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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16


Here is a total of offices worth a
quarter Of million dollars to be dealt
out by single man at his pleasure.
Even the salary list is out drop in
the bucket when the sums that the Sc
appointees are to eXpend are conSid-
cred. 1t is expected that the annual
budget for the city of Greater New
York will be $75,OOO,O0O. Each of the
heads of departments enumerated
above will have a large force Of sub
ordinates to choose. In one word, the
adoption Of the new charter virtually
puts up, as the prize to be. won. or
lost six months from row: at the Coli
ing election, such possibilities of Of
fetal spoil as have never yet charmed
the eye of the covetous politician, and
opens to the people such possibilities
of prosperity or misfortune as have
never yet been placed upon the cast of
die.
We know very we'll what will happen
on one side The political bosses are
already in fever Of anticipation. Here
is such plumber as no executive in this
country has ever had at his disposal.
If the Tammany machine or the Platt
machine, or, as is more common, a
combination Of the two, can elect their
man, they will have millions of pick
ings and stealings to divide. We may
rest we'll assured that they are not
idle. The usual plan will be put in
operation, which is to nominate cor
rupt Republican on one side and
corrupt Democrat on the other, with
the understanding that whichever may
be successful will divide the Doodle
with the boys on the other side. The
voters who desire economy and good
representation. The practical ques-
ton now is whether there is public spir-
it enough in New York to insist, in
view of the mighty interests involved,
upon the nomination of clean and
competent business man, and to make
his election secure.
To do this it will probably be neces-
sary to traverse party lines, to throw
the machines out Of working order and
to call upon the people as mass, dis
regarding political affiliations, to rise
and take charge Of their own affairs.
If they show themselves unwilling or
unable to do this, then the theory Of
concentrated power and responsibility
will fall to the ground.g'rA tremendous
interest attaches to coming political
developments in New York, not OILY
because Of the magnitude of what is in
volved, but because it will be an OBJ
ject lesson for American cities every
where and decide between the con-
ficting claims of two opposing schemes
Of municipal government.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
SOCIALISM SOLDERING.

The development Of political thought
in other countries is not without inter-
est here, where the trend is so plain
ly In the direction Of state socialism,
and is the more interesting where It
may have gone farther in that direc-
ton than it has yet reached with US
and has developed the reaction indi-
vidualists have always felt sure would
come The rise and progress Of the
Social Democracy, as Liebknecht
termed his party, in Germany becomes
worthy of attention on this side Of the
ocean as illustrating this result. It has
been a remarkable growth. It rose leg
icalIy out Of the Imperialism Of Ger
man rule, proposing to substitute the
will Of the majority for the will Of the
emperor, and clothing the former with
all the prerogatives and power, giving
it all the functions Of the former, but
directing them solely for the welfare
of the democracy, the people Bis
marck, as the organization grew. first
coddled and then rebuffed It. He pro-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
NO MEASURE OF VALUE.

The capitalist can be, when occasion
arises. as absurd in his notions of the
character of wealth and in his esti-
or the most ardent advocate of free sill
YER We find, it stated in journals of
repute and authority that something
over $4,000, 600 worth of values" were
squeezed out of street railway stocks
in the city of, Chicago the other day
by the defeat of: the Humphrey bills
in the legislature. The charters of
some of these companies are to expire
at no distant date, and bills were
introduced in the legislature of Hi
nois extending all existing railway
charters for fifty years, and providing
that henceforth the regulation of street
railways should be vested, not in
city councils: but in special commits
sions created for that purpose. There
was never a more outrageous bit Of
special legislation presented to any
law-making body, and the city Of Chi
cago led the hot, fight of the state
30
against 1t.
The wholesale extension of street
railway franchises after this fashion
would be worth millions to the COM.
panies and would put it out Of the
power of the people for decades to
come to make any reforms in their
operation or any changes in their rates
of fare. The setting up Of commissions
direct control from the hands Of the
people. In brief, it was proposed by
the Humphrey bills to intrench the
street railway systems Of Illinois so
firmly behind legislative protection
that they could not be dislodged. Upon
the defeat Of these bills in the legisla-
ture the market quotations Of the prin-
cipal street railway securities dropped
off several pdntsSso that If one fig
ured what these gsstocks and bonds
could have been sold for in the mar
ket the day before and what they
would have bkought the day following
the legislative. vote he would get a diff
ference Of m@e dan 100000. This,
then, says ths aye computer. is the
shrinkage in values" consequent upon
even a properslegislative act.
This loose notion Of value is one
that should be got rid Of as speedily
as possible. IT Prevails almost uni
versany. It owould be hard now to
convince the average man that he was
not actually wealthy in. boom times:
that the. values" which he assigned
to his real estate and other properties
resided only 1ng his imagination, and
that these values have not been destroy
ed by the subsequent descent Of the
country to the basis Of common sense
and rational living. There is nothing
to prevent a man from taking pair
of old boots and saying that they are
worth q million dollars. and. after
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
BAD PIUTE INDIAN.
Killed Ten Whites and Was Finally
Killed Himself

