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THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE'S
circulation now exceeds that
of any other morning newspaper
In the Twin Cities except only
the Minneapolis Tribune.
THE St. Paul Sunday Globe Is
now acknowledged to be the
best Sunday paper In the North*
west and has the largest clrcu'a-
Yon.
ADVERTISERS g«* 100 per
»• cent more In results for the
money they spend on advertising
In The Globe Uian from any other
paper.
THE Globe circulation Is ex
clusive, because His the only
Democratic Newspaper of gen*
eral circulation in the Northwest.
A DVERTISERS in The Globe
reach this great and dally in
creasing constituency, and it
cannot be reached in any other
way.
RESULTS COUNT—
THE GLOBE GIVES THEM.
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1904.
A GOOD MAN GONE
Nothing could better sum up the life
of Mayor Jones, of Toledo, who died on
Tuesday evening, than this sentence
from the news dispatches announcing
his end: "Although many did not be
lieve in his ideas on sociological prob
lems, everybody loved and respected
him."
It is a beautiful tribute to any man
when we can say that, having lived hia
life largely in the public eye and held
offices of responsibility and trust, he
died respected and loved by the people.
After all, we place these excellencies of
disposition, this overflowing generosity
and this broad charity, this altruistic
energy and hope above the highest
achievements of the intellect, because
this presence in such marked degree is
so infinitely rarer. It would be a poor
world to live in, and one hopeless of
progress, if sentiment and emotion
•were to usurp the place of cold, hard
headed fact; but it would be a world
bereft of beauty and of hope if those
great "qualities did not live and flourish
here.
Mayor Jones was a man of great
heart, of -instinctive benevolence and
of a real desire to serve his fellowmen.
The sobriquet of Golden Rule Jones,
that he carried to his death, was an
honest one. He sought and found a
great truth, one that the world has not
yet accepted, in declaring that all that
is needed to clarify both politics and
business is a general acceptance of
the simple formula of the Golden Rule.
The highest philosophy could go no
further. This is the essence of the
divinest creed; and the refusal of a so
called Christian world to act upon it
constitutes the daily rejection by that
world of its daily crucified Christ. In
his great fundamental proposition
Mayor Jones was absolutely and indis
putably right. That is why the people
instinctively respected, loved and fol
lowed him.
It was in his practical application of
the great precept that he, like so many
others, fell into snares. He forgot what
the Master always remembered, that
the realization of the Golden Rule
comes not by statutes or ordinances*
not out of the mouths of high priests
or lawgivers or centurions, or by Cae
sar himself, but by flowering into full
beauty in each individual human heart.
We shall have the Golden Rule in pub
lic life when it prevails in private life;
when all want it because they love it
and could not respect themselves if
| they denied it. and not because it is
forced upon them from without.
The aims of a great, but impulsive
and shortsighted nature, drove Mayor
* Jones in the other direction. He
thought that city, county and state
legislatures could accomplish by some
sudden miracle the work to advance
which Christ was crucified 2,000 years
ago. This was the source and center of
j hfs error. Hence he leaned toward all
sorts of ridiculous sociological schemes,
knowing that the fundamental instincts
of the. people are pure, but forgetting
that these are so overlaid with the daily
crust of selfishness that we must ap
peal to the spontaneous and divine, and
not to the human artificiality in them.
This is the common failure of men
like him. They-are in too great haste.
They forget that humanity has been
untold thousands ot years in the mak
lujti. They forget that the processhaa'
been uniform. In their zeal for tomor
row they maim today. Gazing at the
stars, they fall into the pit. Socialism,
which embodies all the crises that hu
manity has to fear, has been the bane
and the delusion of many of the great
est hearts the world has known. This
was the error of Mayor Jones, which
perished with him. For the truths that
he sought and held we may be thank
ful, and believe that the example that
he gave in public life of disinterested
ness and service will be taken up by
others less captive to sentimental de
lusions and socialistic theories and car
ried step by step to its ultimate tri
umph.
Private Smith, United States marine
corps, hero, deserves a special act of
congress to empower him to change his
name that he may not be lost in the
ruck of Smiths.
A PARALLEL
There Is an interesting resemblance
between the courageous message of
Judge Parker to the St. Louis conven
tion and a somewhat similar act which
appeared to be the foundation stone
of fame for one of Minnesota's gifted
sons. The people of this state had long
known and admired Cushman K. Davis,
and his personal friends had both loved
him and perceived in him the qualities
that make for greatness, but he had
still a national reputation to make
when what seemed to be an embarrass
ing crisis arose before him. It was
when some of his constituents de
manded of him specific action during a
strike, and he sent his telegram to the
Duluth strikers that afterward became
a part of national history.
