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‘suffer great inconvenience. Dews Dews of the Dorthwest 222s —| UNIM) Benes the Northwest WHO BLUNDERED? Fatal Collision on the Northwestern Railway. St. Peter, Minn., Nov. 3—One man killed and mangled, another with his arm broken and severat more who were more or, less bruised, a bagge and mail car burned and several freight | «ars entirely demolished. This tells the story of a collision between a freight and possenger train on the Northwestern road a mile and a halt west of Courtland village, this county. ‘The east-bov a possenger train drew out from New Ulm about 6 o'clock, y after a freight train left nd for the west. The two met with the above result. An investiga- tion will be instituted to learn who Was responsible for the blunder. GIRL STUDENTS’ RESENTMENT. Serious Result “ot the Riot at Madi- son University. Madison, Wis., Noy. 3.—As a result of the disgraceful proceedings follow- ing the night-shirt parade of the unl- versity students Monda night, the young women of La pall held a mass peting and passed a resolution n from habing any social in- with the young men of the y, or to attend any parties until the property stolen from the hall laundry be returned, the guilty stu- dents punished and ample reparation made. The re: ion had the approv- al of President Adams, Dean Birge and Miss Emery Dean, preceptress. IOWANS HOMEWARD BOUND. Reception at Council Bluffs Accord. ing to Programme. Sounc!l Bluffs, Iowa, Noy. 3.—A tee m received hi yesterday an- es that the Fifty-first Iowa vol- , Who have just been mustered an Francisco, left yesterday Unless delayed en the road nour unte out at afterncon. y accident or weather conditions the will ach ‘e Monday t anticipated. The hustling to com- plete the preparations for their recep- tion and entertainment. TRAGEDY. HALLOW Spring Gun Set by a Farmer Kills One ot a Party of Merrymakers. Hutchinson, Minn., Nov. 3.—William ahn, seventeen years old, a son of Rahn, of the t church, vas killed while cipating in a Hallowe'en expedition on the farm of Peter Jensen, four miles, north of Hutchinson. Jensen has told how he set the gun and is everywhere con- demned. The coroner is holding an inquest. First Snow at Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 3.—The first snow of the season for this city fell last night. It was light in volume and, except where it fell on sidewalks or wooden pavements, melted rapidly. A high wind has been blowing ail day and continues to blow. Twenty-five ssels sought shelter inside the gov- nt pier, and only the regula its made their schedule trips conditions prevail at Racine, and cther places in this sec- tion. W. J. Bryan in an Accident. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 3.—In order to meet a agement to nna, W. J. s country from Leup City, miles, three relays of horses being employed. When about five miles from the start the carriage upset over an embankment and Bryan and the other cecupants were thrown out. All were more or less bruised, though not seriously. was Made a Better Job of Himself. Butte, Mont., Nov. 3.—Because she would not give him the money she had earned by a life of shame, Eugene Lane shot and seriously wounded Jo- sephine Blancheau, and then fired two bullets into his own breast, dying in- stantly. Lane recently returned from the Klondike broke. He is said to have a wife and family in Victor‘a, B.C. Electric Power House Destroyed. reton, Il, Nov. 3. — The power e of the Standard Electric com- located at Blue Lake City, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss will reach at least $75,000. Several large enterprises depending upon the electric plant for power will The ori- gin of the fire is unknown. School Land Sale. Winona, Minn., Nov. 3.—The sale of state school lands took place in the county auditor’s cffice here. A total of 211.88 acres were sold for $1,189.25, A little bidding tcok place on one parcel of land, the price being run up to $8 per acre, another parcel sold for $5.25 per acre. His Skull Fractured. Oakland, Cal., Nov. 3.—Capt. Slow- berg of New York, one of the best known navigators in the United States, fell headforemost into the hold of the old condemned steamer Prof. Morse and fractured his skull. He will prob- ably die. Postofice Robbery. inn., Noy. 3.—The postof- fice at Ettrick, Wis., was entered ani its contents rifled, the safe being blown oper and $10 in money and a large number of stamps stolen. Wi Prospector Shoots Himself. Spokane, Wash., Nov. 3.