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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-09

A German editor has been sentenced
to more than four years Imprisonment
for lese- M este against the Emperor's
second son, small boy in knicker-
bockers. Yet tho offending article,
which in itself was nothing, was pub
lished in the absence and without the
knowledge OF the editor. Convictions
lese- majestic under the Emperor Will
liam have excelled anything ever
known before in Europe, whether in
medieval or ancient times, and one
wonders why the German people toll
crate them so quietly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-09

United States Consul Boyle at Liv-
erpool has communicated to the state
department, Washington, some very
interesting information respecting the
great change that has taken place in
England in the matter of street rail-
ways. He describes this movement
as one feature of the remarkable ''mu-
nicipal socialism" which is taking
possession of British cities, verifying
the comment of Lord Rosebery that
the London common council was con-
Quoting the greatest experiment in
practical socialism the world had ever
seen. Not content with municipal
ownership of street railroads, electric
and gas lighting plants, wa,er supply
and telephones in several cities, the
municipal corporations built dwellings
for workingmen, ran hotels and oper.
ated magnificent baths. Recurring to
the subject OF electric street railways,
Mr.. Boyle says that the first line wa.
started in Liverpool the other day, anG
describes the equipment. The Liver
pool line is an overhead trolley,a a COM
mittee of experts claiming to have
discovered that the underground con-
duit system installed in New York,
Washington, and Baltimore is failure
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-09
A STUDY OF BRAINS.
Their weight Bears No Relation to the
PSsSessor's Ability,

PSsSessor's Ability.
And now scientist stands ready to
prove to US that the weight of the
brain bears little or no relation to the
ability OF its possessor. The brains
of two idiots weighe resp ectively 57.5
and So. ounces, while those of Gam
BETA weighed less than that of the
average boy of seven. A weak minded
man had brain weighing 100. while
a dwarfed Indian squaw possessed one
of 73. & ounces.
To the present generation these
statements may be more or less mat
ters of indifference, but the writer of
this paragraph remembers when one
OF the greatest arguments used against
the higher education of women was
based on the fact that their brains
weighed less than those of men. A
brain of little weight was not consid-
cred worth cultivating. It's very light
ness proved it to be unequal to the
physical task of acquiring knowledge
mastered by men whose brains weighed
more. 1t was like expecting puny
muscles to perform feats accomplished
by athletic giants.
These arguments were considered
unanswerabls in their day. Every
skeptical and fortunate young man
quoted them to every ambitious and
hampered young woman. They meant,
alas, the selfdepreciation of many u
woman who gave up the struggle. And
possibly it was just because the vail
ant promoters of higher education
made no attempt to answer them, but
went quietly and silently to work
along the lines of their own beliefs,
doing without argument the things
which their opponents were arguing
so ably against, that women of to-
day enjoy manifold privileges denied
to their elders. Everything and moth
ing can be proved by argument; the
unanswerable fact lies alone in accom-
plishment.
The heaviest brains are found in
cold northern countries, the highest
average is obtained in Scotland, so
that between the weight of the brain
and the question of nationality very
decided relation may be said to exist.
-Harper's BaZar.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-09

1t is becoming more and more prob
able that the British invasion of the
Soudan will open up large and fer
tile region to the cultivation of Egyp-
tan cotton, and this article is soon to
be grown in India on larger scale
than ever before. Hence lower prices
are looked for in England. How far
such competition can go before it seri-
ously affects the price of American
cotton cannot easily be predicted.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-09

