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China Against the World

There does not appear to be any just
reason for believing that Russia and
England will become involved in a
dispute over the question Of a railway
route in the Manchurian provinces Of
China. The car of Russia extended
his autocratic hand sc far as to OBJ
struct' the building Of a railway line,
Which he did not favor, and which
England did. The solution of the whole
Question revolves around the degree of
Importance which England attaches to
the Russian performance.
Russia is undoubtedly reaching for
ward to acquire every possible right in
China which can be secured in the proc
ess Of this unique crusade upon that
country. For a period Of 5000 years
China has gone on IN the way of de-
velopment, and in view of it's immense
population to a degree which has, from
an Industrial point of view, afforded
complete contentment to those who
labor within it's boundaries Appar-
emily all this contentment, this quiet
progression in the pursuit of industry,
is to be disturbed by advancing So
called civilization under the crown of
Great Britain, of Russia and of Ger
many. The Chinese empire is posses ed
Of an immense population, applying
all their energies to the most intense
development of their soil China Is a
fruitful country, in an agricultural
sense, and may we'll be regarded as
acceptable prey by the powers that are
capable of invading her territory
The United States has little to do
with these controversies We can
only look on and express our surprise
over the condition of a people which
inspires such rapacity from without.
We recall the remarks of the Earl of
Salisbury, uttered couple of months
ago, in regard to dying nations. We
can see in China one Of the pictures
of his fancy as described in that Ut
terance. But the American shores of
the Pacific are becoming every year
more closely in touch with those of
Asia, and, however yielding the imperial
government of China may be to the en-
croacllments of European crusaders #
is not too much to say, perhaps, that
Ill this little constellation of free and
United States China may yet find the
spirit of salvation.
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Canton's Lost Chance

Democratic simplicity IS well enousb
IN Its way. 1t suits some occasions
BUT there are times when 1t IL mot
more than knee high to opportunity
For instance, when democratic sim
pllcitV comes in contact with the hon.
orable, the secretary of state, Mr. Dav
the second greatest living statesman
OF Canton, O., 1t looks like a 1O-cent
coupon on million-dollar bond. Sim
plicity and Mr.. Day conceded when
the peace protocol was signed. and #
is hard to say which suffered most
simplicity or the founder Of the Canton
school of diplomacy. 1t was the on
portunity of Mr.. Days life. and he
allowed 1t to knock without troubling
to have the door opened. 1t NAV he
that Mr.. Day was trying to impress
upon M. Cambon the fact that he was
familiar with protocols. and that he
was accustomed to having them for
breakfast in his far away Ohio home
but that is no excuse He should have
known better. M. Cambon has been
In America some days, and he knows
about Canton, and knows that not one
citizen In ten of the town that produces
presidents and watch cases could tell
a protocol from a street railway trans
fer without the great seal to guide
him.
Mr.. Day has done Canton a wrong.
He should have immortalized the town
as its second representative living
statesman. Instead of riding over to
the White house and signing that pro-
tocol, he should have thrown some eclat
into the occasion that the town Of Can
ton, o., might have shone with his
reflected glory. He should have had
the protocol engrossed upon sky blue
paper with pink ink and have signed
1t with pen ten feet long, standing
on his head the meanwhile and bal
ancing large red, white and blue globe
on his toes. That would have been
something like it. The citizens Of Cam
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LOG OF THE OREGON.