—David Bry- ant, an old-time prospector, shot him- self through the heart in the house of a courtesan with whom he was madly in love, and died instantly. Bryant was a native of Nova Scotia and was well connected, Killed by a Horse, Red Lake Falls, Minn., Noy. 3.—Axel Christoferson, a farmer living six miles east of here, was killed by a kick from @ horse. n MURDEROUS ASSAULT. TOOK THIRTY-SEVEN LIVES. Attempt to Kill a Young Woman on | 4 Garrotte From Manila Prison Pre- a Crowded Pharoumarice: St. Paul, Noy. 4—Miss Julia Witt- graf was the victim of a murderous assault by Moritz Butler shortly be- fore 7 o'clock yesterday morning. Meeting the girl at Wabasha and ' Seventh streets, Butler fired four shots j from a 32-caliber revolver at so. short range that it seems little short of marvelous that only two of them took effect in the body of the helpless young woman. Miss Wittgaf fell uncon- scious in the street and Butler was about to fire upon her a fifth time when he was seized by Patrolman James White. Miss Wittgraf was taken to the city hospital, where it is said that she will recover. The cause of the murderous attempt is not alto- gether clear either from the story of the victim or the statements of her as- sailant. Miss Wittgraf says that the fellow persistently annoyed her with his attentions without any encourage- ment from her. Butler, on the other hand, said that the girl had obtained from him nearly all his wages by her pretences of love for him, WORSE AND WORSE. Grow the Consequences of the Wis- consin Student Riot. Madison, Wis., Nov. 4.—Public indig- nation over the scandalous night-shirt escapade of the,university students Monday evening grows as additional circumstances come to light. Not only is but little of the stolen linen of the girls being returned, and that little usually ruined and accompanied by the cards of innocent parties, but it develops that a great many of the pri- vate rooms of the girls were broke into and stripped of jewelry, crockery, books and cushions. Indignant parents are threatening criminal prosecution if the guilty parties can be located. The faculty is moving very secretly in the matter, but an earthquake is mo- mentarily expected. BOUND TO GET IN. Sixty-Five More Chinamen Break Into North Dakota. Fargo, N. D., Noy. 4.—United States Marsbal Haggart has received word that sixty-five more Chinamen had crossed into the United States at Portal, and will immediately leave for there to bring them to Fargo for a hearing before United States Judge Amidon. ‘These Celestials are of the same party of which fifteen came over some time ago, fourteen of whom were, admitted. Another batch of nine is in jail here awaiting a hearing. SAWMILL BURNED. Clark & Jackson Mill at Duluth Is Totally Destroyed. Dultth, Minn., Nov. 4.—The Clark & Jackson sawmill at New. Duluth was burned. ‘The loss to the mill was to- tal, but all the lumber stocks were saved except 200,000 lath. The mill was valued at $50,000 and insured for $41,000. The lumber carried an insur- ance of $100,000. The mill will doubt- less be rebuilt, but on a larger scale and nearer the center of the city. The company controls very large lumber tracts. CHILDREN BURNED. Mother Locked Them in the During Her Absence. Rewan, Iowa, Nov. 4.—John Ovens’ three children were burned here. They lived in a shanty about one-half mile north of here. He is away from home. Mrs. Ovens went to a neighbors to get some milk for the children and locked the shanty and it took fire. The chit dren were five months, two and three years old respectively. House Gen. Miles Inspects Port Townsend. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 4.—Gen. Nelson A. Miles and party arrived here at noon yesterday and left in the evening for an inspection of the new army fortifications at Port Townsend. He declined to discuss the Philippine situ- ation further than to say that peace depended upon congress, and that he will go to the Philippines if ordered. He said that he had found the West- ern posts he had visited satisfactory. Storm Does Immense Damage. Kenosha, Wis., Nov. 4. — The heavy storm on Lake Michigan for-the last thirty-six hours has done an immence amount of damage at this point. All the government work on the harbor during the last two months was total- ly destroyed and the debris was strewn along the beach for two miles. The North pier light and the elevated walk to the light are washed away and the barbor is in darkness. Strike Reaches a Crisis. Vancouver, B. C., Nov. 4.