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4 THE ST. PAUL GLOBE THE GLO3E C0..-PUBLISHERS v (FflCjfil PfiPER <™|||||Pfo CITY OF SI. PAUI i Entered at Postoffice at St. Paul. Mini., a; Sasand-Clasi Mattsr. TELEPHONE CALLS. Northwesternßusiness. 1065 Main.. Edttarli', 78 Main. Twim City—Business. 1065. Editorial. 73. __ ■ ■ CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. t By Carrier | Imo 1 6 mos 1 12 moi Dally cn!y .: .40 $2.25 $4.00 Dally and Sunday . . .50 2.75 5.00 Sunday .". .13 .75 1.00 % _ COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. . By Mail I 1 mo | 6 moa I 1 2 mos Dsilyonly I .25 $1.50 $3.00 Daily and Sunday I .35 00 4.00 Sunday : I .... .75 1.00 . . ERANCH OFFICES. ■ r fNew York. 10 Spruce Street. Chas. H. Eddy In Chargs. ■ Chlrtco, No. 87 Washington St.. Ths F. S. Weab Cimrrr It Chv:> FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1903. THE ORIENT TRADE. The story that was given publicity yesterday by the St. Paul Dispatch, to the effect that the plans of Presi dent Hill, of the Great Northern railroad, to extend the trade of the United States with the Orient by putting a number of steamships of great size into commission on the Pacific had been abandoned, is absurd. It would scarcely be worth commenting on but for the" fact that it must have been inspired by a traitor to the interests of St. Paul, which are to a great extent wrapped up in the development of this trade with the East, to which the president of the Great Northern road has of Lite years devoted much attention. It is announced with sufficient authority that the story is a canard. This will set at rest the idle gossip that might have resulted from the publication. But it is to be regretted that a St. Paul paper should lend itself to the furtherance of what appears to be tra attempt lo belittle a great plan for the development of our Oriental trade. When the great ships which are to take up the work of carrying the products of the Northwest to the waiting market in the Orient were first laid down it was un " doubtedly known to Mr. Hill and his engineers just what the harbors of the coast of Eastern Asia were capable of. The building of the ships was part of a plan in which every contingency had been considered. When, within the next few months the first of these great vessels is launched that plan will be within sight of realization. The launching will create a disturbance in the Atlantic that will be felt on both shores of the Pacific and preface the opening of an era of increased prosperity for St. Paul and the Xorthwest. • President Roosevelt's lament about "race suicide" by reason of the failure of the baby crop has been an swered by a grand chorus of twins and triplets all over the land. Butte. Mont., where it has been said nothing could be raised, reports a set of threes and the legisla ture is considering the matter of a bounty of $3,00<5 for the parents. GROSSCUP'S DECISION. Judge Grosscup, in the United .States circuit court at Chicago, decided the meat packers' combine illegal. At the conclusion of his recital of facts and review of the law, he declared that "the Sherman act, as interpreted by the supreme court, is the law of the land, and to the law as it stands bolh court and people must yield obedience." He reasons that "there can be no doubt that the agree ment of the defendants to refrain from bidding against each other in the purchase of cattle is combination in re straint of trade; so also their agreement to bid up prices to stimulate shipments, intending to cease from bidding when the shipments have arrived. The same result fol lows when we turn to the combination of defendants to fix prices upon, and restrict the quantities of, meat shipped to their agents or their customers. Such agree ments can be nothing less than restriction upon compe tition, and therefore combination in restraint of trade; and thus viewed therefore as an entirety makes out a case under the Sherman act." The meat packers' combine, composed of the Armour, Swift, Morris, .Cudahy, and other interests, has until March 4 to determine what further action to take in view of the decision. To a layman it looks like a judicial determination ot the legal rights of the trusts and the public is in fair way to be determined. It is taken for granted that the meat packers will appeal the case to the supreme court, and a final decision will be some months off. But at any rate a step has been taken in the direction of final determina tion of the matter. Once the respective rights of th,e trusts and the pub lic are found out it will still be necessary to find a way to compel the trusts to respect the rights of the public, for there is no reason to suppose any trust will let go its "cinch" just because a court —even the highest court —de- cides the cinch to be