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THURSDAY. FEB. 21, 1901.
H.iMII/rOVS COXVIOTION.
I The verdict of the Hamilton jury will
occasion much surprise. The expecta
tion was universal almost that the young
man would be acquitted. He has as a
matter of fact been convicted* of the
highest offense of which he could have
been convicted had the state made out
a perfect case against him on its own
contentions.
It is doubtful whether the court will
uphold that verdict on appeal. Unles3
the newspaper reports were wholly in
adequate or prejudiced, the verdict is to
be regarded as against the vast prepon
derance of evidence, and represents an
extraordinary and perhaps short-lived
triumph for the prosecution.
The young man who Is thus liable to
serve a term in the penitentiary ranging
from five to twenty years can readily
trace his misfortune to his own
foolish and abandon habits. The
circumstances surrounding the death
of young Day and leading up
to it had much more to do no doubt with
the derision of the jury than they ouKht
to have had. It ought not to have been
the case; but it is beyond question that the
relationship in which the two young
men stood toward each other with ref
erence to the woman whose abandon
tongue was the prime agent in producing
the feud between them, coupled with
the condition of intoxication in which
Hamilton was at the time of the killing,
operated to bring the conviction to the
minds of the Juryman that Hamilton did
the stabbing.
While the opinion will be general tbot
the conviction is unwarranted by the evi
dence, and that the verdict will be over
turned on appeal, there is a large ele
ment among the people who will readily
accept the verdict as being essential to
the vindication of justice. The jury was
an exceptionally intelligent one. It gave
the case the most conscientious consider
ation. The local atmosphere was all
favorable to the discharge of the de
fendant, whose friends showed a degree
of devotion which marks him as being a
much better boy than his present post
tlori indicates.
Whatever the ultimate outcome may be
the affair will operate to save young
Hamilton from a career which promised
to end in little of good. If he ha 3 been
jtisUy ccavicted his act was after all but
the act of a drunken lad, without any
real responsibility for his act. If he
is not guilty, and is conscious that he
Is not gouty, the suffering that has been
and will be imposed <n him in the Im
mediate future will have a chastening
effect sufficient to make i man of him,
if hf has any of the qualities of man
liness latent in him.
It is not likely that the court will lm_
pose a severe sentence, or that the ef
forts of his friends to secure hi 3 pardon
If his conviction is ratified by tlve ap
pellate court or an appeal is not taken,
■will be attended by much difficulty. The
final lefnilt, whatever it may be, will
\e*\ \» young Hamilton an infinitely better
and hapnjer man than he was likely
e> er to become pursuing the courses
which led him to his present plight.
M!I,WAIKEE SENTINEL SOLO.
The Milwaukee Sentinel has changed
hands. It whs sold for one-half million
dollars. The fact that the Sentinel has
changed hands is of no especial Interest
except a* the change indicated a re
versal of the policy hitherto pursued by
that paper. The fact that It brought
$500,000 is of no consequence to the pub,
He, except as it is an index of the politi
cal conditions that . made: the transac
tion necessary. .-.-. . f ' v
The Btntlnel for years has been the
leading newspaper* in the : state of Wis
consin. More than that. it - has through
its editorial columns wielded an influence •
seldom fxerdsed by a Journal with a
local and *tate circulation. That influence
was acquired and maintained by reason
of a course singularly consistent and
honest. The positions taken by the Sen
tinel were not always those dictated by
party bosses, but they were always as
near right as human judgment backed by
unswerving integrity could make them.
Although always in the Republican ranks
the Sentinel refused to allow itself to
bo degraded to the position of a mere
party organ but on all measures in an.l
outside of' party, its editorial express
si-ins were always ■well-timed and fear
less.
These characteristics endeared the Sen
tinei to the people but rendered it a thorn
In the slue of the Republican machine.
In the fight, now on in Madison, be
t\.tiMi tho stalwarts ami the reformers
u'-.1-.r Gov. I.a Foll.nte, the Sentinel was
body and soul Vv-ith the reformers. It
\";ts Lwiag every effort to insure the pass
r .- <>' tlie primary election law—a meas
ure Last is wormwood and gall to the
Blarwart ring. The course of the paper
was art And nothing would change it
!>■;♦ aii out and out jiurchase. The stal
srarta found that the Sentinel must be
silenced; it came high but they needed
it in their business, hence the $500,000.
The paper is now owned by the Pflster
and Payne gang and- edited by the re
cent business manager of the Chicago
Inter Ocean. It needs no prophet to
outline the future policy of the Sentinel
on all measures affecting the Republican
machine, both state and national. A
leading stalwart in Wisconsin remarked
after the transfer was made known:
"Wo will be able to determine now Just
where we are at."
When the Republican machine of Wis
consin deems it necessary to invest $500.
--000 In a newspaper to defeat the young
and progressive element in the state,
the desperate character of the light can
be appreciated. If the application of
money can win, either in the purchase
of newspapers or in influencing votes in
the state senate, there will be little hope
for the succe«3 of the Wisconsin pri
mary law. The defeat of this meas
ure by the means employed will not
mark the end of the reform movement
which haa been gathering force in our
sister state for several years. The stal
warts may win a temporary advantage
but it cannot be held. If the voice of the
people which was so pronounced last fa'l
in favor of the measures now before
the legislature is not heeded, the Repub
lican majority will be wiped out at the
next election.
