Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 27, 1900, Page 4

' u} i ver » Apipucess Pews of the Northwes DISASTER AT A FIRE FOUR FIREMEN BURIED UNDER FALLING WALLS. Fire in the Midway District at St. Paul Results in the Death of Sec- Assistant Chief Irvine and and the Severe ond Three Firemen Injury of Two Others — Property Loss Is Estimated at Almost Half ®& Million Dollars — Fire Is Thought to Have Been of Incen- diray O-igin. Paul, Oct. 23.—Four brave lives it, two men injured almost y half a million dol- property transformed and broken ruins, was the nd nea h of tod lars’ wo into ant arly 1 interval between Gawn an incipient blaze had = by a favoring wind into a tor of flame that sut when york of on was complete. a list of the dead. f William H. Irvine, treet 843 Raymond nan Burt P. Irish, 81f Raymond Company No, 13. Louis Wagner, Company No. 13. cting property loss the fire vas equally swift and sure. Almost before an opportunity had been of- fered to do Battled With the Blaze the flames had swept along the row of buildings just north of the Minne- sota Transfer bridge, and within an hour all were doomed. The North- 2369 Long western Elevator company’s No. 1 building stood but a short way from the path of the conflagration, and it was only by the most pe! ant work on the part of the employes that its value was not also added to the total loss. Con vative estimates placed the total ¢ nage to buildings on ac- count of the fire to a fraction more than $440,000. t midnight in A. V. Hin- house, possibly from incendia the fire ng packing efforts of an rapid he mbus' to the the entire line w: A Roaring Furnace, flame leaping skyv 1 glare that extended for miles. the packing house the blaze, by some boxcars, jumped across i ttacked r ad sidetrack and Northwestern Lime comp; y's plant its board walls and shingle furnished an excellent vehicle for the conduct of the blaze to the big warehouse of the McCormick Har- vester company. Assistant chief Tr- yine, who had keen directing the @f forts of Engine Company No. 13, led the men up to the south wall and pointed out the spot where the fire should be fought. The men had drawn a line of hose up near the building and were standing within a few feet of the south wall. The fire was so hot and The Walls Bulged so that the assistant chief directed the firemen to step further away. They moved back fifty feet, still directing the nozzle toward the burning build- | ing. Irish and Wagner were directing the stream. Lieut. Edey was stand- ing beside them and Johnson and Fei had hold of the hose a short distance away. The men had scarcely mov back in response to the orders wh¢ there came a dull explosion. The side and back walls toppled and fell. 7 fore the firemen had an opportunity to utter a cry or make an effort to save themselves they were carried down by tons of white-hot brick and mortar and piles of bent and broken ma- chinery. Of the entire detail of En- gine Company No. 13, Andrew Larson alone escaped. OWNERS CLARGED WITH ARSON. Proprictors of a Dry Goods Store Ave Arrested. Houghton, Mich., Oct. 23.—I. Miller and wife, proprietors of a large dry goods and fyrnishings store in this city. were arrested on a charge of arson, preferred by one of their ploves. The Millers’ store was bad- ly damaged by fire on Monday night Jast, sustaining a loss said to be $30,- 000, fully covered by insurance. Mill- er is allezed to have set the fire. Attempted Train-Wreeking. Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 23. — An at- tempt was made to wreck the *egular passenger train on the Bismarck, Washburn & Great Falls road. Short- ly before the passage of the regular train railroad ties were placed across the rails at the entrance to a cut and fastened down in such a manner that it would have derailed the passenger train had it not been discovered by section men: Gaptured by Methuen, Cape Town, Oct. 23—Lord Methuen has reoccupied Zerust and captured numerous wagons, a large quantity of stores and many cattle and sheep. Meteor Explodes. St. James, Minn., Oct. 23.—A meteor was seen to fal south of here. It ex- plcded when -falling. Freight Train Ditched. OrtonyiNe, Minn., Oct. 23.