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4 THE ST. PAUL GLOBE THK GLOBE CO.. PU3LISHER3 ]' (ffKIHLPAPER ' ■oj||||^> city Of suC hrUied. it fctcfffcc st £t. "Ftui. Minn.. *s Second-Class Mattsr. TELEPHONE CALLS. ■ 'r* "1 '" fr .w.-.tsrr-Husl-.«3. 1065 Mail. Bittwu 1. Vtif- Cltv—3urtneJS. Jo 6* EiitarU:. 7J. •-. .. CITY SUBSCRIPTIOM3. ', ;;...„■-,, ! " - Rv C»rrlar ~ | tmo I mos I I3mo« Clycrly <° «•« r«i!y snd Sunday •■•.v: ■:::•■••.::••".■••.:•■•■•■:•■••••■ ■■» =-73 5.00 ; *cr,<ity ■■.■■ ■ -15 - .7a,.___nOJ ■ COUNTRY SUBSCRr?T!OM3. • *^^~^^ ■ p y i/ a ii I Imo I tmoi I-•■l'?moi : t.Hyer.1,..., - ,-..........■[ -25, . W.SO^ j; J3.CO .tRANCH OFFSC23. V!^*^ ""* '"" Net.- Ytrlr. 10 srn:ce Ftreet. Char. H. Eddy tn Charr*. Chlcsco. No. 67 Washington St.. The F. S. Webb Company tn Chare* WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903 WHY NOT KEEP HIM? A, proposition has been made to Dr. Ancker to go to a sphere where he plight enlarge his usefulness. The conditions have arrived where we might as well asume the credit of knowing that a man is worth the money that is paid him. For seven or eight years Dr. Ancker has given his services to .St. Paul at what would be a laughable figure fiom the point of view of a medical man. Dr. Ancker has been invited to go away. That he should go must be expected. But why should a man who has built up the city and county hospital, who has practically carried to a con clusbm the work of the Juaiih department of St. Paul be allowed to leave the city when he might be kept here for a few additional hundred dollars? It happens that Dr. Ancker, who is the father of the city and county hospital, is invited to go away and he desires mostly to remain in St. Paul. If he does go away, Dr. Ancker will carry with him the best wishes of the people of St. Paul, and most of them will wonder why it ever occurred to him that it was necessary to go away at all, for he is the most, en thusiastic and consciencious of public officials that St. Paul has had. Let us hope that Dr. Ancker will not leave St. Paul at all. The Russian ambassador in London has declined to forward to this country a petition condemning our treat ment of the negro. This is a case where Russian diplo macy and the Golden Rule are in happy accord. BLUEBEARD JUNIOR. One Samuel Herbert Dougal,, yesterday hanged in London. England, was credited with the murder of five wives. Unlike Bluebeard senior Mr. Dougal. did not.put his spouses out of the way because their curiosity annoy ed him. He killed them because they were his wives. Living in regions remote from Sioux Falls.,. a,nd where tales of Mormon privileges reached him not. Mr. Dougal fourni himself on five different occasions confronted by a condition rather than, by a theory. How to remove wife No. i in order to provide a place for wife No. 2 was a problem that vexed him before he was well within the twenties. He solved the first problem with poison and since that time had solved four others by various means jack knife. The argument may be adduced that five wives would be enough to provoke any man to murder but it must be remembered that the wives were not thrust upon him and that always before he had put an end to the old love, he was furbishing up his best suit of clothes that he might cut something of a figure in the eyes of the new. This might suggest that he was a man of high ideals in the matter of marriages, seeking their attainment by murder but, unfortunately, the facts in the case do not prove anything of the kind. What he sought each time in the new wife was not an ideal but what he himself called, "a tidy sum of money." That he invariably found this and an intelligent spouse besides is a curious fact that must provide the moral of Mr. Dougal's story. His wealth and an azure beard gained for Bluebeard senior his numerous wives. But this Bluebeard junior possessed neither of these charms. Nor did he have a sinister cast of countenance which is said to invariably make a hit with the ladies. He was plain in appearance and unassuming in manner. But five women lovtd him. Which brings us to the moral that the sex is unaccount able and that feminine intuition is not what it is cracked up to be. "A woman's valuation depends on women," says a Woman writer. The fact that a number of women are rated above thirty cents proves this statement false, however. DR. STYLES' EXTERMINATOR "Sing a song o' sixpence, pockets • full of hail Xvorms," is apt to become the favorite song of the sum mer boarder for the remainder of the season. For one Dr. Styles has convinced Uncle Sam that a certain kind of worm, thin and hair like, will devour the mosquita and Uncle Sam has pledged himself to increase by ev ery means in his power the number and the popularity of the hair-like worm. The worm is said to have a re markable capacity and in experiments has invariably displayed a willingness to stand up before even the largest Jersey