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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
SOCIETY
Continued From Thirty-sIxth Page

has returned home after a pleasant
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Cockburn.
Miss Anna Lavine visited with
friends in St. Paul a part of the week
Mrs. WILDER Gran visited the last
week with friends in st. Paul.
Philip McDermott is confined to his
home by severe illness.
John Elliott OF Superior, Wis, was
in the city yesterday.
Miss Louise Clark visited with Mrs.
Ed. McFarlane in st. Paul last week.
Mrs. Annie Clark has gone to Coal
Harbor, n. D., for the summer.
Charles Butler of Mankato, visited
In saltwater the first part Of last week.
Mrs. Geo. H Atwood has returned
from short visit in Chicago.
Miss Rose Jesse visited in Mime
apoiis during the week.
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pointed first sergeant of that COM,
pany.
First Lieut.. II. L. Cooper. battalion
adjutant, Twenty-eighth infantry. left
recently on two months furiough.
Private Albert Jeffs, Company II.
Twenty-eighth infantry, has been ap-
pointed corporal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
Empress Parts With conaer

PEKING, April Edwin Conger,
American minister to China, who has been
appointed AMBASSADOR to Mexico. was re-
ceived in farewell audience today by the
emperor and the dowager empress and
was decorated with the first grade Of the
third class of the order of the Double
Dragon. Mrs. Conger subsequently had
an audience of theirs ma jesties and was
the recipient of imperial gifts.
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SOCIALISTS FIGHT
GOMPERS' UNIONS
Continued From Twenty-seventh Page

face all of it's enemies, open and secret,
at the same time. In any event it Is
far better that all Of them come out in
the open, so that We may all know
what we have to overcome"
Mr.. Gompers accuses the socialists
of giving charters to unions, similar
applications having been denied by the
American Federation of Labor.
"One of these unions" he said, els
the Amalgamated Association of En-
gineers, which after the general strike
for the nine hour day by the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists, re-
fused to amalgamate with the latter
body when called upon to do so by the
American Federation of Labor. The
United Brotherhood of Railway EN-
ployes, rival of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers. firemen and
others, also received a charter from the
western socialists after the charter had
been refused by the American fedora
tion.'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
Given In McKInley,s Memory

RICHMOND. Ind. April lin an on
Shively of Richmond, supreme chancellor
of the Knights of Pythias, announces that
he has authorized the treasurer OF the
knights of Pythias auxiliary of the Nc
Kinley National Memorial association to
pay the fund donated by the members of
the order to the memorial association
without any limitations or restrictions
The fund is I'm excess of 81, 600.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
samar Has New Governor

MANILA, April Gov. Foito Of the
province Of Samar has resigned. He will
be succeeded by George Curry, formerly
chief of police of Manila, who held the
rank of captain in the rough riders The
new governor will be given extraordinary
powers for the purpose OF bringing peace
to the troubled district
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
Has a Bad Ear

WASHINGTON. April 1.-Secretary OF
the Navy Morton has been forced to
Sifh On ms sa Up 70 1ne squ,n and west
vice of an ear specialist. For more than
a year the secretary has suffered from
trouble in one Of his ears and this, dur
Ing his recent trip became acute. The
specialist thinks that with immediate
treatment the malady can be removed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
Takes sherman BEN. Place

DENVER. Colo. April Coy. Nc
Donald today appointed Capt. Buckley
National Guard to succeed Gen. Sherman
M. Bell Capt. Wells Nvas military COM
mander in Telluride while martial law
WIS IN force under Gov. Peahodys ad-
ministration.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
Free Concert

Monday night, when we will play oil of
the Edison April records. You can select
the ones you want at that time. w. ].
Dyer & Bro.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02

