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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

less public opinion grows ins-stent 1t
may be, as Secretary Long says, that
the president has been very assidious in
his efforts to have justice done; but it is
hard to believe that as complaisant bodies
as the Republican majoritles in the two
houses would have failed to do the right
thing had they received from the White
house the necessary instructions
Tt is a matter of no earthly moment
whether the president and his cabinet
are to be absolved from any response
bility in this matter. The wrong exists;
and it should be remedied at once. Con-
gress has but a short period eff service
before it, and its time is quite Likely to
be fully occupied between now and els
solution by great variety of public
work of the highest Importance. But
there is time enough at the disposal OF
congress to do its duty in this respect if
it seriously wishes to do it. Any feeling
Of prejudice or Partially which may
have existed for or against any of the
chief participants in the Santiago cam
paign is forgotten; and the dispsnsation
of rewards is not likely to be criticised,
so long as substantial justice is done to
ali collectively. Some especial form OF
recognition is certainly merited by young
Hobson. His deed will live forever in
the annals of the American navy 1t will
so down to future ages as being fully
as heroic a deed as that of Cushing ana
his companions or of the men who car
ried fire and havoc into the harbor OF
Tripoli. 1t is an infamous shame that
IT should so long have remained formally
unrecognized by Hobson's country.
The leading representatives. of all par
ties in the senate and house, as well as
in the cabinet, should unite in urging
this matter forward. A special day can
be readily set for the completion of the
work in congress. If the president and
his cabinet wish it this can be done. No
matter how much or how little they may
have done thus far, if they will act
promptly in concert with the members
of the naval committees of both houses,
a grieyous public wrong will be soon
remeaied, as the country desires to see
it remedied
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/" This Red-Headsd Man, etc.

~~@~~~N~~-~-~~N-o~~ONOo
brawny with arms of length altogether
dlSproportionate and a body every inch
muscle and no fat. he yet retained lnucn
of his earlier strength. HIS hair was
silvery, his mouth large and occupied
constantly with quid. For voice he had
acquired a very fair Imitation of the
roaring below of his native ocean. Mar
ryat would have been delighted with this
superannuated Neptune, and would have
found him spinner of yarns equal to
those of Baron Munchausen. About the
strict yeracity of his tales, Bendigo did
not concern himself. His great aim was
to produce sensation; and this he in
vartably did having to resort to meas
ures more or less meEdacious according
to the incredulity or otherwise of his
hearers. What his real name might be
no one knew and it is probable that the
digo he called himself; from having run
away to those famous diggings in hs
teens Like all sailors. he was handy
man, the cook houSemaid butler and
footman of Beach cottage; and rarely left
It, for fear something might go wrong
in his absence. For exercise he trampcd
the quarterback with glass under his
arm and frequently at his eye He
hated women as he loved his Grog. like
the crusty marlin spike he was.
Ihe day after Jayne's arrival the bo'-
sun walked his watch, sweeping land and
sea for sight of his young master. AS
he we'll knew, the Chinese Squadron had
arrived and was anchored in FTletmouth
harbor; but Leonard had not vet APP
reared. although it was now O'Clock
Bcndigo suspected him of dangling Miss
Wharton'S apron strings; ignorant wholly
OF the rumors which at that moment
were rife in Oldport and Fletnouth of
the mysterious disappearance of Lieut..
Jayne Where these had originated no
one could tell: whether they would even
tually prove to be correct no one could
say. But it was asserted confidently that
Jayne had not returned to his ship. and
could not be found. Bendiga was Just
wondering whether it would be consist
ent with his trust to lock up and go
forth for information. when intelligence
was brought him by Norah herself.
In spite of the bO'Suns misOgyny, he
hailed the approach of the girl with de-
light though he was soreiy puzzied to
account for Jayne's absence. With a
grUnt of disappointment he shamtied
down aud met her on the verandah. pull
ing his forelock and scrapinS his foot in
an approved nautical fashion: But ~
rah was too highly agitated TO ret''rn
these courtesieS
iously.
'"Fhe lootenant, missy! AIN ne aionS-
Miss Wharton paid TO attention to this
Question. mot herei" she gasped, and,
eVercone with sudden faintness she sat
down. whitefaced. on near chair. 20
Leonard, Leonard. where are you?
(To be eontlnued)
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CHAPTER II.
STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.