—A special from Sandon, B, C., says: The strike in the Slocum country has reached a crisis and the silver lead mine owners’ association has commenced importing Italian laborers from Pacific coast states. The first consignment arrived yesterday. When the eight-hour law Went into effect the mine owners re- duced wages and the miners refused to accept the reduction, Mine Fire at Calumet. Calumet, Mich., Noy. 4..— A report from Keweenaw says that No. 2 shaft house at the Arnold mine burned with great damage to the mine, as it will delay the output of copper. Murderers Convicted. Alma, Kan., Nov. 4. — Two negroes were convicted of murder yesterday and sentenced to hang, which, under the Kansas procedure, means life im- prisonment. at Frozen to Death. Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 4. — J. O. Fussell, an old time resident of Manitou Park, was caught in a bliz- zard in the park and froze, to death. He was hauling provisions with a team to a ranch when overtaken, Chess Player Insane. New York, Nov. 4. — A dispatch to the Herald from St. Petersburg says: M. Schiffers, the Russian chess player who taught ‘T'schigorin, has become in- sane, and has been taken to an insane asylum. sented to Minnesota Historical So- ciety. St. Paul, Noy. 5.—To the generosity of Maj. Ed S. Bean the Minnesota His- torical society is indebted for some unique, valuable and interesting addi- tions to its collection. Surely a garroite which is officially guilty of taking the lives of thirty-seven victims of Spanish misrule in the’ Philippines, an da pair of fourteen-pound leg rons which had been worn for twenty years by a pris- oner in Bilibid, are worthy of a place in the collection. The garotte and the irons and a nipa house now occupy a prominent place in the rooms of the society. The house is a very clever piece of workmanship, and Maj. Beaa says is a fair specimen of Luzon archi- tecture. There are also some papers containing prison records indicating the astonishing degree of lightness with which the Spanish authorities dealt with human life. REDUED RATES. Compliance With Orders of the Wis- consin Railroad Commissioner. Madison, Wis., Nov. — Railroag Commissioner Rice this morning re- ceived a letter from the Chicago & Northwestern railroad saying that they would comply with the order to reduce rates from various points in the state to Milwaukee. The new rates as or- dered by the railroad commissioner will go into effect Nov. 15. It is ex- pected that the Chicago, Milwaukee & Bt Paul road will also comply with the order about the same time. Yes, He's Smooth. Yankton, 8. D., Noy. 5.—A handker- chief fakir has been imposing on the good will of the Yankton people the last day or so and has carried away with him a good sum of money which he easily obtained from the unsus- pecting. After gaining admittance toa house or store he would display his wares with a flourish and in a smooth manner tell of the superiority of his stock while he madz a heap of them on the table, winding up by saying that they could have the pile for a dollar. If the prospective purchaser hesitated he would throw more hand- kerchiefs on the pile, and still more, when they would usually come to the conclusion that they were getting a bargain and pay the dollar, only to find on th epeddlar’s departure that the large pile contained from fifteen to eighteen handkerchiefs of questionable quality. Mystery in Anoka County. Aroka, Minn., Nov. 5. —The authori- ties of Anoka county are somewhat mystified over the finding of the deaa body cf a man alongside the main wagon road near Coon creek. There have been several important burglar- jes in that section lately, and some ad- vance the theory that deceased was one of the gang of robbers who was killed in the course of a fight over a divy of the spoils, This is a mere sur- mise, however. The sheriff is investi- gating the case. There were no marks of violence on the body. Death of Russell McCord. Minneapolis, Noy. 5.—Russell B. Mc- Cord, one of the best known traveling salesmen in the state, died yesterday of heart failure, supcrinduced by an abcess at the base of the brain. He was for several years connected with Minneapolis firms, and until his health failed a year ago he was known as one of the most successful men in his line. Last spring he went to Baltimore in the effort to regain his health, but suffered a elapse recently. His Story-Writing Retreat Gone. Minreapolis, Nov. 5. — Capt. Frank Hatch, the well known short story writer of Chicago, is at the Nicollet. Capt. Hatch owned the famous “Saint’s Rest” at Lake Pulaski, Minn: This camp burned Thursday night. The loss on personal effects and arti- cles of