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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01
QUEEN MARY.

Recreant Mrs. Lease. Queen Mary
that Is to be, how could you do it?
Madonna of Populism, pride of the
plain people, idol Of Accent finance,
and light Of Kansas, how did you dast?
Gentle Mary, our lady Of the corn
cribs" parading in the robes of royalty
and decked out in a $4,000 crown-the
sturdy granger might have seen the
noble PETER Haunting the tinsel of the
peerage, or Bailey trimmed with all the
orders of effete and crumbling mon
arches, but the honorable Mary Ellen
Lease, that is different matter. Queen
Of Topeka, empress of Kansas, you
can never be the same. Though by
your trade every heartless banker who
has loaned to the honest farmer be
drawn and CHARTERED, though under
your wise and happy reign corn and
potatoes are both freely coined, and
the minis are opened to carrots and
timothy hay alike, the shadow Of des-
potism will yet cling about you Queen
you may be, with $4,000 crown and
a six-horse float, but Populism will
never smile again.
The baubles of rank outweigh the
promises of politics. mo cross of gold;
no crown of thorns," that was your
text, Mary Ellen; and now you have
gone and done it. You may bear upon
your coat of arms a cabbage rampant
but the plain people will not be de-
ceived. Charley Towne from the far
away Klondyke will point the finger of
scorn. Tillman will wave his pitchfork
in gestures of disdain. Courtiers in
oVeralls of royal blue and cowhide
butchers may whisper their soft and
f1attering nothings. Your "boiled din
ner" may be served on plate of crested
silver, but the still small voice of con-
science will sound ever in your august
ear. When the $4,000 crown and the
corn stalk sscepter are laid aside, when
the acclaims of fawning subjects are
stiiled, then, Mary Ellen, you will re-
member the happy, care-free days
when you preached ;=~ calamity at SO
much per calam, and stood off the
mortgage creditor with light and joyful
heart. Then you will hate the pomp
and power which attended the queen
of the harvest festival of Topeka, Kan,
and would trade it all for just one mo-
Alas for Populism and the plain peo-
pie. When Mary Ellen wears a royal
crown, what of those who were but
tyros in hunting the naughty plutocrat
to his covert lair? Jerry Simpson, with
a useless Order of the Garter; Heitfeld,
with the Collar of the Fleece; Butler,
boasting K. c. Ball rise as specters
of the future, and beyond them looms
Tom Watson, the ribbon of st. Michael
and st. George upon his manly breast
and the spurs of knighthood upon his
nimble heels. Cringe before such Wis
ions, Mary Ellen; put aside the proffer-
ed crown. Be yourself your own sweet
self. with no trappings of rank and
royalty. Sigh if you must as you re-
nounce the glitter of high station, but
be true to Populism and the plain peo-
pie. Say nay. in clarion tones, and
go home and ask Mr.. Mary Ellen what
he wants for supper.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01

flesh, are unable to sleep and are re-
duced to the condition of physical de-
bility and nervous irritability out of
which there are only two paths Of
escape; one leading to the grave, and
the other to the madhouse.
Now, there is no principle of pencil
ogy and none of criminal law, however
primitive and barbarous, that would
support or Justify such an inhuman
policy as this. The reformatories, PEN
1tentiaries and prisons of the state Of
New York contain $500 inmates. The
fr1ghtful condition Of these, compelled,
as the majority of them are, to endure
practically solitary confinement with
out labor, needs no comment The
most rigid Interpretation of the power
of the state over the business and lives
or those who have offended against it's
laws does not, in these days, extend to
the right of torture. There is probably
no refinement of cruelty that can infiict
a keener torment upon a helpless hui
man being than that which those SEN
Ing in the most populous state of the
Union. We have heard just denuncia-
ton of the chain gang system in the
south, where convicts are herded in
camps, chained together at the most
oooy-oreaking physical tasks, shot
down by armed guards or recaptured
with bloodhounds whenever they make
an attempt to escape. If it were pro-
posed to introduce that system in the
state Of New York, humanity and civ
ilization would raise hands of horror
against it, Yet the chain gang is Gods
mercy when compared with solitary
confinement without labor. The wreck
OF body is trihe when compared with
the wreck of mind.
What the state of New York is do
ing today is not merely to sap the phys
zeal vitality Of it's convicts as truly az
If it fed them on bread and water
only, but to impair and destroy those
mental forces against which no law Of
any civilized community has hereto-
fore dared to lift its hand. There is
probably no man enduring his punish
ment today who would not gladly walk
to the whipping post and receive the
lash, which cur supposedly humane
laws have abolished, to obtain thereby.
not his liberty, but the privilege Of
saving his sanity by engaging in whole
some labor. The condition of things
In the prisons of New York state is a
scandal and blot upon our laws and
upon the whole nation. The penalty
that this barbaric law enforces is
worse than those which liberty has
fought for ages and supposed that it
had destroyed. The rack and the
thumbscrew have few terrors when set
side by side with the solitary cell.
where body and mind fail together. We
honestly believe that, if the question
were raised, a court would be COM
PEELED, in the interests both Of human
1ty and of justice, to declare that. I'M
til labor is provided for those commit
ted to imprisonment, the sentence of
any man to such a hideous fate is in
contradiction to that clause of the con-
stitution which aimed only to prohibit
the tenderer mercies of the torture
chamber.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01

