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4 @he jg; Wtad Wlobe THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS. CFFICIAL ,^gP^*. CITY Of PAPER SI. PAUL. — Entered at Postofflce. at St Paul. Minn., os Secoi.d-Class Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS. Northwestern— . ___ . Buslne a Main. Editorial—7B Main. Computing Room— Main. Mississippi Valley— Business—lo6s. Editorial— CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Carrier. I 1 mo | 6 mos | 12 mos Daily only I .40 $8.36 $4.00 Daily and Sunday.! .50 8.76 6.00 Bunday } .16 .76 1 1.00 COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS By Mail. I 1 mo I 6 mos I 12 mos Daily only .........I .25 1 81.50 1 $3.00 Daily aid Sunday.) .35 I 2.00 I 4.00 Sunday .] ... ] .75 1 1-00 BRANCH OFFICES. New York. 10 Spruce St, Chas. H. Eddy In Charge. Chicago. No. 87 Washington St.. The F. S. Webb Company in Charge. WEATHER FOR TODAY. For Minnesota and Showers and not so warm Monday. Tuesday fair; fresh (southwest winds. For Wisconsin and" Upper Michigan— Showers a^ not so warm Monday and Tuesday: riesh to brisk southwest winds: For North and South Dakota and Mon tana— Fair and warmer Monday and l uesday. St. Paul — Yesterday's temperatures, taken by the United States weather bu reau. St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation: Highest temper ature. 82; lowest temperature, 63; aver age temperature, 72; daily range, 19; bar ometer. 29.72; humidity, 78; precipitation, -■}>•>; i p. m., temperature, 78; 7 p. m., wind, southwest; weather partly cloudy. i esterday'3 Temperatures *BpmHigh| *BpmHigh Alpena 84 Kansas City..B6 83 Mttloford ...60 04jMart;uette ...84 88 Bismarck ....74 74 Milwaukee ...84 88 Buffalo 74 76 Minnedosa ...70 76 Pus ton CO 68■' Montgomery .94 98 Calgary 58 66 Montreal 70 78 Cheyenne ....66 70 Nashville 92 96 «'hie; 86 88 New Orleans.B4 90 Cincinnati ...80 90 New York ...68 74 Cleveland ...86 Norfolk 82 94 Davenport ...76 88 North Platte..SO 82 Dcs Moines .84 86 1 Omaha 84 86 Detroit 84 90|Philadelphia .70 88 Duluth 78 80|Pittsburg; ....84 94 Edmonton ...5i 54|Qu'Appelle ...66 68 Galveston ...80 84|'Frisro 62 66 Gd. Haven ..78 80 St. Louis ....86 94 Green 8ay...78 86 Salt Lake ...70 72 Helena 58 681 S. Ste. Marie.76 84 Huron 76 84! Washington .78 94 Jacksonville .88 96 Winnipeg ....70 78 •Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). TO OUR FRIENDS. Anyone unable to secure a copy of Tbe Globe on any railroad train leaving; or en. lerlnaj St. Paul will confer a favor on (be management by reporting the fact to the baa. fncka olllce. Telephone, Main lOOS. Subscribers annoyed by lr. ( iCKular or late delivery of ? TbeGlobe will confer n fit- S vor on the management by re- ~J porting the fact to (lie '..minesi S office. Telepb"--"-, Main 10(13. ) MONDAY, JULY 7, 1902. Strange that the city railway people should have shown such rare lack of discrimination by having one of their own men-knocked down by a street car. If things go on at this rate the concern may be expected before long to pay its just share of taxes and to begin a propaganda against corrup tion in public office. COLD WATER. There are three blessings which na ture furnishes to men, women and children with equal impartiality, and at the minimum of cost, and which, of course, men, women and children, receiving them as gifts, have usually little appreciation of the value of, at least until they are In dire need of some one or other of them. They are cold water, fresh air and sleep. Cold water has won for itself a bad name in the region of economics; yet even there, the advice which is usually based pn Its use and misuse is pretty well founded, and does possess some value, no matter how unacceptable it may be. Fresh air is presenting it self, of course, to humane ladies and their pastors as a very good thing to supply to ailing children, especially through the agency of fresh air excur sions. Shakespeare has sung delight fully about sleep, which "knits the raveled sleeve of care" and does oth er good for humanity, of which, with its usual perverseness, humanity shows mighty little appreciation. But not all that has ever been said, sung or writ ten about these three possessions has ever stated a tithe of their value as blessings to humanity. But a thoughtful doctor down in New York has taken up the subject of cold water recently in such a man ner as leaves no doubt that he himself, at least, either through his own or oth ers' experiences, is powerfully qualified lo state the virtues of the fluid con vincingly. He treats It from the stand point of health, and fittingly enough, he so treats It in the pages of a pub lication entitled "Good Housekeeping." Dr. Palmer—for that is the name of this particular advocate of cold water —lays It down as a physiological truth that the human body contains a com plete sewerage system, in which poi sonous and disease-producing refuse is constantly gathering, and Jeopardiz ing the health. Just as in the case of city sanitation, bo In the human sani tation, the danger of disease may be forestalled