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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
AIRS HIS VIEWS.
ST. Paul Insurance Agent CZticises
Local Methods.

The visit to st. Paul last week of the
committee representing the insui ance
governing board. was understood to
have resulted in smoothing over the
little misunderstanding of the local
agents. But this, it seems, is not the
case In one of the Chicago newspa-
pers of yesterday, appeared the follow
inc signed "a local Agent"
st. Paul Oct. Ito the Editor: In to-
DAYS paper | note that the committee visit
ing st. Paul returned after settling the dlI-
ferences there This statement reminds
me of the many times Gen. Weyler pacified
Cuba. The situation here is unchanged and
until the union companies tote fair with
each other the agents at st. Paul, and prob
ably elsewhere, will faithfully eAemplify their
/ believe from what I can learn since the
committees visit, that matters are just as
of the agents at the meeting, when he stat
ed that the only solution of the difficulties
was a single angency rule, struck the key
note Sole agencies would make the repre-
sentatives of the companies feel some re-
sponsibility and would elevate the tone of
the business.
What can be expected in city where one
may find recording agencies in real estate
offices, loan offices, renting agencies, meat
markets, cigar stores, grocery storesA wood
and coal offices, saloons and livery stables?
One of the leading companies recently com
missioned a county official, so that we even
find insurance in politics.
Is it to be wondered that no local board
can successfully exist and enforce its rules
under such conditions? When companies
recognize that to introduce correct practices
in the local business they must discriminate
in the selection of their REPRESENTATIVES tat re-
inc the number of recording agents in cities
the the size of St. Paul. then 1 verify believe it
will be possible to do business in an honor,
able manner, maintain correct practices ana
continue an organization able to cope with
snv local question without troubling the Chi.
cago managers, who have troubles enough of
their own.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18

u point, and Grand Trunk first
preferred u. Canadian Pacific shares
advanced 1s on the fine traffic returns
at one time touching S4%.
The Norfolk & Western dividend an
nouncement is taken as sign that the
directors believe they will be able to
continue dividends. The favorable re-
ception of the London committees pro-
posals as to Central Pacific manage
ment is encouraging
Mexican railway shares are firm in
anticipation of the dividend on the first
preferred stocks.
Central Pacific shares advanced 1
point, Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
70, Louisville & Nashville 70, Union Pa
cific q and Northern Pacific preferred
5s. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe pre-
ferred stock advanced q, Ontario &
Western preferred q, Reading pre-
ferred Is, Norfolk & Western %, Erie
preferred Il, and Denver & Rio Grande
preferred a. Illinois Central shares
fell q, and New York Central a.
Argentine and Brazilian bonds are
better, while Spanish bonds are q
lower. Kaffirs are sluggish.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
STILL BENIGHTED.

We had hoped and expected, when
the yellow fever broke out in the
United States, and, indeed, the first
stages indicated, that the people of the
South had so far got away from the
savage state of suspicion and hatred of
sanitary science that it would be an
easy matter to control and stamp out
the disease. We are sorry to see that
the opposite is the case. Every rel1a-
BILE authority attributes the prevalence
and the increase of the contagion in
New Orleans and other Southern cities
to the attitude of the people. They
simply will not report suspicious cases
to the health authorities. They con-
ceal them as long as possible. They
hide the fever smitten persons in their
houses and allow the unaffected to
come and go freely. Only when the
complaint has been spread for days
and reached large numbers of people;
only when the patient is in the last
stages or actually dead, so that re-
port must be made to the authorities,
do they ever hear of his case. All that
can be done then in the way of isola-
ton and disinfection is locking the sta
BILE after the horse is stolen. A new
center for the propagation of the dis
case has been established, and by this
process it has been gaining ground
day after day.
We are accustomed to this attitude in
people among the ignorant masses of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18

