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The Irish standard., 1900-10-27

than during the previous year, still the
expense account of the department
was less by $4,269.45. To be more
explicit, the year ending Aug. 81, 1899.
showed an expense to the department
of $57, 33S.6S, while the year which
closed Aug. 81, 1900, showed an ex-
pense of $53,O69.23.
One of the needs of the department
is better police protection. The rail-
road yards of Minneapolis are very
extensive, mainly outside Of police
patrol, and but little protection is Of
fered against the evil of pilfering.
There is room for improvement in this
direction, and the railroads should do
their part in rendering better service.
During the past year your honorable
board has given attention to this mat
ter by an especial appointment for this
kind Of work, but the area of territory
to be covered is entirely too large for
one man. If, say, two more men were
to be appointed and assigned to night
duty in the various railroad yards,
With power to make arrests, the
question of shortages ut this terminal
point would soon be reduced to mini
mum, and only the carelessncss of the
shippers could then be reasonably sug-
gested as Il cause for alleged short
ages. While the care and protection
given in this respect is better now
than ever before in the history of the
department, still the suggestion is Of
fered in the best of faith, with only
the hope of still further improving a
service that all who are interested in
naturally feel Il pride.
CAUSE OF SHORTAGES.
The carelessness of the shipper is, af-
ter all, the main reason for these al
legged shortages. Too often grain is
put into old and poorly coopered cars,
ana when such cars arrive at their
destination leaks will be found perhaps
at both ends or ut the side or end
doors. SO long as this lack of care
in the selection of cars is shown we
must have complaints from the out
side, and l would again urge upon the
shippers the attention which this de-
mands.
The question of sealing, heretofore
referred to, is an important one. In
referring to it briefly ut this time |
would urge upon every mill and ele-
vator loading out grain the necessity
OF keeping a record of the seals used
on each car. 1t would go far in as.
sisting this department in the way OF
tracing seals to the different destina
tons.
The positions OF claims agent and
scale expert, both important to this
department, are in the hands of com
peteI and worthy persons. So it cal
be said of all who are connected will
me in the work, whether IL be in the
office or in the various mills and ele
vators where the weighers are en-
gagged. l have had their hearty co
operation and good will, and together
[ feel, we have accomplished much
that will prove of value to the service
in which we are giving our time ant
zeal. That is our ambition, ut least
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27

was the Journals birth month, and
the first edition aggregated, all told
twenty thousand. The magazine was
well received at the very start, and
from that time on it's growth has been
phenomenally rapid, the increase never
halting, until the circulation has reach.
ed nine hundred and twenty-three
thousand copies month. During the
past eleven months the increase has
averaged forty-seven thousand copies
per month over the corresponding in.
terval of last year.
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27
JUDGE STEIDL'S CANDIDACY.
His Record in the Sixteenth Judicial District
Should Secure His Election,

Among the many meritorious ap-
pointments made by Governor Lind
since the beginning of his present term
rs chief magistrate of this state there
is none in the estimation of the Irish
Standard more deserving of COM
mendation than the selection of Fer.
dinand ]. Steidl of Wheaton, to sue
coed G. L. Brown as judge of the
sixteenth Judicial district of this
state, the latter having been elected
to the Supreme bench in the fall of
1898. Judge Steidl is Il native of
Austria, and is 43 years of age He
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27

Ford, editor of the Irish World, the
Blaine Irish are likely to cut wide
swath in the campaign. Then there is
Patrick Egan, minister to Chilli under
President Harrison, and Colonel John
f. Finerty, editor of the Chicago Citi-
zen; Father Cronin, editor of the Buff
falo Union and Times, all stanch
Republicans up to the time Of this
stampede into the Bryan camp. While
we have no comment to offer, this
change of sentiment is certainly sig
nificant of the drift of the times"
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27
A Bryan Classic.

