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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22

past two seasons throughout the East
The story told Is said to combine in q
delightful blend pathos and comedy Of
natural quality that wins instant rec
American throughout and appeals with
equal force to denizenS of the gallery
! or the occupants of the parquet.
The opening act shows the homelike
interior of the cid Phillips homestead at
Cedarville, Ohio. 1t is Christmas eve, an
the hours are devoted to scene of rural
me1rymak ng and good cheer that irresist-
IDLY carries the spectator back to the
happy days of childhood, when Christmas
eve was the night of all nights in the
entire year. Cider and cookies are pass
| ed around. the laughable effort of the
village quartet are enjoyed. and the two
pretty little Phillips grandchildren offer
some singing specialties that are de-
sribed as strong features of the perform
ance. The next act is especially beauti-
| full from a scenic standpoint, showing
| church decorated for the Christmas SER
| vices. Here the dramatic portion of the
play begins. Young Jack Phillips be
comes involved in a fight with Jack
Means. the village bully, and knocks
him down. A short time later young
Means is found dead with an ugly knife
wound in his side. Suspicion points
towards Jack, who is arrested charged
with murder, and in the third act re-
suits strongly dramatic court room
ial which has attracted widespread
attentlon through Its realism. AdoltIonal
interest is given this scene through the
! fact that the presiding judge is the
| young prisoners father, and when the
verdict Of murder in the first degree
is brought in, the limit of pathos is
reached, as the anguish-stricken father
| falters out the sentence that consignS
his boy to death in the electric chair.
In the last act, however, the death-bed
! confession of the real murderer restores
young Phillips to ---,erty, and the play
Is thus brought to happy conclusion.
The presenting company is said to be
large and exceptionally capable, and is
headed by Elmer Grandin, whose last
appearance in St Paul was in the title
role of Jacob Lifts Caleb Vest
The opening performance will be given
tonight, and the regular Wednesday and
Saturday matinees will be given at 2:30.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
ANOTHER NEW PLAY.
Grand Presents Hal Reds Pastoral
Comedy Drama.

For the ensuing week at the Grand opera
house, the latest in the line of pastoral
comedy dramas, 1.-THE Night Before
Christmas" will receive its initial pre-
sentation to st. Paul audiences. It is
announced that this production will be
found clean and wholesome throughout.
and so full of interest to all classes of
theater-goers that it has earned for itself
high place as an emphatic success the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22

country to be 100000, a gain of only l3
per cent over the preceding census.
Last years enumeration shows the col
ored population to be $500, eco, the ratio
of increase being very much largest IN
the extreme Southern states. The in
crease of the colored population appears
to be fixed at about per cent year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
THE NEGRO POPULATION.

New York. Sun.
AT the close of the Revolutionary war
there were 100000 colored people in the
United States, of whom 5000 were free
blacks and $4,000 slaves. At each sue
ton of the United States had grown until
1860, when it was 1850, O00-5O000O free and
100000 slaves.
1t was at this period that the contro-
versy arose as to whether, moral, ethical
and political questions apart, the growth
of the colored population was promoted
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
pany will remain for week, with per-
formancest each afternoon and evening.
Miss Gresham In shakespeare.