The current remark for a few days
was that Senator Davis had practically
destroyed himself politically. That it
was a brave thing to do, a noble and
patriotic thing 1, was everywhere quietly
admitted. At the same time It was al
leged to be an unreasonable and im
politic thing, and there were plenty
who thought that Senator Davis had
saved his manhood and his American
ism at the expense of his place in pub
lic life. Yet it was not many months
before that message was the talk of
every community in every state of the
Union. It was that message by which
he was best remembered. It was that
message that was referred to after
ward as the first sign of approaching
greatness whenever his later achieve
ments brought him into renewed prom
inence.
Judge Parker's message was the same
sort of act. It was rising to a great
emergency. It was throwing to the
winds petty restraints of expediency.
It was opening the eyes plainly to the
great danger and welcoming it with a
smile. It was the sudden rising above
all the little rules of everyday life and
everyday action, and the sending like
a bolt from the blue of the straight,
swift, sharp answer which honor and
truth demanded. It spread a momen
tary consternation, it raised a momen
tary antagonism, but it has made Judge
Parker known to millions of his coun
trymen in a light that nothing can ob
scure.
Its effect will be cumulative. It will
go on growing from day to day. It has
the force of absolute demonstration,
and no insinuations and no charges can
make the American people disbelieve
in the inherent manhood and courage
of him who did not hesitate to do this
act. Wherever the news is carried the
verdict will be that of the London
newspapers that we have quoted, will
be that of every straightforward and
honorable man whom you may speak to
on the street. Judge Parker will be
come day by day the highest type of
hero, patriot and statesman to his ad
miring countrymen.
In the meantime it is well to remem
ber that there are 137 ways of cooking
eggs.
A VIGOROUS OCTOGENARIAN
There is nothing the matter with the
Democratic candidate for the vice pres
idency. Former Senator Davis, of West
Virginia, is 81 years old. He is a man
of vast affalrs.^who withdrew from
public life many years ago because in
his advancing years he did not feel that
he could give the double energy re
quired by politics and by business. Yet
he is still in the full vigor of life, and
is meeting the demands now made
upon him with all the spirit and energy
of a stripling.
He has welcomed the labors of an
arduous campaign with open joy. He
announces publicly that he is not go
ing to be a figurehead in the campaign,
but will begin with his state conven
tion a few weeks hence, and after that
take a most active part in affairs. He
has rolled up hJLs sleeves to put his pri
vate affairs in order, so that he may
have more time to give to^the public.
He is a Democrat' of the Democrats and
is worilsysfcf the hoiroTs'lhat have been
given to bjQ9>. Bis-record in public life
is a long and,jbji£hly-honorable one; and
he is one of thps^, sturdy Americans,
making their own;way from, poverty and
insignificance to wealth and power, yet
still retaining "tfet rugged qualities that
; proved their greatness, whom the na
tion delights, to honor. Hehfry G. Da via
is a type of the best that there is in
Democracy and in Americanism. He is
going to cut no small figure, in the com
ing contest.
It will be rather difficult for the
string fiends to do anythiflg'-with the
romance of Senator Clark.. He has been
married long* enough to warrant Mrs.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, THURSDAY. JULY 14. 1904
Clark in hanging the diamond mounted
kitchen skillet on his eye in case of an
urgent necessity arising for the en
forcement of domestic discipline.
THE PRESIDENTIAL TYPE
The one fact In American 'history
that more than any other has helped
to instill in the minds of the people the
belief that a superior destiny which
must affect all mankind awaits these
United States Is that in periods "of trial
great men have invariably been found
at the head of affairs. Nevertheless
the writer who has attempted in the
National Review to give the Britishers
some idea of the presidential tj-pe is in
the main right when he says that "the
presidents have all been what one may
call without offense representative mid
dle class men."
It is all the easier to admit the truth
of his remark, because the term "mid
dle class" contains no reproach for the
great bulk of the American people.
From the beginning it has stood for the
:overnment —for what it has honestly
believed to be a superior government—
and it ia not surprising, therefore, that
this responsibility and this belief should
have evolved a superior middle class..
If it had struggled up to a place in the
government, it would view those who
desire to be leader with overcautious
eyes, perhaps, but because it has al
ways ruled, it has the quality of broad
vision.
