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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
WEEK IN WALL STREET.
Investment Buying Shows Renewed
Confidence in the MnrI-a4

Investment Buying Shows Renewed
Confidence in the Market.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Bradstreet's
financial review will say tomorrow:
While the market is inactive, and trans
actions are mainly of a professional cnA.-
acter, there has been during the past
week, a decided change in speculative
sentiment. The fact that the steel strike
is much less dangerous than was at first
anticipated, and seems likely to collapse
altogether, has had a considerable effect
upon the minds of the stock market
operators, and has also encouraged re
newed investment buying of the United
States Steel stocks. At the same time,
the effects Of the damage to the corn
crop have been minimiZed and the
street is less disposed than 1t was a
fortnight ago to accept the theory that
corn in the Western states Is a total
loss, or that railroad corporations serV-
ing the corn growing sections of the
country will show any material decline in
earnings during the ensuing twelve
months. The money market also con-
tinues to be easy and there is no scarcity
of funds for speculative use, while a
drop in the exchange market brings fore
IDLY before the eyes of the stock MARKET
public the fact that the United States is
now enjoying a record breaking export
trade in cereals. Railroad earnings also
continue to be remarkably good, large
increases being shown in most cases
over an extremely favorable return Of
the corresponding period a year ago.
Under the circumstances it is not sur
prising that the stock market has de-
veloped considerable strength and that
prices have advanced in place of a de-
cided absence of any large speculative
demand for securities.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
PENNSYLYANIA AWAKENING.

1t seems on it's face an extraordinary
and untenable belief to express, that the
Democracy of Pennsylvania has a fair
chance of success in the election which
takes place this fall. The progress of
political events since the trial and &C
quittal of Senator Quay tend strongly
however, to confirm the belief
1t is not to be assumed that the cor
ruption of Pennsylvania politics can be
maintained for all time without the party
responsible having to bear defeat as the
result of it. The Republican party in
Pennsylvania represents a corrupt COM
bination between great corporate inter-
ests and known political leaders. Matt
Quay is not a. popular representative,
either on the floor of the senate or at
the head of a political machine. He is
simply the paid retainer of corporations
whose interests require the presence and
influence of such man in Washington.
The moral awakening In Philadelphia
may or may not be general. 1t will be a
remarkable circumstance indeed, if it
does not result in breaking the corrupt
control of Quay and his henchmen of
both political parties. We say both po-
litical parties because those who have
called themselves Democrats have in
Philadelphia politics VIGOROUSLY for
years exercised an influence which
has gone to render the grasp of the cor
ruptionists on the affairs of the city al
most indestructible.
The convention at Harrisburg refused
to throw out of that body men who
were notorious for their connection with
the pro-Quay interests in Philadelphia
1t would have been better for the moral
welfare of the city of Philadelphia, and,
we believe for the fortunes of the Dem
ocratic party in the state had this been
done. The action taken, however, and
the general awakening of the municipal
conscience as represented by the rank
and file of both parties in Philadelphia
will operate to render the influence Of
this class of men for evil much less than
it has been during this generation
It is not a matter of surprise that the
Pennsylvania Democracy has thought
proper to ignore the disputed questions
which have rent the party in twain on
national issues. That result has been
long anticipated. 1t is in line with the
accepted future policy of the party 1t
is an imperative necessity If success is
sought in future presidential contests.
1t is in no sense or degree a reflection
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
LEPRosY IN THE UNITED STATES.

Leslie's Weekly.
We are accustomed to think Of the
loathsome disease of Ieprosy as danger
of an alien and far-a way kind to be
read about with pity and horror, but not
to be realized as a present evil In
America. It will be startling news, there
fore, to many to learn that there are no
less than 900 we'll defined cases of leprosy
in this country, and that the plague is
spreading in the South and in some of
the Western states. Six cases have been
discovered in New York, six in Chicago,
and nearly 100 in New Orleans. 1t is a
fact of special significance that nearly
every person afflicted with leprosy is of
foreign birth. Some are Swedes, but the
majority are Italians This furnishes a
new and potent argument for stricter
enforcement of immigration laws and
quarantine regulations. There Is no ap-
parent reason why the Southern states
should have a larger proportion of lep-
rosy cases than other parts Of the Union.
except that the health authorities Of
Southern ports are not as alert as some
others. If the South, for example, had
quarantine officers as capable, vigilant
and efficient as DR.. Alvah H. Doty, of
New York, it's cities might have as few
lepers as the metropolis. The disease is
one. of the most terrible scourges known
to the world, and no pains nor expense
should be spared in arresting its prog
ress.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
AMERICAS WILD RICE CROP.