unlawful. Not a bit of.it; there must be a way to compel obedience to the decrees of the court, and The Globe is of opinion that this will be more difficult than any previous step in the proceedings. From the usual confidential sources comes the report that Pension Commissioner Ware is to be retired to the wilds of Kansas, his brief administration of the pension office having proved unsatisfactory— to either the pen sioners or the pension sharks, just which is not stated. CONVICT ON PRISON BOARD. Michigan has undertaken a new experiment in the management of its state prison. The governor has ap pointed Thomas J. Navin, a reformed convict, a member of the state prison board. Navin served five years for forgery, became a lawyer and politician after his release, and is the possessor of some ideas of prison reform he desires to put into effect. His appointment was with the view of letting him try them on the inmates of the Jack son penitentiary. The success or failure of the experiment depends a good deal upon Navin himself. Navin's offense was for gery and his subsequent career shows him to be. a man of mental strength. He has lived down the stigma of his crime, and. we take it for granted, become a good citizen. If he has supplemented his practical experience in the penitentiary with careful study of the subject of criminology he should be in position to do good work as a member of the prison board. Good men occasionally get into prison and occasion ally bad men are improved by a term behind the bars. The bare fact that Navin served a term for forgery does not prove that he was beyond redemption. There may have been unusual circumstances, in view of which it would have been sound public policy to temper justice with mercy. It is so in many cases. But, on the other hand, there are altogether too many criminals outside the prisons. It is the duty of the state to exert everj r resource at its command to convict and imprison criminals guilt 3' of specific acts of lawless ness; but, once behind the bars, it is likewise the duty of the state to make every effort to reform them and pre pare them for lawful lives when released. The Michigan experiment seems to have the element of favorable conditions in it. Navin has made the atone ment the law demanded and has been a reputable, law- THE ST. PAUI, GLOBE, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1903. abiding citizen since his release from prison. He had the opportunity of seeing and knowing the methods employed in a well-managed prison; by association he had oppor tunity to learn the hearts of prisoners, and it may be that his career on the prison board will result in important additions to our stock of information on the subject of conducting prisons so that the discharged prisoners may become useful citizens. It is possible that Norway will secure a divorce from Sweden, but there isn't a chance on earth for the plaintiff to get alimony. THE OWL CAR ORDINANCE. It would be a serious mistake for the officials of the Twin City Rapid Transit company to decline to obey the terms of the owl car ordinance. But there is plenty of evidence that they do intend to evade the provisions of the measure if possible. Vice President Goodrich is accredited with having intimated that the ordinance is based on an arbitrary assumption of authority. While the measure was be fore the council no such objection was made. The street car people were suspiciously inactive after the fact was demonstrated that thousands of working men and women demanded the passage of the ordinance. They remained in a passive attitude and their friends in the council declined to make a fight. Practically without op> position the measure was enacted, and this because the managers of the franchise holding corporation were con fident of their ability to defeat the ends sought by the proponents of the law. Now they permit it to be under stood that though they may put on owl cars "as an ex periment" on some lines they have no intention of com plying with the letter of the ordinance. . Mr. Goodrich and his associates should be warned against pursuing the line of action they have evidently laid down. The owl car ordinance was framed in accord ance with the wishes of a very large and influential body of citizens. Its enactment was assuredly warranted by the police powers reserved by the city when the street using franchise was granted. It is quite in accord with public policy and imposes no undue burden on a corpora tion that earns enormous dividends through the opera tion of rights bestowed on the company by the people. Neither evasion nor defiance will avail the street car company at this juncture, and the sooner the ordinance is complied with the better it will be for the St. Paul City Railway company. If the ordinance is unjust or unnecessary