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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
STOCKS ARE SAFE.
VIII Not BE Affected by south Afri.
can War, Says Mr.. Gage.

can War, Says Mr.. Gage.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1s-"American securi-
ties will not suffer appreciably from the
Boer war, no matter what setbacks the
British forces may receive said Secre-
tary of the Treasury Lyman ]. Gage to-
day 1.-THE same indeed, may be said of
English securities. The financial condi-
tion of England is recognized by finan-
ciers as 50 strong that every demand for
the prosecution of the war can easily be
met. Already the needs of England in
the way of gold and the possibilities of
the selling Of American stocks by London
are definitely known and the financial Sit
uation in this country is, therefore, per-
fectly stable and proof against perturba-
lions
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
Postmasters Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, Feb 19-The senats
today confirmed the following postmas-
tiers: Minnesota-W. Cordiner. Princeton.
Wisconsin,. A. Holman, Green Bay; /;
/. z. Merriam. Whitewater. North Dar
kota-E. K. Cavilier Pembina; A. H
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
FOUR MEN persisted.
Barge Oak1ands Lost During the Re-
cent Storm.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-The tug Nathan
Hale arrived here today with news that
the barge Oaklands, coal laden and con-
signed to the Pomeroy Coal company, OF
Providence, r. l., had gone down off the
Jersey coast In the recent storm, four
men on the barge perish.ng
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
miss WheeIer to wed,

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1s-The- an
nouncement of the engagement Of Lieut..
Wv. Fiscus, Nineteenth United States
infantry, now stationed in the Philip
pines, to Miss Annie Wheeler, the young
est daughter of Gen. Joseph Wheeler,
has just been received by the lieuten-
ants sister.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
OCCUR D'ALENE TROUBLES.
Investigation Begun by House Com
mittee on Military Affairs.

TnVeNtfSEtfEn bFBuH ny housc OOAhf
mittee on Military Affairs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The investi-
cation of charges as to the conduct of the
United States military forces under Brig.
Gen. Merriam during the Idaho mining
troubles last summer began today be-
fore the house committee on military af-
fairs.
Gov Steunenberg, of Idaho; State Au-
ditor Sinclair, Gen. Merriam, ex-Master
Workman Sovereign, of the Knights Of
Labor; E. J. Flanagan, of the Idaho leg
islature, and magistrate at Mullan, Ida
no, and considerable delegation of min
ers from the Occur d'Alene district were
procont
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
Pioneera Are CaIled.

Hon. E. w. Durant, of Saltwater, pres
ident Of the Minnesota Territorial Pho
the committee which has in charge the
erection of the log cabin OF the state fair
grounds. to be held in this city next
Thursday at 1:3o p. m, at the First Uni
tartan church.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
Admiral and MRS. Dewey,s Trip.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-Admiral and
Mrs. Dewey will leave Washington at
$50 o'clock Wednesday morning In a
special train over the B. g. 0. railroad
to attend the Washington birthday cele-
bration at Wheeling, W. We
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
No Raid In Brazil.

LONDON, Feb. 19.-Offlcials of the Brit
ish foreign office deny the cabled reports
that the Brazilian minister here has pro-
tested against a British raid into Anna
zonas territory. They add that nothing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
A GOD-SEND TO all HUMANITY.


User
sm, La Grippe, Neuralgia,
Most Obstinate by Nature'sn
Cd Steamjng of the System.
1t Be
Health Resorts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
Iowa uniyer.ity Tax Grant

DIES MONIES. To-, Feb. 1s-The lower
house of the legislature today passed the
of Iowa a state tax Of one-tenth of
mill annually for five years for building
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
To Succeed michael Davitt.

LONDON, Feb 1s-John ODonnell and
| Maj John Mcbride. the latter command
were today nominated to fill the vacant,
| cy in the house of commons for South
Mayo, caused by the resignation Oct 70,
| 1899, Of Michael Davitt, Irish Nationals
| ist as a protest against the Boer war.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
Aimed at the Sugar Trust.

wAsHINGToNf Fen 1s-Representa-
tive Richardson, tof Tennessee the mi
nority leader Of the house. after consul
tation with some of his Democratic col
two resolutions aimed at the sugar trust.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
south Dakota Soldiers Funeral.