In all the annals of political oratory
since the days of the immortal tri-
umvirate, Clay, Webster and Calhoun,
history gives no choicer gem of oratory
than the following from Bryan's great
speech before $1,000 people in the Ex-
position at Minneapolis. This extract
will live in history long after the elo-
quent tongue that spoke these beauti-
full words shall have ceased forever,
says the Manlato Journal.
But, my friends, 1 want to hold be-
fore you a higher ideal than the Re-
publicans present. The Republican
wants this nation to be great nation.
And what does he call greatness?
Brute force. That is the Republican
idea of greatness. They want glory.
What kind of glory? The glory of
tramping armies, the glory of the clash
OF arms, the glory of the roar of can
mons. want a different glory. For a
hundred years this nation has travelled
the pathway that leads from the do
main of might to the lofty realm of
right. And would not trade the glory
of this republic for the glory of all
the empires that have risen and fallen
since time began. You want our flag
to be feared. want our flag to be
loved. You want people to respect us
because they are afraid we will whip
them. want them to love us because
we don't want to whip anybody.
go into community and find a
patriarch there who is so just and up
right that when people have quarrels
they submit their quarrels to him, and
then am reminded of what Solomon
says, that "a good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches, and loving
favor rather than silver and gold"
My friends, there is reputation that
is worth more than money. There is
something that does not terminate
with the grave. And when see a pa
triarch in town the arbiter of local
disputes, I see there representative
OF what I want this nation to be. /
want this nation to stand erect. I
want it to be true to its doctrine. I
want it to win the affection, the re-
spect, the love of all the world. want
1t to stand as a tower of strength, but
1 want it to be more than that want
1t to be the supreme moral factor in
the worlds progress. I want it to be
SO just, so upright and so good that
when the nations fall out, instead Of
raising armies to kill each other, I
want them to say, "Let us leave it to
the United States; there is nation
that will do us justice"
place before you this ideal Of our
greatness.
What is destiny? 1T is what we
make it. Destiny is not a matter of
chance; it is a matter of choice. This
government cannot be converted from
republic to empire unless the people
want it. want the American people
to make up their minds what they
want this nation to be. 1 want them
to picture destiny that they believe
to be glorious. And then want them
to use their votes to achieve that des-
tiny. My friends, I would not be pres
ident for any purpose if 1 could not
help to work out a destiny like that.
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27

In the different tables accompanying
will be found more detailed report of
the work accomplished.
A comparison of last years figures
with the above will not be out Of place
here. Shortly after I came into this
office, in 1899, the duty devolved upon
me Of furnishing you with the four
teenth annual report. In that statement
1t was shown that POP ,293 cars had been
weighed and that the revenues from
all sources was $34,4S541. The ex-
pense account for that year was $751;
44s.6s, indicating a deficiency of $22,-
95S,27. Total number Of bushels of
grain weighed, 16O,94O,OO6. In some
respects the showing thus made was
an excellent one, but the large de-
ficiency was an unpleasant feature to
record.
Shortly after the beginning Of the
present grain year, in October, 1899,
your honorable board raised the price
for weighing cars from 15c to 25c, thus
adding largely to the receipts of the
department. 1t was one of the neces-
stiles, and though some fault was
found with this, the justice Of it soon
became apparent to all. The board of
appeals created by act of the last leg
islature, added from $4,000 to $780,
600 to the expense Of the grain depart
ment, and this, if no other reason ex-
listed, would have justified the ad-
vance. Then, too, there is a vast diff
ference between the car of ten wears
ago, or even five years and that of to-
day. The capacity of the former
would not average but little over GOO
bushels, while the later, built in these
times, will average 200 to 300 bushels
more. The thousand bushel car of the
present time is becoming quite COM
mon. %. With these changed conditions
the weighing of a car of wheat now,
in reality, is almost as reasonable MS it
ever has been.
The year just closed, it is gratifying
to state, sees the department self-sus-
tanning. The deficiency of almost $685.
600 in 1899 has been turned to a sur
plus, small though it be, of S92o.27 in
1900.
Going back to the birth of the de-
partment, in 1885, but one year has
excelled this in the number of cars
weighed. That was the big crop
year of 1897. desire to say. too, that
while the number of cars weighed
during the past year was 12,197 more
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27
REVIEW OF weRK;; ACCOMPLISHED
Over 214,oo0 Cars Of Grain
Weighed During the Year.
EXPENSE ACCOUNT GREATLY REDUCED
Record Of the Department Graf
flying in the Extreme.

