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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
THE LAGOS HINTERLAND.

A few days ago the readers Of the
Globe were told that the French
troops in the Lagos Hinterland had re-
tired before the advance of British
troops, and it was intimated that seri-
Gus complications might result from
Gently we have had Prime Minister
Salisbury addressing public meeting,
in which he referred to the differences
between Great Britain and France
relative to territorial claims in the re-
gion watered by the Niger; and, while
assuring his hearers that negotiations
were going on that might result in set
ting the contention, and that, while
his government wished to behave in
Eeighborly manner and show due con-
sideration to the feelings and claims of
others, there is limit to the exercise
of this particular state of feelings, and
we cannot allow our plain rights to be
overridden.'
If any one of our readers is DESTROYS
to know where this mysterious Hinter-
land of Lagos is, and to what this
difficulty between these two old an
tagonists refers, he will have to con-
suit the latest and best map of what
but a few decades ago was known as
the Dark Continent. Following the par
tition of Africa at the Berlin confer
ence of 1894, there has been a grand
rush, participated in by all of the
modern nations of Europe, to get, oc-
cupy or claim large portions of that
continent. Nations, like Italy and
France. whose histories show no capa-
city for colonization, made strenuous
efforts to obtain their share in the
| general division. Referring to the lat
| est and best map of Africa, we find an
immense territory, beginning at Cape
Blanco on the west coast of Africa, on
the borders of the great Sahara desert,
| extending indefinitely inland to the
east, and including all of, the Guinea
coast except the small possessions of
| Germany, Portugal, Great Britain and
the defunct republic of Liberia. This
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
AN AGE LIMIT WANTED.

The experience gained at the begin
ming of the civil war through permit
ting a general who had become senile
to retain command Of the armies in
duced congress to enact the compulsory
retirement law under which all officers
reaching the age of sfxty-two are re-
tired by operation Of law upon half
pay. 1t does not follow that when men
reach that or d more advanced age
their mental powers are so weakened
by the inroads of time that they are
unfit to be trusted with command, but
before the age fixed thaEe usually
comes to most men loss of the energy
of initiative of their earlier years that
induces to inactivity a consultation of
bodily comforts and of ease. Prudence,
too, gradually develops from the results
of the contests in which more or less
of failure has,Cbeent encountered and
puts check OF that valorous indiscre-
ton that minimizesr obstacles, takes
large chances and often succeeds by
dint of sheer audacfty. This and de-
sire to make room along the ladder of
promotion for those below were themo
tives that influenced congress to fix
! an arbitrary limit at which officers of
the army must retire from the active
list and make way for younger men.
But with the judiciary, in spite CT
two or three cases that gave distinct
warning that an age limit was needed
there congress- has refrained from &C
ton, restrained partly by a sense of
courtesy due to a coordinate branch
of the government and partly by
reasonable expectation that the judi
! cial dignity and self-respect would lead
to a voluntary retirement when a judge
| felt that he had reached and passed
the point of greatest physical and men
| tai capacity. Possibly there may be
an insuperable obstacle to any action
of congress in the constitutional pro
vision that gives justice life tenure.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14

Missouri the same year. OF the total
vote cast for president, Mr.. Cleveland
received 5007 per cent, and Mr.. Harri-
son 1915 per cent. Instead of Mr.. Har-
rison receiving any representation of
this vote in the electoral college, he
had none whatever, and the II cleo
toral votes of the state were given to
Mr.. Cleveland. n Had the Michigan
method prevailed there, Mr.. Harrison
would have received the electoral vote
from two districts in which Republf-
can representatives were chosen.
Again, the SANG year, in New York
state, Mr.. Cleveland, with a plurality
of but 45,51S, 4S.per cent of the votes,
received the entire So electoral votes of
the state; whereas, had the district
plan prevailed, 5Ar. Harrison would
have received 10. T
These instances show how near an
resentation in the choice Of president
through the district method of choosing
electors. 1t falls short, of course, of
the ideal, but has much to commend it.
While any state is at liberty to adopt
this method, it is not probable that it
will be adopted where one party con-
trols-unless, as in the case of Michi-
gan, the party temporarily in control
seeks to gain a permanent advantage
but it is competent for congress to pro-
pose to the states an amendment to
the constitution adopting it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14