S0uth D8kOta Soidder's Funerai.
CLARK, S. D., Feb. 1s.-The remains
Of Fred Greenslit, member of Company
D of the First South Dakota regiment,
who died in the Philippines Oct. II, 1898,
honors. A number of the members Of
Company H from Watertown were In
attendance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
HAD A CLOSE CALL.
Som of President Diaz Pursued by
Maya Indians.

oXAcA, Mex, Feb. 19.-Capt. Porforio
Diaz, son Of President Diaz, has been
paying visit to the camp of Gen. Bra
vos, who is waging a war against the
Maya Indians. Capt. Diaz spent several
days at the front, in company with Lieut.
Fernandino. While out with a recon
noitering party he had a narrow escape
of being killed or captured by the Indians.
The detachment was ambushed and sew
eral were killed or taken prisoners. Diaz
effected his escape only by hard riding.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
ST PAUL MEN HoNoRED.

D. F. Bailey and Aaron Poupeney
Officers of Pythian Veterans.
The fourth annual convention of the
Pythian Veteran Association Of Mime
sofa took place yesterday afternoon at
K. P hall, Masonic Temple. In the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
HELPED BY THE TRUSTS.
Retail Grocers I'm. Their Work of
Organization

The Minneapolis Retail Grocers' asso-
citation last night rendered a reception to
the national officers in the city, Col Rob-
and w. E. Godfrey, national secretary
The cause of last nights elation was
the report Of Messrs. Floyd and Godfrey
that they have received $1,000 from H o.
Havemeyer, president of the sugar trust,
and 81, 900 from two other firms.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20

stomach. The whole body and brain are
dependent for health and life upon the
orderliness and completeness of the pro-
cesses which 20 on in the stomach and
allied organs Of digestion and nutrition.
People who have been treated for dis
ease Of head, heart, lungs, liver, nerves
or blood have often been treated in vain,
until they began the use of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. When this
medicine had healed the stomach and
cleansed the blood, the other diseases
disappeared.
uSix years ago last August was attacked with
snalarial fever,n writes Mr.. Daniel A. Carter, of
Yost, Rowan Co, N. C. my spleen become en-
iarQcd and / was in bed of and on for four
wears / went to the doctors and some of them
said 1 had dyspepsia, others said ! had liver
trouble. The last doctor I had called 1t chronic
liver and stomach disease. So paid out money
and nothing did me any good. Two years ago
I commenced taking DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery, and used ten bottles, and now
can do as big days work as any MANI
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are q
hoon to bilious people. They cure.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
Soup
hlAkEs
THE
! SOLDIER. .

The great EN-
peror understood
that primarily the
soldier is a stom-
ach. Pri ari1y
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
ELEVATORS BURNED.

Twenty Thousand Bushels of Wheat
Are Destroyed.
SIOUX FALLS, s. D., Feb. 19.-(Spe-
cial. )-Information has been received here
from Trent stating that two grain eleva-
tors known as Hyde and Hendrickson
elevators have been destroyed by fire; to-
gether with over 10000 bushels of grain
stored In them. Two other buildings and
line coal sheds were also consumed. No
statement of losses and insurance yet
obtainable.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
FARMER Is POISONED
WISCONSIN MANS DEATH SAID TO
BE DUE TO EATING
PIE
SENSATION AT MOUNT HoREB

Coroner's Jury Finds That William
Nace's Death Was Due to Poison
His Wife Under Suspicion, as 1t
Was Learned She Had Purchased
Some strychnine Short Time
Previously.
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write, praislng this Cabinet. Rev. H. c.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
THE FLAG IN DECORATION.

