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AUTOnOBLE CONTEST,
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mems doubles in which the rivalry between Ta-ry-
town and Torkers viii 5s revived again. Since chs
corpetfng teams represent the Two towns The two
challenge matches IN singles scheduled FOR to
morrow afternoon. and also the 11al OF mixed
doubles
The scores OF yesterdays matches follow;
Mems championship singles lsen1--a1al ro1rd)--H D
Bets beat C. o. NLlard. g. 81
w9u1ens cAa-npI5nsap singles seminal rou1al-Sss
Pauline Lowsrre az Hiss Elizabeth Hale, IS IS
Diminished
Mems doubles (t-st roua5f-Le,toux and Pouch bat
James Thaysr. 2-6. 6-3. o.. Hatc5 and Blrdssye
beat Browusou and Ela5E - 80 1-ooer-sol sra
Todd beat smith and Strong. "a SO
Seri-nnaI rcund-BarU and Nillard 1ear LstouN ard
Pouch. 50 81 Ro6e-srcn and TosT1 oea- Hatch ara
Bir5seye s. "a
Nfxet doubles tser,I-ausI -1un1l-NIss LSVerrs aad
J L Robertson beat Miss ETtrEs and c ; Bar -
rs a.. Mrs Pouch " r. Pouch beat Mss Temple
and c D. MiIa-t 90 60
Wonaen's doubles Caaal r1uadt-N-s- V. q Pouch an6
Mss Marie Marthiasser beat Ms Pauline Lsverrs ana
Miss Miriam Br1ssye. 81 81
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CYCLING.
COOPER FINISHES SECOND TO METERS AND
DEFEATS JACQUELIN

Paris Sept 13.-The Americans made much bet
ter showing at Vincennes to-day in the bicycle
finals. anna teur and professional, for the ExPosi-
ton Grand Prix than on their previous visit
Cooper gaining second place in the professional
I'D Lake third in the amateur Tafuander and
SAM Frenchmen. secured first and second places
in the amateur contest where the prizes were
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LIVE BIRD SHOOT Woy BIZ DR.. WEBBER.

Interstate Park. Long Island. Sept 3 Special
Many well known wing shots were here this after
noon TO see the one hundred bird match between Dr.
A A WCbber. OF Brooklyn. and :. NJ Van Allen.
OF Manhattan The birds we're al fast. Dr. Web
Der won the match by killing g. Van allen vas
two birds behind with a score q s.. Van Allen
was unfortunate IN elcountertns an unusually
large number OF dicult tWtsters and right drivers
7 : Reulsen OF Brooklyn was the referee. and
John Il. Fleming the scorer
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The score OF votes received for each competitor
in the contest viii appear IN this column 70
morrow
New-York tribune., 1900-09-14

Louis Livingston. jr.. the Fox Hills golfer. was
paired with Joseph Chadwick. jr. of Newburg. IN
The forenoon On the home green Chadwick lost his
chance TO win by missing a twelve inch put. This
tied the score and on the extra hole Livingston
won by forty foot put. illustrating the Importance
this part OF the game plays in a big match, The
cards:
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: B.-Your request has been granted and the
name has been stricken from the list
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
SUNDAY. AUG. 10. 1900.
WOcLEN MILLS IN MONTANA

