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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
A DIPLOMATIC EVENT.

The reception by the president of the
first minister to this country from the
Greater Republic Of Central America
character and Importance. 1t is not
often that our state department and
executive are called upon to recognize
the representative of a new power
Each year makes more stable the bal
aHce of power, and fixes more indelibly
the boundaries of existing nations.
Each century makes less possible wars
of conquest and the consolidation of
governments. In this instance we have
the formation of new republic by
peaceful agreement between neigh
boring and kindred states, which is
not only an International event in it.
self, but is vastly more interesting and
significant as a glance toward the fu-
ture. The republics of Honduras, Mic
aragua and Salvador have agreed to
treaty which essentially consolidates
them into federation. 1t is the min
lister of this federation who has been
so cordially received at Washington.
The movement will not, because it
cannot. rest there. The unhappy jeal-
ousies and the absence of real repub-
liean government that have existed in
these little states since they became
Independent kept them apart hitherto.
Their agreement to unite. if only for
limited number of purposes, is dis
| tinct sign Of progress. It means that
they are beginning to keep step with
| the spirit of the age. 1t means that
they are going to cherish a larger am
bition than to form footholds for some
petty despot. 1t means that the vision
! of a great Central American republic is
possibility. The other states on the
! American continent, from the Mexican
| line to Cape Horn, will not be unmind-
| full of or unaffected by this expert
ment. The Greater Republic of Cen
/ trail America will assume at once an
/ Importance in the eyes of the world,
will acquire a stability of government,
will attract capital and immigration,
will show development in industry
and wealth that must quickly arouse
the envy of it's neighbors.
They will attribute this, justly, to the
strength that lies in the union of in
significant parts to form a respectable
whole. They will see that their own
| future depends upon similar action
| Presently other small states will begin
| either to seek alliances with the new
republic, or to cluster themselves into
| larger centralizing governments, and
ambition and effort will be directed
! into wider and nobler channels The
! Greater Republic of Central America
will not long consist of only three parts,
nor will it long be the only government
/ Of the kind to the south of us. We
may look forward with hope and conf
| dence to the establishment of national
existences on this continent that shall
rival our own in splendor and achieve
ment, and contemplate the posi-
bility of remoter day in which, join
ed with US, they shall constitute one
government for one people in the West
| ern hemiSphere
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
A BRISK TRADE.

From all quarters comes the report
has been excellent. We are not yet
quite out Of the cave Of gloom in which
the business interests of the country
have resided for the past four years or
more. You do not expect q man who
has been at deaths door for weeks or
months to go out and do days hard
work the moment that his doctor says
he is out of danger. The country has
not yet felt the full effect of return
ing prosperity that is surely following
the defeat Of the proposition to change
our monetary standard It would feel
1t much more rapidly and effectively
if there We're a reasonable hope that
congress would proceed at the first op-
portunity to reform our monetary
system. ButSwith all these qualifca-
lions it is nevertheless evident that
the condition of the country is mending
surely, though slowly. Such failures
as still occur are the results either Of
reckless management, like that of the
National Bank of Illinois, or else they
are, like that which has occurred in
our own community, consequence Of
the long fight that has been made
against disastrous conditions. The
remedy came, but it did not come quick
ly enough to save those who had spent
their last energies in bravely breasting
the storm
Aside from these individual instances,
the condition of the country is visibly
improving. Such depression as remains
for long time can the people escape
from gloom so profound as that which
settled upon them during the epoch
that has ended. Although disappear
ing, the tail of the cloud still hangs
over their heads But on the streets
and in the shops it is different People
have been going about making their
Christmas purchases with the custom
airy activity, and with even more than
the customary Hberality. The meth
DDS of doing business have changed, but
| there is no question thatthe aggregate of
expenditure shows an increase which
means that the people are in better
financial shape that they have been
for a long time. What is true in the
| West is true in a much more marked de-
gree Cd the East. There the return
wave is Nowing in with full force. And
even in the rural districts, both East
and West, improved markets have
made cheerful homes and replenished
lean purses. AS an index of present
conditions and of what we may eX-
pect from the year about to open, the
| brisk trade of the holidays gives great
| encouragement.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25