by flushing out this sewer age system with an excess of water. The poisons gathered in the human body by the bodily metabolism. In the excretory organs, endanger the lives of the millions of inhabitants of the body —the living cells. Among the poisons which the bodily metabolism produces Dr. Palmer men tions uric acid, which lies at the basis of rheumatism, gout, constant head ache, dizziness and other troubles. So, too, kidney diseases of the different kinds are caused by Just rash accumu lations of disease-breeding- matter in the human system. Water, its general use, involves the cure and avoidance of many of these diseases. Indeed, according to Dr. Jordan, the beginnings of kidney disease are to be found, es pecially in the case of women, as the outcome of the avoidance «of ; water. Plenty of fresh, healthful water, drunk at proper intervals, will save the user of it from that and a number of kin dred diseases. -. There Is nothing better for the gener al health than plenty of cold water, un less it be plenty of fresh air and.-plen ty of sleep. With these three requi sites realized there is no reason why the average person should not live in health beyond the biblical three score and ten. But the cold water habit is not to assert itself at the times when it usually does with most people. It should be indulged in but sparingly at meal times, and never then in iced form. A glass of water sipped in the morning after rising, and another be fore retiring, with a liberal allowance throughout the day, between meals, will, on the testimony of this particu lar member of the profession, do more to prevent diseases than all the doc tors can do to cure them. What is most easily obtained we least value. If the American race could acquire the habit of using water inter nally as freely as It does externally, it is safe to say that it would soon be both a healthier and better looking race. It was a measly shame to have de nied Billy Johnson that little outing to Cleveland with those jail bonds. Some body ought to have offered an amend ment sending Lott to Cleveland with Johnson, and it would have probably been all right. THE MINNEAPOLIS SCANDALS. From the outset of the prevailing police prosecutions in Minneapolis The Globe has appealed to the mayor of that city to resign. It did so, not because it believed him guilty of the charges laid at his door^but in order to save the community the shame of having its chief executive officer under indictment and possibly convicted of crime. Were there any great pecuniary sacrifice attending the resignation, The Globe would not have urged it. Mayor Ames, no doubt as the result of the early exposure af fecting his administration, had decided to resume private life, and his resig nation, in addition to saving the peo ple a continued affront, would have aided in putting the city on some real basis of responsible government: "' Mayor Ames has held onto his office and remains under indictment. His trial will not take place until Septem ber, and his term of office will end a few months afterwards. With all his recognized assurance and egotism he probably will not, even if he escape the penitentiary, be a candidate for re election. ■,'.....' * .--- The evidence *r. 'tat; tiiai of"' the mav«r'r brother, the chief of police, leaves little doubt that the chief mag istrate of our sister city, will be called on to defend himself not only against the charge of offering a bribe, but of receiving one. He had the opportunity to save himself and the people who have been so good to him lasting in famy. He chose to let the opportunity pass, whether through lack of ordinary sensibility or in a spirit of bravado, The Globe does not care to in quire. . It does not now matter what Ames may do. He is forever disgraced, n.n matter what the result of pending prosecutions may be. He is revealed in office as the official associate and spon sor of thieves and blacklegs. He Is shown to have chosen his subordinates with a view not to their fitness but apparently on account of their per sonal debasement He will doubtless serve his term out, and there may be no known way of ridding the city of the incubus of his administration. But Minneapolis is none the less surely rid of him. The cost in money has not been great to the people; and the les son they have received through the spurious reformers of the -Republican party accepting as their leader and representative a politician who had been driven from the Democratic ranks will probably compensate them for the disgrace they have endured. Meanwhile the success of the pre vailing prosecutions is indispensable to the cause of public and private decency in Minneapolis and elsewhere. That bungling, double-barreled dec laration of the state convention on the subject of Cuban reciprocity is bringing Minnesota Republicans into just criticism all over the country. The Republicans . who side with Roosevelt, of course, are Incensed, and those who disagree with him are no better pleased. A political "dodge" is never artful. EVANSTON'S EGREGIOUS BLUN DER. Evanston. that