The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-12

that the war has ended and that they
are whipped. Severe fighting is reported
at many points with large losses on both
sides.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has a
wrinkle peculiarly his own in certain APP
po1ntnents. When he makes an APP
polntment the appointee signs and deliv-
ers a resignation which the mayor puts
on 1lle and appoints another man if the
flrst appointee fails to follow dictations
or orders. Nohdecent self-respecting man
would accept a position under such con-
ditlons, and no honorable executive would
require it.
1t is reported that the commission sent
to Cuba has discovered the germ of yell
low lever For. several years government
medlcal men have been striving to find
the true character of the microbe which
causes yellow fever If the discovery is
genuine it. is one of the most important
IN recent years
Leslie's Weekly fair-minded Repub-
ncan organ, in speaking of Senator
TONNES appearance in the senate, says
mis- ability and integrity are beyond
question -
America is not given to monument
building. All the notable monuments in
the country Jagged for years while being
| constructed The destruction of the
Dewey arch in New York is not credit
able to that city. The greatest statue on
the continent, Liberty, in New York
harbor, was gift from France, and was
years in this country before it was put
in place.
mob in Indiana hung an inno-
cent man three years ago. The widow
| hoe -T1e-t l. I q
against seventy men engaged in the af-
fair.
Mrs Carrie Nation, of Wichita, Kan,
who is in Jail for trying to suppress the
saloon business by smashing mirrors,
bottles, etc, in the saloons, is to be re-
leased today. And she declares she in
tends to smash some more saloons.
Things are in a bad way in Philadelphia
according to letter written Jan 10, by
John Wanamaker: mo American city
has ever been the victim of such corrup-
fion and depravity as Philadelphia is to-
day New York in the worst days of
| tweed hardly surpassed the conditions
! surrounding us, and this is made all the
! more aggravating because with us the
oTehders are masked as Republicans
Valuable pubic franchises are given
away, contracts are openly disposed of to
IaNot1le pluderS IN the face of lower Of
| fers by responsible parties crime runs
rampant, policy shops, gambling houses.
the Illegal sale of liquor, houses of ill.,
repute are not only tolerated but are
protected by the powers that should sup
press Them
Next Monday is Jan. 1st in Russia and
/ Greece. Our Russian and Grecian hreth-
| rem are behind the rest of the world
fourteen Gays, in more things than the
calendar. se-
1t is reported that Miss l. G. Carpenter.
daughter of the late general passenger
agent of the C. M. & St P is to, be an
| pointed assistant to President Earring.
of that road. 1She is we'll up in railway
aHairs and is1also well known in Mil
Waukee as a book reviewer on the lead
] ing papers Of that city If size is Sc
leeted it will be the first instance in
America WHERE woman was given a
position SO important in the railway
/ service.
A. L. Mohler. former St Paul citizen
put now president OF the o. r. & N
company, is announced as president of
the Portland & Asatic Steamship COM
pany, which starts in business with four
l0000-ton ships