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The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
BILL FRAMED
COMMITTEES OF HOUSE AND SEN
ATE FINALLY AGREE ON
MEASURE
KEEP CIVIL SERVICE RULE
Question of Directors Salary Com.
promised and 1t Is Believed Tint
Merriam Will Remain
as Director.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The conferees
OF the two houses of congress on the bin
creating permanent census reached an
agreement today. The bill as agreed upon
embodles most of the amendments in the
senate, though some of them are retained
III lloolIled forms. The senate provision
coHcethlhg the civil service is retained
Al the employees of the office at the time
OF the signing of the bill except unskiIl-
ed Iaborers, are to come under the provis-
Ions Of the civil service law The nrovis-
ION requiring future appointments to be
mdde under the civil service law was
nloolhed by the conference, so as to make
the requirement applicable only to perma
nent appointments. The directors salary
IS hxed at $4,000 per annun, instead of
1880, as suggested by the house and
$I.oVo as named by the senate.
Inc senate provision for an assistant
. ullector IS struck out, and a provision is
inserted requiring the chief clerk to act
as director in the absence of that official.
Inc chief clerks salary is fixed at $500
Inc clause limiting the directors appoint
ment to four years time is eliminated
Four chief statisticians and four chiefs
OF divisions are provided for. The SEN
ate amendment providing that the collec-
tlon OF statistics concering special classes.
as the teeble-minded and the blind. shall
occur decennially, is retained. The pro-
VISION relating to the collection of cotton
statistics for the year was amended hv
the conference SO as to REQUIRE thar
weekly bulletins on this subject shall he
pubhshed each year from Sept. ] until
Feb. following.
1t is believed that Director. General
Merriam, if he does not go into the cab
met, will continue in official duty as head
of this department.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
LWAYS OFFER Def
DECLARE THEY WILL NOT GIVE
STATEMENTS OF REBATES
Interstate Commerce Commission Is
Put to Necessity of Invoking
Law to Enforce It's
Demands.

CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-The interstate
commerce commission and the manage
ment of Western roads have locked horns
and it is expected that a legal contest
will follow. The difficulty arises from
a refusal by the traffic managers of the
Western roads to furnish the commission
with data relative to rebates which were
paid during 1901.
Concerted action has been taken in the
matter, and is the result of several
meetings among the executive officials in
which the question was discussed at
length. 1t is understood that all have
agreed to stand together, and that the
refusal to give the information sought
was made after legal advice had been
taken.
Attorneys for the various roads are
said to be a unit in asserting that the
commission has not the power to compel
furnishing the data desired, and the rail
road officials have refused to give it, be-
cause they believe the commission desires
to punish the packers who accepted re-
bates
1t is generally believed that the com
mission will try to enforce the request.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
QUITS IN OUDGEON
ALASKA COLLECTOR OF CUsTOIs
TALKS BACK TO HIS ST.
PERlORS
REFUSES TO REsCIND ORDER
Fear of international CompIfca-
tiOns Did Not Deter Official
From Doing Bus
iness.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-Some time
ago the secretary of the treasury receiv-
ed unofficial Information that j. w. Ivy,
collector of customs at Sitka, had in
structed his deputy at Unalaska, not to
permit Canadian vessels presumably
about to engage in pelagic sealing, to
obtain supplies at that port. The col
lector was directed to send a statement
of facts to the department, and was in
formed that if such orders had been given
they must be rescinded. The department
today received telegram from Ivy, say
ing:
MY instructions were not against YES
sells engaged in alleged Illegal seal fishing
but against Canadian vessels actually
engaged in pelagic sealing, which is IL
legal and criminal when committed with
in the marine jurisdiction of the United
States. If there is an ancient treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain by which British subjects can
commit depredations, destroying Ameri-
can property, and depicting our revenues
of tens of thousands of dollars annually,
while our own citizens are denied these
privileges, the sooner such treaty is alb
rogated the better. Your solicitude re-
garding international complications with
Great Britain need cause you no uneasi-
ness, as the poaching season is not yet
opened Your new collector will arrive
in time to enforce your orders.