Miss Gresham In Shakespeare.
Henrietta Crosman has decided to
abandon her project to do Twelfth
Night and will instead be seen this
season in a big production of LAS You
Like IT, It is a we'll known fact that
Miss Crosman contemplates Shakes
perean production every year. Starting
off with AS You Like 1t, she is much
more likely to score brilliant success
than with Twelfth Night. as at first
purposed. This change of plan was de-
cided by Maurice Campbell, Miss Cros-
mans manager, last week, rand the gen
eral opinion seems to be that the change
is for the better, although Miss Crosman
still intends to- produce Twelfth Night
at some future time. Judging from Miss
Crosnlan's performance in Mistress Nell'
and her aptitude for that style of COM
edy, she should make a most brilliant
Rosaiind, in fact, one of the best that
has been seen In many years. This at
least seems to be the consensus of opin-
ion. and many of the dramatic writer's,
in commenting upon Miss CroSman's
coming appearance as RoSalind, have al
ready taken 1t for granted that she will
score brilliant success. Mr. Campbell
promises Miss Crosman a very beautiful
production of Shakespeare's- comedy In
connection with Mistress Nell, LAS You
Like IT. will be played for one or two
performances in each of the cities visited
1t will be first seen in PHILADELPHIA, dur
ing the week Of Sept. 30 - 1t will be done
there for two nights and a matinee, and
for the rest of the time Mistress Nell''
will be repeated. In Pittsburg the OPEN
ing bill ON Monday night of Miss Cros-
mans visit, GAS You Like IT, will be
repeated at the Wednesday MATINEE. In
Chicago and Boston, LAS You Like IT,
will be played for one week in each city.
during Miss Crosman's visit.
Green Room Gossip.
Charles E. Blaneys Across the Pa
clfic" is announced to be seen at the
Grand following the engagement of
THE Night Before Christmas
Ward & Vokes, in their latest comedy
hit, will be seen at the Grand opera
house in the near future.
Black Patti and the Black Patti Trou-
badours are included in the list of early
bookings at the Grand.
ISIS Hopkins comes to the Grand in
the near future.
Robert MantelI will be seen here shortly
in a repertory Of Shakespearean and
modern plays.
"The Irish Pawnbrokers,' a musical
extravaganza, will be seen at the Grand
in the not far distant future.
Clyde F4teh's play, Barbara Frie&-
ehie,,' is included In the list Of early
bookings at the Grand.
Mhss,'' Bret .Harte's beautiful story
Of the Sierra Nevada mountains, is an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
..THEoDoRA,v CLEOPATRA"

Minnie TitteII Bruno Coming TO
Metropolitan In Double Bill.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence M Bruno, sup
ported by a strong company, will be the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
THE NOBLE PURPOSE IN
HIS PALPITATING HEART.

1.-THE state of Minnesota said the
governor, 'has had on her statute books
for more than twenty-five years laws pro-
hibiting the consolidation in any way OF
parallel and competing lines of rail-
ways. 1t has been the settled policy of
our state to maintain a free open and
unrestricted competition in freight and
passenger rates. The Great Northern
and Northern Pacific railway companies
operate parallel and competing lines Of
railway within the state There are prac-
tically the only roads which furnish any
transportation facilities to the northern
half of the state, with the exception of
the two known as the Iron Ore roads,
1T has been recently announced that
Mr. Hill and his assistants have obtained
the control of the Northern Pacific Rail-
way company and intend to opar-
ate the same Jointly with the
the Great Northern, and In effect
bring about q consolidation by removing
all competition and all rivalry between
these roads. To this end the Northern
Securities company was organized in
New Jersey to acquire a controlling
amount of the stock of the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific Railway COM
panies in exchange for it's own stock,
and it is through this company that the
unity of management or control is to
be effected
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
SENDING COAL ABROAD
SOUTHERN FRANCE USES AMERI-
CAN ANTHRACITE
1t Is Even Gaining FOothOId In the
Northern Departments. and the
Germans Are Also Order
ing Large Quantities.

WASHINGTON. Dec 30.-Two weeks
ago, for the first time in the history of
the port u vessel direct from Phila-
delphia unl2 oded a cargo of coal on the
Rouen quays, says Consul Haynes, in a
report to the state department, dated
Rouen, Nov l9, setting out the prospects
of American coa' in France.
lie says III Southern France the inn
portation of American coal has passed
the ez perinsntal stage, and that not
withstandlng the nearness of English,
Belgian and Gol nan coal fields American
coal has teeun to filter into Northern
France at different points. 'If this in
filtration is successfully begun, with the
employment of foreign shipping" says
Mr.. Haynes, lit can be only matter of
time when the United States, with her
own vessels. Will supply most, # not
ali, Of the French deficiency
The state department is also III re-
ceipu of a report from Consul Man, at
Rreslau, concerning American coal In
Germany One of the largest coal deal
ers in Berlin thinks that American soft
coal cannot be introduced profitably into
Germany He says that he left big Or
ders for anthracite coal in the United
States however, and says that in the
importation of anthracite coal into Ge'-
many, England is the only competitor OF
the United States.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
VAN SAINTS REAL PURPOSE
A DARK 0MINOUS SECRET.