plus of $S4,915 These functions OF the
English government are, Of course,
open to the charge Of paternalism; but
II so. then our own postal service, to
which telegraph and telephone are Of
Kin, Is also paternal, while, with Its linn
ltations. the postal savings is allied to
our educational function. teaching, as
it does. the lesson Of frugality in q
school exempt from the vicissitudes Of
financial alarms.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01
MUSIC AT COMO.
Two Additional Voices to BE Henrd
This Week
lions.

The success of the vocal work at
Como park the last week has caused
an elaborate programme to be prepared
for this week. The two sOlOists, Harry
de Lorme and Miss Reddington. have
been engaged for another week. to be
assisted by A. S. Rohrer and Miss Ros-
sitter, two principals of the Marie Bell
Opera company, which is now playing
at Lake Harriet. Miss Rossiter pos
sesses a soprano voice of fine quality
While Mr.. Rohrer possesses a pleasing
baritone voice. The four artists will
be able to present some good quartette
work and will choose their selections
largely from some of the best known
grand operas.
A special feature of this programme
VIII be the appearance of Marjorie
Reddington, the child soprano. whose
sweet voice and pretty ways can hard
ly fail to please. Each concert will
contain fine orchestra selections which
will be interspersed between the vocal
numbers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01
FOR ST. JAMES CHURCH.
RehearsaIs Are in Progress for It's
Dramatic Programme

Notwithstanding the amount of work
required to render a play successfully,
a social time is being enjoyed by the
members of the Young Peoples society.
who are taking part in the drama, a
Tale of Two Christmas Ewes" or "a
Soldiers Trust" and the farce, Jacks
Delight" which are to be given at the
Grand opera house Thursday, Aug. %,
for the benefit of st. James Episcopal
church.
The first rehearsal was held last
Monday evening at the residence of
Frank Bannochie, on Smelling avenue.
and after two hours hard wo. k, refresh
ments We're served and social time
enjoyed, with music, recitations, etc
Thursday evening a second rehearsal
was held at the residence of Wilfred
Crowther on Cedar street At this re-
hearsal everything looked promising
for a most successful entertainment.
The members are most enthusiastic and
handle their respective parts in pleas
ing manner. The demand for tickets
is good, and some of the boxes are al
ready sold.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01

The Democrats who recognize the fact that
the reduction in the wages paid coal miners
has occurred since the reduction Of tariff rates
on coal by the Wilson law not parading
before the coal miners that speech of Mr.
Bryan in which he says 1.-The duty on coal
is indefensible and nothing but a subsidy.
which the people along the seacoast are com
PEELED to pay to transportation. saltwater
Gazette.
And the Republicans who assert that the
cut in wages was because of the reduction in
the tariff are not parading the fact that the
operators are resisting a demand for an in
crease of 2S per, cent in wages al
though there has been an increase of GO per
cent in the tariff. The miners are finding
out that Mr., Bryan spoke the cold. hard truth
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01
TIE DAILY GLOBE
IS PUBLISHED EVERY DAY
AT NEWSPAPER ROW,
COR. FOURTH AND MINNESOTA SITS.
TOnAY,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, July S1.-Forecast for
Sunday: Minnesota-Local showers, proba-
bly, violent in eastern portion; slightly
warmer sOutherly winds.
Wiscons:n-Local showers; warmer; light
to fresh Winds becoming southerly, increas-
ing
North Dakota-Fair; followed by light local
showers and slightly cooler in western por-
tiOn; winds becoming northwesterly.
South Dakota-Generally fair; slightly cool
er N extreme western portion; variable
winds.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fair; westerly winds.
TEMPERATURES
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01

