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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10. 1901.
\ LOCAL PROBLEM SOLA Xl).
The practical unanimity of sentiment
which pruvnila as to the desirability of
erecting the new county jail somewhere
else Lhan on the present court Im. a ■
square is on< of the most remarkable
manifestations of public opinion which
have be< n made for some time past. The
eff< ct of the removal of the old building
upon ii.s Immediate surroundings, as
well ;ts upon the light and air and gen
- i i" the court house build
ing, in its present and future uses, has
In 01. u> call into existence an insistent
public sentiment against the propose!
c-rection.
It is an excellent thing for the city
that ihc court house square is to be left
axcilabk: for such future extension ot
Hie local administrative building as the
progress in population of the city is cer
tain to call for in the immediate future.
The popular judgment in such matters is
rarely at fault in the l;.<st event. The
protests of the Glo be throughout the
entire period of discussion against the
erection of the Jail upon the square did
not appear to have received popular in
dorsement. But, while there was no out
spoken declarations against the project
such as have since been heard the s?nti
nit nt was none the less pronounced ar.d
only awaited the demonstration which
the removal of the old building furnished,
i the fullest expression.
The only interest which the public has
now in the matter arises from the selec
tion i,i be made of a site for the jail. It
Ought not be a difficult matter to find a
Site which in point of location and price
■will meet the present requirements. Since
the future extension of the present build
ing is conceded, and will, no doubt, in
the course of time, be effected, the great
present need is that of a suitable loca
tion for jail purposes. We have thought
that the proposed extension of the pres
ent building might be made at an early
day for the accommodation of those
branches of city and county government
•whio-» are now locat< d elsewhere; but the
preponderant opinion is clearly in favor
of leaving that extension for future con
tion.
The need of a central police station is
:eded. The unfitness of the present
building for the purposes needs no dem
onstration. If it is not found conven
to establish the central station in the new
jail building—an arrangement the conven
ience of which is apparent—it is to be
hoped that before long st< is will be taken
to put the city in possession of a suitable
building for that purpose. Every sub
station in the city has been built with a
view to iis use for s;ich purposes. Jt
eeerns in itself a remarkable circum
stance Lira while the city is thus fur
nished in its several localities with suit
able police stations it should continue to
occupy premises as a centra! p lice sta
fj)i~i which are objectionable on every
r'>und, from that of health to that of
■ -sty.
the vexed problem of a local jail
Is now virtually disposed of to the general
satisfaction is in itself a gratifying cir
cumstance.
I I!M\<; pp THE \ORTHWE.Vr.
The drought last summer has had no
effect in checking the rush of immigrants
hit" the Northwest. The experience of
twenty years ago will be repeated dur
ing the next two years. It was the great
"ttvk" of the. early eighties which made
statehood for the Dakotas possible and
built the Twin Cities. The greater "trek
that is just now in progress will make
Btates in fact as well as in name of our
Northwestern sisters and will swell the
population of the Twin Cities during the
next doeade to SOO,OOO. is this extrava
gant? Not when the conditions are care
fully examined. The improvements In
transportation always tend to benefit the
larger cities at the expense of the rural
towns. Following the biblical theory that
to him that hath shall be given and from
him that hath not, even that which he
hath shall be taken away, all modern
conveniences tend to increase the popula
tion of the cities by attracting the rural
folk. Cheap fares on railroads bring the
country people to the city to do their
trading because of the greater varlety
from which to select. The trust combina
tions draw all manufacturing to the cities
because of the impossibility of competi
tion by small capitalists in the villages.
The trade of this rapidly growing West
and Northwest wilt flow as readily to
St. Paul and Minneapolis as that or
Illinois, lowa and Southern Wisconsin
flows to Chicago. The lack of railroad
facilities in this Northwest twenty years
ago was in favor of the rural villages as
•gainst the larger cities. Those villages
will remain at a standstill under pres
ent conditror.s. while the trade of the rap.