1t is considered probable that the plan
of Gov. Van SAINT of Minnesota, will be
endorsed by the executives of the other
states. What this plan is Gov. Van SAINT
refuses to state until the meeting tomor-
row morning shall have taken action.
The meetings today were held in Gov.
Tooles private Office and behind closed
doors. There We're present besides Gov
Toole and Attorney General Donovan, of
Montana, Gov. Van SAINT and Attorney
General Douglas, of Minnesota, Coy. Her
reid and Attorney General Pyle of South
Dakota, Gov. Hunt and Attorney Gem
eral Martin, of Idaho, and Attorney Gen.
eral Stratton, of Washington.
The meeting was organized by the
election of Gov. Van SAINT as chairman and
Attorney General Martin, of Idaho, as
secretary. Gov. Van SAINT made a short
speech in regard to the objects of the
meeting. giving a brief history of the
proposed railway consolidation and the
effect he believed it would have on the
states affected.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
A GREAT AUCTION SALE
VAST HOLDINGS OF REALTY TO BE
SOLD AT SUPERIOR.

MADISON, WIS, Dec 3O.-In accordance
with a decree entered by Judge Romance
Bum in the federal court for the West
ern district of Wisconsin today, the vast
real estate holdings and personal prop
reyt of the Superior Consolidated Land
company are to be sold at public sale in
about a month. The proceeds are to be
used in liQuidating the company's liabili-
ties, amounting to about $500, 900.
The decree directs the receivers, Solon
L. Perrin and Henry S. Butler, to have a
notice of the sale published once a week
for four weeks, and as soon thereafter
as possible offer the property for sale at
the court house at Superior. The prop
erty has been in the hands of receivers
for five years and the decree is in con-
formity with an agreement among the
principal creditors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
JUST ONE OTHER STRAY
GOVERNOR DRIFTED IN.

Gov. Herreid, of South Dakota, and his
attorney general were the only other otfi-
cials here whom Van SAINT and Toole
met The six, representing three of the
six states appealed to, went into confer
ence. It was only for short time.
Then everybody-meaning the reporters,
the two governors and the two attorneys
sat around and waited for somebody
else to appear.
But nobody came, and the reporters,
getting tired. walked around the block,
and continued to walk. So went tie aft
ernoon, and when at o'clock nobody
had appeared the official conferees de-
cided to go up and look at the new
state capitol At this time Gov. Toole's
office was deserted by all except the
messengers. No trace could be found of
Gov. Hunt, of Idaho, anywhere, but there
were still some hopes that he and At
torney General Stratton, of Washington,
would appear some time.
Meanwhile the beauties of the new
capitol engaged the serious attention of
the six conferees, and everyone else,
meaning the reporters. went back to
their offices, to their homes or to their
hotels
The arriving Western trains brought
three additions late this evening to Gov.
Van SAINTS conference-Gov. Hunt, OF
Idaho, and his attorney general, Mr..
Martin, and Attorney General Stratton,
of Washington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
TRAINMEN GET A RAISE
b. & o. MANAGEMENT voLUNTAR-
lily INCREASES PAY.

BALTIMORE, Dec. So.-Official an
nouncement was made today at the gen.
eral offices of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road of an increase of wages to the
trainmen and switchmen on that road
The increase will average about pee
cent, and was made without request
from the employees, the large business
and increased duties convincing the man
ayers that wages should be raised.
The important increase is in the COM
pensation of firemen. The present rate
OF the consolidation type is 2.125 cents;
and the new rate 2.25 cents per mile. On
other consolidation engines and ten
wheel engines the rate will be 212o cents
per mile as against 2.0o7 cents per mile.
Rear brakemen have been designated
"fiagmen," and will be paid 10 cents per
day more than other brakemen.
A large number of yard engineers,
fiemen, conductors and brakemen at
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Chi
cago Junction and several other points
receive increases of cents per hour,
according to local conditions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
THEY ARE THERE MERELY
AS LOOKERS-ON IN>HELENA.