State Weighmaster Edward O'Brien
filed his annual report with the Rail
road and Warehouse Commission on
Wednesday last 1t reads as follows:
To the Honorable Railroad and
Warehouse Commission, St. Paul,
Mimi.
The fifteenth annual report of the
Minneapolis state weighing depart
ment for the grain year ending Aug.
81, 1900 is herewith respectfully sub
mitted. Fiftyfour persons are now
employed in the department rs follows:
Weighmaster, first assistant weigh
master, two clerks, chief of claims,
scale expert, assistant scale expert,
stenographer and forty-siX weighers.
The state service includes the follow
ing list of mills, elevators and railroad
yards:
Archer Oil MILL Cataract, Crown
Roller, Columbia, Christian, Douglas
Oil mill, Dakota, Excelsior, Galaxy,
humboldt, Minneapolis, Midland Oil
mill, Northeast Feed mill. North Star,
Northern Linseed, Occidental, Pills
bury "a" Pillsbury &C." Palisade,
Standard, st. Anthony, Washburn "a
Washburn 3D." Washburn &C." West
crn Oil mill. Total, %.
Atlantic, b, c., Consolidated, Ores
cent, Diamond, Great Northern No. 1
Great Northern No. ., Great Western
No. 1, Great Western No. ., Interstate
No. 1, Interstate No. 2, Interior No
/, Interior No. 2, X, Monarch, Midway
No. 1, Midway No. 2, Pillsbury, Pills
bury 3d." Pioneer Steel, Republic, st
Anthony No. /, st. Anthony No. 9
Star, Standard. Shoreham, Transfer
No. /, Transfer No. 2, Union, Victoria
Woodwork No. 1, Woodworth No
Total, "a.
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis 4
Omaha, Chicago, Milwaukee Il st
Paul, and Minneapolis and St Louis
Sixty-two places in all are thus EN-
braced in this service, an increase OF
four over the previous year.
The total number of cars weighed
during the year was 214 ,49O, and the
revenues accruing, from all sources
was $53,99S.5O. Covering the same
period the expense account was $685.
O69.25, showing Il surplus of S929.27.
The total number of bushels Of grain
weighed during the same period was
1881 $50, as follows:
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27
SUMMONS.

SUMMONS.
STATE OF. MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Hennepin-ss. w
The State Of Minnesota to W. h. Hazel,
You are hereby summoned to be and an
Justices of the Peace in and for said Conn
ty. on the Path day Of November. A. n
1900, at 0 o'clock in the forenoon Of said
gay Day st. my NJ. 255 Temple Court office in
answer to the complaint of John Walker.
plaintiff, in civil action, wherein the
R Tsad I'll claims the sum of Fifty Dollars
day. Of October, 1900, at the rate Of 6 per
cent per annum: Should you fail to appear
at the time and place aforesaid, Judgment
dence adduced by. said plaintiff for such
sum as he shall show himself entitled to-
Given under my hand and dated this 2Snd
+. e. HOBBS,
Justice Of the Pence
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27

MeGow.n Z M.hoaey, fire l...r.,..,
real estate, loans. las Central aves.e
J. R. Corrigaa and W. n. lxrna,
lawyers, $40 Temple Court. TslspAoas.
2488 il.
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27
Battle hymn of the Empire.

In the beauty of the lilies
Christ was born across the waves,
AS He died to make men holy
We will fight to make men slaves;
When weak nations cry for Freedom
we will cruelty the knaves-
sPlain Duty marches on,
Wave the Flag and shout for Glory!
Traitors were the Fathers hoary!
Hail the Strenuous Life so CORY!
Plain Duty marches on.
We feel the thrill of Destiny"
From Guam to Hongkong;
In Luzon and Iloilo
We will sing the pirates song;
For the Strenuous Life is calling
"Ho! Our pockets, right or wrong."
Plain Duty marches on.
We've outgrown the Constitution"
And the Declaration, too; -+,.
We've outgrown our Little Breaches"
And can lick a world or two;
We have slavery and harems
In the Island of Sulu.
Plain Duty marches on.
New Criminal Aggression"
Is the gospel of our greed;
benevolent Assimilation"
Is the heathen's greatest need:
And our Strenuous Life is calling
For another bloody deed.
Plain Duty marches on. -
The Jingle of the dollar
Is the only rule of right,
And we are not for the justice
II we only have the might;
For the Strenuous Life is calling
Us to put out Freedoms light.
Plain Duty marches on.
w. G. Eggleston.
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27

rent for the two nights on which I
talked was paid by some patriotic Min
neapolis citizens who love their coun-
try, its institutions and the cause of
Justice to the Filipinos better than
they love either Mckinley or Bryan.
Thomas Canty.
The Irish standard., 1900-10-27
A Phenomenal Circulatien.