management, including every official act
of mine, and / ask the agents and pol
icy holders to form their judgment of me
as Well as of my associates on the results
of such an investigation rather than upon
irresponsible and sensational newspaper
articles inspired by selfish personal in
terests: l believe that against any eff
fort which may be made to continue the
controversy for personal ends this matter
will shortly be disposed of with advantage
to the society," and in the meantime
beg you to believe that your company
never was stronger nor your interests
safer financially than now.
The first statement has the approval
of all sides to the controversy except
that of the attitude of Mr.. Alexander,
the president Of the company, toward
the agreement is not known. Should
he consent the plan outlined will be
adopted. If he dissents the agreement
will still go before the board of d.
rectors at its next meeting for its ac-
ton and Mr.. Alexander's future course
is a matter of conjecture. AS explain
ed by one Of the attorneys present, the
agreement reached means that the
Crimmins policy holders committee, as
party of the first part; Mr.. Hyde, prin-
cipal stockholders, as party Of the Sec
ond part; Mr.. Hendricks, superintend-
ent Of insurance, as party Of the third
part, and Mr.. Root, chief counsel of
the Equitable society, as party Of the
fourth part, have unanimously decided
upon a plan Of naturalization, and Mr.
Root will suggest its adoption by the
board of directors.
Means More Anti Hydeites
John D. Crimmins said tonight:
THE result of the conference
means that there will be injected into
the new board of directors four men
not friendly to Mr.. Hyde. Mr.. Hyde
had to compromise, and the policy
holders will have control of affairs in
twenty months"
viii the men whom Mr.. Hendricks
shall select to Head the directorate do
so, since, according to Mr.. Hendricks,
he has not the power to make them?"
he was asked.
1T has been agreed by ali parties
concerned that they shall do So" an
swered Mr.. Crimmins. 1.-The next
movement will be the meeting Of the
board Of directors. at which we expect
the decision arrived at today will be
confirmed. Under the plan of mutuali-
cation each director of the policy hold
ers interest must be an actual policy
holder himself, and the idea Is to Sc
cure for this office not the policy hold
ers of large interest, but rather those
OF medium interest, men of ordinary
walks of life, who are more likely to
take a deeper interest in the society's
affairs than the others. In the nyesti-
cation by the policy holders committee
we found no cause for uneasiness."
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HYDE ASKS DRASTIC
INVESTIGATION

Continued From REIMBURSEMENT Page
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02

Sergt. James M. Smith, Company I.
Twenty-eighth infantry, has been ap-
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

at the start. Finding out is part of the
fascination of the romance. Olvir, the
glorious hero. loves her at first, but
later he doubts her and his love dies.
The scene of the crisis of this passage
from love to hate between the once de-
voted lovers is dramatically told, and
is chosen for illustration with the best
picture in the book. The sorceress
mother of the fair Fastrada has pro-
phesied that the girl would be mateo
with king, gray of eye. Olvir bears
the message to his betrothed. He IL
neither king, nor gray Of eye.
Were she twice your mother said
Olvir, I'd laugh at such witchery' But
the girl turned from her lovers smiling
look to ponder the prediction. Later
Olvir hands her a brooch, which she
had dropped. The girl stared fixedIy
at the garnets with which 1t was stud
ded. The queens gems are far more
precious she murmured, half aloud.
Then the ire of the soaking flashed
My heart held the image of a maiden
pure and true. Lovei You
say you love me, when you could stand
for an instant weighing my love
against queens crown-lovei' The
girl WINGED and looked appealingly into
his face. Then her own eyes hardened.
The daughter Of gray Rudolf was not
one to repay scorn with a smile"
That is the dramatic moment which
the picture fixes in our imagination.
CA G. M. McClurg & Co., Chicago:
81 50.)
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BENNETT WRITES
OF HEROES OF OLD

Artistic is the first word we think
of when we take in hand the very
beautiful new book called For the
White Christ story of the days of
Charlemagne, by Robert Ames Ben
nett. splendidly pictured in colors. each
chapter initiated nicely with a big or
nate letter worth pausing to admire,
and every page richly decorated with
designs-all this the art work of Mar
garet West Kinney. The cover is at
tractive gray and green, and on it the
image of a fair princess grandly digit
in the gorgeous costume Of the heroic
days of old. Each chapter is noticed
from songs which were sung by the
harpers and skalds before the high
seats of the Morse chiefs. Thus one,
which tells of a fierce and picturesquely
described fight against great odds. puts
us in pulsation with the temper of the
steel-clashing struggle by the music of
this snatch of Saga battle song:
Thought shall be the harder, heart the keener
MOOD shall oe the more. as our might lessons.
The story is about those renowned
heroes, Roland and Oliver, and so the
world is not yet done singing their
praises and recounting their mighty
deeds. The book opens with battle
on the sea, and, behold, Danes, North
men and Franks, in all the terrible
fierceness and enormous strength with
which history and romance have train
ed our imagination to conceive of them.
There is the excitement and the incen-
tive to courage of having on board a
beautiful princess child. The Danes
call upon Thor, the Franks use the bat.
tie cry of Christ and the King; Ro-
land lays about him with his wonderful
and unequaled, save by Oliver, sword
play, until he exhausts himself with
cne last blow on the helmet of the sea-
king, Hroar. Then there is a duel to
the death between the hero Oliver,
whose name the book calls in the ar
chaic way, Olvir, and the viking i'm
mensely larger but less expert in sword
play. So the story goes with world
famous warriors to stir the blood, with
occasional shift of scenes when prin-
cesses. queens and bower girls enter to
play their parts, and love, intrigue and
jealousy make their addition to the in
terest of this recalling of the days of
old romance.
Around the person of the girl Fas-
trada much Of the fascination of the
story is conjured up. She is the daugh-
ter of a fierce warrior and a woman
reputed to be a sorceress. and Fastrada
has herself much of witchcraft. She is
beautiful, puzzling, enthralling, but
whether she is a bad or a good woman
Is scarcely fair to the reader to tell him
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TALE OF THE SOUTH
AFTER CIVIL WAR

