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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
HEARD IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Letter From the Wife of Minister
COnEer's Secretary


COnEer's Secretary.
Mrs. F. D. Hamilton, of z742 Stevens
avenue Minneapolis, is a sister Of Mrs.
w. h. cambridge, wife of the private
secretary to Minister Conger. now in Pc.
Kin Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Bainbridgs
correspond constantly, and one can form
good estimate of how serious the Boxer
trouble was considered in China. befors
Fekin was endangered, by peruslng her
letters. The last one Mrs. Hamilton re-
celVed was dated Pekin, June l. When
seen Dy the Times last evening, regard
ing this letter, Mrs. Hamilton said:
The last time I heard from my sister
was on or about July 4, and the letter
was written June /, or about q week be-
lore the Boxers reached Pekin- I am
sorry TO say that the letter Is in the nos
session OF my father, Rev James Simus.
at council Bluffs, To-, so I can't show 81
70 you, but remember distinctly all Mra.
cambridge said about the war. The tone
OF the letter showed that trouble was
anticipated, but It was evident that the
legations were not worrying much over II.
On the other hand, Mrs. Bainbridge was
troubled, for She said that she had not
been able to sleep we'll for two weeks
through thinking Of the rioters. She said
that the legation had called on the com
manoer Of the Newark a day or two
Garner, and that the marines had march
ed into Pektn few hours before she sat
down to write.
Regarding the defenses Of the iega-
tions, my sister said that she had no
doubt that the trouble could soon be put
down. She spoke Of the strong force OF
marines with absolute confidence. and al
so laid stress on the fact that there vera
two or three cannon within the COM
pounds of the legations. The remainder
toll
regarding the amusements and pastimes
OF the foreign inhabitants Of the city
"A rev days before received the LET
ter from my sister, my father had one
from Mr.. cambridge, which was sent to
me for peTusal. In this letter the situa-
ton was spoken Of as being critical. tha
fact was mentioned that the streets ad-
Joining the legations We're being patrollsd,
but Mr.. cambridge said in so many
words that the trouble could easily be-
quelled by the forces from the ships of
war. He dwelt at great length on the
cannons at the disposal Of the foreign
ers, and said that II the rioters ever
struck Pekin they would be blown of
the face of the earth.
Mr.. cambridge spoke Of the antiquat-
ed arms the Chinese used in their war
with Japan, and evidently took It for
granted that the Boxers would be even
In worse plight than the regular army
were during that strife. The one thing
that gave me any uneasiness was the
fact that he spoke Of a possibility OF
treachery within the city itself. In al
his preceding letters he appeared to have
the greatest confidence in the Chinese
people, mean such confidence as ons
places in a child. He often mentioned
the fact that strangers were hooted on
the streets, but said that in China the
words foreign devils meant no moro
than the boots Of the street arabs when
a Chinaman in national costume passes
by"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
THE TRUE SOUTHERN PROBLEM.

The events of the past week in New
Orleans are certain to bring up again
the great question Of the relation of the
races in the South, and the duty which
the Southern whites owe to themselves, to
the negroes and to the country in re-
spect of their treatment Of the black race.
Gen. GrOsvenor, in the current issue
of the Forum, takes up the question and
discusses 1t with a good deal of the spir-
1t of liberation toward the Southern
whites, circumstance which, In view
Of the generals prominence as a member
of the Republican party, Is In itself very
gratifying. Gen. Grosvenor recognizes
the indisputable fact that the whites
have set themselves to the work of dis
franchising the negroes in the South.
That, he says, is the meaning of recent
legislation In Louisiana, Mississippi and
South Carolina And ne is right in his
conclusion. 1t Is the plain purpose, plain
ly avowed, to disfranchise the negro I'm
these and other Southern states. Gen.
Grosvenor asks: "Why should 1t be in
sisted on that this race, which has suf
fered so much, so long and SO patiently.
and made such rapid strides toward a
better condition, shall now be disfran-
chised?' The answer Is alI-suficient tn
the Southern mind, and Is becoming mora
| and more so to the American people gen.
orally: Because they should never have
been enfranchised"
The difficulty is not now the enfran-
| chlsement or the Acknowledgement of the
negroes in the South. 1t Is a much
broader affair. The difficulty is the ne
gro himself. He has no place In the
a foreign substance. He is allowed no
place in It's social system. and time will
| show that in the South, as in the North.
he can have nc place in its economic or
| Industrial life
The real problem with the South is how
to get rid of the negro. 1t is now rec
! ognized that as long as he prevails In
| such states as Tennessee, North Carroll
ma, Kentucky, and other of the border
states, white immigration is to all intents
made impossible to any considerable ex-
tent His white brother is at war with
him. He seeks to drive the negro away.
All the strife and bloodshed which take
place from time to time have but that
meaning in the last event The question
really is, not how to prevent the negro
from voting, but how to get rid of him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30