Pearson's Magazine.
In the early days the extension of the
fur trade in a territory unsurpassed for
richness in pelts was actually made praC~
ticable by the wild rice, which furnished
wholesome support for traders and
hunters. Pike, the explorer, in 1905. de-
scribed the fort of the Northwest com
panY, at Leech- Lake as stored with
large quantities of the grain, 500 bush
els of which were put away in a loft
over the trading room. Employees of
the company depended on it chiefly for
food, buying it from the savages at an
average price of about 81 80 busheI.
At the present time white people in the
neighborhood of all the reservations IN
Wisconsin and Minnesota are very fond
of wild rice. which is commonly offered
for sale in the towns Charles C. OPP
pei, a produce dealer Of Duluth, states
that he handles from one to two tons of
it every season. ''Most of the cruisers,
explorers and homesteaders take it out
into the woods with them" he says,
"and they claim that it is better than
tame rice because it does not take so
long to prepare" It is largely consum-
ed in lumber camps in the region where
1t grows.
The wild rice that comes to market In
this way is all of 1t gathered by the
Indians, the work of harvesting and pre-
entirely by the women.
Wild rice Is more nutritious than any
Of our common cereals, such as wheat,
rye, corn. barley, oats and ordinary rice
1t is richer in starch and sugar than any
of these. and contains more of the stuff
that makes muscle and blood. The
freshly gathered seeds may be cooked
by simply pouring boiling water over
them, but the parched grain requires
half an hours cooking and the fire.
cured a full hour It swells like the
Southern rice. a single coffee cupful of
the dry kernels furnishing an ample
meal for two Indians, or sufficient break
fast food for eight or ter. persons. 1t is
especially wholesome for breakfast, serv-
ed with sugar and cream.
If it could be cultivated with any Ger
tainty, wild rice would long ago have be-
come a staple for the white population
Unfortunately. however. no method has
been found whereby regular and salts
factory crops can be insured
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

Twelfth street, are visiting in Faribault.
Miss Ebert, of New York, was the
guest of honor at an informal entertain
ment given last evening by Mrs. Vincent
E. Ebert, of the Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Austin, of East
Third street, are entertaining Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Meyer, Of Kansas City.
Victor Watkins and his daughter, Mrs
Wilder, will sail Wednesday, for a two
months trip abroad.
Mrs. A. v. Sinclair, of Waterloo, Iowa,
is visiting her brother, A. NJ. Ward, OF
West Ninth street.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Kluckhohn and
family, of Goodrich avenue, have moved
in from Minnetouka.
Miss Geoding. of Fairmount avenue, Is
visiting at Lake Ainnetonka.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H Hobe, of Dayton
avenue, are expected home next week
from Wisconsin, where they have spent
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Powers, of Good
rich avenue, have returned from Lake
Michigan
Mrs. D. s. Sperry, of Holly avenue, is
entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Griffith, of
Chicago.
Mrs. Charles w Hornick and son, of
Ashland avenue, have gone. to New Lon
don, Conn, to spend the remainder Of
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Upham, of Aurora
avenue, have returned from a trip to
the Yellowstone.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles E. Gall, of Holly
avenue, are home from Lake Mime
tonka-
Miss Baker of Dayton avenue, is enter
tanning Miss Evaline MayfieId, OF Butte,
Mont.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Warren of East
Winifred street, have returned from
Helena, Mont.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
moNrANA,s DEGRADArIoN.