the only way to prove it is by putting it into operation. But that the street railway people will be permitted to ignore its provisions or qualify them in anyway is not to be thought, of and the sooner Mr. Vice President Goodrich grasps this cold fact the better for his company and all con cerned. Mr. Cole Younger, of Lee Summit, Mo., late of Still water, Minn., announces his intention of adopting the literary life. If this is a bluff Mr. Younger wins. Revoke the conditions of his pardon and let him go on the stage. THE JUBILEE OF LEO XIII. Today in Rome Catholic Christendom will do hon or to the most notable of the grand old men of the age. Pope Leo celebrates a three-fold jubilee, marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of his consecration to the priest hood, the fiftieth year of his enjoyment of the archepis copal dignity and the twenty-fifth anniversary of his election as pope. In all the history of the Catholic church —a record replete with notable events —there is nothing to match this three-fold jubilee—even as there are few popes to match in spiritual grace and temporal wrsdom the pres ent wearer of the papal crown. Leo XIII. is the last, as he was undoubtedly the greatest, of the four great old men who by the very weight of their wisdom dominated the world during the closing years of the last century. / Leo, Gladstone. Bismarck and Crispi, a remark able quartette to whom greatness came with the fullness of years, shaped the affairs of government for many nations. Gladstone, Bismarck and Crispi, after leav ing an indelible impress on the nations which gave them birth, laid down the burden of life with the century whose history they made. Leo alone survives and his wisdom still compels the admiration and respect of all nations and all creeds. The notable events of his life which are to be com memorated in the celebration of today form a chain that is impressive and the world, without regard to creed, will unite with the faithful of the church of Rome in hoping that the century of usefulness and honor to which the pope looks forward will be vouchsafed him. An esteemed contemporary prints a long editorial on the lesson of Venezuela —but the less on Venezuela the better. WORTH MORE MONEY. It is announced that the American Humane Educa tion society, of Boston, has offered a prize of $200 for the essay containing the best plan for the prevention of strikes. The only criticism The Globe would make on the action is that the amount of money offered is too small. It may be all the society can afford to give, but if so, the amount should be augmented by Carnegie, Rockefeller, Pearson, or some of the other rich men who are endowing institutions of learning and libraries. If the "best" plan, under the decision of the judges appointed to award the prize, should be a feasible one, and there should be no other reward than the $200 for the winner, it would be wise public policy to pension him and his immediate heirs, and make the pension a liberal one. For without doubt a feasible plan for the prevention of strikes would be worth more to the whole country— to" employers and employes—than any other one thing now sought for. While arbitration is more frequently resorted to than formerly, yet strikes are many in the course of a year, and the resulting loss to all parties concerned is great, not to mention the inconvenience often experienced by the public not immediately con cerned. By all means encourage the theorists, students, think ers, men of affairs, laborers, and all others, to give the subject their best thought, with the end in view of en abling capital and labor to work harmoniously, each realizing a just return in profit or wages. "Doc" Ames' disinclination to return to Minneapolis may be accounted for by the fact that he has $50,000 in cash. He does not understand the changed conditions and is convinced he would lose his roll before he got to the county jail. The imposition practiced by Assistant Attorney Gen eral Sotnerby on the homeseekers at Duluth, when he dressed as a woman and took advantage of the gallantry of his rivals was, to put it mildly, most unladylike. That last injunction directed against the beef trust is a reminder of the fact that the embalmers are already enjoined to that point which would make us all vegeta rians if they paid any attention to the courts. If Hetty Green thinks she can hurt the feelings of the Chicagoans by foreclosing a mortgage on a church she has another guess. If it was a bre/ery the old lady had tied up she might start something. Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson talks about heroes as one speaking out of the fullness of his own experi ence. - -AT ST. PAUL THEATRES "Sally in Our Alley," at the Metropoli tan. "Sally in Our Alley," a new musical frivolity, WhioH was given its initial performance' 4t* the Metropolitan last night, will Tiot be remembered with the same pleasure as other musical pro ductions which have preceded it. There is little in^Sthe jvork of George V. Ho bart, who wrote the book and lyrics, and Ludwig Engiander, who wrote the music, to recommend. There is scarce ly a catchy piece of music in the en tire production. Trixie Frjiganpa, who carried the part of Sally, does much to prevent th& production . becoming a bore, though her singing was not above the average. Her best effort was when she sang "Nancy Brown." Junie McCree, as Izzy, Sallies father, was good at all times. Miss Margaret Marston is entitled to as much or more praise than any other member of the company. She has a splendid voice, and is pretty besides. The several encores she received after singing "Under the Bamboo Tree" did not come from the gallery alone. As a musical production, "Sally in Our Alley" suffers by comparison. There is plenty of dash to it, but the dash comes in jerks and spoils the effect. Perhaps the production will, in time, be toned down and changed so as to make it more acceptable, but un til this has been done there is little to be said in its favor. The company will be here the rest of the week. "Because I Love You," at Mozart Hall. "Because I Love You" was played last evening at the Mozart hall by th& Harmony Dramatic club, a local or ganization of St. Paul amateurs, be fore a good-sized and well pleased au dience. The play is a comic drama of four acts that gives opportunity for a dis play of character acting and dramatic force. This is true of the role of Imo gene Courtleigh, a part that can be made much of in the hands of a real artist. Miss Nellie Ranlow in this character showed that she had made a careful study, of this character. Al Kruger was the unfortunate lover. Frank Sollars, as the artist's friend, enacted the role with much sincerity. Miss Alice Robinson was excellent as the gypsy waif and appeared to ad vantage in the second act. Arthur Woodhouse, as the villain, has a good stage presence. John Gallagher was good in his monologue and made a hit with his singing. The others were ac ceptable in their various parts, and on the whole the production was a very smooth one. Frank Daniels, in his latest operatic comedy, "Miss Simplicity," comes to the Metropolitan opera house next Sunday night, for an engagement of four nights only. Elizabeth Kennedy, in "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines," is under lined at the Metropolitan for the latter half of next week, beginning Thurs day, Feb. 26. The engagement of the Orpheum show at the Grand opera house will close with performances tonight and tomorrow afternoon and evening. Mc- Intyre and Heath presented a new act last evening, entitled "On Guard," which is even funnier than their "Geor gia Minstrels." ■ Sunday night will witness a return to the Grand of Arthur C. Alston's company in "At the Old Cross Roads." The play tells an interesting story of Southern life. The remarkable trick bicycle riding of the Martel family at the Star is only one of the features of the excel lent bill given by the Brigadiers. This afternoon the usual ladies' matinee will be given. RUIN AND DEATH~ FROM LOVE 0? BOOKS Why Howard T. Goodwin Embezzled and Killed Himself. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Feb. 19.— Gardner Cassatt, head of . the banking house of Cassatt & Co., today gave out a statement in which he says that Howard T. Goodwin, formerly confi dential clerk, of the firm, who commit ted suicide last December, was a de faulter to the extent of from $60,000 to $80,000. Goodwin killed himself in the company's office. Mr. Cassatt says::. • "Goodwin's downfall was-due to his love of books* t He was a lover of rare editions and expensive bindings. His early embezzlements; were to gratify this taste. x As years passed he found his shortage becoming greater, and took more money for speculation in cheap stocks in the hope of recovering himself. . I had. the 1 utmost confidence in Goodwin, as' he had been with the firm thirty years."- Cassatt denies that the firm will bring suit against other firms or per sons in connection with. the case. "The affair is ended," he says. -^ • ■ . MITCHELL TURNS DOWN FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS Declines to Appear on the Chautauqua Circuit This Year. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 19.