a.
The preparation for the establishment
of large wooden mills in Montana is of
some economic significance. 1t is in
fuenced by the same considerations
that led to the building of big cotton
mills in the South, and the chief con-
slderation Is the reduction Of cost to the
minimum. Long before the movement
South began the New England cotton
manufacturers had reached the con-
didon in business where fractions Of a
cent In cost had to be religiously watch
ed They had reduced operating expenses
In every conceivable direction as far as
possible and this included the lowering
of wages to bedrock No further re-
duction in wages could be made without
bringing or great strikes that would tie
up the industry. Still the manufacturers
wanted more profit. and they could get
1t only by reducing expenses in some
way. As they already had the latest i'm
proved machinery they naturally saw only
two items offering a chance of further
economy, labor and transportation The
finished cotton goods of the New England
mills found an immense market in the
South and contiguous territory, and the
raw cotton was being transported north
only to be carried south and southwest
again in the shape Of finished cloth. This
appeared an item of waste, and although
IT involved only a few cents in a con-
siderable amount. it appeared large to
the manufacturers who were accustomed
TO figure profits and loss on such slight
basis, frequently, as lie of a cent per
yard To them 1t rightly appeared true
economy to locate In the cotton belt and
save transportation charges on the raw
material But the item of labor was of
more immediate Importance Where
cents could be saved In doing away with
some transportation, dollars could be cut
from the monthly pay roll, and this
economy would be surer to obtain until
the conditions OF living among the work
Ing people of the South should be raised
immense cotton mills have been in opera.
ton in tho South for some years, and all
of the testimony is to the effect that the
expectations Of the manufacturers have
been fully realized. After a while, no
doubt, The general wage scale will have
TO DC raised somewhat. but in any event
tho modern cotton mills of the South will
continue to have marked advantage
Dver the Now England industry.
If it pays best TO operate cotton mills
where cotton grows, why should not 1t
be true economy to establish wooden mills
pear tho tnmense sheep ranches? APP
parently, there IS more reason in this
movement of WOODEN manufacturers
westward than there is in the establish
nent OF cotton mills southwark, because
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of the geography of the market for fin
ished goods. More wooden goods are sold
west of Chicago than east of that city,
where most of the wcolen mills are To-
Gated at present. whereas the advantage
in economy of distribution of Southern
cotton goods disappears at the Missis-
sippi river. 1t is probable that to points
north of st. Louis and west of the Mis-
sissippi the New England mills can
market their product advantageously in
competition with the Southern mills But
so far as is concerned cloth from West
ern wool made where the sheep are
sheared, the market covers the immense
Northwest. Middle West and Southwest,
every point of, which Is closer to the
sheep ranches by several hundred miles
than to the Eastern wooden mills.
Therefore, while the Industrial scnti-
ment indicated by the establishment OF
wooden mills in Montana will crafty the
West. 1t should rot surprise those who
are in the habit of observing economic
movements. It shows good business in
stinct and Is merely an incident in the
contest among rival manufacturers to
determine which shall be the fittest to
survive
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19

steaders employed by the big lumber
firms in Northern Minnesota, this ruling
Will prove veritable gold mine, and it
is safe to predict that within the next
rev months the state land office will be
deiuged with notices of contests of the
states swamp and other lands-contests
promoted by speculative land attorneys
and the agents of lumber firms who. for
years past, have made a lucrative busi-
ness over bolstering UP the pretended
homestead claims and entries of a swarm
OF professional squatters and entrymen
who sit on claim after claim at the di-
rection of their employers.
According to the homestead entries on
record at the Duluth land office, the three
counties of st. Louis, Lake and Cook are
uncomfortably crowded with farms and
farmers. Valuable mineral and timber
lands have been secured under the pre-
tense that they were agricultural lands
and they have been held long enough to
remove the timber and then abandoned
The general land office has in hundreds
of cases deprived the state of Minnesota
of lands to which it has been justly en-
titled, for the benefit of these timber
pirates, and this recent ruling by Com
missioner Hermann is no more than might
be expected from the officials of the
general land office.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
UTILIZING CONVICT LABOR.

One of the social and economic oues-
lions which has remained at the fore
front Of public discussion for great
number of years is that of prison labor.
The public problem involved has been a
serious one at all times; and until re-
cent years there did not seem to exist
any but the crudest ideas as to its solu-
ton. In recent years, however, thanks
entirely to organized labor, it has re-
ceived careful and continued considera-
ton, and will continue to attract public
attention until its final solution has been
found
There is no restatement Of the prob
lem needed here. 1t is simple in itself.
1t involves the utilization of the labor of
the convict with the most advantageous
results to himself and to the state. These
results are not attainable as long as any
class OF free society is made to suffer
in any interest by the employment of tho
convicts. Yet the entire difficulty in
heres in the undertaking to, in the broad
er sense, probably employ convicts with
out injuriously affecting those citizens
Of the state who pursue callings similar
to those in which the convicts are en-
gagged.
1t is of course generally acknowledged
that the employment of convicts in state
work operates less inequitably than to
have them engaged in production for
private consumption, since. theoretically
at least, all citizens partake of the gain
to the state which is involved in having
a given undertaking on behalf of the
state carried out at the reduced cost
which attends the employment of con-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
THE CURFEw BEL RINGING.