—The see- ond section of a freight was ditched near Big Stone depot. Thirty cars were wrecked, but no one was injured. Burned by Burglars, Grand Forks, N. D., Oot, 28: burned, The fire was ca giars blowing open the who have been seen to locate them, dway through the long | | Good to choice butcher steers, $4.6505; THE MARKETS, Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stovk Centers, St. Paul, Oct. 23. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 761-2@771-4c; No. 2 North- ern, 72 1-4@741-2c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 40 3-4@41 1-4c; No. 3, 40@401-2c. Oats— No. 3 white, 25 1-2@26c; No. 3, 243-4@ 1-4. Seeds—Timothy, $1.75@2; clover, 16; flax, $1.62@1.66. Minneapolis, Oct. 23—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 781-2c; No. 1 Northern, 761 No. 2 Northern, 73 1-2@741-4c. Corn— No. 3 yellow, 2c; No. 3, 381-4 @ Oats—No. 3 . 23 1-4@23 3-4. 2y—No. 4, 48@52c; No. 5, 41@49¢; feed grade, 40@46c; malting grades, 46 @48c. Rye—No. 1, 49@51c; No. 2, 501-2 @511-2c. Flax — Cash, $1.74; to ar- rive, $1.68 1-2c. Duluth, Oct. 23.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 791-4¢ No. 1 Northern, Yo. 2 Northern, 731 2 spring, 70 1-4¢; rd, 1-4 No. 1 October, No. 1 December, No. 1 , No. 1 to arrive, No. 1 Northern, 77 1-4 Northern, Northern, 7 cash, October, December, a corn, 39 1-2c, Chicago, Oct. .—Cash ‘Wheat—No. »| 731-2@751-2c; No. 3 red, 70@ No. 2 hard winter, 63 1-2@71 1-2c; No. 2 hard winter, 671-2@70c; No. 1 Northern spring, 73 @ 771-2c: No, 2 Northern spring. spring. 67 1-2@76c 28 1-4@38 3-4c. No. 3, 21 1-2@21 5-Se. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 23.—Flour is dull. Wheat dull; No. 1 Northern, 761-8@77c; No. 2 Northern, 74c. Rye steady; No. 1, 53c. Barley lower; No. 2, 57c; sample, 40@56c. Oats steady; No. 3 white, 23@24 3-4c. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 23.—Cattle— Beeves, $4 @ 0; cows, bulls and i stockers and feeders, A calves and yearlings, $3@ Hogs, $4.40@4.55; bulk, $4.45@ 4.47 1-2. Chicago, Oct. 22.—Cattle — Good to $1.83 1+ $1.67; .25; -stockers and feeders, cows and heifers, $2.65@4.60; s-fed steers, $4 @ 4.90. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $4.50 @ 4.85; good to choice heavy, rough heayy, $4.40@4 4.52 1-2; bulk of sales, $4.60@4.75. Sheep, 3°.50@5.75; lambs, $4.75@5.50. South St. Paul, Oct. 23. — Cattle — $4.55@4.82 1-2; light, $4.41 to good, $4.2544.60; common to ~ $4@4,25; good to choice butcher cows and _ heifers, $3.50@4; fair tu good, $2.75@3.50; thin cows and can- ners, $1 55; choice corn-fed bulls, $8.60@4; fair to good butcher bulls, $3 @3.25; bologna bulls, $2.50@2.75; good to choice veals, $5@6; fair to good, $4 @3; good to choice feeders, $3.40@3.7: 90d to choice stock steers, $3.40@3. fair to good, $3@3.40; common, $2.50@ 2.90; good to choice stock cows and heifers, $2.75@3.10; fair to good, $2.50@ 2.75; comrnon, $2@2.40; good to choice Steer calves, $3.50@4; fair to good $2.50 @3.50; good to choice heifer calves, $2.75@3; fair to good, $2.50@2.75; stock and feeding bulls, $2.50@8; good to choice milkers and springers, $35@40; good to fair, $20@25; common, $20@ 28. Hogs—Good to choice light, $4.55@ 465; mixed and butchers, $4.50@4.60; good to prime heavy, $4.45@4.55; fair heavy, $4.30@4.40; rough packers, $4.20 @ 4.25; boa $1.75 @ 2.50; pigs and skips, $3. 5, Sheep — Good to choice butcher lambs, $4.60@4.90; fair to good, $4.40@4.60; good to choice fat wethers, $3.50@3.75; fair to good, $3.25 ©2.50; fat ewes, $3.25@3.60; good to choice stock and feeding lambs, $4@ .50; fair to good, $3.50@4; feeding wethers, $3.25@3.75; stock and feedins ewes, $3.15@3.25; | thin sheep, $2@3; buck lambs, $2.75@3.28; killing bucks, $2@2.50. MINNESOTA BIATS GRINNELL. Iowans Done Up on Northrop Field by a Score of 26 to 0. Minneapolis, Oct. 23.