters, nor one which could have timelier interest in the naval and technical sense. General Tracy has said that the who e theory of a de- fensive navy has been changed by the war with Spain; and 1t is possibly true that the best defense lies in the capacity for ag- gressveness. However they may be. the navy department is to be congratulated upon having been reinforced by one m re massive fighter. which. whether for de- fense or offensive operations. will be the peer of any bait eshp that floats on any rn
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The War Revenue Bill.

The senate, last week, steadily considered day after day various propositions of the finance committee, adopting nearly all that came to vote. The tonnage tax was stricken out, but most of the amendments voted upon were of lesser importance. The more important questions were deferred to the present week. The inheritance tax, the tax upon corporations. the issue of silver certificates and the coinage of the silver seinorage, the issue of greenbacks or the issue of bonds the tobacco tax-all these questions will be apt to be reached this week, and the debates and votes will be unusually interesting.
 The most important contest will doubtless arise over the this section of the bill as it came from the senate finance commit tee:
 'sThat the secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized and directed. for the purpose of meeting and defraying the ex- penditures made necessary by reason of the existing war against Spain, to pre- pare and ssue on the credit of the United States of America from time to time, as the same may be needed, during the next fiscal year, United States legal tender notes to the amount of s15O,oOo,Ooo. which notes shall be of like denominations and of the same legal tender quality, and shall be payable, redeemabie and resissuable, in the same manner as the s346 ,O00. GOO of such ,o+as pouy dacoribad a1d mentioned in the act of congress of May sl, 1878, said notes when first issued to be expended only upon the war account afore- said, and said notes shall be exempt from taxation by or under state or municipal authority"
 The provision exempting the proposed new issue of greenbacks from taxation is feature that the outstanding notes do not possess. The reference to the act of May s1, 1878, forbids the retirement and cancella- tion of the new notes. The section is, how ever, the battle-ground over which the bond crowd and greenback crowd will contend, and the battle is to be stubbornly contest ed, and its issue remains doubtful. There are men in the senate who are masquerad- ing as democrats. These make the re- suit doubtful They are prepared to disre- gard the plain pledges of the party, and they are not democrats, whether they come from Louisiana or New Jersey, from Dela- ware or Maryland, when they vote to put upon the country a bond issue before it is known bond issue will be needed. The senator who assumes that an issue of bonds Is necessary declares that the war will outrun all estimates between this time and the re-assembing of congress. The propo- sition of the finance committee would am- ply suffice to carry the war along until that time and 1t should coMmand the vote of every democrat in the senate.
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PERTAINING TO
 WAR MATTERS
The Cuban machete

The machete (pronounced "maehetty,9. i. which Is the instrument for all needs throughout Spanish-America, and has, in so many furious charges, brought triumph to the Cuban insurgents. has long been made by the thousand at Hartford, Conn, and sold to all our Spanish-speaking neigh bors.
 Almost every Spanish-American male above the age of childhood carries a ma chete. The laborer has it, because with the machete he cuts sugar cane, prepares fire wood and trenches the ground for his crop. The horseman wears the machete, because with it he cuts his way through the wood lands during journeys over rough country. It is sword, spade and hedgng-blll, ax, hatchet and pruning knife.
 The hidalgo wears 1t with silvered nilt and tasseled scabbard; his humber neigh bor is content to carry it bare and hilted with horn, wood or leather.
 You may have the machete In nearly thirty different forms. The blade from 10 to 20 inches long, may be either blunt or pointed, curved or straight, broad or nar- row The favorite with the laborer is the machete of medium length, with unorna- mented handle and broad, straight blade. The Spanish-American hidalgo bears a scabbarded machete, long, straight or curved, as taste prompts.
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The Citizen and the Soldier

