The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-30

knowledge of defalcation were each sent
TO prison Tor term of years. Ignorance
Oh law Is no excuse for violations, and
pank onlcers who Willingly or unwitting-
~ allow their bank to be plundered
backs.
q. Z. Hoyt is a, Prohibition candidate
Tor congress in Kansas. He is making
TOUR OF the state, accompanied by a
large dinner bell and a high-pitched ten
or voice. On reaching a town he starts
down the principal street yelling at the
top OF his voice. Then he draws the bell
from beneath hisAcoat and continues his
walk, ringing it like an auctioneer
w nen ne has gathered crowd on some
street corner he sings a Prohibition bal
lad or two, and finally winds up with
a speech on 1.-THE demon rum" and a re-
quest to vote for me- for congress.
John Guerro, miner working at SUIT
ter Creek, CAL, fell down a 1000 foot
shaft Saturday, and reached the bottom
neadless and stripped into pieces by COM
ing into contact with jagged rocks.
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Louis Klopsch, publisher of the Chris
tan Herald, has an American copyright
on the Red Letter New Testament of
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" He
could not get copyright in England, be-
cause Eyre & Spottiswoode, who are the
queens printers, are the only persons
allowed the right of publishing the Bible
in Great Britain.
f. de Martens, secretary of The Hague
peace conference, says: IF Europe
gives way to her hatred against the Chi
nese and uses her victories to extort from
their government new concessions, both
unjust and offensive, this great nation
wifi in the future continue to constitute
an inealculable danger to the peace Of the
world"
On election day, Nov. 6, the Chicago
Chrysanthemum society will begin
snow. While the hrysanthemum came
originally from Japan, America now ex-
GELS the world in the production of new
varieties. Over 400 kinds each differing
in slight or large degree in form. color.
and foliage. will be exhibited at the
show, and, although there will be a pro-
fuse representation of roses, orchids, car
nations, geraniuns, and other flowers,
tWo-thlrds of the exhibits will be the
graceful and aesthetic product OF ORR
entail gardens. The National Society of
America is offering special prizes.
The absorption of Finland by Russia is
viewed with anxiety in Norway and
Sweden. Russia wants an Atlantic port
and it is only question of time when
under some pretext an attack will be
made upon the Scandinavian peninsula.
Andrew Boyce, Of Philadelphia, has
mania for taking patent medicine. Dur
ing the past two years he has taken 772
bottles of II different kind of medicines.
His house is filled with empty bottle and
his wife is having him examined for in
sanity.
Events chase each other so fast in this
country that even the late horror at
Galveston has passed cut of public mind.
The war in South Africa is recalled by
occasional kilograms, and our little trou-
BILE in the Philippines after the election
will be brought up only when Gen. Mac
Arthur's death list is printed.
A London dispatch of yesterday says:
1--WE have been told until we are ashamed
to think of it any more that the war in
South Africa was over, and now it begins
20 dawn upon us that the only apparent
end of it is the destruction by slaughter
or deportation of the entire insurgent
population in the two annexed states.
We don't like this prospect at all"
o.
A German proverb tells Us that ''every
great war leaves a country with three
arnieS-one of inyalids, one of mourners
and one of idle persons ready to commit
crime"
It is rumored that after Mcl<inleys
reelection Secretary of State Hay will
go back as Ambassador to England,
where he feels very much at home; that
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, will be-
come secretary CT state. and that the
administration and, Davis influence will be
used in favor of. Census Director Mer-
riam as senator to succeed Davis. But
this may be only somebody's guess
Portland (Or.) Telegram.
The national department of agriculture
prints large quantity of matter devoted
to subjects of importance to farmers.
horticulturists and gardeners. Much of
it is sent free to persons who are in
terested New features are being regu-
larly developed. rlan has been ar
ranged by which the section of tree
planting of the division Of forestry will
combine lecturing with its practical field
work for the purpose of interesting the
pubic in the subject. When an official
of this section of the division is called to
any portion of the United States where
planting is especially desirable, he will
arrange for a series of meetings of land
owners, to whom he will explain the OBJ
jects of the division and the free as
sistance offered to those DESTROYS of max
ing trial of planting.
The Republican papers figure out all
kinds of plans for Mr. Bryan after the
election. The P. P. yesterday says he
and Mr. Towne expect to engage in nlin>
eral DrOSpectine in the PhilinOineS