But when justice comes to the con-
clusien, after ten years of service on
the bench, that he is not physically
for senescence of mind no man ever
admissible to do the work of his Of
flee he may resign and receive full pay
for the remainder of his life. In spite
of this tempting privilege there have
been few retirements, that of Justice
Field being the most prominent.
1t has happened, without mentioning
names, in at least two instances, where
pride or a reluctance to admit the in
| roads of mental decay have kept men
upon the supreme bench long after they
were mentally incapaeitated, to the
serious impairment of the efficiency of
the court. 1t has resulted in at least
one case in the affirmation Of a judg-
ment Of great public Importance by a
divided court contingency intend
ed to be rendered impossible by the
provision of nine justices, because a
justice who had become senile took no
part in the consideration of the case
tenaciously to his place because he had
not served the required ten years which
would insure him his full pay for life,
although he was mentally unable to
take any intelligent part in the work
of the court. In a recent case we have
had published account of visit paid
by two of the justices to another menu
Der Of the court, whose senescence had
| become notorious, who reused him from
his mental apathy by discussing the
points involved in some case. When
fairly aroused he discussed the ques-
tons intelligently, but lapsed soon
into mental cloudiness. These cases
make it clear that, if an act of con-
gress can fix an age limit. congress
should use it's power, and, if an amend
ment to the constitution is necessary to
confer that power, it should be speedily
incorporated in the organic law.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14

territory with its indefinite inland ex-
tension, is claimed by France, and the
interior constitutes the Lagos Hinter-
land Great Britain claims what is
known as the Niger protectofate, be-
ing the territory lying to the east of
that river and extending north into the
Lagos Hinterland. AS the claims of
France move eastward they come in
conflict with those of Great Britain
moving northward toward the Sahara
and it is this region in which the
French and British troops are operat-
ing, and where it is possible there may
be a repetition of that conflict for ter
ritory which these two nations waged
on the North American continent over
a century ago.
1t is to be noted, in this connection,
that there has been negotiated recent
ly a treaty between Germany and
France relative to their respective
frontiers in the region lying back of
their possessions on this coast Of Afri-
ca The presently important feature
of this treaty is the concession on the
part of Germany to France Of permits
sion to move her troops across the Ger
man Togoland. This permits the move
ment of French troops, if war should
come, across territory claimed by Ger
many, and into the region around the
head waters of the Niger, claimed by
England France lays claim to this
country by virtue of her possession Of
Algeria and Tunis, claiming that their
territories cross the Sahara desert and
include the HinterIand. 1t Is evident,
from Lord Salisbury's remarks, that
this claim will not be allowed by Eng
land and should France insist upon
it a war between these two nations
will be inevitable.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
WHAT Is THE MATTERs

Thirty-one Of the young ladies and
gentlemen who have graduated from
cur high school in the preparatory
course and entered the university of
the state to continue their studies have
received a card from the registrar
which reads as follows: You are
perbey notified that the slip that was
t:ent you with your pass book has been
tcancelled and that the one enclosed is
TO take it's place. According to Gus
TOM students from st. Paul were ad-
mitted upon presentation of their dip
Tomas, and notices were sent out as
usual; since sending the notices it has
been reported to me that large per
cent of the class were deficient in
mathematics. Upon inquiring of the
principals of the st. Paul schools, 1
found that such was the case, and the
above notice is sent you as one who
is deficient in the subjects mentioned.
You will be given until the beginning
of next year.te. remove the condition.
If the conditions are not removed be-
fore the beginning of the sophomore
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
TO RE PAID IN CASH.
Union Pacific Claims for Services
Against the Government.

