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The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
MONDAY. MAY 7. 1900.


st Patl has reached the parting of the
ways. For some six years or over the
energies of the community have been
slumbering. Our people have been dis
heartened. Our prospects seemed durtng
most of that time to have been perma-
nentiy oyerclouded. But We suffered in
common with most. if not all, cities sim
ilarly situated. Indeed, no city of
like population, either East or West. has
Ia that period escaped a corresponding
experience Local conditions intensified
that situation Our local government has
been costing US entirely too much Our
taxes have been too high The outcrv
which has prevailed about sinking funds
and debt payments has deceived no one
but the gudgeons among our people.
Every office which was recognized under
the Bell charter is stin in existence. Not
one Of such offices has had the compensa-
tion of its incumbent reduced, and more
than one of them have had such compen-
sation increased through state Iegisla-
tion
With the opening of the coming month
Mayor Smith assumes the reins of gov
ernment He can do little more than en-
force existing law and provide the people
with protection of their lives. person.
and property. But that much at least
he can do. And he can, moreover-look-
ing the situation over after he has been
in office for some time-offer such roc
concentrations looking to the reduction of
municipal expenses and the inauguration
of necdful public improvements as will
aid in setting this city once more on the
path of true progress and prosperity.
The time is propitious. The signs are
all favorable. The advent of settlers 70
the surrounding country is something
such as it was fifteen or twenty or twen-
ty-five years ago. Every passenger train
coining to the union depot carries num-
Der of families, native or foreign, to set
tie on the vast prairies or the productive
woodlands Of Minnesota and the Dakotas
Immigration no longer passes our doors
as it did at any time during the past six
years. The Pacific coast receives IT'S nro-
portion of incoming settlers, but if no
longer receives them all The vast ma
jority Of them settle in the territory
which is included in the commercial
sphere of st. Paul
The signs of revival in the city itself
are no less decisive. Tenantable houses
are scarce. Rents are higher than they
have been at any time since 1890 Building
progresses among US more actively than
in any city in the entire country, as the
official record shows. save five or six of
the great metropoli. We have been
free from Industrial disturbance until
within the past few weeks, aud now all
the indications are that whatever dis
turbance has arisen will disappear within
the next few days. Many Of our smaller
industries have disappeared in the stress
of the past six or seven years: but there
is left to as a splendid nucleus of great
future Our manufacturers have awaken
ed to the grand possibilities which await
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07

city and county physician is in pri-
yate building. So is the office of the city
waterworks. So is the central police sta
tion. The quarters assigned to the health
commissioner in the city hall are totally
inadequate and unsuitable for the pur-
pose.
There Is no doubt whatever that the
county government is in position to
provide for the construction of a suita-
ble building for the safe keeping of pfis-
cners. The existing building is in itself
a serious reflection on the city 1t ought
to be wiped out. 1t is utterly uninhab-
liable; and taken in connection with the
filthy and unsuitable provision which ex-
lists for the safe keeping of prisoners at
the central station before their appear
ance in court, it is. as has been pointed
out more than once in these columns, and
by successive grand juries as well as by
other public bodies, disgrace to any
weIl-ordered community
Whatever else the county commission
ers may do with reference to the jail
problem, it should not put into effect the
injudicious and unsuitable plan recon-
mended by Mayor Kiefer of establishing
the local Jail on the top Of the city hall.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
WAR CORRESPONDENTS DEATH

w T. Maud, theS outh African corre-
spendent of the London Graphic who
served with G.. w. Stevens through the
two campaigns in the Soudan and who
shared a bombproof with him at Lady
smith, in a letter to Mrs. Stevens has
given this account says Golfers Weekly
Of the death Of that brilliant war CORE
spondent:
con Jan 10 the doctors told me that
there was no hope for Stevens When
sent out the nurses. l said. The doctors
think you are very Ill. l will cable home
Do you wish me to send a MESSAGE
Yes said he. write it out and read
it to met
81 wrote: Stevens dangerously Ill
Do you mean that 1 am dying? he
asked
They trink 1t very serious I an
swered.
Am I dying?
Yes
'Soon?
Yes
He was looking straight into my eyes
After a While he dictated the message
which l sent. Then he turned over and
said with a shrug Of his shoulders:
g We'll, this is sideways ending to il
ail-lets have another drink"
81 gave him some brandy and milk in
a teaspoon.
E" But you are not drinking said he.
'Then he seemed to rally dad I called
the nurses / fell to sleep outside. When
they called me an hour later l saw at a
glance that he was gone"
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
MAKE AN END OF TT

