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RATE PROBLEM.
1t Is Before the subcommittee of Ia
dustriaI Body.

dustriaI Body.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15.+The subcommittee
on transportation of the United States in
dustrial commission began ten DAYS
session here today Thorough inquiry in
to the charges of discrimination in freight
rates by railways will be made and the
alleged combine of elevators will also be
investigated. The members of the COM
mission met in secret session this morn
Ing to decide upon a programme and a
general discussion of pfelin inaries.
NO evidence was taken until afternoon.
when ex-senator John [, H. Reagan. of
Texas, was the first witness. In his tes-
ttmony before the commission he said
that IL it is not possible to have the
freight rates regulated the next best
thing is regulated pool which should
provide severe penalties for violation of
contracts. Judge Reagan did not favor
the control of the railways by the gov
eInment The increased power and pat
ronaGe given this government for dis
tribution, he said, might endanger the
usefulness of the railways
The commission questioned Judge Rea-
gan as to the franchise Of railways The
latter said he had never attempted to
fix q value on franchises, as the matter
had never come before the commission
of which he was a member.
In giving his evidence Judge Reagan
read long statement giving suggestions
ss to needed legislation BY congress as to
interstate and foreign transportation, and
by the state Legislatures rs TO transporta-
ion beginning and ending in the state
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PLEA FOR THE RIVERS
Embodied In the Resolutions Adopt-
ed by WaterVvays' Assimilation

Embodied In the Resolutions Adont
ed by Waterways Association.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Nov 15.-The conven-
tton Of the Western Waterways associa-
t1on adjourned sine die todav TIbis
mornings proceedings Were given over TO
addresses by prominent delegates. In the
afternoon the committee on resolutions
made its report The report was adonted
without dissenting voice, and the labors
OF the convention came to an end. The
resolutions were practically as follows.
Resolved. that we are more firmly con-
VInceo than ever that 1t is the dIty of
en1r ei11 general government to make liberal
appropriations for the Improvement Of ali
m nm5V1gable rivers and harbors in the G1nit-
ed States. " '-4o O4l1'-
A1,Ssinf we fully approve of the work of the
ods employed for the prevention of DE-
sstructlve floods. and for securing a nav
da1, idgaode channel such as will satisfy the
tba a1na OF commerce at all seasons of
Of this o O0h huduon
Resolved, that an unobstructed out,et
W;sIi NJ tne sea is OF vital Importance to the
HlSslSsippl valley and inaSmuch as fhe
cSnannel through the South Pass is entire
~ inadequate TO meet the wants of com
6, 6merce, and has already caused serious
damage to shipping, the conditions era
such as to demand the immediate ettene
tlon OF congress- and we urge that early
pFFoSylsion pF S be made for the Improvement
Sil"eSI IdSS, SO as TO permit loaded
sshIpS OF the largest tonnage to pass
'nPough with ease and safety fN@'
resolved that we earnestly approve the
Iaao IMPROVEMENT of the upper Mississippi and
;TGcoInhend that the work be pushed on a
liberal scale under the existing system M Of
continuous appropriations. ''--' -
resolved. that we are in favor of q deem
tWxateTWay between the. great lakes and
the Gulf Of Mexico. and urge upon con-
gress the consideration Of the subject
IN IN or9er that the work may be consum-
mated. and that the projected plan he
carried out for the deep waterway he
1Ween M,eeil LAX Lake Michigan at Chicago and the
Resolved, that we favor the establish
ment of an additional department of the
government to be called the Department
OF commerce and INDUSTRIES, believing
tnat the great and increasing appronria
t1ons would thereby be secured. and these
interests would receive greater and more
oifect consideration, and that the peonle
f1ted eS pehe-
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MILWAUKEE, SENSATION.
Startling Disclosures in PIanlxinton
Bank Inquiry


MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. 15.-startIine
ana sensational disclosures came ont Of
the investigation of the Flankinton bank
asslgneesmp before, Commissioner
0chfeloer, this afternoons by the attor-
neys Tor the banks ereditors filing
three orders made byF Judge John
son on April last, to the. receivers of
thfee institutions, Formerly banks. auth,
of1zlrg the settlement of claims aggre
satIfg %9JO'zS5 for the sum of $5,942, and
note for same amount SssS7
Inc Withholding of the orders astound
ca the attorneys IN the case. The first
order filed is, in the Plankinton bank as
signeeship, authorizing William PIankin-
ton to settle a claim for $123, SIS. A against
the .Schlesingers for 81, 4S6; the second in.
the case of William H.EtTirnlin. against
the Commercial bank, of .sMtfwaukee an
thorlzing Receiver Frank H THOMPSON
TO accept a settlement of the banks
claim of $365,439 against the ,Schlesingers
for 4,385, and the thirda and most stu
pendous order filed is in the case of the
South Side Savings bank which author
ICES the settlement for $6,0t4 of claims
against the Schlesingers reaching 1851. :
166.
The petitions set up the indebtedness
and states that Ferdinand Schlesinger.
w. H. Schlesinger. Seh1esfngerz Bros. and
Adolph Schlesinger failed in 1893 for up-
wards of $2,OO0,00O. The petitioner believes
that all the property of, the Schlesingers
has been used to pay their debts, and re-
ports that an offer in compromise has
oeen made. The petitioner, owing to the
settlement, states that 1t would be wise
to do SO also.
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| tent that was not anticipated by us at
that time Today In place of the vast
undeveloped state we have large towns; IS
The one north of us has a population of
1000, something short of what we have.
But we are willing to be equal with our
neighbor, and we may some day acquire
1t. We are proud Of our university, the
third in point of patronage in the United
States. We have every Kind of institu-
tion1all In these fifty years. l doubt If
progress and rapid development can be
pointed out.
Gov. Ramsey in concluding referred to
the treaty made by himself and others
with the Chippewas of the Red river val
ley The whole trip of 400 miles from St.
Paul was made in canoes and the most
crude devices of transportation. Aside
from the members of the party not a
white man Or Indian was seen on the en-
tire journey, while today that same coun-
try traVerSed is a network of town and
county organizations and is the greatest
wheat producing country in the world.
Gov. Ramsey stated that on this trip a
large herd of buffalo was seen, contain
ing perhaps 5000 animals
THE SOCIETY'S HISTORY.
Gen. William G. lie Due, one of the
five living members of the original or
ganization, read a paper upon the "Or-
ganiZatiCn and Growth of This Society"
The speaker drew the comparison of
the past and the present and referred to
the little log cabin on Bench street, where
the society was first organized with c.
X. Smith. then secretary of the territory,
as secretary.
Succeeding Mr.. Smith, Rev. E. D.
Neill, painstaking and scholarly gentle
man was elected to the position, said
Gen. LIE Due. Following he told of the
early struggles OF the society and of its
friends who were staunch in it's support
and to whom the people of the state have
reason to be thankful for the present
society with its extensive library and col
lection of relics. In 1864 the soicety was
forced to give up its room in the old state
house to the state auditor, when 1t oc-
cupied for a number of years rented
quarters in the old Ingersoll building.
In 1867, ]. Fletcher William was elected
secretary and served continuously until
1893, during which time the society grad
ually increased its facility. The collec-
tion of newspaper files dating from the
first issue of the rst,newspaper, together
with the $4,000 volumes on the shelves of
the library, places 1t in front rank among
the historical societies of the country.
MUSEUM AND PORTRAITS.
N. P. Langford followed Gen. LIE Due
with a paper upon 1.-THE Library Museum
Continued ON Fourth Page.
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ARE TO BURN ALL VILLAGES
SMALL BANDS TO CONSTANTLY
HARAss AMERICAN FORCES
AS THEY PROCEED
REBEL LEADER IS CAPTURED
Was Attempting to Pass the Lines
into uOtIO - One Company of the
Twenty-SIxth Regiment Has an
Engagement With the FiIiDinOs.
killing Three and Escaping With
One WOunded-SuIu Ports Closed.


One WOunded-SuIu Ports Closed.
MANILA, Nov. 15.-Gen Hughes, with
parts Of the Nineteenth and Twenty
sixth regiments, moved from Iloilo Thurs
day, Nov 8, to Otton, six miles west, for
the purpose Of capturing Santa Barbara
the rebel stronghold, ten miles north Of
1Iollo. Heavy rains preceded the move
ment, and the roads were in places i'm
passable. The same night Col. Carpen-
ter, with the Eighteenth regiment and
Battery G of the Sixth artillery, moved
westerly from Jaro to connect with Gen
Hughes Col Carpenter was forced to
return to Jaro on account Of the roads,
and the entire movement was hampered
by lack Of proper transportation
Company g, Of the Twenty-sixth regf-
ment had the only fighting. When three
miles out Of Jaro this company charged
the rebel trenches and three of the enemy
We're killed. One American was wounded.
Gen. Hughes, Nov. 12, occupied Tag
banan and GuimbaI, on the southern
coast, and also Cordova, In the interior.
The enemy did not oppose Gen. Hughes
advance. Recent orders from AguinaI-
do, found in the trenches, said:
Do not oppose the Americans advance,
Burn the villages as they are evacuated.
Divide the forces into bands of forty.
Harass the Americans on every occa-
sion"
Arneta, the rebel leader Of the island of
Panay, was captured at Tagbanan while
attempting to pass the lines into Iloilo.
Two battalions Of the Twenty-sixth h viii
garrison Iloilo and Jaro.
San Miguel, visible from Iloilo, has been
burned by the rebels.
1t is reported that an expedition, evad-
Ing the navy, recently landed arms and
ammunition on, the Antique coast. and
that the rebels threaten opposition with
an armed force of 5000 men. These sto-
ries are not believed
All ports of>the Sulu islands outside of
the American possessions have been or
dered closed to commerce
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Philippines Casualties.

