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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08
DEATHS OF A DAY.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 7.-George w
Julian, the famous abolitiopist died az
his his home IN dIryington today. In 1885 he
was a Gandldate for the vice presidency
gate to the first Republican convention
In 1853 He served several time in conf
gress.
BUFFALO, Mimi, July 7.-(SpeciaI)-
John Carroll, an old and respected citi
zen OF this place, died this morning at 1
o clock. He was eighty-four years of
age, and had resided in this county over
thirty-f1Ye years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08
RAISE THE MONEY.
Chicago Freight Clearing House Is
Now a Certainty.

CHICAGO, July s.-The money re-
quired for the promotion of the plan for
the great railway freight clearing Rouse
at the Stickney tract In the western
part Of tho city has been provided. As
surances are given that the enterprise
a. originally laid out Will go ahead
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

The attention Of Mr.. Dunno. also Of Mr..
Hennessy, both of Chicago, is called to
the fact that burglars in st. Paul recently
ransacked a residence on Dooley avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

The Philadelphia Ledger now comes to
the front with a new explosive called
thorite. But why was the fact kept from
the public until so long after the Fourth2
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

The millennium must be near at hand.
Emperor William and President Loubet
are vigorously throwing bouquets at each
other
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

After the perusal Of number Of recent
Pingree interviews it is still an open ques-
ton whether the governor Of Michigan
is for Mr.. Mckinley or 'agin'" him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

Prince Cantacuzene will be more popu-
lar in this country If, when he gets mar
r1ed, he will have his name changed to
Grant.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

Perry Belmont's fad. it is reported, is
the collection of butterflies, which, by
the way, is rather more remunerative
than chasing rainbows.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

New York has a new 400" It is
composed of babies who have been named
after Dewey. A Dewey chorus to greet
the arrival of the hero of Manila will be
in order.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08
RIVER AT s A NJ
Danger Gauge Change
Fall. &Rise.
STERDAYS TEMPERATURES.

-FaH. %RiSe.
River forecast till p. m. Saturday:
The Mississippi will continue falling
slowly in the vicinity of st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

The G l b e has received another bun
die of letters on the question of when
the twentieth century begins. This pa
per would be glad to continue this line of
educational work but for the fact that
the discussion is now bringing out no new
points, but is rather a repetition of those
which have heretofore been presented.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

1t is the opinion of the Omaha World
Herald that in this country there is too
rapid increase in the European custom Of
uniforming employees. Still, the World
Herald appears to have overlooked one
important point. Uniforms enable us to
locate the man to whom we give tips
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

What a difference In the number of
icicies In Luzon and Yukon,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08
ST. PAUL.

Yesterdays observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, st. Paul,
p. F: Lyons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
barometer corrected for temperature
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08

Natural gas is giving out in Indiana,
and Indiana is the home of Benjamin
Harrison. Lew Wallace and Charley Fair
bank.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08
SOLID AS GIBRALTAR
r. G. DUN & CO.'S REPORT OF THE
FAILURES OF THE FIRST
HALF OF 1899
PROSPECTS ARE ENCOURAGING

Average Per Failure Is the Smallest
Ever known in Any Quarter Dur
ing Twenty-Five Years of Re-
pOrts-OnIy Two Large Failures
by Strikes In ShenangO Valley.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-08
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

WASHINGTON, July T. Minnesota,
North Dakota and South Dakota-Fair
and warmer Saturday; fair Sunday; vari-
able winds, becoming southeasterly.
Wisconsin-Fair Saturday; probably
fair and warmer Sunday; light northerly
winds. becoming variable.
1owa-Fair Saturday; fair and warmer
Sunday; northeast to east winds.
For Montana-Partly cloudy Saturday
and Sunday; variable winds.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