That is the proposition, and will uld-
mately represent the only proposition
with which the South will concern itself.
The doom of the negro as a factor in
political life has been sounded in the
South Republicans In congress or out
may regard the subject as they will. That
Is the accomplished fact. It will but en-
bitter the subject to engage in the seri-
Gus consideration Of the proposal to linn
1t the representation of the South in con-
gress and the electoral college by reason
of that disfranchisement. But for even
such a result the South Is prepared, as
the G o b has had occasion to point out
in the past. Rather than that the negro
shall have anything whatever to say
about the government of Southern COM
munities, the white man Is willing to suf
fer any penalty which the laws or the
constitution dictate. Penalty or no pen
atty, the negro in the South will be ex-
cluded everywhere in the South in time
from the ballot box. Who will say, with
the knowledge whichvthirty years have
brought with them, that the white man
is not right and just to the negro, as
well as to himself, in having come to this
determination?
Tia negro problem in the South today
Is one which has chiefly to do with the
| deportation of the colored man. With
this alone 1t will have to do within a
very few years. The education, technt-
| cal and scholastic, Of the negro Is all
right in itself. But the South is becom-
ing insistent- And from present appear
| ances, If there is no other way of getting
rid of the colored man, the white man
will make his life so intolerable in time
that he himself will regard his departure
from the South as the easiest and wisest
solution Of the dangers and difficulties
which surround him in his present home
in the Southern states.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
STORIES OF THE STREET.

c. H Orr of the state auditors Office
had q peculiar experience Saturday.
While riding to the union depot a lady
lost her pocketbook In one of the loop
cars and did not discover its loss until
she had entered the union depot. She
made known her plight to Mr.. Orr, who,
with the gallantry Of a Chesterfield,
sought the street car and secured the
lady's pocketbook after a brief search
The lady had, however, proceeded on her
way to Wisconsin, but he wired her OF
the recovery Of her purse. The pocket
book contained SIS In cash and check
for SIS drawn on st. Paul bank.
A story is related in the Philadelphia
Press of a Harvard university graduate
who went back to Cambridge after num-
Der Of years absence and asked to be al
lowed to inspect his old room. He was
granted the privilege, and as he looked
around he was heard to exclaln: yes,
same old picture; same old lounge; same
old mantelpiece; same old view from the
window" and then opening a door and
seeing a young woman standing inside,
whom an undergraduate at once explain
ed as my cousin from the country" the
old graduate continued: yes, same old
lie'
w. H Young, prominent mining man
of Butte, Mont, who started in life as a
civil engineer, told the following story of
an experience he once had in his early
days. I'VE were building the line Of the
Northern Pacific railroad" said Mr..
Young, "and were running 1t through
as rapidly as possible. Where we had
the right Of way. we'll and good, and
where, for any reason. We had them
not, we'll and good also; for we none
the less went ahead with the line, trust
ing to our ability to settle with the own
ers of the land afterward I was IN
charge Of the advance guard, and at
Mullen. Idaho. we run across the ground
Of a funny little justice Of the peace
named Meagher. Meagher promptly ar
rested me for the purpose, as he explain
ed, Of holding me as hostage until he
could get service on President Cakes.
Being unable to accomplish this praise
worthy purpose he set a Gate for my
trial, and 1 engaged 'BilT Stoll to defend
me.
Meagher, J. P, presiding and In the
course of it Stoll, to emphasize and back
up his contentious in my behalf, began
reading impressively and at length from
a ponderous volume which he had brought
into court with him. Meagher, ]. p,
however. interrupted him with, And
phwat is that you're afther readin' from,
Misther StohleT That. may 1t please
your honor returned William, with great
dignity, that Is a volume containing the
decisions of the supreme court of Idaho
Politely, but with ominous calmness,
Meagher then directed: 'Yez may sit
down Misther Stohle. At numerous and
divers times continued the learned JUS
tice, the shuprame coort Of Idayho has
taken it upon itself to revarse a noomber
of my decaysions, and in my toorn now
revarse this decaysion of the shuprame
coort Of Idayhoo.' And I'm blessed if he
didn't concluded Mr.. Young, with re-
miniscent sigh.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30