These are they to whom 1t has been
whispered in the watches that it is all
the rest of the year that is unreal; and
that only on this one day do men and
women, transformed into the image of
childhood, live out their life as it was
meant to be. And, these, the law of
whose being and the inspiration of
whose action it is to live in sim
plicity, in faith. in reverence, in
love of all things beautiful, and pas
sionate gratitude because beauty is
everywhere and goodness an aspiration
that rises undying as the ages fall. that
find in their hearts as age creeps on the
still living and imperishable child, these
have the right to join hands with the
little ones and to be happy as the an
gels are happy on Christmas day
1t is the vision beautiful. 1t is the
life possible for every man and woman
may grasp or miss. Power may seek or
leave US To rule or to serve or to
only stand and wait may have been
written on the scrolls given to us by
that mysterious destiny that measured
out our portions ere the world for us
began. Our attributes and our abilities
are measurably beyond our control.
But the power to live the child life is
the common heritage of all. For those
who have attained it, Christmas comes
not once in the year but daily. Theirs
it is to see with Enclosed eye the beau
ty of the world about them and TO fear
the unbearable weight of it's lowell
ness. Theirs it is to hear all the intri-
cate harmonies of nature and to vi
brate in sympathy. Theirs it is to dis
Germ in humanity the germ of the god
like; and, viewing that vast possibility
of evolution from human into divine,
to know no longer any sorrow save
that which they must feel as they see
others destroying, with hot, hasty
hands, the flowers in the garden of
Paradise that they may grub for
earthworns.
1HSy IOOh upon the universe anu call
it love. They look on life and call it
brotherhood. They look above, and in
the immensely see that which they
name Fatherhood brooding over a
world that strays and suffers because
it will not be ehildlike So is that won
derful world to which men and women
| look back with regret because its very
| illusions were heavenly, the world of
childhood, the world of simplicity and
obedience and passionate desire for
| justice and ready helpfulness and i'm
pHcit trust, open to the feet Of all who
would enter and claim that title, the
only true and lasting one, to the right
to be merry on Christmas day. Upon
the lintels Of their households is carv-
ed the mystic emblem lof the Lord of
Hosts; and underneath there runs the
| inscription, wise and wonderful, with
| it's infinite promise behind it's stern
warning, true forever of the life that
now is as well as of all lives that are
to be: whatsoever shall not accept
the kingdom of heaven as a little child
shall in no wise enter therein"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
SANTA CLAUS AT THE GRAND.
Theodore Hays Is Visited by the
Patriarch.

christmas eve was celebrated appro-
priaJtely at the Grand opera house last
night by the employees of the theater.
Theodore Hays manager of the house.
and Chief Usher James I. Stroud. wer9
presented with handsome tokens
Mr.. Hays present consisted Of a.
punch set Of beautiful imported Aus4
TRAN. glassware. Each piece was in-
laid with gold, the metal having been
blown in during the construction of tina
cups and saucers. There are twenty-
four pieces in all, twelve cups and
twelve Saucers.
The set rests in a handsome silk
lined box, and the whole constituted
one of the most expensive and elabor-
ate affairs Of its kind that has ever.
been brought into the city. 1t was the
idea Of Resident Manager Rutledge to.
present Manager Hays with tho
gift from the stage, but this idea had:
to be abandoned, as the genial Hays
spent the evening at Minneapolis
Chief Usher Stroud was the recipient.
of handsome gold watch, the gift OF
the employees of the house, from Mr.
Hays down to the water boys A neat
little letter of greeting accompanied
the gift, signed by the givers
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
STILL ..THE LIFE OF TRADE