The Marquis de Corralbo, the chief
agent of Don Carlos, has gone to Ven
| ice, according to dispatch from
Paris, to report to the pretender and
| to receive his final instructions.
London: dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Vienna says there are 20
600 cases of influenza in the city or
Brunn. capital of Moravia Austria,
and that the death rate is enormous.
LONDON: According to dispatch
from Shanghai to the Daily Mail it is
reported that a Mohammedan rebel
lion has broken out in the province of
Kan-Su, the most northwestern prov
ince of China.
| COULDN'T BORROW: Russia's in
tention to supply her entire artillery
with new quick-firing guns is delayed
tby want OF money, owing to the fail
urefof her. agents to obtain a loan in
the United States.
PARIS: A dispatch to the Eclaire
! from Toulon says that experiments
made there with armor-piercing shells
have conclusively demonstrated the
possibility of a shell piercing a war
ships armOr and exploding inside the
ship.
| MONTREAL: Sir William McDon-
aid, the millionaire tobacco manufac-
turer, has made another munificent
donation, said to be $500, ,000,to McGill
university. This time it is the school
of mining which benefits. The total
amount of Sir Williams gifts to Nc
Gill university exceed $3,000,000.
| LONDON: The Berlin correspond
ent of the Morning Post says: ''In
their desire to effect q friendly settle
ment of the Samoan difficulty the Ger
man authorities have decided to dis
+continue their support of Mataafa,
hoping that this will induce the United
States to recall Chief Justice Cham
bers.
PARIS: The Echo de Paris pub
fishes a sensational dispatch from Co.
penhagen saying a plot against the
czar, in which his mother and M.
Pobyednootseeff, the head of the Holy
Synod, are implicated, has been dis
covered, the object of the conspirators
being to take advantage of the state
of the czar's health to remoye him
from power and confide the govern
ment to his uncle, who is classed as a
notorious reactionary.
BIG BELGIAN ROW: There were
some exciting scenes in the Chamber
of Deputies at Brussels in connection
with the discussion of therecent publ
cation fromBelgium of former priest.
The deputies tried to close the debate.
This led to violence during which the
speakers attacked the king and gov
ernment generally, leading to much
uproar Soldiers had to be summoned
to clear the galleries, resulting in a
series of exciting scuffles. M. Bethune,
member of the Right, and M. Jeune,
Leftist, exchanged challenges to fight
| duel
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14
EAGER BOYS IN BLUE.
The Filipinos Could Not Stand Their
Deadly Fire.

The Filipinos Could Not Stand Their
Deadly Fire.
Washington-The following extracts
are furnished from a report just re-
ceived by the Red Cross from F. A.
Blake of California, in charge of the
Red Cross work at Manila. The report
is dated February Is. 1t says:
"Just one week ago did the fighting
actually commence, and the past week
has brought about changes little
dreamed of. The insurgents have been
pushed back on all sides, until our
circle and outposts have advanced in
some directions as much as twelve
miles. Our boys fought like tigers,
and made such a name for themselves
for bravery, endurance and strict dis
cipline as will be handed down to pos
terity for ages to come. With the thir-
ty-three wounded last night at, Mala-
bay, it brings our total dead and
wounded up to date trifle under 200.
never saw such execution in my
life, and never hope to see such sights
as met me ON all sides, as our little
corps passed over the field, dressing
wounded legs and arms nearly demol-
ished; the total decapitation, horrible
wounds in chests and abdomen, show
ing the determination Of our soldiers
to kill every. native in sight.
"The Filipinos did stand their
ground heroically, contesting every
inch, but proved themselves unable to
stand the deadly fire of our we'll
trained and eager boys in blue. I
counted seventy-nine dead natives in
one small field and learn that on the
other side of the river their bodies
were stacked up for breastworks. The
blockhouses filled with natives were
stubbornly held, and only taken after
a bayonet charge. There is where We
had so many wounded. You see, they
seek shelter behind the densely-wood
ed localities, while We must advance
in the open, and many times only
guess at their location.
81 witnessed many daring deeds of
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

Minnesota Is the first State that has
succeeded In checking the rush of
young men from the country to the big
cities. This result has been brought
about through the influence of State
school that is agricultural In fact as
we'll as In name. An institution that
can SO impress it's work on students
that an average of ninety-five out of
every hundred of them are willing to
return to farm life, and put into prac-
tiee the advanced methods practically
taught in the school, is deserving of
high commentator. 1t is evident that
the secret of the Minnesota school lies
In it's organization and management,
for there are many other institutions in
the country of supposed like charac-
ter that cannot show anything near
such results. There are now sixty-five
colleges of agriculture and the me-
chanic arts In the United States that
have been endowed by Acts of Con
yress, and forty y-eight States and Terri
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