More than ninety-fve million copies
to be exact, 95, 237, 523-of The La
dies Home Journal have been issued
since the magazine was first printed
seventeen years ago. December, 1883,
The National tribune., 1900-07-26

Baker and Peter Skidmore were severally
called, and put through the same ordeal,
with like result.
I'VE seem to be wasting much valua-
BILE time" said the Union Captain. You
don't appear to find anybody but what
we've found before. We've got great
deal of work yet 10 do, and it is cruelty
to keep these other poor men waiting
Why not return to them, and finish up
the businesSE"
Hope sprang up in Sis heart. only to
die down again when the rebel Captain
replied:
But we haven't had 10 men yet Let's
30 on to %, or 80. or even 100. This lit
tle squad shows nothing. We ought to at
least have all that were in that first car"
Very good" answered the Union Cap
tain; well take all that were in the
first car, # that'll satisfy you. Thatll be
IS or so men-about half what've already
gone through. Call the next name"
''Thos. Radbone, Co. Q. 200th Indiana
Volunteer Infantry" called the check
man.
Here" called the engineer in as firm
tone as he could command, and trying
10 Disguise his voice.
Where were you capturedE'
in the charge at Kenesaw, June 81"
WHO was your Captain?'
The National tribune., 1900-07-26
PERSONAL.

Gen. Earl NJ. Rogers, of Viroqua, Wis,
who was candidate for the nomination
for Governor of his State on the Republi-
can ticket, has announced his withdrawal
from the race. COmrade Rogers was
veteran Of the 9th Wis, one of the Iron
Brigade regiments, and had many sup
porters among the old soldiers. His with
drawal, together with that Of several
other candidates, makes certain the nom
ination of ex-Congressman Robert La
Toilette, who will be remembered as
stanch friend of the veteran while
member of the House. Although too
young himself to enter the army, he had
an older brother who was gallant Wis
conSin soldier.
1t has been decided to raise S100, 900 as
memorial to Rear-Admiral John w.
Philip. Naval Constructor Francis T.
Bowles, of the Navy Yard, and Com
mander d. Delahanty, Governor Of Sail
or's Snug HarbOr, are in charge of the
movement. 1t is probable that Rear-Ad-
miral A. S. Barker will be Chairman.
Miss Helen Gould will be on the COM
mittee.
Miss Julya Vidvard Kenderdine, daugh-
ter of Comradc Ii. NJ. Kenderdine, Ma
jor 18th Iowa, of Hiawatha, Kan., has
been appointed to a position in the Gen.
sus Office. Miss Kenderdine was born
in st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. Il. 1880. She re-
ceived her education in the common and
high schools at Topeka, Kan, and has
resided in Hiawatha about four years.
She is a representative Kansas girl. Miss
Julya was elected daughter of the regi.
ment ut Reunion of the 18th Iowa held
at Bedford, Iowa, eight years ago.
The National tribune., 1900-07-26

had been the guard on the locomotive. 81
know him. l wuz on the injine with him"
Where d you get that rig?' inquired
the rebel officer. scanning Shorty's grimy
oyer-alls, shirt and capacious carpet-slip-
pers.'
Don't see what that's got to do with
the matter" answered Shorty, rather de-
family. They're my own clothes. Don't
make no difference where l got en-
May've stopped and bought 'em off a Jew
slop dealer, to dress up to go into Uncle
Sans lines. They haiHt got nothing to
do with the case, as l kin see. Is there
any regulations as to what sort o. clothes
a man must wear when he's exchanged?'
Don't be impertinent, my man." ex-
pOstulated the Union officer. You were
not the engineer of that train, were you?'
Il tell you," said Shorty, doggedly.
that I'm Dan Elliott, Fifth Corporal of
Co. Q-Capt. McCiillicuddy's company
200th Injianny Volunteer Infantry, cap
tured ut the charge on Kenesaw, June
%. and belonged in Andersonville to the
First Squad of the Fourteenth Detach-
ment. l claim the right to go on into our
lines"
Il sw'ar ter the Lawd he's the inji-
ncer." reiterated the guard. "He was on
the injine when / done got on, an staid
right by him, as | wuz ordered, until the
The National tribune., 1900-07-26