MY Americanism will not allow me to
rescind an order which gives British sub
jects privileges within our marine juris-
dictior which are denied our own people"
There is another matter that may at
tract your attention. l have recently
issued orders to the deputy at Skagway,
copy of which has been sent you, which
has put the Canadian officer located
there out Of business and sent him to
his own territory. You are aware of
the fact that this officer became so Of
fensive that he interfered with American
officers in the discharge of their official
duties, opened United States customs
mails, dominated over the railway off,
Gals. Disseminated in the order of ship
ment in favor Of Canadian merchandise
against that shipped from Seattle, estab-
nshed a Canadian quarantine at Skag--
way, collected money and performer
other acts of British sovereignty III {.
port Of the United States. such as hoist
ing with brayado the cross of ST. George
from the nagstaff Of his custom house
Il have sent the concern, bag, baggage
flag and other pharaphernalia flying out
of the country. You may fear the shad-
ow Of international complications and re-
scind this order, but a Reed, an Olney.
or Blaine would not"
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
SWORN TO SECRECY
MISS STONE SAYS BRIGANDs MADE
HER TAKE OATH BEFORE
RELEASING HER
CASE IS STILL VERY PUzzLINe
State Department., Considering the
Pledges Made, Does Not Know
How to Secure Punishment
of the Kidnapers.

SALONICA, Roumania, Feb 26-Miss
Ellen M. Stone and Nine Tsilka will
start without delay from Salonica. for
Constantinople. The liberated mission
aries are staying at the missionary head
quarters, where they are receiving the
congratulations of their colleagues.
Miss Stone says the brigards swore both
OF their captves to absolute secrecy He-
garding any information calculated to es-
tablish the identity of the brigands, the
location of the places where they were
concealed, or other facts likely to com
promise their captors AS a matter OF
fact the prisoners themselves are uncer-
TAIN regarding many details of their wan
derings
Ihey did not know when they were re-
leased in what section of the country
they were. An arrangement had been
made to release Miss Stone and her com
panlon near SereS, Macedonia, where
1fagoman Gargiulo and Mr.. House were
Waltlng Tor them; but the brigands de-
cIared 1t was too difficult to carry ont the
plan and brought their captives after
hard night march. within one and a haIf
hours walk OF Strumitza
Inc two women were left with onlv the
shelter OF tree at 80 in the morning of
Feb, %. The bandits pointed out the oh
recuon of the village and ordered the
SdpuNeS TO report themselves to the VII
.!age elder, who, on learning of their
identity, would provide for them. The
bE1gands then turned back and dfsap-
peared among the hills.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb 26-Minie-
ter Leishman cabled today that Miss
stone was suffering from fatigue and
nervous strain, and would not attempt
to move until today or tomorrow.
NOW that the captive is released the
state department does not hesitate to an
Louhc9 lts tulI approval of all that has
been done towards effecting the release
by Minister Leishman, Spencer Eddy, the
Dickinson. = sA
Secretary Hay has personally express
ed to Mr.. Eddy, who is now in this coun-
try his appreciation of his conduct
The department finds 1t impossible this
moment to determine upon the next sten
10 be Undertaken in this case. There is
given by Miss Stone and by the rescuina
agents which will very much complicate
brigands. - me
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
HAS HOPE OF PEACE
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF ARMY
ADMITS THAT PHILIPPINES
ARE NOT PACIFIED
RAINY SEASON AGAIN BLAMED
Pretty Soon, Gen. Breckenridge Says,
Soldiers VIII Go Into the Inte-
rfOr and Stop the Guer-
rilla Warfare.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26-Brigadier
Gen. ]. G. Breckenridge, inspector gem
eral of the United States army returned
on the transport Hancock from tour
of inspection of the Philippine islands.