WASHINGTON, Nov 13.-Secretary
Gage has issued a circular letter di-
recting that hereafter all claims for
services of the Union Pacific Railroad
company against the government be
settled and paid in cash. The circular is
as follows:
By the terms of an agreement recently
entered into between the secretary Of the
treasury and the Union Pacific reorganization
committee for the settlement and payment in
full to Nov. /, 1897, of the Indebtedness of the
Union Pacific Railway company to the United
States. all claims for services rendered by
said company to the United States remaining
unsettled or unpaid on Nov. l. 1897, and all
claims for services rendered by said conip.ay
to the United States remaining unsettled or
unpaid on Nov. l, 1897, and all claims for
like services thereafter rendered are required
to be paid to the company in cash
In order, therefore, to facilitate the adjust
ment of matters involved in such settlement
and to carry into full effect the terms of said
agreement it is hereby ordered that all pend
ing claims for transportation services hereto
fore rendered by said company to the United
States and all claims for like services here
after rendered, shall be settled by the ac
counting officers in favor of said company
without reference to bond and interest ac-
count or to the requirements of the sinking
fund created by the act of May I, 1876.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
TUBE TRUST INCORPORATED.
New Concern Capitalized at Five
Z Million Dollars

Million DOLLARS.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Nov 13.-The
Shelby Tube company, which was in
corporated under the laws of Penn
sylVania, was organized here today
The capital stock is $5,00OO00. The
new corporation is differed as fol-
lows: President, w. E. Miller, of Ely
ria, o.; treasurer, w. S. Miller of Shell
by, o.; secretary, H. H Stockley, of
Shelby, o. The directorate is COM
posed as follows: w. E. Miller, w. w
Skies, B. F. Williams, w. S. Miller
H A Lozer, N. A. Gilbert and w. H
Hartman The corporation has ac-
will and assets of these companies.
Shelby Weldless Tube company, of
Shelby, O.; Elwood Weldless Tube
company. of Elwood Pa. Greenville
Tube company. of Greenville, Pa
American Weldless Tube company, of
Toledo, and Brewer Tube csompany, of
Toledo.
The new concern will manufacture
iron and steel weldless tubes. 1t will
control 81 per cent of the output of
the country and will be able to supply
the entire American trade, as well as
good part of the European consump-
ton. The general offices of the Shelby
Steel Tube company will be at Elwood
Pa. The selling offices are to be To-
Gated at Cleveland. Selling offices
have already been established in Lon
don and Birmingham, England. The
cost of production will be materially
Iessened by the acquiring of invalua BILE
patent rights and processes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
MUSIC OF THE WOODS.

written for the Globe)
Listen to my song" chirped a bird one
day,
the way.
AS he gazed to and fro. he began with
And sang with trill which gushed from the
throat.
Delighted OH delighted, in the spirit of the
Did he sing or the bough of the tree by the
way.
With the charm of the flute the ripple of the
brook,
He sang TO us sweetly in the leaf-covered
nook.
AS he finished his song, spoke to him
thus:
With my gold will I pay thee for the song
sung for US.
mo, .s ND" answered he; q sing not for
.'My song is as free as the grass on the
knoll.
When these words he recited, in the heat of
the day.
He sailed with zephyr to a home far
H E. Graham,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
GEN. FUENTES ARRESTED.
He Charges 1t Is the Work of Presi-
dent Barrios.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13.-Ex-G Gen.
Daniel Fuentes, of the Guatemalan
insurgent forces, who recently arrived
from Mexico, was arrested upon
warrant issued at the instance of his
former agents, Schwartz Bros, of this
city, to prevent his leaving the state
during the tendency of suit COM
menced against him to recover the
sum of $3.50, alleged to be due for
money advanced and goods sold and
delivered prior to the recent uprising
in the Central American republic. AS
the firm of Schwartz Bros acts as
agent for President Barrios, of Guat-
emala, Fuentes declares the suit is
simply part Of a scheme to harrass
and annoy him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14

The investigation going on at the state peni-
Tertiary, thus far only goes to show the st.
Paul G o b e was seeking notoriety as a
newspaper at the expense of the state.-St.
Peter Tribune.
What investigation lis now going on at
the state penitentiary?" We know of none;
the commission appointed to investigate know
of none theirs will not begin until next Mon
day. What, therefore, be the nature and
by whom conducted, of the investigation
that this st. Peter authority says is now
going on? AS the gentlemen appointed by the
governor are making no investigation now"
it must be, if any, one conducted by the
officers implicated in the charges published
by the o e. and we are free to admit that
such an investigation would show that the
&c o e was seeking notoriety." The impu-
tation of low motives is the usual resort
when valid defenses are lacking.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
AN UNsuCoEssFuL EXPERIMENT.