NiIled himself.
KINGMAN. Ariz, May 15.-Ahvote.
the Piute Indian. VINO has in the last
three days murdered no less than ten
white men. is dead. He met his fate
at the hands of members of his own
tribe, who were compelled by the min
ers in Eldorado canon to trail the
murderer to death, the penalty for
their failure to do SO being fixed at the
annihilation Of every Piute the miners
could reach
Eight years ago a brother of Ahvote,
white men near Eldorado canon, killed
a mail rider The whites demanded
that the murderer be killed, and
Ahvote was ordered by the tribe to
kill him, and bring back convincing
proof that he had executed the order
He brought in one toe and a part Of
an ear, but the whites said he must
bring better proof. Two days after
ward he brought the head of his
brother. Since that time Ahvote has
been morose, and sullen and lived
apart from the tribe.
Three days ago he took a rifle and
killed Lars FranZen and Ben Jones,
teamsters; Christian Nelson and Chas.
Monaghan, miners; Judge j. NJ. Nor
ton, assayer, and mill man, known all
over the coast; John Powers and w.
three others, names unknown. The
killings were all cold-blooded butch
cries. The miners congregated in Ell
dorado canon and told the Piutes that
if they did not bring in or kill Ahvote
they would kill every Piute they could
reach.
Six Piutes Immediately took the trail
and followed it to the places where his
victims were killed. From side to side
of the Colorado river went Ahvote on
his pilgrimage of murder. The Indians
followed him down the river, found
where he made his last landing, and
trailed him ten miles UP the canon in
to the mountains, where they crept
up and shot him as he was going over
the range. An Indian went to the
river and signaled to John Appel, who
was going down the stream in a boat
with the body Of Monaghan, to come
ashore. He tied up his boat and went
with the Indian and viewed the body
of Ahvote.
Arizona, offered reward of $3.50 for Ahvote
and Mouse, who murdered Davis and Stearns
last February. Over 100 white men and In
dams joined in the chase of the murderer.
Telephone advices from White Hills, fifty
miles north, state that fifteen armed Pute
Indians came into town this evening and
made threats that if the whites molested them
they would do some killing. The deputy
sheriff attempted to disarm them, but got
only one gun. Three Indians were placed
under arrest and the others fed from town.
1t is feared that they will kill many men
who are in the hills unarmed, and a posse
may go after them in the morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
WHAT DOES 1T MEANT

We would be greatly obliged for a
to explain the column article in yester-
days Pioneer Press on plans Of re-
trenchment. The purpose Of our con-
temporary seems to be a commendable
one. Its policy and it's language are
distinctly Bunsbyish. It remarks to
the effect that Mr.. Langford's plan is
a good one,sif it should not happen to
turn out badly; and that, on the other
hand, it is a dangerous plan, If it is
not better than it might be- Upon all
the propositions before the public our
neighbor is equally non-committal; but
it advances one view which reaches
the climax of mental obfuscation and
rhetorical uncertainty. We quote this
extraordinary sentence, which is plac-
ed in paragraph by itself, as if to
call attention to its wonderful archi-
lecture: "The proposition to dismiss
the supervisors and special teachers,
as well as of one to cut down the sal
aries of principals and high grade
teachers, seems to be of doubtful ex-
ped1ency, especially as they do not
seem to be necessary
This is the central and boss labyrinth
of the whole construction. Who are the
''they" who do not seem to be neces-
sary? Are they the supervisors, or the
special teachers, or the salaries, or the
principals or the high grade teachers?
This 'they'' stands up in solitary
grandeur, with whole congregation Of
antecedents gathering around it and
clamoring for recognition. If anybody
could make out what this sentence
means, or what it was intended to
mean, he might get at the views of the
Pioneer Press on school retrenchment
AS the matter stands, one can hardly
wonder that people who dip into this
grab bag Of English and ideas do not
know exactly what they are going to
get.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

throwing them in the fire. next day to
say that he has just lost z cool mil
lion. But actual values do not prance
around and come into existence spon-
taneously and disappear like ghosts in
this remarkable fashion. The differ
ience is the difference between a mer-
camille transaction and gamble. 1t is
the difference between fact and mag
inatiOn. 1t Is the difference between
speculation and the exchange Of COM
modities. OF course, all the value that
there ever was in the street railway
systems of Chicago is there today, be-
cause that value grows as the city In
creases and will be greater next week
than it was this. The shrinkage OF
prices is almost universally confused
with the destruction Of value. It is
important that this distinction be fixed
in the public mind, because out Of the
failure to apprehend it is arise one-half
! of the financial vagaries that trouble
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
Why He Objected.