Writing of Civic Festivals and Process
sions.' in the July Century" Charles r.
Lamb says on the subject of the flag in
decoration:
The Stars ard Stripes. though not the
most successful piece of decoration. can
still be so treated as successfully to COM
hine with any scheme: but to do this it
should be massed over doOrways or stands,
or. If used separately, should be hung repet-
itively from the windows along the entire
line of parade, preferably on one Of the
upper stories. so as TO give a continuous
line of red, white and blue from house to
house.
THE American flag is rot impossible OF
successful treatment: We have already be-
gun to initiate the French manner of plac-
ing small flags i'm an upright position from
a common base. and repeating these groups
at intervals; but the tricolor bunting Is one
of the most difficult TO use satisfactorily.
because the equal proportion of red to blue
is not Il fortunate color combination. 1t
would therefore be advisable that the COM
mittee in charge should select those SYM
bolic colors which would be appropriate.
and use them In such quantity as would
give Il definite color scheme to the entire
line. The suggestion made by the National
Society of Mural Painters that the naval
colors, blue and white. reinforced with gold
and natural green foliage, should be used
in the Dewey reception parade, was prob
ably the first recognition given of the neccs-
sity of other colors than the patriotic red
white and blue.
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We have the Hoffman House," the .Astor
House." the Commercial" the Golden Ea-
GLE" the United States the Californian
and a dozen and one other places where you
can get cold iced beer and coffee like your
mother Makes AS to saloons. they are to
be found everywhere. and all the saloon
men are making money. Both hotels and sa-
looms pay high licenses.
American Professional Men.
There are a number of our professional
men who have hung out their signs in Ma
Mia. There are half a dozen lawyers and
an equal number of dentists and doctors.
The dentists are all busy and they all tell
me they are doing we'll. I know one who
made 500 silver" last week. and who
claims that he has made as high as 5000
and upward a month. All of the dentists
have high charges. Their custom Is among
both the Filipinos and Americans. Some of
them occasionally make trips over the coun-
try. going from ARM post to army post to
attend to the teeth of the soldiers.
There are several American importing
and exporting firms here. but none so far
is doing a very large business. The most
of the importers deal largely in liquors. adj
vertisiDg extensively the different brands of
American whistles.
There are several photographers. who are
doing we'll. They charge % cents for views,
even when they are no larger than carte de
visites. and get big prices for portrait work.
They tell me there are openings here for Il
good Photographic supply house and for re-
tail dealers in photographing materials.
There is an American barber shop. an
American shoe shop, one or two American
street peddlers. and. in fact. Americans of
all trades. classes and conditions.
1 would say. however. that there Is no
chance here for the small peddler and not
much for the small dealer. The Chinese
have all the petty retail business. and they
can live so cheaply that the petty American
cannot compete with them.
FRANK G. CARPENTER, g.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

Ia M: tlc rcd irrc Of the army his sC:ls-
49, IL 10 with i.
Tax" an experience which | had With the
Ole myself as an in;tA"cc. ii rolot ! /"
= package of Il dozen rolls % Photographic,
films. worth Si1. which were shipped to NJ"
f:rm IiurS-EorC. The shipment and the
bills were all in regular order. and the dug;
Was only 9 matter of II Goats. hut IL tocok
me Il whole half day to pay it. When |
SAID ! was in Il hurry for the goods |
was told that they could not b. n2sfibiy
passed through the c~rs;oms-house i'll on
day. | tried 20 set tacra. nevertheless. and
;hcrc,;pon began my laho!s. which lasted
from morning until noon. The box had to
hr hunted ~ and weighed. Then tn" rolls
ni .iims were ta!;cl out and weighed ono
Ivy one. The wrapping paper being placed On
top To ;eC thai it paid lis snare of the duty.
| Mad then To make on: A declaration III Tip
l!,ale ard to chase thu from Oh" clerk to
Gno;he". through the various offices of the
cus.om-hOrsc. | venture that at least
twenty-five clerks each passed Oh that :,
cents worth OF duty. each carefully in
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

r""',s extend their insurance on goods to 4
Trrth :f,cr their arrival cr until taey
hive raSsel from tho c~lIs:on-io;;sc into the
hacCs Of The importer.
~ the same time the customs receipts d:c
shown Q II considerable increase. Thcy are
now $4,000 a month. ana they will he
moro than sS.C00.GG0 this year. This will he
at the ror: of Manila alone. II does not in
c!r:de the SIX ports of Ilo Ilo. Ccbu. IanDo-
anSa. SLASH end Jo'n. 1t shows that the
Business %: the Philippine Islands has di-
ready begun to increase, and this increase
will probably COT tinue.
TAKE. ON business.
II order that American trade may be in
creased here there should he Il considerable
reduction in the taXgs on all kinds of bust
ness. The Spanish laws still prevail. as I
have said. ard every one who attempts to
engage In any undertaking for profit must
ray Il Fart of his receipts to the Govcra-
mcnt. Bankers, importers and ship-own-
cr% are rilar,.r from Sl.I0 to 500 a year,
according ~ the amount of business done.
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GRADE IN THE PHILIPPINES
HAMPERED BY THE TARIFF.
Europeans Almost Moncpo!ize Commerce
Spanish System in Vogue at
Custom-House.