The project for the establishment of
the county jail on the top floor of the
city hall and court house building las
evidently not yet received its quiot,Is.
Whatever attitude the county commits
sioners may finally assume on this sub
ject, the city authorities should not>cor-
sent to carrying the project into onera-
ton as long as there is any other lrac-
ticable way out of the difficulty. There
is not at this moment sufficient space
available in the big building for the Ie-
gftimate uses of the city and county gov
ernment. The fact that the city is COM
PEELED to pay rent for a number of local
government departments shows of itself
that the facilities offered by the city hall
building for public uses do not suffice.
The residence of the sheriff is now fixed
in the county jail building. The structure
is concededly unfit for that, or indeed.
any other purpose. The sheriff is re-
sponsible for the safe keeping of tbe
prisoners awaiting disposal by the courts.
The location of his residence in the i'm
mediate vicinity Of the Jail is an cute me
of that responsibility 1t certainly can
not enter into the plans of those who ara
responsible for the proposed location of
the jail on the top of the city building
that accommodation should also be pro.
vided for the sheriff in the same pIlce.
Nor is it to be reasonably supposed that
the sheriff would consider any project
which would establish his household or
any portion of it in the ?er. xsad ieca-
ton of the Jail
1t is time that this whole scheme should
be brought to an end. 1t has nothing to
recommend it An additional public
building for city and county puvp ges i;
sadly needed. The saving in rent VIII ch
would come from the existence Of such
building would be Of itself consider
able item In estimating the ultimate cast
TO the city and county. The office of the
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
Short Story OF be Day.
SS~~SSSS-IS~Xu~ DOROTHY GNGLEDEW.

my rame. It shall not suffer for want Of
male kim"
Madam what folly is this? How can
I fight q woman?
She unclasped her cleak ard threw il
from her as tire maid approached ard
handed her two folis.
Il came prepared. you see, Sir Harry"
she said, as she carefully measured the
foils to see that they were Of equal
length. Nov. sir. choose your foil and
take your stand"
This is midsummer madness, indeedi
Mistress March. or inglelew, if II plesscs.
you better. And though it may be pretty
fooling when 50 fair Lady plays part
in it. l like it not"
VIII you choose a fol?''
mo, madam"
Coward She held a foil by the hit
now, and a the word struck him lightly
across the face with the fiat Ot the blade
His face was white with anger. save
where a red line showed where her blow
had fallen.
Had a man struck that blow he would
not have seen tomorrow 5 sun. But Il
woman is privileged to some extent
will fence with you. madam since you in
sist, and when you are disarmed L will
take my revenge in kisses"
The moon flung their shadows on the
ground i'll grotesque confusion, and gilt
tered on the blades of the fois as they
thrust and parried. She fenced with care
and the skill that comes Of long practice,
At first the man Carelessly parried her
thrusls, laughing and jesting at tho
strange fate which led him. noted duel
list, to cross swords with Il woman But
by degrees the Jest and laugh died on
| his lips. and his gaze remained fixed on
something over Dorothy's shoulder 1t
may have been fancy or the ticker Of the
moonlight on his adVersary's uncovered
hair. but lie thought the face Of Wiuifred
looked over her sisters shoulder.
He began to falter and a lunge Dorothy
made remained unparried.
"Ninnie!" he cried, and as the cry left
his lips Dorothys foil pierced his heart.
He stumbled then fell at her feet. For
moment she stood aghast at the full
fllment of her VOW; then. hinging away
the foil. she knelt at his side.
His eyes opened and as they fell upon
Dorothy the mOcking smile struggled
again to the white lips. There was 10
sound but his gasping breath. His eyes
opened again.
Forgive" he sasped.
His head fell back, and Sir Harry Fort
escue was dead.
Dorothy flung herself on the body and
kissed the lips again and again, weeping
| bitterly. Her maid tried to draw her
away.
Let me be- she sobbed. Let me bel
Oh, my love, my love! l thought there
was room for nothing in my heart but
hate and [ killed him-kiled him. But
l shall love him till / die,"
Mistress, you forget" pleaded Betty.
The watch will be here with the day"
Dorothy shuddercd and allowed Betty
TO wrap the cloak around her The wait
ing woman gave a last searching glance
round to make sure that they had left
nothing to 0etray them, and then with
the foils hidden under her cloak. led her
mistress away. The. pride aud FIRE that
had sustained the girl through he night
had gone, and she was low all weakness
and timidity, obliged to lean heavily On
her maids shoulder, and brain numbed
to all but the one thought that In aveug-
ing her sisters wrongs she had killed her
own lover His death was already
avenged
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
LITER AIRY NOTES.