The Wisconsin stalwarts should profit
by the experience of the New York stal
warts in 1882 when their arrogance gave
the state to Cleveland by a majority
which made him president.
The purchase of the Sentinel indicates
the beginning of a movement on the part
of the trust interest within the Republic
an party which is dangerous not only to
Wisconsin but to society, for when once
begun, where will it end?
justice: to rice.
The reply of the secretary of war to
the resolution of inquiry regarding the
deportation of Editor Rice, of the Man
ila Dally Bulletin makes nothing known
with which the public has not already
l-eon acquainted. The war authorities
claim that the charges of Rice regarding
the maladministration of the affairs of
the port of Manila were false, and were
persisted in after their falsity had been
made plain to the military authorities.
That is the yist of the offense charged
against Rice. These are the facts on
which the authorities at Manila based
their characterization of RiC3 as an in
cendiary, and justified his deportation to
this country with that infamous brand
attached to him.
It is true that Gen. Mac Arthur declares
that the fullest examination was had of
Iticr.'s charge. What may have bee*i
a full examination in the eye of the sol
diers now administering affairs in Manila
njight very well be in the nature of an
entirely partial examination in the view
of Mr. Rice. No one doubts but that
Gen. Mac Arthur believes that the cap
tain of the port of Manila did not com
mit the wrongs' attributed to him or Ida
subordinates by Rice, or that that offi
cial would be retained in his position
were he, in the view of the military au
thorities, guilty of the offenses, whatever
they were, which were laid at his door.
But even conceding all this," the fact
still remains that the punishment inflict
ed was anything but commensurate to
the offense charged against Rice.
It is stated in Gen. Mac Arthur's reply
that the papers in the case were for
warded Feb. i. These papers will no
doubt be laid before congress in the reg
ular order, and the public will then re
ceive further enlightenment on the sub
ject from the standpoint of Gen. Mac-
Arthur and his subordinate officers.
It will be necessary for those who
have resorted to his drastic course of
punishment of Rice to be able to satis
fy the country that, as Gen. Mac Arthur
expresses it, Rice's actions were "a
menace to the military situation." It
seems at this distance a remarkable cir
cumstance that criticism of the adminis
tration of a civil officer, such as Rica
is declared to have indulged in, should
be a menace to a military situation,
which, we are asked daily to believe, has
nothing whatever menacing in its na
ture.
Nothing short of the fullest examina
tion of the entire transaction will sullice
to satisfy the American people that an
American editor, engaged in the lawful
pursuit of his profession, ought to be
driven from his home and business and
branded as a firebrand, as punishment
for criticisms which on their ?Rce appear
to have nothing whatever to do with
the military situation. Rice should be
heard in his own defense. He should be
returned to his business and his home
and compensated for the wrong done him
unless it can be shown that the measure
resorted to was fully Justified by mili
tary necessity.
THE fIDAHY ARREST.
The capture of one of the Cudahy kid
napers will be received with much pleas
ure- by all classes. There is not a par
ent of any rank or station in the entire
country whose feelings have not been
aroused by the abduction of the Cuda
hy boy. A more cold-blooded cw re
morseless scheme of extortion was nev
er played. It has, moreover, an addi
tional element of scoundrelism arising:
from the fact that the man who origi
nated and took a leading part in the un
dertaking had been the recipient of the
favor and consideration of him who
was so successfully blackmailed through
his feelings and fears as a father.
From all present appearances the en
tire facts of the transaction, including
the names of all engaged in it, will soon
be in the possession of the police of
Omaha. The language attributed to the
man now in custody plainly indicates
that he knows all about it, took part in
the scheme and is trying to offer the as
surance to his confederates that there is
no purpose on his part to turn state's
evidence.
The capture and punishment of this
gang of criminals will do more, than all
the legislation that may be enacted, to
bring an end to this practice. Just as
the example of those men and the immu
nity from punishment which has at
tended them thus far have been effective
in urging others like them all over the
country to the commission of the Ilka
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1901.
offense, so their capture and punishment
is bound to result in putting an end to
the disposition to resert to the crime
which has threatened to become epi
demic.
Froperly handled the information al
ready in the hands of the police ought
to suffice to bring the entire nest of
conspirators to justice. The Identifica
tion of the accused man effected through
the familiarity of his voice to young
Cudahy will be found sufficient to secure
his conviction. When his fate is as
sured it will be a comparatively easy
thing to land his associates behind the
bars.
When this end has been accomplished
the police of Omaha and the father of
the abducted boy will have entitled them
selves to the thanks and gratitude of
the entire country.
ki:mki>v wor»e than disease.
The rejection by the senate of the con
ference report on the proposal to abol
ish hazing will be sustained by the good
sense of the country. The proposal to de
bar those engaged in hazing from hold
ing any commission in the army or navy
is unnecessarily severe. Its constitu
tionality is on Its face open to serious
question; and it cannot be legarded iis
in any sense the product of the good
sense and unprejudiced judgment of the
conference committee.