WASHINGTON. Nov 15.-Gen. Otis to-
Cay reported the following casualties:
Wounded in action at San Mateo. Nov.
II. James Wright, K, Sixth infantry
both thighs, severe; in action at Arayat
Oct. II, James Turner, l, Twenty-fourIh
infantry, neck, severe: in action. San
Fabian expeditionary brigade. Nov. To-
john O'Nefl, H, Thirteenth infantry, chest
severe; Tony Eberhardt, Thirty-third in
fantry. abdomen, slight; John F. Coates
G. right arm, slight; George Puehl, left
arm, slight; in action at Bambam Nov
II. James F. Wyatt, M, Fifteenth infan-
try, right knee, moderate; in action at
Madelacat. 10th. Ernest Rhodes, c, SeT,
enth infantry, back. severe; Deli Cudney,
right thigh severe; in action, road to San
Jactnto, Nov. II, Killed: Oscar K Mercier
acting hospital steward, Thirty-third in
fanty; Lowell E. Casteel, sergeant, e;
John A. Robinson, corporal H.; Willie
Boone, H. Smack Mitchell, l.; Arthur
Pettus. E; wounded Arthur Radzinski.
sergeant major, left thorax, severe; Her
bert E. Harpold, sergeant, c. right thigh.
slight; George r. Sims, corporal l, right
leg, slight; George A. Mattlock artifcer
left forearm, slight; Lazaro c. Castillo.
q. left thorax, severe; Edward A Hurth.
l., left thigh, slight; Duke H Howell. M
left side. slight; John F.. Reffett, M. left
side. slight: John w. Stokes M left
shoulder. slight: Francis c. Tanner p
right wrist. slight; Charles Ularv p
right leg, slight; Charles T. Throck.
morton. l.. right thigh. slight; Charles r
Rowe. corporal, NJ. sprain of back, severe:
James 'Boynton. f, sub-ma Hillary, slight
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BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for st. Paul.
Fair; Southeasterly Winds.

Weather Forecast for ST. Paul.
Fair; Southeasterly Winds.
1-Ship on Fire at Sea.
FiliDinOs Resort to Fire. r"
South African War News. N
Historical Society Jubilee.
2-OId Man Murdered. -
Case of the Teachers.
Gas Company May Appeal.
3-MinneapOlis Matters.
Northwest News.
Northwest Farmers FIeeced.
4-EditOr1al.
Philippine Policy Defended.
State Political Gossip.
6-SpOrting News.
Light on SiIverware Trust.
Labor Opposes ImperiaIism.
8-Markets of the world.
Bar Silver, 6S 3-4c.
Chicago Dec. Wheat, O7 1-4c.
Stocks FiFmer.
7-Nevvs of the Railroads.
SIN the Field of Labor.
ST. Paul Social News.
DecfsbOn PIeases Doctors.
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GEN. FUNSTON STARTS
OFF for Manila to Resume Active Duty
There.

TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 15.-Gen. Freder-
lex Funston, recently ordered to return
to the Philippines for service, today
started for San Francisco, accompanied
by his wife. Mrs. Funston will remain
at her parents home in Oakland, Cal
a couple Of hundred people were at the
depot to give Gen. Funs ON hearty good
bye. Among them were two former
Twentieth Kansas officers, Lieuts. Wis
ner and Northrup, of Company B.
II never said it," yelled Lieut. Wisner
directing his remarks to the general, who
stood waving adieus from the car plat
form. Wisner referred to an alleged in
terview in which Col. Metcalf and other
officers Nof the Twentieth had been criti-
cised
Your apology is accepted" said Gen
Funston, with laugh. 81 knew you had
been misquoted.'
Cen Funston will sail on the first trans
port leaving for Manila
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OCEAN LINERS.

