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4 THE ST. PAUL GLOBE THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS ' ([HOI piipn <^^^^> city OF SI. m. - Entered at Pcttofflcs at St. Paul, Mini., as Setrani-Clim Mstti:. ___ :,.,?, TELEPHONE CALLS. KcrthwasternSaslnss3. 1065 Main. EdttsrU!. 78-Mala. Tw'.« City—Business. 1065. Edltorti!. 73. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Carrier % | Imo I 6 moT I 12 mo» trl'ycnly 40 52.25 $4.00 tti!y and Sunday ...'...... 50 2.75 5.00 Sunday 15 .75 1.00 COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. . Py Mail I Imo | 6 mos I 1 2 mot yC ni7 I .25 I $1.50 ,' 53.00 Eiily and Sunday | .35 2.00 4.00 Sunday : ! .... I .75 I 1.00 ERANCH OFFICES. - New York. 10 Sprues Street. Cha?. H. Eddy in Charge. Chicaeo, No. 87 Washington St.. Ths F. S. Webb Company in Chargs MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1903. THE DISINTEGRATION OF CHINA. The federal government has been rudely awakened from its sleeping security in the permanence of the im plied arrangement for the preservation of the integrity <>! China. The advance of Russia into Manchuria and liie practical seizure of all that country within the Musco vite sphere of influence has been anticipated, and in some measure discounted, by all the diplomats of Europe. The supine indifference of our state department to the prog ress of affairs in this empire of the East in which we have so large a commercial stake has been vexing and now becomes a source of real exasperation. Since the settlement of the Boxer troubles and the establishment of apparent peace in China the powers with whom we were allied for the purpose of preserving their rights, rather than ours, it appears, have been busy extending their spheres of influence. Now it is consid ered safe for the bear to show his power and it is proba ble that it will be found that the other nations of Europe are aboul ready to extend their spheres of influence, to the practical exclusion of the United States. If this is permitted it will be chargeable only to the stupidity of tl ise persons who have in charge our interests in China. ( onditions have so changed within the past few years that we were. nay. may even now be, in a commanding strategic position, at least so far as the control of the trade of many of the ports of China is concerned. The mandarins have been impressed with the advantages we could offer them in the way of benefits from trade. The more progressive merchants have been made to feel that much money was to be had through the establish ment of closer commercial relations with this country. We an- now on the eve of a great development of the < liinese trade and if we should wake up some morning and find our ships compelled to pay tribute to protective powers holding the ports that have been declared open. somebody should be made to pay the reckoning. The allies have been keenly awake to the advan tages to be had from trade with the Chinese. All of their diplomacy has been directed to securing the influ ence of the mandarins to the end that their baseless claims might be recognized. They accepted as a fact. and in spite of their pretense of deprecating it, the im mense advantage the United States had naturally in bidding for the trade of China and if now there is an at tempt, whether it be concerted or not, to bring about the partition of China, the primal object of the for eigners will be to secure governmental control of the pon.s and their trade, quite as much as to seize the rich country in the interior. It is time for the United States to move. It will not be necessary to go to war at all. If there is fighting to be done it must be between Russia on the one hand and England and Japan on the other. Out of this trouble we may save some valuable assets if we but take advan tage of the situation. The contending nations will not easily be made to let go of that which they seize with the strong hand, but much may be done by a strong oat side power, jealously watching its rights. What the United States wants, and must have if the trade of China is to be developed as it promises to be, is the guarantee of free ports, and that in spite of the rapacity of the na tions. The time has arrived for the United States to take a hand in the settlement of the Chinese question among the powers. If the partition of the empire is decided up 'ii we v, an;, and should have, the assurance of the preservation of our treaty and trade rights. Those young persons who are prone to bid for pub lic consideration by the wearing of red waistcoats should bear it in mind that John D. Rockefeller wears no vest at all when lie is playing golf. ASSESSING THE TAXES. Count}- Assessor Conley will be his own deputy for the purpose of making the assessment in the town of Rose, Ramsey county. The people of that town are to be congratulated upon the assurance that their assess ment will be wisely and fairly made, and upon their de liverance from the factious political malcontents who sought to control the levying of the