'No. SIR said Senator Sorghum. with
great emphasis, Il shall never feel satisfied
until these caricaturists are suppressed"
You object to public man having his
facial expression altered for the amusement
of the public?"
''It isn't that. I hold that there is no
reason why man who holds Office should.
any more than private citizen. have his
features advertised so that every creditor and
every man with subscription paper can rec
ognize him at a glance. Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

''Pete." said Meandering Mike, ode bicycle
is a great ting"
1T don't see what it's done fur u.s." replied
Flooding Pete.
Its ann:hilated the aristocracy, dafs
what it's done. Whenever we gifts hand
out of old clothes. they're bicycle clothes an
when we goes UP ter make a call at farm
house nobody can't tell from de locks of us
dat we amt swells dat got lost on a centur,
run. Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

The court house needs some repairs ON the
south side. The sooner 1t is done the less IT
will cost. A good wind may blow the little
porch through some of the windows. Then,
it looks bad.-Luverne News.
II the county commissioners won't take that
porch away. throw the window open some
day when Squire LIE Due is making . free
silver speech. II that don't blow the porch
away no Kansas sephyr VIII fazs It
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
The Cheerful Idiot.

ri noticed a pair of little bootblacks work
ing on the partnership plan this morning."
said the Cheerful Idiot. land it occurred &c
me that probably they were prompted by
social aspirations"
What is the answer?" said the seasoned
boarder.
''They seemed to want to shine In COM
pany. Indianapolis Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

The Republican taffy about the ''free break
fast table, is knocked into jelly by the senate
amendments to the Dingley bill. A Repub-
lican contemporary which opposes the "pro-
tection-gone mad" theory of the "infant in
dustry' molochs, says the bill reverses the
to enslave the morning as wen as the noon
day meals of the country.-Fairmont Sentinel.
Much wandering among political parties
and swallowing of their isms has so confused
Frank that ne makes a quotation from the
G lob and calls it "a Republican contem-
porary."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
A Trying Situntion

How Is it that you are always in debit
You should be, ashamed OF yourself = 81
Come, now, don't be too hard on n fc.-
low; you would perhaps be in debt, too IL
you were In my place.
what place:"
cable to get credit ''-Tit-Bits.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

The system of licensing BARRIERS, as provid-
ed for in this law, may serve useful purpose
in Minnesota for aught we know, but 1t looks
from this distance very much like a scheme
for supplying job for three politicians
Milwaukee Sentinel.
No. sir; 1t was for the noble purpose of lift
ing an honorable craft from the ranks of
labor to that of the professions; to transform
shop into parlor, an operator into an
artist. barber into a tonsor. Come over
and let the professor shave you.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

The very pleasing things said by the st.
Paul G o b e last Thursday with reference
to the Minnesota men who were honored by
the president ought to please the president.
the appointees and the people.-Slayton Her
aid.
They did; tickled the president to death; set
Tams off in Choctaw whoop; Newel's smile
made his burnsides tickle his ears; Castles
grin made him handsomer than ever, and, as
for the people-but space forb.ds going into
that large subject.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
TODAY,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, May 15.-Forecast for Sun
day: Minnesota-Fair; warmer; southeriy
winds.
Observation-Disclosures; light southerly winds
The Dakotas-Fair in the morning. lnci cas-
inp clondiness in the afternoon; warmer IN
eastern portions; brisk southerly winds.
Notwithstanding cloudiness with occa-
sional showers; westerly winds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, 3O.16; mean temperature, So;
relative humidity, 55; wind northwest;
weather, clear; maximum temperature, So;
minimum temperature, 81; daily range, 26;
amount of rainfall in last twenty -four
hours q.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Payable I'm Advance.
Daily and Sunday, per month 'o
Daily and Sunday, Six Months $40
Daily and Sunday, One Year $o.oo
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
by another year the dangers that mem
ace our school system may be removed.
A TREMENDoUs PRIZE.

The theory which has lately been
nicipal government holds that the only
way to make the people look out for
|. their own interests and take pains to
get good government is to concentrate
power and responsibility. This has
caused the swing Of the pen
dulum from the old system of turning
over everything to an elective council,
and brought modern city charters in
the line of having an executive clothed
with a large appointing power. The
theory is that where mayor has such
large opportunities within his grasp,
and where not only good government,
but the very property of the people
themselves depends upon choosing a
good man, they will step outside the
ordinary routine of politics, and for
once insist upon the nomination and
election of competent and trust
worthy man. Whether this theory will
nold water or not Is now about to be
tested. The supreme trial Of it will
come at the next election in the city
which is now to be known as Greater
New York. No such prize was ever Of
fered to the practical politician. No
such tremendous public interests were
ever put up as the stake Of an cleo
ton. Here is list Of the principal ap-
pointments that the mayor Of the con-
solidated metropolis will have to make
within six months of the time he as
SHINES office.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
RIVER AT 8 A. NJ.