While the Legislatures Of several
States were leisurely debating bills
making it misdemeanor to deface by
advertising or otherwise the State or
National flags, French garrison expe-
rienced the mordant of practical appli-
cation. A drunken soldier, having in
suited the French flag, was reported,
and all the troops of Toulon were form
ed In hollow square on the parade
ground, with the flag in the middle.
Then the general called the luckless SOL
dier by name. He fell out Of the ranks,
marched to the flag, saluted it, and ut
tered a faltering apology. "It is well, I"
was the brief comment Of the general;
and even the United States, whose flag
is defaced with such impunity by its
own people, echoes 'wel."
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14
. FIEND IS HANGED.
E. Bate Soper Pays the Penalty for
Taking Fie Lives.

HARRISONVILLE, Mo-: e. Bate
Soper was hanged here Thursday. He
refused to have any spiritual consol-
Eers. He fell a distance of seven feet,
breaking his neck and dying without
struggle. The execution was pri-
vate, witnessed by only forty persons.
E. Bate Soper was one of the most
cruel and most unusual of murderers.
The crime for which he was executed
was the murder at their home at Ar
chic, near here, of his wife and two
daughters, aged two and six years, re-
spectively. The murder had been de-
liberately planned and was revolving.
Soper ran butcher shop. One day
in April, 1891, he announced that he
had learned that there was "blind
tiger" or an illicit saloon in town,
so wicked. He sold his shop and dis
appeared. Four days later neighbors
broke into the Soper home and found
the mother and children dead in bed.
The heads of all had been crushed
with an ak, and blood and brains were
everywhere. Soper had left a note
saying he could not properly support
his family, and that he believed they
would be better off dead.
Soper went to Portland, Or, and
taking the name of Prentice, married
respectable widow. In April, 1897,
he deserted his second wife, taking
their two-year-old child with him. He
afterward killed the child, choking it
into insensibility and burying it alive.
Later, Soper, under the name of Ho-
mer Lee, leased and worked small
fruit farm near Ashland, Cal, where
he was captured June II, 1897. After
being placed in jail here Soper con-
fessed, not only the killing of his wife
and two children in Missouri, and his
child in Oregon, but admitted the muir
der, in 1880 of his father. According
to his own story, on the evening Of
the last-named murder, Soper started
to attend a literary society. On the
way he met his father and shot and
killed him. Throwing his revolver
away, he proceeded to the society, and
took part in the exercises as if moth
ing had happened.
Soper slept soundly last night, and
when he awoke declared himself
ready. He waived the reading of the
death warrant, mounted the scaffold
firmly, and when the sheriff asked if
he had anything to say, replied "All
is ready"
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

Individual soldiers and officers abso-
lutely defying death under a perfect
shower of bullets. This kind of fighting
and pushing forward has completely
paralyzed the natives, as the Spanish
would SIMPLY make a sortie and re-
turn for a siesta and smoke, wait for
another week or month, and repeat. A
Spanish officer, surveying the field,
made the remark that the Americans
had no etiquette in warfare, not al
lowing the troops to stop for a week
after an attack. This rush is putting
the fear Of God in the natives, and
l think when Aguinaldo's headquar-
ters is attacked, they will cry enough
and surrender"
Blake goes on to tell of arduous work
performed by Dwight, Tanner, >Nur-
rows and himself; how the FiIipinos
fired On wounded being carried from
the front, and adds:
I'VE found all we could do to dress
wounded Filipinos, after first satisfy
ing ourselves our own had been at
tended to. The moral effect it had on
the natives to see their wounded being
so humanely looked after was electri-
flying. Had the order of things been re-
versed, our wounded would have been
treated to machete stab.
"Our surgeon, (Dr. Young, of Utah, J
while actually dressing a wounded
man on the field was entrapped and
his throat cut from ear to ear, fingers
cut off, and he was otherwise most
cruelty slaughtered, showing the
treachery Of the natives and utter dis
regard for Red Crfoss attaches.
Yesterday I was with Colonel
Smith of the First California, and in
the name of the society presented
$1,000 for the regiment and 500 for
Ermita Hospital. Both were most
grateful"
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14
ONE OF THE BOLDEST.
Sack of Gold Coin Taken From an
Express Wagon.