Therefore when the correspondent of
the English review declares that "in-
ability firmly to grasp his character
has given Mr. Roosevelt a more slender
hold on the affections of the American
people than one would naturally ex-
pect" a slur may have been intended,
but over here it will not be felt. In
reality the writer pays a fine compli
ment to the Intelligence of the Ameri
can people. It shows a lack neither of
wit nor of imagination to fail to grasp
a character full of vagaries. It would
show a lack of both if the middle class
viewed with no uneasiness the associa
tion of such a character with the office
of chief executive.
To be "a trifle suspicious of a genius"
is no fault in a democracy where the
safety of the people depends on safe
and sane representation in all govern
mental functions. Nowhere else, per
haps, is genius more admired, nowhere
else has it a greater opportunity for de
velopment, but the normal must rule in
a democracy and such rule would be en
dangered were the abnormal habitually
exhibited as the type of the people's
choice. The English correspondent is
absolutely right, therefore, when he
says that democracy "would prefer the
dull level of mediocrity rather than
brilliancy in a form which it cannot
quite comprehend." It would be sui
cidal to prefer anything else.
Waley Gipe, of Indiana, is charged
with murder. The wonder is that
Waley permitted* himself to attain
man's estate before revenging himself
on humanity for the sins of his spon
sors in baptism.
CARDINAL SATOLLI
St. Paul gave a princely welcome to
a prince of the church last night. The
reception given Cardinal Satolli simply
gave expression to the esteem in which
the distinguished guest is held, not only
by the members of his own church, but
by the laity generally. It was princely
in its warmth rather than by reason of
its dressing. It was a testimonial to
the man as well as to the eminent
churchman.
And Cardinal Satolli should be a
welcome guest in this or any other
city of the United States. He is one of
those sons of the church who are born
to the mission of administration. His
genius has been demonstrated in the
world of diplomacy as well as in other
lines of effort. When he came to the
United States as papal ablegate he was
an unknown man on this side the At
lantic. He came to fill a mission deli
cate as the field was untried. A titular
archibshop without a diocese, he came
without other visible honors than as
the bearer of the confidence of Leo
XIII. His skill in meeting situations
that were difficult, his learning and his
piety commended him to the people of
America as his success impressed the
Vatican. He won his cardinalate in the
United States and he stands now so
close to the papal throne that he is an
invaluable ally to the church in Amer
ica.
St. Paul delights in honoring Cardi
nal Satolli and he was welcomed as a
friend rather than as a stranger. In
deed, he was not a stranger to many
of the thousands who participated In
the reception last night, for his visit to
St. Paul nine fears ago, when he con
secrated the then new St. Paul's sem
inary, still lives in the memory of those
who were fortunate enough to come in
contact with him at that time.
St. Paul has hitherto entertained dis
tinguished guests, but few of them
have been more cordially and respect
fully received and none had ' higher
claims on the esteem and respect of the
people than this prince of the church,
who stands so close to Its great head
in Rome and so near to the heart of the
Catholic church In America.
Now is the time for th« man who
does not believe in fads to become a
vegetarian without violating his con
victions.
As compared to Oyster Bay there is ■
some dignity, even a suggestion of the
classic, about Esopus.
Contemporary Comment
Colorado Talks Back to New York
In view of the kindly advice which
the New York papers have given Col
orado because of its disturbances in
one or two mining camps, it is re
markable that the metropolitan editors
cannot find a solution of their own
trouble of hobdlumism. The Outrages in
New York are committed by- young
men who grow up from babyhood
amid^ surroundings of squalor and
crime. When they are ten years old
they are well on the way toward the
criminal life, with nobody interested in
stopping them, and when they are
twenty they are the most vicious crim
inals in the world. There are no youths
so utterly bad as the "Hooligans" of
New York, to use a London expression
for the genus hoodlum. They present
a grave problem, which will grow
greater as time goes on. No "bad
man" of any Western mining camp or
cow town ever held human life at as
low an estimate as these young toughs
of New York who are now finding their
favorite pastime in stoning automo
bile drivers.— Denver Republican.
Exaggeration in the Pulpit
No minister who has the love of
God in his heart can defend exaggera
tion in the pulpit, much less plead for
it. The field for exaggeration is al
ready too well filled. The theatrical
illusion, the newspaper sensations, the
political boast and bluster and the
spectacular performances of the so
ciety "smart set" furnish all demands
for hypocritical embellishments and
ornamentations of language and con
duct. We still have a notion, old
fashioned, perhaps, that we have a
right to expect from the pulpit the
gospel and the word of the heart
■without translation into exaggerated
sensationalism.—Washington Post.