Ketcham. "a place in your department"
The secretary looked at his visitor m
tently, and said, in a lower tone:
The civil service rules cover all ap-
peintments under $1,000 or $3.50 year.
Mr.. ketcham removed his hand from
his right ear and replied:
THAT will be satisfactory. He will not
expect more than 1920 a year"
Mr.. Gage was growing desperate.
Il tell you" he fairly yelled. II can't
do anything for your man. There Is no
use bringing him down -herew
'All right" said the imperturbable
congressman. rising. 'T bring him
down. and out he walked, leaving the
secretary in q state of collapse.
Sure enough. a day or two later, the
deaf man walked in with a constituent.
Here Is my friend that you prom
ised to place. he said
Good Lord!' said Gage (and up went
the others hand), didn't 1 tell you
could do nothing, absolutely nothingT'
''Hey?"
Didn't I tell you not to bring your
man here, because 1 had no place for
him.
mo; you said you would give him g.
place at about 81, 200; so 1 sent for him
and here he Isl
The secretary was in despair. He look
ed the congressman in the FACET was a
blank. In sheer desperation he tapped
a bell for an assistant told the latter to
take the constituent to Mr.. B, and.
If possible, to find him q place. The
congressman shook hands all around,
and departed with an expression Of be-
nevolence on his countenance.
The man got fairly good place. The
congressman is still rather deaf. The
secretary-well he has his own suspi-
ciOns
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
Counting THE BULLETS
DESPERATE STRAITS OF AMER
ICAN WOMEN IN PEKIN RE-
YEALED IN LETTERS
EXCITING TIMES IN PEK1N
Minneapolis Woman Gets a Letter
From Her Sister, Whose Hus-
band Is COnEer's Pri-
vate Secretary.

CHICAGO, July 2s.-Mrs. W. s. Wood
ward. Of Evanston, when she wrote the
last letter received by her husband from
Pekin, was armed with five shot re-
volver. 1t was her intention. according
to the letter, If the band in the legation
building were attacked to use the first
three cartridges on the assailing Chinese.
Then. if, with what other defenders were
doing, the Boxers were not repulsed. she
had decided to kill her daughter, Lone,
with one of the remaining bullets and
shoot herself with the last, so they would
not fall alive into the hands of the Box
ers.
This piece Of news was contained in the
letter written by Mrs. Woodward June rs
last, after she and her daughter had
made a futile attempt to escape from
Pekin.
She further stated that the marines had
been ordered UP by Minister Conger and
that news had been received of the land.
ing Of the relief force. thus showing that
she still had hopes that they might be-
saved.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
SOME COUNTY POLITICS.

There Is q certain clique in the Repub-
lican party that will be satisfied If either
Harry Hardick, M. N. Goss or Coroner
Nelson gets the nomination for sheriff on
the Republican ticket. On the other hand.
however, the leaeers are working hard
to have some prominent German nominal
ed, as they are afraid that they will not
be able to win unless they do. This senti-
ment among the two different factions is
likely to bring on fractional fight among
the Republican politicians, and may force
them to nominate man that is not a
favorite.
1t is rumored that John H Schulze, the
present abstract clerk, is only pretending
to make fight for the nomination of
register of deeds, and that he is only do
ing 1t as play to make himself solid for
denomination for his present job.
Rukard Hurd is pulling his wires for
the nomination Of representative to the
legislature from the Seventh ward.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30