president to make. Judge Baker, Of
the Indiana district court for Indiana,
holds, in the case of a deputy marshal
removed in disregard of the presidents
order, that his court is without juris-
diction to entertain the case because
there are no property rights involved.
He says that ;ithe court cannot as
sumo that the president will not at
once correct the wrongful act of the
marshal his power and authority be-
ing "ample TO correct all acts of insub-
ordination, thus agreeing with Judge
Cox in conclusion if not by the means
of reaching it. On the other hand we
have judge Jackson, of the circuit
court, granting an injunction restrain
ing the collector of internal revenue
from removing arbitrarily a gauger,
following his previous ruling upholding
the presidents order in the case of q
deputy marshal. Judge Jackson says,
in his opinion, in reply to the sugges-
ton of the contrary rulings of Judge
Cox and other federal judges. that he
had not the slightest doubt of the
validity of his judgment that the orders
of the president, and of the secretary
OF the treasury experimenting them,
were within the scope of their author
.ity under the civil service act.
differences of opinion amoug courts Of
equal jurisdiction be definitely settled
by an appeal of some case to the sn-
preme court of the United States. This
would not be necessary if the president
had the backbone of his predecessor.
1t is not an exhiIarating spectacle to
see the executive order of president
of the United States calmly and de-
family disobeyed by his underlings,
and to see him decline to exercise d
power the courts plainly say is his in
maintaining the dignity of his Office.
1t has but one precedent that we re-
call in the open disregard and insolent
treatment shown by Republican Of
ficials to the celebrated order of Presl-
dent Hayes forbidding active participa-
ton in party work by appointive or
ficers of the government. 1t is prob
able that President Mckinley, with the
desire for a second term influencing
him, will not offend the insolent under
lings, who have treated his order with
contumacy, by ordering their removal
or the reinstatement of the subordin-
ates discharged in violation of his or
der. He might offend a few men by
so doing, but he will more seriously
offend a very influential class by not
doing it,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
ONE WOMAN Is A SECTION BOSS.
Mrs. Mary Shannan, of Hartford,
Ind, Follows an Unusual Occupa-
ton.

Mrs. Mary Shannan, of Hartford,
Ind, Follows an Unusual Occupa-
ton.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Oct. IL
Mrs. Mary Shannan, the section boss
who lives near here, is not the rough,
coarse woman that one would expect
to find following such a humble voca-
| ton. Indeed, she is just the opposite.
Her work in the open air has developed
her into a beautiful specimen of wom-
anhood. She is robust and has a COM
plexion that the society leader of any
city could not help but envy.
About two years ago Mrs. Shannan
resided with her husband and two
small children at Montpelier, this coun-
ty, and her husband, who held the
position she now holds, was killed in
a railroad accident. Left alone with
two children and a mortgage on her
little home, she was thrown upon her
own resources. Her father had also
been a section hand and her knowledge
of this kind of work now came in good
play. She applied for the position left
vacant by the death of her husband
and the recommendations that accom-
panied the application could not be
denied and she secured the place. She
fitted herself out in a neat pair of
overalls, resembling boomers, and a
DIOdQ DI111l1n6Q nat. since the IlfSl
day she took control of the section the
company has never had reason to com
plain of her work. She has the utmosi
control over the men in her charge and
they have learned to respect and love
her.
Mrs. Shannan is now but thirty years
of age, but the unaccuStOmed hard toll
gives her the appearance of being sew
eral years older. She possesses a good
common school education which she
received in this country. Although she
is fully capable of following a more
elevating vocation in life, she does not
care to for the reason she has been
familiar with railroad work from child
hood. She gives as her reason for con-
tinuing the work that she can secure
mans wages in supporting her two
children and accumulate enough money
to pay off the incumbrance on her
home She is also anxious that her lit
tie children be given the advantage
of a good education so that during
their lives they can fill higher station
in life than herself She gives them
ali her spare time and none of her du-
ties as mother is neglected in order
that she can follow her work She
seems to exercise almost as much in
fluence over the gang of men she works
with as she does over her children.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COM
MERGE WILL MEET HERE
THIS MORNING.
VISIT RESERVOIRS FIRST,
STARTING WEDNESDAY FOR
GRAND RAPIDS AND UPPER
WINNIBIGOSHISH DAMS.
WILL ALSO GO DOWN STREAM.
st. Louis May BE the Southern Limit
of the Travels, Through the
Fever Scare.