Financial Outlook Reassuring
The financial situation in America
today, if not wholly satisfactory, is at
least reassuring. After passing
through the quarter of the year during
which the money markets are likely to
be put to the severest tests, and in the
face of conditions of foreign exchange
and of domestic stock transactions
which were unprecedented, to be able
to say that there has been no panic
and no increase of commercial failures
and to point to an easy bond market,
is at least negatively encouraging.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
Japan's Remarkable Trade
With- an aggregate trade with Japan
amounting to nearly $67,000,000 for
eleven months, there is every proba
bility of a total of $70,000,000 for the
whole fiscal yean This is certainly a
remarkable record for war times. J%
pan's energies are evidently not wholly
absorbed in the fighting. If what is
true of her American trade is true also
of her trade with other countries—and
there is no reason why it should not be
—it is little short of wonderful how
the Japanese keep their steadiness and
balance in a time of severe national
trial. —Providence (R. I.) Journal.
King Can Do No Wrong
Dowie was hissed in New York for
scolding King Edward. People may go
to New York and slander Chicago and
be cheered for it, but they mustn't ex
pecf New York to dalmly permit them
to say uncomplimentary things about
the king.—Chicago Record-Herald.
And Also With the Offices
An Ohio boy, five years of age,
weighs 125 pounds and has a full beard.
They supply them with officeholding
qualifications early in that state. —
Washington PosJ.
Somebody's "Holding Out"
Money per capita lias increased from
$25 to $30, says a. Democratic platform
maker.—New York Herald.
What He Thinks it Will Be
That whirring sound is Gen. Grosve
nor, of Ohio, computing Col. Roose
velt's majority.—New Jork Telegraph.
PERSONAL MENTION
Windsor—T. T. Ofstfeun, Glenwood; A.
Meyer. Chippewa Falls. Wis.; Frank
Fowler. Mankato; R. J. Ried, Dubuque;
C. P. Reeves, Glenwoo P. H. Martin,
Duluth; Arthur Goufle, Chippewa Falls,
Wis.; W. B. Miller and wife, Spokane; A.
F. Marquette. Bismarck, N. D.; Dr. A.
W. Macdonald ■ and wife, Courtney, N.
D.; George J. Brown and wife, Hudson,
Wis.
Merchants —J. M. Logan, Knoxville; L.
L. Zenner. Crookston; A. G. Youngberg,
Lake Park; John Kaspcr and wife. Fari
bault; M. F. Kelbe, Anaconda, Mont.;
Ormsby McHarg. Jamestown. N. D.; M.
W. Lang, Washington, D. C; M. R. Cash
man. Owatonna; F. E. Paulis. Blue Earth;
H. H. Tanner, Little Falls; P. A. Smith,
Faribault.
Ryan—W. H. Keefer, Monticfllo; G. N.
Meetsir and wife, Sioux City; D. M.
Clark and wife, Brainerd; W. Wyan Good
win. Kansas City; William E. F. Griffin,
Winona; H. W. Young, Atlanta; E. V.
Bod well, Victoria; William McAlpine. Ot
tawa. 111.; Eugene E. Gordan, Spokane,
Wash.
TODAY'S WEATHER
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 13.—Fore
cast:
Minnesota —Showers Thursday; cooler
in west portion. -Friday fair, increasing
southeast winds, becoming northwesterly.
Upper Michigan—Fair in east, showers
in west portion Thursday. Friday fair in
west portion; showers and cooler in the
east portion; increasing south winds.
Wisconsin—Showers Thursday and Fri
day; cooler; fresh to brisk southerly
winds.
Montana —Fair; warmer Thursday. Fri
day fair.
North Dakota—Fair Thursday and Fri
day; warmer Friday.
South Dakota—Fair Thursday; cooler in
central ana east portions. Friday warmer.
lowa —Showers Thursday; cooler in east
portion. Friday fair In west; showers and
cooler in east portion.
St. Paul — Testerday'9 observations,
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 night—Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevation. Highest tempera*
ture, 67; lowest temperature. 60; average
temperature, 64'; daily range. 7; barome
ter, 29.77; humidity, .90; precipitation,
.10; 7 p. m. temperature. 67; 7 p. m. wind,
southeast; weather, cloudy.