1t is really a matter of minor moment
whether Judge Harvey, of Montana, &C
cused of corruption was or was not offer
ed a bride on any other occasion than
that which is referred to as the occasion
of his own wrongdoing. It offers no de-
Tense of the charge made against him
and only proves that he was regarded as
accessible to corrupt influences.
The circumstances Of the charge made
against Judge Harvey point to its falsity.
The letters published were ill-gotten.
Their origin points to forgery. It would
be giving too much credence to what has
palpabiy sprung from a dishonest trans
action to assume that the published let
ters represent the text of Judge Har
ney's correspondence.
If Montana were not a state apparently
sunk in political and social degradation
1T would be possible to find an intelligent
starting point from which to regard the
charge and countercharge in this case.
AS it is the public can do little more than
Judge Harvey asks his Illinois friends in
his latest statement to do, VIZ: Await the
final developments in the case.
The worst that has been urged against
American political life is fully realized in
the affairs of the state of Montana. That
state is very breeding place of shame
less official corruption The contests
which have been waged for United States
senatorships have been foul descents into
the realms of lowest political wrong
doing; while to those on the ground it
has always been apparent that the same
influences are available in every depart
ment of government, including the jul
diciaI
Every decent person wants to believe
that the charges against Judge Harvey
have been dictated by the exigent de-.
mands of large financial interests in
jUriously affected by his rulings That
belief will be entertained until convinc-
ing proof is offered to the contrary 1t
would not occasion moments hesitation
in the mind of any good citizen to so
believe were the record of political and
official corruption in Montana not so de-
grading.
This incident will pass away and be
forgotten. But the conditions which gave
it birth will remain. The same desire to
acquire and retain great wealth, which Is
undermining. the moral consciousness OF
the country will still continue to flourish
in communities like Montana. There is
no remedy for it save such as the moral
sense of the entire nation may apply to
it, and such remedy must in the ma
ture of things operate but slowly.
No one party is much better situated
than the other in that regard. It is not
a party shame, but the shame of state
Montana; Quay, of Pennsylvania; Hanna,
of Ohio, and Platt, of New York, are
able to control the political life Of the
commemorative of which they are citiI
zens, and, to a considerable extent; the
be recognized as one which goes down
to the very roots of American social life.
A propaganda carried on against such in
carnate scoundrelism in public life would,
we believe, appeal to the conscience of
the entire country, If the right man could
be found to head 1t.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
The WEEK IN TRADE
R. G. DUN & CO.'S REVIEW OF THE
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
SITUATION
OUTLOOK FOR THE QUARTER
In the West and South Is for an
Increase Over Last Years
Trade-CrOD Damage
Was Serious.

NEW YORK, Aug 16.-R c. Dun &
Co. 8 weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say: The distribution OF merchandise
has proceeded this week on a steady and
satisfactory scale throughout the East,
and In the West and Southwest the reLef
from the long drought and heat is be-
ginning to be reflected in a larger retail
trade, so that for the quarter promise
Is held out of a larger business than
last year. Crop conditions in the terri
tory most affected by the recent drought
are improving. and the weather has
been highly favorable in nearly all dis
tr1cts east of the Missouri river though
rains have interrupted the spring wheat
harvest.
The steel strike has affected prices ex-
tenSively, particularly on sales for imme-
diate delivery. In tin plates the ADVANCE
has been greatest, while hoops, sheet,
skelp and billets are sold at premiums
Quotations are too cratic for accurate
record, and in many cases sales are at
private Terms Confidence is steadily
shown by placing Of distant delivers at
regular prices
Consumption has undoubtedly been fur
Their curtaiied this month, but a revival
OF exports tends to prevent a combina-
ton.
New England boot and shoe factories
are still actively engaged, and the sta
Dlhty OF prices remains a feature. New
YORK and Western shops are equally
busy, Jobbers complaining of slow deliV-
cries. This is the season of greatest de-
mand tGr boots, and there Is a fair vol
IN output appears. Leather sells freely
but without change in price, while slight
ly lower bids for hides will probably Sc
cure large lots. Wooden mills have full
employment, as a rule, and the increased
consumption of raw material tends to
harden the tone of the wool market al
though no quotable change is possible
Official figures of crop condition were
far more hopeless than even the most
pessimistic anticipated. indicating only
about 100000 ibu of wheat and corn to-
gether Inflated prices brought out re-
ceipts for the week of 2359, 705 Eu
against 2,032, 1888 last year and reduced
Atlantic exports to 631, sos blu, compared
with 1852, 335 a year ago and 4,034 3C2 in
1889. Wheat also advanced sharply. but
there is sound argument for strength in
Atlantic exports during the last two
weeks of 1888 S4 blu, against 4,37S 90l in
19O0 and 4,S66,646 two years ago,
Cotton prospects have materially i'm
proved, and with average weather during
the next few weeks there is reason to
expect d yield equal to, If not larger
than the one preceding. Picking will &c
about three weeks later than usual and
the high wages and scarcity of labor may
cause some loss. Financially the South is
in a better position than ever before,
planters have mortgaged less of their
crop than usual. and the banks will not
draw on New York as heavily as here
tofore
Failures fer the week numbered 16s in
the United States. against 161 last year
and 10 in Canada, against "a last year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