buzzer. If this is true, of course the summer boarder is in for an interesting time of it. For even the most humane summer boarder will not be apt to suffer any pricks ot conscience when he or she witnesses one of these con tests between the worm and the 'skeeter, even though lie or she knows that the latter hasn't one chance in a thousand. The chief attraction of Dr. Styles' extermina tor, however, lies in the fact that it is not the early worm alone that will catch the mosquito. The worm in this case may repose comfortably all day long and yet, when let loose at night, will do such an amount of dam age that every female summer boarder may don her peek-a-boo shirt waist and her half hose without any anticipation of discomfort. But unless the summer boarder can be induced to carry a number of the hair worms around in her pocket, it is difficult to see how they can engage in deadly com bat with the mosquito, for the gymnastic feats of even so extraordinary a creature as the hair worm, are limited to turning. So in the matter of speed, at any rate, the mos quito has the advantage of his new foe. But if every in dividual can be induced to carry about with him a num ber of the worms and if, instead of slapping the mos quitotj when they bite, he will apply one of the worms, instead, the mosquito problem will be solved. It will be argued, perhaps, that it is a much simpler process to kill the mosquito off hand, as it were. But while this may be true, it is equally true that such a jrocess is not a scientific one. It is a regrettable fact that every mosquito exterminator brought forward so far, necessitates the catching of the mosquito first. If the doctor who has discovered the hair-like worm will also discover some means by which wings can be grafted on this worm the general public will feel doubly grate ful. But in the meanwhile even so small a favor as the hair-like worm is thankfully received. With the Chrisian Endeavorers at Denver and the Epworth Leaguers in Detroit righteousness is pretty evenly distributed just now in this country. EDUCATED DAY LABORERS. Those twelve Harvard men who formed the van guard of a small army of college men whose object has been an assault upon the wheat fields of the West excited in the columns of the press mirth rather than respeceful consideration. But the number of those who have fol lowed in the footsteps of that first dozen has been great enough to protect these educated day laborers from the jibes of the joke makers and the satirical comments of the cartoonists. It is claimed by Western ranchmen that every big institution of learning in the East is repre sented in this army of educated laborers who are now helping the farmers gather in their vast grain crops. It is the college man who will gain the most by this experiment, To be sure the average college man, unless he is a hopeless dig, is not in any great need of the physi cal exercise that his summer work will provide, for col lege athletics keep him in prime condition. But the necessity of laboring for several weeks with the hands instead of with the brains will not only have the charm of novelty but it will teach these young men the value of many things not now dreamed of in their philosophy. There is nothing that inspires in a man so great a re spect for labor as a hand to hand tussle with the earth. There is nothing that impresses upon him so irrdelibly the worth and importance of such labor. A Western ranchman interviewed by a New York paper thus comments on the exodus of Eastern college men to the West: "This movement of college boys to the West to aid the farmers in gathering their grain, I believe, is going to mark an era in the history of the country. Those young men will fall in love with the possibilities of life there, and many of them will carry the thought of the West through their college careers, and when their student days are over they will go into the West and help develop it. It is such men that the West needs—men of brains, trained to think qufckly and" accurately; who have studied in the universities of the East and know the conditions and problems that have been solved in the land this side of the Missouri." A large percentage of the men attending Harvard, Yale and Princeton are Eastern men and when for these college days are over the majority of them settle in the East. Anything that puts them in touch with Western life, that opens their eyes to the possibilities that lie in the further development of that part of the country is an excellent thing for them, for the overcrowded East and especially for the West. «• It is said that Secretary Cortelyou has discovered a scandal in his department. This will make him feel quite at home in the cabinet. THE PROFITS OF PROPHECY. A law suit has forced from John Alexander Dowie, of Zion City fame, the acknowledgment that in his work of snatching brands from the burning he has amassed something like several millions