Yesterday's IBemperatures—
•SpmHighi *BpmHigh
Alpena „ .TO 70 Los Angeles . .72 84
Bismarck .....76 84 Marquette 68 74
Buffalo 66 6&! Memphis 86 90
Boston .68 7S|Medicine Hat..72 86
Chicago ......76 80 Milwaukee 72 80
Cincinnati 78 82 Minnedosa ....68 72
Cleveland .V. ..7.0 72lMontreal 62 63
Denver 80 84|Moorhead 72 7a
Dcs Moines,-,>78 82 New Orleans..Bo 88
Detroit .......70 76 New York ....70 76
Duluth 6« 76 Omaha 80 84
El Paso ;. .96 100 Plttsburß 72 76
Edmonton .?.-:«« eeiQu'Appelle ....52 68
Escanaba .....S8 76 St. Louis 80 84
Galveston .. *..82 86 San Francisco.Bo 68
Grand Rap4d»,Y4 80 Salt Lake .7« 78
Green Bay . ...?4 80 San Antonio ..88 92
Havre ..72 72 8. Ste. Marie. .70 72
Helena W 744Waahington ..68 7«
Huron 76 Bft!Winnipeg 78 ..
Jacksonville ..82 90
•Washington time (7p.m. St. P;,ul).
River Bulletin-
Danger. Gauge. Change in
Line. Heading. 24 Hours.
St. Paul 14 4.5 —0.2
LaCrosse .'.lo' 6.3 —0.1
Davenport 15 5.7 —D.I
St. Louis 30 28.4 *0.2
—Fall. *Rise. i -
The Mississippi will fall slowly m the
vicinity of St. Paul during, the next forty
eieht hours.
At St. Paul Theaters
The Christian," as played by Miss
Percy Haswell and the George Faw
cett company at the Grand this week
is an enjoyable performance and con
tinues to draw lafge audiences, yester
day's matinee being the biggest thus
far this summer. The play is ade
quately staged.
Farce for the first half of the week
and drama for the latter half is an
nounced for the Grand next week by
the George Fawcett company. Begin
ning Sunday and playing to Thursday
night, inclusive, Augustin Daly's clever
farce "A Night Off" will be the bill.
During the latter half, beginning Fri
day night, "Camille" will be seen.
What the Editors Say
The Great Northern has called the
bluff of those fellows who style them
selves the Breckenridge "business
men." General Manager Ward has no
tified these "business men" that the
road will continue to insist on its em
ployes abstaining from the use of liq
uor, and upholds Supt. Forepaugh in
his war on booze, and intimates that
something will drop at Breckenridge if
the present management of that village
continues to defy the decree. Em
ployes will not be allowed to drink
while on duty, or hang around saloons
when off duty. The Great Northern i 3
to be commended for its firmness in
this important matter. —Red Lake
Falls Gazette.
Either Mayor Haynes. of Minneap
olis, or Swan J. Turnblad, the well
known Scandinavian editor of that
city, would be a formidable candidate
for governor on the Democratic ticket
this fall. Both are men of the highest
standing and marked • ability, and
judging from the disclosures made in
the Republican press during the re
cent few months, would stand in
marked contrast to the Republican
candidate in many very important re
spects. It would give the Democrats
of the state reason to hope for much
if either one were prevailed upon to,
make the run.—Hutchinson Leader.
The Swan J. Turnblad gubernatorial
boom is getting the right of way
through the ranks of the Minnesota
Democracy. This publisher of a great
Swedish newspaper, with his fine abil
ity and high character would be the
most formidable foe to the success of
the Republican candidate that the
Democrats could produce.—Duluth
News-Tribune.
By the way, what is to become of
Sam Johnson and his reports? Will
Gov. Va n Sant still insist that the
public examiner continue the work of
digging up flaws in Bob Dunn's rec
ord? As these reports were not
prompted by political motives, we sup
pose, of course, the state administra
tion will let the good work proceed.—
Red Lake Courier.
There is a queer state of
politically in this state. Part of the
Republican party is scared to death
for fear John Lind will run for gov
ernor on the Democratic ticket, and
the other part would be tickled, to
death if he would.—Fairmont Sentinel.
"St Louis county claims credit for
nomination of Dunn" is a big headline
in Duluth News-Tribune. This is the
first intimation we had that St. Louis
had 600 delegates in the state conven
tion. —Inter-Lake Tribune.
The Republican party boasts that it
does .things. The Collins delegation
from Hennepin county to the recent
state convention will not question the
accuracy of the boast. —Wabasha Her
ald.
