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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
VIOLETS
Are Always in Style, but Not So With |
Other Flowers.

Are Always in Style, but Not So With
Other Flowers.
New York Tribune.
It would be interesting to know, If it
could be known accurately, how much
money is spent on flowers in New York
city annually Flowers are so abundant
here and so magnificently displayed in
the windows Of the more fashionable
thoroughfares as to give the city, espe-
cially at this season and through the
winter, character which has often been
commented on by foreign visitors.
''Violets?"
HIN. OF course violets," says the
florist, shifting. ''Violets last year and
the year before and this year"
But don't new flowers come into fash
ion every year?"
''Violets are always in fashion,
There was rarely beautiful display of
violets in the window of this particular
store and the head salesman, who seem
ed busy, said that nobody would wear
chrysanthemums in the season of 1899-1900
AT another store, where the windows were
fail of superb amethyst colored asters
and chrysanthemums, the inquirer was
told In answer to his questioning that in
spite Of all statements whatever to the
contrary, chrysanthemums would certain
ly be in fashion this season.
''What dyOu think I'm doing with all
these? Think bought them for my best
girl?"
Between violets and chrysanthemums
there seems to be a rivalry There is no
denying that the popularity of violets
seems likely to be hardly less than it was
last season, and already the conservatory
grown specimens are lovely and fra
grant as ever. But although the vogue of
the chrysanthemum will never again be
what it was some years ago, when this
country learned from Japan the splendors
of the child of art and nature, the flower
seems to have fairly taken hold of Amer
ity for chamber decoration. 1t seems to
have been recognized that a chrysanthe-
mum is too big for one mans button
hole.
In the way of rarer flowers, the Ba-
vardia jasminoids, which the uninitiated
would take for a simple but broader sin
gle jasmine, seems likely to increase that
hold upon the hearts and pocketbooks of
the luxurious which 1t gained last year
The time has not yet come to speak of
orchids, but an exotic flower which,
though an orchid, has much of the or
child magnificence in it's appearance is
the tritoma, brilliant scarlet and orange
spike flower from the Cape of Good Hope.
The current rumors of war and the SYM
pathies of the Holland society, with the
South African origin and orange color of
this flower, may make it a favorite with
New Workers OF Dutch extraction, but
for some reason those who may be sup
posed to know say that 1t will never be
fashionable. This may be because there
are not enough Knickerbocker Boer SYM
pathizers to sway the thoughtless multi
tude.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
CHICAGO TRAGEDY.
Father Shoots HIS Four. Children
end Himself


CHICAGO, Nov. >17.-Cornelius Corcoran
today shot and killed three Of his chill
dren and fatally wounded the fourth
child. Corcoran then killed himself The
dead aret Cornelius Corcoran, aged hfty-
i've years. Kate, fourteen years old;
John, eight years old; Margaret, six
years old. Fatally wounded, Ella Cor
coran, four years old.
The police are convinced that the man
was insane. Corcoran had lived with his
several children In fiat building at 54O1
Dearborn street for a month past To
all outward appearances he was a kind
ana considerable parent. For some DAYS
ne had plotted for the death of his chill
oren, and he nearly accomplished his pur-
pose Tuesday night. Hearing the chill
dren cough he arose and, in the dark.
administered laUdanum to five of them.
Clifford, Timothy. john Margaret and
Lizzie. The first two wer. removed to
the Mercy hospital, where Timothy died
the next day. Corcoran exhibited such
profound grief over the affair that tina
police and the coroner thought the giving
OF the laudanum was a mistake
Baked in his purpose to end the lives
OF the younger ones Corcoran, It is
thought, made deliberate plans for his act
Of today
About 10 o'clock the grandmother Of the
children, Mrs. Margaret Wrenn. accompa.-
MED by her niece, Mrs Mamie Corbett.
called at the Corcoran home When thew
rang the bell Corcoran called out from
the inside: '---
Who's there?"
It's Mamie and your mother" replied
Mrs. Corbett.
Coreoran thrust his head out Of the
door, disclosing the fact that he was at
urea In his nightgown, and closed the
door again, saying:
Wait just a minute, Mamie
MURDER OF INNoCENrs.
The two women opened the door and
stepped into the hallway. Just then three
snots were heard. followed by a success
sion of screams. In the panic the women
oarted out of the doorway and ran down
the street, screaming at the top of their
voices. 'ileAi
It's murder, it's murder" shouted Mira
Gorbett frantically, and hurrying 10 an
adjacent drug store, word was sent To
lice station. ~
An appalling sight greeted the ewes q,
Lieut.. Clancy, Sergeant Ryan and oTher
oiflcers when they entered the Corcoran
nat In the nrst bedroom, lust off +ha
parlor, was the body of Margaret. living
IN mass Of blood at the head of the
ped' while ct the foot lay John, uncon-
sc1ous and breathing heavily In the
room to the fear Corcorans dead body
was found on the floor, while that of the
BY Lizzie, reclined on a pillow. A re-
Yolver lay near Corcoran's right hand
Five Of the chambers were empty. Every
one of the wounds, with the exception of
Rates. was inflicted behind the ear.
Kate was shot in the left temple
The police removed Kate and John to
the Mercy hospital and later the baby.
Lizzie, who was still breathing, was
taken there. John died within half
hour after his arrival at the hospital, and
no hopes were held out for the recovery
Of the others.
Evidences of Corcoran's intention TO Kill
his children were seen in the house In
cne room empty whisky and wine bottles
showed he had given the children liberal
~ OF the liquor and stupefed them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
and Foraker as its most powerful ad-
vocates in American public life
A RESIGNATION TO BE AccEPTEp