San Francisco-One of the boldest
and most daring robberies in the an
nails of San Francisco was committed
in front of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s ex-
press office on Second street, when a
sack containing $25OO in gold coin was
stolen from the seat of an express
wagon belonging to Joseph N. H.
Waters, while the latter was engaged
in conversation by stranger.
Waters was carrying the coin from
the Anglo-C California Bank to the ex-
press office for shipment to Morris
Bros. at Chinese Camp, Cal. The per-
son who accosted Waters asked him
the location of the Grand Hotel. Wa
ters was tying his horse at the time,
but gave the desired information.
On turning again to his wagon he saw
that the money had been taken. Wa
ters has been engaged in carrying the
coin for the Anglo-California and
other large banking concernsfor more
than thirty years, and no suspicion
attaches to him.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14
MILES IN THE RACE.
National Councils of the Order in All
States, Save California, Want
Him for President.

ashington-General Miles awoke
one morning last week and found him
self nominated for President of the
United States. The nomination ap-
peared in the advirtising columns of
the Washington Post, and said this:
Attentions: Be it known to members
of the National Constitutional Crom-
wellian Union League of the District
of Columbia, that the national coun-
| ellis of all states except California
have nominated General Nelson A.
Miles for President in the year 1900.
(Signed.)
"COL. GUSTAV AUGERSTEIN,
General Field Agent.
The National Cromwellian League
was organizd by Englismen years ago
to contest the divine right of kings.
1t has several thousand members in
the United States.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14
SMALLPOX CONDITION.

The official bulletin of the health
department as to the smallpox condi-
tions in Los Angeles, follows:
CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
Los Angeles, March 81, 1899.
Total number Of cases from No
yember 1 to date ............... SO
Total number of deaths to date. 15
Total number of cases now under
treatment .......... $500. -. Ia
Number of suspects reported to-
day (exact condition not deter
mlHeu y
New cases today .......... ......
(Signed.) L. M. POWERS,
City Health Officerffi.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

Only once in a while, it seems, do the
people wake up to the fact that they
are masters and not serfs. For much Of
the time they go along bowling and
scraping to their magistrates and their
mayors and their Governors. and their
legislators and their office-holding fell
lows in general. For practically all Of
the time they are under sense of
hopeless subseryiency to the persons
not at all above their own status in citi-
zenship whom they have themselves
clothed with official authority.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14
MINERAL EXHIBIT.
Steps to Have California's Product in
Evidence at Paris.

San Francisco-The San Francisco
Miners Association and other wealthy
interests of this city intend to make
"a determined effort to induce the
Board of Supervisors to set aside an
appropriation of $4,000 to be used in
sending and maintaining at the Paris
exposition a suitable mining exhibit.
They are disappointed over the state
appropriation of 100000, which must
cover the cost and maintenance OF the
entire exhibit of the different product
i've interests of the state.
If they can induce the Board OF Su-
pervisors to appropriate $4,000 for
this purpose, the miners feel certain
that they can easily raise $5O,O0O more
from other sources throughout the
state
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

Statistics demonstrate the fact that
during the last year our trade increased
with China, Japan and South America
In ratio that indicates the beginning
of the same commercial invasion of
those countries that we have made an
accomplished fact in Europe, and there
would seem every indication of the fact
that the next few years will find the
United States occupying the position
held so long by England as the trade
center Of the world.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

tories received each $4,000 from the
Federal Treasury last year for the pro-
motion of practical agricultural and
mechanical education. An examina-
tion OF the reports of these institutions
leads to the belief that in many in
stances such schools have been created
as departments of existing colleges
more to secure the government appro-
priation than to make practical farm
ers and mechanics.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

Precept and practice do not go hand
in hand always and the injunction to
forgive the penitent sinner is some
times forgotten. An example to the
contrary has been set by the congrega-
ton of the First Baptist Church Of
Easton, Pa. The young pastor of the
church confessed that he had sinned
grievously and offered his resignation.
twas voted unanimously not to accept
the resignation. This is practical Chris
tianity, sufficiently rare to be remark
able.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