There is nothing the matter with Mike
lowing. He is all right.-Windom Reporter
We are rejoiced 10 hear it. After he tod
us in his own paper how he called on and
chatted with the president-about his father
in-law-and then went out and drank In
the sumptuous furnishing cf the East room. -
we confess we felt apprehensive that even
Mike would have a serious fit of indioos
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01

BY the way, is not the morning" Mime
apohs Journal a fake in itself? 1t sends out
an evening edition of news with newt
morning date line. and if that is not one
kind of fake the pubic we have not
fully grasped the significance of the word
Duluth News-Tribune.
1t is thus that the Journal and the Dis
patch pay to the morning papers that SINGER
est of tributes-imitation. 1t is their nearest
possible approach to the newspapers that
print all the news of yesterday instead of
that Of day before yesterday
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01

Information has reached this osfca tbot
chinch bugs are liable to do a great deal Of
damage to crops north of Dassel How true
THIS is we do not know.-Dassel Anchor.
Then, my dear fellow 1t is not ''informa-
tion;" it is merely rumor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01
NAV Build Their LocIsun.

The village of Pine City has submitted plans
to the state board of corrections and charities
for new lookup. and in the absence of Sec
rotary Hart, they have been substantially ap-
proved by Chairman Amundson. of the COM
mittee on jails and lockups.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01

TtlSe. ran.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. f. Lyons, Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01
DAILY MEANS,

Barometer 29.9S; mean temperature, Y;
relative humidity, 50; wind at p. M, north
east; weather, cloudy; maximum tempera-
ture. 10: minimum temperature, So daily
range. Z; amount of precipitation (rain) in
last lwenty-fOur hours is.
RIVER AT s A. NJ.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01

To send In your coupons at once for
they are void after the second day.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23
ECTURE TO CITY TEACHERS.
Professor Pa1mer's Interesting Talk on
Self Culture In EnClish.

Professor Palmer's Interesting Talk on
Self Culture in English.
The teachers Of the city were address
ed last evening by Professor Palmer,
professor of English in Harvard uni
versity. College street hall was we'll
filled to hear the lecturer, who spoke on
Self Culture in English. After urg-
ing the Importance of precision in the
use of words, the speaker said:
Almost, of as great Importance as
precision is the cultivation of vocab-
uIary. Our language in very rich in
words, conveying every shade Of mean
ing. 1t has in all over 100000 words,
and the vocabulary of an average per-
son is from 5000 to 1000 words. The
vocabulary of Shakespeare was 5000
words, and Milton used from 5000 to
5000; and they did not have to talk
about electric cars and sewing ma
chimes.
I'm view of this richness of our Ian
guage it is remarkable how little are
the vocabuaries of most men. The
average person uses six or seven ad-
jectives, about as many nouns few
verbs and enough conjunctions and
propositions to stick the man together
with. This mess of words is distasteful
to every one.
Every person nowadays belongs to a.
set and uses the words peculiar to that
set. Learn to use the words of other
sets than your own. Make it your task
to learn a new word each week, and if
you live to a good old age your vocab-
ulary will approximate to that of
Shakespeare.
I'm learning words T do not advise
you to select strange words, but I
should rather advise you to avoid them
and select the common words. In your
writing try to make your words con-
form to the words of speech. If what
you have written does not sound well
when read, then something is wrong
with 1t.
THE greatest ages in literature have
been those when the literature con-
formed to spoken language, at witness
Homer and Plato, the period of Greek
drama. Do you realize that the great
literary ages of England have been
those when the country was ruled by
women, who are somewhat famed as
conversatonalists?
THE writer should forget himself
The words commonly used in a relig-
ious sense, bear We one another's bur-
dens, apply especially to the writer.
His task is to sacrifice himself in order
that others may comprehend his mean
ing more readily. 1t should be his con-
stant aim to make the reader or listener
understand as easily as possible The
newspapers, so often severely criticised
for poor style, generally furnish the
best example of clearness of style
Another great essential is imagina-
tion, for it is necessary for the writer
to get outside himself and into his sub
ject; and this is the test of the true
artist F."
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23
TRIED TO KILL THE KING.
An Attempt Made at Rome to Stab King
Humbert.