assessment. There has been, in years past, altogether too much jockeying for the privilege of making the assessment in the several districts and too much of political manipula tor the control of the right to fix the values. That Assessor Conley has had the courage of his convictions in the matter of the Rosetown assessment, as well as in other matters affecting the administration of his important of fice caiim.' fail to be gratifying. The burden of taxation is felt by those who pay be cause of the number of those who, by favoritism or through personal dishonesty, escape paying taxes alto gether. A favorite way for the tax dodger to operate in years past has been by exerting influences to bring about the selection of a friendly district assessor. In the course of his administration of his office Assessor Conley has found it necessary to release members of his force who sought to favor their friends. The county assessor feels that the burden of taxation is felt by those who pay and he is after the tax-dodger. One of the best methods of getting the tax-dodging individual on the roil., is to see to it that he has no friends at court. And this method is being religiously followed now. If the practice is persevered in it is within the range of human hope that the tax-dodger may become rare—at least much more rare than he is now. In taking over the work of assessing Rosetown As r Conley gives the people of that town assurance that they will be justly assessed. He has no fish to fry and no debt to pay. If there be tax-dodgers in Rose town—and where are they not?—they are in a bad way for they will be made to settle. ' CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE SOUTH. They do some things so badly at the South that there is really at times some excuse for the attitude of censure maintained by our brethren of the Republican press It may be expected that there will be a howl of protest from the section of the newspaper press referred to over the resuscitation of a negro who was legally hanged the other day in Alabama. It appears that the man was condemned to death legally, and the sentence was carried out with such ma terial as the sheriff had at hand. The gallows was an extremely primitive affair and the work was cheaply and, therefore, badly done. Some difference of opinion arose as to the length of time the man should be allowed to hang. Hitherto in that section it had been the cus tom to hoist the victim to a telegraph pole and let him remain there. This unfortunate, being the first to suffer death legally in those parts, was a subject for experi mentation. He was cut down when he qi/t protesting. His friends took him away, and he came to just as they were getting ready to bury him. Thus did nature set at naught the aims of those good people who have insisted that legal means should be used in executing criminals in the Southland. The man is legally dead. Having been duly executed on the day set he cannot be taken and hanged again. The sheriff has made return on the carrying out of the sentence of the court, and that is all there is to it. It would seem that the work of those good people who have been engaged in bringing about the reform of the South in the matter of punishing its criminals has but just begun. They were duly, and very properly proud of the fact that they had brought about such a change of sentiment in the interior of Alabama that a black man was to be legally executed. Now it is shown them that it is not enough to put the gallows of reform into the hands of these uncouth people. They must now take steps to give the sheriffs of Alabama lessons in the best means of hanging criminals. Else will a prejudiced Southern press rejoice over the defeat of the innova tion and scoff at the reformers. Yesterday was the sort of day that makes one regret that the bicycle no longer occupies the large place it once did in our affections and plans. THE JUVENILE COURT. Juveniles with a criminal tendency have less chance for reform after their peccadillos have been made the subjects of public and open reprobation. The disgrace attaching to an arrest, incarceration in the police station and a public trial has hardened more boys and made more criminals than anything else in the criminal-mak ing machinery of these days. The establishment of a juvenile court and the assurances from the judges of the municipal court of this city that the Nolan law, which provides a private trial for juvenile offenders, will be carried out to the letter, is a hopeful sign of the times and will do much to reduce evil effects of a public trial on the young. In Chicago the juvenile court has become an institu tion of recognized value. It has been demonstrated that it has a tendency to soften the boy to an appreciation of the fact that the law does not hold him an outcast, but that the court and the officers of the law are interested in his reformation rather than his punishment. Few children under the age of sixteen are so hard ened as not to be amenable to the better influences of gentle treatment. It is also