He will remain in the city for a few
days before returning to Washington to
make his report to the war department.
In discussing the situation in the Phil
ippineS he said:
The islands cannot be said to be en-
tirely pacified for a certain amount of
guerrilla warfare Is going on. The mill
tary forces are not operating to any
great extent just now as this is the
rainy season. After the rains are over
I expect the soldiers will penetrate to the
interior and bring about peace. I visited
forty different posts and found that
there is room for great improvements.
The posts were much better however.
than expected to find there.
The signal corps has done glorious
work on the islands. That branch OF
the service has lost more men than any
other department. believe that if the
strength of the signal corps was doubled
down there the work would be quad
rupled
Gov. Taft Sas made great advance
ment toward placing the islands on a
peaceful and substantial industrial foot
ing.
The schools in the islands are flour
ishing. The white teachers who have
gone to the Philippines are accomplis-
ing great results, but I believe that it
would be great thing if native teach
ers of the Philippines were sent here
to study our form of government
IT think that the day is not far dis
tant when Manila will have a popula,-
ton of million inhabitants-yes a mil
lion and half. It is great seaport
and the Philippines ARE most valuable
possessions
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
FLOOD CAUSES TERROR
TWO PENNSYLVANIA CITIES IN
DARKNESS AND FEAR
Ice on susquehanna Breaks and
Forms a Dam at the Bridge
Between Columbia and
Marietta.

LANCASTER, Penn, Feb. 26.-Resi-
dents along the river front at Columbia
are in terror tonight. The worst fiood
in recent years is being experienced. The
ice on the Susquehanna broke about A
OF clock between Columbia and Marietta
and passed down stream until it reached
the old dam just below Columbia where
jam formed The water entered the
boiler room of the electric light plant
drowning the fires and leaving the town
in darkness. If the rise continues at the
present rate the lace mills will be dam
aged and the two rolling mills Cf the
Susquehanna Iron company put out of
operation. In the darkness and confusion
it is impossible to ascertain the full ex-
tent Of the damage.
The Conestoga is pouring a great vel
ume of water into the river at Safe Har-
Dor. This stream is higher than it has
been for thirty-five years. Lancaster tco
is dark tonight because of damage from
this stream to the electric light plant
Water is pouring over the great steel
bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany which spans the Susquehanna from
Columbia to Wrightsville. At midnight
the river was still rising
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27

The code proposed by the tax commits
sion died an ignominous death in the
house yesterday morning The efforts
Of the friends to resuscitate the bill kill
ed Tuesday morning failed by vote of
55 to "a.
The slaughter of the code on which
Gov Van SAINTS commission spent nine
months in preparation at an expense of
about $1O,Oo0 and on which the legislature
has expended most of the $4,000 appro-
priated for legislative expense in it's con-
sideration, was accomplished with neat
ness and dispatch. The friends failed ut
terly in. their effort to proselyte from the
opposition by their willingness to elimi-
nate the Wallace amendments and al
though several of the members avowedly
on the side Of the opposition were abb
sent the friends failed to secure even a
majority Of those present, which would
have accomplished the reconsideration
but would not have passed the bill.
Their net gain was exactly one vote over
the vote of Tuesday. Their proposition
to eliminate the Wallace amendment
brought them six recruits and lost them
five of their original supporters. Three
Democrats, three Populsts and one Re
publican switched to the friends and
four Republicans and one Democrat
changed their votes to the opposition.
There were nine absentees, five of whom
voted against the bill Tuesday; of the
other four absentees only one voted for
the bill LFuesday. The others have not
voted or been present to express their
position on the code.
