The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-31

over the census returns the former claim
ing that its figures az 49, e., lille
the latter has too many ana wordy
war is IN progress between the papers.
and Director Merriam has b ,..e H asked
to recount the TWO cities.
The T +. and other Republican papers
nave oeeh declaring that Bryan's IN
o1anapoIls speech Was very tame. The
~. a. 10 alo Is Independent, and this
IS rs eoletuSlon Considered thus as
an argument against the imperial policy.
as warning against nilitarism and a
plea for liberty for all men, Mr.. Bryan's
speech VIII rank as perhaps the most
loglca1, eIoqQent, and convincing of all
his public efforts. His analysis of and
answer to the Republican reasons for
holdlng the Phlllppines is most searching
Pictures of the young man who planted
the American flag on the walls of Pek.n
are being printed. 1t Is the claim of ad-
ninlstratlon patriots that the flag never
comes down after it has once been I'M
fUrled to the breeze. In that case, an
army viii be needed to keep 1t flying in
China.
Today, Aug. 81, is the anniversary of
the death Of John, Bunyan d6SS), auth r
OF Pilgrims Progress. - He was born in
1928 ard bred a tinker; was soldier for
time, and then began preaching as a
Baptist, Tor which he was imprisoned
remaining in jail for twelve years. dur
Ing which he wrote his most famous
book He was buried in Bunhin Fields,
London, and a monument was erected
over his grave In 1862
In spite of the claim of the P. i. that
Towne made poor speech In Duluth,
the paper keeps on trying to answer 1t.
Today, Aug 81, 1850, occurs the silver
anniversary of the present sultan of Tur-
| keys occupancy of the throne. He has
been making great preparations to cele-
brate it. Poets and historians have been
busy writing accounts of his pICus
works and the great things he has done
for his subjects. These will be trans
lated and published in all languages.
From telegraphfc reports Gen. Butler Is
showing activity again in South Africa.
He occupied Machadodorp, one of Kru-
gers capitals, the other day, after brisk
fight, in which he lost fourteen killed
and siXty-four wounded.
The scrap last night between CoTbett
and Mccoy in New York closes f1stfc con-
tests in that state, as the Horton law
goes into effect Saturday. The sporting
managers trust to make necessary ar
rangements in New Jersey or Connect
cut.
After the South, African Chinese and
Philippine wars end, what flood of mag
azine articles and lectures the country
will get. IS 20
Aug. 81 is the anniversary of the birth,
in 1874, of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Jr,
author of Coates cAjars and other nota-
BILE books; of Galusha Aaron Grow, in 1873
congressman Of Gen. Fitz John Porter,
famous for his court-martial, in 1922; of
Charles James Leyer, the Irish novelist
in 1906. H.
30
The Minnesota Chess association has Is
sued a call for a Northwestern meeting
at Excelsior, on Lake Minnetonka, next
Monday, Labor day. Players of the Da-
kotas, Iowa, Nebraska. Montana and
other states are invited.
Lord Salisbury was rot far from right
when he characterized Hiram Maxim,
the rapid-fire gunmaker, as the man who
had prevented more men from dying Of
old age than any other person that ever
lived" Napoleon was in the same class.
Ohio President MoKinley's own state,
is getting quite a reputation for lawless-
ness. He will have to send troops there
pretty soon if the Buckeyes keep cutting
up such antics as are already matter
| of painful history at Akron, Mansfield,
Dayton and other points.
%
The Paris exposition Is noY a pro-
neunced financial failure Yet over $4,000
awards have been made, of which the
| United States get over SEE. French
| medals will soon be IS plentiful over here
| as campaign buttons.
Battle Of Jonesboro, Ga, Aug. 81 and
Sept. l, 1864. Heavy loss on both sides,
/ including three Confederate generals,
1 Anderson, Cummings and Patton, killed.
4 Russia is busy in China. 1t recently
1 finished the work of crushing Finland
It's treatment OF the Jewish people at
home in Russia rivals any atrocity
charged against the Boxers or by the
! Turks against the Armenians. Here is g
couple of extracts from letters written in
/ China: ''The Cossacks went over the
| field. knocking out the brains of the
/ wounded with their guns" says one cor
respondent 'The heartless cruelty Of the
| ISuSSldH SOloloEy AlulOSI passes DSl1eT,
says another.
! The potentiality of the mob is present
always and everywhere in aggregated so.
ciety in America as In Asia. Frenzied
men, often frenzied without reason OF
justification, leap, to fendish work at the
merest hint of encouragement. At Akron
O., even after the victim sought could
not be found, the mob wreaked it's pas
sions upon buildings, public buildings
| %
The Philadelphia North American says,
Pretoria is becoming a rival Shanghai
as a fake news center. Pretoria leads in
the race with story that Kruger has con.
tributed between 81, 100000 and $3.50 900 to
Bryan's campaign fund According to
this the Beers have money not only to
burn in the form of powder, but to throw
at the birds" And this Is the kind OF
stuff the Republican papers are printing
together with the claim that Bryan Is
worth $25O,00o
| The safety of the legations at Pekin
killed fine assortment of obituaries in
| type in American and European daily
newspaper Offices.
STORIES OF THE STREET.