capable of limitation, has been admitted
into the newest dictionary.
The average duration of marriages in
England is % years; in France and Ger
many, rs; Norway. "a; Russia, 80.
Young snakes are born with fangs and
poison glands in full perfection, and are
dangerous even before tasting food.
For 300 years Mexico has produced one
third of all the silver that was mined
The production at present is worth more
than $6O,0OO,OG0 annually.
Oysters can not live in the Baltic sea
The reason is that It is not salt enough
They can only live In water that con-
tains at least 81 parts of salt In every
1000 parts of water.
Instead Of preaching the usual Sunday
evening sermons a Clergyman in Chap
man. Kas., commands the attention Of
his congregation by reading to them in
stallments of a continued story, of which
he Is the author
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
MONDAY. JULY 80, 1900.
THAT NEW LAW SCHOOL.

Inc establishment of a law school In
st. Paul, as contemplated, is to be RAJ
garded as an extraordinary, If not an en-
tlrely superfuous, undertaking. It is
hard to understand the need of such an
institution, especially in this city, when
we have what is concededly one OF tra
best equipped training schools for the
profession Of the law established In anv
state right at our doors The University
Law school is an excellent one in the
opportunities for instruction which It of
fers. If there is any criticism to be made
concerning it, it Is the one which applies
TO all professional law schooIg-that II
has the privilege, through a certificate or
graduation, of launching on the world as
practicing lawyers those who neither bv
learning nor natural aptitude have anv
real fitness for the calling.
There are altogether too MANY 1ewvers
In the world. There Is less need of them
today than there ever was before. and
there is infinitely less opportunity even
for the best equipped and qualified man
TO make a living In the calling. Plenty
OF excellent lawyers are wasting their
lives IN this community and elsewhere to-
day for lack of opportunity to utiaze
their abilities or learning with advantage
to themselves or others. The old saw
about there being room at the ton ia all
nonsense In view Of the conditions which
prevail in the practice of the profession
The concentration which is going on
every day in the various callings has dis
pensed with the need Of about four out
OF i've of the number of lawyers who
could find profitable occupation ten or
fifteen years ago. He who is not able
through association or otherwise. to COM
mend himself to some one or more cor
porahons for employment must indeed be-
either very shrewd or a very unscrupu-
lous man if he is able to win such returns
pecuniarily from the practice of law as
to compensate him for the intellectual
effort and the weight of responsibility
which are involved in the capable and
conscientious practice Of the profession.
There is a great deal of vulgar preju-
dice against lawyers. They are looked
on by the unthinking in every community
as in some sense marauders. If the truth
were known it would be found, however.
that the lawyers have just enough up-
rightness and sense of duty to utterly fail
in meeting the demands which are neda
upon them by those who are most prone
to criticise them. 1t is doubtful whether
lawyer was ever found to be a suf1-
GENTLY scoundrelt to meet the
demands that are made on him from
tine to time by clients
1t is wrong to offer any additional in
oucements to young men at this time to
pack their future In the law. The occu-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
A HUMANE Policy.

Those who know anything of the char
acter of the buildings in which prisoners
have been confined. especially in the
smaller communities Of the state, viii de-
rive much pleasure from the reflection
that the state board Of charities has
taken the subject of the construction OF
county jails under its immediate con-
stderation. Modern progress and enlight-
eminent demand much more than ever
has been thought necessary in connec-
ton with the confinement of delinquents.
There are many counties in the state
in which the county seat is still no more
than a small community, in which the
provision made for OBTAINING prisoners Is
of the most primitive character. In most
of these communities, where it happens
that bail is not available for the accused,
1t is necessary to keep prisoners in con-
fnement for many months in succession.
The terms of court in such counties are
often not more frequent than twice q
year, and in certain of them there is but
one term held. In such cases where the
arrest is made at the end of one term
the greatness Of the hardship to the &C.
| cused of a long period of Imprisonment
is hardly conceivable. The trial may re-
| suit in acquittal, as 1t often does, and
| there is no compensation that can be Of
| fered to the victim for his continued de-
| tention. In such cases the Jail Is usually
little more than a howell, without even
| the most elementary understanding Of
| hygienic requirements shown in It's con-
| sary the establishment Of proper require
ments as to sanitation in such cases is
one of enlightenment and humanity.
Even In g. county as far advanced in
population and wealth as Ramsey county,
it has been made plain what an utter vio-
lation Of all rules of sanitation is posi-
BILE, owing, of course, to the wonderful
| advances made in popular understanding
Of the requirements to the proper housing
of human beings which have been eff
| fected in the past two decades. When we
| are situated in that respect as we In st.
Paul are how much more necessary
must 1t be to bring about a reform Of ex-
listing conditions in the younger and less
populous counties In the state,
The period has happily come when the
state will not remain inert IN such mat
tiers. Society will be the Immediate gamer
in the example which Is shown to the
mass of the people in the essentials to
| healthful habits of life and to proper
home sanitation. in which so many of our
people living In the more backward COM
munities are so little educated.
The gain to those accused Of crime will
of course be great. Yet that In itself is
inconsiderable in comparison with the
advantage of bringing to an end the loose
understanding of the requirements Of hui
mainly, which has so long prevailed even
in enlightened communities In the matter
of the detention and care of delinquents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
FROM MANY SOURCES.