The subcommittee from the senate
committee on commerce will assemble
today at the Merchants hotel. The
subcommittee consists of Senator Vest,
of Missouri; Senator S. B. Elkins, of
West Virginia; Senator Gallinger, of
New Hampshire; Senator Mcbride, of
Oregon; Senator Caffrey, of Louisiana;
Senator Berry, of Arkansas, and Sena-
tor Nelson, Of Minnesota The men,
bers Of the committee will arrive in
ST. Paul this morning and Wednesday
will proceed to the reservoirs on the
upper Mississippi near Grand Rapids
After an inspection of the upper river
the committee will return to st. Paul
and go down the river as far as st.
Louis on the government boat Gen
Barnard, reaching that city not later
than Nov. 4. The committee will then,
unless the yellow fever epidemic pre-
vents, proceed with the Mississippi
river commission down the river to the
passes below New Orleans.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.
There Are 10000, of Whom 13 Per
Cent Are Americans.

There are over ten thousand Europeans and
Americans resident in China The English
head the list with 4,000 the Americans num-
Der 325 Germans, SS2; French, S75; Portu-
guese, sos; Spaniards, 461; NOrwegians, 37J;
Russians, 116; Italians 10S, etc There are
500 Japanese.
Twenty-Five ports are open to foreign resi-
dence-that is to say, Europeans are al
lowed to acquire conditional title to certain
lands on which they live govern themselves
and have special privileges in judicial mat
ters. These ports are Mengtz. Lung Chow,
Pakhoi, King Chow, Lappa. Canton. Knowlon,
Swallow, Annoy, Fuchau, Winshow, Ningpo,
Shanghai, Chingkiang, Wuhu, Kiuklank.
Hankow, Ichang, Chungking, Cheefo0, Ten
tsn and Nuchwang. 1t is to be noted that
Picking does not appear on this list although
the embassies and legations are established
there.
The Chinese who find themselves under
foreign jurisdiction appear more than con-
tented with the situation, because. although
taxes are high, they are fixed. Two hun
dred thousand natives live in the European
eign residents of China large number live
In ports that have been ceded to other ma
tions For instance Hong Kong comprises
in it's civic population 195 Europeans and
Americans. With the troops and sailors, this
number is raised to S,545.
Hong Kong is the actual capital of foreign
industry in the far East. More than 5000
vessels, with tonnage of nearly 4,OOO,OOO,
touch there annually. The same spirit which
caused the development of Singapore, Co
lombo and Hong Kong is to be found in the
foreign settlements of the open ports OF
China,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18

the Orient. We did not wonder when
rel1ed by military force to submit to
the ventilation of the novels where
death stalked, and the destruction OF
furniture and other household articles
that had been contaminated by the bu-
bonic plague. We congratulated our
selves upon our superior civilization
and commiserated the heather in
his blindness 1t turns out that
we are not whit better. The
yellow fever in modern times is
a fairly comfortable disease. 1t
appears to have lost some Of
its ancient severity. 1t certainly does
not spread with the rapidity or at
tack people with the virulence that
once characterized it. The death list
is surprisingly small one daily, when
we consider the number Of persons af-
fiicted and the population of the places
where the disease has become epidemic.
There is, therefore, less reason for pop
ular alarm and a greater certainty
that, with but a little unanimity OF
effort, the plague can be stayed.
There is not the slightest doubt about
it that there would not be a case OF
yellow fever in the United States today
if the people of the Southern cities had
co-operated with the health authorities.
They are doing just what the people of
Foonah did, and just what their ances-
tors did three or four hundred years
ago. They are ignoring the teachings
of science; they are yielding to the sin
gular idea that affection with conta-
gious disease is a species of disgrace;
they are holding on to the barbaric no
ton that a hospital is a place where
people are abused or cut up by sur
geons to see how they are made; and
thus, by secreting and distributing vic
tins of the disease, they are preventing
it's eradication and making it epidemic.
1t seems likely that it will be a long
while yet before we get sufficiently
modern to treat a plague by the mod
ern and perfectly effective method.
When we do that, there will be
speedy and final end to all epidenics
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
sToLr,. THE JoBBERNo1L.