—For the first time in seven years Iowa college was beaten on Northrop field Saturday af- ternoon by Minnesota, with a score which reflects credit on the state uni- versity—2f to 0. In 1893 the Grinnell team was beaten by a score of 36 to 6, and since that time Minnesota has played it with varying fortune, ending im 1898 with a score of 16 to 6 in favor of Grinneli-end in 1899 by a tie game, in which Minnesota made its score by straight plunging work and Grinnell by 1 goal from the field. Saturday the vlucky athletes were beaten de- cisively by a team which was un- questionably not doing the work of which it is capable. Saw a Train for the First Time. Kimball, S. D., Oct. 23. — The new Chicago, Milwaukee. & St. Paul rail- way extension into Charles Mix coun- ty from Tyndall is now completed and trains are running into Platte, the terminus of the road. There were great crowds present when the first train arrived in Platte, and much en- thusiasm was manifested. There are a great many young people in Charles Mix county eighteen years old who had never seen a train until the first one arrived there last week. Mills Are Rushed. Cloquet, Minn., Oct. 23.—Of the five large sawmills here all but two are running twenty-two hours a day, and these two would be if men could be had. ‘The Northern Lumber company is now operating its planing mill thir- teen and a half hours each day on ac- count of the pressure of business, and is looking for men to make it twenty- two hours. Fatally Injured. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Oct. 23.—Nich- olas Hilger, a farmer residing north of this city, was thrown from a wagon while the team was running away. He ? ‘sustained injuries about the heart and mot live. Three ribs were broken. Killed by Falling Timber. est Superior, Wis., Oct. 28.—Geo. jompson, a workman on the North- festern Coal Railway company’s dock, as kitled by a falling timber while orking on a coal bin, NOOO Oe HORSES CREMATED. Fifty-Two Are Burned Early This Morning. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 24.—The barns of John B. Cook & Son, 554 Jackson street, were destroyed by fire at 3:20 ocloek this morning. Fifty-two horses that were in the basement of the building were burned and all of the ve- hicles, harnesses, feed and other property of the owners that were on the first and second floors are, with the structure, a total loss, The origin of the fire is unknown. The night watchman smetied smoke shortly after 8 o’clock, and found a pile of hay and rubbish, in the rear of the buildifiz and on the first floor, on fire. The flames, spread rapid’y, and before the horses could be taken from the basement or the department had arrived the building was doomed, a The stable was a two-story frame struc- ture, the hay and feed that it contained is es~ timated at $8,000.. The loss on the vehi- cles is estimated “at $7,000 and on tho horses at $6,000, ) . MINNESOTA'S DONATION. Gov.Lind Says State’s Funds Amount to $40,000. St. Paul, Oct. 24—‘I think that the entire amount contributed from Min- nesota for the relief of the Galveston sufferers will reach $40,000,” said Gov. Lind yesterday. “This will include the amcunt forwarded direct from various cities and all the funds handled by the central relief commit- tee. There is already a record of about $20,000, remittances of which the committee were advised.” Gov. Sayers of Texas is to be officially ad- vised of the amount contributed in a few days, as soon as the treasurer of the state relief committee can makek out a report. SHE WOULD NOT LOVE HIM. Tried to Kill Levina Thompson. West Superior, Wis., Oct. 24. — Eda Erich, a bachelor fifty years old, shot Levina Thompson, the woman he loved, in the head. She was badly wounded but will probably recover. Erich was lurking near the restaurant when the woman came to work, and shot just as she was entering. He ran off at once, and is supposed to be hiding not far from the city. A de- tail of police is on his trail. Erich had made love to the woman but was unsuccessful. That, together with drink, probably unbalanced his mind. So Ed Erich UNKNOWN DISMEMBERED. His Body Ground to Pieces by a G. N. Passenger Train. Delano, Minn., Oct. 24.