or so of dollars. The earthly representative of another belief that antedates' Dowieism by a few years merely has "found the work of saving souls equally remunerative and now, in her old age, is quite safe from the intrusions of that unpleasant embodiment of poverty, the wolf. "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare," wrote a prophet of an earlier age to one of his followers. But the modern prophet is apparently able to enjoy gre« riches without succumbing to tempta tion or without being ensnared by any of Satan's inge nious devices. While building for themselves mansions in the sky, they think it not irreconcihable .with their teaching to construct imposing brown stone mansions down below. Fine cloth and sashes rather than sack cloth and ashes clothe the bodies of these latter day j prophets. Among the black tribes in darkest Africa, the man who can make the other tribemen believe that he is en- J dowed with supernatural qualifications finds no dim- j jculty in ruling them. And a strong personality easily ac complishes this. A certain class of white citizens differ not so greatly from the primitive blacks. It is to their personality and to their knowledge of human nature that the modern prophets owe their power and their mil lions. Dowie spoke with the voice of one having au thority, which was quite sufficient reason for a large number of people to rise up and follow him. Compared with these modern prophets, the prophets of earlier times Had a distinctly hard time of it. They denied themselves and suffered untold hardships to carry their message of comfort to the people. Their reception was nearly always chilly and frequently painful. These latter day prophets send word that t-hey have a mes sage and the people go in droves to receive it from the porch of the brown stone front. The prophet of Dowie ism must be judged by the profits of Dowieism. And it is a curious fact that the very thing which is apt to repel the world will appeal as a further proof of greatness and special fitness to those of the people who can be fooled all the time. EDITORIAL EXPRESSIONS. South Has No Race Wars. The outbreaks of violence between whites and ne groes in various cities of the Northern states are the most astonishing events of the past few months, and the scenes enacted in many respects resemble those which were once the subject of so much denunciation by North ern people, press and pulpit when they occurred in South ern states. There is a great difference between these uprisings as they occur In the North and in the South. In the Southern states there is nothing that can be characterized as a race war in the outbreaks of violence there. When an atrocious crime is committed by a negro or negroes in a Southern community, the people turn out in a body to arrest the guilty parties, and this being done, the mis creants are made the object of instant and terrible jus tice, but there is no attempt or desire to trouble negroes unconnected with the offense. It is only against the guil ty that public indignation is aroused. In Northern communities, on the contrary, the per petration of an atrocious offense by a negro seems to arouse feelings of race hostility. The two races immedi ately come into violent conflict, and the result is that there is onen war between the two. This was the case at Belleville, IB.; at Peoria, in the same state; at Wil mington, Del.; at Evansville, Ind., and wherever there has been trouble oMhat sort in the Northern state^. It does not appear whether this is the result of race preju dice or because the negroes in Northern communities rise up in a body to defend the criminals of their race. It would be desirable to find out the tr^th in these mat ters. —New Orleans Picayune. Should Frame His Sentiments. In his speech at Huntington Mr. Roosevelt took oc casion to say that the worst possible crime against the nation is "the crime of dishonesty, whether in public life or in private life" and that "we are not to be excused as a people if we ever condone such dishonesty." Properly engrossed and suitably framed these sentiments will make a 'fine motto for display in certain bureaus.—Chica go News. THE ST. PAUL Gt,OBE> WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903. At St. J>aul I Theaters Charles C. Burnham, Emily Batlo, Lillian Allen and Frederick Montague are acquitting creditably in the Ferris "company's production of "All the Comfer-ts of Home" this week at the Metropolitan. During the eighth week of the summer season, commencing ; nsxt Sunday night, the Ferris company will be seen in the romantic drama, "Monte Cristo." What the Editors Say The discussion as to the schools of Min nesota started by Congressman Tawney waxes hotter and possibly some good will be melted out of it It might be well to Investigate whether the-West Point and Annapolis examinations are wisely made or not. The business of the schools is not to fit young men and