Millionaire Letter has gone into the
milk business in Chicago. Once our
: financial aristocraey spurned any con-
tact with small trade, but now any
thing that will bring in money is in
style. Doubtless we shall yet see mem
bers of our fiscal gentry laying up snug
fortunes out of the soap grease and old
bottle industry. But after all it is a
good American sign when we see ma
bobs who are not afraid of work.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

The only oyerdowing State treasury
In the Union is that of New Jersey, and
the overflow there Is from money paid
by the trusts for the privilege of prey
ing on other States.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

We Americans demand our laugh at
the expense Of everything new or old
that we are called upon to consider; but
in the end we measure conscIsntiOusly
and carefully; and what at first ios- ios.-
seems almost reckless jocundity turns
out to be but blithe temper working
joyously at a serious task. This is the
opinion expressed by an editorial
writer in the Saturday Evening Post.
1t may be that our wonderful national
growth owes much to mere light-heart-
edness maintained under the most diff
cult and depressing circumstances.
We have whistled merrily and kept up
our courage through many dark day;
not for the sake of the whistling, but
because it was not in us to NOPE and
whine. A sense of humOr purifies and
freshens every mental state into which
it Is projected, so that under it's infiu-
ence ones view Of adversities and per-
plexities borrows wholesome colors,
and ones judgment harks back to reck-
on with the original elements of happi-
ness. Optimism is badge of youth,
health and vigor. We as nation have
shown the world how to make a play Of
work; how to enjoy conquering a vast
wilderness and an abounding crude
ness; how to grow great with laugh
on your lips and jest In every intona-
ton; how to chaff at science and vet
sieze upon it's every secret for the ad-
vancement Of our purposes. Our incli-
nation to laugh, to amuse ourselves
with crude yet telling humor, in the
midst of epic changes and powerfully
stimulating readjustments in the
worlds attitude toward us, Is not nee
essarily Of the same nature as the in
stinctive gambols and grotesqueries Of
a well-fed and healthy young animal,
as some critics have thought; for, al
though our diplomatic methods have
recently passed under the fiery test Of
European experience, there has been no
failure in comprehensiveness, firmness
and efficacy. We see the lines Of carica-
ture and travesty in everything; but
behind all our lightness the alert busi-
ness faculty stands ready. The clear
sighted student Of history sees that we
are, In the main, developing as England
developed, but incomparably faster.
Our jocund youth is similar to what the
mother country's was, but more clean
and of firmer moral tone, as any reader
may gather from Chaucer, Spenser,
Jonson and Shakespeare, who reflected
England's morning freshness. Perhaps
the very rapidity Of our progress, the
exceeding stress Of our inner and out
ward development, and the surprises Of
our practical inventions have occasion
ally shocked us into undue hilarity-
and at times we may guffaw in the face
of august and solemn presences, yet we
can point to the record. History Is do
ing more than merely repeating itself
in our swift dash to the fore; it is
adding a new meaning to Greek joyous
ness and Roman strength. The incre-
ment speaks for more than the addition
Of what may be called natural accumu-
lation of experiences; it is racial, and
has been enlarged and enriched by the
forces of freedom and a true cOncep-
tion of civilization. From the first we
have chosen to be happy, and SO we are
sometimes almost jovial, but We are
nightly in earnest.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

Two prisoners, duly sentenced, have
petitioned for liberty on the ground
that Imprisonment does not agree with
them. There will be no hesitancy in
granting to this plea the merit Of nov
elty.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

Trolley cars are to run paststhe pyra-
mids. Many other things could be
done to improve the pyramids, such as
fitting them up with elevators, electric
lights and restaurants at about every
sixth story. Admire the pyramids as
we may, the fact cannot be denied
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14

A man who feared something might
happen to him took the precaution to
be baptized In an icy river, contracted
the pneumonia, and died. This is one
of the most pronounced cases of premo-
milton on record.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-14
DIDN'T LIKE 1T.

He wasn't a little tin soldier,
But a regular meat-made man,
And it filled him with grief
To have to eat beef
Pat up in a little tin can.
Chicago Tribune.