1t may be admitted that The Work
ers," Walter Wycoff's experiment in
reality, will take rank among the no
table books of the year when it COM
pletes its serial course in Scribners
and appears in book form, but it is not
apparent that the writer has discover
ed any solution for the labor problem.
He has demonstrated that a man of
education and ability, without any
previous experience, can earn an hon
est living at common labor Incl
dentally Mr.. Wycoff has gathered the
local color which gives to the story
of his experience it's charm of truth.
The narrative, with its delightful eX
cursions into the philosophy Of toll, is
in its simplicity of style, but it seems
to leave. the problem of the labOrer and
his future much where it was when
Mr.. Wycoff shouldered his pack and
set out into the world.
1t does not mean very much to labor
that Mr.. Wycoff was able to cam his
Of his ability or intelligence, accom-
plish that same feat and think but lit
tie of their accomplishment. In prov
ing that a man of skill who will give
his heart to his work, no matter what
that work may be, can rise in the estf
nation of those who employ him, Mr.
Wycoff is not a pioneer Every poor
man who has made a success in life has
demonstrated the same fact. The toll
Of the common laborer is not of neces
sity bar to progress: it may be a
means, and men without number who
now count themselves prosperous, have
found it the first step to fortune. The
labor problem is not the creation of
those who rise but of those who lag,
and the experiment that will be prac-
teal in it's results must be addressed
not to those who are willing and able,
but to those who are content to strug-
gle on without hope and without am
bition. It is not plain, in this one re-
spect, that Mr. Wycoff's labor has not
been wasted.
On the whole, the greater value of Mr.
Wycoff's book is its literary merit and
sufficient amount of imagination being
given, it might quite as we'll have been
written in the study as on the road.
In the nature of the case it was not to
be expected that he could either dis
cover by patient search or stumble
upon by accident the remedy for con-
ditions which in sense he shared, but
of which he was not really part. To
Judge the completed work by such por-
ton of it as is already before the pub
lie may be unjust, but it is so far de-
veloped that it's scope seems we'll de-
fined The book is one that will be
read and remembered for the vigor of
it's descriptions, the purity of its style
and the charm by which petty atmos-
phere is given all the glow of an ideal
world, but the fact that it is an eX
pertinent in reality may be forgotten.
Mr.. Wycoff discovered an abundance
of local color, rich in its contrasts and
striking in it's light and shade, but the
solution of the. greatest of present day
problems eluded his search.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14

The PRESBYTERIAN church is agltaleu
again by the throes of another dissen-
sion that has historic and classical
l. Princeton for its storm center, with
/ seismic rifles running out to the re-
hottest corners. Princeton, we need
not state, is the educational and theo-
logical focus of that ancient and hon
orable sect. To the clustered halls Of
F.. fits university go all those young men
who have selected the pulpit for their
work and Presbyterianism for their
faith. and there they are duly and
adequately instructed in the doctrines
and drilled in the dialectics Of the
church. As the sons of ministers have
admission free of all tuition fees, a
large percentage of the students, some
/ 40 per cent. come from such homes. 1t
is probable that they feel that resil-
iency of youth whose sinful tendencies,
inherited from Adam, there first escape
the stern repression of watchful sires,
and that the youngsters cast longing
eyes upon the flesh pots of the world.
However this is mere conjecture, with
10 other basis than the proverbial dis
position of ministers sons.
Naturally the parents of these and
other sons look with disfavor upon the
wine when it is red and the beer when
it foams Naturally they are Mortified
when they learn that, within the sa-
cred precincts of the university, there
has been established a retreat where
their sons can go and order "zwei
beer" or more; that this retreat as
sumes the name of Princeton Inn; that
it has the approval of the faculty, with
President Patton, he of the Swing
prosecution, at it's head; that this inn
was built and is owned by a Princeton
alumnus who is also a trustee of the
university; that one of the college pro-
fessors, himself an elder in the church,
actually signed the petition for the
license permitting the inn to sell beer
and wine; that, probably as the most
attractive place, the bulletin board on
which university announcements are
OlItldlly pOSlGu ~ at inc I'LL, anu lIld
there in the grill room the students
can go and order their beer or wine
and sit at ease at tables and mingle
their draughts of the cheering liquid
with college song and gossip.
Against this there is "wah;" war in
the press, war in the presbyteries and
counter war in the 'U." The press
Eliminates, the pulpit thunders, and
Princeton answers back in volleys of
defiance. President Patton stands as
sturdily by the grill room of the inn
as he stood for orthodoxy in the trials
of Swing and Briggs. Protests of Off
cial bodies and of parents do not move
him. Even the letter from the famous
Mrs. POteat, who, two years ago, said
that she would rather have her son
go to he'll than to Yale" telling him
that she would prefer hades to Prince
ton does not faze him. Il am going to
fight this matter out" he says, 'if ]
have to fight the whole Presbyterian
church" Meanwhile the unregenerate
will endeavor to extract from the dis
sensions of the brethren some contribu-
lions to their amusements, while the
faithful will look on with sorrowing
hearts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
PLACE FOR CHoATE.
He May Succeed Mr. McKenna In the
Cabinet