In spite of the commentator of Mr..
Dana's Sun, the object of which seems
to be to make-people accept mconshine-
for sunshine, the popular sentiment
runs strongly against these industrial
growths called trusts, and refuses to
accept his dictum that they are the
latest and highest development of our
modern civilization. Public sentiment
clings tenaciously to that wisdom
which is their Inheritance, expressed
by the proverb: Competition is the life
of trade" and they refuse to concede
that it is Sc injurious that it must be
suppressed by individual effort or by
legislative enactment. They find their
justification for this in the stubborn
! ness with which competition resists all
efforts to enthraH or hobble ito and
see in it but another natural force op-
Grating for the good of ALL
Competition is the universal human
impulse to sell as high and buy as
cheaply as possible It operates on
each individual as he is a buyer or a
seller. 1t pervades every transaction
and enters into every exchange 1t is
the great commercial and industrial
equalizer, preserving, when left free,
that equilibrium which secures fair
compensation and prevents extortion
It is one Of these forces that should
ever be left free and it's liberty jeaI-
| ously guarded. Thus acting it is con-
structive and never destructive, save
as a corrective. Within the scope of
/ their Individual vision and experience
all men recognize this and conform
their activities to it, knowing that if
| it works in one way to their disadvan-
| tage, it moves in another to bring
| them benefits. 1t is in this general as
sent that the proverb gets its truth
fulness, and it is in this same feeling
that the common indignation at the
efforts of selfish men to stife competi-
ton finds its source.
But when eobjecFs get beyond the focal
point of the average intelligence they
seem to take on a different aspect and
meaning. The harmful becomes be-
nign and the good assumes the ap-
pearance of evil. Thus only can we
account for the singular contradiction
of the congress Of the United States
enacting, at one and the same session,
a law embodying the common antip-
athy to schemes to throttle COMPETE
ton, forbidding them and furnishing
! their promoters, and another law the
soul Of which is hostility to freedom
spectacle Of the representatives of a
people, whose economic faith is en-
bodied in the belief that competition is
the life of trade, setting the example,
in laws named, with unconscious satire,
protective" of Gripping competition
with the apparent approval of a ma
jority of the people. 1t is evident that
we, as nation, have yet to learn that
on man or matter, are incapable of
territorial limitations, and that safety
is only assured when their free play is
unobstructed.
Competition is the life not only of
domestic but of all trade, and no in
dustry is secure that Is not built upon
its solid foundations. This is the old
lesson that even sour modern trusts
hut repeat and reinforce. Among them
and in spite of them the immutable law
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
WITH INTENT TO AMUSE.

Life Insurance Agent-Cyclist?
Applicant-Oh, no.
Agent-Sorry, but we can't insure pedes-
trians.
That was rough on Davis
''What?"
He stepped on piece of orange peel. fell.
and was arrested for giving a street per-
Torrance without license. It'd Bits.
She had asked him to bring home two
quarts of champagne for little dinner she
intended to give the following night.
He had been obedient to the extent of
bringing home an extra quart, and still there
was trouble.
81 wanted it brought home in bottles" she
said with infinite seorn, as he put down one
little pint bottle You have too much inside
and too little out Chicago Post.
'sIt's great satisfaction" remarked the
egg pathetieally, ito look forward to the ar
rival of the customary Christmas beverage"
Eyes. After the disrepute into which the
recent campaign brought me, I'll be glad Of
the chance to drown my sorrow Washing
ton Star.
Practical Palmistry: Long fingers, they
say. are sign of refinement.
Yes; / have noticed that fellows who hold
short hands often swear Chicago Record.
She lat the masquerade balI)-Do you think
my costume becoming?
He with enthusiasm)-Yes indeed; but you
would be becoming in any disguise.-Harper S
Bazaar
That horrid Miss Blumers tries to be so
mannish. She actually smokes cigarettes
II don't see anything mannish in that
Indianapolis Journal.
"Your wife's just met with an accident,
wilkins, said a man who rushed into the
grocery. She ran over a dog while riding
her bicycle, and they've carried her to the
hospital" The man sitting on the cracker
barrel to his feet excitedly and his face
turned pale. did you notice. he asked in
trembling voice, whether it was a liver
colored dog with two white spots on his
shoulder on not?''-Detroit Free Press.
why do you think Biggs is crazy?"
Because he stole S10.'
81 should say that such an act would make
criminal rather than a luna5ic Of him.
But he had a chance to take $780,.
'fOh!''-Cleveland Leader.
Mistress Observation-Disclosures breakfast Is
very late this morning. I noticed last night
that you had company in the kitchen and 1t
was nearly II O'Clock when you went to bed
Bridget-Yis, mum; l knowed you was
awake fur | heard ye movin' around; an
l said to meself va made shape this mornin'
an wouldn't distoorb We wild an early break
fast mum.-New York Weekly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
MAID AND HsFIT STOCKING.