certain that there are few who do not regard themselves as ill-treated when they are held up to the scorn of their fellows and made to feel the degredation of being placed in the prisoner's dock. The juvenile court, which is to be conducted with such privacy as is possible in the administration of jus tice, minimizes the sense of public disgrace that is so disastrous to the young. If the offender be incorrigible the juvenile court has all the powers of the other court to ini.ict punishment, but if there be a chance to turn the culprit to a better idea of life that chance is to be made the most of. Consideration for the juvenile offen der may, in some cases, result in reformation. Therefore the juvenile court must be a good thing even if viewed narrowly on the ground of economy, for the reformation of a boy is much less expensive than the watching and maintaining of an adult criminal. Herbert Welsh insists that Secretary Root ought to grant Gen. Funston a hearing. What did we ever do to Welsh? THE DOWN-TOWN BALL PARK. The baseball fan is worthy of consideration, not alone because of the noise he makes in the community, but by reason of the fact that his is a numerous family, each member holding to the sport as the one absolutely American institution that remains to us, and declaring that he will, if need be, die in defense of the game—or have the umpire killed. It is, therefore, obvious that the baseball enthusiast is a person entitled to much consider ation and that his comfort is to be desired. These things should enter into the question that is to be answered by the board of aldermen in determining whether or not the down-town ball park is to be per mitted. There arc other, and more- substantial matters to be considered, especially the rights and wishes of the people living and owning property in the neighborhood of the proposed park. It is obvious from the discussion that has already been had that there is a wide divergence of opinion as to the advisability of establishing a park down town. The property interests are divided; the churches are by no means at one and these differences must be carefully weighed. But the aldermen might keep before them the fact that in baseball hundreds of busy men find the only re laxation they have during the summer months. Time is of the essence of their contract to make a living. If they are compelled to ride a long distance to see a ball game they are very likely to be deprived of their chance for indulging in the pleasurable sensation of lifting up their voices and stimulating the circulation by giving voice to the sentiments regarding what is going on in the diamond. These men form a considerable and re spectable element of the community, and they are, of course, a unit for the down-town park. If the rights of the property owners can be con served and the ordinances observed there can be no other possible objection to the down-town park. And its es tablishment would undoubtedly meet with the approval of that numerous class that would support the national game if it did not make too great demands on the time of the individual. Now comes the most dreary part of the president's trip. We will not see a cowboy or be able to eat out of a "chuck" wagon for two weeks. A St. Louis yellow dog had the temerity to bite Gen Corbin. Wretched bad taste some of those St. Louis dogs have. The straw hat season comes an apace and fur over coats are still seen daily. At least winter should not have the audacity to lin ger in the lap of summer. It is believed the Vanderbilt family holds the per capita marriage record. The voice of the legislator is heard in the land ex plaining why he did it. Moving day is near and winter shows no signs of vacating the premises. Armour is holding up wheat and also the price of all kinds of meat. THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, MONDAY APSII, 27, 1903. At St. Paul ..Theaters "Not Guilty" at the Grand. "Not Guilty v " which was presented at the Grand last night, is one of those plays which nvin; favor with the au dience in the ■fery first act. It has the hero, the heroine, the comedian and the traditional viirain, and all acquit them selves creditably. The plot is carried out by competent actors, among whbm Will D. Ingram, who plays the role of George Dalton, the villain, contributes more than his share towards the success of the play. A. H. West, as the ex-detective, taking the leading male role, is an exception ally clever actor, and handled his part in a manner which was well received. The character of Mary Logan, the wronged girl, i was well cared for by Ada West, Who formerly was a St. Paul girl. She is the daughter of Christian Fry, of the school board, and manager of the Ryan hotel. The company as a whole is capable, and the play presented by it took well with the patrons of the house. "Not Guilty" will be at the Grand the rest of the week. Rose Hill English Folly Company at the Star. Rice & Barton's "Rose Hill English Folly Company" met with approval at both performances yesterday at the Star, where