The Democrats who changed to the
friends side of the proposition in the
effort to secure a reconsideration were
Messrs. Feeny, Martin and Pennington;
the Populists, Messrs- Cumming and
Sageng, and the Republican, Won Wald,
of Goodhue county. Dorsey, Democrat,
switched over to the opposition, and with
him Hogan, Holm, Lee and Ward from
the Republican ranks. The last skirmish
came on as naturally as the rising of
the sun, but for an hour the excitement
was intense. After the roll call the
friends" seemed not at all anxious to
rush the natter of reconsideration, but
the opposition was not to be caught nap
ping. Several of it's men were not pres
ent and fearing that the speaker would
rule that majority vote to those pres
ent, instead Of a majority Of the house
might reconsider, the opposition got busy
protecting themselves against any Sc
cessions of strength through stragglers.
SIGNAL GIVEN FOR
THE FINAL TRIAL.
The house fused along with routine
work for nearly an hour Both sides
were alert and every move was suspic
iously watched by the leaders. The OPP
position ranks failed to dwindle away.
There was nothing like any certainty
about the results of the proselyting
crusades, but a count of noses showed
that five OF the opposition were not on
the floor and the signal was given for
the last trial. Won Wald, the one Re-
publican on whom the party whip had
been successfully used was selected by
Jacobson to make the break. He moved
for the reconsideration of the vote and
Mr.. Sageng, Populist, who had joined
the friends, came out with strong
seconding speech in which he scored the
Wallace amendments. Sikorski, Demo-
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27

Gen. Won Plessen, Austrian minister;
Bishop Potter Whitelaw Reid, German
Ambassador Won Holleben, Edward Uhl
Archbishop Corrigan, Admiral Won Tir-
decher, Charles Emory Smith Senator
Hawley Senator Depew, Admiral Count
Buadissin, Charles w. Knapp, Capt Won
Grumme, Gen Corbin, Rev. DR.. Gott-
he'll and, William G. Bryant
AS the prince took his seat the electric
light was flashed into the Prussian Eagle
above him on the southern wall, and the
power was also increased in every one
of 2,5C0 incandescent lights that burned
in the room.
Hundreds of handsomely gowned wom
en- filled the boxes above the dining hall
An orchestra high up in the second tier
of boxes played popular national music
When die Wacht Am Rhein'' was play
ed the crowd arose. and after singing it
Justify, there were loud cheers. Amer
lea received the same enthusiastic treat
ment
Excellent moulded statuettes of Prince
Henry were distributed as souvenirs. At
lO:25 O'Clock Mr.. Ridder rapping for at
tention, proposed the health of the
President of the United States" and
the Kaiser Wilhelm and called upon
Whitelaw Reid to respond
The banqueters stood while drinking to
the toast.
Cheers for the Prince.
When Prince Henry arose and was in
troduced the crowd burst into song:
''Hoch soil er leben, NAL hoch!"
After that the newspaper men sang:
For He's a jolly Good Fellow
Before beginning his speech, the prince
said:
This is the largest interview I ever
had"
Offers Hand Across Sea.
The prince spoke as follows:
Mr.. Toastmaster and Gentlemen: /
am fully aware that am the guest and
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
PRINCE And PENCIL PUSHERS
Notable Banquet rendered the Royal Visitor at
the Waldorf-Astor;a at Which He Meets
One Thouand Newspaper Men.
JOURNALISTS ARE PRESENT

NEW YORK, Feb. 26-After dinner
with 100 millionaires of the nation today
Prlnce Henry of Prussia tonight dined
with 200 of the men who make American
newspapers. He was the special guest of
Herman Ridder, proprietor of the New
yorker Stats Zeitung, who gathered at
MS table a majority of the leading men
OF American Journalism. Tney came
1rom the four quarters of the country
and made the most noteworthy gathering
OF their profession ever assembled in the
United States.
The dinner was given in the handsome
ball room of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel,
but this immense apartment was not
large enough to accommodate the news
paper guests and the Astor gallery was
also used
The two rooms were splendidly decorat-
ed. Mr. Ridder and the special guests
sat at an elevated table, above which
were the American and German flags.