tened to greet my old school-fellow.
found him much aged, bald, haggard,
fearfully emaciated. l took him By
the arm and led him into the drawing
room.
81 am delighted to see you once
more" he said, ''and + have great
deal to tell you. I am victim of un-
heard OF prosecutions. But l am
brave, l shall fight to the end, shall
triumph over my enemies!"
These words alarmed me, as they
would have alarmed any neurologist.
In them l traced a syAptom of the af-
lection by which my frisAd was threat
ened according to every law of hered-
ity and which had appeared dormant
till now.
my dear fellow I said to him,
''you shall tell me all this later. Stay
here moment. 1 am settling little
matter in my Office. Take book to
kill time till join YOU
l have great many books in my
drawing room-there must be 5000
volumes in the three book cases. Why
was it that my unlucky friend picked
up the very one that could harm him
and opened it at the fatal page? I
talked for about 20 minutes longer
with my colleague; having ushered
him out l returned to the drawing
room where / had left Mansei. L
found the unfortunate fellow in an
alarming state. He was showering
blows on a book open before him that
l at once recognized as translation
OF the "History of Augustus" In a
loud voice he kept repeating this SEN
tence of LamPrides: "On the day
when Alexander Severus was born, a
hen belonging to the father of the
babe laid red egg, a presage of the
imperial purple which the child was to
assume"
His excitement rose to fury. He
foamed at the mouth. He shouted:
"The egg, the egg that was laid on
my birthday! 1 am an emperor! 1
know you want to kill me! Don't
come near me, wretchi"
He paced rapidly up and down.
Then coming back toward me, with
his arms spread wide, he said: my
friend, my old comrade, what do you
want me to give you? Emperor
emperor!-my father was right Il the
purple egg-emperor shall and must
be-scoundrel! why did you hide
that book from me? 1 will punish
you for high treason-emperor!
peror!-I must be it!-yes, it is my
dutyr'
He rushed out. I vainly tried to
stop him. He escaped from me. The
rest is well known. All the papers
told how on leaving my house he
bought revolver and blew out the
brains of the sentinel who barred the
gate of the Elysee palace against him.
Thus phrase written in the fourth
century by Latin historian causes
1900 years later the death of an un-
lucky French soldier. Who will
ever unravel the skein of cause
and effect? Who can be sure
of saying, 81 know what 1 am
doing" as he performs some triding
act? This is all there is to tell The
rest concerns only medical statistics
and can be summed up in few
words. Mansel, placed in private
asylum, remained there fortnight in
a state of violent madness. Then he
lapsed into utter imbecility, during
which his gluttony led him to eating
the wax used for polishing the floors.
He choked to death, three months ago,
swallowing n sponge. .-Argonaut.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-09
The costiiest Bean ON Earth.

Ii is not generally known that the
vanilla bean is the costlest bean on
earth. 1t grows wild and is gathered
by the natives in Papantia and Mis-
cantia, Mexico. When brought from
the forests these beans are sold at the
rate of $l2 per 1000, but when dried
and cured they cost about $l2 per
round. They are mainly used by
druggists, and last year over 90,000,-
OoO were imported into the United
StataA
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-09
Wo nave become the greatest ex-
porting nation in the world.

Henry White, secretary of the Amer
ican legation in London, quotes from
French consular report the statement
that one good commercial traveller is
worth ten thousand printed circulars
in winning trade.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-09

We presume that it is not for publi-
cation, but merely as an evidence of
good faith, that the czar supplements
his proposals for universal disarma-
ment with a lonn of $3.50, 900, 900 to
be expended on his artillery.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-09
OUR BROKEN WALLS.


Ragged ifes broken wall
willing
The
a n shealng
-LantaW Wnson SIN n
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
the round trip will be s1.25 from both
cit
AT RELIEF HEADQUARTERS.
Women Were Kept Busy Caring for
the Contributions.

If 1t were not for the sign, the relief
headquarters at IS East Sixth street
might very easily be mistaken for well
stocked secondhand store, for already
the room Is beginning to look crowded
with the contributions that have been
pouring in. Beds. wash stands. bureaus,
chairs and all sorts of bedding elbow for
room amid a large and varied assortment
Of clothes.
Mrs A. K Pruden is chairman of the
organization of women working in con-
junction with the Commercial club at
the newly opened headquarters, and DIFF
ferent women take charge morning and
afternoon, the rooms remaining open
from o'clock in the morning till in
the evning. Mrs. B. Beardsley, Mrs. j.
McGill Smith, Mrs. Asa F. Goodrich and
Miss Louise Mclean were in charge yes
terday morning Mrs. O. B. Lewis, Mrs
Theodore Smith and Mrs A n. Dunning
looked after contributions in the after
noon.
1T do WISH" remarked one of the wom-
en- rather plaintively yesterday, as she
surveyed the rather mostly collection of
shirt waists, heavy winter coats, dilap-
idated felt hats, ETC.. assorted in bundles
about her, that people would temper
their charity with common sense. Now.
as you can readily see, we have received
number of very serviceable articles,
but there are many here that remind one
forcibly that it's house cleaning time and
old, worn-out things must be gotten rid
off, The speaker went on to say that
furniture and dishes of all sorts and
women's underwear @yere needed at New
Richmond more than anything else. She
said there was no difficulty in getting
contributions provided the relief people
would send after them, but so far 1t has
been rather difficult to get people to
volunteer to transport the goods to the
relief headquarters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
nLOBE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
" 20 WA SHINGTON Az. SOUTH
Advertising Subscriptions
Tel. 2T96 il. Tel. 279OJ-