they opened a week's en gagement. The company is large and capable. The parts are well distribut ed, and the humor interspersed in the burlesque and the specialties of the ■olio renders the show bright and en tertaining. Performances which would otherwise lack interest were made en joyable by judicious introduction of comedy. This is especially true of Rice and Elmer, acrobats, and Perry and Hughes, musicians. Miss Kitty Palmer is a fascinating dancer, and her efforts met with ap plause. Dan Gracey and Ada B. Bur nett, and Tom Nolan and Cora White, enacted amusing sketches. The Wilson trio does excellent work. Etta Wheeler, Cora White, Nellie Hill, Kitty Palmer, Ada Burnett, Flos sie Clair and Nellie Clemens form a galaxy of pretty and popular enter tainers. Tom Nolan, George W. Rice, T. F. Thomas, Dan Gracey and G. W. Watson, favorites with Star patrons, were well received. Miss Mary Shaw and her excellent company played to another attentive audience at the Metropolitan opera house last night in Ibsen's "Ghosts." "Ghosts" will be the bill for the first half of the week, including the usual Wednesday matinee. Next Thursday night Tim Murphy will begin an engagement of three nights and a Saturday matinee at the Metropolitan opera house, presenting "The Carpetbagger." The sale of seats for Mr. Murphy's engagement will open at the box office this morning. Next Sunday night Miss Effie Easier will begin an engagement of four nights and Wednesday matinee at the Met ropolitan, presenting for the first time in this city, "When Knighthood Was in Flower." Richard Mansfield will play his an nual engagement at the Metropolitan May 7, 8 and 9 in a superb production of "Julius Caesar." Mr. Mansfield has revived great interest in this play by giving it a magnificent production and an excellent cast. Mail orders accom panied by remittance and self-address ed envelope may be sent to the treas urer of the Metropolitan opera house and they will be numbered and filled in the order of which they are received. At the hotels "Here's something, for you to look at," said Clerk Ingalls at the Ryan last night, as he tossed over a telegram. Opening it, this is what was read: "Advise commercial travelers and tour ists to avoid St. Louis latter part of April and fore part of May on account of the dedication services here, which will tax the St. Louis hotel accommo dations over much." It was signed by the Planters, Southern and other prom inent St. Louis hotels. Those at the Windsor from North western states last night were: H. Bostwick, Duluth; F. T. Larsen, Chi cago; E. G. Holmes, Detroit, Minn.; J. E. Myrand and wife, Seattle; O. J. Schoculiber, Milwaukee; H. H. Dunn, Albert Lea, Minn.; F. G. Seinke, Den ver, Col.; A. J. McCarth, Madelia; Wil liam H. Mueller, St. Peter, Minn.; R. N. Wilkinson, Fargo; W. A. Griffin Red Wing, Minn.; H. C. Wood, M. D., Fayette, lowa. At the Ryan: Reid M. Koss, Mil waukee; G. P. Handy, Tacoma; Mrs. E. H. McHenry, Montreal, P. G.; Art McDonald, Toronto, Ont.; A. W. An derson, Brainerd; John H. Kaiser, Mus catine, Iowa; J. N. Baker, Duluth; G. W. Hander, Detroit, Minn.; Edwin A Sutter, Chicago; W. H. Gilbert, Ash land, Wis.; E. B. Bradford, Mankato, Minn.; M. S. Baird, Menasha, Wis. Canadian Tolls Abolished. OTTAWA, Ont., April 26.—The min ister of marine and fisheries has order ed the abolition of steamboat inspec tion fees. This will relieve the ship ping industry of about $30,000 annual ly. In the budget it was announced that the canal tolls were to be abol ished. TODAY'S WEATHER. Minnesota—Fair Monday; warmer in east portion; showers and cooler at night or Tuesday, brisk southeast winds shift ing to northwest. Montana and North Dakota—Showers and cooler Monday; Tuesday orobably fair. . r . South Dakota—Showers and cooler Mon day; Tuesday fair, cooler In central and ea3t portions. Upper Michigan—Fair and warmer Mon day; Tuesday showers and cooler; winds becoming east and brisk. Wisconsin—Fair Monday, warmer in west and central portions; Tuesday show ers and cooler; brisk southeast winds, be coming northwest Tuesday. lowa—Fair, warmer; Tuesday showers and cooler. St. Paul—Yesterday's temperatures taken by the United States weather bu reau. St. Paul, W.^3. Oliver, observer, for the twenty-four£bqurs ended at 7 o'clock last night—Barofca^ter corrected for tem perature and deration. Highest tempera ture. 63; lowest "^temperature, 40; average temperature. 52; daily range, 23; barom eter, 30.04; humidity, 55; precipitation .0; 7 p. m. temperature, 61; 7 p. m. wind southeast; weather, clear. Yesterday's Temperatures— •BpmHig;h! *BpmHigh Alpena 48 69! Kans as City 6* 66 Battleford 56 64 Marquette "...48 56 Bismarck . ...74 76'MUwaukee . .48 62 Buffalo 52 58' Montgomery ...60 66 Boston 44 50 Minnedosa . 64 70 Calgary 38 48 Nashville .... 60 6° Cheyenne 62 70N*ew Orleans ..66 70 Chicago 48 52|New York . 5? ks Cincinnati 58 621 Norfolk 54 Davenport ....60 62.North Platte 74 76 Dcs Moines ...60 G4'Omaha ... 66 68 Detroit 56 601 Philadelphia . !5> 58 Duluth 60 64 Pittsburg 56 58 Edmonton 40 44 Qu'Appelle 68 7? Galveston 66 68|'Frisco 58 60 Grand Haven.. 