NAPLES Arrived: Auguste Victoria.
New York. for Genoa
HONG KONG-Arrived: Idsumi Maru,
Seattle, via Yokohama
QUEENSTOWN - Arrived: Belgeland.
Philadelphia, foF Liverpool
HAMBURG - Arrived: Brazilia, New
York
ANTWERP-Arrived: Nederland, Phila-
delphia.
LONDON-Arrived Marquette, New
York.
BOsTON-Arrived: Ultonia, Liverpool.
SOUTHAMPTON-Arr st. Paul, New
York
HAMBURG Sailed Belgravia, Balti-
more. - s1>
CHERBOURG- Sailed Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, Bremen for New York.
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LONG MAY RESIGN.
Secretary of the Navy Said to BE in
DisfaVOr at the White House

WASHINGTON. Nov. 15-There is a
story out this afternoon that Secretary of
the Navy Long intends to tender his res
ignadon at an early day. Longs treat
ment Of Schley is said to be the cause of
misunderstanding with the president. 1t
is claimed by some of the radical Schley
men that Maryland was lost to the Re
publicans through the shameful treatment
accorded to Schley and 'the continuous
praise of Sampson.
Long has recently attempted to explain
matters, and sent a long statement. to a
Chicago paper This does not please Presi-
dent Mckinley.
In Longs speech presenting Dewey his
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Mr. Henderso,1,a Appointments.

DUBUQUE, To-, Nov, ;15.-Congress
Henderson, next, speaker of the house
announces the appointment of Jules G.
Richards, of Waterloo5 To-, as private
was Speaker Reeds secretary, and who
has Just been elected to congress. Also
that Asher c. Kinds win Continue a.
roy Neeley, for some years Congressman
Hent1erson's private secretary, will be the
speakers clerk, W 'A1N
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Gov. Lind was introduced as the first.

Gov Lind was introduced as the first
speaker. He said:
Human development and culture in
their inception, at least, are principally
the outgrowth Of the UNCONSCIOUS activi- y
ty Of the race, to adjust itself to the
VARYING phases of physical nature, OF It's
environments Every new condltlon 10
which man has been subjected mas d9-
veloped and called into play new 1ac4l-
ties and has added new powers to tne
Individual and new forces to society
It is for this reason that every InlgrallIUn I
has resulted in advancement both Ior thS
individual and the social body OF Wnlcn
he became a member. The prlnciple IS
nowhere more forcibly illustrated than in
our own land and l may say In our own
After referring to the successive waves
of migration that first brought European
settlers to the Atlantic coast and then
carried them further and further INTO the
interior the governor proceeded:
"As a result, I believe l may say that
we have In the West and particularly IN
the Northwest. population Which ,toT toT
energy. versatility, physical and mental
power and genius is not eXcelled In the
world This is in part due to their mani
fold experience. inherited ana acquired
II think it is safe to assume that So
cietv at least in this country and IN our
own state. has arrived at stage OF Ge-
velopment and culture when 1t may sa1e,
Iv be assumed that it will consciously ana
knowingly continue to guide the develop
ment of a higher civilization and better
social
the factors which have contributed to
that end are not so active as they nave
been in the past.
''It does not become me. belonging, as
do, to a later generation, to occupy
nnch of your time. To this celebration
the honor has been conferred upon me to
Formally extend to you the states well
come which 1 do most heartily both as
a citizen and IS the chief executive of
our great state.
EX-GOV. RAMSEY'S RESPONSE.
Ex-Gov. Ramsey. on behalf of the. State
Historical society, made the response. He
said:
''If you had been here with US at the
earliest days," said the venerable gov.
ernor. when the light began to shine
unon this province of ours you would
scarcely have expected to find after fifty
wears so large, bright and intelligent an
andience as I see before me now 1t is
NOT an. ordinary thing to raise upon the
nlains of new and primitive s. country
a population and measures of progress
such as we have now When-I came here,
40. and looked out upon the new territory
you can scarcely imagine what it was
like. 1t was one vast, unoccupied, unpos- 4
sessed unimproved, spreading far and
wide. with beautiful plains. green with
heritage large and small rivers running
TO the sea, in every way beautiful and
honeful prospect. 1 am glad we have adj
vanced as far as we have. The early
small beginnings have developed to an ex-
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sword he was not accurate in his state
ments, and on his trip West he kept I'M
his talk about THE guns Of Sampson" In
Minneapolis he was roandly hissed and
inserfnpted fa1, by loud ,s shouts for schley.
Colorado and 1t IS said that he went to
accompany his daughter, who is In deli
cate health. Assistant and Acting secre
tary Allen said this afternoon that he
did not expect his chief to resign.
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SPANISH PRISONERS.
President Seeks to Secure Their Pro-
lection ia Philippines.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15-The president
Is making efforts to secure the protec-
ton of the Spanish prisoners with the in-
surgents in the Philippines. A cable mes
sage has been sent to Gen. Otis, and by
him forwarded to Gen. Macarthur, with
instructions to get it to Aguinaldo if
possible. The president requests kindly
and humane treatment of the Spanish
prisoners, and the message also contains
an intimatton that any of the insurgents
responsible for the ill-treatment of such
prisoners will be held to strict account
when they are taken by the United States
forces operating in the islands
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WANTS TO KNOW.
New York Cotton Exchange Seeking
News Leakage.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-The cotton ex-
change will take steps to discover how It
came ahout that the special crop report
pupilsned yesterday by the department of
agriculture was known to private indi-
Viduals and firms before being sent to the
exchange. Supt. King today said that
the exchange had taken steps to inves-
tigate what was at fault in the office
Of the government statistician. He would
not state what steps had been taken.
1t IS known, however, that Mr. King has
written letter asking for an official in
QGiry, in addition to asking the repre-
sentatives of the exchange in Washington
to take whatever steps We're necessary.
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TO-DAY IN ST. PAUL.