women for West Point, Annapolis or the state university, but for life, and the things which best enable one to live are sometimes pretty hard to find out by examination questions. —Crookston Times. The New York Press says that Ellis Island is the actual "open door;" that it is open to the scum of Europe, Asia and Africa. Our arms are still open to the people of the world who want a change— who want the benefits of an enlightened republic; but our patriotism and high moral purposes would not be marred by the exercise of a little discrimination. A good many people come to our shores without appreciation of our institutions, and without capacity to learn much about them. They merely make a transfer of squalid and criminal conditions. —St. Cloud Times. Pope Leo's long and brilliant life has been a remarkable one, but nothing in it has been so remaVkable as the brave fight which he is waging against death. — Aberdeen Newis. ; Before the liexi: campaign really opens there will be a. number of state papers so badly tangled up on the governorship question that their editors will need a dose of Dr. Jim jam's antidote for fool ishness. —Austin Register. •;'t ;.i- »_•.-•/•- ...... That's a mean trick to work on Carrie Nation. Beer rls now being made in tab loid form and can be carried around with out Carrie seeing or smelling the stuff that put Milwaukee on the map.—Still- ; water Gazette. ■ J ' : ,„ ." " .-, . t ; ,_ RECOLLECTIONS. It seems not longago when I was yourig . -And life < was at its grandest , and it^ . sweetest; - ■ " ■ "\':. -- v It ■ seems not lon# ago when there' among The flowers of youth joy was at its 1 ,«-..-completest;- -■'.■ :- ■ . '- \ r A little time— fleeting space—an hour— A life-time of a season—of a flower. > No grass grows green as that on v which I played— i;',:i ..'.■ , : ..:i.:'.. <= ■ ',<:'■ \ . No birds sing sweetly as the j. birds ■, I. £ r , *t Jk new.. ! ;- s ..,. ..,., . ' ... > ■■.•:,' When, ling'rtng underneath the maples 1 A *J" shade,;"-■'•, • • ■"■-■■■■ ■?■>■■ ■-\ ■■' ■ tii -., j I watched young Nature pass In-grand; review; "" <..■». <j :'i^..;; U'.'m.j ; 4,. (i 'And''Tnemry turns with -outsj;retche,c(, ' arms, lln longing :' . r "r ";"' As recollections into view are- thronging.- The ; meadow. with> its fragrance-lad en ■ breeze— >->?{i2'*'' •" •■"'•;'-.- • ~-':r The pool, set in a gorgeous crown of •! * - rushes; ■ ;.! /a"': ':-, : r grapevine, swinging from two stately . trees —. :.- ;'.""! ;-.::.• •:.:. .-.stVi.'^vi ~ f . , p The ■ distant»love-call of the J -. singing *r thrushes; • . ■ r vgtensSi ;-I The billing, and the cooing of. the. doves | That : told the old,, aid story of their 1 .; \« loves.,' C ■' |2 ■■ :--; -:<^,ir.c.-.! ■' v.' The wheat that bowed subjection to the wind .'■;■'■■■ ' r. .. ■ ■■-. ■-■ .■•■•-•.-■■■ ■;■-'.' -.; That rose and fell, -in laughter or in weeping— ■ ■ ... ; ..x-:<:- y\yj,. The shouting of the farm hands, and the % kind, -. •; •• . .^--; , n ;';i 1 Good promise of the sowing, to the reaping; ""' ..,.. ■"..-,„/ ;.,,■) The "• lowing of the . cattle -in the twi : light— "v-i-.H. .....;■ :..v -■■, .. ', r .The clatter of the raindrops on the sky ; light. ;'- .f\;.:J.. ;i •,-... - '•,,,,,,- - Time flies apace, but mem'ry swifter ..K.i^. still - ■ ■' ■ ■ ••■" ■/ '." -1 ; ■•" To sing the soul the sweet, sad song r -»-• of sorrow ;.-:--';*-\:- *"<f That voices gladness of the Yester-rill To drown the, surging torrent of To morrow; ' And so in fancy's mood we play among Life's purest - flow'rs, that died when we ' were young. —Henry EdwaktlJ Warner in. Baltimore News. *WiJ -• — ——>*^- SHE'S GONE AWAY. I She's gone away;' Where sweet winds blow And where clear mountain streamlets flow She loiters, breathing the pure air. Oft wishing that he might be there, : And thinking that it's rather slow,' She sighs because he couldn't go. Because he must keep toiling so • • ■'*• '. ■■■ ' For what they eat and have to wear— ' .. . She'sigwne away. ' : ■- • •'':"-/■ Ah, but he IgoM bent-with woe. ; ■ '.. And nightly where t:>, footlights glow : \ He cheers the dancers, gay and fair; . * As one unchained and freed from care He goes it —alt tHe town must know "■'■■ . . or She'gigone, away. —S. E. Kiser ra Chicago Record-Herald. , f- •■•-■■ '- •-'■ •' -■"•/ ■ '■' - ■ •■•"•- •'■• •■ ' ■■ ■ '. —: —.. . • —. - -. "-' .:.■•■■■- ■■ TODAY'S WEATHER. Minnesota—Fair Wednesday and Thurs day; light northeast windr^ becoming southwest. Upper Michigan—Fair Wednesday and Thursday; warmer Thursday; light north winds, becoming variable. Wisconsin —Fair Wednesday and Thurs day; light variable winds. lowa —Fair in north, showers in south portion Wednesday. Thursday fair. Montana —Fair and warmer Wednesday. Thursday fair. North and South Dakota—Fair Wed nesday and Thursday. St. Paul — Yesterday's temperatures, taken by the United States weather bu reau. St. Paul, W. E. Oliver, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock last nfght—Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevatjon: Highest tempera ture, 76; lowest temperature, 59; average temperature; 67; daily' range,*' 17; barom eter, 30.04; humidity, 60; precipitation, trace; 7 p. m. temperature, 74; weather, partly cloudy. Yesterday's Temperatures— *BpmHigh! *Sp.m.High Alpena 54 ' sS|Kansas City ..82 88 Battleford ...64 70jMarquette 56 58 Bismarck ....78 -7-SjMllwaukee ....64 70 Buffalo -w» 64IMinnedosa 60 72 Boston vfS.T SOlMontgomery ... 