A state lunch in China contains las
dishes.
Coal mining is developing rapidly in
Canada.
The average age of widowers when re-
marrying is forty-two; of widows, thirty
one.
A shell weighing about seventy pounds
eXplodes into shower of 1000 pieces.
One years sweepings of the British
mint yield over $1,000 in gold and silver
Lighthouses and lightships dot the
coast of Great Britain at the rate of one
to every fourteen miles.
France makes nearly 26,OOo,0OO pairs of
gloves yearly, and of these $4,000, 600 pairs
are exported.
London has 1864 policemen, or nine
teen to the square mile. Sixty per cent
OF them are on night duty.
Observation-Disclosures meaning in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
COACHED A COWARD.
How Gen. ChafRee Broke in a Man
Who Was Afraid.

Who Was Afraid.
It was at FL Caney. Several companies
were detailed to dig trenches, and the
Spanish sharpshooters were pOtting at
them from the treetops and clumps of
bushes On the hillsides. Presently the fir
ing became so severe that the men, were
ordered to drop their tools and return 1t.
About this time Gen. Chaffee came along
on foot looking over the situation. In
the bottom of one of the trenches. says
the Philadelphia Times, he saw a soldier
lying fat on his face, while the man next
to him kicked him in the intervals Of FIR
ing.
whats the matter with that man?'
asked Gen. Chaffee. els he wounded?"
mo, SIR said the soldier, saluting. The
PROSTATE man made no motion.
Sun, them" asked the general, for
there were many cases Of collapse from
heat under the bitter glare of the Cuban
afternoons.
81 don't know, sir" replied the soldier
in embarrassment.
All this time the bullets were whistling
around. and the soldier had risen from his
crouching posture, and was standing at
salute
Don't stand there and expose yourself,
my man. said Gen. Chaffee, kindly, al
though he himself had been standing in
full range all the time. Now he walked
over to the groveling soldier, took him
by the collar and hauled him to sitting
posture.
what do you mean by lying there?"
he said sternly. "Get up and fight with
your company"
mo, can't" whined the fellow.
Cant" said the general. ''Well, you're
a fine soldier! What business have you
got here? What's the matter with you,
anyhow"
I'm afraid; that's what's the matter
with me-" said the soldier, doggedly, try
ing to wrest his collar from the grasp Of
the other, and trying in vain, for Gen.
Chaffee has muscles Of steel.
beg pardon, SIR said the mans neigh
Dor, saIuting again. 81 think the kid s
been sick, SIR"
He twisted his captive about to get a
good look at him, and his face, which
had grown set and angry, softened at
what he saw.
''Now. see here" said he, kindly you
can't help being frightened. I suppose.
But there isn't nearly so much danger
as you think there is. You just pick up
your gun and take your position and fight,
and I'll stand here by you till you get
used to it,
Shaking like leaf, the boy seized his
gun and fired shot almost straight up
in the air.
That's a little high" said his instruc-
tor. "Try it lower and take little more
time to aim. There's a Spaniard in that
green thicket straight in front of you,
think"
After three or four shots the young SOL
der got his nerve. stopped trembling, and
began to shoot with some accuracy and
judgment.
That's better" said Gen. Chaffee. as
he moved away. "Stay there and do your
best"