Plantation life in the bitter days of
reconstruction is the scene wherein
Harris Dickson places the strong and
in its principal crisis very strange story
of the descendants Of a proud race of
Spanish people who became Southern
by settling in Mississippi. The book is
called THE Ravanels." and legend has
it that their ancestor came with De
Soto and was a knight of Andalusia,
valorous, virtuous and of goodlie dis
cretion in ware" So this transplanted
race fiourished as planters and pro-
duced men who fought in all the wars
of their country from the times of In
dian massacres to Appomattox. Their
women were said to be dark and head
strong, and the men seem from the
story to have had the faults of pride.
yet does their describer speak of them
as differing little from their neighbors-
"a simple race of men, child-hearted
and sincere, full of headlong passions,
void of mean ambition, careless of gain
and heedful of honor they were cava-
lier Ravanels.
Five Ravanels fought in the Civil
War: only one lived to return to his
plantation; ne is killed by scalawag
in reconstruction days. Claudia, the
grown daughter of the victim, takes
her little brother to the corpse and
placing his finger in the cut in the dead
mans throat says to the child, Cap
tain Rudd killed him; never forget
that
No Ravanel could hope for justice
from the courts at that time-there was
no trial for the killing. The only thing
for Claudia was to wait till her broth
er grew to manhood. When he did SO
the inevitable tragedy came in such a
strange, mysterious, unlocked for way
that It seems as II there must have
been such a blending of evil vindictive
and noble and lovable traits In young
Ravanel that the unseen angels held his
hand from murder, although he never
.wavered in the intent to kill on sight
the man who had killed his father.
Ct. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia;
price 81 50.)
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BOOK SHOWS BURR
IN BETTER LIGHT