82 84 Calgary fJ2 66 Montreal 62 72 Cheyenne .-..•.££*. 861NaslivlITe ......80 82 Chicago ,£4,,6B|New Orleans...B4 88 Cincinnati ..-?*6*'Bo New York 66 80 Cleveland 64 68|Norfolk 76 82 Davenport >.BO' 80|North Platte .72 78 Dcs Moines...7B 82'Omaha 80 86 Detroit 66 70[Philadelphia ..68 80 Duluth ..H :66tPittsDurg 62 72 Edmonton .. ..52 SHQu-Appelle 66 66 Galveston .. .'.S3- -'841' Frisco 56 62 Grand Rapids.64 68! St. Louis 82 84 Green Bay ....64 68ISalt Lake 86 88 Helena 74. , 74|S. Ste. Marie..so 56 Huron -78 80|WasMngtoh ..68 80 Jacksonville ..W 84|Wlnnipeg 74 80 •Washington 1 ttone (7 p. m. St. Paul). River Bulletin-^ Danger Gauge Change, ?ine. Reading. 24 Hrs. 4 7.5 —0.2 0 9.2 —0.2 5 9.7 *0.5 St. Louis 30 16.8 .. *0.6 - 'Rise. —Fall. The .Mississippi "W&l fall in the vicinity of St. Paul during the next thirty-six hours. Men, Women and Things The very top notch of expertness in crime has been reached by a man lately arrested in St. Louis and who has been going under the name of an English lord. This man is said to be the very embodiment of evil, and even going back to olden times when persons were supposed to be more wicked than has beenpossible since, this St. Louis crim iral coul(? give them cards and spades and beat .them all. The Borgias were children to him; Machiavelli was in the amateur class compared to him. in fact, as they say in Chicago, he is real wick ed. In the prison where he is locked up at present, he Is gazed upon with envious eyes and longing looks, by the simple little housebreakers and cute little swindlers who think with sorrow of the dreadful distance they will have to travel before they reach the ex alted position of the King of Crime now taking his last look about him. A more important result than filling the hospitals with wounded pedestrians and giving the surgeons a job, is said to be forthcoming from the use of auto mobiles, and that is the curing of the drink habit. This statement comes from London and Is of great signifi cance, and from one who says that in temperance has been the curse of the country for years and that he can see already a decrease in the amount of drinking since the common use of au tos. Explaining further the writer says that when a man is perfectly certain that he can only escape death in cross ing the street by having his head per fectly clear and his legs in good sprint ing condition, it is not likely that man will take a drop too much. He fur ther said that he hoped the authorities would not attempt to lessen the speed of the autos as it would interfere with the very object to be attained, that is the decrease of drink. So If one Is kno*ed down or maijned by an auto mobile, one should try to forget the in jury and let all resentment be lost in the memory of the great good done to the cause of temperance by the fast and furious driving of the enthusiasts. The surgeon of King Edward who performed a serious and successful op eration upon his royal patient, has de cided to give up practice and enter politics. The great increase of appen dicitis during the last year or two when everybody who was anybody had his appendix removed, has so enriched the surgeon in question that he can retire with a well filled pocket and go in for any fad that seems agreeable to him. No matter how ill the wind, it always blows somebody good and sad as it may seem to us to be a people without ap pendices, it should be remembered that no one has ever discovered a use for them except the enrichment of the medical profession and we should re joice when any physician makes ■enough to retire. Now that the Newport season is by way of beginning, and Mrs. Stuyve sant Fish and Mr. Harry Lehr have each opened their houses, the world waits with impatience to know what can be done by them that is out of the ordinary, and will give »the special correspondents a chance for a story. It is rumored that Mrs. Fish will do something different than ever before, but further than hearing that Harry Lehr has trained a parrot to call the smart set by their first names, we are in the dark as to his summer plans. There is a rumor that the Grand Duke Boris of Russia, may come, but there there is nothing sure about it, and the very uncertainty of the announcement causes uneasiness,, as to get ready for him and then have him not appear would be disappointing to say the least. However, even if he does not. let no one worry, for where so many great persons are gathered