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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27
RECEIVER is ASKED FOR
ECHO OF THE FUTILE ATTEMPT
OF ALEXANDER EUsTON To
CORNER FLAxSEED
NATIONAL LINsEED COMPANY
1t Is Made Defendant In the Pro-
ceedings Instituted by Stock
holders Who Want nn
Accounting.

CHICAGO, April 26.-Litigation against
the National Linseed Oil company was
revived in the United States circuit court
today, when the appointment of a receiver
was asked by stockholders having 1900
shares of the capital stock of the COM
pany. The complainan,s are James Clark,
of Plainfleld, N. j.; Walter M. CAIN of
Des Moines, and ]. w. Brooks, Henry B.
Scott and William Baldwin, of Burling-
ton, 10.
The petitioners ask, on behalf Of them
selves and the other stockholders of the
concern that the court take the affairs of
the National Company under it's con-
troll, and appoint a receiver to administer
and distribute the assets remaining over
since the National Company was brought
out by the American Linseed company
few days ago. The defendant company
went out of business at the time its prop
erty was purchased, but the complainants
assert that there are still some outstand-
ing accounts, amounting to about $100, ,000
which will be lost unless a receiver is
placed in charge.
1t is also claimed by the petitioners
that the stockholders have right to the
money aggregating about $4,000, said to
have been lost by the president and di-
rectors of the National company at the
time they were speculating in fiaxseed on
the board of trade.
The American Linseed company, which
holds most of the assets Of the former
concern, is not made a party to the suit.
FLAxsEED CORNER FAILED.
After the increase of capital stock in
1890, the company acquired about fifty
large mills and plants in all parts of the
country, adapted for the manufacture of
linseed oil. The mills are said to have
been worth about $5,000,O00 Alex. Euston
was at that time elected president of the
company. 1t is charged from that time
the assets of the company were not ad-
ministered in good faith, and that the
president and directors were negligent of
the interest Of the stockholders. 1t is said
the London Share and Debenture Com
pany of England, paid Euston $4,000 mar
gins which he had put up from time to
time on account of the purchase of 5000
shares of stock. 1t is said he had ad-
vanced these margins with money from
the company In his attempt to corner
the ffaxseed market it is charged that the
president used the companys money to
the extent of several hundred thousand
dollars; that his speculations were in
vain, and stock declined, with a consid-
erable loss to the company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27
SLAUGHTER OF FILIPINOS
THREE HUNDRED KILLED DURING
FIGHTING IN North ILOCOS.

MANILA, April 26.-About 300 OF the
enemy have been killed recently In North
Ilocos, including Dodds fight and the at
tack on Batoc, April 16, when from six
to seven hundred rebels, a quarter Of
which were armed with rifles, determin-
edly attacked the Americans charging
their positions and fighting at close quar-
ters. The engagement lasted all the af-
ternoon, the enemy burning the town;
but they were repulsed after the arrival
of American reinforcements
The insurgents generally are aggressive
in that province. They captured an
American provision wagon near Lapo
The Americans having obtained evil
dence that the alcaldes of Lapo, Mag
singal, Cabugas and Sinait were hold
ing treacherous communication with the
insurgents, imprisoned them and burned
Lapo's town hall.
There have been several minor fights In
the province, including an attack by 200
insurgents on Lavag, April II, forty of
whom were killed and eighty were cap
tured. The officers report that the men
of the Thirty-third regiment and the
Third cavalry behaved splendidly under
very trying circumstances.
There were no American casualties at
Batoc, where $50 insurgents were killed
and seventy were captured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27

REASON 5. Because when the peo-
pie have had two years exEe-
rience of City Treasurer Bremen,
they Will Insist upon retaining
him, and the best traditions Of
the office, when faithful Demo-
Gratis were retained as long as
they would consent to stay, will
be revived.
During the lifetime of an entire gen.
Grafton the number of city treasurers
that off1ciated In ST. Paul might be count
ed on the fingers of one hand. They were
all gentlemen of probity, to whom the
city's interest and good name were as
dear as their own. The people knew them
and had faith in them, and insisted on
their retaining their positions. There were
no scandals, no defalcations, no treas
urers running out Of town, as McCardy
talks about, no Juggling of figures to
make two and two count FIVE. The city
never went bankrupt and neither did any
of its treasurers, and the people were
proud Of the men who handled their cash.
So viii they be Of City Treasurer Bremen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27
MINNESOTA'S Big PARK
BILL TO CREATE A COMMISSION
FAVORABLY ACTED UPON.

