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The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29

Pioneer Press Editorial Nov. II, 1899.
"a Poor Father of Good Teacher
| justifies the action of Comptroller Nc
| Cardy in refusing to audit the October
| pay rolls of the teachers of the public
| schools on the ground that he is only do
1 ing what the charter nds him to
| do. But that is exactly the point at issue.
| The school fund for the pay of the teach
| ers by reason of the decision of the su-
preme court declaring Invalid the supple
I mentary 1iA-mill tax is wholly inadequate
! to pay them in accordance with the con-
tracts of the school board with them. AS
there is no other fund available to eke
out the meagre provisions OF the existing
| law MIR. McCardy thinks that the amount
available for the purpose should be di-
Ylded in equal installments over the re.
naming months of the fiscal year. This
would, perhaps, be good business policy
If 1t were practicable to do so, but it ls
quite another thing. to say that the law
commands 1t. That is to say that the
law commands that to be done which the
law makes no adequate provision for do
ing.
TO COMMAND THAT THE SCHOOLS
SHALL BE RUN FOR TEN MONTHS
ON AN AMOUNEaOFe MONEY SUFFI-
GENT ONLY FOR THE NEEDS OF
SEVEN is LIKE PHAROAHS COM
MANI TO THE ISRAEIITES, TO
MAKE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW. If
this construction of the law is right it
would be equally right If there were Only
$1o,0O0 or IS. or nothing at ali in tie school
fund for the pay of teachers, and that
illustrates its palpable absurdity.
The comptroller is said to entertain the
opinion that it iseauite practicable TO run
the schools until the end of the school
year by cutting of the kindergarten and
perhaps Mechanic Arts school, or by re-
cuclng the pay of teachers But that is
matter OF school administration with
which he has nothing whatever to do
The salaries off teachers In ST. Paul are
already down to the minimum, those In
the lower grades being hardly sufficient
for their subsistence on the most rigidly
1rugal scale Of. living. 1t is vital for the
successful administration Of the schools
OF 81. Raul that competent teachers only
De employed, and competent teachers cam
not be had at less than the wages of q
common laborer; for although they may
be temporarily forced te accept anything
they can get they will go elsewhere or
into other employments which will enable
them to Keep soul and body together SO
soon as opportunity offers 1t is, there
fore, for the school board to decide what
rate or wages Is sufficient to secure and
retain the services Of competent and ef-
hcient teachers. The same holds true of
the number of teachers NECESSARY. There
is limit OF economy in the expenditures
Ior this purpose which cannot be exceeded
Without serious injury to the schools II
Is not Tor us to say or for the comptroller
70 say, whether this limit has been
reached. That is question for the
school BOARD, and for it alone to deter
mine.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29

Pioneer Press Editorial Nov. 80, 1899.
Judge Kelly yesterday decided the man.
damus case of the school teachers against
Comptroller McCardy in favor of the
former The comptroller refused to pay
the full amount of the October salaries of
the teachers as certified by the school
board on the ground that owing to the
decision of the supreme court invalidating
the additional 11A-mill school tax, there
would be In the school fund about $39, coo
less than the board required for salaries,
and that it then became the duty of the
school board to distribute this reduced
fund in.ten equal monthly installments,
corresponding to the ten months which
the school law fixes as the school year
TO THE PIONEER PRESS THIS CON-
TENTION SEEMED ABSURD AND IT
so STATED AT THE TIME.
In the lucid and convincing memoran-
dunn with which Judge Kelly accompa-
nies his decision he easily disposes of all
the arguments on which the contention
was based. The fundamental proposition
of the city was that the period in each
year in which the schools must be Kept
open and the teachers ply their vocation
is exactly ten months. But the schools
have never been kept open continuously
for this full term. Judge Kelly finds that
from the necessities of the case the length
of the school term must be left to the
discretion of the school board, and that
this was evidently the intention of the
law, and that the language making the
school year begin on Sept. 1 and end on
July is directory rather than manda-
tory, and that the board performs its
whole duty when. in view of the unex-
pected deficit in the school fund, it adopt
ed the plan 1t deemed most conducive to
the public welfare, which was to keep
the teachers employed at the fair COM
pensation previously agreed upon as long
as the money lasted, and then close the
schools. The power to do this is an ordi-
nary incident of the office, as shown by
the universal practice under all our
school laws. The Judge might have made
his argument still stronger If he had sup
posed the case of the teachers salary fund
reduced to a tenth part of the sum now
available.
This would make the fund for the pay
of over 500 teachers a little over $32, 600
for a whole year, or 1920 a month, or
an average of s6.40 per month for each
teacher But the Judges argument was
strong enough without this reductio ad
absurdum. The judges decision is final,
both parties to the suit having agreed to
abide by It.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29