municipal prude loca ted at the northern limits of wicked Chicago, has opened Its mouth again and put something into it that looks to worldly people very much like a foot. Evanston has been sitting up nights trying to find and herald to the world books that are "highly improper." Evanston has succeeded, for, by per sistent. Industrious search, most any body can find most anything he is looking for. , Five books have been named by Evanston as "highly improper." They are "The Aristocrats,'* "A Lady of Quality," "Jude the Obscure," "Sir Richard Calmady" and "Orloff and His Wife." These bad, bad tomes have been placed on a particular shelf and the result Is that the police have been called out to prevent a crush of Evans ton people In the neighborhood -of this bad, bad shelf. Not that Evanston people would read "highly improper books as a rule. Perish the thought! But they are entitled as critics to know how "highly improper" these particular books on a particular shelf are. And, the rest of the novel-read ing public will turn critic for the same highly proper reason, and as an im mediate result some of these books will be forced into second and third editions. So it is that Evanston, al- THE ST. PAUL GLOB^, 'MONDAY, JULY 7, 1902. leging a desire to be exceedingly prop er,' has become, like Tennyson's girl, who, when she was good she was very, very good, but when she was bad she was horrid. Evanston should learn the old lesson of addition, division arid silence. j If the grandmotherly old dame had quiet ly made the discovery and then kept itCtjijlherself, the people, always over frowrag^wlth, curiosity, would not now be-falling 4 over each other to get copies of books which no doubt they ought not to read. LEARNING TO SAY NOTHING. Small consolation will the insur gents who have taken that useful root, the beet, to typify the cause of their insurrection, derive from the ad dress delivered by the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, in Pittsburg, on the glor ious Fourth. That speech fairly bris tles with the determination of our rough-riding -president to cast his of ficial lariat around the bodies of these political steers and bring them at once to earth and captivity. Whatever latent hope may have existed "in the minds of these incipient tariff reform ers that they could persist in their recalcitrant courses and maintain their standing with the administra- tion of their party is forever smoth ered by the threatening , tone of that speech in its references to the Cuban subject. But it is not alone in this regard that the address of our militant pres ident is remarkable. As an orator the occupant of the White house can roar as gently as a sucking dove when he lists. He went to Pittsburg evidently to make an anti-trust speech. He brought his attorney gen eral along to help him; but he evi dently thought better of the matter when he got to his destination, and decided to say nothing whatever on any subject under the sun save on the subject of the political relations of the succulent sugar beet. That speech may be read as an able study on what a politician in search of office ought not to say. It contains nothing that is' worth * either hearing or reading, and even dispenses with the stereotyped" apologies of the course of militarism in the Philip pines. - „ It is quite evident that neither the president nor his attorney general thought that the people of Pittsburg would stand for "Phil" Knox as an apostle of war on the trusts. So, doubtless, they decided, to dispense wholly with the false play that they are both engaged in of being seriously "up against" ' the trusts and monopo lies. What, for Instance, could be more harmless, Indeed, more adroit, than the following sentiments culled from the address of this o^-^e enemy of illegal^cor^'jinaJons'- of all kinds: •_! Gentlemen, we have great problems. We can only solve them by degrees; we can only solve them by doing well each particular bit of work as it comes up for solution. Much can be done along the lines of regulation of the industrial combinations which have become so marked a feature in our civilization, but if we recklessly try without proper thought, without proper caution, to do too much we shall do nothing, or else we shall work a ruin that will be felt most acutely among those of our citizens who are most helpless. It is no easy task to deal with great industrial ten dencies. To deal with them in a spirit of presumptions and. rash folly, and above all to deal with them in a spirit of envy and hatred and malice, would be to in vite disaster, a disaster that would be so widespread that this country would rock to its foundations. There are still a few things for the present occupant of the White house to learn, although it would not ap pear to be the case, judging by the delightful self-possession and cock sureness with which he approaches all sorts of questions, great and small, political and otherwise. One of these things is that the American people know a good deal more of what is best for them in the conduct of their own concerns than they