She was quite past the age when a belief in
the sage
With whiskers and pack is essential
To the catching of gifts and causing of riffs
In the purse of papas providentfal;
She was quite up TO date, and I'm willing to
state.
That for gifts she did not have to- beg,
But this maiden so pure, with looks SO de-
murP,
Was not above pulling pa leg.
The old man was to blame-I tell you the
same,
To prove he did not know his daughter
For he'd given it out while she was about
That she must pay for the presents he'd
bought her.
In short he just told her he'd like to behold
her
In the role of a chifd-he was mocking-
This funny old boy with his face full of Joy
And last night she must hang up her stock
ing.
This maid without guile has property smile,
And the same she assumed for her papa;
Then she glanced at her shoes-not larger
than tWos-
Saying "Ah-ah, I'll fix you. papa, proper. .
Then away she did HE, herself did supply
With that which will jar papa's head.
For the size Of that stocking was something
quite shocking,
And pa-well he'll wish he was dead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25

has its way. 1t works inside and out
side the trusts, exciting antagonisms
chat attack and rapacity that disin-
tegrates. 1t uses indifferently the best
and the worst motives of men. 1t
calls down the spirit of freedom that
rebels at oppression, and, from the
lower depths, brings up cupidity as an
ally. All the arts of man, all his de-
vices of trusts, tariffs, pools and COM
binations, are futile to defeat it and
effect nothing but temporary results of
doubtful gain followed inevitably by
disaster. Spite of them all COMPETE
ton is still the life Of trade.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
OFFICER WAS NOT THERE
Andrew Geisen Could Find Neither
Cop Nor Robe

A bold theft occurred at Seventh and
Mlnnesota streets Wednesday evening
at 5:3O o'clock. when a valuable fur
ROBE was taken from the cutter of An
ureW Ge1sen, proprietor of the Home
notel, 400 Fort street Geisen was driy-
ing about the city Wednesday after
noon purchasing supplies for Christmas
and hltched his horse, attached to a
cutter, to post ON Minnesota street
Within a few rods of the corner Of Sew
enth street
Geisen stepped into a neighborine
store for few minutes, and when he
returned to his cutter he discovered
that In his absence black dogskin fur
rope had disappeared. He values the
robe at So. The hotel man immediately
set out In quest for police officer, but
according to his story, searched in vain
Ior guardian of the peace He finally
reported the matter to Detective Daily.
Gelsen's horse was standing in fun
slgm of the pedestrians. on Seventh
street, and the theft was a daring piece
or business, particularly as the cutter
was by the side of a patrol box where
an or1cer might appear at any mo-
ment
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
POPS WILL CAUCUS.
Not Well Enough United in Support
of Kyle
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
HURON, s. D., Dec. PA meeting Of
Populist members of the legislature
state officers, executive committee and
few leading PopuIists, will be held here
Jan. 1 and 2. The object is to confer
relative to proposed legislation, to con-
slider the revision Of existing laws, and
of the railroad law. 1t is limited on
good authority that the senatorial ques-
ton will receive careful attention, and
an effort mads tok harmonize all fac
tons in the Pppuhst camp and stand
by one candidate. No little difficulty
will be experienced in this, for the
majority seem to favor Kyle'S re-elec-
ton, while others say he will vote with
the Republicans rather than support
Kyle. The scramble will be lively. Sec
rotary Dowdeli, of the Populist state
central committee, was here today ar
ranging for the gathering.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN.
Loop Ordinances Fate Hinges ON
Today.