Pioneer Press Editorial Dec. q. 1S99
We take it that Corporation Attorney
Markham's communication to the COM
mon council, in which he gives his OFF,
! cial opinion upon the various suggestions
which have been the subject of more or
less public discussion, as to the manner
In which additional funds may be pro-
V1ded for school purposes, may be re-
garded as clearly and accurately defin-
ing the state of the law on that subject
His conclusion is that the only existing
city fund, outside of that raised by the
21a mill tax for school purposes availa-
bic to supplement the proceeds of that
tax is the school board insurance fund
which, under a resolution of the common
council, has been accumulated since De-
cember, 1891, and which now amounts to
$S0,O90 The council, by another resolu-
ton of the same date, has already au-
thorized the appropriation of $20,00O of
this fund for the erection of new school
buildings, but Mr.. Markham thinks that
the whole amount of $4,000 may, by
amending the resolution, be appropri-
ated by the council for the general MAIN
tenance of schools. He can, however,
find no provision in the city charter which
empowers the city council to devote any
portion of the general fund to the build
ing, repair or maintenance Of school
houses, as has been proposed by Comp
troller McCardy and others. ON THE
CONTRARY, SUCH A USE OF THE
GENERAL FUND is STRICTLY PRO-
HIBITED BY THE LIMITATIONS, NOT
ONLY OF THE SPECIAL SCHOOL
Law, BUT BY OTHER EQUALLY EX-
PLICIT PROVISIONS OF THE CITY
CHARTER. The appropriation for school
maintenance of the $4,000 in the school
insurance fund, which he thinks within
the legal powers of the council would
afford some temporary relief in enabling
the school board to keep the schools open
for some weeks after the 1st of April, at
which time it is expected that otherwise
the schools will be closed for lack of funds
to pay the teachers.
But this relief would be not only tenn
porary, but wholly inadequate. There is
no other money which can be used for
school purposes. Relief must be sought
in some other manner. Mr. Markham
does not say in what manner But by
the logic of exclusion his opinion points
to only one possible method of provid-
ing adequate funds for the maintenance
! OF the public schools and for the erection,
repair and maintenance of school build
ings. For legislative remedies have been
tried and failed Since the courts have
declared unconstitutional the act of last
winter authorizing cities Of over $4,000 In
habitants to levy a tax Of 11S mills for
school purposes, IN addition to any exist
ing tax authorized for that purpose, it
would seem to be impossible to frame any
legislative act which would obviate the
constitutional prohibition of special legis-
lation. The only alternative is in new
charter, framed by a commission, under
| the home rule law.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
SAVED THE BANKS MONEY
WOMAN TELLER RISKS HER LIFE
AND WINS.

LYNN, Mass, April 2S-A bold attempt
was made to rob the Lynn Fave-Cent
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29

Savings bank shortly after noon today.
During the lunch hour man approached
the teller's window and passed note to
Harriet P. Houghton, who was on duty.
The note read:
Don't speak or make any noise or I'll
put a bullet through your brain Count
out $500, and be quick; pass it to me with
out trouble. have two friends watch
ing US now, and any attempt to commune
cate with any one will mean your
death"
Miss Houghton, although considerably
alarmed, quickly reached a button near
her desk, which sounded an electrical call
for the police. Then she coolly informed
the man what she had done. Without a
pause the robber rushed from the bank
and disappeared down Market street. The
police arrived few minutes later.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
DENUNoIRTIoN THEN; PRAISE Now.
ToW Differently the Pioneer Press Regarded McCardys
Official Conduct at Different Tines.