A collection of rusty houses, skirting
diminutive though duly protected harbor,
their inhabitants living by fish, and most
ly on fish, and the whole place reeking
of glorious mixture of fish and tar
such was Oldport. The original village,
a survival of the eighteenth century,
faced the breeZes of the Channel and
saw the stately ships go outward to the
Seven Seas; but now, under the hand OF
the ubiquitous trafficker in tenements,
number of jerry-buiIt brick villas under
the title of modern residences" were be-
ginning to stretch away inland from the
old place People who could not afford
to live at Fletmouth eked out an exist
ence at Oldport. where rents were low
and victuals correspondingly cheap. They
were mostly retired navy folk with large
families and small pensions, who sent
their sons overseas to carry on the work
of the previous generation, and kept the
girls at home in genteel poverty Con-
sequentIy Oldport was an Adamless
Eden, and numberleSs Ewes chased the
Service men in Falmouth, content
keep their hands in" between whiles
with certain despised civilians. When
ever there was marriage, feet and
army knew the happy pair and all about
them: even to the scanty amount of their
income and the whereabouts of the sta
ton to which they would probably be
exiled When Britannia scrimmaged on
the ragged fringe of her empire, Oldport
bought war maps, and a large supply of
little flags on pins, and generally studied
geography at the expense of relatives
wounded or slain. When the enemy We're
crumpled up, the town rejoiced. and well
coined returning V. C.s and D. S. O.'s
with cheap teas and Cinderella dances.
Everybody knew everybody. and the
conversation included mention of every
spot colored red on the map In a word,
Oldport was one amongst many nurseries
of embryo Nelson's and undiscovered
Wellnetons
Originally the inhabitants had consist
ed solely of fishermen, who trawled for
six days out CT the seven, and passed
the seventh in praise OF mankind gen
orally. taking exception only to such fry
as the captains of coalers or b'ack-haart-
ed craft of that ilk who wantonly ran
down a ketch rather than shift half a
point Of them they had a wild and
reasonable hatred. The latter part Of
their sea harvcst they sent to Billings
gate, through Ubiquitous m:ddlemen
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A SHAME.

