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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
THE OMAHA BULL FIGHT

Has the world progressed in it's taste
for excitement? Not much The glad
iatorial combat of the Roman arena has
it's counterparts in the prize fight and
football game of today. The Spanish bull
fight is reproduced in the modern city
of Omaha, amidst ''thunderous APP
plause" Ten thousand people gathered
to see the first exhibition of bull bait
ing. 1t is true that the bulls were not
to be killed by the imported Mexican
toreadors. but this was not because the
audience preferred the limitation It
would have pleased the 10000 represen-
tative Americans better had blood
flowed; it matters not whether it he the
toreadors.
1t is question whether this DISPOSE
ton to enjoy a test of physical strength
and agility, even to the death, is not
to be commended. Through the ages,
this attribute of savagery has been the
! salvation of the race. The principle of
the survival of the fittest is at the base
of all evolution and without evolution
there is no progress. The suffering that
accompanies the struggle for supremacy
in the physical world is not to be COM
pared with the agony of the strife for
supremacy in the realm of mind. The
cruelty inflicted by society upon the poor
in their desperate struggle for bread, Is
far greater than that exhibited in the
bull ring and yet the humane societies
sue out no injunctions to- stop it,
Cruelty, suffering and death are the
orders of our being. 1t may be all
wrong, but it is the divine law. The
weak go to the wall and the strong sur
vive that the race may advance toward
an ideal perfection. Danish the disposi-
ton to war and the human race as well
as the entire animal kingdom would de-
generate and wither from the face of the
Garth.
All hail, the prize fight, the football
game and the bull hght-the physical
trinity which will go far to redeem the
race from physical decay by arresting
the morbid tendency to cerebral devel-
opment. If man is to continue his mas
terry over the beasts Of the field, let him
prove his kingship in an equal combat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
JOHN FISK.

The death of Prof. John Fisk removes
from the scene of action one of the most
striking figures of American intellectual
life. John Fisk was by common consent
the leading American philosopher and
historian of the last half of the nine
teenth century. He was born in Hart
ford, Conn, In 1912, was educated at
Harvard, where he graduated in 1868. He
also graduated from the Harvard law
school but never practiced. Philosophy
ond history absorbed his attention and he
early became noted in this line of re-
search. He was a leader in the conserva-
tive school of modern thought. His
Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy" and
his Destiny of Man." with several other
works of similar scope, stamp him as
man Of unusual powers in the realm
Of soul science. He was an early dis
ciple of Darwin and carried the theories
Of that great investigator to their legiti-
mate conclusions. He discovered the
cause of the prolonged infancy of man
and determined the part this played in
his development. His historical inves-
legations We're second to none, not even
those of Won Hoist History to him
was but the record Of the soul develop
-ment of the race. His contributions to
American history are marked with an
originality Of thought and a freshness
Of diction found nowhere else. What
ever he wrote was peculiarly Fiskesque
If we may DC allowed to coin the word.
His power Of statement was great his
style clear and his logic conclusive. His
treatises on philosophical subjects are
demonstrations-they admit of no reply.
One may doubt his conclusions but there
is no finding fault with the process by
which he arrives at them.
His death was caused by the excessive
heat Of the last week. His death seems
an untimely taking off of a man who
had but entered upon his best years. be-
ing but fifty-nine years old.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

their brides, as often happens with MEM
bers who are personally popular end
known to be above all thought of veI,al-
ity
passing the franchise grab which has
evoked such a storm of Indignation, the
Press publishes the following from the
same correspondent:
The price promised for the voters who
were offered or demanded money for
grab was from S1.0G0 to 5000. Few Of
those who contracted to sell their sup
port at these figures were paid the money
before their votes were cast The lIn-
Outstanding was that the money was to
be paid after the bills were signed by
the governor. The day of payment Wa3
delayed however, until after the passage
of the bill known as the railway fran
chise chaser" which confines the ben
e!its of the railway ripper" legislation
10 those who secured the first batch Of
charters, unless their applications are
approved by the governor. attorney NJ
eral and secretary of the commonwealth.
number of those VINO voted for both
the railway franchise grab ''rippers' and
the railway franchise "chaSers'' were
paid the price promised them last FRI
Cay. Whether all who sold votes were
raid at that time is impossible to say
as some men are more discreet than
others.
And the man who Is the recognized
presiding genius of all this shameless
corruption; the man whose power and
Influence in the state are recognized as
sufficient to save himself and his con-
federates in plumber from all possibility
of suffering criminal penalty, is the pres
ent representative Of the state in the
United States senate! Truly Pennsylvania
Is great and prosperous American COM
monwealth. and Philadelphia a city Of
peace and brotherly love!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