OLITAN-Prmrose & Dock
stader's Minstrels, S:15.
GRAND-"The King of the Opium Ring. -
SIS.
Palm Garden-Vaudeville, and D. m.
ST. Peter CIaver's Bazaar. Aurora and
Harrington avenues, evening.
Assembly, City hall, 7:30 p. m.
Readings at Park Congregational church
by Nine. Preston, S:15.
Literary entertainment Odd Fellows hall,
Payne avenue, by children of Ellington
Hills Presbyterian church, o. m.
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MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
Fifth Annual Meeting of the Nation
al BODY On at Columbus.

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 15.-The fifth
annual meeting of the National Munich
pal league and the seventh national con-
ference for good city government opened
in this city today. Over 200 delegates
are present, including representatives of
municipalities all over the country. Few
delegates arrived until today, but when
the meeting was called 20 order this aft
ernoon there was a. gratifying number
present The meeting is called for the
purpose of discussing subjects of vital
Importance to municipalities, and 1.-The
topics We're selected with greatestscare
The dominant feature will be '.,rhe Mn
nicipal Programme, the report on which.
however, will not be presented until Fri
day afternoon. The programme will
be offered as the report of a special COM
mfttee appointed at the. Louisville meet
ing two years ago. ~
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ANARCHISTS ROUTED.
Berlin Police Prevent Celebration of
Chicago Executions

BERLIN, Nov. 15.-The police today
forcibly dissolved an anarchistic meeting
called to commemorate the Chicago ex-
ecutions of 1887.
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FEATURES OF HALF A CENTURY
THE PROGRAMME PROVIDED FOR
REVIEW OF MINNESOTA'S
GROWTH
ALONG IT'S VARIOUS LINES
Interesting Addresses by Several
Prominent Members Bishop
WhippIe, Senator Davis, Ex-GOv.
Ramsey, Judge FIandrau, Gov.
Lind, Gen LIE Due, President
NOrthrOp and Others.

A Kaleidoscope view of Minnesota was
pictured In a dozen papers read before
the Minnesota State Historical society at
the celebration Of its fiftieth anniversary,
observed at the state capitol yesterday.
From the primitive civilization of terri
torial days when the brown skinned abo-
r1glne roamed over the plains to the
many shifting scenes which have been
recorded in the history of Minnesota as
a state, q large audience heard of the
development and attainment of a virgin
country Of fifty years ago. Both after
noon and evening the hall of representa-
tives was we'll filled with gray bearded
old gentlemen and a fair. sprinkling of
the other SEX Upon the faces of a very
large number was stamped the imprints
of time, and by their side sat the young
er and more active generation. The So
ciety was organized Nov. Is, 1S49.
Rev Robert Forbes, of Duluth, delivered
the invocation, and in an eloquent suppli-
cation returned thanks for the manifold
blessings of prosperous commonwealth.
Henry L. Moss, one of the original
charter members of the society, opened
the exercises with brief explanation of
the legislative act of 1S49, under which
the society was organized eve have
with us today" he said, ''the governor
who, or that occasion, approved of the
legislative act Incorporating the society
STATES WELCOME.
Ex-Gov Ramsey took the chair and
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MOST REMARKABLE.
Affection of America for Great grft-
ain So Pronounced,

LONDON, Nov. 15.-George WyYdham.
under secretary for war, addressing his
constituents this evening, said that none
of the affection the colonies felt for the
mother country was likely to be forgot
ten, but the affection Of the American ma
ton for Great Britain said the speaker.
was the most remarkable and dramatic
IN history. 1t did not, however show hos
tility to any other power"