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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

it would have been the same thing.
Belligerents cannot properly use neu-
trail flag rs a cover for the commission
of unlawful acts. Such thing is little
short OF piracy, and Great Britain can
find no justification for interference in
the pending struggle in the Orient
The japanese should offer no apology
for what has been done. for their con-
duct was proper in every view of the,
case. If, as alleged. the British flag was
at the masthead OF the transport that
was destroyed, it was improperly there,
and the apology should come from thet
other side. 1t Is not one of the rights
of neutral powers to actively assist a
Oelligerent in the placing of its troops
and stores at points of vantage. and this
is better known and understood by no
one than by the British admiralty. The
technically is raised simply as an ex-
cuSe fer interference on behalf of
China. with which nation British cons
merce is much concerned. lie is noti
good in law, nor Is there justice in it
for all the blame rests upon the shout
ders of the British owners of the trans
port, who allowed their cupidity to
blind them to their duties as neutrals.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
FROM BORROWING TO LENDING

ChV4h nOEhEhO w ENS ~ LEN DANU.
The Caledonia Argus makes note of
the fact that the village bonds, some
$4,000, issued to raise the money to pay
for the water works system recently put
in by the village, have all been taken by
the farmers in the immediate vicinity.
The significance of this item can only
be seen by comparison of a recent past
with the present in the farming methods
of that locality, and the lesson it teaches
may well be conned by other communi-
ties of the state where the methods
there discarded are still in operation.
Up to 1876, from its first settlement,
Houston county was wheat field.
Little else was raised. Cows enough to
provide butter for the family and a lit
tie to sell; horses enough for the farm
work; no sheep to speak Of, and only
pork enough to supply the family wants.
were the rule. If pigs more than were
needed for home use were raised,
small field of corn furnished the fatten-
ing material, and in midwinter the
killing took place, and the frozen
dressed pork was taken to market. But
the main dependence was wheat. After
TIC the steadily decreasing fertility of
the soil broke down in wheat failure.
Land that In its yTginity had given
forty bushels of wheat to the husband
man gave but five or six. Blight and
chinch bugs betrayed the poverty of
the soil. The crop Of mortgages, large
enough before, increased in the ratio
that the wheat yield decreased. The
failure was laid to the seasons, and
wheat sowing was generally persevered
in with blind trust that the seasons
might change for the better. By 1879
the farms of the county, as q whole,
| would not have sold under the hammer
for the debts CT their owners.
Two changes set in. Liquidation be-
gan of the mortgage debt, and the dew
otees of wheat culture who were in
capable of change went to the Dakotas
to repeat their experience. Between
1880 and 1890 the county lost 1,739 of its
population to the West and the cities,
mainly the former. The other change
was in farm methods of those remain
ing. There was no stock, and no cap
ltal to buy it with; but calves were
reared instead of being slaughtered at
birth for their skins. This process was
too slow for the necessities pressing so
hard and fast. The prolific pig, de-
spised by-product of the wheat days,
became the Moses Of the debt-laden
farms. Wheat fields were turned into
corn fields or clover fields for pig pas
lures. Interest was awakened to i'm
proved strains of horses and cattle.
By 1880 the tide was turned. Six and
seven-dollar pork began its work of re-
demption. The current Of mortgages
into the registers Office was stopped
almost wholly, and satisfaction pieces
took their place. Five-doilar lands
swelled to ten, twenty. thirty-dollar
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
MAGAZINES FOR AUGUST.