The public demand for the abolition of
hazing cannot be gainsaid. But con
gress is looked to to embody It in lavv
not in any such intolerable form as that
suggested, but by such regulation as will
place the responsibility securely on the
shoulders of the managers of tfie military
and naval academies, and attend their
failure to discharge that obligation by the
•most serious consequences to them.
The only apparent occasion^ for any
such regulation as that proposed by the
conference report arises from the prac
tice which has been shown to prevail of
congress interfering and restoring to
their places cadets who have been guilty
of hazing. Such action should be pro
vided against in any manner that con
gress can itself provide against it; but a
sufficiently rigid regulation, directed
against the tolerance of hazing by the
faculty of the academy, would no doubt
accomplish the purpose in view.
The action of the cadets at West
Point in recognizing the demand of the
country and binding themselves to put
ting an end to hazing is almost certain
to result of itself in life desired end. It
should, however, be aupplemtented by
some rational regulation. Such a regu
lation the conference committee can
without doubt devise, which will be ac
ceptable to both houses. Peremptory re
moval of both cadfets and Instructors as
the result of the renewal of the prac
tice would no doubt be concurred in by
congress and the country.
There is neither sense nor necessity
in cumbering the statute books with a
regulation which is so plainly in viola
tion of all true conceptions of personal
rights as that suggested for the destruc
tion of the obnoxious practice.
A Kansas mob, in making a raid on a
joint, shot the joint keeper's wife and
blew her head off. That ought to close
the joints, if anything will.
The record of the Republican parly In
the present congress is a striking proof
of the fact that it is run in the interests
of certain classes of capital at the ex
pense of all the rest. The motto is not
only "D the public," it is also "D
all capital that does not belong to our
set."
We may be entering upon a year of
unexampled prosperity, but I cannot see
the signs of it. Nobody denies that our
foreign trade Is good, but nearly every
one agrees that there has been an ex
ct'SS of production and an inflation of
prices, says a writer in Leslie's Week
ly.
Here"s a good one from an unknown
exchange on the Philippine question:
"Spain had a little tiny lamb, the meek
est lamb around; she sold the lamb to
Uncle Sam for twenty million, down;
then Sam he took it by the tall, to lead
it home, you know; the mutton rare
turned out a bear, and Sam cannot let
so." '
Events in China seem to prove that the
civilized soldier when fighting against
barbarians rapidly sinks to the level of
his opponents. "Scratch a Russian and
you will find a Tartar" is the old say
ing. Amended it might read: "Scratch
a civilized white man and you will iVnd
a primitive troglodyte, a cave dweller of
the stonevage." In fact, all men seem
to be savages at heart, more or less.
Even persons not of a religious tem
perament recognize the utility of Lent
and the soundness of the philosophj*
which underlies it. says th.3 Baltimore
Herald. As a restorer of the equilibrium
more or less disturbed by inordinate de
mands upon the vital powers, as a whole
some mental and moral discipline and as
an occasion for serious reflection Lent
has its distinct uses, even for those
who attach small Importance to the spir
itual significance thereof.
James Russell Lowell, in an address de
livered before the Reform Club of NeV
York in 1888, said: "If parties will not
lock after their own drainage and ven
tilation there must be people who will
do it for them, who will cry out with
out ceasing till their fellow citizens are
aroused to the danger of infection. This
duty can be done only by men dissociate-!
trom the interests of party. The inde
pendents have undertaken it, and with
God's help will carry it through."
Few people realize the enormous ex
tent of Asiatic Russia, says the Saturday
Evening Post. It is about one and two
thirds the size of Europe, and tw ice as
big as the United States without Alaska
and our outlaying islands. It comprises,
in fact, more than one-third of all Asia.
Siberia alone being half as big as our
country. To this vast territory Is now
to be added Manchuria, with a possibility
that Mongolia and 111 will soon come
the same way. Mongolia is fully half
and 111 about one-third the size of the
United States, while Manchuria is equal
to ten states as big as Ohio. The title
to Manchuria Is now practically concede!
to Russia.
Boss Quay of Pennsylvania had h;s
feelings lacerated so rudely by newspa
per attacks, that he has decided to have
the press muzzled and gagged after this
and one of his henchmen has introduced
a bill to this effect in the Pennsylvania
state legislature. "It is the most re
markable bill, perhaps," says the rhil-
adelphia Press, Rep., "ever introduced
in any legislature in the United States.
It is anti-libel legislation run mad."
"Protection of secrecy," says the Phila
delphia Times, Dem., "would be extended
to criminals by a bill introduced In the
senate tonight (Monday) by Grady, the
Quayite advocate of press-muzzling. This
measure would restrict the publication
of accounts of persons charged with
crime and suqh- wrongs as affect their
reputation for integrity and fidelity, un
til a final determination of such charges
has been had^ and it provides penalties
for violation of the-provisions of the act.
Under such a law knowledge of wrong
doing would be kept from the public,
and rascals could carry on their schemes
under cover."
An official of Cramps' Shipyard says
that it coats from $4,000 to JB.OOO to launch
a battleship. "The building of the ways
for the ship to slide down over Is Lh.?
n.ttln Item, and them comes the greas
ing," he said. "Every inch of timber over
which the vessel sHdea must be covered
with a lubricant. Different firms use
different substances, but soap and tallow
form the main ingredients of them all.
