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EFFECT OF MONETARY BILL.
r. G. Dun & Co. Sum Up Situation
for the Week.

r. G. Dun & Co. Sum Up Situation
for the Week
NEW YORK, March 2S.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
In its first week of operation the new
monetary bill has given satisfaction at
the treasury and to banks. Applications
for new per cents have exceeded $685.
100000. AS the rate at which new circula-
ton can be issued Is limited, except
for banks which may give orders In adj
vance of the passage of the BILL issues
at first are largely for the increase Of
notes to the par value of bonds depos-
tied, and little can yet be inferred re-
gard1ng the other increase, though appli-
cations indicate that 1t will be large for
the interior.
THE reported settlement of the Carne-
gie-Frick controversy is of the greatest
Importance to the iron and steel indus
try. fight between such forces would
in the end have affected prices and values
beyond calculation, while the combination
OF interests, now said to be agreed upon,
may prove revolutionary In its influence
Whether markets will be Immediately
affected is not clear. AS vet the tenden
cy toward reaction Of prices continues.
though in the Pittsburg region Bessemer
and basic pig are strong. But Eastern
DOFoSCliSl dLu gray forge ana Southern
pig are sold there at prices below those
governing in larger transactions, and 1t
Is only the demand for steel-maNng
grades which appears to aid the sunpIv
Eastern markets are weaker, with reduce
ton of 81 per ton at Philadelphia in some
grades. Finished products are generally
unchanged, though sheets rise at Chicago
with the coming combination, while
plates sink lower at Pittsburg. and to the
lowest point since April 5, 1893 at Phila
delphia.
Cotton holds at csc for spot. with
heavy export demand, though futures are
weaker. European stocks in sight. with
mill stocks reported by Ellison, cover
consumption at the rate prices for large
part but not for the whole crop year
remaining, and the visible supply In this
country is being sold at terms which
make the $4,000 bales exported this month
worth more than 100000. Receipts have
aided the operations of the week though
not for the month. Dry goods are only
strong in spots. In some makes conces-
sions for distant deliveries are made"
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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
DID NOT SETTLE IT
Continued From FIRST Page.

ed for business at o'clock, an hour ear
Her than that regularly observed.
Inc regular polling place was looked
after by Peter Efferty and Henry Brown.
The strikers tor each faction occupied
the sidewalk in front of the polling place
and, though there were many quarrels
and banterlng, no serious disturbance re-
suited. Two sets of delegates will en-
deavor TO be seated in the convention
from the Second precinct of the Eighth
ward
At the polling place for the Third pre-
cinct of the Eighth ward there was a
lively time from o'clock until the polls
closed.
At the place selected by Healey an
officer appeared, and at o'clock opened
the store. Healey and POupeney were
there. Healey was given a chance to
organize the primaries and did so. A
chairman was chosen and one of the
judges was Healey man. But Healey
soon saw he hadn't any chance to be
elected fairly so he went across the
street and opened his parlor window and
voted some people there. On top of all
of this he appears at the head of a con-
testing delegation.
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MARTIAL LAW IN IDAHO
Joint RESOLUTION INTRODUCED
OPPOSING IT'S CONTINUANCE
AS DANGEROUS
Is DENOUNCED AS TYRANNY
Resolution Preceded by IL Recital of
the Alleged Improper Conditions
acknowledgements In
Vited by Such Acts.