—Pres ident John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, refused $4,000 by serving no tice that he would not appear this year on the Chautauqua circuits During the anthracite strike the Chautauqua alliance booked air. "Mitchell at $200 per night for twenty nights. . He served the first place on the programmes of all the large as semblages, including Chautauqua. It is this string' of* engagements he has can celed on the ground that the mine work ers' organizers had mapped out a vig orous campaign for this summer, and he did not feel justified in making any en gagements that might conflict with his work for this organization. TODAY'S WEATHER. Minnesota—Fair, warmer Friday, ex cept snow near Lake Superior; Saturday ! probably fair; winds becoming south and fresh. - - : Upper Michigan—Snow Friday and prob | ably Saturday;. fresh west to south winds. • lowa —Fair, warmer Friday; Saturday ,/air. Montana —Fair Friday; colder in south west portion; Saturday fair. : i Wisconsin— warmer Friday; Sat urday fair, except probably snow in ex- j treme north portion; variable winds. North Dakota — Friday, warmer in south portions Saturday fair, probably colder, rj-: i South Dakota—Fair, warmer Friday; Saturday fair. . St. Paul — Yesterday's temperatures, taken by the 1 United States „ weather bu reau, St. Paul. W. E. Oliver, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock ; last night—Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation. Highest tempera ture, 13; lowest temperature, —2; average temperature. 6; daily range, 15; barom eter, 30.38; . tumidity, 80; precipitation, .01; 7 p. m.. • temperature, 8; 7 p. m., wind, northwest; weather, clear. Yesterday's. Temperatures— •BpmHigh - *BpmHigh| Alpena --16 18|Kansas City ..24 26 Battleford ....28 28;Marquette . ..12 13 Bismarck/. ■",.. 4 6 Milwaukee ....14 16 Buffalo . ..'»Vii 12 Minnedosa ..r. -4 4 Boston .. ...."s 12 Montgomery ..46 48 Calgary . ..V.20 38! Montreal 2 2 Cheyenne 34 44|Nashville .......28 30 Chicago . ....12 14 New York .... 2 16 Cincinnati ....18 IS Norfolk . ....20 24 Cleveland . . .10 14 j North' Platte :.32 40 Davenport ...18 18.Omaha ........26 30 Dee Moines ..24 26, Philadelphia ...14 18 Detroit .......16 14 Pittsburg ....; 8 14 Duluth ...... 6 lOjQu'Appelle ....12 12 Edmonton ... 30 -32 San Francisco..62 64 Galveston ...,54 54 St. Louis ...V.24 26 Grand Haven..lo 18 Salt Lake ....26 28 Green Bay ...12 16Ste.- Marie ...16 18 Helena . ......46 46 Washington ...14 16 Huron .....:.. 6 14 Winnipeg .... .-16 -.2 Jacksonville ..44 , 50i •Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). -Below zero. - - ' ROME OBSERVES THE TRIPLE JUBILEE OF LEO XIII. Seventy-first Year of the Pope's Priesthood, the Fiftieth of His Archepis copacy and the Twenty-fifth of His Occupation of the Papal Throne to Be Ob served Today in the Holy City. In the Eternal City there will begin this morning a series of celebrations, the like of which have never been held in the history of the Catholic church. With all the solemnity and splendoi of which the church is capable, there will be begun the observance of a triple jubilee, marking the great events in the life of Pope Leo XIII. The events to be celebrated by the pope and his faithful children are: The silver jubilee, of his pontificate, he having been elect ed pojie Feb. 20, 1878; his golden ju« bilee as cardinal, he having been pro claimed by Pius IX. in the consistory of Dec. 19, 1853, and his diamond jubi lee of episcopacy, as he was proclaim ed archbishop of Damietta by Gregory ROME'S GRAND OLD MAN. 'flPak' 'r *~f/// Sjv*^ '^'^^"E? / si I If.' kiAs^jS^^^ i^fy^ *^». /^)< Leo XIII., Sovereign Pontiff of the Catholic Church, Who Today Celebrates His Triple Jubilee. XVI. Jan. 27, 1843, and consecrated Feb. 19, of the same year. Such a ju^ bilee is unique in history, and will ba made the occasion of great pomp throughout the world. Despite the recrudescence of reports thai the pope's health is bad, his pri vate physician, Dr, Loize Lapponi, has given out an interview stating that such reports are without foundation. He says the holy father is "stupen dously" well, and has not been better for the past ten years. He has with stood the rigors of th 6 winter well and has even surprised himself by the pow ers of his resistance. His pallor, which is often remarked, is but natural, he having always been pale and of a frail appearance. Dr. Lapponi has been the private physician for the pope for the last fourteen years. He attributes the pope's logevlty to regular habits. He comes of a long-lived family, the Pec cis having been constitutionally very strong. During the winter he remains in the Vatican exclusively, but in the summer months sometimes takes a half holiday in the gardens. He is a well balanced man, not given to ex cesses in word or deed. He inherited a magnificent constitution which he fur* ther strengthened by exercise in his youth. Is Voluntary Prisoner. For the past quarter of a century Pope Leo has been one of the most remarkable men of the world. He has loomed big In the world's eye along side such men as Bismarck and Glad stone and has outclassed them all. Pope Leo, as a man, not as a church