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The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
BAsUTos ARE NErTTRAI.,

PRETORIA, April 2S.-The reporter of
Reuters Telegram company with the
Federals at Brandford is informed that
the British at Jammersdrift tried to get
ammunition through Basutoland, but
that the Bastutos stopped the wagons
and informed Gen. DeWet. A strong con-
tingent of Basutos is now guarding the
line to prevent entrance or exit from
RaSutoland.
Native reports from johannesburg say
the government inspectors there are con-
vinced that dynamite was the cause of
the recent explosion, and that the dyna-
mitards' trail has been traced to a vacant
house in the vicinity of the first ex-
plosion. They have also stopped all
trains through Delagoa bay, in order to
prevent the escape of the suspects
Among the persons arrested is William
Begbie, son of the head of the Begb:e
company, In whose case bail has been re-
fused. The affair may affect the question
of the British remaining in the state
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY

Weather Forecast for st. Paul.
Showers; Cooler.
1-Republican Police Rule.
Events In Africa.
2-Engineer Claussen,s PIaint.
3-TerrftOriaI Pioneers.
TwOmbIy's Police Pull.
Sailors In Black Faces.
4-SpOrting News.
Ryder's Chicago Letter.
Willie Green's Gossip.
6-SpOrting News.
Baseball Games.
On Franklin Field.
6-EditOriaI.
The Warm Corner.
7-FrOm Foreign News Centers.
Medical Notes.
S-NOrthwest News.
minneapolis news.
1O-LOcaI Campaign.
Plan to Defraud Voters.
11-POliticnl Gossip.
Ex-senator PettIsrewss Surprise.
News of Railroads..
White Bear Lake Boats.
13-Business Announcement.
list. Paul Social.
15-Suburban Social.
16-Fashion Letter.
Hints on Style.
17-RepOrted Custer Massacre.
Millions Starving I'm India,
Dinner for Five Cents.
1S-ReaI Estate.
Wants. a
of Books.
In the City Churches.
Secret Societies.
WOmen's Federated Clubs.
of City Republicans.
Stories From Africa.
Story of Oberammergau.
Announcement.
Story.
A Chorus Girl Heroine.
Convent to Altar.
Exhibition Features.
Romance of Cape Nome.
of the world.
Gossip.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
NEBRASKA BANK ROBBED
CRACKsMEN DID THEGR WORK IN
BOLDEST MANNER.

SEWARD, Neb., April 8.-The safe in
the bank Of staplehurst. six miles from
here, was blown open by burglars at 2
o'clock this morning. There was s1,sA in
the bank when it closed last night. About
$265 in gold was found in the rubbish this
morning, the burglars getting the bala-
nee. The safe, as well as the building.
is a complete wreck
George Helmsdoreffer was sleeping in
the livery barn near by and was aroused
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
GOV. TANNER VERY ILL
HIS CHANCES FOR RECOVERY
DECIDEDLY DOUBTFUL.

CHICAGO, April 2S.-Dr. Nicholas Sem
said tonight that the condition of Gov.
Tanner was alarming. The states execu-
tive arrived in Chicago a critically sick
man, and is now confined to his bed at
the Great Northern hotel. The governor
submitted to an X-ray examination this
morning, and the skigraph will be devel-
oped tomorrow.
Dr. Sem insists that an absolutely GER
tain diagnosis of the case has been made,
and the governor is suffering from gan
stones in the duct. If this is correct the
patients chances of recovery are not con-
sidered very hopeful
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
ROBERTS MAY BIZ ON MARCH
PURSUIT OF THE BOERS HAS NOT
YET DEVELOPED BATTLE AS
WAS EXPECTED
RUMBLE IS AT THABA N'CHU
Believed News of the Real Meaning
of Oppressive silence at the
Front Cannot BE Long
Delayed.

