The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-02
SUNDAY GLOBE CHANCES.


The Indiana state synod of Presbyterl-
= ans decided last week In favor of a re-
statement of the standardSef belief, such
as will remove s>er correct unhappy or
doubtful expressions, but which shall in
no respect impair the Calvinistic doc
trfne of the church."
The suffering from the heat in the
crowded districts of Chicago, New York
and other large cities is described as be-
ing deplcrable. There is no escape from
the sitting heat for the Wretched poor,
and they sicken and die, especially the
babies, for the want Of good water, food
and air. It is only comparisons with such
conditions as these that the people of st.
Paul and other Minnesota cities can APP
preciate the blessings of a summer where
heat never strikes down people In the
street.
From Spanish proclama ton issued in
1907 the following is taken: The sacred
call Of national independence, rightful
liberty and good government which
should excite in adj but one sentiment di-
reefs US to gather under the same stand
ard" Sounds about as good as President
NcfKnley's ''plain duty" or Criminal
aggression" manifestos.
High collars have some advantages A
woman at Bennington, VT, was saved
from having her throat cut by her hus-
band by wearing one.
Not since her war with Turkey in 1877
has Russia had such an army in the field
The ambition of the Muscovite is for ter
ritory. The completion OF the great trans
Siberian railroad gives her access to the
Pacific ocean and all of the northern
boundary of China, a country which is
ultimately to pass to Russian control, as
certain as she now controls Siberia.
AS a rule suspicious persons are selfish.
They always imagine that others are try
ing to gain some advantage, and they
feel it a duty to balk them How the ex-
istence of this feeling mars the bright
ness of life.
Today, Sept. 2, is the anniversary of
the birth Of John Harvard (160S), the
preacher who endowed the college or uni
versity bearing his name; of John How
ard Q726), the famous English prison phi
lanthropist; of Henry George $3.50,
foremost American thinker, author OF
Poverty and Progress and the most
distinguished advocate of the single tax
theory
The new census of Mexico gives popu-
1ation of 2,491 ,573, four-f1fths of which is
mixed or Indian blood.
It was on Sunday, and Sept. 2. n
1856, that the great London fire broke
out which destroyed 14008 houses and left
200, 600 people homeless 1t ragged for four
days. 1t was in the year following the
great plague.
Tt Is reported that the government will
If this is done a guarantee should be ex-
acted that they will never again join par
ties focking to unknown districts and IN
hospitable regions while there IS plenty
of opportunities for Industrious effort near
civilization.
A judge out in Washington has decided
that it is no crime to swear at a street
car company for changing Its transfer
system so that passengers accustomed 10
old methods were puzzled by the new.
Tt was on Sept 2, 1852, that the Julian
year. expired in England and the dates
went forward eleven days
The theory that the Filipinos and Beers
are holding out until after the election,
when. if Mckinley is elected, they viii
give up and be good, is being industrious
~ circulated by administration orators
and organs There may be a grain of
truth in this, but it's doubtful. Both
peoples are fighting like the Cubans
fought, and many other races. because
the barbarous instinct Is uppermost-
Neither Filipino nor Beer know anything
about American politics, and Cor truth
there's lot of Americans that hardly
know where they are at.
The Russians, having invaded and