46 52,5t. Louis'... 60 6° Green Bay ...58 64; Salt Lake 56 66 Helena 52 581Ste. Marie 46 56 Huron 72 76;TVashington . ..56 58 Jacksonville --64 <4!Winnlpeg 60 70 •Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). River Bulletin— Danger Gauge Change In _. _, Line. Reading. 24 Hrs. St. Paul 14 7.3 —0 2 La Crosse 10 8.0 0 2 Davenport 15 st. Louis 30 ... ;;; —Fall. The Mississippi will fall in the vicinity , of St. Paul during the next twenty-four 1 hours. HOW THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION WILL BE DEDICATED Full Programme of the Three Days' Exercises, April 30 and May 1 and 2 —Over 250,000 Visitors Expected — Military and Civic Ceremonies. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 26.—A salute of one hundred guns will announce to the world at noon April 30 the close of the first century of an inland empire that Napoleon sold for a song. Seldom in the official life of a great democratic nation will the pomp and pageantry of monarchy have been so overshad owed as at the dedication of the in ternational exposition to commemorate that event. One of the most impres sive military spectacles of peaceful times will sweep through the metropo lis of the Louisiana domain. Kings, emperors and potentates send their ambassadors to swell the home age of this people to the genius that, by bloodless conquest, gave to the country a territory one-third the size of all Europe. For the first time in the history of the government the entire diplomatic corps leaves the capital on a special train to travel into the heart of the na tion. The presence of the president of the United States, his cabinet, con gress and the supreme court, at the head of the armed column is intended to symbolize a government by the peo ple and its achievements. Orders have been issued by the war department to mobilize in the vast buildings of the exposition 4,000 regu lars. The powerful monitor Arkansas is ascending the historic river, once claimed by De Soto in the name of his Spanish sovereign. Governors of states are picking their crack militia regiments for a brave show. Ten thousand stalwart types of the volunteer of the future are burn ishing their weapons for this day of dignitaries. Expected Number of Visitors. That the national government might be interpreted as stamping its approval on an enterprise that has cost it more than six millions of dollars, Maj. Gen. Henry C. Corbin will marshal the pa rade from its starting point in St. Louis to the palaces of the Ivory City. Estimates by the passenger depart ments of the twenty-nine railways con versing at St. Louis indicate the at tendance at the dedication of 250,000 to 300,00 visitors, mainly from points in Missouri, Illinois, lowa, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Three days will be crowded with in cident. National day falls on April 30. The president dedicates the World's fair. International day follows on May 1. Addresses by tfte French and Span ish ambassadors and a reception to the diplomatic corps are the features. State day, May 2, concludes the cele bration. Gov. Benjamin B. Odell, of New York, and Gov. A. M. Dockery, of Missouri make addresses; a great civic procession moves over the route of the military parade and the corner stones of state buildings are laid. Dedication night and the evening of May 1 the Pains will monopolize the heavens. Their display of pyrotechnics, under their contract with the exposi tion, calls for the explosion of $55,000 in burning powder. Leo Stevens, the Stanleys, of London, the Baldwin brothers will manipulate seven mam moth gas balloons at a great altitude, where the most startling fireworks exhibition is to be given. Several days before the dedication United States troops and state militia will begin arriving from various posts and cities to take up their quarters in the exposition buildings. Provisions for housing 20,000 have been made. The exposition pays the transportation and rations. President Roosevelt arrives the night preceding dedication. He has prom ised to speak at the choral entertain ment for raising funds to build a mon ument to Gen. Franz Seigel. The presi dent will be entertained while in the city by President Francis, of the ex position. Dedication Day. At 10 o'clock the morning of dedica tion day the freedom of the city will be tendered to President Roosevelt by Mayor Rolla Wells. The military pa rade will be assembled under the di rection of Grand Marshal Corbin at Grand and Lindell boulevards and be g-in to march at 10:30, preceded by the president and the distinguished guests in carriages. The route is two miles through the finest residence sections and Forest Park to the triumphal causeway, lead ing from the entrance of the exposition grounds to the Liberal Arts building. A broad asphaltutn way will carry the column between the finished fronts of five exposition buildings, decorated with the flags of all nations. The pres ident will review the parade from the grand stand in the