LONDON, April 29.-The total absence
of news from the seat of war in South
Africa during the last twenty-four hours,
1t is presumed, indicates that operations
are progressing which 1t is deemed pru-
tion in the southeastern part of the Free
State can be worked out from the latest
dispatches the main body of the Beers,
composed of the forces recently holding
Thaba N'Chu, Leeuw Kop and Dewets-
dorp, is retiring with view to joining
in the neighborhood of Ladybrand the
commanders from the vicinity of Wepe-
ner, who according to a dispatch from
Aliwal North, dated April 2S, made good
their retreat to Ladybrand. The main
body of the Beers is being followed by
Generals Hamilton, French, Brabant and
Hart, while Rumble also is on the spot.
The British thus have an Overwhelmingly
superior force Of men, and ought to wipe
out the Beers If they succeed in over
taking them and bringing them to bay.
1t may be assumed that the Beers are
to the eastward of line drawn from
Thaba N'Chu to Wepener The retreat,
it seems, is being carried out without
have a good start, and the dispatches
say that they are not hampered much by
transport, and leave no visible wheel
tracks behind them on the veldt. This
initiates against the probability of their
being overtaken, and forced to a decisive
action. While it is possible that news of
such battle may come at any moment
the chances seem even that the retreating
commanders may get away without being
forced to turn and fight.
r SECRET OF CENSOR.
1t is within the range of possibilities
that Lord Roberts, without waiting for
the outcome of these maneuvers, may be-
gin his march northward. This may be
the secret the censor is so jealousy
guarding. The outcome of this interest
sng situation cannot be long delayed.
The news from other points is uninter-
esting and unimportant Sniping and
sheIling continue about Warrenton ap-
parently Intellectual, as no. casualties have
been reported on either side.
A special dispatch from Beira, dated
April q, states that the dispatch of Gen.
Carrington's division to Rhodesia is pro-
ceeding as rapidly as circumstances will
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29

by the explosion, but found two men
standing guard in front of the bank and
one at the rear and could not give an
alarm.
There were five men in the gang, and 1t
is supposed they left on a hand car
i Bloodhounds are being used In an eff
ford to capture them.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
WILL GO TO KENTUCKY.

Mr.. Taylor Leayes-washington for
Frankfort.
WASHINGTON. April 2S.-Republican
Gov. Taylor, of Kentucky, accompanied
by his wife, left this city at 2:15 this aft
ernoon. He left instructions at the hotel
to forward his mail to Frankfort. He
had a short interview with the president
before leaving.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
BoERs CHANGE COURSE.

MASERU, April 2l.-The Beers, number
ing several thousand, who abandoned the
siege of Wepener on Thursday, started in
the direction of Ladybrand, but changed
their course and took the middle road
leading past Thaba Patso mountain and
Lecan river mills, thence towards Thaba
NChu and in the direction OF Winburg.
The Boer guard of the south has been
broken up in consequence of Wepener
now being in the hands of the British.
One of Gen. Hart's wagon trains, which
incumbered the movements, has been
taken charge of by the Basutoland gov--
eminent and moved to Mafeting, where at
present $50 wounded are getting along
vUo
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
STRUNG UP TO A TREE.
NegrO-Ind1an Desperate Lynched
In Missouri.

MARSHALL, Mo-, April 2S-Mindee
Chowgoe, the negro-Indian, who escaped
from Jail here on Thursday night, after
assaulting Sheriff Joseph Wilson and his
little son, and shooting the sheriff's wife
in the arm when she came to their as
sistance, was lynched at 11:30 o'clock to-
night by mob Of angry citizens. The
lynchers forced an entrance to the jail.
meeting with slight resistance at the hands
Of the officers, and dragged the prisoner
out into the jail yard, where he was
strung up to a tree
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29
permit. Seven transports have already
landed troops and stores.
RUMBLE AT THARA NCHU.

THABA NCHU, April 27.-Gen. Run
dies division has arrived here The march
from Dewetsdorp was uneventful. Gen
erals French and Hamilton are also here.
The Beers are reported ten miles to the
southeastward. The mounted force came
In contact with them and had slight
skirmish. The result of the junction of
Gen. French and Gen. Rumble is the
clearance Of the country of Beers at this
point
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11

nent on the pies that it was wicked t.
accept anything less than the ideal
would only retard the march upward.
This is one explanation of the almos,
invariable superiority of the orga MIA
ton of evil forces in any community
over that of those tending toward de-
cency, The former rarely commit ex-
cesses. They run together, and while
all tend gradually down ward there lie
no fanatic among them who wants the
devil to be enthroned at once and pub
licly. They are willing to take the
fruits of their Ill doing in moderate
quantities, hoping to go on unmolested.
But when we look at the other
side, we see different state.
There are motley groups of re
formers,'' each sure that it's little
scheme is q panacea for all the ills
that flesh and pocket are heir to, and
each unwilling to concede anything to
its co-talkers.
There is no necessity for man who
Is striving for principle to make q
fool of himself. II only discredits the
principle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11