The failure of congress to do Justice
to the heroes of Santiago, which secre-
tary Long points out in his communica-
ton to Senator Morgan, is in the nature
of a serious public grievance. Nothing
whatever can be said in eXtenuation of
1t. The complications which arose from
the il-advised attitude of the commander
of the naval forces at Santiago on the
subject of the performance of his duty
by Rear Admiral Schley, have long since
ceased. Public opinion settled that dis
pute in a manner which gave full recog-
milton TO the part which Sehley took in
the capture OF Cervera. The fact that
the result was less than satisfactory to
the members of the administration who
stood behind schley's superior officer cut
little figure in the public estimation when
the praise and blame came TO he appor-
toned
There is not man, from the head Of
fcer 10 the assistant stoker, on any Of
the vessels taking part in the Santiago
blockade, who ought not long since to
have had the fullest public recognition
bestowed on him for his part in the
wonderful naval victory. The failure to
recognize the grand heroism of Hobson
may be taken as characterizing the re-
missness of congress IN The entire mat
ter.
Very evidently nothing will be done I'M
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chiefS. The remainder they sold to
itinerant fsh-wives, or lived on it them
selves. Big burly men they were, VINO
could do absolutely anything with their
beautiful craft, and whose life was given
over to their work, with precious little
time for that smoking and daWdling on
the quay which is to the landsman typi-
cal of the fisherman. Their stay on shore
was limited to such time as the weather
prevented their going out. And some
thing more than half gale had to blow
ere that came to pass. A tiny Bethel,
with its door modestly inscribed: This
is the Gate of Heaven" was their rel4g-
ious haven; and they very politely de-
clined the tracts which the rector of the
| upper town thrust under their noses.
Here were bred the bo'suns and coXH aims
CT her majesty's navy, who went down
to the sea in ships and returned with
pensions and glory and many medals TO
describe to approving seniors their m
| dividual share in the latest annexations
Of their country. The fishing village
knew aristocratic Oldport as an A. 3.
knows his superior officer.
From the sandhillS which banked the
channel stretched on all sides windy
acres of coarse bents where goats frol-
licked and gulls circled. The land was In
a state of nature, since the loose, sandy
soil defied all methods of cultivation.
time found a use for its desert. There.
on sunny days, the players shirmished
widely round a lonely house, which
seemed to have been journeying to Old
port like the Loretto Grotto to Rome,
With the difference that It never reached
its destination 1t was a onestory az
fair, with wide veranda. and its flat
roof had been fashioned after the style
of a quarterback. even to a rugged nI!Z-
zen from the gaff of which from sunrise
to sunset few the Union Jack. A bright
ly-polished brass cannon on the lawn
was used for saluting on national hoN-
days. In the rear was q we.l-stocked
garden of both fruit and flowers. divided
off from the surrounding waste by a
fence of white paiings. Here, in this
oasis mid the desert. lived Bendigo,
awaiting LeoLard's return to discha &c
himself of his trust.
For many a year two men had walked
that quarterback. fighting their battles
DER again: but since Capt. JAYNE had
sent in his papers, old Bendigo alone kept
watch. He was of the baruacle species.
such as attach themselves to quays in
popular watering places-an ancient wa
ter dog STEPPED in brine. But he might
have been an ancient Briton so literally
was he painted with blue woad in the
modern form of tattoo. Squat aud
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Worth the Difference.

In S. l.. Powers story at the Middle
sex Ber association dinner the lawyer
tried the case for the complainant. She
sued a middle aged gentleman for breach
of promise. He married another girl.
The jury retired and the defendant also
went his way. The jury returned, the
defendant did not. The jury found for
the plaintiff in $500 damages.
The lawyer met the middle aged gen.
tleman a few minutes later in the lobby
of an adjacent hotel.
Squire said the latter. "how did
the jury dccide?"
Against YOU was the answer
81 didn't think they would do that"
said the middle aged gentleman, mus
ingly. "What's the damages?''
''That amt so bad!' he exclaimed. on
being told. Squire, there's that much
difference between the two women!"
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STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Couldn't Speak at Any Price.

Couldn't Speak at Any Price.
Winona Weekly Leader.
Some of the papers printed the follow
ing in their issues:
'.Charles A. Towne yesterday spoke 20,
600 words in the senate in denunciation
of the administra TONS policy in the
PHILIPPINES. The former senator was paid,
in salary and mileage, about 1000, or 5
cents word for his speech
1t is intended as a hit at Mr. Towne
What of the fact that Mr.. TONNES sal
airy is equal to 5 cents for each of the
words of the speech? What of that?
There are many members of the sena te
who have drawn many times that amount
each year for many years who never
made speech, and, more than that,
never could make one
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

The Louisville Times offers this sug-
Sestion: In the general outpouring of
your sympathy for the English people
in the irreparable, unprecedented and in
comparable loss which they have suf-
fered in the death of an aged and fru-
gal woman. see that a few drops of COM
fort fall to the hard lot of those non
commissioned officers rehearsing day and
night on the Isle of Wight with a dunn
my coffin containing half ton of sand.
There are in life things even worse than
death"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06
AT THE THEATERs
METROPOLITAN