Her Splendid Performance on Her
Cruise From Puget Sound.
From the New York Tribune
The unparalleled performance Of the
battleship Oregon in cruising $4,000
miles to take an active part in the war
against Spain, SO speedily followed by
her magnificent race past the Amer
lean fleet in pursuit Of the Cristobal
Colon has scarcely been fully appre-
ciated, though 1t has evoked the ap-
plause Of the world, until the steam log
OF the vessel reached Commodore Mel
Vile, to be filed in the records of the
navy department, in accordance with
regulations.
This official volume, with its hum
dreds Of entries relating to eyery minor
occurrence in the engine room of the
superb vessel since the first Of the year,
constitutes the most remarkable proof
OF the high efficiency and peerless cap
abilities of warship that ever existed.
Extracts showing simply the main re-
suits Of the Oregon's run from Puget
Sound, where the vessel was In dock
at the time the Maine was blown up.
to her arrival at Jupiter Inlet about
two months later, will permit of a
more accurate statement Of her wonS
derful endurance than has been posi-
bic up to the present time
She left Puget Sound on March g..
arriving at San Francisco on March 8,
making 1926 knots in seventy-two hours,
averaging 11.4S knots an hour.
Left San Francisco on March 10, ar
irving at Callao, Peru, on April 4, COW
ering ALP knots in 375 hours, averag-
Ing 1895 knots an hour.
Left Callao on April Z, arriving at
lamar on April 16, q run of 1850 knots
at the rate Of 11.9 knots an hour.
Left lamar on April II, arriving at
Sandy Point the same afternoon, COW
ering 131 knots in nine hours, an aver
age of 14.6 knots an hour.
Left Sandy Point on April 81. arriv-
ing at Rio de Janiero on April 80, max
Ing 2,148 knots in 221H hours, at the
rate Of 1915 knots an hour.
Left Rio May 5, raching Bahia May
8; 1887 knots; time, TAX hours; rate,
1909 knots
Left Bahia May 10. reaching Barba-
does, 2,22S knots away, on May II, av-
eraging 11.45 knots for 1917 hours.
Left Barbados on the homestretch
May 10, and reported off Jupiter Inlet
on the oath, run of 1866 knots in 141h
hours, at an average rate Of 11.27 knots
an hour.
The total distance covered from Pu-
get Sound to Jupiter Inlet was 14,51O.9
knots, and during this time the ship
consumed 3,90S.s4 tons of coal. The
chief engineer Of the Oregon, whose
ability and experience made possible
the unprecedented record attained On
this memorable voyage, was Robert
w. Milligan, who entered the service as
third assistant engineer at the begin
ming of the Civil war, and has risen
through all grades until he assumed
command of the Oregon's engine room
two years ago.
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CAREER OF JEAN RICHEPIN.
He Is the Hero of a Great Number of
Strange Escapades.

He Is the Hero of a Great Number Of
Strange Escapades.
From the estmnster Gazette.
M. Jean Richepin, the author of tho
play Of which Ragged Robin" pro-
ouced last night at Her Majesty's, is an
adaptation, is probably the hero Of a
greater number Of strange escapades
than any of his French CONTEMPORARIES
OF equal eminence. Innumerable stories
are told Of his early vagaries For a
breach of the regulations, he was "sent
down. from his Lycee. He remained,
however, in the neighborhood Of the
college, and, strolling idly about the
streets next day, his eye lit upon a
peripatetic vendor of fried potatoes,
and in a moment Of inspiration he pur-
chased the whole of the stock and
paraphernalia Of the merchant He then
took up post just outside the Lycee
gates, affixed to his movable apparatus
notice of huge dimensions, describing
his academic and other qualifications,
and shouted to all his late collegiate
friends to patroniZe their old pupil and
fellow student. 1.-Two sous a packet
gentlemen; buy, buy!" To say that the
authorities were scandalized is to put
it very mildly, indeed.
The story Of how he came to adopt
a literary career is sufficiently pic
turesque. For some time he had pick
ed up precarious liveiInood by doing
odd jobs" including such prosaic oc-
equations as that of bootblack and
casual porter on the DUAL Marseilles.
One day he was engaged by a gentle
man to carry to the railway station a
heavy trunk. Arrived at the station,
there was an instant mutual recogni-
ton. They were old college chums.
what are you doing here?" asked his
friend Carrying your trunk, I be-
lieve." said Jean why do you do
this?" Because I must" Where do
YOU Iive?" Come and see," replied
Richepin.
The future dramatist took his friend
to his DWELLING misera BILE room in an
attic in the poorest quarter of the town.
Upon the table lay scattered heaps of
manuscriptS-Jeans excursions into the
realms of poetry when the more prosaic
duties of the day We're over. kooking
through them, his friend was astound-
ed at their quality. 'eWhy do you car
ry trunks and bla cken boots, when you
can do work like this?" he asked.
Richepin had never given the matter
a thought; he had never deemed these
products of idle hours worthy of pub
LEGATION. Published they were, how
ever in very few weeks. and created
an immense sensation. From that mo-
ment Jean Richepln has never looked
ha ok
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ton could have understood 1t. and M.
Cambon would have been impressed.
He might even have been induced to
add to the gayety Of the occasion by
turning few handsprings and at
tempting to pronounce the magic name
OF Canton in Partisan French.
But now 1t is too late. The time for
glory has gone by Canton and her
living statesmen will never have such
another opportunity. Mr.. Day may
leave the cabinet and negotiate the
final peace treaty, but 1t will have to
be humdrum affair. If Mr.. Day at
tempts to inject, ceremony into the
formalities. people will say he Is doing
1T for effect. Fate came to the door
Of Canton by way Of Mr. Day, and she
was not known. She will never come
again. Mr.. Day may go down to his
tory with full justice done to his pc
ouliar style Of greatness and that Of
Canton, but there will be no episode
to set off the luster of his fame.
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Problem of the Cubans.