The neWSgatherer at Lincoln, Neb.,
takes the pains to inform the country
that one Stoll came to the city to see
Mr. Bryan and induce him to coop
crate with Stoll and company in over
throwing the civil service system; or, if
get the extensions made by President
Cleveland revoked Mr. Stoll had his
journey for his pains, for Mr.. Bryan
was not in Lincoln, nor in Nebraska,
but somewhere in Iowa or Ohio, pro-
claiming the latest gospel of Populism
to listening multitudes. Stoll is clearly
a jobbernoll or he would have kept
track of the flights of Mr.. Bryan and
ascertained his precise or probable To-
cation before mourning the expense of
a trip from Chicago to Lincoln The
narrator of Stoll's mission plaintively
says that the absence of Mr.. Bryan will
statement that is clearly superf1uous
Unless Stoll acquires more sense than
he seems to have, he may make sew
eral fruitless trips before he finally
corners Mr.. Bryan, and when he gets
him we apprehend that he will be told
that Mr.. Bryan has his hands so full
with his present job that he cannot
think of taking on another
Stoll insists to the chronicler of his
coming that his movement is wide
spread and sure to succeed We can
not accept this assurance coming from
Stoll. How can man who is so thick
Witted as not to know the movements
of Mr.. Bryan, a single, if somewhat
prominent individual, know anything
about the movement of a ''crusade?"
If he cannot keep track of one man.
how can he keep track of a few hun
dred? And if he cannot succeed in run
ming Mr. Bryan down and cornering
him how can he be so sure that his
crusade" is sure to succeed? If he
cannot compass SO simple thing as
finding Mr.. Bryan, how can he and
his flock of jobbernolls hope to accom-
plish so tremendous a job as the over
throw of the civil service system? Tt
can only be accounted for by the fact
that fools rush in where angels fear
to tread" and that there are yet Don
Quixotes who are foolhardy enough to
run a tilt against windmills.
The indiscriminate gatherer of news
at Lincoln further informs the country
that StOll is an eX-superintendent Of
the Chicago pOstoffice. Hence these
tears; hence this animosity; hence this
peregrination to Lincoln; hence this
crusade" hence this poor opinion of
the law; hence Stoll StoIls soul rebels
against being an eX. Stolls pocket
brings reinforcements to his soul. To
be on Uncle Sans salaried list is bliss.
to have his name erased is misery: to
oppose the law that bars readmission
is natural. But to butt ones head
against brick wall is foolish, and that
is what Stoll and his fellow jobber-
nolls are doing. But we are inclined to
the opinion that Stoll is meritoriously
a member of the army of exes. Any
fellow who is so stupid as to make a
journey from Chicago to Lincoln with
out first ascertaining the whereabouts
of Lincoln's peripatetic philosopher of
finance is quite too hopelessly stupid to
superintend himself, let alone post
office. Stoll is too stolid for that or
any other job.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
FIFTY YEARS OLD.
Rev. Sam p. Jones Holds a CeIebra-
ton at CnrtersViIIe, Ga.

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct 17.-Yesterday
at Centersville, this state, Rev. Sam
P. Jones celebrated his fiftieth birth
day anniversary with a notable gather
ing at his home. There were present
fifty guests, one for each of the years
of his life, including millionaire manu-
facturers, bankers, merchants, promi-
nent divines, distinguished professors,
newspaper men and railroad magnates
Dinner was served from l to p. NJ.
at which toasts were drank in water to
Sam Jones as a preacher, as a humor-
list. as a newspaper man, as a lecturer
and a friend Mr.. Jones replied in a
most feeling address. Rev. George
Stewart acted as postmaster.
Many handsome presents were given
Mr.. Jones and he received congratula-
tory kilograms from prominent people
in a number of cities. There was a re-
ception at his home in the evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
ELECTRIC HAIR CUT.
Incandescent Wire That Beats the
Shears for BARRIERS.

You may have your hair cut by
electricity now, says the New York
Journal David Seide, of Hartford.
Conn, has just patented little instru-
ment which will do the trick, in a few
twinklings without the use of scissors
or of the flame which is sometimes
used as a substitute in up-to-date bar
Der shops.
1t is a compact metal tool, consisting
in part of comb. OF course, the ton
serial artist must always use comb
in this sort of work, fnasmuch as it
gives him a guage for making the
hairs Of equal length as they are drawn
through the teeth.
The instrument in question is con-
nected with little battery by couple
of wires. When he wishes to admins
ter a hair cut, the barber presses his
thumb upon a certain part of the -tool,
thus completing a circuit. The cleo
tricity instantly heats white hot plat
mum wire which runs the length of the
comb. Then all that is required is that
the operator shall comb the hair of. the
customer with a few graceful waves of
the little appliance. the incandescent
wire burning it off at the proper
length.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
rnnAY,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-Forecast for Mon
day Minnesota-Probab-y fair and warmer
Monday; southerly winds.
Wisconsin-Generally fair and slightly
warmer Monday; light to fresh southWesterly
The Dakotas- Generally fair Monday;
warmer southerly winds.
Montana-Fair and warmer Monday; west
erly winds.
fowa-Fair, preceded by showers in the
morning in the western portion; southerly
winds and warmer in western portion.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, Washington, Oct. II, 6:4S
p. M Local Time, p. m. 18th Meridian
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations
TEMPERATURES.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
LONDON FINANCIAL.
Higher Rates and Dearer Money
May Be Looked For.