little intrinsic worth, but which the captain valued very highly, was cons:derable. The camp will be rebuilt. Beets in Jeopardy. Winona, Minn., Noy. 5. — The beet growers in th's vicinity fear that they will lose much of their product by frost, owing to the fact that there is a great scarcity of cars, and the fac- tory has issued orders so that only one ear of beets is shipped each day. Nearly all of the beets here are now out of the ground, and the crop has been a very good one. Boy Killed by Cars. Winona, Minn., Nov. 5. — Vincent Gliszezmowyski, a five-year-old boy, had both legs cut off by a Milwaukee train at this plac? yesterday. An old- er boy was attempting to pull him up on a car, but not being strong enough allowed the little fellow to fall so that his legs were across the rail and the wheels passed over them. He died in a few hours. A Football Player Injured. Minneapolis, Noy. 5. — Frank Lud- wig, who played left back in the East side high school eleven yesterday af- ternoon, was painfully injured during the engagement. In one of the rushes Ludwig's left leg was caught in such a manner that the joint at the hip was dislecated. Extradited to Iowa. St. Paul, Nov. — Extradition was granted the Iowa authorities yester- day for F. E. Bailey, who is accused of stealing a chestnut mare and brown gelding, with wagon and harness, val- ued in all at $300 from Mason City, Towa, Oct. 26. Gored by a Mad pull. La Crosse, Wis., Noy. 5, — Prentice Drummond, a prominent young man was fatally gored by a mad bull ¥es- terday. The young man went into the stall and was stamped and gored, but was still alive when rescued. Big Ore Shipments. 4 Duluth, Minn., Nov. 5.—For the sea- son to Noy. 1 the total ore shipments from Lake Superior have been about 15,400,000 gross tons. For the month they were 1,150,000 from Minnesota alone. A _ LABOR IS SCARCE. Lumbermen Cannot Find Enough Men for Logging. The lumbermen around Bemidji are having some diffiez!ty in procuring la- borers for the woods. Not enough men have returned from the Dakota thresh- ing fields and the Montana railway work to make a surplus for the woods, and every train is diligently canvassed by the competing loggers to catch the chopper and driver as he comes into S. C. Bagley, the oldest active logger in Northern Minnesota, keeps an employment agency at work here constantly ing to get his. will cut 20,000,000 feet for T. B. Wa er. Lammers Bros. & O’Brien, who are logging cn the Clearwater, keep agents on the trains between here and Grand Forks, and are succeeding fair- ly well in getting men. None of the loggers are offering extravacant wages, as their contracts were taken on a hard-times b: and prosperity prices rather surprise them. However, every Great Northern train from the West brings in fiom fifty to one hundred men, and it is fair to anticipate a fair supply by the time chopping actually begins. Notwithstanding the fact thet there is comparatively little government or homestead land in the section of coun- try around Bemidji, settlers continue to pour in from all parts of Minnesota and Iowa, and are now taking up the cut-over white pine lands of Northern Hubbard and Southern Beltrami coun- ties, for which local men ire agents. These lands are, many of them, of first-class quality, and are sold-at low prices and on long time. Those of in- ferior quality will probably be donated |, by their owners to the state for park purposes, under the forestry act of 1899, as the poorer lands are covered with a ero of young Norway pins. ST. ATE BUTTERMAKERS. Two-Day Convention to Be Held at Owatonna, Secretary J. K. Bennett has nounced the progr mine for the Min- nesota Buttermakers’ association mect- ing. to be held in Owatonna Nov. 8 and 9. The address of welcome will be made by Mayor L. Virtue of Owatonua and the response by Secretary Bennett of Clinton Falls. A novel feature of the programme is a paper by Expert Frank B. Blair of Chicago, Ill, on “The Care and Use of Separ: ators.” Among other speakers of the convention will be Prof. T. L. Haecker, of the Uni- sity of Minnesota. _ Charles I. Knight, secret: " Union of Chicago; B. D. White, ant dairy commissioner of St. A. Leighton of New Hampton, Towa; 3 C. J. Bang, Blaine, Minn.; J. E Deerfield; J. J. Brunner, Fairmont Ww. yes, Moland; H. N. Slater, Wil- bert; 1H. J. Rosenau, Meriden, and H. C. Burgen, Cloven, Minn. The sum ef $300 will be divided pro rata on all butter scoring 94 or over, and liberal premiums are also offered on cheese. Besides the above premi- ums, several creamery supply housés have