10 criticise motives when they are
purely humane is not pleasant task
but the line between philanthropy and
foolishness is not always sharply de-
fined, and sometimes good intentions
stray from ONE side to the other with
out noting the transit. It is just pos
sible that something Of this sort js
going to occur in Cuba. No one will
harbor a thought of allowing the in
SurgentS and reconcentrados. In whose
behalf the late war was undertaken. to
starve. The amount of aid however.
that can be given to any man, to his
own benefit, is limited, and unless there
is great care the sympathy engendered
by the war will allow that limit to be
oVerstepped
Leaving the reconce ntrados out Of the
question. If indeed airy remain alive,
the problem of the Cuban insurgent is
serious one. For a number of years
the insurgent army in Cuba has lived
the best it could. The problem Of life,
from q purely economic standpoint, has
weighed upon 1t scarcely more heavily
than it does upon the American tramp.
IL,
for the condition was the result Of
circumstances over Which tire Cubans
had lost control. The problem now is
not to make the insurgent a citizen,
for 1t is only common justice to as
sumo, for the time, that he will do
the best he can to aid in the process,
but to make him a good citizen. The
tendencies Of the Latin races are to
Incidence, and a very little careless
less on the part of Uncle Sam will
turn the island of Cuba into vast
almshouse In the Antilles, looking to
the United States for an unending sup
ply of charity. Should such prove
the case. the moral obligation could
not be evaded. Having assumed the
guardianship of Cuba. America will be
held responsible by the world not only
for the moral but for the material
welfare of the island
The fact that some aid must be given
complicates the problem For a time
the Cuban soldier, in the nature of
things, must be a charge upon the
United States. A certain amount of
aid, if it can be rightly gagged, will
tend to make him a good citizen, and
too much will ruin him for all time.
1t is grave responsibility and one
that was not taken into account in
undertaking the war. The problem
will probably be solved, for America
has way of solving problems, but Just
now the Cuban is the most serious of
Americas anxieties
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
THE EAGLE AND THE vULTURE.

Said the vulture to the eagle:
I'm looking straight at you"
said the eagle to the vulture:
"Whoop-la! Yankee DoodIe-dors
Then the eagle and the vulture
Came together in the air,
And there amt a sign of vulturs
To be noticed anywhere.
Save heap of bloody feathers,
Ger the heights of Santiago.
Screaming Yankee Doodle-dois
Said Cervera In the morning:
I'm going to rush through"
Then said Schiey to rash Cervera:
II won't do a thing to you.''
Then the two fleets came together.
And they had pretty fight,
And 1t ended in Cervera
Being in the vulture's plight.
Then the bands began Affecting,
And the brave blue coated crew
Joined In screaming like the eaglet
'Rah for Yankee Doodle-dol''
Said Linares to "Bill" Shafter:
You can't catch me In year."
Said "Bill' Shafter to Linares:
II will get you. never fear"
Then "Bill" Shafter gave LinareD
Sev'ral awful hearty whacks.
And Linares found he'd got it
Where the chicken got the ak.
Thereupon bill" Skaters fighters.
Clad in Uncle Sammy's blue
Sang upon that July morning:
'Rah for Yankee Dood.e-do.'"
Omaha World-Heral
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Vewetariaus Won.