—The passen- ger train going west on the Great Northern about a quarter of a mile east of here ran over an unknown man. His remains were scattered for over 300 feet. His head was found 200 feet from his body, from which both legs and one arm were severed. There was nothing found which would lead to his identification. His remains were gathered up and the coroner notified. No inquest was deemed necessary and the body was buried by Undertaker Redmond. WISE MURDER TRIAL, Elmer Miller the First of the Sus- pects to Be Tried. Anoka, Minn., Oct. 24.—The trial of Elmer Miller for the murder of Mrs. Wise and son was begun before Judge Giddings yesterday. Upon presenta- tion of a sworn affidavit, alleging prejudice on the part of Sheriff Mer- rill made by Defendant Miller, the court appointed Dr. J. H. Frank, the present coroner, to be acting sheriff during the trial. Should Miller be ac- quitted the case against Hardy will probably be dismissed YOUNG BOY SHOT. Found Dead Under a Barrel Near His Home at Mount Pleasant. Mount Pleasant, Mich., Oct. 24. — Harrod, the seven-year-old son of P. C. Taylor, local manager of the Bell Telephone company, was found un- der a barrel in the rear of his father’s store, shot through the heart. He was last seen about 4 o’clock with two boys. Fife revolver shells were found near him. Natural Gas Discovered. Spokane, Wash., Oct. 24.—Natural gas has been discovered along Pine creek, thirty-five milzs southwest of this city, the outflow being traced for eight miles along that stream. R. T. Oabney and _ assistants have se- cured a twenty-five-year lease on 15,000 acres. of land along the creek and will sink a deep well to test the flow. Should the volume of gas be sufficient it will be pined to this city. Champion Potato Raiser. Waterloo, Iowa, Oct. 24.—The largest crop of potatoes yet reported in this section of the country is that raised by W. T. Owings. He has harvested 3.000 bushels from fourteen acres of ground. He says he ean sell them for 35 cents a bushel, but is going to hold them for a better price. ‘Woman Used a Razor. Brookings, S. D., Oct. 24—Mrs. Hem- mingway, a widow residine six miles north of Brookings. committed suicide by cutting her throat with an old, rusty razor. Sickness and despon- “dency is supposed to have been the cause, Murder at Redfield. Redfield, S. D., Oct. 24—John Nel- son, a farmer living two miles from Ashton. was shot and instantly killed by Ernest McClaim. Thev became in- volved in some dispute. The mur- derer has not been captured. Work of an Incendiary. St. Paul, Oct. 24—A long shed used by the Burns Lumber company, Rice and Rondo streets, for the storage of dry lumber, was almost totally de- stroyed by fire, causing a loss of $2,- 500 x100 feet, and the loss on it with” THE WAY OF am BIA HIS NEXT TRIP. THE DODSER. i STATE ISSUES Bob Dunn Faces His Own Record and Has Nothing to Say. Efficiency of the Grain Inspec- tion Shown by the World’s Markets. Excellent Report of the Opera- tions of the State Twine Plant, Etc. Mr. Dunn, the Republican State Au- ditor, by his speech at Milaca, has drawn down upon himself such a flood of facts and arguments in return, that he has publicly declared that he will not bandy words, i. e., futable, and he is sorry he spoke. One of the results of that speech is that his own record was looked into, and the showing is not the kind that a person points to with pride. During the four years, from 1891 to 1894, during which Biermann (Fusion- ist) was state auditor, the average cost of conducting the office was $14,505.27 a year. During the first four years of the present auditor’s official career, he managed to worry along on an aver- age annual expense of $17,620.22, an; increase of $3,114.95 or 21 per cent. When Biermann was auditor the ex- penses of the land department were on an average $19,760.02 a year. The! present state auditor came in as a reformer, and immediately the ex- penses rose to $27,705.15 for the first year, and to an average of $26,513.78 a year for the whole term of four years, an increase in the expenses of $6,753.76 a year, or 34 per cent. The land sales during Biermann’s administration, amounted to 58,047 acres a year on an average. During the first four terms of the present auditor’s term of office, they dropped to 24,446 acres a year, a decrease of 57 per cent in the sales. In other words, it cost only 34 cents an acre to sell state lands