Certain of the conferees are understood
to be unable to see the need of action in
any direction whatever. AS indicated by
Gov Herreid, the gathering is mostly
intended as a courteous acceptance OF
Van SAINTS invitation and nothing more,
and it is generally believed here that the
most that will come from the affair is an
entertainment and possible formal adop-
ton of Van SAINTS proposal, whatever it
may be.
The business sentiment of this COM
munity appears to be that the present
gathering may result injuriously rather
than otherwise, to the development of
the interests of the state, especially of
it's agricultural interests, which are at
this time engrossing great popular atten-
ton as necessary to increasing the pOpu-
lation of the state.
Unless Gov. Van SAINT has something
more to urge than the contents of his
written statement, business men here gen.
orally express themselves as aVerse to
any action whatever
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY

Weather Forecast for st. Paul:
Fair; Colder.
I-Governors' Meeting at Helena.
Deaths Agent Reported Found
Southwest Ships No Wheat.
American Association Organized.
2-Park Project Impractical
Sinks Alleges Fav0ritism.
st. Cloud Wants Shoemaker.
Arcade Street Contract Fuss.
Red Wing Cruelty Cases.
3-News of the Northwest
Rumor of Possible War Denied.
Industrial Combine Statistics.
4-Editorial Comment.
Theatrical Reviews.
Globe Home Study Course.
Stories of the STREET.
5-Jeffries and sharkey Matched.
Ten-Hour Bicycle Scores.
General Sporting News.
G-WOman's Page.
Preaching in Saloons.
Daily Short Story.
IF. H. Peavey Dead.
Minneapolis News.
S-News of the Railroads.
United States Leads the World.
Globe Popular Wants.
9-Markets of the World.
10 Status of Schiffmann Suit.
President MeIlen Enjoined
FarweIl-Ozmun-Ki Banquet.
West Side Fayors Spur Tracks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
AGAINST FEDERAL PLAN
CLEVELAND JUDGE KNOCKS OUT a>
OHIO INNOVATION.
Held That Legislature of the State
Cannot Confer Pardoning Power
on an Official by a Spe-
ciaI Act.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dee. 30.-Judgs
Dissette. of the common pleas court, to-
day handed down decision that, if up
held by niger courts, will probably re-
suit in killing the federal plan of NUM-
cjpal government in Ohio.
The court holds that Director of Chari-
ties Cooley, of Mayor Johnsons cabinet,
who has recently pardoned a number of
prisoners from the Cleveland workhouse,
had no authority to do SO.
The legislature" said Judge Dissette,
has no power to pardon, and therefore
cannot confer the pardoning power on
any executive official, such as the di-
rector of charities. Cooley in granting
pardons acted under a special act of the
legislature, which in general case
makes it unconstitutional
Many prominent attorneys believe that
the decision will affect the entire fed
eral plan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
SOUTHWESTERN FARMERS CANNOT
sc RELIED ON TO SHIP ANY
MORE GRAIN
ARE FEEDING IT TO STOCK
n. A. Eckhart, "a Prominent MILLER
Asserts People Do Not Realize
Severity of Condition Ex-
listing in Southwest.
WANT OUR Low-GRADE GRAIN
suecial to The Globe.

L
CHICAGO, Dec. 3G-''No one is reailz.
ing said today B. A. Eckhart, one Oh
the leading millers of the country who
is inst back from trip through Kansas
and as far South as Texas, "the extent
to which wheat is being fed to stock
have been through the Southwest over
the Rock Island system, and had ample
facilities for learning the grain SITUATION
there.
"I am convinced, after my investlga-
ton, that the Southwestern territory Is
through shipping wheat. 1t is already
arranging to get low grade spring wheat
from the Dakotas and Minnesota, TO
feed. None of us will get any soft wheat
from that section from this on Kansas
millers are paying 81 cents for their soft
winter grade. Millers everywhere down
there are having difficulty in getting
wheat of any description, even the hard
winter. The farmers are not parting
with their grain. They have little corn
and to get it they must pay more than
they can get for their wheat.
"It is a remarkable situation, and one
cannot appreciate it without studying it.
1T is feed proposition-the worst loss of
feed stuffs ever known. There is the
absolute necessity of substitution to keep
stock going.
Poor Outlook for Winter Wheat.
SALINA, Kan. Dec. 30.-The outlook
for winter wheat is becoming decidedly
unfavorable on account of the dry
weather In Western and Southern
Kansas, while the weather has been
very cold, practically no snow or rain
has fallen this winter. Unless moisture
of some kind comes at once the pros
pect is that the wheat crop will not
amount to much.
Farmers generally reject the theory
that the excessive cold damaged the
wheat to any extent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
WOULD PLAY The HOG
EUROPEAN POWERS WANT AMER
ICAN INDEMNITY SURPLUS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Under mis-
taken impression that there will be a
Sarge balance remaining of the $4,000, COO
indemnity fund to be paid by China to
the United States after paying all legiti-
mate claims and the army and naval ex-
penses of the Chinese campaign, some of
the powers, party to the Pekin protocol.
have intimated that they would be glad
to have that balance turned over to them
The allegation is that they have not
claimed sufficient indemnities to reim-
burse them for actual expenses and prop
er claims and that they have right. to
regard the 600 taels as property
divisible on the basis of actual eXpendi-
lures and losses.
1t is not at all probable that this prop
osition will be pressed, however. The
officials here are confident that after we
have betrayed all our own claims and
expenditures there will be little or no
balance remaining of our allotment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
GOV. TOOLE DOES A
LITTLE ADVERTISING.