Idly swelling population will go to build
up great centers.
is rapid immigration will have a tens-
Ai^ncy to loosen up a large; amount of
money in the Northwest. Hitherto the
land taken up Was government property
and the money invested went to the
Inked States treasury. Now very little
government land is left and the settler
must buy of the speculator who has had
his capital tied up for years in unde
veloped property. This unlocking process
will have a marked effect on times In the
Northwest. Trade and city investment
will be stimulated. This money let loose
will seek investment in the business
centers. It is a fact always observable
that an unusual activity in farm lands
caused !>y aa influx of immigrants is fol
lowed by building and real estate activ
ity in the adjacent cities.
From this wave of immigration that
seems to be passing over or around us,
we will get the force of the return cur
rent. Never were the material prospects
of St. Paul brighter; never before did the
legitimate improvement of city property
give promise Of better and safer returns.
The day of IK tie city booming has pass
ed. The disposition to combine all manu
facturing interests has made such enter
prises impossible. On the other hand
this fact has made actual city building
as safe as farm improving. The problem
is simple. Under the changed conditions
of I'inanco, manufacture and trade, fhe
people who flocked to the various little
cities all over the country, fifteen and
twenty years ago and attempted to make
of each a metropolis by offering bonuses
to "factories," will now seek the cities
and pool their capital—they can do noth
ing else. As the big combines will
drive out of business tho little enter
prises, so are the larger cities bound to
sap the vitality of the small towns—it is
one of the laws of cur social evolution.
There is a tide in the aifairs of men,
and also in the affairs of cities. The
filling of the Northwest is the tide which
St. Paul must take at its flood or the
opportunity of a generation will be lost.
< O>IO PARK COMCERTB.
Some years ago the custom prevailed
in St. Paul of furnishing music in the
public parks. One day in each week dur
ing the summer season there was usu
ally a concert held at one or other of the
city parks. How highly the general pub
lic appreciated this display of official
thoughtfulness and good taste was at
tested each day by the great number of
people who came to enjoy the music.
People from the farthest extremes cf the
city attended and showed their keen en
joyment of the occasion.
Things have changed somewhat since
then, aad it has not always been con
venient since to repeat the experiment.
The public desire for such exhibitions
has in no degree abated as nrght
be seen at any time by the splendid at
tendance of the people at the concerts
given on special occasions at C'omo park.
The resolution of the board of park
commissioners to have public concerts
held practically every day during the
season at Como park will be receive!
with general gratification. Como has
always held its ascendancy among the
local pleasure grounds. There the peo
ple assemble on Sundays and holidays
in greater numbers than elsewhere among
the innumerable popular resorts in the
city. They are attracted by the sur
passing natural loveliness of the spct
and by the laudable efforts put forward
by the park board to increase that love
liness by artistic horticultural and land
scape work.
The establishment of daily concerts at
Como will prove the greatest additional
popular attraction. Given each evening
they are sure to bring out the people
from their homes. Those who seldom if
ever appear in public places will he vlis.
tinguished by their attendance. Women
and children will attend witho-ut number,
and the uses of such public pleasure
grounds will be made manifest in much
mere decisive manner than without the
added attractions.
What the arrangements of the board
v, ith the street car corporation may be
the public do not much care. They are
conscious that that body will make or
has made the best arrangements that can
bo "nad. They appreciate the good will
and devotion to the public enjoyment
which is involved in the arrangement,
and they arc- sure to show their appre
ciation in the only manner at their dis
posal—by their fully availing themselves
of the added opportunities of enjoyment
which are furnished.
In the progress of_ the science of muni
cipal government much more thought Is
being bestowed on such undertakings as
this than ever in the past. It is being
more and more regarded as within the
functions of local administrators to make
provision not only for the health and
social and financial well-being of the
community they administer, but to pro
mote in every legitimate way the enjoy,
ment of the masses through the public
agencies which are available for such
enjoyment.
The park board has done a most meri
torious and commendable thing in the
provision which it has made for local
park concerts.
THE J»'H>OT'<il> IS EDICATIOX.