The latest village to adopt the curfew
ordinance forbidding children on the
streets after a certain hour in the even
ing is La Crosse, Wis. In due time La
Crosse will discover, as others have al
ready, that, in trying to relieve parents
cipline, it has detached larger piece
than can be readily masticated.
1t may not be realized that each time
curfew law is passed 1t amounts to an
assertion that the character of children
as whole Is becoming worse and worse,
until some sort Of municipal control over
the youngsters is called for. But that
is as near the logic of the action as is
anything else. The children make the
nation by and by, and successive gen.
erations Of children have given the ma
1t is a pretty good country, and has
been improving, rather than otherwise.
The adults who have charge of affairs
now were children once, and they are, no
d
ordinance applied to them during child
hood would not have improved them any.
Yet it would appear that within gener-
alton the children have grown so bad
that parents must have the assistance of
the police in maintaining discipline
If parental discipline is so poor just
now as TO menace society it is truly a
cause for grave concern, and surely no
one attempts to justify the curfew ordI-
nance on other ground than that of So
cial necessity. If the best interest of
society demands certain reform, and if
the wisest way to obtain the reform is
through curfew law, then the latter
is justified But no such reasoning has
appeared. No one has shown that the
children of today are any different from
those Of the past, or that they are on
the streets more. There has simply been
a sudden discovery on the part of some
village councils that parents are incom-
petent to properly guide their children
and need help. If this logical deduction
from the curfew business were sound
there would be no salvation in a little
ordinance sending the young ones home
at o'clock in the evening. 1t would
not commence 10 remedy the defect, for
incompetent parents would work their
mischief on the children before the bell
rang. and would do it in other ways than
permitting them to frequent the public
streets.
The curfew bell does nothing itself, and
is only reminder to parents that they
have forgotten how to raise children.
When the parents gather the significance
and are heard from the bell will stop
ringing.
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POWERS, CONVICTION.

The result of the first Of the prosecu-
lions directed against the men suspected
Of the murder of Gov. Goebel is very sig
nificant to the other defendants It means
almost certain conviction In all the other
cases. Youtsey, who, the dispatches say,
will be disposed of next, has been proven
guilty beyond all reasonable doubt by the
evidence introduced in the case of Caleb
Powers.
The only circumstance which might oc-
character Of the conspiracy existing
among those who opposed the Inaugural
ton of Gov. Goebel, and comprised his
death, is the one that the band of noun
tain men who descended on the state
capital and stacked their arms in the
capitol grounds made profession of a de-
sire merely to prevent violation of the
law. 1t is upon that circumstances that
the defense has rested its hope through
out
Doubtless there were many even among
the lawless band which thus confronted
recognized authority with armed force
who believed that they were doing their
duty as citizens. But the men who put
those puppets In motion had no such de-
lusion They intended 1t as a preliminary
to the murder Of all who stood in their
path toward the offices which they were
so 10th to surrender.
Was there an Immediate and express
conspiracy to murder Gov Goebel, if he
could not be gotten out of the way other
wise than by assassination? Were the
men who have been arrested parties to
that conspiracy? The evidence shows that
there was a conspiracy to engage in a
general massacre of Democratic members
of the legislature. That this plan was not
carried out Is due to the advice and CO.
operation of the men who chose the
murder of Goebel as the most available
way out of the political difficulty which
surrounded them. Who those men were
the evidence has shown. Taylor, the then
governor of the state, was one of them
as surely as was Youtsey or Powers He
has been, saved from the punishment
which will surely come to some, If not
all of his confederates, through the in
tervention of his party associates. But
the record which is being made now of
the facts attending the murder Of Goebel
will remain to confront him If ever again
he is brought within the clutches of the
law.
The composition of the jury in Powers
case, regarded from the standpoint of
party politics, can leave but little doubt
as to the justice of the verdict reached.
The time consumed in reaching an agree
ment, not occupying quite an hour, adds
to the belief that the evidence must be
of the most convincing character which
would produce such a result under such
circumstances.
The man who actually killed Gov. Goe-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
-oRsEs IN wan