together, something of importance is bound to occur. Bob Burdette, who was a funny man, has developed into a preacher, and will hereafter fill the pulpit of a Baptist church in Los Angeles. The cause of this fall from grace on the part of Bob seems to be because late in life he maried a rich widow and she prefers to remain at home rather than to follow the alleged humorist about the country. But Bob did not want to stay at home without doing some thing, and as he will not havo to change his lectures very much to make them into modern sermons, he de cided to follow his wife's advice and go into religion. Mrs. Burdette is a clubwoman and accustomed to speak ing in public, so she will assist her husband, and will occupy the pulpit whenever he wishes to rest. It may be very cheering for some spinsters to learn that the day of the middle aged woman has come and the giddy young thing with her hair pulled down over her left eye, may take a back seat. When it comes to business and real work, the giddy little thing is not in demand, as during business hours real men are busy and have not time to be bothered with sweet, preLty little girls who do not know how to spell. It is the tall business like wo man of uncertain age and stern eye who is gaining in popularity daily. She is swift and accurate and there are no temptations to look at her and waste time. So the giddy little things who spend their waking hours and the gray matter in their heads trying to make their belts go further up in the back and further down in the front, would better say yes to Willie and set tle down at once, for their finish in the business world is in sight. It is said that Pietro Mascagni has stopped writing grand opera for a time and is engaged upon a comedy in three acts. Now, great as the loss to the world of Pietro stopping writing grand opera even for a moment or two, it will be obvious to one who knows anything of the Italian composer's American ex periences that no man is better fitted .to write a comedy than he. He has only to dramatize his short stay in this country and the thing is done. Let him take the leading role himself and he can»dt fail to make a hit. A further advantage would be that he would not have to study his part and could act naturally. It would look as though Miss Emily Brown, once of Wisconsin, had seen all the American girls in high position in Europe, and gone them one better. She is now queen of Korea, and her infant son is to be proclaimed heir to the throne. It seems that the Wiscon sin girl was the daughter of a mission ary who went over there and, prob a"bly with the intention of converting the emperor, she went and lived right in his palace. She simply stipulated that she should have a name, an un usual thing in Korea where it is not considered necessary for women to have names. In due course of time tho emperor made her one of- hig wtves, and now she has been promoted and Is the empress. This is matter for con gratulation to Wisconsin, and gives our sister state still further pr«~emf nence over Indiana- —Mah Crist of the Political Mill Republican politicians generally are taking as much interest in the promised fight for state treasurer's nomination as is the windy gubernatorial war waged for five or six months. There is not the slightest room for doubt about the intentions of the three can didates now in the field nor is it possi ble that Block, Schwarg and Schmahl will have the field to themselves. The rumor that Ed Young had decid ed not to try for nomination for attor ney general gave Schmahl's stock a slight boom, but to date Young is as much a candidate as he has at any time been and until the Seventh dis trict situation clears up a bit. none of its candidates, save Justice Brown of the supreme court, will look very strong to the average politician. Block is by no means asleep though he seems still to be working the origi nal plan—considering himself the orig inal and only logical candidate by vir tue of a third term precedent. The third term precedent may result in re nominating the Nicollet county man, but it is a far cry, and can be accom plished only by the united efforts of the Third district delegates. It may be easy for Block to hold his district delegation and handle it as he pleases, but that is not the popular idea of the situation and if he is no£ the chances seem to be nearly all against him. Because of the Seventh district com plications Schmahl's strength will come to the surface slowly. In the meantime Schwarg is forging to the front in a rraner calculated to make him danger ous. Justice Lovely's candidacy i| not considered as a factor in apportioning the nominations to the First district, which apparently leaves the situation a question of whether Schwarg or Van Sant shall control the big Republican stronghold. The Van Sant work has so far been very quiet'y done, the third termers confining their efforts to mis sionary work among the local leaders. The