The Paris exposition number of Golfers
Weekly, out next week under date OF May
y. will be one Of the largest and most
important issues Of the year.
The May number OF the North Amer
lean Review is fully up to the lofty stand
ard of that magazine.
Gov: Roosevelt, writing OF The Amer
lean Boy in the May St Nicholas, thus
sums up, in the last four lines of his es-
say: ''In life as in football game. the
principle to follow is, hit the line hard
don't foul and don shirk, but hit the line
hard"
Deacon Bradbury" which was pub
lished on March "a. is already out OF
print, the first edition having been ez,.
hausted much sooner than the publishers
anticipated. Mr. Dix, who wrote it. was
previously unknown as a writer of fiction.
Several popular copyright novels will
be issued Immediately in Rand, McNaIIy
&, Co.'S New Oriental Library, a series
made up wholly of copyrighted works.
Among these. VIII be: "A Married Man;
by Frances Aymar Mathews; "A Yankee
From the West by .Opie Read:
''Gemma," by. Alexander Macarthur; and
THE Sinner" by Rita (Mrs e. J. G.
HumDhreySl.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
rAssINC nlt rHn ceMrTRnLI.ltR.


A knocked-out politician lay dying at the
polls,
His official ship was stranded. mid the
breakers and the shoals.
A reporter kneIt beside him. on mel
aECholy mission
With pen and paper ready 10 take his
"TeH the party not TO mourn for me. not
TO think about my wreck.
For I'm not the only one, yOu see. who
got il in the neck;
And had it figured out like this. il
had To be martyr
Ia be consistent 70 the end and die with
the old charter.
''TelI the teachers rot to sob and moan.
with countenance downcast,
For they can't be flatter on the rocks
than they've been for some months
past.
And if. another Easter, they must wear
their last years bonnet.
Thank God, they can't blame me for It,
and say McCardy done it
Tell the children not TO Weep for me al
though their cause is lost:
l did the best l could for them, but my
efforts ~ere frost.
had a stand in with the kids oft have
have | heard them cheer
The banner under which fought-'Vaca-
ton All the Year.
1T has been a noble battle. though. and
l have no regrets.
Except that ! am lying here. instead OF
1Ouey BelZ.
I feel the end approaching It's on me
even now.
Just tell the waiting pOPulace my last
words were Bow. wow
Ills voice grew faint and fainter sank
10 q murmur low,
The reporter closed his book and left.
with footsteps sad and slow
And with his last soiiloauy still trem-
bling on his lips
The watchdog of the Treasury eashsd
in his stack of chips.
Alvin Shaw.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
BISHOP POTTER DIDN'T CHANGE

New York World.
Bishop Potter made speech at the an
nual dinner Of the New York .commandery
of the military order Of the Loyal Legion
of the United States, at Delmonico's last
night.
AS to the Philippines, the bishop said
that his mind had not undergone any
radical change since his return to the
United States. He thus illustrated his
views:
IF my son should come to me ana say
he proposed to marry a young Creole
woman with seven children 1 would call
him great ass But if he came to NE
and said he had already contracted such
marriage would still try to sustain
intimate relations with him.
No, gentlemen, what we have done bas
established just such relation as that,
and it would be a source of national NOR
tltlcation if We gave up our responsible
ties because we find them difficult"
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07