While we read a good deal about the
suffering of men In war, little is said
about horses. During the Spanish Amer
lean war Cara Barton, of the Red Cross,
said in one of her reports
81 have often said that among the
shocking and heartrending scenes of the
battlefield, the screams Of the wounded
horses linger more painfully In my ears.
II possible than the means of the wound
ed men"
Further evidence Of the unspeakabIy
terrible suffering of horses in war Is told
by Julian Ralph the American cor
respondent, who was In South Africa re-
porting the Boer war until incapacitated
by wound himself. In letter describ-
ing the advance into the Orange Free
State, he said:
81 saw ahead Of me swarm of vul-
lures soaring in as thick cloud as If
they had been moths AS I drew near
great. On the ground. where there were
two score waddling about, they seemed
even larger. They marked the outer
edge or the great and horrid field Of car
mage Many dead horses lay on the
veldt, and these birds were eating some
and perching on the backs of Others. OF
all the pttifuf, heart-rending sights
have ever seen, none was compared to
this view of hundreds upon hundreds of
dead and dying horses of this one hun
dred miles of wars promenade.
The poor beasts had done no man any
harm-in fact. each one had been q
mans reliance-and to see them SKATER
ed by she'll and then ripped open by vul-
lures, often before they We're dead, was
enough to- snap the tenderest cords Of
ones. breast. d For some reason hundreds
had dragged themselves to the main road
and there had died either in the track
Of the wagons, or by the side''
The suffering is not all from wounds
The whip is numerically used upon
horses pulling heavy wagons and cannon
along bad and dusty roads. And they
suffer from thirst and insect pests.
"In the good time coming,
Nations shall not quarrel then.
To prove which is the stronger;
Nor slaughter men for glery's sake.
Wait a little longer"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
JERRY's SHIRT WAISTS.

Wichita (Kan.) Correspondent Chicago
Times-Herald
An inexhaustible source Of popular won
derment Is Jerry Simpson.
Now he has run the gannut from tho
extreme Of rural attire to the rltra-fash-
ionable shirt waist.
The Medicine Lodge statesman spoke
here Yesterday, appearing In one OF those
SORT nuny, cool creations, which until
recently were to be found only In the
wardrobe Of woman. The garment b
Just been imported from the East
It's fine thing for political speak
said Mr.. simpson, land just what
have needed. do not wear II for
but for comfort. expect 10 wesI
during the campaign Then, thlnL
perhaps OF some OF the jibes on the O
closure of his lack Of footgear sevsr
years ago. he added:
Not tho same one. because I hRV
several. I shall urge my friends to wear
them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
A DANGEROUS RULING.

The Hon. Binger Hermann, commission
er OF the general land office, recently
made ruling to the effect that a home
steader, who COMMITTED his entry by resi-
ding on his homestead for fourteen
months, and then paid the government
$1.25 per acre for the land. is allowed,
under the land laws of the United States,
to make another or second homestead en-
try, but he cannot make third entry.
Under this ruling it is possible for a
citizen of the United States to secure
two homesteads of 16o acres each by COM
muting his first entry. And Commission
er Hermann also rules that if home
steader has lost or forfeited a homestead
entry from any cause. he shall be al
lowed to make another entry.
It Is to lust such rulings as this that
the enormous waste of the public lands
of the United States is due. And 1t is due
to the policy that led to such a ruling
that the state 81 Minnesota has lost hun
dreds of thousands Of acres of It's lands.
To the swarm Of professional home
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
SOME ADVANTAGES OF MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP

Inc city Of Glasgow, Scotland, has own
ed Its street railway system. consisting
of eighty-three miles Of track. ten miles
OF which are operated by electricity Ac-
cordlng to the official report for the year
ending July 1. 1900, the total number of
passengers carried during the year was
IL, 62S. 4S4. of which number IA, S35, 1858 were
carried on the electric lines. The gross
receipts for the year were 81, 3349, 900, and
the operating expenses, including taxes
and Insurance. were $1.72S,OdO. leaving
balance of ss26,OOo. After deducting
rentals of leased lines. interest on capital,
the annual sinking fund payment and
certain amount on account of deprecia-
ton of plant the net surplus profits on
the year were 500, 900.
The average fare paid by all passen-
gers was slightly under ~ cents.
The operating expense Of the horse
traction lines was 1888 per cent of the
gross receipts.
The operating expense of the electric
lines was 45.15 per cent of the gross re-
ceipts.
During the year the wages of all en-
ployes were increased "a cents per week,
the advance amounting in the aggregate
to $4,000 in wages for the year.
During the year the sum of $3.50 was
contributed by the management for the
insurance Of employees IN friendly socie-
ties
ALI employees who have served for
twelve months receive five days vacation
with pay each year. :
Without venturing to assert that the
municipal ownership of street car lines in
the city of st. Paul is altogether desira-
Bile at this time, the above facts are well
worth the serious consideration of all
classes Of our citizens The most strik-
ing point is the low rate of fare charged
under municipal ownership in the city of
Glasgow as compared with the rate of
way company. and this, too, notwith-
standing the fact that in st. Paul cleo
tricity is the motive power on all lines,
while in Glasgow it is only used on less
than one-eighth of the system. IT, as
stated in this report, the cost of operat-
ing by electricity is so much less than the
cost of operating by horse traction, the
Twin City Rapid Transit company should
be able to make lower rate of fare than
does the city of Glasgow.
1t Is such facts as these that will force
upon the people of the Twin Cities, u1ti-
mately, the necessity for some sort of
control and regulation of the rapid tran
sit facilities Of ST. Paul and Minneapolis
1t is true sthat the Twin City system Of
street railways is a vast Improvement on
the old horse. car service, but it is. not
by any means the most perfect system
in the United States. and 1t must be re-
membered that the substitution of cleo
tricity for horse power Is just as liable to
reduce the cost of operating in st. Paul
and Minneapolis as it is in the city Of
Glasgow, and that the Glasgow people en-
joy fare of ~ cents while the people Of
the Twin Cities pay a-tfive-cent fare now
lust as they d;1 in tho davc If borca oorS
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NEW YORK-Arrived: St Louis. from
Southampton; European. from. London;
Trave, from Bremen. Sailed: Mesaoa,
London; Laui'ntian, Glasgow; Staat-
endam, Rotterdam via BOulogne; Eft
rurla, Liverpool; Astoria, Glasgow.
LIVERPOOL - Arrived: Bowie, New
York; Campania, New York. Sailed:
Georgia, New York; Umbria, New York
GENOA-Arrived: Vera, New York via
Naples.
Observation-Disclosures: Columbia, New
York.
ANrW'BRP-saied: Southwark, New
York
BREMEN Sailed: Grosser Kurfurst,
New York
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. not known to the public. Whether
n us 'uentity will be made known through
me trial Of Youtsey may be doubted.
Du' 'fere is ample reason to believe that
MS identity Is well established and will
"'o"ed as soon as any good result
al NC hooked for from the avowal. Mean
WINE Is to be hoped that the other
members of this foul ana bloody con-
Spiracy will be soon confronted by the
ahiplest punishment which the law allows
for their crimes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Standard OH company, which is
the greatest of ell the trusts because It
has greater monopoly than any other,
is declaring dividends this year at the
rate of 48 per cent on it's S100, 100000 of
common stock. The statement IS enough
to set one thinking. If a successful trust
can make money at this rate, what limit
can be put to its power of extension and
eXtortion?