The State Medical society in session at
Minneapolis devoted the day yesterday
strictly to business, but relaxed in the
evening and the members enjoyed the
annual banquet of the organization at
the West hotel.
In the morning the regular business
session of the meeting was held and the
reports of the delegates, correspondents
and various committees was listened to
at noon the delegates were entertained
at luncheon at the state university.
At the afternoon meeting the surgery,
ophthalmo-otolaryngo illogical and Patio
logical sections were discussed.
An interesting paper was presented by
Prof. John V. Shoemaker, of Philadel1
phia, who is the guest of DR.. A. ]. Stone,
of st. Paul. Prof. Shoemaker, is surgeon
general of the Pennsylvania state ma
tional guard, and he intends to visit the
Minnesota state guard, with Surgeon
General Stone
On the printed programme the banquet
was scheduled for Friday night, but the
society will complete its work today and
to enable those visitors who chose to do
so to return to their homes tonight. The
social function of the meeting was held
last evening and was well attended.
There were a number of interesting adj
dresses among them one by DR.. Stone of
st. Paul. A business meeting of the So
ciety will be held this morning at which
the officers will be elected for the ensu-
ing year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
PUBLIC OPINION.
Subject of Prof. Buffers Address
Before Columbia Students.


ANN ARBOR, Mich, June 22.-Prof.
Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia
university, delivered the commencement
address at the University of Michigan to-
day, his subject being 1.-THE Education of
Public Opinion He made an argument
to show the necessary dependence of in
dividual well-being upon social and politi-
cal health, the responsibility which rests
upon every individual to promote that
health, and the factors, individual and
party, which are at work in the process.
That the party system has a stable
foundation, and that the parties have just
claims upon us, he held most strongly.
That the system is, and perhaps always
will be liable to abuse, he said, is self
evident.
That the boss must be displaced for
the leader at all hazards, goes without
saying. To accomplish this, the first step
is relentless boss punishment at the polls
The second step is to take away his capt.
tai by establishing reformed and Dem
ocratic civil service, and by putting a
stop to his ability to dispose of public
privileges for personal or for party gain.
The third step is to regulate business
principles to business, and to confine pol
tiles to ends properly political.
There is no trench in which the in
dividual citizen may hide; no bomb proof
to which the weapons Of responsibility
will not follow him. Are you politically
alert? Are you politically honest? If not
you are bad citizen, and a corrupter,
however innocent of public opinion If
so the standard which you set up is a
high one, worthy of imitation by your
neighbor. You are doing something to
educate public opinion
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
Boy Drowned.

Paul Murphy was drowned yesterday
afternoon while ate mpting to cross the
BOOM. The boy, in company with James
Mahoney, was at the head of Nico let
island, about to go in swimming. Ma
honey had removed his clothes, and wa k
ply decided to go on the other side of
the channel before undres ing. He start
ed-to walk across with his clothes NJ ar
the middle Of the boom he slipped and
fell into the water. The clothes he had
on, and those he carried, Handicapped
him so that he went below the surface.
although he was good swimmer A bow
Of sixteen named, Henry Page jumped
into the stream in. an attempt to save
young Murphy, but was unable to locate
him. He did not rise above the surface
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
A Great Opportunity
To Visit California.
Take Your Vacation Now