can be taught even by a man of the surpassing wis dom of the vociferous and strenuous gentleman who now occupies the White house. The Populists may or may not be thankful to their Republican brethren; but, whether or no, the brethren are bound to give them all the publicity in the world just about this time. An other evidence of disinterestedness and reform tendency among the brethren. Several sociological experts are planning to attend the meeting of the National Educational association at Minneapolis for the purpose of study ing at close range the finest specimen of municipal degeneracy that mortal times afford. The retirement of Mr. Crawford Liv ingstone from the water board is a se rious loss to the municipal service, which,' however, will be fully made up for by the acceptance of the position by Mr. Michael Doran. Prophet Elijah Dowie having joined in with the imperialist Republicans and denounced the Declaration of In dependence, there is nothing further to be said in defense of it The decision in favor of the asphalt concern just handed down by the su preme court shows that out of office McCardy is no longer the possessor of a name to conjure with. If Judge Finehout would follow up his denunciation of wife-beaters by helping to get legislation making the affair a felony he would be rendering a great public service. Whatever Mr. Ambrose Tighe's pres ent politics may nap-en to be, The Globe bears living witness that once upon a time he at least appeared to be a good Democrat. The latest bridge-jumper is another illustration j>f the truth of the old saw that there is a special Providence that presides over the physical safety of drunken men. .;.,.,.". More ships were built In England last year - than in any former corre sponding length of time. Free trade in: shipbuilding materials is the ex planation. -.\ ,••.;. ■'■-I^i , .A large number of Republican con gressmen in clos^ districts are refus ing to be candidates for re-election this fall. They see the handwriting on the wall. ->•-:. GIRt GORED TO D_mTH BY BULL. Horns of Maddened Brute Pass Through Her Body. .. t^i.; r, ■ GUTHRIE. O. T. July 6.—Miss Jennie Harrison was gored to death by a 'bull at Odemah, in Greer county, today, the animal knocking her down and running its horns back and forth through her body. .;',,; - , . -i,, F .. NEW YORjUITY GOSSIP PRESIDENT'S, QfFICIAL YACHT, THE MAYFLOWER, FINISHED New York Weather Weather Bureau Becomes National Station — New Syndicate of Capitalists Obtains Control of the Shoe and Leather ■ Bank. ~'\'i<l *-'•'■ ■ ■•t'i ■'.■',■.,'.-•',■ NEW YORK, July 6.—Trim as a summer girl in her daintiest bathing suit, the Mayflower lies in the Brook lyn navy yard, the official yacht of the United States and ocean home of President Roosevelt. In her new function, after undergoing alterations that cost $50,000, she is ready for sea as one of the most luxuriously ap pointed vessels afloat. She was com missioned last week, but the date of her sailing from the navy yard has not yet been settled. " . In designing such a palace for use by the president the United States departs somewhat from the old lines of Jeffersohian simplicity, and takes her place with the other world powers in the matter of naval luxury. Neither the Hohenzollern nor any. of the other royal yachts has staterooms and sa loons more beautiful or costly than those of the president's yacht. , When Gov. Allen was sent to Porto Rico he was given the Mayflower, aft er she had been outfitted at consider able expense, as his official yacht. The Mayflower, which now replaces the Dolphin, is under command of Lieu tenant Commander Albert Gleaves. The food and naval supplies for her summer sailing are now being stored, and she will be ready in a few days to go wherever the president shall de sire. This National Weather Station. An order of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson raised the New York weather bureau to the rank of a national fore cast station. It also promotes Local Forecast Official Eben H. Emery to the new rank.and increases his salary. The local weather bureau has hither to been only a local forecast station. This action was taken because the nur -er of people served by the local fo ,casts from this city is as large as the population in some of the present forecast districts embracing large areas. His promotion and the elevation of his weather station was altogether a surprise to Mr. Emery. He said that he had no information on the sub ject, and was cognizant of neither the new duties nor the'salary attached to them. ' ' ; •■■■■/■ "There have formerly been only six national forecast stations, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans, Boston, Port land, Or., and San Francisco," said Forecaster Emery. "This does not necessarily mean that t,he country is divided into six districts, but that each city named is in the center of a district. The Wash ington bureau forecasts for the re mainder of the country not covered by the national forecast stations. Changes in New York Banks. Control has been obtained of the National Shoe and