Penny Pictorial Magazine.
The harvest moon climbed slowly up the
cloudless sky. shining white and clear
OH the sleeping town at Tunbridge Wells.
The silence of night was on the sleeping
town. Two women. closely cloal,ed, crept
stealthily along, the elder demonstrating.
It's a great risk you run. mistress, -
she whispered
IF you fear to come with me, Betty,
I go alone"
Nay, madam. my fears are not for
myself I know my place better than to
leave my mistress alone to meet Wild
Sir Harry Fortescue."
Meanwhile, passing slowly backwards
and forwards in the shadow cast by high
banks half hidden by brambles, a man
waited their approach. AS the women
came into sight he advanced to meet
them
1T is but five minutes by the clock
since I came, madam, yet dare swear
that the moments have been leaden-foot-
ed as so many hours The post-chaise
waits for US in yOnder hollow, and we
have many miles to go before dawn"
The chaise can wait" she said. 81
/ seek word with you, sir
"a thousand, as you will sweetheart
! But can you not say them as we drive?''
The moonlight fell full on the group as
the woman stopped and threw back her
hood, and it shone on her pale, set face.
Seeing it, Sir Harry faltered and tapped
uneasily on the lid of his snufbox 1t did
| not seem much like the look to be expect
ed On the face of a romantic girl who
had so easily fallen in with his suggeS-
ton of a runaway match
Now" she said, Il will tell you why /
let you think that 1 would marry you III
secret, and also why the chaise will not
be needed tonight You have known me
| as Dorothy March, Sir; know me now as
Dorothy IngledeW-sister to the man you
ruined, and whose patrimOny you stole,
and to the woman whose heart you
broke
He scanned the eager face with some
curiosity now. So this explained the
haunting idea that there was something
forgotten which the sight of Dorothy
stirred within him. He could see now the
resemblance between slender, fair-haired
Winifred Ingledow he had tired of and
desterted when he found it SO easy to get
| the IngledOw money from her weak,
spendthrift brother, and this dark beauty
who had so unexpectedly become his ac-
cuser.
Il stole nothing. Your brothcr-if
! brother Of yours he was-lOst it to me in
play. He lost and 1 Won; it Is the way
of the world. Mistress Dorothy"
''He was a boy. You took advantage Of
his youthful folly. My sister loved youi
you forsook her when she no longer had
gold to tempt you. He lies in his dishOn-
Ored grave; she pined away ana died
! broken-hea arted. You killed them both.
and l vowed to kill you in turn. That is
why 1 came to the Wells with my god
mother, whose name 1 have borne since
she took ne to live with her; and I let
you think that L would run away with
you in order that I might be able to keep
my VOW"
Tragedy becomes you, madam" he
said, mockingIy. But why talk of kill
ing when you know that your eyes have
already mortally wounded me?'
'fWill you cease this foolish talk? Do
you still think that love brought me here
tonight? I have to avenge the honor OF
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Base Apathy.
has
HarDnr'c Pazar

Harper's Bazar.
+tSay, Thompson, did you ever notice
that 1 was brutally Indifferent to my chill
dren?'
Certainly not You're quite the con-
trary, Holiness
'fWeli, do [ look like miscreant who
would be only to glad to abandon them
to the mercy of strangers?"
'Of course not. What ever put such
an idea into your head?"
.tOr have / the reputation of being 50
selfish that / would not disturb or exert
myself in the slightest to secure their
safety from the most desperate danger?'
Ne, indeed. Who's been accusing you
Of such things?"
my wife.
"Your wife? Why2'
''Why. little Johnny got himself lost
for a couple of Hours the other day, and
all l did was to notify the police, hire
every private detective in town aud rouse
all the neishbors to help hunt for him"
Wasn't that enough?
no She stfIl insists that / am q
brutal. selfish miscreaRt and several other
things because ] refused to do ali she
wanted ne to-
why. N'ilst more was rossfHie2"
MAKE the governor order out the mill
tia TO help hunt
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
Lynching in Alabama.

GENEVA, Ala, May G.-An unknown
negro about twenty years old was
lynched three miles from here yesterday.
He assaulted a twelve-year-old white
girl near Hartford in this county on Tues
day and was captured later and taken be-
fore the mayor OF Hartford for pre-
liminary trial
The officers claim that when about three
miles from Geneva they were Overpower-
ed by armed men, who took charge Of the
prisoner and carried him TO the woods
He was found hanging to limb not far
from the public road. dead.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
MOZART HALL.
Got What he Asked For.