The statement Is current that Secre-
tary Long, Of the navy department, is
about to tender his. resignation. The
b g hopes the statement is true
and that the president will accept that
resignation, however reluctantly.
OF all the political accidents called into
existence by the ascenda1cy of imperial
ism and the trusts this man Is to be
grouped In the first class. We recall
nothing whatever of his political or per-
sonar antecedents if we ever knew any
thing Of them. If he were to retire to-
morrow without the usual accompani-
ment of imperialist bell-ringing he would
become utterly lost in the oblivion from
guard, outside the Hanna Mckinley CO.
terie among all his countrymen. would
know or care where to look for him at
any time thereafter
His record in the navy department is
as close to the ignoble as could be that
of any man holding high public position.
While Roosevelt was his subordinate Of
ficer i1c ceased to be regarded even as
an official entity, and when Roosevelt
retired he appeared again in the public
attention only by sheer force of the petty
meanness exhibited throughout the en-
tire Sampson-Schley episode. Whatever
construction may be placed on his malig-
nant attitude toward the real hero Of
Santiago the conclusion is unavoidable
that his moral altitude is no higher than
that of the hyena. His actions may have
proceeded directly from his own inhe-
rent bloodfessness, combined with a ruth
less political intolerance, or they may
have sprung merely from sheer toadyism.
II any event he showed all through his
Official career that nature designed him
to play the role of coward and bully to-
ward all men whom he could not classi-
official life.
1t is to the presence and influence Of
such men as Long that the country owes
it that a mans politics has been made
and dement's were gagged in the excit-
ing scenes of the late war. To such as
he we owe the crowd Of ancestral MIN
compoops who were able to strut around
and reveal their worthlessness in the
tinseled uniforms Of military officers.
The clear powers of discernment of the
American people have enabled them,
from the beginning, to take this marti-
on him their contempt wherever he has
presented himself, from Broadway, New
York, to Niccllet avenue, Minneapolis.
His voice, wherever heard. was lost in
the resounding acclaim for the brave
man toward whom he deliberately bore
the relation Of a moral assassin. The
only useful function he has ever fulfilled
in office has been to direct public atten-
ton toward the gangrened hatred re-
vealed at every turn by the existing ad-
ministration toward every prominent
character in military or naval concerns
who had even shred of political or per-
sonal independence to save him from the
contagion of nepotism, corruption and
servility which has prevailed in Wash
ington for two years and eight months
past.
This mans retirement from official life
will be in the nature Of much-needed
concession to the conscience Of the Amer
lean race. 20
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
MANIFOLD USES
winch the New Product of Skim
Milk May Be Put.