during Biermann’s administration, while under the ad- ministration of the present auditor, it cost $1.08 per acre, an increase of 317 per cent. Wth such figures.staring at him, of course, Bob Dunn does not care to en- ter into any discussion. No, he hasn’t anything to say. Van Sant is carrying his old habit of dodging into the state campaign. The habit he formed in the legislature stays right by him. He has so far successfully dodged all the issues of the state campagn, such as the gross earnings tax, the taxation of foreign corporations doing business in the state, etc. He has so far failed to express himself on any of the issues in which the people are interested. He has dodged them every one. He would do the’ same if he were to be elected governor. The evidence of wie world’s mar- kets is overwhelming in favor of the high standard of Minnesota wheat and Minncsota inspection during the pres- ent regime. The proof of the pud- ding is in the eating, and the evi- dence of the high standard of Minne- sota wheat grades is the world’s cash market. Political theory and guess- work and partisan falsehood and mis- representation must~succumb to the hard and positive facts of the world’s cash commercial operations. When Liverpool puts up the cash for Min- nesota inspected wheat at 3c to 6c more per cental than for correspond- ing grades from other parts of the country, it is vain for a Minnesota political organ to decry Minnesota wheat and Minnesota inspection. When the St. Paul Dispatch, in an editorial written by the present chief of the Republican state campaign lit- erary bureau, utters the deliberate falsehood that “the red winter wheat of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Mis- souri * * * is actually selling for from 4 to 6 cents a bushel more than the Minnesota and Dakota grain,” the desperation of the old Republican re- gime which has robbed the farmers on wheat inspection for years is rapidly understood. There are in every state certain in- dividuals, corporations and syndicates, which by reason of their wealth have great power and influence, and who use their power to evade their obliga- tions towards the government, and to encroach upon the rights of the peo- ple at large. Now, it is by no means understood that all corporations are soulless, grasping monsters that habitually dodge their taxes, and are constantly on the lookout for opportunities to the argu-} ments brought against him are irre-| ,enrich themselves at the expense of | their fellow citizens. | There are, however, in every state | individuals and corporations to whom j this description applies, and it is in i.e interest of everybody that they should be overhauled with determina- tion and dispatch, and be brought to a sense of their duties and obligations. | For every corporation that evades ; taxation, every other individual and | corporation in the state will be taxed ‘so much heavier to supply the neces- ; sary funds for the maintenance of the | state and local government. Every time a dishonest tax-dodging corporation is overhauled and made to | pay up its full and honest share, it ; means a proportionate decrease in the | taxation of every business man, farm- er, corporation and tax-paying citizen in the state. ! It is, therefore, in the interest of every citizen that all and everybody should be treated alike, without dis crimination and special favors. When j everybody bears his honest share of the burden of supporting the govern- ment, it will weigh least heavily on all. It is also in the interest of all the | citizens to keep corporations from | obtaining unjust franchises, encroach- ‘ing upon the rights of the people, or even purloining the public lands and natural resources belonging to the state. It is not the state merely that loses in such cases, but it is a direct personal loss to every citizen that forms a part of the state. Every time a state officer prevents the squandering of state funds, lands and natural resources or restrains cor- | porations from encroaching upon the rights of the public, he thereby con- fers a direct personal benefit upon every citizen in the state. However, to be thoroughly