Court of Monu ments, the principal vista of the fair. Luncheon served by the exposition directorate at the administration build ing will regale the president and guests until 1:30 p. m., when a band concert by thirty bands announces the prelude to the dedicatory ceremonies. The doors of the Liberal Arts building will admit 35,000 persons, to be seated un der the direction of guards and ushers. A grand stand at the north side will seat 45,000 guests. A chorus of 3,000 voices, selected from the leading sing ing societies of St. Louis, and an aug mented band of 200 pieces will render the masters. Promptly at 2 o'clock the vast as sembly will be called to order by Da vid R. Francis, president of the exposi tion. Cardinal Gibbons will deliver the invocation. Thomas H. Carter, president of the "World's fair national commission, will be announced as the president of the day. A choral and band rendition of "The Heavens Proclaiming" will pre cede the presentation of the buildings by President Francis to the president of the United States. President Roose velt will then make the dedication ad dress. Immediately at the close of the presi dent's words the .errand chorus will thunder "Unfold, Ye' Portals." Former President Grover Cleveland, the orator of the occasion, will deliver a pane gyric. Bishop E. R. Hendricks, of the Methodist church, will pray. Bishop Potter, of New York, will speak the benediction. A centennial salute of 100 guns closes the programme. At 8 o'clock the pyrotechnic display begins in front of the grand stand, near the administration building. The length of this production is suggested by the fifty-two numbers which it in cludes. Only the best types of troops will ap pear in the parade. United States en gineers, artillery, cavalry and infantry will represent all arms of the service. The battalions will parade in every kind of uniform adoDted by the war department. Catching the spirit of this educational mobilization, the state authorities have picked only the best drilled and equipped troops for the show. lowa will send her Thirty-fourth reg iment. Minnesota will appear with the First infantry. What the other states will decide to do before the dedication is only indicated by a general desire to share the honors in this monster demonstration to show that the nation is on guard. Gov. Benjamin B. Odell, of New York, has consented to act as marshal of the state militia on parade. Other governors will ride at the head of their troops. The United States naval con tingent from the monitor Arkansas will be given a conspicuous place in the line. Day for Diplomats. The second day of the celebration brings into sharp notice the members of the diplomatic corps. Every govern ment represented at Washington will have transferred its headquarters for three days from the national capital to St. Louis. At 10:30 a. m. the second day of the celebration the members of the diplo matic corps, the representatives of for eign governments to the exposition and other official guests will assemble at the St. Louis club and be conducted from that point under military escort to the Liberal Arts bui'iing. A lunch eon will be served in the Administra tion building. At noon the assembly will be called to order by Corwin H. Spencer, first vice president of the ex position and the chairman of the com mittee on ceremonies. Rev. Carl Swenson will pronounce the invocation. Former United States Senator 'John H. Thurston, member of the world's fair national commission. will be introduced as the president of the day. David S. Francis, president of the exposition, will extend greetings to the representatives of foreign gov ernments to the universal exposition of 1904. The French ambassador will make an address. After the "Hal lelujah Chorus" from "The Messiah," the Spanish minister wil speak. Sam uel J. Nicolls, of St. Louis, will deliver the benedition. A centennial salute of 100 guns concludes the programme. The Pains have prepared the great est exhibition of day fireworks ever shown for the afternoon of this day, following the exercises in the liberal arts. Features of the display include reproductions in fire of the Cabildo, the building at New Orleans in which the actual transfer of the Louisiana territory was made by the agents of France to the agents of the United States; a reproduction of the first gov ernment house in St. Louis. Thousands of bombs and rockets will be discharg ed on these nights. Portraits of the president of the United States, some of the distinguished guests and the exposition officials will be shown on the same night. State Day the Last. State day is the last of the trinity of exciting days of the dedication period. A great civic parade of nearly 100,000 persons will traverse the course of the military pageant. It is under the grand marshalship of E. J. Spencer and will be replete with historic in terest. Expensive floats depicting the earlier days of the Louisiana domain, Indians and trappers and other pic tures of the life of the period are be ing secretly prepared by the promoters. All