THE European papers-especially the
English-are trying to discourage Secre-
tary Hay from making an immediate for
ward movement. They assume that the
Ministers are all dead, so that there need
be no farther thought of rescue, and that
till September or October, when it can be
made in overwhelming force. Against
this may be argued that we believe the
Ministers are still alive, and that the mob
uprising has spent its force, as such
movements do quickly, so that a quick,
energetic advance will catch the Chinese
in a state of Generalization following the
assemblage of great, unorganized hordes,
without any provision for supplies. Then
there is the gravest doubt as to what such
Il heterogeneous army as the proposed al
lied force is likely to accomplish. There
must be inevitably the greatest discord-
ance as to plans and their execution. The
quick, energetic, self-reliant, aggressive
Americans will not pull well with their
slower. duller, more plodding allies. The
chances are all in favor of our 10000 or
II, 900 men being able to accomplish more
than the whole of the remainder of the
$4,000 men of which it is intended to
compose the allied army. 1t is gratifying
TO learn that Gen. Chaffee is to be given
a free. hand. He is resolute, enterpris-
ing man, who studies his job well, but
quickly, and then hits out with all his
strength. He may give the allies taste
of the Santiago tactics, and wind up the
whole business by one sharp, smashing
blow. delivered while the rest are yet
only thinking about getting their camps
in nrdar
The National tribune., 1900-07-26

IT seems that the 9th Z. S. was run
into a trap, with the japanese General
in charge Of the operation laundering, pre-
cisely as Butler blundered, in not knowing
anything of the ground over which the at
tack was to be made. The 9th was to
make flank attack, while the japanese
made the main assault in front. When
the Jap came to make his attack he found
that the bridge over which he had ex-
pected to charge was destroyed, and the
ground flooded with water. In the mean,
while the 5th, carrying out its part of the
program, dashed calamity forward
through mud and water and the gateway
Of a mud wall only to come up against
the entire Chinese force massed in short
range. IL is a great wonder that it es
capped with no more loss.
The National tribune., 1900-07-26

In NO place on earth, not even the Sui
tan's scraglio at Constantinople, or the
palace Of the Gar, is there such a hot,
bed Of deep, dark intrigue and poisonous
Vaccinations as in the Imperial Palace
at PeKing. The Emperor is a mere fig
ure-hcad, behind which operate cabals of
eunichs and women, who in turn are ma
niDulated by coteries of princelings who
are compelled to live in Pe-King, but out.
side the palace, and have nothing to dc
of the 'squeezcs" worked on the subor.
climate officials.
The National tribune., 1900-07-26

In SPITE of all the doubts that are
thrown on the Conger message, the pre-
sumptions are much the strongest in its
favor In the first place, Minister WI
indorses it. He would be placed in ter
rible position if it should prove to be a
fabrication. Secondly, the State Depart
ment cipher is one of exceeding ingenuity,
and is most carefully guarded. While
any cipher can be read, if there is enough
of it, and plenty Of time allowed, there
has not been enough of this given the
Chinese to admit of their working it out.
Thirdly, there was a key-word in the
cipher, known only to Minister COnger,
which seems to place its genuineness be-
yond a doubt.
The National tribune., 1900-07-26

TIE real danger in China is as to
whether there is any Government worth
saving and putting on its feet. The gang
around the palace at Picking has be
come so unspeakably corrupt. incompe-
tent and inefficient that there is grave
doubt, whether there can be anything
found there, with scmblance of lcgiti-
macy. that can be bolstcred up into the
old-tmc authority over the vast mass of
people composing the Chinese Empire If
this shall be found to he the case. then
recourse may be had to building up the
separate Provinces into Independent
States, under the most competent men to
be found in them. As many of these have
populations exceeding those of great Eu-
ropean Empires this might be done. The
1S Provinces, with their areas and popu-
lation, are as follows:
The National tribune., 1900-07-26

THE Emperor of China has definitely
asked the United States to mediate be-
tween China and the European powers,
and the President has consented to do so
if the Chinese Emperor will do certain
things. The first of these. before any
other step is taken, is to restore free com
munication between the powers and their
representatives in Picking. This is on the
American assumption, in which the Euro
peans do not share, that the Ministers
are still alive. The next step is the res
tOration OF peace and order in all the
Provinces, and the protection of the lives
and property of foreigners. If this is
done, then the United States will employ
its good offices with the powers, and will
resist any dismemberment of the Empire.
These terms will be promptly accepted by
the Emperor, if there is any vigor, sense
and efficiency left in the Forbidden CITY.
for they contain his only hope. Nothing
but the firm insistence of the United
States will prevent the occupation
and alienation of the Provinces BY
the several European powers, who will
not agree among themselves as to any
policy, and end by each one grabbing
whatever he can lay hold Of.
The National tribune., 1900-07-26

MAJ.-GEN. CHAFFEE probably arrived
at Tien Tsin today, and within a few
effective force of 1000 men. Brig. Gems
Fred ID. Grant, Thos. Ii. Barry and Jas.
III. Wilson are on their way to join him,
which will give him three very able sub
ordinates. The Administration will prob
ably wait for his report before taking any
further decided steps.