Vegetarians came out ahead in a recent 100
kilometre (64 mi.es) walking match at Berlin
with time limit Of eighteen hours Out
of twenty-five competitors eight of them veg
etarians, only six, all vegetarians covered the
distance in the time specified the winner
finishing in fourteen hours and a quarter.
The other two vegetarlans lost Their way
and walked five extra miles, but came next.
followed after an hours interval by the only
meat cater that completed the course. The
the distance A
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
Wine Baths in France.

Malmsey, butt of which wine was Sc
lected by George of Clarence for his final
Immersion, is now again used in France for
bathing purposes. 1t takes hundred quarts
Of wine for q bath, the French character of
is poured back into the barrel after use and
Is employed over again for the next BATH
After 100 baths, according to the London
Daily Telegraph, the malmsey is distilled,
"and the result IL delicious brandy"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
The siherinn RaiIuax

Up to the end of 1897 Russia had expended
within a fraction of s2G0, eco COO on her ST.
berian railway Between this and 1900 an
outlay of another 500. O00 GOO is expected.
when the road will be in running order with
through trains from ST. Petersburg to the
Pacific. opening one OF the most important
commercial channels In the world and new
and spacious page in Russian political COM
mercial history.
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MONDAYS WEATHER
Threatening: Warmer.

Fly the United States Weather Bureau
Observation-Disclosures weather. wi III
showers IN northern portion; probably
warmer; southeasterly winds.
NORTH DAKOTA - Threatening wa her:
cooler; variable winds, becoming nor h.
westerly.
SOUTH DAKOTA-Partly cloudy wether:
cooler in western portion; nor hive try
winds.
lOWA-Partly cloudy weather; warmer IN
extreme eastern portion; southerly winds
notwithstanding fair; cco,er ives. 10
northwest winds
WISCONSIN - Threatening weather and
showers; probably warmer; fresh s-u h.
easterly winds.
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURES.
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AS 1t Is in Porto Rico.

This Is what happens IN Porto Rico every
morning: Il am not feeling very wei this
morning." says Gen. Miles to Gen. Garrett
son. Il think I'll take something Take
something with me-" says Gen. Garretson to
Gen. Miles. Guess 1 will" responds Gen.
Miles. ''Pll Just go out ard take town.
St. Louis Chronicle
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1t seems passing strange that the
president hasn't offered J. J. Nc
Cardy place on the peace commits
sion. McCardy could keep the commits
sion in the air longer than anybody
in three nations If an appropriation
We're involved.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
Renovating Steel Pens.

When steel pen has been used TN IL t ;p-
pears TO be spoiled place it over a fame
Ia gaslight, for Instance for a quarte' Of Of
a minute, then dip into wa,er, ard It WI
he again fit for work. A new n wticl IS
found too hard to write with will became
softer by being thus heated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
Roundup of Bandits.

There has been roundup of bandits in
Corsica lately. One Yves shot dead near Ajac-
clio by gendarme whom he had Just NOR
tally wounded. two others were caught near
wounded. after killing the informer who had
betrayed him to the police
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Not an Irreparable Loss.

1t Is more or less comforting to reflect that
the board Of strategy never will be missed
when the end of the war passes it out Of ex-
News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

Travellers unable to buy The St.
Faul GIob~' on any train entering
Sc. Paul will confer a favor on The
Globe company by promptly notify
Ing them of each instance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
TODAY'S EVENTS.

GRAND-'The Ironmaster," SIS PM.
METROPOLITAN-Dar
Concert Lake Como, 8 PM
Board of public works meets, 10 AM
Electrical Workers union meets, labor bead-
quarters, PM.
Sixth Minnesota Survivors meet municipal
court room, city hail. PM.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
The Cxar,s Crowp.