Aaron Burr fought his famous duel
with Alexander Hamilton a hundred
years ago, and for this whole century
since weight of either Just odium ar
most cruel calumny has pressed upon
MS name which exceeds in measure any
ever meted out to any other American
Inc natural love of granting fair play
to the under dog must make us glad
that this at least brave and talented
American has this one champion who
is persistent In his desire that the
hatred against Burr shall not he hred
in our national judgment without the
voice of friend to try to modify or
avert the verdict of public opinion
new historical novel. called "I.ittIe
Burr" has just been issued # ;s hv
Charles FELTON, Pidgin. the author of
Blennerhassett, and he is the man
who seems to be fighting almost single
handed against great odds for the re-
demption of Burr's name from infamv
Pidgin has written three books in de-
tense OF Burr. and expresses an inten-
ton of adding to them a life of that
ambitious and talented statesman. Al
though Little Burr is the latest Writ
ten, it is intended that it should be read
first of the trilogy on that subject
"Blennerhassett'' is the next in order
and last comes the Climax, The
novel, Little Burr gives an account
of the youth of this rival of Hamilton,s
and of his services to the country dur-
ing the revolutionary war. He is pic
tured as most engaging personality.
highly talented. absolutely brave and
a thorough soldier. General Monteom-
cry, charmed with the splendid coura 90
of the youth, made him a captain and
placed him on his staff There is much
in the book. too, about Hamilton. but
the author has no admiration for that
popular idol. and thinks he maIipnel
and undermined Burr in base way.
So much has been written against
Burr and in praise Of Hamilton that II
is interesting to get little of the other
side of the story. It is to be remern-
bered that, although public opinion con-
demns Burr, when he was tried no
verdict could be found against him
The correspondence between the two
great political rivals just preceding the
fatal duel. when stripped of any parti-
san comment by biographers, forms a
pretty good base on which to build a
Judgment of the actions and the char
acters of the two antagonists when
face to face with crisis in their lives.
In this novel Of Pidgin's there is this
description of Burr's bearing during the
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE PRINCESS PASSES-By c. ".
and A. M. Williamson. Henry Holt a
Co.
FOR THE WHITE CHRIST = By
Robert Ames Bennett. A. NJ. McClurg
& Co., Chicago.
AN AMERICAN GIRL IN MU-
NICH-By Mabel W. Daniels. Little.
Brown & Co., Boston.
A PRINCE OF LOVERS-By Sir
William Magnay. Little. Brown &
Co.. Boston.
THE WINGED HELMET-By Har-
old Steele Mackaye. L. c. Page. Bos-
ton.
THE GOLDEN HOPE+By Robert H.
Fuller. Macmillan Company, New York
LADY PENELOPE-By Morley Rob-
erts. L. c. Page, Boston
CASTEL DEL MONTE-By Nathan
Galizier. L. c. Page, Boston.
THE LIONS skinny John 3.
Wise. Doubleday. Page & Co. New
York.
THE WAY OF THE NORTH-By
Warren Cheney. Doubleday. Page 4
Co. New York
Musings OF Uncle Silas." by B. 3
Clarke. American Thresherman, pub
Usher, Madison, wis.
The Prize to the Hardy" by Alice
Winter. obbs-Merrfll Company, Indi-
annapolis.
Commercial Law" by ID. Curtis
Gano. American Book Company, New
York.
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revolutionary war in a moment of con-
test and danger:
1T was not anger that flashed from
those large orbs, nor courage, nor de-
termination merely, but all these COM
bined; and added to them was a name
less spell which carried with it an ir-
resistible conviction that whatever they
threatened was certain to be performed.
= there were no chances to be taken.
no wavering, no hesitation TO be hoped
for. The mans whole soul was aroused;
all his energies were alive and active. "
1t Is evident from this novel and his
other books that this champion of an
unpopular man believes that these fine
eyes of Burr's were not fiction, but
fact: and that they held Hamilton when
he was face to face with his enemy and
with death, and when Hamilton tried
to meet their gaze he had no nerve left
to aim and fire true.
However, Pidgin will probably soon
have to face the music Of rebuke. and
get it in the nick of time, for Gertrude
Atherton is even now at work upon a
story dealing with Aaron Burr, and her
novel. '"The Conqueror," proves her to
be fervent admirer Of Hamilton and
a ferocious hater of Burr. The deadly
duel may thus be literarily renewed
even in our generation; and we will be
helped to decide whether Hamilton phil
anthropically fired in the air or whether
he quailed before the eyes of the man
he was conscious he had wronged-
(The Robinson Luce Company, Bos-
ton 81 50)
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()Ifl[U