man, but as a plain, everyday man — if one can look upon him in that light has held back those inclinations that afflict mortal men and has kept in check his temper, his tongue and his appetite—man's three tempters. Twenty-five years ago he came to the Vatican, the successor of Pope Pius IX. In the twenty-five years that have passed, he has not gone outside its walls. Its gates have never beheld him as much as peering out through them. He has regarded it as his workshop and his world and has lived in it. Yet in this quarter of a century no one has ever known as much as one harsh word to cross his lips, or, as much as one murmur escape him. He has lived in his world as though it was a paradise. The Vatican is a circumscribed place, and though it affords abundant room for exercise, it is much less spacious and certainly less luxurious than many a country place. To live in it continu ously would be intolerable for any able-bodied man of the world, and equally intolerable for any active wom an. When the pope accepted the high of fice to which he was elected he did so with constant prayer and with holy re joicing. There was none of that sud den assumption of power which marks so many upon a rise to great worldly attainment. From being a high-stand ing prelate of the Roman Catholic church he passed into being that of its highest power on earth. His Great Frugality. Never too indulgent in worldly fare, he became now positively frugal. He ate little or nothing, and his long fasts alarmed his physicians, who could not prevail upon him to break them. In despair at his apparent lack of fore thought for himself they prepared foods that contained the very essence of life without the quantity and urged them upon him. Dr. Lapponi invented drinks that were full of nourishment, yet did not annoy the holy father with fear that he was overindulging in this world's appetite. It is said that one of these drinks of a single cupful contain ed egg' enough to support the human body three days and that the strongest meat extracts were cunningly mingled with *ie egg food. It is cerla'm that the pope ate very little, but he moved and had his being and apparently en joyed vigorous health. The word vigor is scarcely the one to apply to his holiness. Always a spare man, slightly undersized and very ethereal in expression, he became after his ascension to the popeship ex tremely slender and of the color a£ ala baster. Clearer and clearer and more and more transparent his skin grew until his hands were so delicate that you could see the light through them and his cheeks little more than skin drawn over bone. It was at the age of sixty-seven, the age when men are preparing to lay down the burden of life forever, that Pope Leo took up his life. He assum ed the mantle with ardor upon his elec tion to his high post and stepped into the great chair with the determination to perform all its duties. The pope's duties are difficult ones. It is his first care to preserve the peace of the world; second, to keep harmony in his churches; third, to build up the church of Rome so that it maintains the wonderful prosperity which it has always enjoyed. Shines by His Wisdom. To the layman, to the unbeliever, to the person of the world, Pope Leo shines forth for his wisdom, for his brotherly love: third, for his diplo macy, which is a profound form of wisdom; for his moderation, which is another word for diplomacy, and for his manly example to every man tak ing for his motto a correct manner of life. It is not four years since he stocked all the pools of the surrounding coun try, wherever he controlled a ribbon of running water, with fish, so that the poor might catch and eat. There was a famine that year and the fish were relished by those without money to buy. t It is within a short time that he or dered the fruits of the Vatican and of a near-by orchard put up into preserves to be distributed to the needy of Italy. It is frequently that he has given great fortunes to the poverty-stricken of Europe and of Asia and his deeds daily are for the amelioration of the suffering of those that lack. Pope Leo's anxieties begin when there is war between his people. The trouble between Spain and the United States gave him infinite distress, and at one time it was feared that he would succumb to its terrors. His peo ple in Spain were beseeching him to use his influence to protect them, while his loyal following in the United States knew full well that the holy father must be for those who upheld the righteous end of the cause. Disputes are referred to him con tinually. He has been called upon to settle the ownership of a diamond, to decide a boundary line, to arbitrate upon the high seas, to name a suc cessor, to indicate the policies of dip lomats and to decide questions of liquor license. All thia