WASHINGTON March Ex-senator
Alien, in the senate, ana Representative
Leu,z. i'm the house, today introduced q
joint resolution setting forth the contin-
uauce of martial law in the Occur
d'Alene country. and closing as follows:
BE ii resolved, That the use of the
troops of the United States, in aiding or
assisting the maintenance of martial law
within the said section, is improper I'M
lawful and unnecessary, and that the
president Of the United States be request
ed forthwith to withdraw said troops
now in ShOShOne county unless the said
permit system be forthwith Immediately
revoked, The writ of habeas corpus Te-
stored to the citizens of said county, and
martial law declared to be at an end.
"iie il further resolved, That the sense
and purpose of this resolution is in no
wise 10 influence the president of the
United States in maintaining and keeping
said troops within the limits of said coun-
ty of SnOshoue to permit of the eXecu-
non OF. civil law therein"
Tne resolution IS preceded by a long
recital of alleged improper conditions ex-
listing. 1t recites that on May ., 1893, the
of Shoshone was in a state of
pc, ce, without sign of war; instruction
cor rebellion.
Whereas, 1t is not in the authority
OF the governor OF Idaho or the presi-
dent of The United States to continue
martial law ON any pretense in time of
peace.
"Wherea% In violation of the four
tetnlh ar,endment, men have been ar
rested and held for indefinite periods by
the authorities without judicial proceed
ings or legal warrant; and
Whereas, The form of commitment
and warrant OF arrest Is a revival Of the
infamous. system of lettres de cachet by
which innocent citizens We're arbitrarily
arrested and held during the reign of
Louis NV. of France, and his despotic
ministry, resulting in the revolution of
the people against such despotic tyranny,
and the same is but a repetition of the
unlawful arrests made under the warrant
of the early kings of England, abolished
by the bill of rights and the magma
charta and such warrants are illegal.
unconstitutional and unprecedented in the
United States, and abhOrTent to ali classes
OF citizens, etc"
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Long List of Marine disasters.

VANCOUVER, B. c., March 23.-Ac-
counts of marine disasters in Australian
today follow: The cutter Esplieg went
to pieces on Ottoma Reef. Capt John
Castle and twenty Tongans were drowned
and valuable cargo lost. The iron ship
coal laden from Barry for Junin, seen last
off Cambridge island, Oct. II, is given up
as lost. The French bark Emile RenOuf,
carrying 300 tons nickel ore from Chic,
New Caledonia for Glasgow, ran upon an
uncharted rock eighty miles south of
Mare island, Feb. 6, sinking Immediately
crew of ten men escaped in n'i boats ats and and
after a night and day were picked up.
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In the Sixth.

In the Sixth ward the most spirited
contests were in the First and Thirteenth
precincts. In the latter Frank Baer. can
didate for alderman. was beaten by
Rowland, Moriarity delegate, by three
votes, and in the First John Sullivan beat
Fred KammOn, an ardent Baer man, by
live votes, though it was said that a
large number of Republican voters,
Kieferite, were brought to the support of
Mr.. Kammon. In the Third the fight
was a most bitter one and was finally
but a contest may result in this case.
From the result of last night former
Ward Committeeman M. j. Moriaritv
can have the aldermanic nomination if
he desires, as his forces carried all but
one of the thirteen precincts in the
ward. and the ward voted solid for John
q. Warden for, assenblyman.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24

difference been settled and adjusted, but
that the separate and distinct amounts
which each party is to receive from the
great combined capital have been agreed
upon. The charter of the Carnegie
steel company has been signed by all
or the parties in interest, some thirty-six
In all, and the three first names in
the certificate are Andrew Carnegie,
followed by Henry Phipps Jr. and Henry
Clay Prick, thus indicating to the world
that the old friends and recent litigants
are again united and standing together,
heading the list of those interested in the
combined industries to be represented by
the Carnegie company, with its capital
of $3.50. 900 900 and its securities amounting
to perhaps as much more.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24