put up special premiums. The sessions of the conventions will be held in the court house. On Wednes- day evening the city of Owatonna wi:l quet the buttermakers. The elec- tion of officers will take place on Thursday evening. an- COURT AT MORRIS, ' Dragged Along for Two Wecks—Few Cases of Importance. After a two weeks’ session the dis- trict court closed at Morris, several cases being carried over till the spring term. A year ago the session was so short that one of the local papers con- gratulated the community upon the progress that such a condition indi- eated, but now we are back in the or- dinary routine. All last week Ss en- gaged in small criminal cases, all of which might as well have been settled in a day or two. Ernest and Charles Miller, accused of stealing wheat, were acquitted; Ed O'Donnell, charged with having taken money from Galvin, was declared not guilty; J. W. Pushor and August Benke, assault cases, were dis- missed; Joe and Paul Arnold, indicted for haying ducked and taken $47 from a Jew peddler named Arber, were ac- quitteds Rawson, who stole Anderson’s bicycle, was declared guilty of petit larceny. In civil cases. Asa McDonald was given a verdict of $150 damages for a road run through his place before he had purchased it; Robert Delahunt won. against the Minneapolis Threshing company and W. P. Fowler gained his contention for a credit on his account with the Otto Gas Engine: company. PIPESTONE’S NEW EDIFICE. Contract Let by Presbyterians for a $10,000 Charch. The contract for erecting the new Presbyterian church building at Pipe- stone was let to Pass & Schippel of Mankato. The structure will be ew tirely of stone and the inside furnish- ing will be the jandsomest in this sec- tion. The totalcost will be upward of $10.000. It is probable that the work will progress no farther this fall than getting stone on the grounds. The con- tract calls for the completion of the work by July 1, 1900. Jay Needham of Pipestone, who has several times before been confined for short terms in the insane asylum at St. Peter, was taken there again. He was adjudged insane by the examining board and his case is now considered incurable. At the depot he offered des- perate resistance and was with diffi- culty placed aboard the train. NEW COURT HOUSE AT ADA. The county commissioners have taken preliminary steps toward building a new court house in Ada next year. ‘The new court house at Hallock was in- spected by the board recently. Work is progressing rapidly on an extension of the sewer system into the residence district on the East side at Ads. Unless good weather holds out some farmers will be unable to thresh this fall. Considerable flax is still out in the fields in shock. W. H. Matthews, the Ada banker, is erecting a brick block at Gary and will start a bank there- W. H. Stiles, pastor of the Ada Con- gregational church, was ordained. this , week. A large number of prominent clergymen were present. Dr. We have forgot! your resting time, but you can take plenty of it, especially if the fight you have been waging goes as now expected. And if it does not, why you may have to take a shorter rest time, and we all draw on our reserves of hope and courage.”’ itations. ing permanently our supremacy over those people.” “copperheads” and by the best blood of the republic. Ohio how no trusts or bad combinations in restraint of trade exist. tional Watchman, from Holt’s ‘*‘Com- mercial Year Book,” publishes @ com- plete list of trusts, coming under the accepted definition, pages of The Watchman. ber 455, representing a ‘‘capital” of §4,250,000,000, of which representing nearly $1,000,000, have been organized since last March. Of the total Feapitalization more than half is “water,” forced by blood drawn from the people. Almost every industry in the land, ex- cept those producers from the soil, are covered in these trusts. No, there are no combinations in restraint of trade. Soon there will be no trade in restraint of the combinations and no government by the people. “CONFESSIONAL THE AWAKENING OF THE AMERICAN CONSCIENCE. Howard §S, Taylor's Confessional. The Wave of Auti- Imperialistic Sentiment Rolling Across “We Have Forgot” - the American Nation—Other Natioual Yolities—Significant Market Features, Farmers’ Products Down, Trust Prices Up—M>r. Shibley on the “Price Ques- tion to Date."