At the Cramps 1 we use a layer of beef
tallow and a layer of soft soap, and
taken altogether, between one and a haif
tons of the stuff is required to put a move
on the average battleship. The tallow
is spread on first, to the depth of about
three fingers, and the workmen use big
flat trowels to make the surface. as
smooth as possible. Then they pour over
the soft soap, which is just thick enough
to run, or about the consistency of tar.
As a general thing, the double coating
answers the purpose admirably, and the
ship glides into the water as If it was
sailing on air. if it sticks, as has hap
pened in a few cases, it is likely to
spring some of the vessel's plates, and
accidents of that kind are so costly that
nothing Is spared to avert them."
THURSDAY GLOBE GLANCES.
Tomorrow is Friday and a holiday,
being the 169 th anniversary of the birth
of George Washington. He was born
on a Friday, and the 22d of February
comes on Friday every twenty years.
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Today, Feb. 21, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1752, of Maj. Gen. Nataniel
Rochester, founder of the cfty of that
name in New York; of Gen. Santa Ana,
in 1798, a Mexican president, defeated by
Scott and Taylor in the Mexican war; of
Elizabeth R. Thompson, in 1821, a noted
American philanthropist; of Dr Wolcott
Gibbs, in 1822, an" eminent scientist and
author; of Alice- E. Freeman, in 1855, a
leading pioneer^in the couse of female
education and a|so ep->education.
The success qf die Cudahy kidnaping
case has opened 7 up a new business, not
kidnaping, but of employing private
watchmen to guard the children of the
rich. It is estimated that there are now
10,000 men who get their living by this
work.
Queen Victoria did not break the record
of long reigns In Europe. Louis XIV.
was on the throne of France seventy
two years. She reigned and lived longer,
however, than any other English sover
eign. Her age was eighty-one years and
2)2 days.
Now comes a doctor with the claim
that if men would quit the habft of wet
ting, combing and parting the hair there
would be no more baldness in the world.
Would he have us become a nation with
football heads of hair and Indians?
Bishop Potter, of New York, has been
to the Philippines and China. Of affairs
in the latter country he says: "Our
policy in China has not thus far been a
happy one. Professing Christian en
gineers, capitalists, merchants and
bankers there, are,.responsible for what
has happened the past year. If I- were
to defend any, nation against the charge
of unchristian outrages I would take a
brief out in favor of China. Nothing
could have been more brutal than the
policies of the Christian nations in the
past year in dealing with this pagan peo
ple."
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There is a current belief In Europe
that China is an exploited mine of un
toW wealth in precious and rare met&ffl
and speculating governments propose to
Bet big slices of territory, regardless of
the rights of China. The American Idoa
too is that the Philippines are also rich
In minerals, with chances for specula
tors.
A new spelling book has been intro
duced in the schools of several Eastern
cities, in which, there are important
changes in the spelling of words. Among
them are "thru* for through, "altho" for
although and "catalog" for catalogue.
A Dcs Moines paper recently printed a
two-column portrait-of "Col. J. 11. Mah
ler, of Chicago., the eminent scientist
and inventor of .-thft "Perfected" Oxygenor
King." It's the same colonel that used
to sell buggies in this city.
A proposition is before the French as
sembly to establish-' a baby market in
Paris, where the children of indifferent
or poor parents, .m^ 1 be placed, to be
sold to persons jyhorpan give security ;o
care well for them.
A letter from-; Cape Nome, sent via
Dawson, after -the -close of navigation,
contains this poetic paragraph: "Here
lies the rolling sea. Towering above
that are the ice green mountains, and
towering above the mountains is the
price of grub."
The fad of the late Baroness d'Her
pent, of Paris, was devotion to homeless
animals. She kept, and by will pro
vides, a small corps of bicyclists con
stantly in search of "waifs and strays.'
and all so found, whether cat, dog or
other animal, are taken to enjoy her JlO3
-pitallty. Even the dead are not ne
glected. When her employes find a dead
animal they do not throw It into Ihe
River Seine or the garbage barrel, but
take it to a quiet cemetery at Neuilly.
where it is given burial. Already 2,600
dogs and nearly as many cats are in
terred there, with flowers growing over
their graves. The baroness became im
bittered toward humanity by disap
pointments and decided to comfort her
loneliness by bestowing kindness on
animals.
Advertising has already taken a posi
tion among the modern arts. This has
been recognized by the most successful
merchants and manufactjrera, and yet
there arc shrewd and careful business
men who neglect no detail of inside af
fairs who permit "any old thing" to
appear in print to advertise their goods.
A poorly arranged window display woul 1
outrage their feelings, and yet their
newspaper ads flo not come up to the
standard of their business. The Globe
has no complaint to make of its regular
advertisers. Most of them furnish good
matter and the.Gloibe compositors are
"onto their jobs," for no better displays
are to be founl m any paper in the coan
try, and we are not: throwing bouquets
at ourselves in saying so.
A St. Louis man recently printed a
book called "The Earth Cornered."