.There is a general .impression that Kan
gas has 3. monopoly on freaks, but that
is not the c.\se. As a state, it perhaps
has more than its share of celebrated
characters, but Kentucky is not so far
in the rear as to be counted out of the
race. The latest abnormal development
in the . social life of the land of fast
horses and fair women, is the introduc
tion of the shotgun as an instrument of
education. - ; ~
Bowling Green, a.-; city with , a.most
poetical name—a name * that.. brings .to
mind Rip Van -Winkle and the.wtlrd
men of the mountains— "city • with a his
tory and 8 .name that, will live as long
as the story of the great civil conflict
is told, is the .: site of Potter college,
where this: new educational fad was in
troduced a few. nights since. .-. ..*■ •
Potter -college-, is ..an. -institution where
co-education is „ looked . upon .} with ..,- dis
favor;, where it _: is deemed for the eter
nal , good -of young and beautiful ladles
to receive,; Instructions which are- un
adulterated with balls and luncheons, [
and ? callera; one of those., moral, colleges
—a cross between a prison' and a nunnery,
but whore - every inin'ateyis';'presumed: to
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1901.
be guilty of all kinds of social crimes
until she proves herself innocent.
Being barred from the society of Ken
tucky gentlemen, and no doubt being
half starved as is the rule in such schools
(cakes, candies and Ice cream not being
en the bill of college fare) five young
ladies determined to join hands with five
young Kentucky bloods, the best in the
state, and secure a square meal. The
plot was laid with the utmost secrecy, a
ladder was obtained and raised to a
window of the "Hall of Venus,' five
young ladies were descending to the arms
of the other live when—here comes in
the new fad—the "president" opened fire
on the young men with a shotgun. The
five young ladies shrieked, as was their
duty, and scampered up the ladder. The
young men returned trie shotgun fire
with their revolvers, perfectly proper in
Kentucky. No one was hurt, also per
fectly proper. The next day five young
men were indicted for assault with a
deadly weapon upon the "president" of
Potter college, and the five young wom
en were sent home in disgrace. Now is
not that a queer way to conduct an edu
cational institution? In any other state
but Kentucky would a "president" shoot
at five young men for attempting to .give
five young ladies a supper and a good
time, neither of which they had been al
lowed to enjoy for many moons? In any
other state but Kentucky would a gran 1
jury indict five young men for returning
the compliment when fired upon with
a shotgun? In any other state but Ken
tucky would five young ladies scamper
up a ladder—while—but let us draw the
curtain lest we become too realistic. The
whole proceeding was most irregular,
and the man who is responsible for the
irregularity is that fellow who poses as
"president"—he with the shotgun—a sort
of dog-in-the-manger duffer —he is the
fellow whom the grand jury ought to
have indicted, don't you think?
ALL FOR PARTY HARMONY.
The Laybourn resolution censuring the
authors of the blanket bribery charges
will not be pressed for the sake of party
harmony. On the same principle social
misdemeanors should not be punished or
rebuked for the sake of social harmony.
The sneakthief, the blackmailer and the
slanderer must not be censured, because
such proceedings disturb the harmony of
the social relations.
We have no doubt that a resolution of
censure if pressed would have engendered
bitter feelings and would, no doubt, have
developed facts which would have placed
some gentlemen outside the party wall.
But Is not the personal honor of the
members and the reputation of the state
of more importance than party harmony?
Is the future success of the Republican
machine so essential that members will
submit to being stigmatized as
bribe-receivers in open session and
when upon investigation the charge
is found to be false, will allow
the defamers of the house to
go unrebuked? To the outsider, this
lamb-like submission to the dictates of
the Republican machine in a matter where
the integrity of the whole legislature is
concerned indicates a moral turpitude
that might render the Jacobson charges
very probable.
This is not a Democratic funeral. If
the Republican majority wishes to leave
the corpse unburied the Globe has no re
marks to make as to the character of the
deceased. The funeral oration will be
pronounced sometime during the fall of
1902.
The Senate Bill No. 451 recently intro
duced, giving Minnesota towns of less
than 15,000 inhabitants the privilege of
taxing the inhabitants an extra 7 per cent
in order to buy old or new electric plants,
demands careful attention. It looks as
though it is in the interest of electrical
promotion and trusts.
WEDNESDAY GLOBE GLANCES.