It must be admitted that for genuine
oratory and enthusiasm the Demo
cratic convention left the Republican
gathering completely in the shade.—
Duluth Herald.
The Republicans are dwelling to
gether in great harmony, and a knife
goes with every chunk of harmony.—
St. Peter Herald.
f Among the Merrymakers I
a— ■ — ———— a
At Liberty. -.
Miss Tottie Van Tootles is curvy and chic.
She sings in "The Prince and the
Toad." -
Her wage, in the city, is twenty per week,
"Twenty-five when she goes on the road.
Miss Tottie Van Tootles is handsomely
gowned; :
. She has a French maid at her heels,
A cottage at Larchmont, a yacht on the
• Sound, • x
And three or four automobiles.
Miss Tottie Van Tootles has published a
card
To say she's "At Liberty" now; — •
Whi»-h envious persons are pleased to
regard \ •
- As the certain result of a row.
With whom? Why, I really can't say. I
don't know
The details of Miss Tottie's young life; i
But -'tis. whispered, I hear (not above,
but below).
That an angel has taken a wife.
—Puck.
- . Such a Mistake ,
The war correspondent in Nagasaki has
sent his Jap servant to the store for some
supplies. The man has ..been delayed, so
the correspondent telephones.
"Hello." he says to the clerk, who is ah
American, ■ "Is Takachua Bito down
there?": "■■. '■ '■■:
■ "No, sir," was .the reply, "but we have
sixteen other kinds of breakfast food."—
\ Chicago Tribune. .
But Almost
"The giraffe was telling me he felt sick
all over this morning," said 1 the tigress.
"Oh. that's just his imagination," . re
plied Dr. Monk.
. "Wasn't he really sick all over?"
. - "Not quite; just a throat trouble."—
Philadelphia Press...;
An Oversight .
■ "De world owes us a livin'," said Plod
ding Pete. - - .
> "Yes," answered Meandering Mike, "but
it neglected to make arrangements so dat
we could . clip it off • from day .to : day like
coupons."—Washington Star.
Where the Danger Lies
Young' Hateh —Don't you worry . about
this; leap year business. The I pretty girls
don't . have to propose, and the homely
ones are afraid to. - \ -
r Old Batch—Yes.; But there are the wid
ows!— Browning's Magazine. ■• ; ;
- When He" Has Too
"Doesn't Sponger; ever buy a drink?". '
• "Oh, yes,' upon occasions." ; ..: ,
:. "What occasions?" - ■ : tl ~
> "Upon occasions when - he's alone - and
there's <• no one else: to ; buy for him."—
Philadelphia Ledger. : -.
All He Get* .
i "There ■ now," ■ said Mrs. Henpeck, • con
cluding her lecture, "a word ;to the : wise
is sufficient." . " " v ' :..- . -
i . "Yes," replied her i husband, "a - word
In edgewise :is : ; —Philadelphia
Press. :^.r'-~ ■■ U~ : .-_}j-:'~:'y: -■■■:-' ';'?:■?■ -■■" ;
Sowed and Sprouting
"He is beginning to feel his oata now."
"Good! In excellent trim, is he?"
"No; unfortunately, it's his wild oats
he's beginning to feel now!"— New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Wastes No Tlm«
"Wandering Willie —No, leddy; liquor
never touched my lips.
Lady—No; probably you open your
mouth and thr*«» it down.—Chicago
News.
RAILROAD NEWS
UWKU GOES TO
CEDAR RAPIDS
Local Freight Agent of Rock
Island Transferred to
lowa Point
J. W. Lawhead, local freight agent
of the Rock Island, has been trans
ferred to Cedar Rapids, lowa, and will
leave St. Paul today to take his new
position. The change is a promotion
for Mr. Lawhead, as he will have
charge of the freight business at Cedar
Rapids, which is a distributing point
where consignments ter the northern
and middle divisions of the system are
handled.
Mr. Lawhead has been freight agent
at St. Paul since the Rock Island has
had terminals in this city. He has had
charge of the company's freight traf
fic originating and terminating here
and the business has grown greatly
since the new freight house on the
West side was opened in December,
1902. Mr. Lawhead and C. A. Hunter,
commercial agent at St. Paul, were ap
pointed at the same time, and both
officials have established the freight
interests of the Rock Island in this
territory.
As Cedar Rapids is the home of Mr.