Daniel Sully will close his 7eapaooor+
IN The Parish Priest with two ner-
formances today; the matinee will he
p-ayed at popular prices.
Harry Corson Clarke in his new COM
edy What Did Tomkins Do?" will he
gin brief engagement at the Metropolis
tan opera house tomorrow night
popular price matinee will be PLAYED SAT-
urday afternoon.
The sale of seats for the engagement
Of Alice Nielsen and her big opera COM
pany will open at the Metropolitan box
Office tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock
sharp. Miss Nielsen will present her
latest operate success, "Tne Singing
Girl. Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Wednesday matinee and Wednesday
night, THE Fortune Teller, one of the
most popular operas ever presented in
this city, will be given by the full
strength of the company.
Frederick Warde gave a mas erIy read
ing OF his lines of Iago in Shakespeare's
tragedy, "Othello," last evening at the
Grand. AS that past master in the art of
intrigue, the arch plotter Iago, the TRACE
dian very near touches the summit of his
art Not only does he present in clear
cut Silhouette the very outlines of the
CSNlSA SllSNtOW lHdC was forever at
Othelio's elbow, insinuating, tempting
goading, but the very atmosphere that
makes that shadow blacker appears
charged with crime and intrigue. Per-
haps it is in the scene where Iago first
pcisons Othello's. mind with his insinua-
tons against Desdemona that Warde
shows how complete is his understanding
OF perhaps the greatest villain that has
ever been pictured in fiction. There are
neither lights nor half lights in the
character of Iago. There are none in
its presentation by Warde. He was
rewarded last evening with the heartest
applause from the large audience pres
ent.
Only second to Mr. Warde's Iago WIS
Mr. Spencer's presentation of the jealous
Moor Physically Mr.. Spencer is an
ideal Otheilo and if the same adjective
cannot be applied to his conception of
the character at least it is a careful, web
rounded and intelligent conception. HI
scene with Iago where he shows, alas.
his only doubt of the latter's good faith
was admirable because of the absence of
any effect of overriding. Mrs. Spencer
made a charming and convincing Des-
demona. The rest of the cast was salts
factory.
This afternoon Mr.. Warde will present
1.-THE Dukes Jester and this evening
Hamlet"
The Gfand's Offering the coming week
is Fulgora's Stars, one of the represent
tative vaudeville organizations now be-
fore the public. TIE headliner5 are
Kara. the juggler. and Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Sidman, in their delightful
sketch, Back Home" Others are Tom
Lewis and Sam Ryan, the Bros. Herne.
Polk and Rollins. banjo artists; the Four
Huntings, Zeb and Zarrew, and Edna
Collins.
STAR
The Victoria Burlesquers are this
weeks attraction at the Star and are
winning merited appreciation at their
daily matinee and evening performances.
Good music, good singing and pretty wo-
men constitute a good bill.
Next week Hurtig and Seamon's "Bow-
cry Burlesquers" will be seen with some
features that have never been presented
heretofore IN ST Paul.
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Advice for Jens Grondahl.

Cannon Falls Beacon.
Go, Jens. and read in the good book
what it says about those who trust in
the smiles of princes, and then write
a poem beginning something like this:
I am the maddest, sorest man
There is in all the town,
I wanted once an easy job
But the gov 'ner turned me down;
Yes he turned me down completely,
Pitched me into the tureen,
Gave the job unto another,
I think he's mighty mean,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06
Duty of the Country.

st. James Journal.
The Journal has only the best wishes
for the success of Gov. Van SAINTS ad-
ministratlon, but recognizes that he is
working under adverse circumstances,
surrounded as he is by the corrupt in
f1uences which dominate st. Paul Re
publican circles. If the governor is go
ing to be saved. the country which he
neglected in the division of spoils, must
save him
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06
Musings on Morals.

TO the Editor of the Globe:
The G / b e tersely remarks ''had Mrs.
Bosschieter kept tab on her daughter to
know what company she was keeping,
and where she spent her spare time, all
this might have been averted." A coun-
try reader who. during the long winter
evenings, has time to think would say,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

There is no more sense in critieising
man for accepting a $4,000 graft
than there is in offering a hungry dog
a bone, and then kicking him for taking
it. The entire responsibility rests with
the party in power, which might correct
this abuse at any time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

There is some complaint because the
Cuban constitution does not contain any
reference to the United States. The peo-
pie who take this as sign of ingrati-
tude on part Of the CUbans merely show
that they do not know the difference be-
tween constitution and card of
thanks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