WASHINGTON, April 26-The house
committee on Indian affairs today direct
ed a favorable report on the bill provid-
ing for the creating of a commission to
consider the establishment of national
reserve or park of the Leech Lake, Win
nibigoshish or Cass Lake Indian reserva-
tions in Minnesota, comprising about $780,
600 acres. The commission was fixed at
three members from each branch of con-
gress, and an appropriation of $50,000 was
allowed
The committee also reported favorably
the bill allowing Indians in the Indian
territory to emigrate to Mexico, the emf
grafton to be under the direction of the
secretary of the interior, and in bands
Of 800. Mexico gives the Indians an op-
portunity to return to their tribal rela-
tions and nomadic habits, and they pre-
fer this to the restrictions now imposed
upon them, and also as means of avoid
ing the spread of tuberculosis or other
diseases, which have decimated them Of
late
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27

lily, they were of no avail. Nothing could
stop the ravages of the fire, which leaped
over whole blocks and broke out IN all
directions.
The Canadian Pacific railroad station,
which is on Chaudiere flats, was among
one of the first buildings to go, as it was
wooden structure.
The large cliff which extends from the
Ottawa river back by Christ church and
st. John the Baptist church, on to Roch-
esterville, was the only thing which stop
ped the whole city of Ottawa becoming a
prey to te fire Shortly after noon the
wind, which was blowing previously in a
northwesterly direction, changed TO a
southeasterly direction, and in this way
what remained of Ottawa was saved.
1t is almost idle to talk of losses while
the fire yet burns, and with change Of
wind would certainly sweep the city, hut
a moderate calculation would be some
where between SIS, 10000 and 2O,OOO,O OO0
The government had the militia called
out, and adjourned the house of conf
mons until Tuesday, on account of the
fire
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27
What Was Once Thriving City of Twelve
Thousand Inhabitants Now Smok-
ing Ruins
Government Of Ontario Throws Open Public
Buildings to Shelter Some Six
Thousand Sufferers.

OTTAWA, Ont, April 2e.-The city of
Hull has been burning since noon today.
and all that remains at the time of writ
ing is a small corner in the east end of
the city, and before long that, too, will
standing in the suburbs Of the burned
city.
Hull has a population Of about 1900
people and more than half Of them are
homeless tonight. The entire business
part of the city, including the court
house, poStof1ce, public buildings and
newspaper offices, is one mass of ruins.
The population is almost entirely COM
posed Of people who work in the mills, or
who derive their business from those
works
The fire crossed the Ottawa river in
the afternoon, took hold among the lum-
ber piles on the brink of the river, and
extended to the lumber yards and mills.
: The result is that the whole of that part
of Ottawa known as the Chaudiere flats
surrounding the Canadian Pacific railway
station, where the lumber mills are all
located, is fire swept. The only building
standing In the whole area is that of the
Ottawa carbide factory, which is newly
erected, and fire-procf.
From the flats the fire extended across
the Richmond road onto Rochesterville,
and as far as the experimental farm.
Westerly the fire took in Huntonsberg
and MechanicsvilIe so that on the OF
tawa side of the river there is a larger
area covered by fire than on the Hull
side. 1t is estimated at the present time
the number Of homeless In the two cities
and suburban towns is not less than
12,0GO and it may reach 1900.
SHELTER FOR SUFFERERS.
The government has given the drill hall
and the city the large exhibition buildings
to accommodate the sufferers. All the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27

REASON L. Because he is the ideal
man for the place.
Otto Bremen was not born in bank.
But he might as well have been, so thor
oughly identified is he with the handling
of other peoples finances. In everything
he seems to have been designed by the
favoring genius Of Democracy to show, in
the present situation, the kind of man
10 whom 1t desires to entrust the
handling Of the city's funds. He is ideal,
among other reasons. because he is
young, shrewd, capable; good Judge of
counterfeit, and knows when an account
is faxed and when it is straight Be-
cause he is an honest man who holds his
position in the German-American bank
by virtue of his honesty and his efficiency
in handling money and keeping money
accounts; in a word, because he pos
sesses the genius Of his business as
the safe and intelligent custodian of
Dthers' moneyed interests
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27