ABOVE them was the Prussian eagle done
IN 1ncandescent lights. From the boxes
hung clinging vines, and set ON the
Iedges were hundreds of palms. Each
table carried bouquets of American
Beauty roses, round which were can
delabra shaded in red.
As the diners took their places the
ladies of many of the party appeared in
the boxes which wall the room.
Under Escort of Cavalry.
Prince Henry, attended by the members
CT his suite. drove to the hotel under
escort of cavalry and mounted police.
The demonstration in the streets leading
10 the hotel, was the most cordial of any
that has SO far marked his appearance
IN public. Great crowds lined the way
and pressed against the police guar-.s
that had been thrown around the Thirty
third street entrance to the hotel They
cheered when the prince came in sight.
Those who occupied seats with the host
and chief guest were:
Edward P. Call, Lieut.. Gov Woodruff
Consul General Buense, Melville E. Stone.
Admiral Evans, Capt. Won Mueller. May
or Low. Admiral Won .Seckendorff. AS
sistant Secretary Hill, Frank B. Moves.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
DIES AN IGNOMINIOUS DEATH. /
Work of Governor Van SAINTS High Priced Tax
Commission Repudiated by Legislature
and Thrown to the Four Winds.
Mr.. JaCOBSON'S CRUSHING DEFEAT

crat, of Winona, tried to protest againsb
the reconsideration and was ordered into
MS seat by the speaker. The house was
In the utmost confusion for several min
utes, during which time the speaker deft-
~ avoided recognizing Sherman Smith,
14ayoourn and several other members Of
lns opposltion who were shouting for AZ
call of the house.
Inc call was at last secured and the
roll showed that several Of the stiffesi
members of the opposition were absent
JACOBSON was quick to see the advantage
70 MIN In the situation and moved that
further proceedings under the cali he
dispensed with. Laybourn objected and
When jacobson attempted to force uia
position the temper of the house wag
brought out and jacobson was again sati
upon.
The sergeant-at-arms with three as
slstants had rounded up a majority Of
the unexcused absentees, when a count
OF noses satisfied the opposition that III
was safe and the call was stopned.l
There were just 108 members on the fooK
When the roll was finished and the vote
was tie. The opposition had won bH
detault when S. D. Peterson, who had
'peen nailed out OF bed, walked in and
cast an emphatic vote against the recon-
slderation proposition. The vote was as
follows ~
Yeas-1Messrs. Aanenson, Alley, ARM
Strong g w, Babcock, Bean. Brubaker,
Feeney, Calf, Gandrud, Grass. HardeI1
f1augen, Haugland, Henricks, HERBERT
Hillary. Hillmond, Hinton. Hunt, Jack
son, SON. Jacobson Ms Johnsrud, Larson, Lonl-
Nyquist. O'Neil, Ofsthun, Oppegaard.
remington, Peterson j. A. Rapp. Rob.
erts. sageng, Sander. Schwatg, Stark
stevenson, Stites. Swanson, Sweet. Tor
sen. Won Wa6 Wallace
Speaker-54
Nays-Me ssrs. Afford, Allen. Anderson.
Art ArmsttIrong J; A. Barteau, Benolken. Ben
sey, Dunn Ferris, Fust, Gainey, Hem
stead, Hickey, Hogan, Holm, Hurd.
Hymes, johnson, Kelly, Laybourn, Lee,
Lemke, Mahood, Mallory, Mark Miller,
Morley Morris, Nelson w, Norman.
Moves, Ocobock, Peterson S. D., Phillips
Pope, Pugh. Rich, Rider. Riley Ryan.
Scherf, Schurman, Schultz, Sikorski
Smith. Ward, Washburn, Wells, Whit
ford, WilcoX-55.
FRIENDS OF BILL
ENGULFED IN GLOOM.
