The Saint Paul globe., 1901-04-11
THURSDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

A year ago today President Mckinley,
by proclamation, announced the ratifica-
ton of the Paris treaty and the restora-
tion of peace with Spain. A leading mem
Der of the peace commission was the late
Senator Davis, Of this city.
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The strained relations between this
country and Venezuela are over the con-
troll of asphaltum deposits. A [. Barber.
brother-in-law of President Mckinley.
and Gen. f. V. Greene grand marshal
at the recent inauguration Of the presi-
dent, had all the asphaltum in sight, and
enjoyed complete monopoly in the
Western hemisphere until other Ameri-
cans discovered more deposits in the
same country, but Barber and Greene
sought to prevent them from being work
ed on account of some concession by
with FORMER government, but which the
present government did not consider suf-
ficient to cover everything in the whole
country. Naturally President Mckinley
took the part Of his immediate friends
That Zaza story sent from Omaha
about sheriff trying to arrest Mrs Car
ter was one Of the most transparent
fakes ever worked off by an enterprising
theatrical agent, but it caught on in a
number Of supposed enterprising daiIfes.
including our pioneer neighbor.
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The Sioux City Tribune is Of the opin-
lon that Tom Johnson, of Cleveland. and
Sam Jones, Of Toledo-two new mayors
would make a good presidential ticket on
platform of admission that all the
statesmen come from Ohio, anyhow
Kansas and other states fnd.it much
easier to enact new liquor laws than en-
force the old ones, and so new statutes
are passed to beWilder, mislead and be
neglected, and, of course encourage con-
tempt for other laws that individuals
may find against any law that they think
interferes with their way of thinking
and doing.
Senator Billy Mason, Of Chicago. has
his son and daughter both with him in
the practice Of law. His daughter en-
tered the office last week.
st. Louis has finally discarded cable
cars for street service and substituted
the trolley. Chicago still sticks to cables
and horses on some streets, and so does
New York.
El9ht years ago today there were TOR
nadees in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa. and
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Tall Mems club Las been organized
IN the University of Pcnnsylvania t.
now has twelve members. each of wbopo
Is SIX teet two inches or more in height
ELK other men, termed "shorties,' he
cause they are only six feet one inch in
helSht, are associate members The
names OF the officers are the moon hit-
ter the skyscraper and the ceiling dus-
ter.
Inc new law in Pennsylvania that gives
tile governor the power to remove tEe
eIectIVe oHcers of any city and appoint
othefs Is an instance of the grasj11,l
growth of centraIizing the power of tbe
government in the hands of the few
Chdef this law the governor has i1,sf
put A M. Brown in charge Of PittshI1re
inns is an example of Quayis,s and Pc.
publican bossism.
For the second time Mr. Cleveland has
peen the only living ex-president of the
United States. 'iie
thirty years ago there was 1ro,. ,,,4,,
me Modoc Indians, during which Gen
Cdnoy and Peace Commissioners Thon1as
anu Meacham, were killed todav Anrt1
Ii, being the anniversary of the fraeedv
Inc result OF which was the practicai
obstruction of what was once a noIverfr,1
tribe, as only about fifty Medocs remain
anu lhey are in the Indian territory
"here the remnant of the tribe was TAX
en- after the War. Incidental to this IT
hflght be said that the act of treacherv
Whlch resulted in the killing of Canbv
and his associates was preceded bv q
TRICK on the part of some land grabbing
WhteS IN which nearly q hundred nm
armed Modocs were killed.
A Washington report saws that for
some reason or another our cY,rnmerca
with Cuba is falling off. During tho
last nine months the imports of Cnha
amounted to $50, Jos, ,7o2. while for the cor
responding months of the previous year
they Were valued at s54, $50, TAT. Last wear
| the share of the United States was sos
0S4,e30, or about so per cent, while this
! year it was only $24, ,525, ,69a or about 4e
per cent The Feeling Of reaction
against force is assuming form Peaca-
| ful methods will gain more business than
| by military means.
| The movement in PHILADELPHIA of tho
! Jphnsons to build street car service ana
carry passengers for 3 cents granting
| universal transfers, is only enc phase or
/ the general movement all over the conn
! try toward lower street car fares
The new attorney general of the Unit
ed States, P. c. Knox, drives a $1,000