he does within the walls of the Vatican and does it so well that none would suspect that the decisions came from a man out of the world, a shut-in, one without prac tical experience with men and affairs. His Family a Notable One. Joachim Vincent Raphael Aloysiua Pecci, Pope Leo XIII., first saw the light in Carpineto, in the diocese ot Anagni, Italy, March 2, 1810. The Pec ci family has been one of the most widely known in that section of the country since the fifteenth century. One of the remarkable characteristics of the family is longevity. One of the pope's brothers died at the age ox ninety-one; another reached the age of eighty-four, and the pope himself is ne&ring the ninety-third milestone. ; At the age of eight years he was sent with his elder brother, Joseph, to the Jesuit college at Viterbo, where he showed striking intellectual precocity. He entered the schools of the Roman college in 1824 and applied himself with great zeal to the study of natural phi losophy. Two y_ears later he had gain ed first prizes in chemistry and physics and distinction in mathematics' and then began the study of theology, in which branch he won the honors of his classes and the doctorate in both branches of law when he was but twenty-one years of age. He was or dained priest In December, 1837, and said his first mass in the chapel of St. Stanislaus in St. Andrea on the quiri nal. His first notable work was as gov ernor of Benevento, with the title of apostolic delegate. In this position he exposed the exactions to which the people were subjected and freed them from brigandage, which had been fos tered by several powerful nobles. In 1841 he was given the more important post of governor of Perugia, where he met nearly the same conditions as at Benevento, but was able to bring about the same reforms J>y his unswerving honesty. Here he* won the love and respect of the people of the province as he had in his former office. He was dispatched to Brussels as nuncio to Belgium in 1843. He distinguished him self at the court of Leopold t>y his pru dence and discretion. He was iv that country three years and in that time visited all the large cities of the king dom, the charitable establishments, re ligious houses, ecclesiastical colleges, and took part in all the religious fes tivities. He was made a cardinal in 1853. Desired Temporal Power. He was nominated camerlengo of holy church in 1877, the duties of which are to look after the manage ment -of the temporalities of the church, and this compelled him to reside In Rome. Pope Pius IX. died Fab. 7, 187^ and then it became the duty of the cameriengo to perform other functions. He had to order the last services for the dead pontiff, to close his eyes to prove his death according to the an cient formula and to preside at the ob sequies. It also fell to his lot to call the conclave of cardinals which was to elect a successor to the high office. The conclave met Feb. 18, and on the second ballot Cardinal Pecci received 38 out of 61 votes. A two-thirds vote is necessary to elect, and on the follow ing day the third and decisive ballot was taken, giving him 44 out of a total of 62. Upon his election he took the. name of Leo XIII., out of respect to the memory of Le_o XII., for whom ha had a peculiar veneration. He was crowned in his own chapel instead of in the loggia of St. Peter's. His first act as pontiff was performed March 4, when, he issued a bull reconstituting the /lierarchy of Scotland. He early evidenced a desire for the return of temporal power, setting forth tnat it was necessary for the head of the church to have some place in which he was absolute master and would not be under the domination of any king or principality. He set forth that the head of the church ought not to be subjected to the king of Italy, as it would not leave him free to arbitrate !*"«? UfT ! 1"c s amon S nations when such difficulties were brought to him. He has constantly worked for the restoration of power, believing he should be ruler of Rome. Mass meet ings have been held throughout the Uv nt£ y and many great efforts made in behalf of this contention, but with out effect. Many Italians were estrang ed from the pope on account of his determined efforts along this line. A Child in Stature. To view the pope at a distance, which the majority of the spectators on state occasions are forced to do, the pontiff appears to the eye as but a child swathed in robes of state. About him is wrapped a gold embroi dered white robe. From his shoulders falls a cloak of scarlet, lined with er mine, while upon the head of the pontiff rests the miter that was pre sented by Emperor William of Ger many. And the jewels that decorate him! A rare treat indeed would a sim ple survey of them be considered by; the noblest connoisseur of them all. First of