noon at the home Of Mrs. D. v. Deving,
i9l Burr street. Miss Nasmythe, Of Lit
tie Rock, Ark, who is superintendent Of
a school for colored girls, will be present
and make an address. "Home Nlssions6
VIII be the subject.
Miss Catherine Maloney, of CORTLAND.
LEFT Monday evening for Denver, Col, to
visit friends
A F. Collier and family, Of Maria ave-
nue., have removed to their new residence,
lOl7 Ashland avenue:
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Matheis leave to-
night for two months trip to Buffalo
and Eastern cities.
Mrs. Robert Carton Haase, of the Ash
land, Is visiting in Virginia.
Miss Hudson, who assisted at the Ban
croft Mitchell wedding, left last night for
her home in Buffalo, n. Y.
Mrs. G. G. Hartin, of the Aberdeen, has
returned from Epson, Mass, where she
Visited her parents Judge and Mrs Sam
born.
Miss Ethel Taylor who assisted at the
Shrandrew-Clapp wedding, is the guest Of
the Misses Hill, of Summit avenue. She
will leave tomorrow for Tacoma Later
she will leave with her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Oaks, for trip
to Alaska.
Mrs. F. H. orion, of Ashland avenue.
will visit the Buffalo exposition next
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r P. Fraker. of Nelson
avenue, have gone to Lake Minnetonka
for the remainder Of the summer
Mrs. Rush B. Wheeler and Miss Chloe
Wheeler are in Philadelphia. They will
spend several weeks at the seashore.
Miss Elizabeth Mullen has gone to Buff
falo, via the great lakes. She Will spent
the remainder of the summer in New
England.
Mrs. Edward L. Gheen and daughters.
Florence and May, Of Dayton avenue, are
in Rochester, MINI.
Mrs. A: Larson Of Wtllmar is the guest
OF Mrs. E. G. Bloomfield, Of North street
Miss Gladys Cavanaugh. of Milwaukee,
is the guest of Miss Mccarthy, of Mar
shall avenue.
Mrs. Frank Webb, of Nelson avenue,
will leave next week for Lincoln, Neb.
Mrs. Ralph w. Cavanaugh and the
Misses Cavanaugh, of the Aberdeen,
spent the Fourth at White Bear Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Allen have returned
from the East and are at the Aberdeen.
Miss Katherine Kelly, of Lyons court,
is in Butte, Mont.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
AT THE THEATERs.

The Criterion stock company will pre-
sent "Under Two Flags" at the matinee
this afternoon, and will give the last per-
Torrance of this play tonight. The bus
mess of the company this week, in spite
of heat, rain and Winstorms has been
the biggest of the season, and there IL
no doubt that the play has scored the
greatest hit Of any stock production this
city has ever witnessed. For the coming
week, commencing tomorrow night, the
Criterion company will appear in
"Sapho."
Next week at Harriet will be signalized
by two grand special concerts by the
Banda Rosa. The two masters whose
works will be given on these special
nights are Wagner and Verdi, the re-
spective learers of the German and Ital-
ian schools. Tuesday evening has been
announced as Wagner night, and the first
part of the programme for that evening
will be wholly WaGnerian. The selections
chosen are the famous Tannhauser over
ture, the Nibellungen march, Walther's
Traumlied, and a mastery arrangement
of Lohengrin, with incidental solos, The
second part will include selections from
other composers,
The Verdi programme, on Thursday
night, will include a grand selection from
Rlgolleto, a clarinet solo, Ballo in Mas
chera, by Sig. Tedeschi, and the IL
Trovatore duet Chopin's Funrea1 march
and the Cavaleria Rusticana intermezzo
are also to be given.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