MILK May Be Put.
New York Tribune.
~ dispatch from Washington +o1d -
new use Tor skim milk for ,nol-Iro-
oooStahce resembling celluloId. useful ror
various manufacturing Durnoses ~
Strangest thing about 1t Is that tbo oa1,,s
snoulo come tearing along over the wires
I'm I'm washington at dead of night. to
niahch the faces Of the people who raa6
the papers at breakfast. For the suh-
stance ana sum at least of its possible
uses are many years old. Still. It must
oe ADMITTED that little use has been made
OF IT, compared with what might be.
1ou can make, anything out of It
enat you can make out of ceIluloid-nie.
no Keys and shirt bosoms, oilcfoth and
billiard balls, front teeth and the backs
Of hair brushes, and manv other +bines
that the reader will think Of as he elances
around his room and notes the things
that 1t contains made of celluloid and
hard rubber. But surely it Is good for
more than this. 1t must be the most
compressed of all compressed food, and
therefore the most easy of transporta-
ton. It's uses for ordinary travellers who
do not wish to be at the mercy Of I'M
scrupufous hotel keepers are obvious, but
It's military uses are simply incalculable.
IL need not add an ounce to the impedi-
ment OF an army, and yet tons Of 1t
could be carried. Only make everything
out Of it. Use it for the boxes In which
other foods are packed make the
wagons themselves Of it; make the har-
nesses of 1t, not only Of the wagon
horses and mules, but the saddles and
the brides Of the cavalry and the officers
horses. Make cannon wheels and ammu-
milton wagons of lit will not burn or ex-
plode, like ceIluloid) make the soldiers
belts and buckles and buttons and boot
tops and collars Of it. Then, when an
army gets out Of provisions Of the regular
sort, it can eat absolutely all of it's ac-
cCuterments, before starvation faces it.
1t is said that the substance Is not at
all affected by water, and that might
be an obstacle in the way Of its use as
food. But there is no present assurance
that it cannot be affected by alcohol,
and no soldier who knew his duty of
obedience would complain because his
condensed food was softened up with
alcohol, in any convenient form, instead
of with water, which is oftener than net
dangerous for an army to drink
The only danger Is that these new uses
of milk will make the dairymen so rich
that they will become discontended and
vote for some of the foolish things that
people do vote for when they are discon-
tented. To avoid this it is recommended
that the department of agriculture use
as much otherwise unoccupied land as
is possible for raising milkweed. The
milk from this will doubtless do just as
we'll for billiard balls, combs and brushes,
etc. which are never to be eaten, and
this will relieve the COWS from overWork,
so that they can easily produce all that
will be needed for army wagons and
boots and buttons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
ABSENT MINDED MEN.

When a boy Coleridge, walking along a
London street, swinging his arms. acct
dentally struck his hand against a mans
pocket, and was promptly collared for a
shocking young plckpocket. Bursting into
tears, he blubbered: Tim no thief
sir. was playing 1 was Leander swim
ming the Hellespont." You know the
rest-how the gentleman apologized and
helped the lad to get books and learning.
Horace Greeley was very absent-mind-
ed 1t is told Of him that when he was
at dinner one day plate of cheese was
passed by the servant Instead of taking
one piece he took the plate in his left
hand and ate piece after piece, talking
between bits about the Brook farm ex-
pertinent until the, last bite disappeared.
Rev. Mr.. Swinton, of Oxford, was once
called upon to- preach to three men con-
demned to be- hanged on the following
Friday. He Isedcfor the purpose a SER
mon on repentance which he had once
preached. 1t closed with the words: I'VE
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
EPISTLES TO ST. PAUL.

In that cloudy section of Minnesota
known sometimes as Coney island, and
sometimes even referred to as the local
Darktown. there is just now q brisk rival
ry between two restaurants for the pat
ronage Of that part of the popula ton of
which 1t may truly be said that it is not
colored, because it was born that way,
following the sentiment of the darkey
who sang the song. One of these cafes is
owned and managed by a negro, the other
by a Caucasian. The darkey, no doubt,
can furnish the most delicious possum.
but when 1t comes to real all around
No'th'n provander, some of the negroes
prefer the white mans trade. That. per-
haps, was how it was that two of the
Ethiopian race were engeged, While at
breakfast in the white mans restaurant
the other day, in discussion having for
it's ultimate purpose the clearing up Of
the reasons which have made the black
man what he is. Why the black man
should have to patronize the white mans
big department stores and other mag
niiCent business institutions was mar
Yeled at by the patriarchal, silk-hatted
Senegambian who is known to many as
the guardian of a prominent down town
business block.
Why he said, "why don't some cullud
man open bizness and git the trade of the
cullud people? Why don't they save thei'
money. std O. shootin' TO 'leben? Why
don't they
But here his companion cut in. His
companion was equally sable.
what eff he did? Some white man
would open alongside of i'm, and all de
cullud puhsors in that immediate vicinity
would sure enough pat'nize him"
Just then the man in the silk hat OBJ
served the proprietor Of the 'possum-
cooking restaurant down street siding by
without, and hastily leaving his seat, he
reioined
''Stop right whah you is, Mistah John
sing, you is right than"
And the black proprietor of the rival es-
tablishmeut had gone by, wondering pos
sibly, too what about the colored race.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.