place. When Postmaster-to-Be Pierce
returned from Washington he was met
by rival delegations in the interests of
the two candidates and only escaped TO
his home in closed carriage. Both del
egations reached the hotel at the same
time, and serious clash was narrowly
aVerted by Mr.. Pierce's escape to the
home of a friend Mr.. Pierce was kept
up nights receiving delegations In the in
terest of the two candidates, and 1t was
g foregone conclusion that one of the
two men would receive the place. Both
men claim that Pierce and Heatwole
promised them the place. Two days ago
Mr.. Pierce announced his appointment,
that of man named Revere. Scarcely
any of the leaders Knew who the new
man was. and, as the fight had excited
no end of local interest among the promi-
nent Republicans, some Of the latter al
most exploded when they heard about the
new assistant postmaster. Congressman
Heatwole was roundly denounced, and
Postmaster Pierce was decidedly out OF
favor Instead of reconciling the disaf-
lection existing locally and throughout
the county, Mr.. Pierce's arrival only
complicated matters.
Charles Friend Jr., who was mentioned
In the G 10 yesterday as a possible
nominee of the Democratic city conVen-
ton today for the office of city treas
urer, says that all the talk about his can
didacy for the place has been against his
pronounced protest and that neither he
nor any member of his family is in any
sense a candidate for the nomination.
]. J. Leighton yesterday forwarded to
Senator Davis his petition for appoint
ment as postmaster of st. Paul for pre-
sentation to President Mckinley Along
with the petition he sent a large number
OF letters and other Endorsements from
prominent business men and Republican
H.. leaders
Chairman Clarke, of the Peoples party
state central committee, yesterday is
sued the following:
ST. Paul. Mimi, March Is. 1900.
To the Members of the Peoples Party of
the State Of Minnesota:
CALL.
issued by the state central committee
OF the Peoples party for the Peoples
RMniT n9 s[a a eon 1o6a at MINNEAPOLIS,
delegates to the Peoples party national
convention at Sioux Falls, May g. 1870.
Conforming to the action taken by the
national committee of the Peoples party,
in its meeting of Feb 10, 1900 at Lin
coin, Neb., calling national convention
or T n parfX to assemble sen at Sioux Falls,
committee of said Peoples party. of the
state sta of Minnesota, in meeting assembled
on THIS date in the city of st. Paul, does
hereby authorize and call a state conYen-
ton of delegates of the Peoples party OF
minnesota. to assemble in the city of
minneapolis, on May 2, 1900, at 10 o'clock
entitled to one delegate at large in said
state convention and one delegate for
each 200 votes, or major fraction thereof.
cast for the Hon. s. M. owen in 1894 FOR
governor. Said state convention so consti
tuted to convene upon date stated for
the purpose of selecting forty-six dele
Fails. Upon the said basis of representa-
ton the several counties of Minnesota
shall respectively be entitled to the fol-
lowing number of delegates in said state
convention. to wit:
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nth, Mimi, March %, 1900.
idaho Convention Dates.

BOISE, Idaho, March 23.-The state
committees of the Democratic, Silver Re-
publican and Populists parties met here
and fixed the times and places for state
committee. The Democratic convention
to select delegates to the national con-
yention will be held in Lewiston. June s.
The Silver Republicans and Populists will
not hold conventions for that purpose, the
delegates being appointed executive COM
mittees The three parties will hold nom
mating conventions at Pocatello. July IT,
Each committee adopted resolution fav-
oring fusion of the three parties
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
SILVER REPUBLICAN CALL.
Chairman TOVne Announces Date
of national Convention.

of National Convention.
DULUTH. Mimi. March 23.-ChaIrman
Charles a. Towne, of the national COM
mittee of the Silver Republican party.
has issued the following call for ma
uonal convention:
PURSUANT to a resolution of the national
committee of the Silver Republican party
az It's meeting I'm the city of Chicago. on
the Z9th day Of November, 1899, a national
convention of said party is hereby called
10 meet in the Coates opera house, at
Kansas city, Missouri at II o'clock noon
on thursday, the fourth day of july 1900
Tor the purpose Of placing in nominatior'
candidates for president and vice presi-
dent of the United States and for tbo
transaction of such other business as NAV
properly come before said convention.
a cordial invitation to attend or to he
represented at this convention Is herebv
extended to all electors in the United
States who in 1886 left the Republican
party and opposed its platform and ticket
because. OF the abandonment by that
party of Its traditional policy of bimetai-
ilsm; and also to all present members of
that organization who by its adoption If
the gold standard, by its retirement IF
the greenbacks, by its surrender of banks
OF the government function of issuing
money, and by its other acts Of recreancT
TO the principles and traditions of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
TURNED KANE OUT.
james He'll Would Not Let Him Or
Ranize There

The Seventh precinct of the Seventh
ward was not without excitement last
evening and as a consequence there were
Two primaries held. Jim Bell was slated
to run as a delegate by the Bell people
and Thomas r. Kane was slated TO run
as a Barton delegate
he primaries We're advertised to be
heid on Laurel avenue, near Dale
street, and at about quarter of Mr..
Jim Bell and two Others met in Mr.
BeiIs kitchen and organized a pri-
mary.
Shortly before 5 o'clock Mr. Kane ap-
peared upon the scene with half dozen
other gentlemen and attempted to organ
lie a primary, at which Mr.. Bell became
very indignant and ordered Mr.. Kane
and his friends out of the house, and Mr..
Kane and his friends retired to a place
across the street and organized and held
another primary,
The question that now arises is, which
delegation will be seated
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
DOMINION OF CANADA
SAYS IT rs NOT A TRUST.
ThOmss JefRery ON the American
Bicycle Company.