The park season is at hand, and prepa
rations for entertaining. the public are
well matured even with an occasional
reminder of winter in the air. Como, of.
course, will be the center of attraction,
but the Indian mounds and other parks
will be finer this year than ever before.
St. Paul has the basis, beginning and
facilities for the finest park system in
the country.
It is said that no real lover and pos
sessor of a garden ever died of in
somnia. This is a disease which follows
those by night who cannot throw off the
thoughts of daily life. They retire to
think instead of to sleep, and the dark
ness arid quietness of the night favors
the thinking. And this is the time of
the year to think about a garden. If
yon have no garden of your own, try the
Pingree potato patch plan on some va
cant lot. \j.
Q
j Three _ new . words have been invented
in New York as the outgrowth of the ;
elevated railway systems. A "siller", is
one who is always |at the window; to
"sill" is to lean over the window sill
and watch the happenings in the street,
and "silling" is the act of continually
leaning over the window sill.
The trading stamp graft, so prevalent
not long ago, ; has been "stamped out"
by law and public opinion.
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Today, April 10, is the anniversary of
the death, in lSi>2, of John Howard Payne,
author of "Home, Sweet Home,", and of
Thomas H. Burton, in 1858, the famous
senator from . Missouri.
—o—
According to reports sent from Manila,
or manufactured in Washington, Agui
naldo is said to be buying diamonds and
jewelry. Probably he has become a part
ner in some of the syndicates organized
by Congressman Hull, of lowa, and some
of the other patriots in office who are
working the government and the tax
paying public. It has been given out in
Washington that the secretary of war
has arranged to send a government
transport, with a party of congressmen,
on a trip to the Philippines, going via
the Suez canal, and returning, via. San
Francisco, thus giving these gentlemen
a trip around the world at the. expense
of the government.
P. C. Knox, the new attorney general,
has been Mr. Carnegie's attorney at
Fittsburg and knows all about ! the steel
trust. Mr. Knox . is^ just the man M to
handle: ; litigation against trusts, having
been in their ;pay:as ian attorney. But
how will he handle it? He is an old and
personal friend of Mr. McKinley in Ohio,
where: Mr. Knox went to school. - :; »
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A Boston worker In metals, as a test,
recently drew out an old copper cent into
5,700 feet .of; wire. " ' " ; >J -.
' "";- 'j-f'::'-. '''■"'.[' ■'■'•■'.:.',"rO—'- -
. Over 50 per cent of the officers and men
in the United States, navy are foreign
born.
It costs a pound or $5 tax in England
to display a crest in stationery and plate,
yet last year over over 40.0C0 families
paid it. • .;, . ;■ ..-..■;-
--_ The Indianapolis Sentinel notes a fea
ture of the century's progress in these
words: i ~ f ... -
°?£.'? und» ed ye^ rs ago today,
.with- wlldernefees here.
With powder. inihis gun' the man
- Went jout andfgot the deer.
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But now the thing is somewhat changed,
,A nd on another .plan;.
With powder on her cheeks the dear
Goes out ;i and gets, the man.
It is the opinion of the New York press,
a good Republican paper, that President
MeKlnley stultified himself by the ap
pointment of Win. A. Rodenburg, | "the
Tammany henchman and avowed spoils
man," as civil, service commissioner.
Mr. Rodenberg is a believer In the doc
, trine that "to the victors belong the
• spoils,", and thinks the merit system
may -be.'good enough for schools but not
for public offices, the offices should, go.
:to the workers*, regardless of special
knowledge of ■ .^things pertaining to
the job. , PR -. •
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There is quite a discussion in the New
"iork papers over the} fact of foreigners,
who have become- citizens, who wish to
be distinguished from native"born Amer
icans by calling themselves German-
Americans, -;.; Irish-Americans, etc. The '
Emperor Will lam recently refused to
meet a well known German born Ameri
can in Berlin, who pleaded that he \ w*3
a • German-American member of ■ some
American public Tbody. In refusing* his
J request, the. kaiser said that Germans
born here, ■'naturalized in America,
-became Americans. "lch kenne Amorl
kaner ich : : kenne Deutsch, arber
r-eutseh - Amerikaner kerne Ich
nicht. I,'„. - ("I • : know Americans, 1
know Germans, but German-
Americans, I do not know.") Was
the kaiser right? Politically one can
not be-both German and American. That
all adopted citizens should, socially, re
tain many of the manners, habits and
customs of their native country is not
at all surprising—indeed it would be
strange if such were : not the case. But
should they be distinguished politically
from native born Americans? As adopted
citizens they enjoy every right and
privilege of those "to the manner born."
