The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-29


the Cubans are and of .rieh 1.fslr ought to
be free and independent I'LL he Fiji
eInos are not and OF right sboI1Id not be
free and independent.
The smiths nave taken the second and
third place in most city directories There
are $50 Johpsons in The. Chico on dirac-
tory, against 4'ls4 Smiths. In the Mime
apolls ulIeetofy poth Johnsons and Ole
sons take the lead, Compared with the
Smiths.
Chauncey M. Depew is home from a
European trip, and saws the people of
the countries across the Atlantic want to
see Bryan elected, but -four years ago
they wanted to see Mckinley elected.
The senator from New York is merely
talking through his hattie people of
Europe have too much to do themselves
to care rap for a presidential election
in the United States. The senator knows
it. but is partisan enough to say what he
does In hopes that it may influence some
body to vote against the wishes Of Eu-
rope. That is small-potato politics.
The ROYAL George, an English warship
OF 103 guns, capstzsd AFR. .y,,-ITsz. II,
portsmouth harbor, carrying down nearly
ste persons, many visitors being on board
TIE event Is told in familiar verse by
Toll for the brave
The brave that are no more,
All sunk beneath the wave IL
Fast by their native Shore
Peace IS icing. maintained on a war
basis in the Philippines. With $1,000 men
there the Taft commission ought to be
able to enforce civil government there
beginning Saturday, in accordance with
instruction from President Mckinley
VINO could not leave Washington to at
tend the G, A. r. encampment for this
and pressure Of other business. It seems
that affairs might possibly go wrong in
the Old World If Mr. Mckinley should
get out West as far as Chicago.
This from that coed Republican paper
the Cleveland leader, is not compliment
tary: Many things are needed In the
United States, bat among the evils which
are worst, most general and most demon
ahzing, there are few so glazing as the
low standard of morals estd blisiled by
public officials in dealing with the people
they serve"
Aug. % is the anniversary Of the birth
ir 1852 OF John Locke, the noted English
philosopher, ard author of the Essay
the Famous aTistocratic and theoretical
constitution Of the Carolinas, which prov
ed such a failure; Of Charles Townsend
qT25), the English. statesman, who pro-
posed and secured the passage by parlia-
ment CO the bill imposing a tax en- tea
and other articIesi which provoked the
American colonies 5to revolt; of William
6. Brownlow, PEARSON Brcwnlow" Q805),
the Tennessee Unionist during the Civil
war. ard afterwards United States SEN
ator; Of DIR. OliIsr WendeH Holmes
CIS09), the poet, wit, author and professor
of anatomy and physiology in Harvard
college.
The island Of Guam is to become a
great American naval base in the Pacific,
and prepare tons are in hand to begin the
work for a complete and comprehensive
system Of fortihcations The republic
seems to think that GItidstone's plan for
a friendly federation Of the world Is all
a dream. u
Aug. % Is eommemorated in honor of
st. John the Baptist, patron saint against
commissions and epilepsy. This is the
| beheaded by order of Herodias, an event
enthusiastically known as the decollation.
O.
The ST Louis Globe Democrat is a
noted advice giver about how things
should go in all parts of the world, but
its goodness does not affect ST. Louis or
Missouri. The following paragraph is
from the last issue of that paper: Leg
islative candidates in Missouri should be
carefully scrutintzed. The present leg
| islature is q Disgrace, and another like
1t will intensity tfaea evils it has brought
upon the state"
Of Edmund Eoyle, the celebrated writer
of treatises on games of chance, and
whose name is inamortaiized In the we'll
known proverb According to HoyIe, -
little Is known more than that he was
born in 1872 and died liz London, Aug 20,
1859. He was the first to write on whist,
and gave instructions to players at a
fixed charge per game.
The other day Thomas McRaven reach
ed San6usky, Ill, for the first time since
he enlisted, nearly forty years ago, for
the war. He had a wife and three chill
dren when he left and found them there,
the children married and his wife still
wondering what had become Of him.
So TaTns Bixby has decided that he
can't be spared from the Indian commits
sion long enough TO run the Van SAINT
campaign. Tams has a strong stomach,
but he couldn't swallow his charges two
years ago that Van was not a suitable
candidate for governor.
On Aug. % and %. 1861, Fort Hatteras,
N c., with 300 Confederates, was cap
tured. On the same day in 1862 occurred
the battles of Groyeton and Gainesville,
Va; Union loss about 1000; Confederate
loss about the same.
The P. P. says that Towne In his Du-
luth speech ABUSES Roosevelt" If tell
ing the truth, the whole truth and Moth
ing but the truth. is abuse, he did abuse
Roosevelt.
On Aug %. 177S Gen! Washington, un-
der cover Of heavy fog, silently retreat
ed from Long Island to New York Dur
ing the night woman living near the
present Fulton Ferry, where the Ameri-
cans embarked, sent her negro servant
to inform the British of the movement
The negro fell into the hands OF the Hes
slams. They could not understand his Ian
guage, and detained MIN until so late in
the morning that his information was OF
no avail.
Roosevelt's itinerary gives more dates
to South Dakota than any other state.
Guess he's after Pettigrew.
AT THE GRAND.