Leather bank by a new syndicate of capitalists. Changes were made in the executive force of the bank by the election of W. L. Moyer as president and John M.Crane, the retiring president, as vice presi dent. John A. Hiltner was re-elected second vice president. Mr. Moyer has for several years past been the vice president of the Western National. Over the entrance to the erstwhile Hide and Leather National bank, at No. 100 William street, painters are at work upon the new title'of "The Na tional Bank of the United States in New York." Permission to change the name was granted' by the national banking officials last week. This is the institution which recently was acquired by interests identified with the Morton Trust company and the Mutual Life Insurance company. It is understood that somewhat later announcement will be made of an in crease in the capital of the bank, as the men who are now in control in tend to greatly increase the working capital and sphere of Influence of the institution. ;.... ECHOES OF WORKSHOP, MILL AND MINE Review of the Week's Work In Every Nation on the Globe Where Artisans Hold Sway. Oswego, N. ■' V., > boilermakers demand $2.50 a day. v , \»c A general strike in the province of Ca diz, Spain, is probable. Nearly 350,000 'employed in the iron and steel industry in Germany. Kansas farmers offer as high as $2.50 a day and board for harvesters. Ohio stationary l engineers' convention JpM TEDDY AND VAN ARE "UP IN THE AIR" ON THE CUBAN TARIFF PLANK RECENTLY INSERTED IN ;? ';; THE MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN PLATFFORM. refused to go on record as opposed to the negro. -^ '*. ' ... Miners at one of the Powell Duffryn (WaleS) collieries ' went on strike re cently. '' ___J3 All the woodworking plants at Metrop olis, 111., are running with light crews of non-union men. I Paral, Mexico, co-operative working men's society is preparing to observe the anniversary of Its j organization. The traction company at Los Angeles, Cal., has Increased the ■ pay of em ployes to 22, 22% and 25% cents an hour. President McDonald. thinks that the American Labor union will more than double its membership during tho present year. J: •.- ■.: -:;„•.-■' Cleveland, Ohio."- street car employes have organized'a branch of the American Association of Street "Railway Employes. 1 : An amicable settlement of the threat- e™tl, ike ofthe smeltermen at the be^ effect^ cr V:atGolden Cal" ha* ™T» c., Burllm ?t°n (Iowa) city council passed a resolution granting the employes or tne fire department an increase of 10 per cent. Yakima, Wash., teachers are on a strike as a consequence of failure to raise their salaries. They are looking for new po- contractor and nine assistants en gaged in building an elevator at Gallatin, lex., were arrested recently for working on, Sunday. . - ■ According to the present plans of the American Labor union, it is the intention to put at least six new organizers \ into the field at once. ,;■% • - Eight charters have been issued to unions in Massachusetts by the American l^abor union since the recent convention in Denver, Col. . Everett, Wash., trades council and la bor unions are against allowing Japanese to be brought into the city in competition with white labor. San Francisco has a new labor organ ization, the newsboys' union, with a mem bership of 350, applying for admission into the labor council. The Brotherhood of Commercial Tel egraphers is working to affiliate with the Order of aßilway Telegraphers and the American Federation of Labor. The Birmingham (Ala) journeymen plumbers' strike has been settled, a com promise being reached. The plumbers will receive $4 for a day of eight hours. The Toronto (Canada) trades and labor council is entertaining a proposal to amal gamate the six labor organizations rep resenting the various trades. Machinists on the entire system of the North-Western railway have asked for a material advance in wages, the raise ranging from 6 to Jhi cents per hour. Printers at Pontiac, Mich., have made application to the district deputy organ izer .of the International Typographical union for a charter for a union. Welsh tinplate labor discussions are progressing both in the Swansea and the .lanelly district. Hopes are held in both that a peaceful arrangement will be brought about. Socialist Deputy Bernstein advocates a general strike of all the Prussian indus tries as the only means of extorting a system of direct election to the Prus sian diet. The new scale of the Indianapolis (Ind.) coremakers' union, providing for an in crease of ihi cents an hour, is being paid by every foundry with the exception of one. By a pact signed at Milwaukee, Wis., all prospects of trouble between the as sociation of brewers and their employes are obviated for three years. A wage in crease was given the men. AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE. He who worships at*the shrine of the immortal Shakespeare is dull indeed who will not find the acme of his de sires in the superb interpretation which Miss Percy Haswell and her company give of that