If the Rev. Sheldon, of Topeka, who
tried to run a paper ''as Christ would
run it," will now turn in and run it as
Mrs. Nation would, he may make a sue
cess of it after all.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

The most tyrannical trust in America,
says an exchange, is that with headquar-
tiers in the navy building at Washington,
and the next one is the combination in
the regular army maintained by the men
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

Queen Victoria and concludes: ut is a
hlgh' yet deserved, tribute to her to say
that no one exercising royal preroga-
tives could have done better, and that
the world at large has cause to mourn,
her demise"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

Germany is going to have eight new
war ships this year, including the battle
ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. s'They
come high says the kaiser, ''but we
must have them"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

Mrs. Cats statement that man still
has woman under his heel, is emphatic
ally disproved by the career of Mrs Ma
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

The fact that London held four kings
and any number of queens this week does
not indicate any prediction for poker.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

1t is generally agreed that plenty of
push and good strong pull are bound
to bring success every time and yet the
ship subsidy bill does not seem to make
much Roadway
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

In New York the women have Joined
the antiTammany crusade. 1t is ques-
ton of the lady or the tiger
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

Senator Pettigrew would not mind re-
firing from the senate, but the idea Of
going home with soldier on his back,
that's what hurts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

AS mark of respect to the dead queen,
London Punch publishes no jokes this
week. 1t is just too funny for anything.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

Dispatches from Florida tell of the
capture of a fve-fngered fish with we'll
developed legs and feet. They evidently
need Mrs. Nation down there.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

They call her Dame Nation" down in
Kansas, but the jointkeepers invariably
mispronounce the first word
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

educated to war. Hence the. constant
war upon some who are obnoxious to
navy and army officers high in the trust.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

When I was Carrying messages as
pos IN Flttspprgs = says Andrew Carne-
gle. sit was the ifule that when one had
leieglam for the manager he might go
INTO the theater with tiff he arrived
after the PERFORMANCE had begun 1t
was really surprising how few dispatch
es that manager got before the begin
ming OF the performances and how many
came to him just after the performance
had begun. Sometimes we delayed them
TWO hours or more to gain that priv
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

When Cleveland announced that the
nation was going to smash, he was not
referring to Mrs. Carrie Nation
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

It is Pettigrew's wind that makes it
such hard sailing for Hannas ship SUBJ
sidy bill.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

Democracy is bound to win out. They
have struck Gle" down in Texas
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

The Catholic Universe crowds a great
Geal OF the soundest kind of municipal
common sense into the following edi-
torial paragraph: ..While we are
not partisan. we can not be
without interest in the municipal
elections. All stockholders should lie in
terested IN the corporation to which they
oeiong' Every citizen is stockholder
IN the city and should be interested in
It's welfare and hence can not be indiffer-
e,it 10 those who are officially to have
charge of its government. National or
STATE party lines should have no binding
force in municipal elections"
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In Rad Compnnx.

Morton Enterprise.
When It is too late Gov. Van SAINT has
realized the folly of relying with implicit
faith in such political characters as J.
S. Vandiver Oar Reese, Fred Schiff-
mann and Jim Sheehan
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

Mrs. Nations Ratchet seems to be
something of a boomerang
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

Tomorrow. Thursday, Feb. 6, the only
ruling queen left IN the world. to the
glad pealing of bells and greeted BY tie
enthusiastic acclamations of her loyal
people. will go to the marriage altar
In gala attire to wed the husband of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

The leading editorial in the second
ssue OF Mr.. Bryans paper is devoted to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

The government officials at Washing
ton are getting to be as much sticklers
for precedence and rank as in London or
Berlin. A Mondays dispatch says: All
doubt as to the precedence of Admiral
Dewey over Gen. Miles was removed at
the memorial service for England's queen
Dewey, accompanied by the members Of
his staff, was seated by the ushers in
the pew Immediately back Of the mem
bers of the supreme court Miles and
Corbin, with an escort of officers, were
seated in the next pew back. AS they
left the church Miles paused and waited
for Dewey to precede him.