puddles and then HE them to the houses
and buzz about the gas lights If they
catch fire it is serious matter. danger
Gus to summer curtains. and fires are
graveiy reported to haze been started in
thls way. or course, If a mosquito with
a cargo Of oil in ner once takes fire that
Is the end of her, but she NAV die
famous, like the unscrupuIous lad who
fired the Ephesian dome Nevertheless
the oil cure for mosquitoes is being seri
ously tried. A Washington dispatch saws
that army quartermasters are to be sup
Piled with Kerosene or petroleum to use
on stagnant water, WITHIN the confines
of military posts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
OF IS CIAL EST

Mrs. john Clarke Bennett and Mrs.
Addison Fenwick, Of the None Such"
Euehre club, gave farewell luncheon
yesterday art Mrs. Benefits residence, SO
Summit avenue, for Mrs J. H MayaII,
president of; the Club who leaves Sun
DAY evening for San Francisco.
Mis- Lillian Moore gave a luncheon
yesterday att her home on Holly avenue
in honor Of Mrs. Dyer. Of Detroit.
An all-day meeting of the board of
managers of the Catholic Infants home
VIII be held today at the home, Selby
The local Woman's Christian Temper
ance union will give a charity thimble
of Mrs. Ellen w Soule, East Isabel
street. -,ts-sl eE
The Young Peoples Society of Chris
tan Endeavor OF the Emmanuel Baptist
Church gave lawn social last even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J.
Ellis on West Seventh street.
The Ladies, Aid Society of the Phila-
delphlan Baptist Church gave lawn
social at the home of Rev. and Mrs. W
ing
A dinner party was given last evening
by Col. and Mrs. Liggett at their home
in St Anthony Park for Dr. and Mrs.
c. g. HIgbee and Miss Higbee and .their.
guests, Capt. and Mrs. Johnson and Miss
Johnson, of Milwaukee.
The women of the Cathedral parish will
meet next Wednesday, at the Cathedral
to mend the altar linens.
Mrs. s. D! Hickman, of Charlton, Iowa,
is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Edward G.
Wefsel, at The Plaza. 5grr.'e'eC.
Mrs. William =. Pope and children, of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
~@~~~~~->-r>-'7~'>@~~NS
AT THE THEATFRS.

The Criterion company will present the
sensational English drama, 1.-The Black
Flag" ait the Metropolitan opera house
this afternoon and tonight. The play has
scored a decided hit, the exciting situa-
lions, thrilling climaxes and artistic com
EDDY of the production making pleasing
combination. 1oILl-4 ~
Fifth local school children, between the
ages of five and fourteen, boys and girls,
will be required in the big, Sehoolreom
scene in Lovers Lane" in addition TO
this number twenty youngsters are car
ried for speaking parts f1sthiss scenes
Any children wishing to 'act'' with the
Lovers Lane" company during the st.
Paul engagement may apply at the stage
door Monday morning at II O'clock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

on the political standing or rectitude of
Mr. Bryan or his adherenfs that the
issues of 1886 and 1900 should thus be
dropped summarily They have had their
day, and the world still moves. BY the
time, this fall, the contests have been
fought out in those states whose Demo-
cratic adherents have decided on such
policy it will be made apparent in the
results that the course taken is indis-
pensabIe to party success; and all other
states will follow in the wake of an ex-
ample which will have been seen to be
so promotive of the party's welfare.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

empty carriage is then drawn back and
the process repeated.
About twenty men on the collier fill
the bags, and deliver them to the for
ward deck, and sixteen more take the
bags to the elevator. In order that the
operation may be carried out continuous
ly the empty bags must be returned.
This is accomplished by stationing two
men in crows nests" at the sheerhead
Of the warship to hook the empty bags
on to the side hooks of the carriage. Two
men at the masthead Of the collier re-
eeive the bags. The entire operation is
continuous. and no delay is caused by
hooking on the bags.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
A NEW USE FOR PETROLEUM.
Harper's Weekly.