When man enters the army he does not lose his civil rights; but he adds to them the obligations of the military status. His civil rights do not affect this status. Trial by jury, with all that this implies, does not protect him in the army. Within it he is subject to its despotic law alone. History sustains this says the Forum.
 Our military system was copied from the British system at the time of the revolu- tion and we appropriated, together with it. its history and common law, so far as these were applicable to our political system. If independence was feature of the Brit ish system, and was not antagonistic to our political system, we undoubtedly adopted it. That it was a feature. of the British system. history shows.
 The military system of England came into existence in 1889. Before then no govern ment for standing army in time of peace had been provided by statute; nor did the common law give the sovereign power to control his troops Indeed there had been no standing army before the restoration of Charles II. Soon after the restoration an act of parliament passed in which it was declared that "the sole and supreme power, government, command and disposi- ton of the militia ,and of all forces by sea and land, and of all forts and places of strength is, and by the laws of England ever was, the undoubted right of his maj esty;' and in 1862 Charles IT. issued certain articles of war, not extending to capital punishment for the government of his guards and garrisons. Notwithstanding this. the pc-er of the sovereign to exercise military nerai control over the troops in England in time of peace. by virtue of the prefosative, was not recognized, and. fhefe- fore, when, under William and Mary, .hc standing army became an established part of the politicai system it became necessary fo provide for its government. This was
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FAyoRTTE SONS IN THE ARMY.

Washington, May 19.-The appointment of a number of the sons of distinguished men to good positions in the army IS anything but popular with the officers or the regular army. An incident which &C., cured at the war department the other day shows how bitter the feeling is. Cap tain Fred Alger, the son of the secre- tary of war, who has been made captain, was in one of the bureaus doing some work which had been given him, when a news paper man came in and asked the officer who had charge of the particular work which young Alger was mapping out whether he had any news
 "Yes," said the lieutenant, for that was his rank. "We are going to organ ize a regiment of colonels to go to the front It is to be provided that no man shall be eligible to place in this regi- ment who has ever had military title by right We will create the office or captain-genral for this regiment, and 1t will be specified that no man shall hold the office more than one day. The object of this will be, of course, to give every man in the regiment an opportunity of : holding the rank of captain-general No orders are to be obeyed by this regiment until they have been fully debated, and have been carried by a two-thrds vote. All titles in the regiment, including that of captain-general, which each man in the regiment will have an opportunity of hold ing before the war is over, are to be he reditary and perpetual, so that each father during the coming generations can hand down the honor to his favorite son."
 Young Alger sat within hearing distance of the lieutenat during this speech, which was meant for his benefit He sensibly took no notice of it whatever. It would look as if the favorite sons night have a rather rougher experience in the military service than they had counted on.
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The Analo-American Alliance.

The widespread desire for close urder- standing, if not a formalanliance, does not rest upon mere sentiment, upon common language, common traditions, common as- pirations. These would constitute a suffi- cient bass, but the two countries are drawn together by common interests, by plans in which both are alike interested and both are alike antagonlzed.
 The Russians. the Germans and the Latins of France threaten to close China to trade, because England and the United States may in industrial rivalry gain the better part of It. In square commercial fight the Anglo-Saxons would win The prize is the richest in the world, and the interests of this country are Identical with the interests of England, and both are identical with the interests of the world at large The cotton manufacturing interests of the South are particularly involved in this effort of anti-Engish nations to mon- opolize the trade of China. The supremacy of the Pacific is bound up in the question. The retention of tho Philippines lends 2 living and present interest to it. There is in fact, every reason why we should act lively. openly and vigorously cooperate with England to secure an open China to the entire world. Japan is natural ally also. Public opinion is unmistakably in favor of such action on the part of this government
 There Is even deeper reascn for an all iance with England. The slav-Latm com-, bination, aided by German jealousy, Is ea-
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Rank in the Army

The highest grade in the federal navy at present is that of rear admiral. The rank of vice admiral was created by congress in 1864 and bestowed upon David G. Farragut On July 25 1866, the rank of admiral was given to Farragut, and on the same day David D. Porter was made vice admiral Admiral Farragut died in 1870. and Vice Admiral Porter became admiral Upon the death of Admiral Porter, in 1891, the rank of admiral and vice admiral became ex- tinct, leaving the grade of rear admiral the highest in our navy.
 It is highly probable that both of the extinct grades will be re-created during or at the close of the war and that the num- Der of real admiralships will be further in creased to give proper recognition to com manders who shall have displayed excep- tional skill and prowess, says the Philadel- phia Record. In the present exultant mood of the American people the country over it is safe to say that they will regard any dis tincton which may hereafter be conferred upon Admiral Dewey as brilliantly de- served: but we must wait until the war is over before we can apportion all the honors won