The Southern States, monthly mag
aZine devoted to the South.
Southerners and those interested in
the welfare of the states south of US
will find in the pages snd illustrations
of this magazine reliable information of
the progress made and enterprise shown
by the promoters of the new South.
Music. monthly magazine, comes to
us with list of topics that must attract
the attention of music lovers all over
the Northwest. "The Problem of
Church Music" ever vexed question;
Gounod as an author of sacred music; ;
the amusing and instructive letters of
a student Of music in Berlin, and Prof.
Pratt's address on music in universities
are some of the sweet bits that chime
pleasantly in the pages of Music.
Donahoe's Magazine as usual comes
to us adorned with engravlngs worthy
OF any magazine in the country. A very
striking, but intensely sad, account is
given by Mr.. Haworth of the last dark
days of Mccullough, the great American
Iragedian.
The Chap Book in its fair and dainty
dress is by no means shouldered out of
the way by its more bulky companions,
but in its brief pages voices the senti-
ments of every true lover of books.
The contents of the American journal
of Politics are not so heavy as the titles
would imply. The subjects discussed
are vital and intering questions of
the day, and the writers are competent
in their several departments. We have
here solid reading as we'll as interesting
reading offered TO the public.
The oOntnntc Of tho AnUtlct nmn1 hpr
of Outing are as breezy as the cover
would suggest. The wanderings of
happy people all over the world are
pleasantly pictured in its pages with
pen and pencil. Coon hunts In the
South and grouse shooting in the North
will delight the sportsman. The globe
trotter will follow with keen delight
LEM in his hard experience among the
Chinese, and Worden in hts rambles
among the scenes of Shakespeare's
home. Yachtsmen will be more than
interested with Capt. Kenealy's history
OF New York's famous yacht club.
Minnesota aud her famous oarsmen are
not forgotten in the pages of this mag
zine.
Hot weather is not conducive to heavy
reading. The reader then opens the
August pages of Scribner, and with a
sigh of relief delights in fiction we'll
and briefly told.
A dainty ballad, suggestive of the
olden times, Is contributed by Chasels
Roberts.
The two Octaves. with their fin de
steele sketches, hit off in very clever
way the peculiarities of the times we
live in.
Magazines Received.
Popular Science Monthly, Appleton,
New York; Pscychical Review, Grafton.
Mass. Harper's Monthly, Harper s.
Bros, New York; Cosmopolitan, New
York; McClure's Magazine, New York;
Health, Health Publishing company,
New York; Music Review. Chicago;
Midland Monthly. Des Meines,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
CIR EAT BRITAIN I'm THE ORR
ENT

1t Is said that the Japanese naval
commander who sunk the transport
carrying Chinese troops and munitions
of war has got himself and his govern
ment into pickle, as the vessel in
question was flying the British flag at
the time she was sunk. The British
government. it is said. has demanded
explanations, apologies and indemnity:
and IL these are refused will take
hand In the fight and punish the Japs
for their Insult to the flag.
Admitting that the vessel was owned
by British subjects, and was flying the
British flag. people will inquire by what
right she was committing an act of war
by carrying the soldiers and supplies of
one of the belligerent powers in the
course of war. War has not been de-
clared between Great Britain and
Japan, and why should the former power
be employing its vessels to aid the
enemy of the Japanese? Ii any offense
has been committed--if international
law has been viOIated-it has been on
the part of Great Britain in interfering
i'll a fight in which she has no proper
part.
The Laws of nations protect vessels of
the several powers in their right to nav
igate the seas. In time of war and the
absence of an effective blockade, neu-
trail powers may have right to enter
the ports Of beliigerents at all times,
provided they extend no aid or comfort
TO either of the combatants. But if they
shall take a part in hostilities, or assist
in any way the cause of either, theyren.
der themselves liable to treatment as an
enemy. In the present case the British
transport was engaged In an unlawful
act. She was aiding in the moving of
troops and supplies of one of the hos
tile armies to a point of vantage. Prac-
tically, she was engaged in open war
fare against Japan, and therefore she
was an enemy subject to capture or de-
structiOn under the rules of war. The
claim that the vessel was engaged in
legitimate business does not hold good
in this case, for while she might prop
erly transport troops and implements of
warfare from one point to another DUR
ing peaceful times, the case is far diff
ferent after war has been declared. 1t
was not commefce she was engaged in,
as is contended, but warfare.
If Great Britain shall attempt to pun
ish Japan for an act SO legitimate, and
demanded by the instinct of self.pro-
lection, the entire civilized world will
protest in such manner as will bring
that nation to realizing sense of the
equities of the situation. The right of
the Japanese to sink and destroy YES
sci engaged IN contraband traffic-a
traffic prohibited by the articles of war
cannot be questioned. If the Offend
ing vessel had been owned by Ameri-
cans and was flying the stars and stripes
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
Only One Way Out.

Staatf-ZeItung.
We warn the Democrats once mora
against allowing themselves to be mis-
led by the foolish gossip that the main
thing now is to pass a tariff bill, no
matter what kind of a bill. The time
has gone by when such
manuever could succeed. The
Democratic party has been brought.
through the behavior of the senate in
regard TO the tariff question, into dis
agreeable and dangerous position, from
which it can be extricated only through
the enactment of an acceptable tariff
reform bill. If that is no longer prac-
ticable, the Democratic party
would have better prospect
of success if it should demonstrates to
the electors that the majority of their
representative wished for the best, but
were hindered in the execution of their
projects by a handful of traitors. than If
it should sell itself to the sugar truS
and go before the people reeking With
an abominable scandal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
Should Have Been Dismissed.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. = Secretary
Lamont decided upon the Lieut.. Nancy
case as he did, late yesterday, because
he considered the verdict of the court
martial ridiculous. This was also the
presidents view OF the case, and he adj
vised Secretary Lamont to take the
action he did. The presidents opinion
is that, for the offense committed.
Nancy should have been dismissed
from the army in disgrace. Now he
will be ordered back to his regiment at
Fort Sheridan.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