REASON 2. Because the position Is
one of the mest responsible In
the city government, and should
be filled by the most capable and
responsible man Obtainable.
The funds Of the city are in the ex-
elusive custody Of it's treasurer. The ac-
counts which show the condition of these
funds are kept by him or under his di-
rection. Not all men, and really but very
few can be safely entrusted with the
custody of money or are able to handle
it when it reaches large figures. This
has been Otto Bremer-s business since he
was comparatively lad. He is adapted
to it. He has won the respect, confidence
and devotion of his employers in the
discharge Of just such duties as will come
to him as city treasurer. It is money
which makes the municipal mare to go.
The money must be in safe hands and
properly administered and protected.
The man who has shown the ability and
disposition to do this is the man for the
place
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27

of their lives, gaining for her social pow
er through their active participations in
the public affairs of the nation spreading
her teachings by their Intellectual la
bors"
A cablegram from Rome last week stat
ed this letter is ;distrusted at the Vatican,
which regarded 1t as an effort to re-
vive the movement known as American
ism," which the pope frowned on recent
ly, in an encyclicaly The friends of Arch
bishop Ireland say that the letter has no
such object In view. -
TREATS IT LIGHTLY.
There is absolutely nothing in lt-noth-
ing at ALL, said Archbishop Ireland yes
terday afternoon to the G o b e. He had
been shown the New York dispatch
that appeared yesterday in regard
to the letter. '"The whole thing is abb
surd,' said the prelate, glapeing hastily
through the dispatch. "a propaganda
Approved by the Vatican Why, the
things ridiculous. o yes, it's true, 1 did
write a short time ago to the Duke OF
Norfolk. And possibly L did say read
ing rapidly, 1T is a bold, plain fact,
in the geography of the world, that
Engl:sh-speaking countries are constant
ly growing, which is very true, is it
not?' with genial smile Then, CON
llnunS MS readlng; L certainly SnaI
not belittle the spheres of influence OF
languages other than the English, or
deny in the least the Importance to the
church of countries speaking these Ian
guages-I certainly may have said some
thing of that sort in my letter to the
duke, its true enough-1et due play be
given to all agencies in the great work Of
religion Yes, 1 may have said that,
also" And with smile the archbishop
returned the article. Really, whatever
l wrote was only a little private gossip.
There certainly was no suggestion in it
Of any concerted movement on the part
of English-speaking Catholics to spread
the faith, though 1 trust the faith will
be spread over the face of the globe. But
how the contents of that unimportant let
ter could have become public property, 1
am unable to understand"
And the sh1ug ard the sigh that the
archbishop gave were interesting COM
mentaries on the indefatigability Of the
American press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27
DON'T FORGET THE BIG
DEMOCRATIC. RALLY AT
THE AUDITORIUM TONIGHT.

REASON A. Becauae with Louis Betz
city comptrOlIer, st. Paul will
then have two. financial officers
such as fevvy communities are
blessed with.
The people are demanding change In
men, as well as methods. 1t Is tired of
the political hack as a public official. 1t
wants business men and business meth
DDS. Mr.. Bremen is business man; his
methods are business methods. The
young man is coming to the front. And
it is pretty near time he did, unless the
city is to die Of paralysis. or paresis, or
some such disease, Mr. Bremen is a
young man. Sc is 6K Betz. They will
aid ir putting an end to the fossilized
condition into which the city has been
forced by the do-noFhing policy of the
"reformers.'' They are both prudent men
and can be relied on to see that every
dollar Is properly applied and made to
go as far as possible
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27