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- The New York Weekly Witness, an
independent religious paper, says: "Mary
land has set an example which every
other state in the Union should follow
disfranchising-all illiterate -voters." -
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Among the notable events last week
may be named j%e:iye-election of Carter
Harrison as mayor^of Chicago, Reform
Jones as may -Toledo, and the elec
tion of Tom Johnson as mayor of Cleve
land. Mr. , Johnson .is a millionaire who.
has won distinction', as a street railway
magnate. He is.;also an ardent advocate
of the economic theories promulgated by
the late Henry George. Having accumu
lated a large fortune, Mr. Johnson prob
ably entered the., .mayoralty contest m
Cleveland with .the^ntentlon of aspiring
to higher honors if he carried off the
mayoralty prize, Next fall Ohio will
elect a governor,. aria it is possible that
Mr. Johnson is -now* in training for the
Democratic nom&iatibn, or, if he desires
to figure in natianaHpolitics, he may be a
candidate, for the United States senate,
to succeed Mr. Porakei. Mr. Johnson is"
not the kind of a man to be content with
the mayoralty of Cleveland except as
a stepping-stone ito a more exalted sta
tion. As he is an able and energetic cam
paigner and also possesses a "barrel,"
his \ influence will j doubtless be felt *nOhio
politics in future contests, % and make .
• things lively for his fellow, townsman,
Mark Hanna. . _:..' f-,; '"
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The postoffice authorities are after a
doctor. who advertised to cure deafness
for $18.30 without fail. ' To those who sent
the required amount.* the doctor forward
ed 2,000 , pills with directions to take one
each day, and on no account to miss a
day, or the charm would be broken, and
it ..would be necessary to • start all over
again. As the truth of this claim cannot
be put to the test until the end of about
five and a half _years, the postoffice peo
ple are at a loss as to what course to
take. It is a case of beware, anyhow, to
the public.
- Today, April 10. is the anniversary or
the birth :: in 1775 of Samuel . Christian
Frederick Hahriemann. founder of the
I homeopathic system of medicine; of ; Ed
ward. Robinson, in 1794, an eminent Amer
ican biblical scholar, and author; of WiU
iam -"Tf&slett, in 1778, a celebrated En
glish^critlc;■••• and author; of Maria"' "8.
Cummins, at Salem, Mass., in 1827, auth
or dt /I?The Lamplighter," and other nov
els; of • Gen ; Lowis Wallace, in 1527,
distinguished . American general . a.nd. au
thor. He is well known for his books, •
"Fair God," "Ben Htur' and "Prince of
India." -c • . _ . __
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
Mrs. Leslie Carter^ in "Zaza," will give
her last performance in this city at the
Metropolitan tonighC<
"A Midsmmer Nij^t's Dream" will be
presented at the Metropolitan tomorrow
night and balance,.*.of the week. The
production of "A Midsummer Night's
Dream," made W Wagenhals and Kemp
er for their stars, Mr. Louis James and
Miss Kathryn Jiidden, supported by a
company of forty-.Qjpe people, including
ballet, singers, Is complete and ar
tistic in all details. The great feature
of this notable revival is the representa
tion of fairyland in the third and fourth
acts of the play. In. the fairy wood are
shown all the people of the play, the
truant lovers, the übiquitous fairies, some
ministering and some pestering; the Ath
enian mechanics* in their strange rehears
al, and finally Theseus, the duke, and
his hunting party. Incidentally the beau
tiful Mendelssohn music, Ihe fairy songs
and dances and the picturesque novel
ties designed by Shakespeare are restored
in all their poetic beauty.
GRAND.