impar- tial, firm and determined in the mat- ter requires a great amount of back- bone and moral integrity. No one but a man of the strongest will pow- er, the most unflinching determina- ; tion, the deepest sense of duty is at all qualified to take charge of the in- j terests of the people. He will have ; to face and combat special interests, i whose influence and power is well nigh unlimited. A man who does not pos- sess the highest quality of will power, determination and sense of duty would soon be a mere puppet in their hands. Now the people have given John Lind a trial, and they know what he stands for in this respect. The work done under his direction by the Board of Equalization in overhauling the tax assessments of the state, by the Railroad Commissioners in securing equitable freight rates, and in vari- ous other ways is known to all, and appreciated by all irrespective of party, because it benefited all irrespec- tive of party. John Lind is the man that has the grit and backbone to make everybody come to terms, and to enforce the laws of the state, no matter what power and influence may | be working to the contrary. The people have no such assurance concerning Van Sant. He has never} shown any great amount of will pow- | er, determination and sense of duty, but rather the contrary. He had an opportunity to take a manly and de- termined stand in behalf of labor by voting for the labor bills. But he did not see fit to do so. He dodged and he treated the farmers in the same way on the bills to provide for the building of elevators. In fact, he has shown a great reluctance to have any- thing to do with bills affecting cor- porations, no matter how clear the case might be against them. When he was a member of the legislature in 1893, there were introduced a num- ber of bills of the highest impo: ance. Now, it was Capt. Van San j sacred duty as chosen representative of the people. to take part in the discussion and cast his vote on the final passage according to his best judgment and conviction. But Capt. Van Sant’s sense of duty was not strong enough to see it that way. He dodged. It is a matter of personal interest and personal concern for every citi- zen of the state, to secure a governor that will mete out equal justice to all and show special favors tornone. This matter equally concerns all citizens irrespective of party. Even among the corporations and money interests there are but few who would expect to gain by a policy of dishonesty, and all the others are benefited by an honest administration, equally as inuch as the Average citizen and even proportionally more, as their financial interests are‘ greater. All know that John Lind did, and will administer the laws of the state without fear or favor, but what of Van Sant? Why did he dodge? i Were railroads taxed as other prop- erty, and paid the usual rate on 50 per cent of market value, their taxes in this state would treble. And yet a Republican legisture with an overwhelming majority which had absolute power to pass or defeat any bill_the Senate standing 44 Repub- s licans to 19 Democrats and Populists —persistently and deliberately fought and killed a bill to raise the gross earnings tax on railroads only 25 per cent. From January 1 to April 12 the al- most united voice of the people and press of the state had thundered for the passage of the bill. Governor Lind in his inaugural message had urged the measure as “imperatively necessary,” and supported his plea with law and facts. The official re- ports of the state auditor and 0: railroad and warehouse commi yielded statistics which were incontro- vertible. The state constitution de- manded equal taxation, and the statis- tics showed that other property own- ers paid three times the taxes, in pro- portion to value, that the railroads paid. But a Republican Senate, in definance of the guaranty of the con- stitution which the senators had sworn to support and in defiance of the will of the constituents they were elected to represent, voted down a bill to simply submit to the people the proposition to raise the railway tax rate a slight degree in the direction of just and equal taxation. The following report, recently sub- mitted by Public Examiner Pope to Gov. Lind shows comparisons of the operations of the state twine plant for the fiscal years 1898, 1899 and 1900: EXHIBIT A. 1899-1900. Statement of Twine Man- ufactory for Year: Total inventory...... $233,666.47 Aug. 1, 1900— 684.97 $359,351.44 Received from state. 