CHICAGO, Nov. ia special from
Washington, d. c., says: 1t is consider
ed likely that Joseph H. Choate will
enter President McKinley's cabinet as
attorney general. If he does. it will be
as the representative of the indepen
dent element in the Republican party
in New York state.
Mr.. Choate's name has been present
ed to the president for the post to be
vacated by Attorney General McKenna.
who is to take Justice Fields place on
the supreme court bench. 1T has been
under consideration by Mr. Mckinley
and his most intimate advisers for sew
eral days, and if the expectations Of
those who are urging it are not disap-
pointed Mr.. Choate's appointment will
be made public possibly as early as
next Monday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
Patents Issued.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov 13.-List of patents
issued this week to Northwestern inventors.
reported by Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson
patent attorneys, go 911 and 9f2 Pioneer
Press building, st. Paul. Mimi. and Wash
ington, D. c.: Joseph S. Bennett, St. Paul.
motion converter for wind mills. Bevly A.
Fisher, Hamilton. Mont, rein guard for neck
vokes Adolph Lemke, Minneapolis, chimney.
Dorila MARCH, Terrebonne. washboiler. George
W. Murray, Minneapolis, spring mattress.
Thomas E. Nicholson and William Defreese.
St. Paul. automatic slack adjuster for rail-
way brakes Francis Peteler, Minneapolis,
heating furnace Rudolph W. o. Rehmenklau,
MINNEAPOLIS, means for closing tire punctures.
Guy w. Small, Buffalo Lake, sheet adjust
ing device for printing presses.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
INDIANA BANK FAILS.
Many Farmers and Business Men
Are Involved.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Nov. ia spe-
cial to the Evening Post from English,
Ind. says: Every resident of Craw-
ford county was shocked this morning
when it was learned that the English
bank had failed to open it's doors.
Coupled with this came the report that
President Wilet, of LeavenwOrth
branch, had not been seen for three
days, and that his mind was tempo
rarily unbalanced over the death Of
his mother AS soon as the failure be-
came known. the banks branches at
Leavenworth, Canneiton and Marengo
also closed. nearly every farmer and
business man in Crawford and Perry
counties is said to be concerned in the
failure for amounts ranging from SOU
to $4,000 County Treasurer Brown
has placed more than $4,000 with the
suspended bank No schedule of as
sets and liabilities can be given. but
both are large.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
NATIONAL GRANGE.
Reports From the Masters OF the
state Organizations.

HARRISBURG. Pa, Nov. 13.-The
National Grange of Patrons of Hus-
bandry held sessions in the supreme
court room both this morning and
afternoon. Worthy Master J. Fl. Brig
ham presided over the former and
Aaron Jones over the latter. DR.. j. T.
Bothrock, forestry commissioner Of
Pennsylvania, read a paper on Con
tagious Diseases of Animals and Their
Remedies" and David Lubin, of Cali
fornia, made an address on the eco
nomic conditions existing in this and
foreign countries. Reports were heard
from the masters of several state
oranges. Adjournment was taken at
3:45 D. m. until Monday morning.