The Royal Lilliputians, in their farcical
production, "The Merry Tramps," who
are appearing at the Grand the current
week, are proving one of the biggest
drawing cards of the season at this play
house. The first popular priced matinee
of the engagement occurs to day at 2:30.
Al H. Wilson, in his German dialect
comedy, "The Watch on the Rhine,"
will be seen at the Grand the coming'
week.
THE CARRENO RECITAL.
So many deserving artists have been
greeted by painfully small audiences at
the People's church that the fair attend
ance at the Carreno recital last evening
must have been something of an agree
able surprise. Judging from last nights
audience it is possible that popular priced
concerts might solve the problem of till
ing at least part o-f 'the house. An ad
mission price of & half dollar was charged
last night and no doubt this put the re-'
cital in reach of many who could not
possibly afford tfce prices that have been
asked for not any better attractions this
winter. i
There are women who write to whom
the word authoress jwould never apply.
There are women pianists, on the other'
hand, who make xjn^ryearn for the femi
nine form of the^word. Madame Carreno
Is not of the la^|<er n class. She does not
deserve the odium of the feminine noun.
It is not that the player has sacriiicen
femininity in anjlfwar to gain in breadth
or vigor, for th^ugs there is a certain
virility in her placing which one does not
usually find in iv woman's wprk at thj
piano, her interpretations are eminently
feminine. Her claims to the word, ar
tist, lies in the completeness and oneness
of her art. She possesses a rare intuition
that is eminently feminine and she also
possesses the physical endurance to pre
sent her intrepretations in si manner that
robbed them of none of their charm
A. group of German compositions (Schu
beri.-L.i3zt) revealed the poetry and tv»
delicate fancy of the player's nature.
Especially was the plaintive "Dv blst
die ruhe" satisfying. The - "Erlkonlg '
TO NEWSPAPER ADVERTISERS.
It is recognized that competition for business, especially in the newspaper advertising line, is so keen that very
strong representations, at once appreciating one's own offerings and depreciating those of rivals, are to be expected and
even, to some length, tolerated.
By both these methods, however, the value of the St. Paul Globe as an advertising medium is being so grossly
underrated, especially comparatively, that the line of toleration has been passed, and a statement in its own behalf
is, in simple justice, warranted and demanded.
. Primarily, the admission is hereby unreservedly made that upon the basis of actual circulation and price
charged for advertising the St. Paul Pioneer Press gives good value; but supplemental to that the avowal is made
that upon the same basis—actual circulation and price charged—the Globe gives better value.
The Pioneer Press and the Globe are each publishing what is claimed to be its daily average c:rculat ro.i for
the month of March—the Pioneer Press 32,950. and the. Globe 18,803.
That the Globe's circulation statement is accurate is fairly well evidenced by the fact that appended thereto is
the following standing offer:
"The Globe invites any one and every one interested to, at any
time, make a full scrutiny of its circulation lists and records and
to visit its press and mailing departments to check and keep tab
on the number of papers printed and the disposition made of the
same."
That the Pioneer Press' circulation statement is not accompanied by a similar offer at least subsists that II
may not be "right."
Following are fac similes of official post office documents:
\ ST. RAUL. POST OFFICE. j
'This is certify thai the 'imhlisTie]^^tl^t>J^lL T PIOXKEII %
PRESS have prbpairf Hie' postage' 0n, ., 19 X I ; ..pauncls \
)of said paper, contained in 'St G tac.li •■.-.' and UAtilttXlood to lie l
>„ mailed iki accordance with law. I
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These documents are. of course, indisputable evidence that on Sunday, March 17, there went through ttw
mails 3,814 pounds of Pioneer Presses and 2,443 pounds of Globes. Three other facts, which any person can easily verify
for himself, are: There are 64 pages of either the Pioneer. Press or the Globe to the pound; the Pioneer P.ess of the
day under mention was 30 pages; the Globe of the same day was 24 pages.