—State Polities—The Cat Out of the Republican Campaign Bag. Inspector Keishus After the Biz Ele- vators—Jackson Day Banquet — Note and Comment of the Week. Reform Press Bureau. St. Pau, Noy. 6, 1899. BONFESSIONAL! God of our Sires who hither fled Across a strange :ind stormy sea, Who suffered exil». ioiled and bied To make themselves and children free, —God of the Prilgrins, Smite us not! We have forgot! ve forgot! How runs the story? Far away We hear the epoch- opening gun Fired bs our Minute Men at bay Upon the green at Lexington. But far and faint. we heed it not, — Lord God of Hosts, we have forgot! The Bill of Rights our Fathers signed ‘And sealed with shot and saber-stroke, ‘Their just appeal to all mankind, ‘Their prayers sent up through baitle-smoke, Their faith humane, without a blot. Lord Christ, forgive! — We have forgot! Ah, if, where sun-set islands lie, ‘Thy brave, brown men their blood shall spill, Shall strike for liberty and die. Slain by the heirs of Bunker Hill. Thou wilt remember, wilt thou not? Though we, Thy people, have forgot! A Roman lust Profanes our ancient, holy things; We trample justice in the dust; We have the rabies of the kings! ‘The scarlet rage of gun and sword! Have mercy on Thy people, Lord! Amen! —Howarp S. Tay.or. While these lines are being written there is every sign of victory in the -pivotal states, sult it can but inspire all of our forces, who know they are tight both in morals and on the question of the real inter- | ests of the people, to continued effort which they will never cease until tri- umph is obtained. The idea was thus expressed in a letter from our state leaders to Mr. Bryan, writing of pend- ing matters of importance. said: But whatever the re- The letter “Iam more than sorry to intrude upon Hanna’s coming message, which Mc- Kinley is preparing, will, it is said, ask for still further increase of the stand: ing army. How did this escape ‘Jerry J.’s” eagle Graphite? Says the Republican governor of Wis- consin on McKinley’s declares, pelicy of the Philippines: “Tt seems tome that the continued ex- istence of our present form of govern- ment is threatened by this problem. We are a great nation, but we have our lim- It is folly to talk of maintain- Thus does the list of ‘‘traitors” and continue to increase, And still another “copperhead” is President Dowe, of the Commercial Travellers’ National League, New York, who has resigned from a Repub- lican organization on account of the McKinley i imperialism. Hanna has explained on the stump in The Na- covering whole They num- 70 concerns, on which dividends are Even the Minneapolis Tribune knows of one trust, the coal trust, of which it says—which might be sent to Hanna: “Of all the pernicious trusts, the coal trust that advances the price of coal to 2xtortionate figures at the beginning of a hard winter is the most cruel.” The following are the features of a single day’s market reports last week: Wheat drops acent to 654g, Minneap- olis; one year ago, 645g. Average Minne- 3ota country price (estimated) 544. Bar silver, 5834. Oats dull and lower. Corn lower and weaker. Hogs and stock lower. Potatoes dull, 12 to 1se in carload lots. Provisions (Chicsgo) slow and weak. Minneapolis flour dull. Three mills slosed to reduce stocks. Wall street. Call money, New York, 5 to 20 per cent. Sugar Trust, up one point. Steel combine stock higher. Iron and tin and glass stocks higher--whence high- arforall manufactures and articles of sonsumption, etc., etc., etc., ete. Lower prices ‘for producers, higher for monopoly. . St. Paul Glope: Trusts have: raised prices on almost every article that the farmer is obliged to buy. But the farmer sannot form acorn, wheat, pork, beef or potato trust. Heis at the mercy of all capitalistic combinations and defenseless ‘ against extortion, And speaking of the combines, every ane should have the ‘‘Book of Trusts,” issued by the Traveling Men’s tadgaet of which Eenry L. Chaffee is secretary. Address, 409 N. W. Building, Minne- apolis, Of the ‘Price Question Up to Date,” Hon. George H. Shibley, director of de- partment of money and banking, bu- rean of economic research, has demon- strations which are going to our daily press, with full diagrams, that conclu- sively apply the increased gold supply to what hss really happened to prices outside of the raises by combines and trusts. It is the increase in the volume of metallic money, on the same theory of the free coinage advocates in 1596. His charts show ‘how prices have fol- lowed the rising flood of gold, the ‘real thing” being that the supply of gold in- creasing, the purchasing power of gold diminishes, the other way of saying that prices rise. Mr. Shibley discusses the subject most thoroughly in all its bearings, and. is conducting a work of the most