On account of the meeting of the Ma
tional Educational Association at Les
Angeles, the Chicago Great Western Ry
is making the very low rate of SIS. go for
the round trip to Los Angeles from St
8th, good for return until Sept L. 1859. Es-
pecially to accommodate it's patrons the
Chicago Great Western will run tourist
sleeping car through to Los Angeles via
Kansas City on it's train leaving St. Paul
at $40 a. m. June 26 q. rs and S9th next,
in which the journey can be made very
comfortably at an extremely low berth
rate. Persons so desiring may return via
the North Pacific Coast upon payment
of small amount additional Tris is
the greatest opportunity ever offerei for
a pleasant and comic. table trip to Calf
fornia, and you should take advantage Of
1t. For full information and assistance
apply to any Agent Maple Leaf Route"
or address f. H. Lord, General Pass ger
and Ticket Agent, 1873 Adams St., Chicago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
WATER POWER PURCHASE.
1t Is Contemplated by the Recently
Organized Flour Trust


WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, June o.
There are negotiations pending which, If
carried through, will place the United
States Flour Milling company in control
OF one of the finest water powers in this
section of the country The flour COM
blne is figuring upon the purchase of the
right to operate the st. Louis river wa
ter power, now owned by the Jay Cooke,
of Philadelphia, and other Eastern inter-
ests. President Urban, Treasurer McIn-
tyre and other flour company officials,
who are now here, have been out and in
vestigated the power. Treasurer McIn-
tyre says 1t is one of the best powers he
has ever seen, but that the main question
involved is that of expense in connection
with the construction of plant to de-
velop and bring the power to this city.
The trust has decided upon building an
elevator close to the East End Touring
mills in this city. The house will have
about 10000 bushels capacity and do
general grain business when not working
in connection with the mills Plans for
the house will be drawn soon and the con-
tract awarded
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
SHORT FINAL SESSION.
Druggists of the State Complete
Their Work ut Minnetonka.

A short session yesterday morning
served to conclude the business which
the convention of Minnesota pharmacists.
at Lake Park, had to consider this year.
The main feature Of the session was the
installation of the officers elected Wednes-
day afternoon. This was done with the
usual formality, each off1cer-elect having
to make short address to the associa-
ton. Immediately after the adjournment
the visitors went for tour of the lakes.
returning to the hotel about o'clock at
which time luncheon was served. In the
afternoon were held the annual sports
and games of the association. This even
ing the hotel rendered the druggists and
their friends hop
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
THEY MAY UNITE.
All Saints and Christ Church viii
Consider Union.

A special parish meeting was held at
All Saints Episcopal church last evening
to elect a senior warden and a vestry-
man, two vacancies having occurred by
designations S. ]. Rheem was elected
senior warden and William Wincott was
chosen vestryman.
. Rev. Mr.. Moran, rector of the church,
announced that Bishop Gilbert had called
q meeting of the members of All Saints
and Christ churches for Monday evening,
to discuss the advisability of uniting the
two parishes. Both parishes have found
1t very difficult to support the respective
churches, and the bishop is convinced
that for them to struggle on separately
would mean the collapse of both. AS q
matter of fact. Christ church has dis
banded and its rector has resigned and
given up his charge. There have been no
meetings in the church for month.
Bishop Gilbert wishes the two churches
to unite and ultimately erect a new edi-
flee somewhere between the two. For the
present he wishes the members of Christ
church to attend the services at e All
Saints. The meeting Monday will be
held to see what arrangements can be
made. Bishop Gilbert will be present.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
MAD DOG SCARE.
Persons bitten Advised to Go to
Chicago for Treatment.

AS precautionary measure, Minneapo-
lis physicians have advised half dozen
or more persons who were bitten Il few
days ago by a dog belonging to H. ]. La
Duke, mail carrier residing at 1884 Oak
land avenue, to go TO Chicago for treat
ment at the Pasteur institute. W. A. AL
Gen, a buyer for S. E. Olson &, Co., left
for Chicago last night. Others known to
have been bitten are two children CT Mrs.
La Duke, little girl residing On Haw-
thorne avenue, Frances Perat, bookkeep-
er for Winecke & Doerr, and Plymouth
Clothing house delivery clerk
DR.. Richard Price, of st. Paul. says the
dog was rabid. 1t died natural death.
and other dogs bitten by it have been
impounded. In the meantime physicians
are rounding up the persons bitten and
advising them to take the Pasteur treat
ment. Experiments are being made on
rabbits and other animals and some DAYS
must elapse before the matter can be
definitely settled.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
Commencement at Madison.