With these data the merest tyro in the art of arithmetic who makes the effort will arrive at mathematically
accurate conclusions, as follows:
On Sunday. March 17, the Pioneer Press mail circulation was 8,136, and that of the Globe 6,514—a difference
in favor of the Pioneer Press of 1.622, or less than 25 per cent
As to the balance of that day's comparative circulations of the two papers, the data are not available- to arrive
at an absolute dsmonstration, but it certainly is quite reasonable to assume that the proven ratio of the respe^tiv^
mail circulations will hold fairly good for all others. Proceeding on that basis, the total circulation of the Globs that
day being 17.000 (as it was), a simple arithmetical operation will evolve that the total circulation of tha Pioneer
Press was 21,233.
It is to be noted that the day involved in this case was a Sunday, the newspaper issues of which day are al
most universally less than those of week days; for-example, ths Globe's issue of that particular day was 17.000,
whereas the daily average for the month in which that day-occurred (including all Sundays, of course), was, as elsewhere
stated, 18,803. And, it is most probable that the proportions of Sunday are fairly indicative of those of other and
all days. It has already been absolutely demonstrated that the Pioneer Press' Sunday mail circulation is less than 25
per cent over that of ths Globe. Apply that percentage (say 25) to the daily average circulation of the month of March
and the result is that the average daily circulation of the Pioneer Press was 23.503—n0t 32,950 as given out in its
published official statement
In one important respect the above statement is an unquestionable demonstration, and in all others obviously
founded on sound premises. It is submitted as a whole as something entirely justifiable and fair. Let the Pioneer
Press, if dissenting, afford the opportuaity to put the matter of the extent of its circulation beyond all possible cavil,
which it can easily and effectually do by appending to its circulation statement a similar offer to that aopsnded to the
Globe's. The Pioneer Press is hereby challenged to do this thing or, upon evidence of absolute fact and fair reason
ing, stand more than suspected of gross exaggeration and dishonest misrepresentation.
W. F. LUXTON. General Manager.
ST. PAUL GLOBE.
was dramatically interpreted and
showed the pianist's appreciation of the
crescendo. Her climaxes are never Jar
ring. The Chopin group, which included
a nocturne (op. 62, No. 1); Barcarolle,
Etude, A flat and Scherzo, <op. 31), was
played with charming expression. In ad
dition to the two encores Mozart's Fan
tasie in C minor and the Beethoven sona
ta, (op. 31, No. 3) completed the pro
gramme.
MAY AID ARMORY FUNDS
ATTORNEY GENERAL THINKS MU
NICIPALITIES CAN ASSIST IN
BUILDING THEM.
An opinion has just been rendered by
Attorney General Douglas, which will be
of Interest to all national guard men
in the state and also to those cities which
are contemplating new armories.
The city of Owatonna some time ago
was asked by Company I. of the Second
infantry, to make a small appropriation
In aid of the construction and mainte
nance of an armory there. This was
under the provisions of chapter 54 of the
General Laws of 1901, entitled, "An act
to provide suitable armories for the com
panies of the national guard."
The people of Owatonna and the coun
cil of that city were disposed to aid in
the construction of an armory, but were
in doubt as to whether they had the
power or not. City Attorney C. J. O'Brien
submitted the matter to the attorney
general, who rendered an opinion in
which he summed up as follows:
"I am of the opinion that municipalities
may appropriate funds to aid in the
construction and maintenance of armor
ies." Tt is understood that Red Wing,
Princeton, IJrninerd and Rochester are
also about to build armories.
WILL BENT PEWS.
First Presbyterian Church Decide*
to Adopt Thin Prai«tl-*o.
At the annual meeting of the First
Presbyterian church, held Monday even
ing, reports from the Missionary, Ladies'
Aid. Christian Endeavor, Sunday School
and Trustee departments v. rere submit
ted, and the money raised for all pur
poses showed an increase of $2,768.
The trustees were, by unanimous vote,
empowered to rent pews, an innovation
in th<» policy of this church. J. E. White
and John MeCulloch were re-elected el
ders.
SCHOOL BELL STOLEN.
Thieve* Cleverly Secure tlie Bl»- One
i-n Deane School Tower.
The tower bell In Deane school buildr
ing, Brand and Tracy streets, was stol-
en Friday evening last, also two small
bells from the school rooms. The large
bt-.1l weighed 130 pounds and was dropped
to the ground, alter the clapper had been
removed.