There are rumors in. the air of cormM-g
in commodities and 1n business concerns,
but that the earth is cornered is a new
sensation. He says there are
landless people lriHhe;iTnited States, men.
women and children-, who pay week by
week for the privilege of living on
the earth, and yiet our land area is not
over populated. There is room for mil
lions of people on the vacant lands cf the
country. There is room in Minnesota
and the Dakotas ior a good many more
puoplc.
Patronizing the sk>t machine Is a pri
mary Step in gambling. The percentage
like as; gambling device, is largely Id
favor of the machine, and the constant
player is certain to lose in the end.
The antics of Mrs. Nation and asso
ciates will not stop the saloon business,
will not cause a single man to stop
drinking-, will not prevent others who are
not drinking from commencing. Tt is not
possible to make a wrong tiling right
by doing wrong. Less foolishness and
fanaticism would be a good thing for
the cause of temperance. Smashing fur
niture will not promote temperance.
The AUgemeiner Deutseher Sprachver
ein is a German association recently or
ganized in Germany. Its mission is to
encourage the simplification of the lan
guage of the \aterland. It should bo
gin with its name.
The new king of England has a harder
task before him than his mother bad.
The kaiser, for example, will not be as
considerate of his uncle as he was of his
grandmother. And so, too, of others in
authority.
The talk of securing the farm and
orchards of the late Peter M. Gideon, on
Lake Minnetonka. and make an addi
tional experiment station is one worthy
of consideration by the legislature. He
left a monument in the Wealthy apple
tree.
The wife of a traveling man recent'y
had her photograph taken, ami like a.
dutiful help meet she forwarded a copy
to her hubby on the road, and on the
back of the card she penned these lines:
" 'Tls the same old hair,
In the same old crinkles;
The came old brow
With the same old wrinkles;
The same old cheeks.
As thin, as thin;
The same old eyes, nose,
Mouth and chin;
And though disgruised
By the hand of art,
"Tis the same old lady
With the same old heart."
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
Herne's "Hearts of Oak" is playing to
a good week's business at the Metropol
itan opera house. The famous old play,
the first of Herne's productions, has lo,t
none of the drawiixg powers that mads
the author one of the best known Amer
ican dramatists. It is presented by an
exceptionally strong company.
Sardou's "Theodora," presented by
Minnie Tilted Brune and a splendid sup
porting company, will be the attraction
at the Metropolitan opera house for four
nighta and Wednesday matinee, begin
ning next Sunday evening. The sale of
seats for "Theodora" opens today.
GRAND.
Of the many Hoytian farces that have
been seen in this city, "A Brass Mon
key,' which Is being exploited at the
Grand the current week, is easiiy one of
the most entertaining: and diverting. The
story of the piece is a satire on supersti
tion and This subject is treated in a very
humorous manner. On Friday afternoon
a special matinee performance will be
given at popular prices.
Bartley Campbell's great melodramatic
success of several seasons ago, "Siberia,"
is being given a very handaome and elab
orate production this season, and it will
be seen here the coming week at the
Grand. The piece affords unlimited op
portunities for scenic display and soma
of the stage pictures are said to be mar
vels of the scenic painter's art.
STAR.
The Star theater on Seventh street is
doing a big business this week with the
Twentieth Century Maids, Manager Sing,
er's current attraction. An excellent vau
deville bill is given each afternoon and
evening. Some of the features are way
above the average, and all of them are
clever enough to please.
; STATE PRESS COMMENT.
l**ed an a Scapegoat.
Battle Lake Review.
The state senate is making a gTeat ado
over Yandlver. Why not get at the men
behind Vandiver and not try to white
wash others by making a scapegoat of
him. Broaden out a little, gents, if yo'j
desire to purify.
Senator Daly's Nerve.
Morris Sun.
Considering the number of politically
ambitious who have been already wreck
ed on that reef, we wondeir at Senator
M. J. Daly's temerity In attacking such
a formidable political and commercial
combination as the Northwestern Lum
bermen's association.
Wn's Fine Discrimination.
Litchfield Independent.
Minister Wu, Chinese ambassador at
Washington, refused to attend a banquet
at which Gen. Otis, of Philippine fame,
was to be a guest. He evidently thinks
he would compromise himself If he
should sit at table with a man who Is
such an accomplished liar as Otis proved
himself to be in his dispatches about the
ending of the war in the Philippines.
But Have They?
Metcalfe's X-Ray.
According to the cuckoo organs any
Filipino who assists his countrymen by
soiling them ammunition and war supplies
is a traitor to the United States, and yet
the cuckoos contend that no Filipino is
yet a citizen of this country. How a man
not a citizen can be a traitor we are un
able to understand, but no doubt the in»- (
becile organs of the administration havo
an explanation at hand.
Chance for Retrenchment.
Annandale Advocate Post.
Consistency is a jewel—that few wear.
The effort to put the <H1 Inspector cm a
salary is a good on«, but law against
"pay for nothing" might commence right
among the lawmakers. How would it do
to pay $5 to each member in actual at
tendance for eight hours. Then extend
the movement to outside parties. Pay
mileage to all officials only for miles
traveled, and "the amount saved to the
people in sheriff's fees alone would buy
a new capitol before the present edifice
is completed.