py If he is able to hold on to his present
clerkship. The council grafters have
passed far, far up Salt Creek. But Me-
Cardy remains and every mock reforms
er Of them all has played the part of the
desperate warrior. He has unloaded
everywhere in order to hold to the bare
chance of salvation which the escape of
the wizard offers. The friends of the
public schools, Of the education of our
children, Of the rights and privileges OF
our teachers are now laboring to bury
McCardy in the same open grave which
has been dug so wide for all his associates
on the ticket
There will be a rousing meeting at ST
Johns hall, Fifth and Forest streets,
Dayton's bluff Monday night The mem
per-, oers Of, OF the Second Ward Smith--Rowan
and attend in body.
,,oIlt It is gossiped that painters are at
Attorneys. Their team G9oT%m work in Eseset eoart
has qualified them to some extent.
Pr Dr schfrmann's majority in the Sew
ponent is unknown and untried.
The best. that the Republicans in the
Indeed it is doubtful whether there viii be
enough votes cast for Youngman to paw
MIN for his time and trouble. Ed Murphy
is going to roll up one of the finest ma
jorities in the city
The Capital City Cycle club gave a.
handsome reception last night to the
temperate nominees from Robert A.
Smith down
Charles Hunts election In the Eleventh
is undoubted The street railway COM
pany is trying to save Shepard but the
people know him and they want a new
man.
;
Since the last election the Tenth ward
has filled up a good deal with an element
of broad young men, who are going to
add to the plurality which L. J. Dobner
had on his former election as alderman.
The Republicans are trying to enthuse
ward meetings with chinook" but it
will be a regular old blizzard that will
strike them May 1 at nightfall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27

during the years 1893, 1893 and 1900, and
by the Pioneer Press during the city cam
paign of 1890, in their abuse and vill6ca-
ton of the existing Republican mayor OF
St. Paul.
Is 1t any wonder that this shameless
record OF inconsistency and falsehood
should at last have oVertaken them? or
that the eyes of the people Of ST. Paul
impoverished, disheartened and buncoed
by false reform-should at last be-
opened to the realities of the situation?
Chester r. Smith is doomed He has
been doomed from the beginning BY de-z
feat he will only be saved from the bitS
ter fate of Wright, Doran and Kiefer, Of
pelng spewed out and repudiated by the
Identical politicians who are now throws
ing up their hats for him, just as they,
threw them up for the three mayors
Whom they In succession have consigned
to defeat and oblivion. He never was in1
II minute. He has to hug the city hall
10 maintain the delusion that he Is wit1aE
in hundred miles of It,
1t is the great Mathematical Preyarf4i
Gator and Falsfier whom the fight centers!
on now There is nobody else in it,
When all the others went to a meritedi
fate with Doran in 1894, he saved his hide
Ny MS shll4 as d wizard. And never for
an instant did he falter In his deuna-l
gogue course. He denounced all Democrats
in sight and out of sight. He stuffed tha,
reporters consistently and scientifically,
and he had his will-he brought his con-
federates back into power
He is the evil genius of the entire car-
nival of crime and incompetency which
mas cursed the city for eight years All,
saving nf IA odT ,{cF,o :.
ert A. Smith from 1894 to 1896 be as coollv
| appropriated to himself and his pals as he
assailed the teachers and claimed 70 be
practicing reform and retrenehment in
doing so.
Chester R. Smith is political cadaver,
August Filter may consider himself hap-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27

REASON =. Because his opponent Is
not to be seriously considered
as candidate for the office.
The 10 b e has already expressed it's
views as to the fitness of Mr.. Filter for
the position of city treasurer. Unhappily
for that gentleman the voters, without
regard to party. are in agreement sub
stantially with this paper on that sub
ject: Mr.. Filter is not In 1t because he
has none of the qualities or qualifications
which We're almost born with the Demo-
cratic candidate. They cannot avoid rec.
ognizing the contrast between the two
candidates. This Is not case where
choice has to be made between the lesser
of two evils. 1t is a case where the pub
lie has but one choice, and that an ex-
cellent one. 1t IS choice between a
qualified and an unqualified man; train
ed man in his business, and a man who
knows nothing whatever about the bust-
ness. 1t is useless to discuss what theiI
choice will be under such circumstances
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27

REASON @. Because he will not
have to depend upon my head
clerk to do his work or to show
him how it IS done.
Within q week of his installation in Of
fice Mr.. Bremen will have mastered
every detail of the accounts and work
of his office The work of each day will
be done under his eye. He will see that
1t is done and done properly. Nothing
will be allowed to be done which ought
not to be done, and nothing will be al
lowed by him to go undone which should
be done There will be no supernumeraries
around that office, kept there at public
expense at the behest of politicians or
otherwise. Every man in the Office will
do the work he should do, and the head
of the Office will see in person that he
does Property owners and other citi-
zens who come to the city treasurer's Of
flee to look after their affairs will And
him there during business hours, ready
to give his personal attention to their
affairs. and to treat them with the re-
spect and Difference which is now so rare
in our public affairs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27

