The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-15
SATURDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

The advent of really cold weather will
De followed by fires, due to forcing heat
ing appliances. An examina ton of these
as well as electric light wires, may save
good deal Of money this winter, not
to speak of comfort
Some fool called out fire in a crowd
ed hall in Chicago the other afternoon.
1T was at a scent show, with about
LOU women and children present In an
instant after the false alarm there was
mass of struggling children and women
making wild dash for the stairway
Ihe smaller children We're thrown down
under the feet of the stronger, and many
or them hurt by being tramDIed upon.
fortunately no one was killed.
The navy needs 5000 sailors to properly
man the new ships, and men are slow
in enlisting for sea service. Perhaps a.
draft will be necessary.
1t is reported that Secretary Hay says
he will resign his job as secretary of
state unless the senate Fatiies the So
called Hay-Pauncefote treaty. 1t is
probably newspaper yarn, but never
theleSs any public servant who sets his
opinion above the sentiments and wishes
OF his people is not a fit public servant
1t Will be remembered that President
Mckinley declared in favor of free trade
with Porto Rico, and was fully Endorsed
by the press and public. Suddenly and
without giving his reasons he changed
front and forced congress to change with
him.
Cen A. F. Marsh, former inspector gem
eral of the Michigan State Guard was
convicted of conspiracy to swindIe the
state He was sentenced to prison, but
Gov Pingree pardoned him on condition
that he pay a 5000 fine, in annual in
stallments of $1,000 each. He paid the
first installment, and now asks if lie pays
the other $4,000 can he get 3 per cent dis
count 1t is quite evident the general
is unable to see his moral cbliquiLv in
the proper light, and it looks as if the
governor saved his friend from prison
disgrace for political reasons.
New York dispatch says five little
cockleshells of the navy are to travel
more than 1900 miles to Manila. The
flagship of this mosquito fleet will be
the gunbcat Annapolis, and her con-
sorts will be the gunboat Vicksburg, the
converted yacht Frolic, and the tugboat is
Wompatuck and Piscataqua. The larg-
est is 1000 tons, and the smallest geo.
They are scarcely more than large tugs.
They go to the Philippines to cruise near
shore and in rivers to help put down the
rebellion.
One woman, Mrs Evangeline Hearth
was elected to the Colorado legislature
Now the woman suffragists of the state,
and they have the woman vote that gave
the legislature to the Republicans. de-
clare that Mrs. Hearth should he elected
speaker of the house. So the spoils of
power are sought even by the women
who propose to purify politics"
The allied forces in Climatic United
States honorablySexcep doing all
they can to convince the Chinese that
Christian civilization is another name foI.
barbarism. From all accounts they are
looting, pillaging, ravishing and massa-
creing whole villages and making a desc
lation of the fields they traverse Since
the peace conference of The Hague a few
months ago more barbarous war, con
Quoted on the lines of brutality that give
a tragic gloom to the dark ages has
been waged by the Christian nations
than for many years Decentralization
(Wis.) Democrat.
Today, Dec. 49, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1884, of Jerome Bonaparte,
youngest brother of Napoleon; of Roche
foucau ld, in 1913, French author of f,e
| celebrated "Maxims.'
Even if this country spends a few hun
dred million dollars digging the Nicara-
guam canal the Panama canal will be
built, too, by France and other Euro
pean countries.
The friends of Nicely, the Cuban swim
dler, declare that as the constitution did
not follow the flag to Cuba, It will be un-
| constitutional to try him for his crimes
e hat
| ball games played by the leading colleges
during the season just closed exceeded
$500, 000 These are astonishing figures
compared with baseball receipts. Foot
ball is only played about six weeks, while
baseball runs through six months IF
baseball had not degenerated into a spec
ulators and swindlers' system it might
be as popular as football.
The f'green terror" is what absinthe is
now called in France. The sale this wear
is estimated at 100000 quarts. Already
it has killed its thousands. GUY de
Maupassant, Alfred de Musset, Baude-
laire, who translated Poe's works into
French; Theodore Barriere, Andre Gill
the artist, and a host of other men of
letters and of genius, burned their brains
away with the green fame and died mis-
| cradle Deaths Even four years ago, be-
fore the habit had reached half its pres
| ent strength. Henri Rochefort started a
crusade against its use. In his appeal to
the people he ssahf "Absinthe is the bane
of the nation, and is killing France. :
The house of deputies a week ago passed
| a bill forbidding its manufacture.
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In accordance with the message of Gov
Allen. read to Porto Rico's house of dele
gates, which convened Dec, 3, tomorrow
the island will be free from military
| rule. This is the paragraph declaring it.:
seYou are today the masters of your own
future. Dec Is the military department
of Porto Rico will disappear All United
States soldiers, except the small force
needed to care for permanent fortified
lions. viii have left the island, and for