MARTIN STREET SEWER
BOARD OF ALDER>mS REFER IT
FOR INVESTIGATION.
At a special meeting of the board of
aldermen held at 2:15 yesterday afternoon,
it was decided to refer the matter of
awarding the contract for tile Martin
street sewer to the committee on streets
for investigation.
The contract was awarded by the board
of public works to the lowest bidders.
Wm. J. Preston and Patrick Keigher, who
offered to do tne work for $37,H!)5. When
the matter came up yesterday corporation
Attorney Markham held that the. failure
to include in the final order the state
ment that $13,500 of the cost was to come
out of the general fund, would necessitate
a new order and a readvertising for bids.
On motion of Aid. Moriarty, the vote by
which the resolution revoking the license
of Joseph Nlcolin, running the "Ger
man Village," was passed at a former
meeting, was reconsidered, and the matter
was referred to the committee on licenses.
Those voting for reconsidering their
former action were: Aldermen Bants.
Dahlquist, Moriarty, Murphy, Ulmer and
Huber. Against: Aldermen Dobner. Holt.
Hunt, Knauft and SehifTmann.
NO TEMPORARY TRACKS
MAYOR SMITH VETOES R.ESC I.UTION
! FOR TRACKS' KtCE STREET.
\i Mayor Smith ' yesterday '"Vetoed thi res
olution passed by ; the council permit ing
the city railway company to lay. to --
porary tracks on Rice street, : from' Rj.i.'o
Jo University avenue.
|H Some months ago Mayor Smith vetoed
an ordinance directing the company to
lay a double track and operate " Its Rl.?e
street line over the street between Rondo
and University avenue. The *~v property
'owners . objected ;to It, .. and :. the mayor
thought they, should not be annoyed with
temporary tracks. vMoreover,; the council •
"has just let a contract for the paving. of
'Rice- street over ' this portion with .-; as
phalt. v-' "; f:T:v;■■-- -•■ ■- •>■ :' ' :;:;:; *'■'":■ '.
»'lt ;is not expected that the council will
pass the resolution; over the mayor's veto,
;as ; the 1 property owners r- arc very 1 much
opposed to having the temporary tiac'.s
laid-.oa--. the .street ■-. •- *;3g§|||
GLOBE'S CIRCULATION
FOR MARCH.
[Advertisers will note that the
average daily circulation for March
is nearly 800 over that of Feb
ruary.]
- Ernest P. Hopwood, superintendent of
circulation of the St. Paul Globe, being
duly sworn, deposes and says that th«
actual circulation of the St. Paul Globe
for the month of March, 1901, vas as
follows:
Total for the month 582,903
Average per day 18,803
ERNEST P. HOPWOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to befora me
this 31st day of March, 1901.
H. P. PORTER.
Notary Public, Ramsey Co , Minn,
INctarialSeal.]
FURTHER PROOF IS RE\DY.
The Globs inyites any on; ani cvar/
on© interested to, at any time, make a
full scrutiny of its circulation lists and
records and to visit its press and mall
ing departments to check and keep tab
on the number of papsrs printed and th»
disposition made of the sams.
His Trouble. '
Philadelphia Press.
"What brought you. here, my poor
man?" inquired the prison visitor. ?*-iV~>
:r"Well, lady," replied the - prisoner,! "I
guess my-trouble- started fromattendln'
too many weduin's." ■
"Ah! . You learned to drink there, or
steal perhaps?" • ' •".' : 2 ' "■.'■-', -' ;.
"No, lady; I was always the bride
groom."- ■ "^ ■ - - --»-•-. - ■--.
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• 11 (I »irini; Sentiment. ..
Baltimore American.' ', • rV
■ ;■'"This," commented the prodigal son, as
he sat at the head of the table ;md gazed
around i at the assembled;- family, who
were rejoicing- over his ref.^: ; "this 5 is:
about. the"; toughest 1 veal -T'i e>«.-r tried' to '
eat."
"Well, wet thought you'd like a iittia:
touch of. sentiment," said his happy: fath- ■
er. : "That is the calf you used to play ■
s with befoifi you ran away twenty year*
a So."