Lawhead, where he entered the employ
of the Rock Island in the capacity of
clerk in the freight house several years
ago, the notice of the change was wel
come to him. He came to St. Paul
from Decorah, lowa, where he had
been freight agent.
O. P. Harris, chief clerk in the
freight office at Cedar Rapids, has
been appointed to* succeed Mr. Law
head in St. Paul, and he will imme
diately assume his duties here. Mr.
Harris has been with the Rock Island
since 1898.
PRESIDENT EARLING
VISITS TWIN CITIES
His Presence Starts Report That Mil-
waukee Will Build to Coast
President A. J. Earling, of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul, was in
the Twin Cities yesterday, and hia
presence immediately started rumors
in railroad circles that the reported ac
quisition of the Wisconsin Central by
the Milwaukee was about to be con
firmed. President Earling, however,
said he knew nothing.of the deal, and
declared that he had come to the Twin
Cities for no other purpose than to
meet a party of friends who arrived
from the coast yesterday afternoon
over the Northern Pacific.
President Earling arrived in St. Paul
yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, his
private car having been attached to
the Pioneer Limited. He went through
to Minneapolis and visited the local
offices of the company in that city. He
stopped at. St. Paul in the afternoon
and left at 2:40 o'clock for Chicago.
Though President Earling would not
sanction an interview on the subject, it
is reported that the party that came
from the coast has been making in
vestigations looking toward the ex
tension of the Milwaukee to the coast.
It is said that the extension will be
through Bismarck, and thence west,
with terminals at Seattle.
RATES FOR HARVEST
LANDS ANNOUNCED
Men Must Travel in Parties of Five on
One Second Class Ticket
To prevent the general public taking
advantage of the special rate granted
to harvest hands, the railroads have
this year attached a condition which
will make the rate applicable only when
parties of five or more travel together
on one second class ticket.
The rate established from Chicago,
Kansas City and St. Louis to St. Paul
is $6, and a maximum rate of §6 fpom
St. Paul to the wheat belt of the Red
River valley in Minnesota and Dakota
will be put in by the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and Soo. The return
rate will be $1 higher than the west
bound rate, and will be in effect from
Sept. 1 to Nov. 30.
The influx of harvest hands into the
Northwest will begin during the latter
part of this month, and special efforts
will be made by the employment bu
reaus to secure all the men who are
now working in the Southwest.
CONVICTION UNDER
"JIM CROW" CAR LAW
Maryland Judge Says Law Must Be
Enforced
BALTIMORE, Md., July 13.—The
first conviction in Maryland under the
"Jim Crow" car law which was passed
at the last session of the legislature
was secured today in the criminal
court, when Judge Wright found
James Davis, colored, guilty of violat
ing the terms of the law and fined him
$25.
Davis was arrested aboard the
steamer Rock Creek July 2, while she
was lying at the Baltimore wharf, on
a charge of refusing to occupy the col
ored apartments on the steamer. In
imposing the fine Judge Wright said:
'It must be understood that this law
must be explicitly obeyed. A law sim
ilar to that has been declared consti
tutional by the highest court in thi»
land, and citizens must remember that
infractions of it will be punished.
RAIN INTERFERES
WITH AUTO RIDE
Commercial Agents Get Ducking but
Will Go Again Friday
Cok George C. Knoche. northwestern
freight agent of the Lake v Shore &.
Michigan Southern, treated a party :>f
commercial agents to an automobile
ride yesterday afternoon, but the rain
storm interfered with the programme,
half of which was postponed.
If weather permits the agents wiU be
taken out again Friday afternoon. In
the party were R. J-. Williams, Illinois
Central: W. M. Stephenson, Wisconsin
Central; H. K. Cole, Northern Pacific;
W. M. Burk. Northern Pacific; H. E.
Butterfield, Great Northern; E. D.
Parker, Soo, and C. A. Hunter, Rock
Island.
RAILROAD NOTES
T. W. Teasdale, general passenger
agent of the Omaha, has announced
that weekly excursions will be given
from Duluth to Isle Royale, from J«ly
16 to Sept. 16. Excursionists may
leave St. Paul Saturday night, catch a
steamer at Duluth Sunday morning or
afternoon, visit Isle Royale, and return
to St. Paul Wednesday. The rate in
cludes rail and lake transportation and
meals and berth on the boat.
George F. Simonds, with a Raymond
vVhitcomb party of thirty-one, bound
for Yellowstone park and Alaska, pass
ed through St. Paul yesterday, going
West on the Northern Pacific last
night.