;,oIller's Weekly
so YOU are looking Cor position -
said the merchant to the youth with
high collar and noisy necktie What
can you do?''
oh, airy cid thing" replied the young
man. ''of course, I don't expect the
junior partnership at the start, but [
want TO be sure of an early rise
Very we'll replied the merchant, .'Pll
make You assistant iaRiter You will
rise at o'cioek every morning ara sweei,
tho floors. =
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07

Before election the Pioneer Press claim
ed Senator J. H. Ives could resign his
seat if he desired to accept the position
of corporation attorney. After election
the Pioneer Press claims John OConnor
could not resign his seat in the legisla-
ture to accept a position as the head of
the police department; which simply in
dicates how little attention should be paid
to anything that appears in the Pioneer
Press.
Rev Dr. Easton, the Washington eler-
gyman, with a $4,000 libel suit confront
ing him, has retracted all he said about
Olga Nethersole.
Gen. Otis ought to be able to end the
war in the Philippines again. since the
dispatches say the highest insurgent Of
ficer except Aguinaldo has been captured.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07

New York World.
When Roosevelt goes to Washington t.
beg off the tail Of the ticket he shysasd
take Woodruff aions - d substitute.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
Tending T1int Way.

indianapolis Sentinel
The Monroe doctrine is not yet con-
signed TO the waste basket of glitter
ing gencralities" and barren localities"
But i! will De Fl the Mckinley administra-
ton IS Endorsed I'm its progress toward
that end
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07

Washington Post
1t may be that the Puerto RIcau tariff
had nothing to do with the Indiana mu-
nicipal election results. but 1t is quite GER
tain that something has happened to turn
the tide toward the Democrats.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

Lord Salisbury May object.
Washington Times
One thing has been rendered certain by
recent evidences Of popular feeling, ana
that is that Mr. Mckinley will have to
deal with Lord Salisbury for permission
to put an opulent and resounding pro-
Boer plank in the Philadelphia platform
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
RIVER RTILETIN
YEsTERDAY's TEMPERATUREs.
TODAY III ST. PAuI.

GRAND-'Mrs. B. O'shaughnessy," Sis
p. IN.
Palm Garden-Vaudeville . and 8 p. m.
ST Paul Council No. J. Royal and Select
Masters, meets, Masonic hall, West
Fifth street, 8 p. m.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
MONTGOMERY CONFERENCE.
Large Attendance Promised at the
Meeting This Week.

MONTGOMERY. Ala, May 6.-Booking
at the hotels already promise a large at
tendance at the conference of the South
ern society for the Promotion Of the
Study of Race Conditions and Problems
in the South
The conference will hold its first ses-
sion on next Tuesday evening and con-
tinue for three days. Hon. Hilary Her
bert ex-secretary of the navy, Will prob
ably be permanent chairman. Many
prominent scholars. thinkers and orators
from all parts of the country are included
in the DFOgraTnme
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
Tommy Breaks the silence.

PnlIddeIphia RECORD.
Tommy had been silent for three min
utes, ct the end of which time the fol-
lowing conversation ensued: Tommy
Say, pop. Tomnly's Pop-WeIi. what is
it, my son? Tommy-Wouldnt it be aw-
full to be a centipede and have corns?
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
PRINTED FOR FUN.
Not Asking Everything

Indianapolis Press
We said the Cuban statesman, "de-
mand the administration's fntentions."
What! shouted the chorus, as w.t.
one well-trained voice
''Of course the statesman fastened to
add, 'I mean only its present intentions
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
Tired Out.

Chicago Times Herald
Andrew Carnegie has gone TO Europe
for rest and recreation. after having been
tied down to the Florida golf links all
winter. This thing Of being rich is ter
ribly oppressive.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
Foreeaafo E.h,hat

Chicago Record
We much preferred a quiet wedding >
why didn' You have it?''
oh, we are not far enough UP to risk
our social position in doing a thing like
that n 70
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Far-sIEhtnd sniInn.

Philadelphia Ledger
Sultan Abdul Hamid IS et least thrifty
in starting his war taxes IN advance Of
the war
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Chicago Record
Gen. Otis has q beautiful chance t. end
the rebellion once more before he sails
for home.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
Afraid OF the Supreme Court.

BOStOU PCSt
The Mckinley administration has re-
sorted to every means to prevent the su-
preme court from passing upon lis extra
constitutional acts, and 50 far It has sue
caeded
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
OCEAN LINERS.

NEW YORK - Arrived: Steamers La
dam.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
Pleasant sprinEtime RsmI,ieA.

Baltimore American
Hon. Wharton Barker Is not running for
the presidency. He is promenading.