CHICAGO, March 23.-Thomas B. JEFF
ferry member Of the Gormally & Jeffrey
concern, which was absorbed by the
American Bicycle company, was the first
witness before the subcommittee of the
industrial commission, in session here to-
day.
Mr. Jeffrey, after relating some of his
experiences with labor unions, was asked
If the American Bicycle company was not
trust.
TT is not trust" he said, eff you mean
that it controls prices. There Is still COM
petition, which would make it Impossible
for the American company to raise rrices
The ultimate effect of the combination
will be to cheaper wheels to the public
while preventing the failure of r1any a
small concern which might have gone I'M
der in cut-throat competition. l have be-
come an employe Of the American Bicy-
Gle company, nothing more. For one year
my company Is In the hands of the big
ger organization. If this organization is
a success 1 will probably retire. III not,
will resume business for myself"
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BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA IN 1899.
State of Minnesota

department OF insurance.
Whereas, the Commonwealth Insurance
Company, a corporation organized under
the laws of New York. has fully complied
with the provisions of the laws of this
thorization of insurance companies Of its
class.
Now, therefore, 7, the undersigned, In
surance Commissioner do hereby empow-
er and authorize the said above-named
Company to transact its appropriate bust
ness of Fire Insurance in the State of
Minnesota, according to the laws thereof
until the thtrty-first day of January, A
d. 1901, unless said authority be revoked
or otherwise legally terminated prior
thereto.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my official seal
at St Paul, this 31st day of January A
D. 1900.
j. A. O'SHAUGHNESSY
Insurance Commissioner
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24

the county conventions for the Sc
lection of delegates to said state conven-
place as may be designated in the coun-
ty call. on Saturday, April %, 1900, at II
O'Clock a.. m. The time of holding the
primaries in the several precincts for the
selection of delegates to the county con-
Vent1onS is hereby fixed at the hour be-
tween Z and o'clock p. M, of Friday,
April 27. 1900
1t IS directed that in any county where
a call for any reason shall not have been
made, members of the Peoples party,
TO assemble at the court house, in the
county seat thereof and in mass meeting
organize by the selection of chairman
ana secretary, and then and there so as
sembled, choose and authorize the allot-
Yea NUMBER or delegates from such coun-
" TO said state convention. All and only
such qualified voters of this state as in
dorse the fundamental principles of the
People party enunciated by it's national
conventions of Omaha and St Louis and
can influences, doctrines and institut ons
now dominating the councils of the ma
tional administration and both legislative
branches of the federal government, and
VINO believe in the preservation Of the
individuality and integrity of the PEOPLES
party separate and distinct from all other
pOiltlcal organizations. and, who at the
same time are opposed to further endan-
gerlng the free institutions Of this re-
public and the liberties and OppOrtunities
of its people by rendering aid to plutoc-
racy in dividing and thereby weakening
the forces OF progress and reform are
invited to participate in the said conven-
ton, conventions and primaries hereby
called and authorized.
Peoples Party State Central Committee.
Francis III. Clarke.
Chairman.
4. H. Austin,
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ward Held to Ansvar

GALVESTON, Tex. March 2s.-Capt TT
M Ward, of the steamer Tauric. was
given preliminary trial today on
charge OF murder in the shooting of
Michael Michigan, boatswain's mate on
the ,gunboat Machias, now in port with
the battleships Texas and New York. The
captain was held to the charge in IS, 900
oond. ward applied for a writ of habeas
corpus, which will be heard tomorrow 4
naval board of inquiry has been appoint
ed to investigate the killing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
Secretary Root Makes Reply.

.WASHTNGTON March 23-secretary
Root has sent TO the senate his reply TO
the motion of inquiry of March 81 re-
garding gold dredging on the Alaskan
coast. He says no concessions or grants
TO eNcaNate the collaborating bed of the
sea at or near Cape Nome Alaska, or
at Other Alaskan waters, have been made
by the secretary of war or other Off
Gals of The war department.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24

Factions Needed Quieting In the
Eighth of the Fifth

Aside from contests in many of the
precincts Of the Fifth ward, and fight
in the Eighth precinct everything went
off very smoothly in the ward. A clash
between the opposing forces in the pre-
cinct named brought the patrol wagon
to the scene, and the presence of a po-
liceman had the desired effect The "hat''
precinct, the Ninth, was comparatively
quiet, but great interest was taken In
the result by the partisans in that vi
entity, as three tickets We're in the field.
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Chicago Platform Democrats.