6: Credits— Mate and supplies $72,153.03 Twine accoun 1,089.58 Twine notes. Aug. 1, 1900— Total inventory Paid to state. Net gain for the year $16,069.95 Notes. 1. Some published state- ments to which my attention has been called seem to have considered only the bank account or) the state treas- ury balances, and have ignored the in- ventories at the beginning and close of the year, which are so essential in determining the gains and losses of any business. 2. Items from inventory Aug. 1, bs. twine .06.... Ibs. fibre 10444: gs, color- .. 10, EXHIBIT B. October 7, 1900. Comparison with previous years— Aug. 1, 1898. Total sale Twine ace Twine notes Oct. 1. 219. Fibre purchased. yre on hand Total fibr. 98 201,010.18 3,801 Total sales ‘Twine ace Twine not Fibre on han¢ Fibre pureh: Total fibr Wibre used. Carried iy y 7 *The twine notes on hand Aug. 1, 1900, have been reduced about $10,000 since that date, and are considered first-class commercial paper.” These figures prove that the twine plant has been a decided success finan- cially, the net gain amounting to $1 069.95. When in the face of such i refutable facts, the Republican papers go about asserting the deliberate false- hood that the twine plant ran $300,- 000 in debt, the Republican party must be mighty hard up for facts and arguthents. Capt. R. P. Leary, U. S. Navy, says if he had his way about it, he would hang at least half of the people of the United States. This same Leary once ruled over Guam. His subjects had no rights whatever. His power was more. un- limited than that of the Czar of Rus- sia or of the Sultan of Turkey. These gentlemen have certain obligations to the church which each represents. Leary had no such obligations. He could do and order as he d—— pleased and his word was the highest law of the land. When the church bells woke him up too early in the morn- |ing, he ordered them to ring later. As he had a-~tender spot for fair maids and spinsters, he ordered every bachelor to get married on double quick, and his order was the su- preme law of the land. If he didn’t have every man that opposed him roasted alive on spits over a slow fire it wasn’t because he didn’t have the power, but because he was more benevolent fool than vicious villain; but that was merely accidental. He might have been the other thing just as well. Now at least half of the people in this country believe that no man is good enough to have absolute power over his fellow man. This irritated Leary; this brought out the under cur- rent in his character. He had been a harmless, benevolent fool before. Even corporation ridden New York, under the thumb of Boss Platt, col- lected $7,862,480 of taxes on railway earnings of $106,234,129, which would be equivalent to nearly $3,000,000 of taxes on the $40,000,000 of railway earnings of Minnesota. But a Repub- lican Senate in Minnesota could sit for three months in face of this fact, could still declare that the paltry $1,127,000 was enough and compel the people to pay the remaining $1,800,000 out of their own pockets, and then refuse them the right to correct the robbery by a ballot upon the proposi- tion at the polls. Ex-President Harrison has conde- scended to talk a while through his grandfather’s famous hat, and tell the people that he approves of the McKinley prosperity and the full din- ner pail such as Mark Hanna carries, but he cannot swallow the Porto Rican law, and he is not doing any active campaigning, and on the whole there is not much comfort for the Re- publicans in what he says, nor does he not explain how it happens that in various other European and Ameri- can countries the dinner pail has in- creased in size much more rapidly than in this country. “Be virtuous, and you will be hap- py,” is practically what the laboring man, in his letter of eo i ii in a pen teas