Renovated Bulte-r.
St. Cloud Times.
The Bush renovated butter bill passed
the Minnesota house Saturday without
opposition. One of the chief objects of
the bill is to prohibit stamping renovated
butter with the word "creamery" or
the use of the word on renovated but
ter packages. It is claimed that some
renovated butter manufacturers comply
with the law requiring their product to
be stamped "renovated" by putting the
stamp on the under side of the package
SERGE DE WITTE, RUSSIAN FINANCE MINISTER, WHO HAS
DECLARED TARIFF WAR ON AMERICA.
Serge Tulevich de Witte. the Russian
minister of finance, who raised the tariff
on American manufactures in retaliation
for the American tariff on Russian beet
sugar, is a statesman who has had aa
many upa and downs as any man of his
prominence in Europe. Last year it w:is
believed that he had been thoroughly
disgraced, and that his official death was
imminent. But the financial ministejr is
an adept at intrigue, and his influence
with the czar's i«other is enormous. Ha*
is a product of the common people. Only
forty years old, he has managed to woik
himself up from a mere underpaid rail
way clerk to the high post he now oc
cupies. Ho was born in Tiflis and the
only education he has is what he picked
up in that place by his own efforts. His
ability, however, as a master of busiuess
and finance and as a judge of human na
ture is admittedly high.
which on Its upper aide is boldly stamp
ed "creamery."
ri ■ Tapping the State ; Treasury.
New Ulm News.
The present Minnesota legislature ap
pears to be a grab-all body, like some o"
its predecessors. Blils are to be Intro
duced, or have been, to increase the sal
ary of the insurance commissioner from
$2,500 to $3,500, and to raise the salary of
his assistant $700 per year, besides in
creasing the office help; to increaso the
salary of the state superintendent of
public instruction from $2,500 to $4,000 per
year, and to make his term four Instead
of two years to provide against a possi
ble change of governors in ISO 2. It is
also proposed to raise the governors sal
ary from $5,000 to $10,000 per year, and
also to Increase certain other salaries.
Ten chances to one that the fee reduc
tion bill will not pass the senate, though
the house has passed it, and that the
bills to raise salaries will all be passed.
Gubernatorial Salaries
Crookston Times.
Van Sant fought for the governorship
just as hard as he would had it carried
a salary cf $10,000, to which figure the
legislature now proposes to raise it, and
John Lind defended his title to It with
equal vigor. Still, if the soions decide
to double the present figure the people
of the great state of Minnesota should
regard it merely as an added evidence of
greatness and be proud of themselves.
With a population of upwards of r mil
lion and three-quarters, the increase
would amount to less than one-third of
a cent per capita, so the burden wouid
be light.
The range of gubernatorial salaries is
from $1,500 per year paid by Oregon and*
Vermont to $10,000 pal* by New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Besides
these three there are but four states
wnose governors get a larger salary than
Minnesota. In eight the salary 13
$5,000, and even Hawaii pays its gov
ernor that sum. The remainder of
the sisterhood donate from $1,500 to $4,500
to their chief magistrates, but In nearly
fivery instance an executive mansion is
provided, together with a fund for con
tingent expenses, which enables the oc
cupant to live very comfortably indepen
dent of salary.
BOUND FOR OYSTER BAY.
Teddy Enjoyed Ills Six Week*' Hunt
In Colorado.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 20.—Theodore
Roosevelt arrived in Omaha in a special
car over the Union Pacific this after
noon. Mr. Roosevelt expressed himself
as favorably impressed with his Western
trip and with its results. He said he
never felt better and spoke enthusiasti
cally of his six weeks' stay in Color
ado.
When asked about the results of his
lion hunts, >the vice president-elect mod
estly declined to be quoted, but very
strongly emphasized his disapproval of
the stories that have been recently sent
out touching on that matter.
He discussed the game laws of the sev
eral states, said the storage houses should
be suppressed and the seasons for kill
ing small game restricted.
Col. Rooßevelt declined to talk politics,
but expressed his regret with regard to
the senatorial deadlock in Nebraska.
The vice president-elect goes direct to
Oyster Bay and will not stop in Wash
ington or New York.
HIS SHRIFT WAS SHORT.
I ."iip Robber Holds lp a. Bu.uk—
Quickly Roniided I it.
RANTOUL,, 111., Feb. 20—The private
banking institution of F. B. Vennum, at
Fisher, a small hamlet situated in the
northwestern part of Chamjpalgn county,
was robbed today by a lone highway
man, who secured |1,C20.
AthuT Hyer, a- farmer aged twenty-two
years, entered the bank and in a quiet
tone said he wanted the money, at the
same time covering the clerks with h
pistol. The onshier, Arthur Vennum,
handed out the money requested and the
bold robber backed out of the door. An
alarm was giwn at once, but not before
the robber had board a freight train Jusrt
pulling into the Illinois Central yards.
He took charge of the engine and pulled
through town at high speed. However,
several citizens had armed themselves
and caught the caboose of the train as
it passed the depot. Alter running about
a mile the train was .stopped and the
desperado captured in the cab of the en
gine. All of the money stolen was re
covered.