NEARLY all of the regular appropria-
ton bills have been passed by congress,
and if the tariff bill were disposed of an
adjournment might be taken in week.
But unhappily, the day for the hegira of
statesmen from the capital is far more
distant. The contention over the tariff
is no nearer an end than it was month
ago. 1t may be, however, that. other
matters being out of tina way, an earnest
effort will be made to reach an agree
III ut on the tariff. A few days viii
probably disclose the intentions TO
members of both houses
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

THE West is recovering from the bust
ness depression far more rapidly than
the East. The weekly statement of bank
clearngs shows il healthful movement
centers, and. as a whole. is more en-
couraging than it has been for more
than year. 1t is the general opinion
in commercial circles that with the set
tlement of the tariff question there will
be general revival of trade that will
lead to the restoration of normal condi-
tons.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

ANDREW CARNEGIE is evidently of
the opinion that the people of this coun-
try are no longer the economic fools"
who made it possible to produce a
crop of millionaires, and he sees in the
change the doom of protection. So
Andrew is now of the opinion that the
manufactures of the United States need
no protection at ali. We wish he would
come home and make another of his
famous trips to Washington. and i'm
press his views on a few Democratic
senators there.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

THE first state election of the gear.
that OF Alabama, will be held tomorrow.
The straight Democrats are opposed 10y
a fusion OF Republicans and PopuliSts
under the leadership of Mr.. Kolb. vino
sought the gubernatorial office two
years ago through the same agency.
There seems to be no reason to doubt
that the Democrats will carry the state
by at least 20, 600 majority.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

Gov. MCKINLEY, ehaperoned by ex-
ov. Merriam. is Ell route to Minnesota
by way of the Lake Superior route, and
it is likely HAT he will again endeavor
to boom his presidential candidacy by
speech or two. Politicians OF both par
ties are beginning to recognize the I'M
portance of the great Northwest in de-
iermining their future. With the dele
CATION from this section at his back. a
candidate is reasonably certain of sue
cess, for the staying qualities of the
Westerners generally win the battles.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

woodchuck. We doubt if today the
Dispatch would say that Nelson will
carry the state ''by over $4,000" From
the unsalted city of the zenith sea
comes the news that Judge Stearns has
turned his back Oh the g. o. p, while
ii. c. Kendall, who was one of the st.
Louis county representatives in the
legislature of ~. has packed his grip
and moved out, with w. Il. Smallwood
following close after him. But the
cloud has silver lining. after adj;
Staples. of Little Falls. has gone down
into the Republican valley.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

acres. The wheat field became rarity.
flour instead of the grist mill. The
pork market changed from midwinter
to every week. Certain delivery days
became known in local parlance as
hog days" Then droves of fat pigs
came into town, or from greater dis
tances "bees" were made to haul some
farmers drove I'm wagons. The eleva-
tor ceased to be an issue, and the eieva-
tor man sat smoking idly in his door,
with his occupation mostly gone.
Gradually the stock increase began
to tell. Creameries started here and
there, and increased until they dot the
county Butchers from the cities
secured the country for beeyes. Buyers
came to get the heavier draft horses for
distant markets. The farmer went no
longer empty-handed to town for nail
and groceries. except after threshing, as
OF old. but brought some product of his
diversified farming to sell. There were
ups and downs; the return TO prosperity
was not uniformly smooth. Cholera dew
aStated the pig yards, and the German
and French exclusion of American pork
cut the price in half; and creameries.
insutiiciently capitalized or ignorantly
managed, failed, leaving unpaid bills;
but the general trend was upward, and
one indication of how far they have
travelled from the old days of impover-
ishing wheat farming is shown in the
item with which this article begins.
From being borrowers, the farmers nave
come to be lenders of money. The panic
OF 1898 swept over the country and left
them scatheless: they heard and read OF
it as they heard or read of cyclone that
a wrought wreck and ruin at some
distant point. There is no more pros
porous region today than is that of
Southern Minnesota's abandoned wheat
fie ldS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

ALL of the regular appropriation bills
have now been disposed of by both
houses of congress. and nothing now
stands in the way of adjournment but
the tariff bill, which is yet in confer
ence. The sugar schedule is. of course,
the chief bone of contention, but there
seems 10 be good prospect that the
differences between the two houses will
be compromised. The final adjourn-
ment should take place within two
weeks at longest. A more protracted
session would be deemed insufferable
by the people.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

PUBLIC confidence in President Cleve-
land is likely TO be considerably shaken.
Ex-senator ingalls,, of Kansas. has writ
ten letter cordially approving of Mr..
Uleveland'S action i'll connection with
the recent strike.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