Rome, April 22.-At 2:30 this after
noon, while King Humbert was on his
way to the races, q man named Pietro
Acciarito, an iron worker oul of en-
ty with dagger. The man was seized
before he could carry out his purpose
and the king proceeded to the Cam
panelle race course, seemingly un-
moved.
King Humbert and Queen Marguer-
ita were greatly moved by the popular
demonstration, and twice appeared on
a balcony of the palace and bowed their
Acknowledgements of the frantic cheer
ing of the populace.
The embassies, public offices and pri-
vate houses were decorated with flags
as an expression of rejoicing at the es-
cape of his majesty and thousands of
people inscribed their names at the pal
ace.
This is the second time the life of
King Humbert has been attempted. AS
his majesty was entering Naples on
November II, 1878, the year of his ac-
cession to the throne, man named
Giovanni Passanante approached the
kings carriage and attempted to stab
his majesty with a dagger, The king,
however, was only scratched by the
blade, but Signor Carroll, who was then
prime minister, and who was with his
majesty in the carriage, was severely
wounded in the thigh. Passanante was
sentenced to death, but the king COM
muted his sentence to Imprisonment for
life.
Queen Margaret arrived at the race
course shortly after King Humbert
who informed her of his escape. The
queen was greatly agitated and affec-
tionately pressed his hand.
The newspapers and the public uni
versally execrate the attempt. At the
theaters and at many other places of
public gathering throughout the coun-
try loyal manifestations indicate the
popular sympathy.
Acciarito declares that he was i'm
PEELED to the act by hunger, but it ap-
pears that yesterday he uttered vague
threats of an intention to kill an exalt-
ed person.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23
TRUANTS IN A SALOON.
Fair Street Pool Saloonkeeper Makes it
Uncomfortable for Two Boys.

Fair Street Pool Saloonkeeper Makes it
Uncomfortable for Two Boys.
Almost opposite the Fair street school
at No. 80 Antonio Polo runs a grocery
store and also a pool room. Yester-
day afternoon Eugene Hannigan, a
pupil Of the Fair street school, dropped
into Polo's place of business and soon
became engaged in a game with several
boys about his own age. At the close
of the game there was a dispute as to
who should pay for 1T, which resulted
in Polo taking Hannigan's coat and re-
fusing to give it up.
The boy complained to the patrolman
on the beat, who advised him to go to
the city attorney and procure war
rant for Polo's arrest The officers ad-
vice was needed and Hannigan was
soon at the central station. Polo fol-
lowed him.
Sergeant Mcbride, to whom the boy
made his complaint, ordered Polo to
produce the coat if it was in his posses
sion. With some hesitation Polo pulled
it from beneath his own coat, saying
at the time that he wanted the pay for
the pool games.
Henry Conroy, another boy, told sub
stantially the same story that Hanni-
gan did. He said Polo struck the COM
plainant
Three charges were preferred against
Polo-breach of the peace, allowing
minors to loiter about his pool room
and theft of q coat
Truant officer Sullivan was an inter-
ested listener to the statements made
by the boys.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23

that has been said against him." said
Mr.. Gear.
The vice president stopped the parley
by asking if there was any objection
to the consideration Of the resolution.
Mr.. Chandler objected This sent the
subject over.
Mr.. Hoar asked that his motion for
discharging the rules from further con-
sideration Of the proposed reforms of
the senate rules go over until after the
recess incident to the Grant ceremo-
nies.
Mr.. Allen objected to any specific
agreement.
Mr. Hoars motion finally went over
with the understanding that it would
come up after the Grant ceremonies
The lively session came to an end at
lis p. M, when Mr.. Chandler secured
an executive session.
The doors were opened at 2:45 and the
legislative session resumed.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23
LAST TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
Funeral of Congressman Miiliken at Bel
fast, Me-, Yesterday.