masterpiece, "Romeo and Juliet," at the Grand this week. To say masterpiece is perhaps to Invite criticism from the many whose views in this respect are as va ried and as diverse as the number who do homage to the immortal play wright's name, but it cannot be dis puted that the appellation is worthy of respect Shakespeare devotees are not a nu merous quantity in St Paul, but it was an audience of fair proportions that greeted Miss Haswell last night in "Romeo and Juliet." It was the onen ing performance of the last week of the company's appearance in St. Paul, and was so replete with work of a praiseworthy nature . that the ap proaching hour of its departure must be viewed with regret. Miss Haswell Is an ideal Juliet. She both lives and looks the part. It is a creation in which all the warmth of her soul and being is used In giving it life. Love and despair each are treated by her as becomes their part in this tragedy of two. lives. , The story is replete in each and Miss Haswell's talents found adequate realization.,; Equally as satisfying is the Romeo of Frank Gilmore. It is a heavy role for that gentleman, yet he was not wanting in giving the character the in tensity and the dramatic fervor it de mands. The balcony scene, the duel, and the dramatic finale in the tomb of Juliet are realistically portrayed. Failure to mention the Work of Fred erick Lewis as Mercutio would be do ing an injustice. His interpretation of that character last night was among the things that were thoroughly appre ciated by the audience which was by no means niggardly in dealing out its favors. He lent to the character a realism that was thoroughly artistic. The remainder of the cast, which in cludes Alfred Hudson as Capulet, Frank Caven as Benvolio, and Miss Alice Butler as the nurse to Juliet, were all'that could be desired. The superb mounting of the attrac tion is certainly worthy of commenda tion. The scenes are many and each is attended with an elaboration that calls forth surprise. VATICAN IS MUCH WORRIED. Striving to Find a Compromise Settle- ment of Friars' tands. ROME, July 6—The Vatican is striving to find a compromise between satisfying the desires of Washington, as set forth by Judge William H. Taft, governor of the Philippines, and relieving the holy see from direct responsibility.-.' for the with drawal of the liars from" the Philippine archipelago. f>, . •: . ■.■ , Several plans to this end have been discussed by the Vatican authorities. The most acceptable of these is that the gen erals of the four religious orders con cerned, having been Informed of, Wash ington's request, shall themselves order the withdrawal of their dependents,- who now number about 500. ;, This plan would necessitate , a letter from the general of each order to Gov. Tart pledging the writer to this action, or the insertion of a clause in the contract between Judge Ta.fi and the Vatican that steps to this end will be taken immedi ately by the generals when they are aware of the wishes of the United States. The Vatican would thus be under no < dijm. the pope; merely accepting an ac complished fact.:".. ..vt,-: SENATORS SIZED UP Spooner Pushes Himself For ward as a Leader of the Party in Power NEW MEMBERS MODEST Twenty-Nine of Them Pass Through Their First Session and Nothing Notable Has Been Shown Regarding Ability. From the Globe Washington Bureau, Post Building. . . WASHINGTON, D. C, July 6.—ln the United States senate leadership Is more closely identified with ability than in the house, where seniority al most completely dominates the situa tion. The great men of the senate are able men, and while most of them have seen long service that fact alone does not suffice to give them control .of affairs, even though It may make them chairmen of important committees. Mr. Spooner is one of the Influential lead ers in the senate today, although he Is only nearing the close of a second term, and between the two there was an intermission of six years. When he came back to the senate he at once fell into a position of prominence just as he had worked up to one during his earlier'service. If he were to re main in the senate for the rest of his life he might make a reputation which would rival that of Henry Clay as a successful " deviser of compromise measures. Spooner's canal amendment was one of the most shrewdly drafted proposals ever submitted to the senate. It left each side thinking it would be ulti mately victorious. He took up Mr. Morgan's own arguments, and, as if recognizing their validity, made them the basis of legislation. Morgan had said that the Panama Canal company could not give a clear title and that the Colombian government would not make any reasonable concessions to us. "Very well," said Mr. Spooner, in ef fect, "if that is so we will build the canal across Nicaragua, but in case you were wrong you would certainly not object to our' taking the short cut between the oceans." The Panama people all believe that they have won, and that the difficulties which Mr. Morgan has pictured are largely imag inary. Spooner Smooths Rough Patrls. At the