The Rock Island has renewed for
five years its lease of the Burlington
tracks from Cameron, Mo., to Kansas
City, Mo.
WOULD CO-OPERATE IN
GATHERING STATISTICS
Harmony Between National and Stata
Bureaus Is Proposed
CONCORD, N. H., July 13.—At to
day's session of the Association of Offi
cials of Bureaus of Labor Statistics, a
special committee on harmony be
tween national and state officers in th©
collection of statistics made a repon,
concluding with these recommenda
tions
"That the greatest advance in col
laborating and co-ordinating statistical
work can be made by the co-operation
of the state officers with the United
States bureau of the census in taking
the census of manufactures of 1905.
"That the schedule used by the bu
reau in the collecting of the statistics of
manufactures be permanently adopted
as the basis for similar, work by the
state statistical officers.
'"That the employment of the chiefs of
the state bureaus of labor by the bu
reau of the census as special agents to
collect the statistics of manufactures
will greatly assist in co-operative work
and establish the basis for such work
in all statistical inventions undertaken
by the federal and state governments.
"That the members of the association
who hold office in the states where the
existing laws interfere in co-operativo
work between federal and state officers,
endeavor to secure legislation similar
to the joint resolution of the thirtieth
general assembly of lowa."
MAKES A CONTRACT
TO RAISE THE MAINE
United States Doubts Its Right to
Abandon the Property
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 13.— R.
H. F. Sewell, of New Orleans, has in
formed the navy department that he
has made a contract with the Cuban
government to raise the wreck of the
battleship Maine, which has lain in the
mud of the harbor of Havana since
the explosion on the night of Feb. 15,
1898. Before proceeding with the work
Mr. Sewell says he desires to know
what claim, If any, the United States
has against the wreck.
It raises an interesting question, the
settlement of which may cause em
barrassment. One point that puzzles
the legal officers of the navy is as to
whether the wreck has been actually
abandoned and the determination of
that point involves the right of tW»
executive branch to abandon United
States property in a case like the pres
ent without express provision of law.
The Cuban government, it is under
stood, makes no claim of ownership to
the wreck and is governed in its action
simply by a desire to improve the nav
igation of the harbor.
CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT ARRESTED
William P. Scott Is Called to Account
for an Unpaid Fine
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., July 13.—Wil
liam P. Scott, candidate for president
of the United Statos on the National
Liberty party (negro) picket, was ar
rested today on of an unpaid
fine and taken to Belleville, the county
seat of St. Clair county.
Several months ago Scott, who runs
a saloon and summer garden at Den
verside, was convicted of conducting a
disorderly place, and his fine and costs
amounted to $149.80. He paid $50 and
was given time to pay the balance.
Frenchmen Smuggle Bait
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., July 13.—French
fishing vessels from the Grand Banks
have been unable to maintain bait at
St. Pierre and they are alleged to be
smuggling bait from* Newfoundland
waters in defiance of the bait act. Yes
terday one vessel eluded a colonial
cruiser after being chased into the St.
Pierre roadstead. Seven local fisher
men have been fined $200 each for sup
plying bait to the French vessels. Tho
colonial government will enforce the
bait act and officers will do their ut
most to prevent further infractions of
the act.
Socialists and Army Officers Fight
BELGRADE, Servia, July 13.—A se
rious fight between socialists and army
officers took place yesterday in the
square of Braguyevats, a garrison
town. The socialists were annoyed at
the attitude of the officers toward qlv
ilians and attacked the officers, who
were noisily celebrating the king's
birthday. The officers used their arms
and it is reported that twenty were
killed. The officials only acknowledge
that a few persons were wounded, some
of them fatally.
Williams Will Campaign
JACKSON. Miss., July 13. r» Con
gressman John Sharp Williams will
place his services at the disposal &t the
the national Democratic committee and
make speeches in the doubtful Btates.
He expects to go to Esopus about th«
time the national committee meets. »
He'll Collect in the Zone
SAN JUAN, P. R., JuJy 13.^-T. M.
Cook has been appointed collector of
the Panama canal zone. He sailed to
day for New York and from there will
proceed direct to Panama to organize
the customs service of the zone.
Ordered to Their Fleet
LONDON, July 13.—A dispatqh to a,
news agency from St. Petersburg says
that the officers of the Baltic fleet have
been ordered to join their vessels by
July 14.
Can't Lose the Mullah
ADEN, July 12. —The mullah Xa re
ported to be fifty miles from .JJerbera,
capital of Somaliland.