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
Berlin—A dispatch from Cornburg state*
that the condition of the Dowager Em
press Frederick remains the same.
Madrid—There has been a heavy fall
of snow here, the first in eight years.
The streets are covered with snow and
traffic is difficult.
Gotha—The famous observatory on the
Seeburg, at which the celebrated astron
omers Euekola, Zack and Llndenan
worked, has been destroyed by fire.
Dublin—The Longford county council
has voted down a motion to forward an
expression of condolence to King Ed
ward on the death of Queen Victoria.
Cape Town—The body of a native, who
had died of bubonic piague, has been
found In a low quarter of the city. This
Is taken to indicate that the natives are
concealing such cases.
Madrid—The Madrid papers publish a
rumor that Don Carlos, the Spanish pre
tender, has decided to abdicate in favor
of his son, Don Jaime, who is supported
by a majority of the Carllst party.
Berlin—Lieutenant Commander William
H. Behler, United States naval ittache
in Berlin, Vienna and Rome left to- t>«>
Austrian and Italian capitals on official
duty. He was accompanied by Airs.
Behler.
St. Petersburg—Many heavy snow
storms around Kharkoff, government, of
that name, European Russia, have block
aded three railway lines, the Kharkoff-
Nicalleff, the Libeu-Romay and the Orel-
Yelets.
Berlin—Cold and stormy weather pre
vails throughout Germany. At Leipsic
the temperature was 13 degrees brlow
zero. Traffic is badly crippled in the
Bavarian mountains and in the Elfel
region.
London—Lord Roberts, It is asserted,
has been offered the lord wardonship of
the cinque ports, which tho Marquis of
Salisbury de3ires to relinquish. The post
was formerly held by the Duke of Wel
lington.
John G. A. Lelshman, United States
minister to Switzerland, who was re
cently selected to succeed Oscar S.
Straus aa the American representative at
Constantinople presented his letters of
recall to President Brenner.
Paris —Prince yon Radolin, formerly
German ambassador to Russia, who re
places Prince Munster yon Dorneburg,
whose resignation, owing to his age. was
announced Nov. 28, as German ambas
sador at Paris arrived in this city.
Berlin—The Militaire Wochenblatt an
nounces that MaJ. yon Hugo has been
appointed military attache of the Ger
man embassy at Parts. Maj. yon Hugo
follows Col. Schwartzkoppen, who was
recalled at the time of the first Drey
fus agitation.
GLOBE'S CIRCULATION
FOR JANUARY.
Ernest P. Hopwood, superintendent of
circulation of the St. Paul Globe, being
duly sworn, deposes and says that the
actual circulation of the St. Paul Globe
for the month of January, 1901, was
as follows:
Total for the month 529,550
Averaf c per day 17,082
ERNEST P. HOPWOOD.
Subscribed and sv/orn to before me
this 31st day of January, 1901.
H. P. PORTER,
Notary Public, Ramsey Co , Minn,
|N'ciarialSe«].J
FURTHER PROOF IS READY.
The G!obs Invites any one and every
one interested to, at any time, make a
ful. scrutiny of its circulation lists and
records and to visit its press and mail
ing departments to check and keep tab
on the number of papers printed and the
disposition made of the same.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Pittsburg-The stockholders of the
Westinghouse Electric company decided
to Increase the capital stock $10,000,000.
Helena, Mont—The vote on senator re
sulted: Mantle, SI; MaGinnis. 25; Frank
21; Cooper 7; Coburn, 2; Conrad, 2|
Toole, l; Kennedy, 1; Clancy, l.
Salem, Or—Feb. 20.—Henry W Cor
bett grained two votes. The ballot resu't-
S 3 r.:,,°orbett> M- Hermann, 27; Inman, 26-
Williams, 2; Bennett, 1
Allentown Pa.-The Coplay Cement
company sold out to a New York syndi
cate for over $1,000,000. The names and
details were not made public.
Washington—Senator Depew authorizes
the statement that the engagement be
tween his niece, Miss Annie Depew
Paulding and Lieut. John R Edie U S
«.. la canceled.
Mena Ark.-Peter Ber'yman, colored,
was taken from the city jail and hanged
by a mob He was charg^l with assault
ing and fatally injuring a twelve-year
old white girl.
Pittsburg, Pa.-At a meeting of giaaa
tableware manufacturers in this city it
was decided to advance the prico ;t
tumblers from 10 to 2u per cent, the in
crease to become effective at once.
San Francisco—The Thirty-seventh in
fantry, U. 8. V., was mustered out of
service at the Presidio. The major por
tion of the regtmlent returned to this
country on the transport Sheridan, Feb. 7.
Atchison, Kan.—A temperance mass
meeting arranged for Sunday was de
clared off, owing to the influence of the
Ministers' union. The ministers f«ir that
agitation at this time might lead to
bloodshed.
London—The common council of London
s-^ lX tual!v adt>Pted a proposal to Bptnd
&i,,.f10,000 on a scheme for the bet
ter houseing of the poor ot L^naon ;i
matter in which King Edward is. greatly
interested.
San Franclaco—The revenue cutter Mc-
Culloch will take a. supply of coal, pre
paratory to going- in search of the dis
masted German ship Otto GildmeUter,
known to be off the California coast, try
ing to make this port.
