The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-08

! entertained later by Tammany. Edward
| M. Shepard will be prominent figure at
| the Nixon reception at the Democratic
club. He is regarded as a prominent fac
| tor in the harmony programme now be-
ing patched up.
| BPeadway's Longest Block Cut
Lower Broadways longest block viii
be divided by a street. 1t Will be a
costly thoroughfare,- for the land, which
is now occupied by buildings, is worth
$50 square foot. The street will extend
from Waverley place through the Old
London Streets and Colorado hotel plot
to Lafayette place. If the city can be
persuaded to take q hand in the i'm
provement the street will be carried a
block further through the Astor Library
plot to the Bowery, where it will become
an extension of Sixth street
A Culinary CartoOnist-
The culinary caricaturist, who touches
off the political situation in sugar, made
his debut yesterday at the annual exhi-
bttion of the French chefs, which took
place at Madison Square, garden as the
prelude to the big ball. His scheme was
the excise question, and it's execution
Rost nothing from the fact that his
clever symbolism was capable of dis
solving in delicious mouthfuls at a mo-
ments notice
1t represented Father Knickerbocker
driving a cart full Of ,Raines law sand
witches over q stony hillside and drag
g!ng in smaller vehicle behind two
Hayseed legislators. It's title, "A
Mighty Hard Roard," was evidently sig
n1dcant. The artist was Oscar feyer.
of the Hotel Netherland.
Twenty Million Dividend
The Standard Oil directors Yesterday
declared dividend of $40 a share, pay
able on March IS. This is the usual
March dividend, and if the company fol-
lows out it's record Of last year and 1900
it will pay 4S per cent, on capitaIiza-
ton of S100,0G0.0e0. John D. Roekefeller's
share in yesterdays dividend is SIS. 900. 00e
He now owns 10 per cent of the capital
stock of the Standard Old company 1t is
said that brokers are constantly laying
up floating stock for him and that he
expects to eventually get possession of
81 per cent
War Among the ROckefeIIers-
Now that Amalgamated Copper has
turned about and is moving downward
rather than upward the stories of dis
agreement in the management are being
discussed in every brokers' office. There
seems to be little doubt that William
Rockefeller and II. H.. Rogers were not
able to secure the numper of shares of
Amalgamated Copper stock which they
desired at the low point In a very quiet
way some strong interests bought into
the property, rumor credits tlrfs buying
to various capitalists, including John D.
Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Senator
Clark. the Rothschiids and the Lewis
shons. All sof these individuals have
abundant reason for seeking to remove
AmaIgamated Cooperation its present
menacing position in the stock market
and in the copper metal market.
While not taking an aggressive stand
against William i Rockefeller. his. broth
er or H. I'll. Rogers, a, fellow Standard
Oil magnate. John D. Rockefeller is
known to be very much incensed against
the management of the Ama1gamated
Copper company for the recklessness of
its management which has brought
odium on all Of the so-caIled Standard
Oil crowd.