-Fall.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-11-20

-TRURTwORTHY AND ACTIVE
" gentlemen or ladies to travel for respOn-
sible, established house In Idaho. Monthly
30 90 and expenses. Position steady. Refer
elee. Enclose Self-addressed stamped envelope.
The Dominion Company, Dept Y Chicago. ap4
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-11-20

compared to sl0, ial.l0 last year. being
an Increase Of over 70 per cent Oftle
remaining expenditures eSTa was paid
out Tor text books, SS03lI for library
q ID apparatus, q. eOl 80 for fuel. rent,
and incidentals. sG86 20 for repairs and
furniture, s63i.6O for school hoases and
sites, and - ,6Ssl 10 for bonds and inter.
est.
Last year S6Se.1S was paid for text
books, $500 for libraries aud apparatus.
81. T6I53 for fuel, rent and incidentals,
s53i.6s for repairs and furniture, So20
for school houses and sites and STi6 for
bonds and interest
There is on hand to the credit Of the
various districts ss,Od272.
The bonded Indebtedness Of all dis
tricts is SlS,S5O with S6lI OF in sinking
funds for the payment of same.
The estimated value OF the entire
school property of the county is placed
at s44,7O0
At the animal teachers institute 50
teachers were enrolled, II males and
IS females. The entire cost ofinstitute
was sl7O. of which $3.50 was paid to
instructors and $3.50 for other expen-
ses. There are seven graded schools
employing seventeen teachers. Tie
maximum salary Of principals is So
per month, while the minimum salary
is $50 per month.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-11-20

Ar its last session the board Of county
commissioners passed the follow ing res
olution:
It is hereby resolved and ordered that
from this date all bills, accounts and
charges connected with and growing
out OF the prosecution Of any and ali
criminal ofenses committed within the
limits Of any Incorporated town or will
Hge IN kOotenai county, which are not
TO be investigated by the grand jury,
shall not be paid by the county.
This looks very fair on its face, but its
provisions are such that they cannot be
enforced. In the first place an incorpor
Ated town can Be charged only for eosts
arising from prosecutions under an or
iinance Of the town. In the second
place. if justice issues a warrant read
ing "The state Of Idaho VI. John Doe, -
he has no legal right to charge the costs
TO the town and must look to the conn
~ for them. Suppose a person arrested
for committing an assault, is fined and
ordered to pay the costs. He pays the
amount TO the justice, who in turn pays
il to the county and charges the costs to
the town, who is to reimburse the town?
or is il supposed to foot the bills in pet
~ criminal cases while the county gets
the money. Our board of trustees
should reject any and all such bills.
The board OF commissioners is lot law
making body, and this it has assumed
in the above resolution.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-11-20
Annual Report Of County Superintendent.


County Supt. McBee has completed
his annual report of the schools Of
kOotenai county. 1t contains some in
terestIng statements. The total num-
Der Of children between the ages of 1--WE
and twenty-One, the school age, Is 2l6O,
Of whom 1910 are males and Il5O fe.
males, showing an increase of lIA per
cent. over 1895. OF this number there
were 1850 enrolled, 66l males and CSC
females.
The average daily attendance for the
past school year was 664.
The number Of children of compul-
sorry school age, to IA, Is found TO be
1920, and the total number of children
attending IL consecutive weeks was
y72.
The aggregate daily attendance for
the year was s64, being 81 per cent. of
the number enrolled.
There were CO applicants for certif
Gates during the year Of whom q were
male and 80 female. OF this number
four received LIST, fifteen End and thir.
teen Bird grade certificates, leaving
80 applicants 8 male aud 22 female, who
were rejected.
There were Sc teachers employed dur.
ing the year, 80 being male and 80 be-
ing female. at AT average monthly sal
AIRY Of s46.b7 for males and SALT for
females. this being an increase of ~
per cent. over the wages paid In 1896.
The expense account OF the schools
furnishes another interesting item.
The total cost Of maintaining the
county school system for the past year
was e2lll7.0S, compared with s2073O.56
on last year. OF this amount sI5, 267 20
was paid cut In teachers salaries, as
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-11-20

DUNCAN Smith has been written let
letter urging his presence at the next
meeting Of the beard of trustees for the
purpose of voting against the pending
ordinance regulating the payment OF
warrants and defining the duties OF the
town treasurer. As MIR. Smith has
moved his family to Spokane and makes
his home there, We will not believe that
he can be induced to come here as a
member OF the board OF trustees for the
purpose of voting against an ordinance
which the prople have kei the board
10 pass. The fate OF the ordinance would
depend on his woe were he present at
the meeting and he will be slow to as
sume such responsibility under TIE r
cnmstsnces. He will think twice before
ne places himself in such position.