LONDON, Oct. 17.-Thursday's ad-
vance in the bank rate to 3 per cent
was not a surprise, since f1,00O, 900 in
gold had been withdrawn within a
week. making 100000 since June last.
Gold continues in strong ,1anf, bit
the withdrawal OF eagles has peen
checked by the raising of the price to
76s nd per ounce. Higher rates and
dearer money may be looked for.
Stocks are inactive, though home rail-
ways have improved American rail-
way securities have suffered a sharp
reaction Of from to Az points, owing
to liquidation in New York and the
tendency to await developments.
Grand Trunk railway shares lost
through spectators selling as the
result of the semi-annual meeting.
Grand Trunk guaranteed shares fell
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
SYMPATHY FOR GEORGE.
Kansans Do All They Can for the
SinpIp-TaYPr.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct. 1.-THE
local single tax league at it's regular
meeting has adopted resolutions in
dorsing the candidacy of Henry George,
candidate for mayor Of Greater New
York, rendering their support and for
warding a subscription to help defray
the expense of his campaign. The res
olutions presented by Henry 5. Julian,
a local Democratic leader, say, among
other things:
Resolved, That we, the friends and adj.
mirers of Henry George and believers OF
Jeffersonian Democracy, in Kansas City, here
by tender to the support of the cause In
Greater New York.our most sincere sympathy
in their great struggle for human rights, and
our ardent hopes for their success; and we
hereby pledge ourselves to do al In our power
oil
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
VISITOR IN THE HEAVENS.
Observer at the Lick Observatory
Discovers a Comet.

SAN JOSE. Cal, Oct. 1.-THE follow
ing message has been received from
Lick Observatory:
A comet was discovered about o'clock Sat
urday evening by c. D. Perrine. 1t is sit
uated in the constellation Contemporaries
seventeen hours and forty-five minutes
Greenwich mean time The position was
right ascension three hours and thirty-sx
minutes. 1t has a declinatfon of north 66
deg. Al minutes. and has daily motion west
ward in right ascension and nearly two de-
grees northward. The comet is of moderate
brightness and can be seen in telescope of
three inches aperture. 1t is about two min
utes across with stellar nucleus of the
twelfth magnitude. The orbit will be com
puted here as soon as three observations at
sufficiently long intervals can be secured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18

Fashion has decreed that the practice of
shaking hands close to the thorax when you
meet friend is out of date and must be
dropped which shows that fashion has some
sense left.-Stillwater Journal.
We are delighted to see the Journal and a
large number of other papers turning their
pencils from politics to social customs, and
being so unanimous in their editorial opin-
ions that the high hand shake must be
dropped, presumably to d point little above
the belt line. Manners will improve rapidly
when editors make themselves censors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18

Kinley and fortify his claims to re-
nomination in 19OO-and the consequent
repetition of the famous retreat from
Moscow. We submit to our candid and
unbiased readers that this is a much
more plausible explanation of the re-
vivaI of Kasson than is that sent out
nc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
so.uthern Mills Suspend.

CHARLEsToN,o3 S.. c. Oct 17-C. c.
Pinckney Jr, manager, and the holder of
controlling interests Ia the Farmers Mining
company, the Wappoo, Mills, the Horshoe
Mills and Magnolia Mining company. sus-
pended payment on Saturday. According to
best information ebtainsaboe the liabilities are
has made no statement Of assets. He has
considerable property.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
Rule of Recognition.

s'I can tell everything that man writes"
remarked the discerning citizen.
"If it's poetry he begins each sentence, with
90 and If it's prose he begins 1t 1. Wash
ington Star.