Special Correspondence of The SUNDAY Republic.
Manila. July The Philippine Islands do
a foreign business Of mere than $50 co.,
600 a year. and of this the United States are
not getting their share of the profits. one
Of the bis importing firms of Manila to-day
gave its check at the Custou1-houSe for
$4,000 in gold. This was the duty on one
shipment of goods. This was petroleum
and 1t came from Russia. The most of the
kerosene used in the Philippines comes from
that country. Notwithstanding the United
States have the greatest petroleum fields in
the world.
We raise more cotton than any Other
land, but the cotton goods used here come
from England and Germany. We have the
chief iron mines ami the best hardware. hut
Germany and England are supplying The
Philippines. California is nearer Manila
than either Spain ar France. but the wires
consumed are from the latter country.
In fact, about the only thing that is nov.
being imported here i'm great quantities
from America is beer. Til WIS brought to
Manila by the ship load as soon ~ The
Americans took possession of The country.
j crossed the Pacific with the agen; of one
firm who made $4,000 by getting his cargo
~ cVVA IA N oAll'l NTH tidNt thtllt s1tElfONI
as well, and to-day all the leading makes
of American beer are sold here. The beer is
largely consumed by Americans. Within
Elk months after our troops landed the
number of Manila's salools was multiplici
by ten. There are now a hundred here
where there was one before. the chief SUP
port of all being the American soldiers.
Goods That America Should Furnish,
You would think that the United States
should furnish the most If the butter and
other canned goods of the Philippines. Thev
do not. The bulk of the canned stuff
comes from Europe. hut Australia 10 push
ing her way in far ahead of the Americans.
We have Australian canned fruits on our
dining tables. and our army is now eating
Australian butter and Australian beef. The
duties at present are SO great as to make
such importations prohibitive. A can of
California pears which sells for so cents in
Ban Francisco would have to pay an adj
ditional 30 cents as duty before il could
enter Manila.
LAS to other products. France, Switzerland
and Austria ship largely to this market.
Machinery, paper and silks come from
France, furniture of the Brentwood variety
from Austria and glass and glassware. as
we'll as iron. paper and cement, from Bel
gium.
We take more of the exports of the Phil
ippines than any other country, but we get
less tn return. Last year all the United
States goods sold in Manila were worth, in
round numbers. $4,000 in gold, upon
which we paid a duty of sS5,OOo. In addi-
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Der pays 80 mUch Cve:r three rngrths. and
tbs is 80 WITH many o.hcr trahcsmcn.
InC!c is not a rlan %" Il woman doing bust
ness il Manila who is not taxed. and even
Tie market psGGlGr who brings in Il basket
Of vegetables has to pay her toll before sic
can sell.
\ Land of Concessions.
y large number OF the Businesses in the
past have hccH monopolies farmed out by
the Government. There i n beer brewery
hcJe which claims that it alone has the
right to make beer in the Philippines until
1919. The company has already made a
fortune. and to-day 10 other brewery can
be started until It's concession is with
drawn. Il has. I am told. violated the
terms of its contract with the Government
in that ii agreed to sell beer in Manila at
Ct: cents per liter. It actually charged this
price up TO the time that the Americans
came in. when it jumped to 10 cents per
liter. which is its present charge.
The collection of the taxes of different
classes has in tic past been farmcd out at
auction. The man who inspected the
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ton TO this. there were como goods sent by
way of IIonc-NonC and trinsshipped thor.
which were probably credited to China. hut
all together, the imports We're very liSa;.
! am told at the ~custom-housc that. be-
ginning with this year. there has been a
rapid increase in American imoortations
y great deal Of -four has begun to come in.
Cotton is being imported in small lots. and
also some galvanized ;ron and machinery.
Quite = number OF American t~yrew~ita <
are being shio1ct. IN. She hus,anss f,il-
here seeing our machines in tho HANDS Of
the Government clerks and thereby appra-
%ciating their value.
Our Spanish C;;N.GE.-.,rusr.
i iind it Wy hard to get accurate info
nation from the Custoin-housr. Fer som,
reason or other the officials think financial
matters should lac kept secret ana that the
American neoole have no right 80 Enav,