The crown worn by the car Of Russia on
state occasions is surmounted by cross
formed of five magnificent diamonds. rest
ing upon an immense uncut but polished
ruby. The ruby rests upon eleven large
diamonds. which, in turn, are supported BY
mat of Cearls.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
The Only One.

The Sage-There is only one successful
argument to be employed in controversy
with woman.
The Tyro-And what is that?
The Sage-Dead silence.-Puck,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

Hereafter when Spain wishes to engage in
war with the United States she will proba-
bly, before beginning active operations, ask
what the terms of peace will be, then re-
consider her determination to begin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

by American subjects during the Ar
menian massacres. We might follow up
remembering the Maine by remember
Ing the Armenians
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ATLANTIC LINERS.

NEW YoRK-Arrived: Furnessia, Glasgow:
Victoria, London
HAN Rh-ArIiyed: La Tourane New York
SOUTHAMPTON-Arriv BaIbarossa. New
York. Sailed: Friedrich DR. Crosse.
Bremen for New York.
QUEENSTOWN-Sailed: Umbra, Liverpool
for New York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

But the Internal revenue stamp, like
Tennyson's brook, will run on indefi-
nitely.
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unter den Linden

The most fashionable street of Berlin. the
famous Inter den Linden, is said to be now
the best lighted thoroughfare in the world.
1t has three lines of electric street lamps.
which are separated by two rows of lime
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A NATTER OF RHYME.

or course 1t gave US poets pain,
But more grievously 'twould vex us
Were the Massachusetts,, not the Maine,
The martyr, or the Texas.
Detroit journal!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

Who would have imagined that man like
Hobson, who was brave enough to face the
Spanish battleships, could be so completely
upset by a smack?-Chicago Times-Herald.
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An Educator for Tbeu

The Cubans will need a lot Of educating.
Fftzhugh Lee will take charge Of their edu-
cation.-Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

Statistics show that Germans weigh
ten pounds more than Frenchmen.
Other statistics show that they weigh
ed about a ton more back in 1871.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

oh, don't talk whiskers, President
Dole. There is man In the United
States with beard seven feet LONG
all of which he grew in this country
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
Most CosmoDoIitan,

Berlin is one Of the most cosmopolitan Of
European cities. Though it is the capital
of Germany only 81 per cent Of It's inhab-
itants are German by birth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

Over in Wisconsin a. public treasury
Is looked on by Republican politicians
es a private snap
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BY JINGO!

We didn't want to fight,
But, by lingo. when we're through
Wen have their fleets all bottled, and
Wen own the bottles, tco!
Cleveland Leader
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Boston claims to have the longest paved
street in the world-Washington street.
which is seventeen and one-half miles in
length.
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THE PEACEMAKER

He found, before his task he dropped.
That it had sadly grown.
He had, when one fight he had stopped,
TWO new ones of his own.
Washington Star.
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There seems to be no. reason now why
w. r. Hearst should continue the pub
ncation Of the New York Journal. He
has been made an ensign in the United
States navy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

A Minneapolis paper says the army
corpse stationed at Santiago will be
sent at once to Momtauk Point, L. I.
Considering all things, that isn't SO
bad
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

If Blanco hasn't skipped from Ha-
vana, 1t isn't because he hasn't want
ed to.
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The Cuban Army.

We may have to add the Cuban army to our
long list of infant industries-Chicago Rec
ord. S
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Why not leave the Fifteenth regi-
ment right where it Is as a state fair
attraction?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

Some Of us are not happy after all
We didn't get at Weyler.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

1t is now believed Hades is located
Immediately under the state Of Wash
ington. The temperature there, for the
last two or three days, has ranged from
104 to 113 in the shade
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

Water Power In Kentucky.
Kentucky claims to have more water power
than any other state in the Union.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

Well probably also remember the
money that it cost to remember the
Maine. Experts now estimate that the
cost of the war to the United States
will be a billion dollars.
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FIELD OPEN TO ENTERPRISE
SANTIAGO DE CUBA WAITING
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

In the whole Province There Are
o"i' hashty Miles of Railway,
and There Is Scarcely a Mile or
Road Worthy the Name
tire Section-The Iron Indust
Important.