Rapid City. Ontario—Will Randolph, a
former resident of the Soo, and New
berry 11. Sullivan, a desperado, met in
the street and began firing. Sullivan was
killed and Randolph received injuries
which may result fatally.
New York—Testimony In the trial of
Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy for the murder
of Emetine Reynolds was concluded, an.l
Judge Kurt-man allowed the defense three
hours for Eummlns up. The prosecution
will have two hours today.
Topcka, Kan.—The house passed Sena
tor Hurrell's bill relating to the sale of
intoxicating liquors, and it wasf sent to
Gov. Stanley for his signature. The bill
classes as a public nuisance all places
where liquor is sold illegally.
Denver, Col.—The state senate passed
on third reading by a vote of 26 to S
the Bucklln bill, providing for the sub
mission of a conptitutionfll amendment
to permit the introduction of the Aus
tralian land tax system in Colorado.
Trenton, N. J.— John P. Squire & Co.,
capital stock of ?7,5c^,000, was Incorpor
ated here to do a pork packing business
in Boston and other Eastern pV>intM. ab
sorbing about a dozen oenoerfW, includ
ing the business of John P. Squire, at
Boston.
Cincinnati. O.—The Western Associa
tion of Jobbers in Window Glass mot
here. After conferring with representa
tives of the manufacureres, it was an
nounced that no scale or definite change
in prices will likely be agreed upon at
this meeting.
Tuskcgee, Ala.—The tenth annual Tus
kegee negro conference met hen
er T. Washington presided. The aitten.l
ance of delegates and visitors was tno
largest in the history of the conference.
At the opening session there was a gen
eral review of the race's progress during
the past ten years.
Cleveland, O.—The three-story bri ,k
building at No. sfi-t>2 Mcrwin street, la
which John L>. Rockefeller atartnd in the'
oil business, was destroyed by fin
was occupied by the Manufacture™' Oil
and Grease company and several otli.-i,
concerns. The total lose is not hoavy.
Boston—The alarming reports which
have been in circulation concerning the
condition of Rear Admiral Sampson are
deplored by the admiral, who says he Is
not seriously ill. He is suffering from
the same trouble which seized Mm when
he last visited Washington and is merely
confined to his house.
Springfield, 111.—A concurrent resolu
tion was adopted by the lower house of
the Illinois legislature and was sent to
the upper house, making- application to
congress for the calling of a convention
to propose an amendment to the federal
constitution which shall make Putted
States senators elective in the several
states by direct vote of the people.
Omaha—Formal charges of kidnaping
and robbery were filed against James
Callahan for alleged complicity in the
abduction of Edward Cudahy Jr., son of
tho millionaire packer, Dec. 18 last. An
investigation by Chief Donahue has sat
lafied him that suspicions connecting a
coachman in the Patrick family with the
plot were groundless.
Omaha, Neb—The American Linseed
Oil company has filed a $6,000,&0 mortgage
in the register of deeds office. This
mortgage covers forty-four mills in thir
teen states, runs five years at a rate of
5 per cent interest, and 13 In favor of
the Martin Trust company, of New
York.
Peterboro, Ont.—A trunk, which was
supposed to be empty, was shipped from
here to Kingston by William Patterson,
a medical student at Qneen's university.
Suspicion became aroused and the trunk,
was opened. It was found to contain
a human body. Patterson was arrested
at Belleville.
Chicago.—Chicago capitalists have or
ganized a $1,000,000 corporation known as
the Central Sugar company, to compete
with the American company in the home
supply. Contracts have already been
closed by the newly organised company
for the erection of a beet sugar factory
aj Shelby, Ind.
Denver, Col. -The fire and police boaril,
after a lengthy investigation of charges
of receiving bribe* from criminals, de
manded the resignations of all the of
ficers. Including detectives Thomas B.
Mcllduff, Edward Carberry, George San
ders, Police Captain Arthur Maxtyn, Po
lice St-rgeant Michael Mahoney and Pa
trolman S. B. Kngle
New York—Miss Olga Nethersole sailed
on the steamer Majestic for London.
Miss Nethersole's departure was hurrip'.l,
and followed the result of a conference
of her phyaiciana. She has been ill for
some time, and the doctors say that a
surgical operation Is necessary. The op
eration will be performed in London.
Port Huron, Mich.—With a hammer In
stead cf the uiual hatchet. Mrs. Charles
Rhodes started to wreck Jamei Wilson*
saloon. She smashed the front of the
showcase and about ten bottles of wi,la
ky The bartender then put her out.
Mrs. Rhodes stated that she had served
i>otice on the saloonkeeper not to sell
her son liquor.
Philadelphia— resume of the opera- •
lions of the pension department of : th«
: Pennsylvania railway for, the - first. year.
of its operation, indicates its benefit to
the 80,000 employ** of the company ea^t
of Plltsburg. and Erie. The retirement's
durirtp the year numbered 1,292, of whom
1,143 were seventy years of age or over,
and 1,390 between sixty ■: and sixty-nine
years of •: age. Of - the latter - elgivtyr
three were retired at their own requett..