MADISON, Wis, June 22-Commence-
ened this morning with the procession of
regents, faculty and students in a march
about the buildings and campus to the
armory. At the armory the class day
presented.
This afternoon a. reception to alumni
and other friends of the university was
given by President and Mrs. Adams, and
tonight the alumni reception and ball
took place at armory hall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
LAW OF THE ORDER.
Proposed New Constitution Dis
cussed by the Junior Mechanics.

Discussion of the proposed new consti-
tuition of the order was practically the
sum total of the accomplishment of the
national council of the Junior Order of
American Mechanics, at Minneapolis,
yesterday, everything else being side
tracked for the time being. lit is the
rule of the order that the constitution
shall be revised at least once in each five
years, and the time limit is at hand
Immediately upon assembling in the
morning the council resolved itself into
committee of the whole and began con-
sideration of the draft presented, section
by section. Various committees were in
session during the day, and much routine
business was taken care of, or put in
such shape that the council could act
with the least delay.
Last evening the women of the auXil-
larry order visited Lake Harriet or ac-
cepted the invitation of st. Paul to visit
that city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
Small Cyclone.

BRoOKINGS, S. D., June PA small
cyclone passed through Trenton town
ship, demolishing the school house and
damaging Buckeyes residence. Miss Kate
Mcnamara. the teacher, let out the
school, taking the children to the Buck
ley residence, and went to the cellar, thus
saving their lives. A heavy hail storm
followed the cyclone, and two of the lit
the. children came near being killed by
hail stones
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
Montana Flood.

BOHEMIAN, Mont, June 22-The West
Gallatin is on the rampage at Manhat-
man. Along a strip of country about
seven miles in length the river runs
through a piece of low country, there
being space of about 500 yards from its
banks to the foot hills. This space is
now raging torrent, and farm houses,
stock and crops situated in this land are
swept away and the farmers and their
families have been forced to seek higher
ground
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
PASSED THE QUEEN.
Grand Army Veterans Reminded of
Their Neglect.

MONTREAL, June 22-The Grand
Army veterans of Vermont today viewed
the st. Jean Baptiste procession, which
was longer and more imposing than for
some years. The veterans marched from
their hotel, preceded by the Canadian
army and navy veterans. AS they came
down Victoria square the first few ranks
had passed the statue of the queen before
1t was noticed that they did not salute
1t. The crowd on the streets howled their
disapproval at the neglect, which was
Immediately remedied by the visitors.
after which there was nothing too good
for them in the way of cheers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
TempIar Election.

cial. 1.-The grand lodge, Independent Or
der of Good Templars, this morning elect
ed these officers: Grand chief templar,
M. W. Carpenter, Watertown; vice tenn
grand counsel A B. Wells, Altamont;
secretary, Mrs. Eva Williams, Water
town; treasurer, Ole Nygard, Milbank; ;
superintendent, juvenile temple, Mrs. A.
Hoffman, Gary; assistant secretary, Ed
ma Scott, Madison; marshall, W. w. Har-
per, Milbank; deputy marshal, Mrs A. R.
Knuckey, Clear Lake; messenger, Edwin
McCloskey, Revillo; Rev. C. O. Walker,
past grand chief templar. The date and
place of the next session were not acted
upon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-23
MINNEAPOLIS BREvITIEs.

Mrs. Maude Baliing on Booth viii visit
teers of America July o. her visit being
In the course of journey through the
Western states.
Mrs. Katherine Harff died yesterday
at her home, 1920 Sheridan avenue north.
certificate
w. HI. Dunwoody has been elected wee
president of the Northwestern National
bank to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Anthony Kelly.
Early in July Mayor Gray will an
nounce his appointments of members of
the board of charities and correction.
He has, 1t is understood, decided on A
B. Choate for one place.