stage of the session when this was done a victory for one side which should not be galling to the other was of prime importance. It was no uncommon prediction six weeks ago that there would be no canal legislation, that the rivalry be tween the friends of the two routes was so great that the houses would become deadlocked and adjournment overtake them. Instead of that the canal bill has gone through victorious ly, encountering but six opposition votes in the senate and but seven in the house. Next to Mr. Hanna, whose aggressive espousal of the Panama cause gave it the standing necessary for success, Mr. Spooner deserves credit for putting the legislative pro posal into a form which could not very successfully be resisted. His Cuban reciprocity compromise did not come out so well. It is notable that the best conjectures as to what his compromise proposal would. prove to be, before the seal of secrecy was lifted from it, were derived from con sideration of how Mr. Spooner's mind might be expected to work, with a given set of facts. He is methodical in his compromises. Unfortunately for the country, he does not seem very de sirous of coming back to the senate, and there is a factional fight in his state which may prevent it, were he willing. At the same time the matter is by no means settled. Wisconsin peo ple realize, as a rule, that they should keep Spooner in the senate, just as Colorado should keep Teller, regardless of parties and of factions, in each case, because of the large part which these men play In the development of na tional affairs. "Independent Cuba" is a monument today to the shrewdness and foresight of Mr. Teller in drafting a simple resolution which the majority could not refuse to support. What ever, may be the ultimate destiny of Cuba, and few doubt that it will some time be a part of the United States, all . Americans must rejoice that it has an opportunity to taste the long deferred joys of self-government. £&V* Piatt Would Be Missed. :- Another man whose term of office ex pires with this congress that could not well be spared Is Orville H. Piatt, of Connecticut. His name figures In a great deal of legislation. There Is a Piatt amendment which saves the day for conservatism and common sense al most ias I often as a Spooner amend ment Mr. Piatt's impulses are gener ally In the direction of strong and hon est policies. When the Cuban matter came up, for example, he realized that Connecticut raised some tobacco, and' 1 her representatives were at that time . Inclined to fight shy of reciprocity, but the senior senator early came out with thetsimple remark that one did not neea to adopt a child; but if one were volutarily to do so, the obligation to look out for that ward should not there fore be disregarded. Acting on this principle, he has been, without excep tion, the most vigorous champion in the senate of the policy of good will to ward Cuba.' The New Senators. The senators of the class of 1907 have now served through one session and so have had a chance to show their adaptability for senatorial life. Of the twenty-nine members of this class, Delaware not being represented, four teen date their present service In the senate from the 4th of March, 1901. Of these, however, Blackburn, of Ken tucky; Clark, of Montana; Dubois, of Idaho, and Mitchell, of Oregon, had seen senatorial service before, for pe riods of greater or less length; Mitch ell was first elected to the senate In 1872, remaining one term, and was af terwards elected In 1885, when he serv ed two terms; he Is now serving on his fourth. Clark, of Montana, appeared in he J last congress from the time of his indiction into office to his celebrat ed resignation, accompanied by a tear ful speech, a performance which was afterwards discovered to be part of a plot to get back into the senate by means of an appointment from the lieutenant governor, who was in tem porary charge during the absence from the state of the governor. The bribery revelation in the Clark case v<as of so shocking a character that his Demo cratic associates made no attempt to defend him; he went back to Montana, however, and was triumphantly re elected and no effort was made here to prevent his taking his seat Doubtless any such effort would have proved fruitless. ;>:,; The strictly "new senators" of the fourteen of this freshmen class have, then, been Burnham, of New Hamp shire; Burton, of Kansas; Gamble, of South Dakota; Millard, of Nebraska, Republicans, and Bailey, of Texas; Carmack, of Tennessee; Foster, of Louisiana; Patterson, of Colorado, and Simmons, of North Carolina, Demo crats. In addition to these there have been several men in the other two classes, elected to fill vacancies, who are essentially new men. The service of Mr. William P. Dillingham, of Ver mont, dates back to Oct. 19, 1900, after the death of Senator Morrill; Mr. Clapp, of Minnesota, who succeeded Cushman K. Davis, was in the senate but five weeks last winter; Mr. Diet rich, of Nebraska; Mr. Gibson, of Mon tana; Mr. Kearns, of Utah, and Mr. Kittredge, of South Dakota, also began