Baltimore-The fourth biennial conven-
ton of the Brotherhood of Andrew and
Philip began two days session in this
city today.
Berlin-EmPeror William, the empress
and two of their sons, Auguste William
and Oscar. left Potsdam at s O'Clock This
morning for Kiel. on their way to Eng
Portland, Or-The Northern Pacific
Steamship company has secured the s 600
ton steel steamer Parab, which will ar
rive next month. for the purpose of carry
ing the surplus cargo which the regular
Oriental line is unable to handle.
Cambridge, Mass-Prof. Charles Eliot
Norton, of Harvard, today confirmed a re
port that Mrs. Elizabeth Cary Agassiz.
ed.
Green Bay. Wis.-The location of a
mammoth beet sugar trust plant In this
city seems assured. Eastern capitalists
are behind the project
Chicago-Col. George r. Davis, who was
director general of the worlds fair Is
lying very i'll at his home in this city Col.
Davis is suffering from heart trouble
with compiled tons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
DOMINION OF CANADA.
STOCK MARKET EASIER.
Action of the Treasury Department
Relieved the Tension.

NEW YORK. Nov II. - Bradstreets
financial review will say: Speculation
this week has hinged almost entirely on
the money market and the developments
connected with 1t. In place of the ex
pected selling movement the market
from Monday onward, developed support
OF an excellent quality, while at the same
time large SUPPLIES of funds came into
the call loan market. While rates touch
ed 1OQ12 per cent, these were the ex-
IRENE, and the bulk of the borrowing ar
the stock exchange was on a much lower
level than for a fortnight
The decline in exchange was a factor
of considerable assistance to the stock
market which was more active and
broader than 1t has been of late. and
generally advanced during the early part
of the week These tendencies were. of
course, confirmed and increased by the
news made public on Thursday, that the
United States treasury would buy $25,-
0oO.0O0 of government bonds at the cur
rent market prices. Both practically and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
SIGNS OF sHRINKAGE.
r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
Notes Them in Iron and Steel.

H. VI Ouh az JOS weekly ReVieW
Notes Them In Iron and Steel.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17-Dun & Co. s
review of trade will say: The signs Of
shrinkage in the new demand for iron
and steel products become more clear
and while prices Of pig IRON are main
tanned without change, bilIets are quoted
lower only because premiums for earlier
deliveries are no longer paid. Shipments
of boots and shoes fail off and yet are
larger than in any previous year for the
first two weeks in November-1S3, PSI
cases, against 163,759 in 1897, and LAG, 972
in 1894, and less in all other years Ad-
vances asked, especially since the recent
rise in leather, have prevented much
buying, though many works still have
business ahead for some time.
Textile manufacturers are doing well,
although in. woolens che speculation in
material threatens to cause some en-
harrassnent Sales of wool were again
heavy=I, 642, ell pounds-at the three
chief markets. Prices are a shade strong
er for fine washed Eastern fleece and for
fine and medium delaine, so that the en-
tire list averages about an eighth of a
cent higher. Worsted goods are in good
demand, and have been advanced in price
with some hanneIs. Carpets also have
been active, with prices advanced 8 per
cent for the season.
Cotton goods continue to advance, with
a strong demand, with belief in a short
crop, so that some have been for the
time entirely withdrawn from the mar
ket by the mills while bleached were ad-
verced to the highest quotation for four
years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18

sentimentally the secretary of the treas
urys action had an excellent effect. and
measurabiy dissipated any prevailing
feeling of disquiet in regard to the roo-,a'.
situation Prices, therefore, advance1
throughout the list, though one of tba
features Of the week was the extent ~
which activity seemed to be confined 70
lower priced stocks like some of the Pa
ctflc group. At the same time the higher
priced standard railroad stocks were NOT
totally neglected, considerable strength
developing in that quarter. London was
purchaser of our stocks, but the for
e1gn influence on the speculative situa-
ton was not at ali marked.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
GENERAL TRADE BRISK
BRADsTREET'S REVIEW OF BUS
INESs CONDITIONS AGAIN OF
THE BEST
PRICES MANIFEST STRENGTH
Both Trade and Industry
Strength OF Values Still Most
Notable Among Manufactured
Textiles, While Cereals, Hides,
Leather, ETC., Are Stronger.