ALBANY. N. Y. March 23.-The execu-
i've committee of the Chicago platform
Democrats of the state met here tonight
After adopting the platform as outlined
last week, it was decided that the dele
gates selected to attend the state and ma
nonal conventions be men who are known
ano above suspicion as loyal to the plat
form and ticket of 1896, and that such
delegation be instructed to vote for the
reaftlrmation of the Chicago platform and
for the nomination of w. j. Bryan as the
Empire states candidate for president
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
PUERTO RICAN RELIEF BILL.
Conference Report Is Adopted b,
the senate.

the senate.
WASHINGTON, March 23-The senate
today adopted the conference report on
the Puerto Rican relief bill by a vote of
50 TO l3, practically u strict party ex-
preston. No Democrat -Noted for the re.
port hat Mr.. Stewart tNev) voted with
the Republicans.
The time of discussion was consumed
principally by Mr. qillmsh Dem, 5. e..
who made d fierce attack upon the meas
are agreed upon in conference, and ac-
eUsed-the Republican senators and the
Republican party of hypocrisy and dirty
work. His speech was quite character.
istic, and was listened to with interest by
his colleagues on the floor, and the peo-
PIE in the galleries.
Mr.. Gallinger Rep, N h followed
with temperate statement of those who
not only favor the report. but the pas
sage of Puerto Rican tariff bill.
Mr.. Spooner iRep., Wis., closed the de.
bate with a forceful statement in oppo,
sition to Mr.. Tilmans speech. in the
course of which he took occasion TO
sharply criticise the South Carolina SEN
ater for dragging the measure into pcli.
ties His colloquial tits with Mr.. Til.
man were immensely enjoyed by the
auditors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
Negro Murderer Caught.

who with a white man, killed Justice of
the Peace Saunders and Mr.. Weldon at
Shippers Thursday, was, after an all
Creek Sussex county. He confessed to
the shooting of Saunders and Welton,
and to several robberies.
He is the notorious negro Cotton who
escaped from the Portsmouth, Va Jail
some months ago while under sentence
of death
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
ONE LONE ROBBER

Held Up Train and Robbed the
Passengers.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-. March "a lone
robber, wearing a false face with a black
moustache painted on the mask, held up
the south-bound Kansas City, st. Joseph
q Council Bluffs train four miles south
of Hamburg, To-, at 1870 o'clock this
morning. President Burt, of the Union
Pacific railroad, who was in the sleeper
of the Burlington train, was relieved of
$50 and gold watch. No effort was
made by the highwayman to rob train
men and no other car was visited
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
nnx,n Bond OFFERINGS

W ASIIfNGTON, March 23.-Up to the
hour of closing the department today The
bonds offered to the treasury for ex-
To $i5S, CO.., 200 of which 81, 1853 $50 came
rrom individuals or institutions other
than national banks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
Marsh Trial Moves SLOWLY

LANSING, Mich, March 23-The prose-
cution in the trial of eX-Inspector Gen
eral Marsh finished taking the testimony
or ex-Assistant Adjutant General Smith
today. When the witness was turned
missed him after asking only a few ner-
functory questions about his official ap-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
Prick CARNEGIE DEAL.
All Points Agreed Upon and the Pa
pers Only SIgned.

PITTSBURG, Pa, March 23.-The AS
ISOLATED Press is enabled tonight to pre-
sent to the public the following abso-
lutely true status of the Carnegie-Fr
controversy a this time:
All the parties in interest in the great
Carnegie-Frick controversy were in at
tendance in the board room of the Car
negie Steel company from IL o'clock this
morning until nearly o'clock tonight
and as result it is stated authoritative
ly that not only have all the matters of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
Nominations Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, March 23-The senate
today confirmed the following nomina-
mons; Joseph F. Monaghan, of Rhode
many; j. 6. Wright, of Rosebud Agency,
s; D., to be an Indian inspector: r. X
MyhIe, TO be postmaster at Valley City,