public generally has not been tak en into their confidence and the result is that the newspaper men are coining into the open for Schwarg. The fol lowing from the Hayfield Transcript may be taken as an indication of the temper of the First district press: "Should Mr. Schwarg desire" to be come a candidate for state treasurer we assure him that an announcement to that effect, in due time, will be wel comed in this section of the county, and we will be glad to add our little influence to his support. Mr. Schwarg has an excellent personal, political and official record and possesses all the qualifications necessary to the make up of an ideal candidate for the office with which his name is connected. He has many friends of strong political influence ■ scattered throughout the state and would, no doubt, land the nomination" , --. ,_ t . O » The Grand Rapids Magnet, under the department head '• of 'Magnetographs, purposes to present to its readers the photographic < presentiments of the Re publicans who may be nominated for governor, 'nextJ year. Dr. Babcock, of Wadena, had the .honor of appearing first and besides printing an excellent picture of the , speaker, the Magnet extols his record *s a legislator and a party man. •■ ■- <■■ ■. ... It is said that Lieut. Gov. W. A. Northcott, of Illinois, authorized, his friends to announce him as a candi date for Republican nomination to the vice presidency. This authorized an- nouncement was made quietly at the recent convention of the head camp of Modern Woodmen. If Gov. North cott becomes vice president and brings to bear the qualities which so strongly marked his long and success ful administration of the Woodmen's affairs he will soon coerce the United States senate into a degree of re spectability. "A census of the proposed candi dates for governor would reveal about all the availables in the state. If there is anyone who has not as yet received 'honorable mention,' will he please stand up and be counted." —Lake City Republican. Politicians will hardly take this to mean that Yon Vleck is looking for a candidate worthy of his support. He is generally considered a Dunn man of the fighting type. Frank Eddy is not the only Min nesota Republican politician out with a knock for the administration. Joel Heatwole. in his Northfteld News, says: "All the corruption and rottenness in Washington is by no means located in the postoffice department. Why not give Hitchcock's department an air ing? Some of the bureaus are reek ing with carelessness, favoritism and absentmindedness. Clean the stables." —George A. Van Smith. MURDERER OF HIS FIVE WIVES IS EXECUTED Samue! H. Dougal Adorns a Rope's End in England. LONDON, July 14. —Samuel Herbert Dougal, the perpetrator of the Moat house murder, who was convicted at the Chelmsford assizes June 23 of killing of Miss Camille Cecile Holland at Saf fron-Walden, Essex, and sentenced to death, was hanged at the Chelmsford jail today, after making a full confes sion of his crime. The murder was committed over four years ago, and hope of solving the mystery had almost been given up when the body of the victim, Miss Hol land, was found last April buried in the Moat house grounds. Miss Holland was the owner of the Moat house. Four years ago Dougal, who was supposed to be her husband, but who had never been married to her, made his appearance there, and Miss Dougal, supposed to be his sister, took up her "residence on the place. Miss Holland then disappeared sud denly, and Dougal sued the woman supposed to be his sister, but who really was his wife, for divorce. This aroused suspicion and led to an inves tigation. Dougal was suspected of hav ing made 'away with at least five wives. Insurance Against Strikes. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 14. — The Strike Insurance company, growing out of the discussion at the recent meeting of the Manufacturers' association, in New Orleans, Is now a fact, having been put on a permanent footing by the establishment of an underwriting bureau here. W. O. Nones, of this city, in attorn^v and eeneral manager. KEARS4AGE IS TO '-, HAVE SPEED TRIAL, ttWinhi» i immiiHiiiiiiii~im«ilm—iiiuf?lTyn«>imiiMiM»iii j Official Visit of the American Squadron to England Comes to an End. PORTSMOUTH, Eng., July 11.— With the reception given on board Rear Admiral Cotton's flagship Kear sarge this afternoon the official visit of the American squadron to England terminated. The royal yacht A'ktoria and Albert will leave Portsmouth har bor tomorow and receive the salutes of the warships as she steams out. ■ m Friday, when outside Spithead, Ad miral Cotton will transfer his Bag to the Chicago and proceed with thw- San Francisco and Machias to Lisbon, while the Kearsarge will begin her speed trial across the Atlantic. "Our reception in England his 1 n most cordial and enthusiastic," said Rear Admiral Cotton. "Nothing could exceed the courtesy extern].-. 