their senatorial service with this con gress. Notable Speeches Are Few. Of the new men few have had a chance to make notable speeches. Per haps Mr. Dillingham, of Vermont, has made the most distinct reputation as a forceful and attractive speaker, and his committee assignments have hap pened to bring him Into relation with much of the important work of the ses sion. He bids fair to fully sustain the high tradition which Vermont has long maintained in the senate. Burton, of Kansas, has perhaps been the most conspicuous "failure of any of the new senators, although .ie does not lack gifts of speech. He has Impressed himself upon Washington as a tireless spoil hunter, and in alliance with the poorer phases of politics. Bailey, of Texas, greatly suffered in reputation by his unprovoked attack on Senator Beveridge after the close of the session on the day before ad journment. This was pitiable. Bailey is a man of such conspicuous ability that were he to be self-contained and reasonable, he could easily rise to Dem ocratic leadership. To be sure, he made a failure of leadership of his party in the house, but this was largely be cause, of his lack of tact It should be recalled that leadership means a very different thing at the two ends of the capitol. In the house the minority candidate for speaker is an opposition status. In the senate, leadership is more of a psychological matter, In which the sort of ability which Mr. Bailey \ possesses would readily come into play. Patterson is a Hard Worker. Patterson, of Colorado, is one of the most diligent- of the new Democratic senators; the number of bills and res olutions which he has introduced, and remarks which he has offered, as tab ulated in the Congressional Record in dex, has furnished the opposition newspapers with an opportunity to make a little sport. Certainly, for a new man, he has talked pretty freely, but even those who criticise him on this account acknowledge his shrewd ness and resources, and recognize him as a distinct addition to the minority forces. -':'«'--•;'•'■ Mr. Burnham, of New Hampshire, has become very popular in the sen ate because of his genial ways and much respected there on account of the solid sense which he has brought to his committee service. He was one of the subcommittee of three to which fell the Investigation of the inquiry regarding the sugar trust, which Mr. Teller in stituted. The two new Nebraska senators have shown considerable activity, but they have apparently allowed themselves to get out of touch with the sentiment of their state in joining the insurgent movement in behalf of beet sugar. Klttredge, of South Dakota, has done very effective work on the canal com mittee, and helped draft the report in favor of Panama. t .' Early Adjournment In Favor. The habit to which congress has come of adjourning rather early In the long session years finds much fa vor. This Is the fourth congress in succession to be moderate in its stay. The practice began with the Reed congress of the latter half of the sec ond Cleveland administration. There was then little reason for staying long as the house of representatives were out of touch politically with the White house and the senate, so, out of touch with both, there was little that con gress could do by remaining here. A presidential contest of rare moment was in prospect, for which everybody desired to get into readiness, and so congress adjourned in early June. The practice then established has been so nearly followed ever since that the long sessions which formerly prevailed would now seem sensational. Twelve years ago congress was In session from December 2. 1899, until October 1, 1890. just a month before election. It re mained In session until October 20 In 1888. It Is somewhat notable that with the insular problems and world-wide questions now pressing upon congress, it takes less time to get through a session's business than when only the Interests of the continental republic had to be considered. MINERS IN 810 RACE RIOT. Christening at Slav Boarding House Starts Fight. CONNELLSVILLE. Pa.. * July B.—A terrific race riot between Slavs and Polish miners and coke workers occurred last night at the.Paul mines of the Rainey company, near Var.derbllt, three miles from here. -;.,.'..-, The dead: Mike Zovetehln, a Slav, killed by three revolver wound*. Seriously injured: Victor Hennel. a Slav, shot through the body; will die. Thirty Slavs, men and women, were more or less In jured In; the terrific hand-to-hand fight that too place. •" The participants were covered with blood after the fracas, but their injuries, while serious, will not prove fatal. Thirty arrests were made. Jacob Wellk and Peter Panik, two Poles, are charged with the murder of vetch In and the fatal wounding of Hen rifrl. They were token to jail tonight. Tho other*) wore heavily fined at a hearing be fore 'Squire W. H. Wright. ; Last night a big christening was held at tho home of Frank Letkey. a Slav boarding house. Beer and other drinks flowed freely, and at »l o'clock the trou ble started with the result stated" abovs.