all, shining upon the outside of the white-gloved hand, is the pon tifical ring, which for twenty-six gen erations has been worn by the popes of Rome. A cross of superb diamonds hangs upon the pope's breast and the scepter which signifies his authority is a marvel of the jeweler's art. All this upon a form shrunken to child like proportions, the form of an old, a very old man. who seems to be all in readiness to trust himself to the skill of Charon at any moment. This is the ceremonial side of the life of Leo XIII. It is by no means representative of that which he leads from day to day. Simplicity is his watchword and well does he observe it. He rises at 6 o'clock each morning and attends mass in his private chapel. Sometimes he hears a second mass and occasionally one of his chaplains celebrates a mass of thanksgiving. VVnen the hour of 7 arrives his simple breakfast is served him. This con sists of milk, coffee and cold bread. This meal at an end, the pope im mediately devotes himself to the con sideration of such correspondence as his secretary may have placed before him. OTHER THINGS BESIDES ALASKAN BOUNDARY Old Propositions to Come Up Before Joint High Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb !!>.—. It is the purpose, the Alaskan boun dary matter having been eliminated by arrangement to submit to a special commission, to take up again and ad just the same proportions that were under consideration when the joint high commission adjourned. Most im portant of these are the propositions to amend the treaty of AVashington so as to permit the buildin? of warships upon the great lakes; to define the boundaries in the Rainy lake section; to define the rights of American and Canadian fishermen on the great lakes; to regulate the use of the bonding privilege for goods in transit from one port of the country to another, cross ing part of the territory of the other country- One of the propositions in which the state department is most interested is that relative to lake ship building, and it is hoped that an arrangement can be made by which the Unite* States navy can profit by the splendid resources of the lake ship builders, tha probable basis being a strict limitation of the period of time that newly con structed naval vessels may remain In the lakes after completion, and per haps a requirement that their guns be placed only after they are In salt wa ter. THESE MEN GET OUT NEWSPAPERS EVERY DAY New Officers of the American News paper Publishers' Association. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The annual meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers' association was continued today. N. W. McKinney, of Philadel phia, read a paper on the relations of newspapers to the trusts. Officers were elected as follows: President, Charles H. Taylor, Bos ton Globe; vice president, A. A. Mc- Cormick, Chicago Record-Herald; sec retary, W. C. Bryant, Brooklyn Times; treasurer, Edward P. Call, New York Mail and Express; commissioner, Frederick Driscoll, Chicago; executive committee, Charles W. Knapp, St. Louis Republic; W. L. McLean, Phila delphia Bulletin; S. H. Weston, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; F. E. Whiting, Bos ton Herald; Joseph T. Nevin, Pitts burg Leader; C. W. Hornick, St. Paul Dispatch; H. H. Cabaniss, Atlanta Journal. EXPLOSION IN A NAVAL STORAGE MAGAZINE Four Men Dead and Others Who Cannot Recover. NEW YORK. Feb. 19. —Three men were killed outright, one man so injured that he died later, two other men fatally and at least seven seriously in an explosion in the work room of the naval storage magazine at Fort Lafayette in New York bay this afternoon. The dead: GEORGE ROTHAM, Brooklyn. GUSTAVE DOZIER, Bay Ridge. JOHN MASON, Brooklyn. UNKNOWN MAN. thought to be Mar ten Thargensen, Brooklyn. All the dead and injured were work men at the fort. Accounts differ as to how the fatal blast was set off. One report has it that the men were filling a 13-inch shell, while another is that the men were removing a powdet' charge from a shell arid undertook to unwind a fuse connecting the powder chamber with the percussion cap. This caused suffi cient friction to set off the cap and ex plode the shell. CZAR EXPRESSES FRIENDSHIP FOR THE UNITED STATES He Says He Speaks for All the Russia* People. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 19.—The 1 czar's attention to Ambassador Me Cormick and Mrs. McCaimick is th» subject of court comment, and is In terpreted as an Intentional demonstra tion of his friendship for the Unite* States. To the ambassador and his wife the czar has expressed the moat friendly feeling for America and his interest in everything American, saying to Mr. McCormlek: "My friendship is as strong as that of my grandfather, and when^l thus express myself I speak for all my peo ple."