HERALD bad at no time any notice
from its employees. or the union, Off
cial or otherwise, that any Of it's
workmen proposed to quit, and no
provision was made to replace any of
the employees. When two men and six
girls failed to report for work ON Mon
day their places were necessarily filed
rs soon as possible. One of the six
HERALD has already set forth its posi-
item in detail; IL does not oppose Or
ganized labor, and does not wish to
be SO represep ted.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11

LYNCHINGS are becoming fewer in
the soush. The decrease is ascribed
TO the increased efficiency of the courts
In many lste cases Of negro outrage,
public notice was given that 8 special
term OF court would be held to try she
case. In Alabama . fortnight. age
two negroes we're legally hanged for
murder. The trial, conviction, and
execution all took place within forty
days OF the commission of the crime
This instance points out way by
which the south, and other sections q:
well. may be spared the infamy of mol
supremacy.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11

ON another page we'reprint today a
very inter estinR interview with one
of the leaders of the Mormon church.
Few people have any idea of the
remarkable vitality of this body. 1t
is ind eed q Church militant" and
members of the ordinary Christian
evangelical churches might learn
some things from q study of their
methods. The religious belief of those
people is most interesting, but it is
their Industrial system, cooperation
perfectly organized and consistently
practiced, that makes the most attrao-
tive study. To those who have lived
much among the Mormons in the
Sierra Madre, the. bishops account
of the Mormon life will sesm accurate
enough. Whatever may be said against
some of the religious teuets of those
people, every one will admit that they
live out their beliefs in their every
days. There is deal of sound
practical philosophy in the statement:
"We believe that religion and means
to Supports ones family 90 hand in
hand. and that mans pie.y is not
complete unless he takes care of his
wife and Children
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11

THE utility of the ansi-expa9pfon
plank which the demopopulisss are
promising themselves and q hungerin g
world, may be questioned. No one
is contemplating any further expan-
sion In the near future and for good or
for evil the history of she past two years
can never be undone. Nor do the
denopopulists ever give any notion of
what they would do II they and their
theories should win. They could give
the islands back to Aguinaldo, q
thrice branded treitor, to the helpless
Filipinos, or throw them into the
worlds arena and let England. Ger
many, Russia and France do battle
for them. This would be an avowsl that
We were too busy, too root bound, too
nerveless TO do'our duty by these islands
thrown into our hands by the fortune s
Of war. The demopopulists talk big
about anti expansion but what do they
mean? They have not a'single definite,
practical plan. They do but appeal
to the prejudices of q certain olsss of
people who always suspect the worst
of success. The demopopulists are
crying loudly and trusting to luck to
get out Of any practical anti expansion,
il they should succeed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11

Or is Interesting to note the wide
spread effects of the extension Of rural
free delivery by the post office depart
ment. IL is eaid that there has been
in many sections g great revival in
road mending, and the farmers have
spent q great deel of money in order to
put the country roads in good condi-
tion, tha at being q precedent to the es-
tablishment of the free delivery sys-
tenn. The post Office may thus become
the direct agent Of bringing about one
of tho most desirable reforms of the
age. The free delivery system means
a great saving to farmers. One Penn
sylvanisp has figured out that the
average farmer loees from half q day
to . whole day each week in going to
the post of'ce for his mail 1t is not
hard to compute a tremendous loss in
the effective working force of the com
N unity resulting from this was.eful
system. The daily visits of the mail
man are a great civilizer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11

BRYAN says that Oregon will be al
right pretty soon, "ss soon as she
und erstapds the issues" Inasnuch as
straight republicanism, expansion
sound money, polled q rousipg good
vote in that strong state, Bryan's
remark muet mean either that he IS
blind and will not see, or that Oregon
has been blind but will come to see
the good of Organism, or that Bryan
has It in mind to turn republican.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11

The Missouri democrats still Insist
on the out-of-dste Chicago platform of
1896, denounce our present sound
money system AZ dangerous and un-
wise, and assert til belief that Bryan
will not be dazzled by wealth and
power. Though the presidency of the
United States is very pleasant posi-
tion and one OF much honor, yet il b rs
never been renowned as sdazzling''
either for wealth or power. In fact
the president lives quite an ordinary
end unpretentious life az far AS it's ex-
ternels 60. His responsibilities are
usually heavier than his purse snd his
power is not exactly car like,
hindered as he is by congress, by his
party, and by the clamoring public
which watches him greedily to see
what mistskes he will make. But u is
well that Brya: will be able to with
stand the dazzle of it all.