Belfast, Me, April pa large con-
course of public men, including many
of national prominence, as well as citi-
zens of Belfast and other parts of
Maine, and friends of the deceased, this
afternoon paid their last tribute of re-
spect to the late Seth L. Milliken, who,
for more than dozen years as the
successor of James G. Blaine, repre-
sented this section of the state in the
national congress.
The funeral, which was held at 2
o'clock. was the most largely attended
in Belfast in many years.
The body lay in state at the Univer-
salist church during the forenoon but
owing to the limited capacity of the
edifice, it was removed to the Unitarian
church before the funeral service. The
ceremony opened with the reading of a
selection from the Scriptures, followed
by an address by Rev. C. H. Wells. the
officia ting clergyman. Mrs. E. P. Frost
then rendered a solo, which was fol-
lowed by prayer and the benediction.
Rev. Mr.. Wells during his address de-
livered brief, able eulogy on the dead
representative. The interment followed
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23
DIED ALONG THE RO4D.



James Healy, twenty-five years old,
and unmarried, died last evening while
en- route from Meriden to this city.
Healey at the time of his death was re-
turning from Meriden with load of
household goods.
He was accompanied by a young col
ored by named Charles Blakeslee, who
says that while they were driving
through Wallingford about 12 o'clock
yesterday the wagon struck a stone,
throwing Healey off. He was rendered
unconscious and was picked UP and
taken to the lookup for being drunk.
Blakeslee sent word to John Healey,
the young mans father, who imme-
diately started for Wallingford. He
succeeded in obtaining the release Of
the young man, and upon the advice of
a physicion he placed the injured man
in the small wagon, telling Blakeslee to
drive it.
The injured man did not talk, but
managed to make his wants known by
signs. He seemed to be in much pain
and had considerable fever. He con-
tinually asked for water. At North
Haven the elder Healey discovered that
the young man was dead. He came to
New Haven and reported to the police
what had transpired.
Coroner Mix, who was notified of the
case by Medical Examiner White, ex-
amined the witnesses and found the
circumstances surrounding the death
of Healey to be substantially as his
father had told them to the police.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23
WANT ASSESSMENTS AB4TED.
Greenwich Avenue Property Holders Pc
tition Board of Compensation.

titon Board of Compensation.
Several owners of property on Green
wich avenue We're heard by the board
of compensation last evening in favor
of an abatement of assessments for the
Greenwich avenue sewer.
Mary A. Baldwin, who is assessed
$35.70 did not think she should be COM
PEELED to pay the same, as she was al
ready assessed on the Kimberly avenue
sewer.
William N. Elkins, who was also as
sessed on Kimberly avenue, his proper
ty having a frontage of seven and one
half feet on that avenue, did not think
that he ought to pay for a sewer on
Greenwich avenue. Mr.. Elkins has
sixty-eight feet on the last named
street.
Frederick Keister appeared before the
board for his wife, Hanna keister The
petitioner asked that one-third of the
assessment be taken off. The amount
is $175.35.
D. F. Kelley, who represented Mary
j. MCGOWAN, said that the number of
feet assessed to his client should be so,
and not 50.4.
Mrs Alvira B. Parmelee was repre-
sented by her husband, John B. Parme-
lee. The assessment against Mrs.
Parmelee is $S7 so. She wishes an abate-
ment because of inability to pay,
r. w. Law, jr., who has $3.50 as
sessment, wished to have the computa-
tions shown him and the assessments
explained. This was done by President
Matthewman of the board.
Henry Mallory claimed that mis-
take of LA feet had been made in the
measuring of his land. The city en-
gineers' map shows Mallory to be pos
sessed of 1878 feet, while he claims he
has but 166 2-3 feet.
John T. Sloan, who represented the
Woodbury. Savings bank, said that the
bank did not object to the widening of
Derby avenue if benefits and damages
be assessed alike.
The board took no action on any of
the matters.