AtAeSp WA1Ae Oerea1ab Hides,
Leather, ETC., Are Stronger.
NEW YORK, Nov. T7.-Bradstreet's will
say: General trade and industry continue
at a maximum volume for this season of
the year. while prices. as whole, mani
fest strength urapproached in recent
years. Strength Of values is still most
notable among manufactured textiles, but
cereals, hides, leather and manufactures
thereof have also strengthened slightly
On the other hand, pork products, raw
cotton and tin are slightly lower. The
great majority Of prices. however, remain
firm at unchanged quotations.
Cereals do not manifest any striking
change this week, but the resisting pow
or Of the market is apparently greater,
more moderate receipts Of wheat at the
West inducing some covering, and corn
is sympathetically stronger
Another feature naturally attracting
attention at this time Of year is the
active demand for, but generally reported
small stock of, coal available both East
and West, Lumber displays continued
strength and advices are of an expected
very heavy cut this winter, both In the
Northwest and at the South. Some shad-
Ing in provision prices is noted, largely
Els result Of heavier receipts Of hogs.
Sugar is in rather slow demand. notwith-
standing reiterated reports of the settle
ment Of the war among ref1ners.
Wheat including flour shipments for
the week aggregated 4,54Q,OO7 bu against
z,e5O,S42 blu last week; 5,679,141 bu the cor
responding week of 1898, $685. blu in
1857; 1892 blu in 1896, end 2,916,S33 bu in
1885, Since July this season the exports
Of wheat aggregate S1,779,S69. bu against
So 299,357 blu last year and 95,a73526 bu in
1S97-'% Corn exports for the week ag-
gregate 4,603,71S blu against 1881, AT bu
last week; 1851, 724 bu in this week a year
ago; S,2O9,799 ou in 1897; 2,975,721 bu in 1895
and 1.74S, 1871 blu in 1895. Since July 1 this
season, corn exports aggregate Sue, 965
hu against 56823,91G bu during the same
period of a year ago and Ee,67O, 44O bu in
1S47-'92.
Business failures in the United States
for the week number 199, as compared
with 1S2 last week, 229 in this week year
ego; 235 in 1897; sos in 1896 and 923 IN 1855.
Business failures in the Dominion of Can
ada for the week number 10 as against %
last week, "a in this week a year ago, 81
In 1887, At in 1896, and AZ in 1895.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
Big Fire I'm New york

NEW YORK. Nov. 1S-Fire broke out
at 2:45 a. m. this Saturday morning at
No. Is Park place, occupied by the I'm
excelled Fireworks company, Lloyd 8
fireworks company and f. Bissel & Co.
Three alarms were sent out in quick sue
cession. The entire building is appar-
emily doomed, the upper three stories
having already been destroyed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
Harper-Harvey Dea1 a surprise.

NEW YORK. Nov 1.-THE announce
ment of the election of G. B. NJ. Harvey
to be president Of Harper Bros pub
fishing company. and the implied failure
of the S. S. Mcclure and Harper COM
bination. was a complete surprise to
other publishers today. since it is only
week since some of them had dealings
with the two as one.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18

In one thing at least Mark Hanna has
succeeded admirably. He has made the
question of location of the next Repub-
lican national convention a matter of SUI
preme Indifference to the various promi-
nent cities of the Union. There will be
no high bids for a one days session, and
the Republican committees treasury will
suffer accordingly. For the sake of nom
mating Hannas man, Mckinley, the
trusts will have to make up the def
cheney.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
Fatal street Fight.

CHICAGO. Nov. 17.-In a street fight
between number of Italians today two
men were fatally wounded and several
others less seriously hurt The fatally
injured are: Carmin Scaliso and George
Latisto. The fight was caused by an al
legged insult to the wife Of one of the
participants
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-18
October Settlement

City Treasurer Horst today received
from County Treasurer Arosin the final
payment on the October settlement,
amounting to 103,740.67 This makes the
total amount received from the county
treasurer on the second semi-annual set
Element for 1899 a total of $S12, 225.67.