Harper's Weekly.
New uses are constantly being found
for petroleum. The park commissioners
in San Francisco have been using 1t to
sprinkle their park roads. 1t lays the
dust effectualIy and permanently, and
when put on hot combines with other
road material to form cement The
same use is made Of 1t in some parts of
the South, where, as in California, new
discoveries of oil wells have made pc
troleum abundant and extremely cheap.
Another popular use for it is in fighting
mosquitoes. Oil poured on the surface Of
stagnant water has been believed to be
q hindrance to the comfort and multi
plication of mosquitoes, and many expert
ments with it have been tried in those
parts of New Jersey where the struggle
for existence between mosquitoes and
men Is keenest. Thence has arisen one
of the pleasantest and most satisfying
of all the dog days crop of hot weather
stories. For information from the
Oranges has come to the newspapers Of
q tendency in mosquitoes to fill tnem-
selves with kerosene from oi-coyered
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

The state of North Dakota ought to
rejoice and be exceeding glad that it
had twelve men within its borders who
had the good sense tc find that fend,
Barry, guilty of murder. A more delib-
crate fiend never came over the pike than
that same Barry. He was crazy all right,
but he had his insanity under complete
control. He was only mad, mormon west
when the wind was southerly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

The Co,ombian-Ve nezueIan-N icarag guam
revolution is on again. If we knew
what those people wanted, we could issue
a proclamation of armed intervention and
fix the thing up in a year or two, just
as We are doing in Cuba now. It would
be much easier than that Job because we
would not have Spain to fight, nor an
other batch of Philippines to buy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
BanA CIearinEs.

The following table compiled by Brad
streets, shows the bank clearings at the
principal cities for the week ended Aug.
Is, with the percentage of increase and
decrease as compared with the CORE
spending week last year:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

1t seems that Tige has scared the Joliet
steel works into obedience. They could
not stand the bull of communication.
Shafeer threatened to make it hot for
Than
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

invention as a coast defense. The adj
vent of submarine boats would let many
a navy favorite out of a job.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
Glucose Marked I'm.

CHICAGO, Aug. 16-The Glucose COM
pany today increased the price of glu-
cose 10 cents hundred, making a total
increase of 40 cents since the advance IN
corn set in. The increase represents the
appreciation in the price of corn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

The Shamrock was towed over the, blue,
waters of the Atlantic. It now remains
to be seen whether it can toe the line or
will have to be towed across the line
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

The potato crop is said to be partial
failure in the South and West. AS con-
sequence potatoes are selling for 81 a
bushel. Wouldn't that take the starch5
out of you
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

A mysterious man is trying to settle
the strike. He ought to be arrested and
put in the sweat box. Perhaps it is Tas-
colt, or Pat Grove, or, mayhap, the man
who struck Billy Patterson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

They held a Dem convention down our
way;
First-class, bang up convention. so they
say.
From what can row be seen
They will bust the old machine,
And leave the pieces scattered on the
Quay.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

Upton is confident Did we not hear
something like that two years ago?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17
King to Yisit Kaiser.

BERLIN. Aug. 16.-The Post says King
Edward will soon go to WilhelmshOhe,
near Casset, and spend several days with
the emperor and empress.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

They have been having all kinds of
storms in the South. Property and lives
have been sacrificed to the fury of the
wind and rain. Next time Tillman and
McLaurin will hesitate before loosening
things up like this
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-17

It looks very much now as if Sampson
will have to quit talking and put on the
mits and enter the ring. The bets will
stand ten to one on the other fellow and
twenty to one that Sampson will not last
five rounds.