vital importance. Let us suggest that all interested avail themselves of the issues his bureau is making. especially our daily press which honestly desires to know the light, his adcress being 52 Lafayette Place, New York City. It should make the American stop and think to read in the English dis- datches that the Ladysmith disaster is {like that that befell Burgoyne and Cornwallis! ‘It is safe to say,” said the English report, ‘‘that the empire is face to face with a repulse compared only to the surrender of Burgoyne to the embattled farmers of our American colonies.” Says Olive Schreiner, writing from the Boer standpoint: “The intellect and conscience of Eng- land are with us in our struggle for jus- tice. From Herbert Spencer and John Morley to Frederick Harrison, the loftiest voices of the English nation are raised to recall their people to the path of justice and wisdom and in denunciation of the policy which would murder a nation» to fill 2 few pockets.” “To filla few pockets.” How well that fits the case of America in the Me- Kinley-Hanna regime. The purpose of the anti-imperialists to subordinate all questions to the one of preservation of the republic, was well expressed by Professor A. H. Tul- man of the University of Chicago, at the recent anti-imperialist conference when he said: “The gold of our coinage is not so pre~ cious to meas the fine gold of our his- tory.” We commend this sentiment to cer- tain members of the faculty of Minne- sota university. Thank God there are some of them who stand on this, as on other issues, with the masses. But far too many and too prominent of them are “chained to their idols,” at the state expense! National Committeeman T. D. O'Brien:—“‘The constitution of the United States has produced the best class of citizens in the world. Let us guard it as we would guard our own homes.” ¢ ates The state situation continues to trouble the goppite press. ‘‘Be not too confident,” says the Preston Times. **A royal battle is in store for us a year from now.” ‘The fact that Governor Lind is avoiding blunders, and making agood administration, is enough to make us pause and consider,” says the Northfield News. And the uppermost thought of the one is that its editor is the man for secretary of state, and the other the man for governor. And the fact that neither will be ‘‘chosen” makes us all sad, Jan. 10, 1900, has been fixed for date of the great Jackson Day banquet at Minneapolis, under auspices of the State League of Democratic Clubs. The whole Northwest is to be invited, and Mr. Bryan will be the great character present. Hon. William Baldwin will be at the head ot arrangements. Full particulars later. It seems that Admiral Schley is a great favorite with the Peoples’ party national leaders, who would like to see the ticket made ‘Bryan and Schley.” At this outlook such a ticket would be so much expansion that more territory would be needed for it to run on. The cat is now clear out of the bag as to the purpose of the state Republican “machine,” made clear by the capture of the ‘documents in the case,” to-wit, the confidential circular issued by the Republican state magnates. It is jointly the action of the so-called League of Republican clubs of odori- ferous John Goodnow memory, and the Republican state central committee, the Goppite chief thus officiating being Hon. F. B. Wright for thé former and Hon. John H. Steele for the latter, bet- ter known as the Eustis manager of "98. by The Globe and other of our state press, but is notin fact so stupendous asto call for all the secrecy and mys- ticism that has attended the incuba- gan of the bodies mentioned, and as medium of conducting a sort of bu work. The object of this special m chine favor, is the paper long edited by; | one, Captain C. L. Smith, who pi out his meager Tribune “salary,” b the fat one paid him by the state, in dairy department, the loss of which, pointed a better man in his place, made the occasion of so loud a “sq by the military gentleman mentio: In order te bring the large el concerns into compliance with the lay regarding the asking of reports, spector Reishus’ has reported a number of them to the attorney eral for prosecution for violation of Does any one believe that Insp Clausen would have bothered the el vators for that or any other ings? 7 x The scheme. has been fully laid bare tion. Ina word, it is but the selection | of the Minneapolis Tribune’s country y | issue, the Farmers’ Tribune as the or- the hands of Major Bowler, who ap- + —— co T imatartage: neufepinamaienntnsineuate essanmnntpigoats