of the commercial bodies of the <iiy will participate. Many extravagantly decorated vehicles will be piloted in the procession. After this par-ide has been review ed by the visiting governors of states on the exposition grandstand, the au dience will be invited to assemble in the liberal arts building, where they will be called to order by William H. Thompson, treasurer of the exposition, and chairman of the grounds and building committee. Dr. William R. Harper, president of the University of Chicago, will deliver the invocation. Former United States Senator William Lindsay, of the World's Fair National commission, is the president of the day. Gov. Dockery, of Missouri, will make an address, and Gov. Odell, of New York, is to respond. Rabbi Leon Har rison, of St. Louis, will pronounce the benediction and salute of 100 guns con cludes the programme. The Pains will continue their daylight fireworks for the remainder of the day. Immediate ly after the exercises in the build ing the governors of states will pro ceed to the sites of their state build ings on the wooded plateau, where the corner stones of several of these structures will be laid. The board and its guests will be conducted each day with military es cort to the exposition grounds. They will not ride in the parade. The board will also give a reception some after noon of the dedication period to the visiting ladies. CLUB IS TRUMP OVER A SPAOE A. E. Higley Breaks Neigh bor O'Malley's Nose and Gives Himself Up. After striking Patrick J. O'Malley, lind breaking his nose, in self-defense, as he says, A. K. Higley picked up O'Malley, took him into the latter's house, summoned a physician and thr-n walked to the central police station and surrendered himself. Higley and O'Malley are next-door neighbors, occupying a double house at 232 and 228 Nash street. Yesterday afternoon, towards evening, while Hig ley was in the back yard, O'Malley came out and commenced to talk to Higley. Higley says that O'Malley bore an ill feeling against him since a year ago, when they ha<i a family squabble. O'Malley then attacked Higley and was obliged to sign a bond to keep the peace. Ever since, Higley says, on all occa sions, O'Malley has shown his ill feeling towards him. "Yesterday afternoon I was working in the back yard, picking P"mf planks over," said Higley, "when O'Malley came out of the house and started to use abusive language to me, calling me names. I paid no attention to him, and he grew more violent. He had in his hand a spade and kept walking up and down his side of the fence. FinaT ly he ran out the back gate and into my yard, rushing towards me with the shovel uplifted. When he approached me I seized a club, and as he was about to strike with the shovel, I hit him on the nose with the club." O'Malley was felled by the blow. Higley says he was alarmed, as he had not intended to strike so hard. Higley then called some boys, and with their assistance carried O'Malley into his house. Higley then called Dr. Simjn, who administered relief. Then Higley notified the policeman on the beat and told the officer to investigate. The po liceman went to the house. Later Higley took the shovel and walked down to the central police sta tion, where he told his story and was placed under arrest. He was obliged to stay at the station over night, the bail "being placed at $100. Late in the evening- It was found that the injury to O'Malley's nose was so grave as to require an operation, and he was then removed to the city hospital, where it was discovered that he had sustained a eompond fracture of the nose. The bridge is broken and the bonfs were '-xposed to view. It is thought that it will be necessary to construct an artificial bridge, and that O'Mailey's face will be permanently disfigured. O'Malley Is employed in the Burling ton coach yard 3 and Higley is a team owner. Both have families. REMINISCENCES OF ST. PAUL TOLD BY COY. RAMSEY Late Governor, Upon Occa sion of Fiftieth Anniver sary of His Arrival in Min nesota, Relates Some In teresting Episodes of the City's Early History. Gov. Alexander Ramsey completed fifty years' continuous residence in Minnesota May 27, 1899. When he came to Minnesota in 1849 there were 25,000 Indians in the territory under his government and th^ "country swarmed with adventurers, fortune hunters, and that lawless element that seeks a new country and requires a firm hand to control it. Gov. Ramsey, in an interview pub lished in The Globe of May 28, 1899, reviewed the development of the state that had taken place in the fifty years he had lived in Minnesota. The count published at that time follows: "If today is May 27," he said to a reporter for Th cGI ob c, "I have been a resident of this state fifty years, lirst coming: here May 27. 