1 to U3 on all sides, from the king and Prince of Wales, the officials of the govern ment and officers of the army and navy to the people of London and Portsmouth." Admiral Cotton and the other Amer ican officers gave Capt. Hempliill all the honor for the part played by the Kearsarge, whose presence contrib uted in so remarkable a degree to the success of the visit. "We have been killed with kind ness," said Capt. Hemphill. "< >ur re ception could not have been better in any share." In order to provide a satisfactory buoy for the Kearsarge the royal yacht moved this afternoon to another posi tion, her place being occupied by Ad miral Cotton's flagship. Another honor, which was commented on by th- Eng lish visitors, was the action of Admiral Hothman in permitting the use of the royal gangway during th<> afternoon's reception, which was attended by 2 000 persons. Capt. Hemphill received Instructions today to clean the Kearsarge's propel ler, fill its bunkers with the best coal and go at the highest speed, with nat ural draft. to Frenchman's Bay, Maine. This is the first occaston in time of peace that an American battle ship has been subject to so severe a test. Capt. Hemphill will follow the general circle route, leaving Ports mouth at 9 o'clock Friday morning. It is expected he will beat the record for battleships across the Atlantic. The Kearsarge left the jetty tonight and anchored in midstream, preparatory to coaling tomorrow. By the route that Oapt. Hemphill has selected for the speed trial the Kear sarge must steam 2,5:,- miles. On her way to Southampton she made 3,245 miles. She is thus expected to take less time on her impending voyage. Capt. Hemphill commanded the Buffa lo, which established the record of thirty-nine days on the run from New York to Manila, and the officers of the Kearsarge are satisfied that with the excellent coal supplied and the tressel'a moderately clean bottom, tin; record for a battleship will be broken. DEPUTY SHERIFF SAVES A NEGRO ASSAILANT New York State Farmers Were Bent Upon Lynching Little. ALBANY, N. V. ( July U.— The quick wit of a deputy sherifl at Coxslckie this afternoon prevented the lynching of James Little, a 19-year-old negro hail ing from Summerhurst, N. J., who early this morning, near New Baltimore, as saulted Emma Cole, aged 11 yens, daughter of Joseph Cole, a fanner liv ing one mile back of New Baltimore. The negro escaped after threatening the child with death. Two other chil dren had given the alarm and Mr. Cole and neighbors met the child coming home, and at once organized a i>arty to scour the woods. A description of the negro was sent to near-by towns and an hour later he was captured on the railroad track near Coxsackie by Roy Cutler. He conl the assault and was locked up. Mean while news of the capture reached New Baltimore and one hundred and fifty enraged farmers started for Coxsackie. augmented by a large number of Oox s.M-kie striking molders and river men*! all vowing their intention to lynch the negro. Deputy Sheriff Sumner Van Loon, re alizing that the coming of darkness would mean the breaking of the Ilimsy local lock-up and the violent death of his prisoner, smuggled the negro out and took him flown the river on tin boat to Catskill, where there is a well built jail. The Cole child is seriously injured but may recover. Little say.s he has been living in Albany until yes terday, when he started to walk to bifl home in New Jersey. His confession fully corroborates the story told )>y the child. RUSSIANS MAY BRING A CONFLICT ABOUT Japan Will Regard Continuation of Encroachment a Casus Belli. PEKIN, July 14.—United States Mln-. ister Conger arrived at New Chwang today, where he will make a personal investigation of the situation. M. I. -s sar, the Russian minister to China, returned here late today. Dispatches from Japan on the situa tion are optimistic, but on account of. the continuing reports of Russian activ ity on the Yalu river and also the state ment made by the Korean legation here that China will not consent and the Koreans themselves are unable to open Atiami to trade because of Russian objections, the opinion Were is gloomy. Uuless the evacuation of Manchuria oc curs soon the belief obtains here that the acts of belligerent Russians on the Yalu will precipitate a conflict, as It is understood that Japan will regard the continuation of Russian encroach ment on the territory bordering the Yalu as a cusus belli. • GEN. CLAY IS DEPRIVED OF ALL HIS WEAPONS ______ Committee in Cha-je of His Affairs Would Rather N. t Shot At. LEXINGTON. Ky . July 14-—The room occupied by Gen. Casalus .*.'. Clay, at Whitehall, has been stilfvped of weapons by an order of the com mittee appointed by the Rtehrnond court vto take charge of his affairs. The revolver and bowie knife \ver» taken from the room by the servant*. They reported to him that they \\ ii befn removed„ by -the. nurse, after which In >ould not let her render him