what brsircGa is being donc until tn rcw,
is sent OF from headquarters, TIL r.lt:-
Of = month or a year making no g. -.-e-erc-
The custoin-house is still ma7ayeG ~ III,
Spanish system. the old Spanish duties h.
ing in force. The tariff is collected chiefly
on the weight of the goods, and quality AMI
price make little difference.
TAX" the matter Of iewclry. for Instance.
Il = silver dollar weighing ~ Grains wer,
handed over to a icweler and turned into
a bracelet. AM = "old dollar weishir,
twelve grains of gold were made into n
ring and sci With 40 grains Of diamonds.
the two articles coming into y Mania Gus
tor1-house would pay the same duty. one
might he actually worth fu; 81 :nd the 9th
or S2a,'s1. but the weight would govern thu
tariff. a pound Of canncd tomatoes. sell
ported chicken. worth 30 cents. would Jay
the same tariff. and so /. is with scores Of
other things. Furniture pays It's wav lv
tho pound. and so do silks. velvets and
wrapping p apers. 1t is the same with car
pets and cottons. with hemp, marble and
drugs. and, in fact, with almost every i'm
portation.
How Not to DO II.
The custom-house is doing a big business
but 1t seems to be run on the plap thar
Dickens characterized as 1.-The science of
how not to do it." 1t has an army ,f
clerks. many of whom are soldiers, and
others civil officers. but it lacks men who
are skilled in customs work. 1t has a host
OF F1lipinos to help the other clerks. and
notwithstanding this it takes from a day
TO a month to get a shipment of goods
through it. If you are in a hurry the Off
cia!s VIII advise you to go and get a GUS
toms-house broker to attend to your mat
ters. and after you have attempted once or
twice to do the work yourself you are glad
to take the advice. The delay may be due
to the Spanish system. although 1t seems to
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while money lenders or small pawn brok-
crs pay from $3.50 to $50. Banking estab-
lishments also pay 3 per cent of their
profits. There is a tax on all salaries. Di-
%rectors. administrators and attorneys are
charged 5 per cent of their incomes, and
every one who receives 500 a month and
upward must turn in ! per cent of his sal
airy to the Government.
All storekeepers pay heavy taxes. Those
who deal in hardware. jewelry and optical
goods are charged from $500 to s143 per
annum, provided they act also as importers.
II they buy from middlemen the charges are
reduced one-half. hoemake who import
pay $500 per annum drug stores 800, hard
ware stores $500 and small shops selling
wine. beer and canned goods $50. Chinese
druggists are charged $500 and Chinese pro-
vision stores s10O.
There is a tax here on the butcher, the
baker and the candlestick maker. The bar
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dorsirg the three papers and passing them
OF TO the next. In many instances a record
was made IN the books. and at last | was
given a paper and told to go to the cashier
and pay the duty. After this / got my
box. I was much better treated thar the
ordinary customer. being invariably pushed
forward in advance of the Filipinos and
Chinese. who were waiting by the score to
have their wants attended to.
1 can see how this custom system might
nave been a profitable one to the Spanish
officials. where, as a rule. every clerk COL
lected his toll. but it is radically wrong for
Americans, and 1t should be changed at
once. The commercial travellers who are
here from the United States are complain
ing about it. They say it interferes with
their business and they can do nothing on
account of it. Indeed, the slowness of the
customs service of Manila has been so no.
torious that the European insurance COM
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weights and measures of the city paid
1000 for the privilege. although the actual
income from such inspection. according to
his report. amounted to s2.4W a year. He.
of course. made the difference between this
amount and his profits by Matchmaking and
squeezing.
The collection of the taxes at the market
was done in the same way. When the Gov
eminent took charge this was abolished.
and the receipts from the markets for the
three days following were only 81 per day.
1t was turned over to one of the United
States collectors. and the receipts rose soon
to $50 a day. Shortly after this an Ameri-
can paid the Government $3.50 a day to coll
lect the taxes. and it is currently reported
that he then made $50 a day in addition.
This was a rise of more than $500 per day
in the actual receipts. Then the Provost
Marshal took the collection of these taxes
into his own hands. He saw that every
person paid his tax, and within two months