1549." Being pressed for an interview, Gov. Ramsey deprecated the attack and said that there was nothing in the way of news that he could impart, and nothing which he could say that had not been said hundreds of times be fore. "But the .'uly territorial days of Minnesota are always subjects of in terest," was urged, "particularly to those win) have recently adopted this state for their home." Only a Dozen Houses in St. Paul. "Possibly that is true," replied Gov. Ramsey. -The Globe has always ted me well, and although to a few persona] reminiscences may be like the threshing over of old straw. if I know a thing- you would like to use you are welcome to it. There were comparatively Cc whouses in this place when I first came here an appointee of President Taylor as territorial gov ernor, possibly twelve or fourteen. In point of number the Sioux Indians largely predominated. Chippewas from across the river in Wisconsin seldom came over here, and when they did it was after Sioux scalps. The few white men were in the main old French voy agers. They were a distinct class by themselves and followed the river for a living. When the river business de clined they went into farming in a small way. They never pursued it on an extensive scale. They were more like Indians. An Indian seldom culti vates more land than would make an ordinary garden spot. "In 1853 a band of Chlppewas came over and hid themselves near the spot where the Merchants hotel now stands. It was then customary for the Sioux to rendezvous at this place for 111 » ■ pur pose of trading and the Chippwas knew It. So they laid in ambush and when the Sioux came upon the scene Shippewas opened fire upon them from the bluff. They certainly killed one Sioux and wounded a number of oth ers. Then the whites took a. hand in the game. I made a requisition on the commander ;it Fort Snelllng for a company of dragoons, and they fol lowed the Ghlppewas across the river and punished them for their lawless invasion of Minnesota territory. They captured a number of them and had :t Chippewa scalp or two when they re turned. The dragoons followed them on a lino running north of Stillwater, or rather where Stillwater now is, and overtook the Indians at the present site of Taylors Falls. This was in M:iy. '•In those days caravans (if ox cartfl used to come down from the river country in bands of from 200 to 400, for the purpose of trading. They brought down nelts and hid<\s. and were sometimes throp or four . in making the trip. They would trade their goods for groceries and such things as they wanted, and load back with them. Notable Foreign Visitors. "In the early territorial days we were visited by Quite a number of dis tinguished and less prominent foreign ers. They came from England, Ger many and France. Some of them hunters, but many were geographical adventurers, viewing the country for geographical purpose.3. One of ■ I remember well, was Dr. Ray, of Lon don, the first discoverer of the remains of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic ex plorer. "The reason the Old Settlers take their annual dinner at the Merchants' hotel is probably this: When I first came to St. Paul I*.stopped at a little hotel on the spot where the Merchants' now stain..-;. I had prepared '■'■■ procla mation and read it in this house, June 1, 1849. "But all this," continued Gov. Pv.irn soy, "is a portion of the history of the stare, and books are full of it. But I desire to say that this is a great, grand state and the most healthful of any in the Union. I have Been some medical statistics that prove this. To day I was conversing with Judge Flan dreau and Col. Allen, and Judge Flan dreau said that his son Charles had met a physician in the Hermit empire, north of Japan, who was a well in formed gentleman and had tra through America. Mr. Flandreau had asked him what he considered the <•••n- --traJ point for taealthfulnesa in the United States, and the physician re plied, 'St. Paul.' " ORIGIN OF BLAZE PROVES A MYSTERY Fire Starts in a Trunk Containing Costly Garments and Money. A mysterious fire broke out last night in a trunk in the attic of a hou 474 Edmund street, occupied by P. B. McGrath. The family assembled in the rooms of the lower floor and was <-n tirely unaware of a fire raging in the attic until the smell of smoke was no ticed. It is supposed that the fire orig inated in the trunk, but how it i have been ignited is a mystery. The trunk was entirely burned and the at tic and roof of the house were dam aged. Several valuable garments were stored in the trunk, and these, with a sum of money, were destroyed. Unusual Provocation. "You ought to know better," said the oculist, "than to rub your eyes after handling paper money. Unless It is per fectly new tt'a full of germs." "Bat this was a thousand dollar I.ill a fellow handed me to look at. 1 rubh.-d my i if I was awake," responded tha patient. The Roman Aqueducts. The Roman aqueducts were marvels of architecture. The Ahio was forty three miles long; the Martio forty-one, of which thirty-eight were on 7,000 ar cades seventy feet high; the Claudia was forty-seven miles long; the arches 100 feet high. The Roman aqueducts brought 40,000.000 cubic feet of water daily into the city, and the various sections of th« metropolis were supplied with water by 13,504 pipes. :•:—. ..•'•■■ :.