The opposition went wild with Joy
while the friends" notably the leaders,
Jacobson and Peterson, were engulfed i'm
shroud of undisguised gloom. The eff
feet of the result of the long drawn QUE
battle on the respective leaders, lay
bourn for the opposition and Jacobson
Tor the friends, was similarly enerVating.
Jacobson was crushed. His voice
trembled and the personal element which
entered into his defeat made the unseat-
ing Of the man who has been king Of the
house for session after session almost
p1tlaible. Laybourn was in about the
same state of collapse. The sudden re-
lief from the intense nervous strain
Of the three weeks fight and the ex-
ultation incident to winning the biggest
fight in the history of Minnesota's gen.
eral legislation was too much for him.
He lay back in his chair vigorously wip-
ing his eyes. The personal feeling was
Continued on Firth Page.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
BOERS BREAK THROUGH
LORD KITCHENER REPORTS THAT
HIS LINE is NOT SOLID.

LONDON, Feb. 26.-Lord Kitchener re-
ports that 600 Beers, driving cattle,
rushed the outpost line near Bothaberg,
Transvaal colony, during the night Of
Feb % and that some of them got
through. The Beers left fifteen dead and
six wounded ON the field.
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, made
public today, says:
A convoy of empty wagons was Mt
tackled and captured by the Beers south
west of Klerksdorp (Transvaal colony,) J
Feb. "a. The escort consisted of a force
of the Imperial yeomanry, three COM
panies of the Northumberland fusiliers
and two guns. The fighting was severe,
but have no further Details"
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY

Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Cloudy
1-Tax Code Dies IgnoninOusly.
Prince Henry at Notable Dinner.
Senate Is in Quandary.
War in Philippines Admitted.
2-Candidates Spring New Came.
George Seibert Dead.
Insurance Men Make Money.
Market Stands Going Fast.
Third Ward Club Indorses Smith,
3-ROw in North Dakota Colleges.
Big Power Plant Projected.
Traders Want Indians Money.
Valet Jones on the Rack.
4-Editoria1 Comment.
Grist Of the Political Mill.
Kiehle Warns Women.
5-All the Sporting News.
e-The wonsan's Page.
Daily Short story.
7-Day's Doings in minneapolis.
s-Rates Adjusted Satisfactorily.
News of the Railroads.
o-Grain and Provision Markets.
1O-Hardvvare Men Booming Trade.
Fourth Ward Democrats Meet.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
MINNESOTA IS FIRST
EXHIBIT FR01I BUFFALO is TAKEN
TO ST. LOUIS FAIR.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26.-Minnesota is the
first state in the Union to take steps to-
ward the installation of its exhibit at
the Louisiana Purchase exposition. J.
I. Bernard, of Pipestone, Mimi, who was
superintendent Of the Minnesota exhibit
at the Pan-American exposition arrived
in the city today with two carloads Of
material for that states exhibit He
has made arrangements to store the
goods until the buildings are ready.
The material was taken from the Min
nesota exhibit at the Pan-American ex-
position, and includes only the best part
or it. Word was received at the worlds
fair headquarters today to the effect
that Canada would be represented at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition with a
creditable building and exhibit
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
ALL DOWN WITH SCURVY
ENTuRE CREW STRICKEN AND sUF-
FERs ON SHORT RATIONs.

PORT ANGELES, Wash, Feb. 26.-The
French bark Los Adelphis, 162 days from
Madagascar, bound for Portland, Or.
against which there is a reinsurance OF
20 per cent, arrived here today with all
most every man of the crew down with
scurvy. For the last twenty-five days
the seamen subsisted on one biscuit per
day to each man, and were for some
time without fresh water, except rain
water. The cook F. L. Fletchie, died
and was buried at sea. The condition Of
the crew is pitiable, and they will remain
here until they recuperate Five men
were taken to the hospital Capt Coffin
is obliged to wear a bandage covering his
nose and face TO hide the disease. The
vessel weathered the storm without dam
age