The allotted time in which the mayor
must take action on the Broadway loop
ordinance expires today, as the meas
ure reached him last Monday morning
Ii he should neglect to sign or veto
the ordinance, it would become effect
i've in any event But the mayor proc
poses to take action. When seen late
yesterday afternoon Mayor Doran said;
Il have been giving the matter con-
sideration, but | will not dispose of it
until tomorrow. In what manner ii
would not be proper for me to say
at present. l can only say that, as far
as the petitions in favor of and against
the Broadway loop are concerned, I set
little store by them. We all know how
easy it is to get UP petitions"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
AUTHORS OF THE DAY.
Six of Them to Appear Here in En-.
tertainment.

st. Paul people will next month have
an opportunity to attend a series or
literary feasts, at which the hosts will
be six Of the best known younger
American writers of the present time,
appearing in readings from their own
works. Two evenings will be devoted
to the readings which are to take
place at the Peoples church. On the
first evening John Kendrick Bangs.
Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart and Ed
ward w. Townsend the creator OF
"Chimmie Fadden,' will read, and two
weeks later James Whitcomb Riley,
Miss Lillian Bell and John Fox Jr. viii
appear.
Readers Of books are always inter-
eSted in the authors and desire to see
and hear the persons of whom they
have more or less vague conceptions.
It is difficult to see how six authors
of the day more popular than the six
named could be chosen to appear be-
fore st. Paul audience
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
Is kicking Himself Now.

Charles Johnson and Minnie Murnane were
arrested at Seventh and ST. Peter streets
early yesterday morning by Officers Saintong
ard Klima, who charged the pair with being
disorderly. The woman was sentenced to
thirty days, while Johnson put up SIS rather
than spend the holidays at Como. Johnson
had given $15 bail at the police station but
showed up In court in the hope that he
might escape without losing his fifteen. Now
he is kicking himself.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25

WASHINGTON, Dec 24.-Forecast for Fri
day: Minnesota-Fsir, probably followed by
LEGAL SHOWS: warmer in southeast portion;
southerly winds.
Wiseonsin-Fair and warmer during the
day. probably followed by cloudy and threat
ening weather; brisk southwesterly winds.
The Dakotas-Partly cloudy weather and
probably light local SHOWS; warmer in east
ern portion; southerly winds, shifting to
westerly.
Montana-Fair; westerly winds
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, Washington, Dec. "a, 6:4S p.
m. Local Time, S p. m. 18th Meridian Time
Observations taken at the same moment Of
time at all stations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25

ter. He returned home ON foot. however, for
" Tnne ne was in store hear the corner OF
Eagntn and Rosabel streets, about 615 D. M,
Jumped into his sleigh and drove away win
az 9 ieaving his name. The horse ia of a
sara MOUSE 6, color There in the cutter
et with red and white stripes ,Tbe cnt.er
is painted dark green ie 0ul'sA
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
We tleNING cup.
Christmas joys Overflow the Brim-
ming Human Bowl.

Alexander Worthing, a special po-
Hcernan on st. Anthony hill. was ar
rested last night by Officer Miller,
charged with being drunk. Worthing
created a small sized panic in Yerxa
Brothers store by running around the
store with his hat off and his police
whistle in his hand.
H. f. DRESSER and H. L. Carson got
into a row at the Palm garden saloon,
corner Ninth and Wabasha streets, last
night. Officers Miller and Saintong
were summoned and placed the two
under arrest. preferring a charge Of
drunk and disorderly against them
Louis Gregor. who claims to be a
molder, was arrested last night by
Detectives DAILY and Campbell, charged
with yagrancy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
TEMPERATURES.
%Below zero.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, 1912; Thermometer, 8; relative
humidity IS; wind south; weather, clear;
maximum thermometer, IA; minimum Their
mometer, 2; daily range, u; amount of rain
fall or melted snow in last twenty-four
hours. 0.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
BABES GUN PLAY.
1T Enables Him to Hold Six Men at
Bay

Lieut.. Babe early this morning found
six men engaged in a rough and tumble
fight at Seventh and Minnesota streets.
He held them all up at the point of
his pistol until Sergeant Mccarthy
came along and called the wagon. The
men gave the names Of G. Lundquist,
Samuel Dahlquist, Edward Lettou, Wal
ter La Petrie, D. J. Hagerty and d. j.
Sweeney.
Charles Libby will spend part of
Christmas, at least, in durance vile be-
cause, in his frenzy at being refused a
drink after midnight, he smashed the
windows of Tankenoff's saloon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
Money to Burn .

First Burglar-Wot's dat?
Second Dftto-A dinfon' necklace.
First Burglar-You make me sicki T'row 1t
away and get de keys er der coal cellar outen
de guys jeans Dere's no use bein a burglar
less yer kin have money ter burn