REASON 3. because he knows moth
ing and cares less about politics.
and is n financial man by choice
and training.
We have had politicians, and only pol
idcians holding this responsible position
under the "rcformers' The present city
treasurer is a politician. The man the
"reformers have picked out to succeed
him is a politician. Neither one nor the
other has had the slightest training to
qualify them for the office. They repre-
sent reform" as she is practiced. IT
would be as impossible for Mr. Bremen to
devote the funds of the city to any un
worthy or unwarranted purpose as II
would be for him to exclusively engage
in log-rolling to hold his office. In five
minutes he would be able to tell where
every dollar of the citys money Is and
where 1t should be in a given time. And
no fear that he Will go around the COM
munity Dragging of his bookkeeping. at
that.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27
WOMEN SOLD ON BLOCK
IMMIGRANT IMPORTED FROM BEL
GIUM UNDER C0NTRACT.

GALVESTON, Tex, April pa woman
known as Maggie Conhett, was sold at
auction within block of the federal
building here Monday night for $4O The
police and federal authorities are search
ing for the parties involved.
The woman is said 30 have been i'm
ported from Belgium, together with lot
Of other Belgian and French women and
were under contract to the man who sold
her. United States Immigration Inspector
Lewis is working on the case.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27
PUERTO RICo's GOVERNOR.
Inauguration Will Take Place on
First of May

SAN JUAN DE PUERTO RICO, April
26-Gov. Gen. Davis, through a general
order, has announced to the people of
Puerto Rico that the Inauguration Of
Civil Governor Charles H. Allen will take
place in the executive mansion May L.
Following the time-honored custom of
the island the days ceremonies will be-
gin with sunrise serenades by bands of
music, followed at o'clock by military,
naval and civil parades, which will be re-
viewed by the governor on the Plaza
Principal
Tuesday, May 1. will be observed as a
general holiday throughout the island.
The citizens are invited to suspend their
ordinary vocations and unite in honoring
the day which is designed to be forever
memorable in the history of Puerto Rico.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-27
LETTER OF ARCHBISHOP
TEXT OF THE COMMUNICATION
WRITTEN TO THE DUKE OF
NORFOLK
USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Mission Imposed by Providence to
Make That Language the Bearer
of Catholic Verities to Fu-
ture Generations.

NEW YORK, April 26-(Special.) "A
copy of letter written by Archbishop
Ireland, of st. Paul, to the Duke of Nor
folk, who is president of the Catholic
Union Of Great Britain, and recognized
as one of the leading Catholic laymen in
England, has just been received here. The
letter urges a united Anglo-Saxon Catho-
lie propaganda, and deals at length with
the opportunities offered the Catholic
church in England-speaking countries for
increasing it's membership. 1t points out
the necessity Of impressing this fact on
the ecclesiastical authorities, and con-
tinues:
''It is a broad, plain fact that the Eng
lish language is circling the globe; that
English-speaking countries are constant
seems able to arrest in territory and in
influence.
MISSION OF PROVIDENCE.
Hence the mission imposed by Prov
idence upon English-speaking Catholics,
and, by reason of their special position,
especially upon Catholics in England her
self. That mission is to attune anew
the English language to the harmony of
Catholic truth; to make the English Ian
guage the bearer of Catholic verities to
the hundreds of millions who will speak
and read 1t; to build up for the Catholic
church, public and social, influences in
English-speaking lands so that their pow
er, instead Of being against her, will be
for her.
How Catholics are to do all this cir
cumstances as Providence unfolds them
will give Indication. The chief thing is
that Catholics have the intelligence to
perceive the opportunities given to them,
the zeal to avail themselves of such op-
portunities.
Catholics in English-speaking coun-
tries may be tempted to faint-hearted-
ness, by the recollection of their pau
city Of numbers and their weakness of
resources, when they compare themselves
to the legions of non-Catholics around
them. But they should yield to no fear.''
The archbishop concludes by urging
Roman Catholics to attract attention to
the church by the high moral integrity