die. Milk and water is called ether.
We live on pound cake, dress in pima
fores and wear bibs. Faugh.-Benia-
min de Casseres, on Gorky. in the
April Critic.
Book News (John wanamaker.
Philadelphia. publisherl for April Is
Hans Christian Andersen centenary
number. April marking the tooth
anniversary OF the birth OF the Danish
writer The effort at commemoration
includes The Life and Career OF
Hans Andersen" tiliustrated): An
dersen-The Man and the Writer" by
Hans Andersen by 3. j. Rotart (il-
lustrated). and other brief articles.
with reproductions of some OF the
more notable illustrations Of the
famous Fairy Tales"
There seems to be a disposition just
now on the part Of many readers 10
deplore the present popular tasts for
books that are without enduring liter
airy qualities. Commenting upon the
subject. writer in the current Har-
per's Weekly says it is no new thing
Tor works that are not classics to find
buyers; 1t has been going on for many
years The output Of books Is much
larger to-day than ever before. he
says, but so is the output OF jam; and
! people buy story-books and books OF
entertainment for much the same pur-
pose that they buy jam. The writer
goes on to show that the best authors
of to-day. Mrs. Ward. Kiplinx and
Mark Twain among others. are not
lacking in audiences; and that the in
ferior books do not crowd out the
better ones, but merely supplement-
them.
The Blue Book Of Missions for
1904 was hardly more than a directory
of American Missionary Societies. Yet
the demand for it was widespread
Definite suggestions came from China.
from africa and from England that
somebody ought to publish annually a
serious year book Of missions. II was
natural that these hints of demand
should lead the committee of the Bu-
reau Of Missions TO plan for the issue
of 1905 a volume OF between zoo and
! 800 pages instead of a booklet of enve-
| lope size
The book contains the essence Of
the Annual Reports (for 1904) OF one
hundred or more missionary societies.
with statistical tables. and with the
latest facts as to area. population. re-
ligions and missions (both Protestant
and Roman Catholic) In each Of the
| non-Christian countries OF the world.
1t also contains large collection OF
miscellaneous information carefully
| indexed for quick reference.
(By mail, 81 10; Funk & Wagnaus
Company. publishers. New York and
London.)
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Some of the best-mingled pathos and
humor of the book is in the telling of a
Russian priest of high ideals of mis-
sionary work, but who falls a victim to
the wiles of the native women; and
they, being just simple children of ma
ture. saw no harm in what they did.
Here is the way Fedor tells of the
priests work on native chief:
'Shakmut still holds out and Is with
out the pale. 1t stirs his soul 10 think
has been as hard as iron, and without
the sacrifice will not seal him TO the
faith. And truly it is an ordeal more
harsh for this native than for the COM
mon man. 1t is pain enough to lose a
single wife, and the double loss cannot
but bring to him a special strain.
A specially fine chapter is the ninth,
where the beauty of Annals character
is so revealed by her acts that Fedor,s
love impulsively declares itself. Perhaps
the best of all the chapters is the dra-
matte one in which he prematurely
presses his suit and wherein our. lover
says this of his act:
Il cursed myself for having so rough
ly driven matters to a head. but the
will stayed grimly with me to see the
thing out to the end, and l set myself
to save all the salvage possible from
the wreck of my desire"
Mr.. Cheney has told short stories be-
fore, but this is his first long one. 1t
should not be his last, for he possesses
the art of novel writing to a degree
that will make keen the anticipation of
what he will do after practice if this is
only the work of his prentice hand.
Doubleday Page & Co., New York;
price 81 50)
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j. p. MORGAN PURSUED
BY FEMININE ADMIRER
Ffnancler Fiees From London TO
Escape Attention of the
Woman.

LONDON, April 81. Pierpont Nor
gan has left for a cruise in the Medi-
terranean- A woman admsrer Of his
has been pursuing him everywhere,
even in the privacy Of his own home.
Although he does not go out In society
much, preferring his own immediate
circle Of friends. she manages TO see a
great deal OF the millionaire and shows
her devotion by knitting wonderful
wooden waistcoats. which she presents
TO him herself whenever she is lucky
enough to meet him.
Morgan has not bought much in the
vay of curios lately. A gorgeous pair
Of old vases was found a short while
ago by a dealer, who sent them to
Princes Gate with a bill ready for re-
ceipting Morgan, indignant that II
would be taken for granted he would
buy, sent them back with cool not>
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TO JOIN AMERICAN
COLONY IN LONDON
to Occupy Home Of
the Loneys.

LONDON, April S.-Willoughby
Hall, a charming place near Rugby.
which has been occupied by A. d.
Loney, a New York inancier, for the
last eighteen months. is about to Be
transferred to Mrs. Freda Ciibborn on
New Orleans. She Is said TO be well
known in Chicago and New York 49,
ciety and 1t is understood that she IL
anxious to join the American colony
in London. but for the present she
will live in the country. When the
Loneys vacated the place. about three
months ago, it was not intended that
they should do so permanently. They
hoped TO return for the London sea-
son, but the continued illness of Mr..
Loney forces him to remain with his
family in the south OF France. and IL
Is doubtful whether they will return
to London this year.
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NOTES OF AUTHORS
AND THEIR BOOKS

..The Story of the Other Wise Man. f"
bv DR.. Henry Van Dyke, has always
been one of the most popular little
books ever written. AS might be ex-
pccted. a very great number of copies
are sold for Christmas gifts, but the
Harpers say that the Easter sales are
nearly as large. This year. in order
to meet the demand, a.special edition
has been prepared- in size an oblong
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CALIFORNIAN WHO HAS WRIT
TEN PRAISEWORTHY NOVEL,
AND AN ILLUSTRATION FROM
ANOTHER BOOK.
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ROPHETS are said 10 be not
without honor save in their
own country Let Il be so.
save only as to that saving
clause, OF novelists who are
near for q mos. -,rn,,nisinrr