The arrivals were evidently very pleas
ing to the Minnesota gentlemen, and their
advent was at once followed by re-
convening of the gathering. They might
as well not have met, as the net product
of the days deliberations were the pre-
pared statement of Van SAINT, and a blar-
neying speech by Gov. Toole, which he
devoted mainly to the glories of Montana
in general and Helena in particular. He
nominated Van SAINT as chairman, who
was elected without opposition, and who
thereupon proceeded to read his prepared
essay.
An old letter was also read from Gov.
White, of North Dakota, announcing his
inability to attend, but declaring his will
ingness to do so at some later date, If
necessary No word of any kind was
received from North Dakota's attorney
general.
1t was this mouse which the mountains
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
Special to The Globe.

HELENA, Mont, Dec. 3O.-Gov. Van
SAINT, of Minnesota, is the whole thing
indeed, the only thing-in the conference
called to meet here. Nobody has had ap-
parently the remotest notion wat he
proposes to accomplish. The governors 8
train reached here an hour late, and
three hours later the governor and At
torney General Douglas appeared in the
office of Gov. Toole. They were met at
the depot by Attorney General Donovan.
of Montana. They will attend the an
nual smoker of the Montana club tomor-
row evening, and from present indica-
tions that will be about as important as
any other function they will be called
on to discharge.
No one except the politicians is show
ing the slightest interest in the proceed
ings. The local press thinks the impor-
tance of the event lies in the general
attention it may attract toward Helena.
Gov. Van SAINT and his friends they say,
will receive the hospitality of the peo-
pie to the utmost, and there public in
terest seems to end.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
0HI0'S LAWS LIBERAL
NOTHING TO PREVENT PERFECT
ING of RAILWAY SERVICE
Attorney General Sheets Does Not
Take Any stock In Suits to For-
felt Charters New Pend
ing In Court.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 3O.-Attorney
General Sheets said today in regard to
the suit to GUST the Hooking Valley and
Central Ohio railroads from their charters
that some months ago, when the AMIGA
BILE arrangement between the two roads
was announced, he looked up the matter
with reference to the law forbidding the
consolidation of parallel railways, and
found nothing in the statute to prevent
the same man being the president of two
such roads.
'The roads are under separate manage
ment, their accounts and dividends are
wholly separate and came to the con-
clusion, and am of the same opinion
STILL that no suit against the companies
could be maintained. under that law. l
also found that no addition had been
made to the rates charged to the public
as the result of the cooperation and that
the public was getting better service
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-31
GOOD PICKINCS IN SIGHT
BILLS BEING FRAMED FOR PHILIP
PINE FRANCHISES
Railroad, Electric Light and Teie-
phone Builders VIII he Afforded
Opportunity to Do Business
in the Islands.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-Secretary
Root has been in almost daily conference
with Senators Lodge and Platt (of Con-
neticut) during the past week in regard to
legislation for the government of the
Philippines Bills are in course of prep
aration for submission to congress to
carry into effect recommendations by the
Philippine commission, indorsed by the
president and secretary of war, looking
to the material and political welfare Of
the islands.
These bills authorize the granting of
franchises for railroads, electric lights,
telephones, etc; the issue of bonds of
the insular government to purchase the
agricultural holdings and property of
religious orders, provide for the acquisi-
ton of homestead rights, regulate min
ing, and provide a special system Of
coinage and banking for the islands.