SENATOR DAVIS seems 10 have been
attacked with the anti-option mania In
almost as virulent form as has been
developed In the case of Mr.. Hatch.
He has offered bill in the senate COW
erIng practically the same ground as
house. Our fellow townsman knows
better than to suppose that such law
can be enforced if passed. and those
who have piuned their faith to his good
judgment will be apt to fear that he has
fallen under maIign influences.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

THE Chicago City Railway company
is a monopoly that goes the whole
hog" 1t has issued orders forbidding
newsboys the privilege of selling pa
pers to passengers OH its cars. and has
placed uniformed hirelings of its own
upon trains to furnish its patrons with
copies OF the daily papers. OF course,
the company will make few pennies
by the trade, but it looks like small
business for a corporation with many
millions of capital to engage in.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
clone, 1914.
COMMENCING
nonday, Aug. 9th,
GLoBE S-5-34.

We make such material reductions
IN all our Parlor Goods as will be
very sure to be eSceedin 6 y inter
estlng to people about buging.
These are sample suits that must
be moved to make way for the new
fall goods.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

Mr.. SPRINGER's little scheme to
stampede the house by caucus in
which the house conferees might be in
structed to give way to the senate died
a-bornin'. Springer is one or the in
vertebrates who are just stiff enough to
have convictions, but not stout enough
to hold them up.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
THE WEST.
Written for the Globe.

Written for the Globe
The West, the West the free, boundIes.
West
Where the sun bursts in glories while sinking
to rest,
Where the prairies are marked by the base of
the sky.
And The m ountains and canons mans genius
defy,
And solitudes deep, where wild beasts find
retreat
The vast the stupendous the magnificent
meet;
The foam and the froth of the cataracts
With gemlets so varied and brilliant the,
seem
To embrace all the splendor of fancifu
thought
As. chadng and dancing, by sunbeams are
caught:
And the air is so fresh over mountain and
That more of its pEeeiousness we would in
male.
Away from distractions that business infest
We gain new life in a trip TO The Nest
Frank Magruw.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
ToDAY,s WEATHER..

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4-Indieations - For
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa: Fair;
warmer; southeast winds.
For the Dako,as: Fair; slightly cooler in
western portions; south winds.
For Montana; Fair; cooler; northwest
winds.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

The young Republicans of the Eighth
ward club hit bigger game than they
thought when they referred with proud
disdain to certain notorious offieeseek-
ers, masquerading as Republicans"
who have made deals and trades with
''prominent members of what they are
pleased to term the ''city hall gang"
Or did they bave in mind the dlcker OF
go? They aimed at mouse and hit
hpar
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
new SUBSCRIPTION RATE.

DAELX (NOTINOLUDANG SUNDAY.
BY the month, mail or cRrrieT....4O
One year by carrier.i in advance. S4.OO
One year by mail, In advance. $500
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

THE anarchists of France have an.
other grievance. Santo. the assassin
of President Carnot, has been con-
demned to the guillotine. and will prob
ably be executed within few days. In
revenge for this act it may be decreed
that President Perier shall fall VIC
tim to the dagger or the bomb, or that
the house of deputies or some church
shall be laid low by incendiaries. 1t
makes no difference to the anarchists
where the blow falls-whether upon
the heads of the innocent or the guilty.
1t is revenge all the saline. even thoueh
it may fall upon the heads of helpless
women and children.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

The officials of the Chicago fire de-
partment insist upon aseribing an in
cendiarv origin to the recent destructive
fires in that city. Thus far there has
been no evidence to sustain such
theory. As stated in the GLOBE, the
conditions were all favorable to fire.
The lumber piles where it originated
were as dry as finder, and, the wind
being high, the fires once started soon
got beyond control. The absence of
motive for incendiarism in that district
is an additional argument against the
theory. FiIemen always incline to the
idea of incendiarism, even though the
facts fail to suggest or bear il out.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

THERE is a slight conflict of terms in
the new immigration bill offered in
the senate the other day by Mr. Hill at
the request of Secretary Carlisle. Its
principal aim is the exclusion of an
archists. The first section provides,
however, that no alien anarchists shall
be permitted to land at any port of the
United States, but that this provision
shall not be so construed as to exclude
political refugees. As all alien an
archiSts claim to be political refugees.
and repudiate anarchy, how is the pro-
posed distinction to be drawn? And
who is to be the final judge of what
constitutes an anarchist? There is need
of some calculation of these questions
before the bill is permitted to become a
law.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05

THAT exuberant feeling which
sprang from the conviction that they
had sure thing this year, and sent
every hungry Republican among them
down to the state convention eager for
its pIums or to lay pipe for the federal
plumS that were coming after '96, is
Gzzling out, and our Republican broth
ers are getting scared and somewhat
uncertain il they will hole a single