bunch of feathers, and the brood was
motherless.
When "Goody" Collins heard the
sound of the gun she guessed what was
going on, and, despite her eighty years.
she rushed out of her little house and
climbed the fence, carrying a broom.
The farmer saw her coming and fled
incontinently. He had no mind to face
that octogenarian wrath. and moreover.
he had heard of witch brides" and
witch broons." He believed that if
enc of these brides were once thrown
over a mans head he would ever after
ward belong to the witch that captured
him.
Aunt" Collins, however, did not pur-
sue him. She collected in her calico
apron the chickens that were scuttling
about in the grass She decided that the
old hen was too badly shattered even
for a fricaSsee, and so she was left on
the field.
Now this was too much for the Old
woman TO bear, and she brought suit
against the farmer. The case came be-
fore local Justice at Fort Fairfield
1t attracted much attention, for the
farmer asserted that he would be per-
fectly justified In shooting even "Goody'
Collins herself. He Jay at her door all
his long list Of mishaps, petty and large
Mrs. Collins went on the stand and ex-
planned that she was merely a poor wild
ow, with a little plot of ground and
few live creatures. She declared with
much indignation that she knew no more
about witchcraGt than she did about
astronomy She said that any man who
made such talk about her ought to be
sent to a lunaric asylum She asked
that this man who had prosecuted her
be made to pay for the animals he had
killed.
The farmer told his story. but the
judge informed him that he must prove
that Mrs Collins had some direct con-
nection with the alleged happenings. In
conclusion, the court said that although
it was evident the pigs and hens of
Aunt Collins were committing tres
! pass yet he should hold that the farmer
must pay damages because he shot be-
fore asking her to pen them up at home.
Il want to estimate the damage" said
the judge. Did any of those little pigs
die?" he asked Mrs Collins.
mo, sir" she replied
III tell you how it was, Judge" broke
In the farmer. "She jest burned medicine
in the pen and said WalIy-bahoo the
right number Of times, and every one of
them little pigs had teeth grow and went
| to eatin' corn ~sht off"
smoker of establishment went around
! the court room. The judge checked the
| asked:
Aunt Collins, did any of the chick
ems die as result of losing the old
| hen?"
| mo, sir" said Aunt" Collins.
| mo wonder they didn't die" cried the
| irrepressible farmer. Her old cat had
nest in the ash hole and a litter of
young kittens. I tell you, that old woman
is witch. She just dumped them chick
ems right in with the kittens, and she
made a cluck and put it on the cid cat,
: and them chickens never noticed the diff
| ference"
This original explanation provoked
| such howl in the court room that the
| justice fined the farmer for contempt of
| court, and made him pay Mrs Collins
the value Of the property he had killed
Now the farmer more than ever be-
| lieVes that the old woman is a witch
He even insists that she bewitched the
] judge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
STRIKE OF STEEL WORKERS.
President ShafRer Says There Is NJ
Change in the Situation.

President ShnfRer Says There Is No
Change in the Situation.
PITTSBURG, July 5-There seems to
be little or no change in the steel strike
situation. At the headquarters Of the
Analgamated association all is quiet
President Shaffer, when asked if there
was any truth in the rumor that he was
going to New York for a conference with
the officials of the United States steel
corporation, said:
mo, I have not been invited and do
not want to go. Tine only trip I may take
is to Milwaukee, to assist in the settle
ment of several Special scales for the
Federal Steel company"
On being asked if there was anything
new in the situation, he said: mo, there
is nothing"
The signature to the Ama'gamate ed
scale was received this morning from
the Cleveland Hardware company, Of
Cleveland, Ohio. Asked whether he had
made the statement attributed to him.
that he had set a limit to the time in
which a settlement could be made with
out the strike being extended and that
at the expiration of that time, no agree
ment having been reached, he would or
der out all the amalgamated men en-
ployed In mills controlled by the United
States Steel corporation, President Shat
fer replied that he had never given any
body occasion to say anything Of the
kind
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
OF SOCIAL INTERES T

A party of ST. Paul people win leave
TINS morning for California. They will
20 direct to San Francisco, and from
there many of them will go up the coast
by steamer returning in a month or six
weeks over the Northern Pacific The
party includes Miss Margaret Lennon,
Prlnclpal OF the SiDley school; Prof. J. c..
Eryant, principal of the Madison; Mrs
Clinton ]. Backus, of the Baldwin sem
mary; Mrs. Q. P. Stephenson, Of Mer-
RAM Park; Mrs. Rubesching and the
Carnes. Mr. Lee, N. L. Bryant, the
Misses Yost, Miss Dallas, Miss Frances
Parker, of the teachers training school
Mr. Jewett, Miss Jewett, DR.. Martha
Huntington and Mr.. and Mrs. W. W.
Howard.
TT, The board Of managers of the Women's
christian home met yesterday at the
home. Mrs. Williamson, Of Merriam
Park. was appointed visitor for the
month. The members discussed the plan
OF serving luncheon and dinner on the
state fair grounds during the fair week
but no definite decision was arrived at.
The matter will be decided at the August
meeting.
Miss Hudson, of Buffalo, N. Y, was the
guest at a tallyho party given Wednes-
day evening by the young people of the
Ashland After trip to Harriet supper
was served at the Ashland. There were
Mrs. Dexter Horn gave an informal
euchre yesterday afternoon at her home
on Iglehart street, entertaining the mem
bers of the Twentieth Century club.
The marriage of Miss Bessie Louise
Bultman, sister. Of Mrs. T. Underwood,
to Mark Francis Greer, was solemnized
Tuesday afternoon at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Underwood State and
Augusta streets. Rev. Charles Holmes.
Of the Church Of the Ascension oflciated.
After July 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Greer will be
at home at 81 East Augusta street
Mrs. John Lyons, Of Louis street, en-
tertained a company of twenty Wednes-
day evening in celebration of her birth
day. Mrs. Lyons was assisted by Mrs
L. w. Fish and Miss Fish
The Ladies' Aid of Central Park NJ. E.
Church will meet Thursday afternoon.
July II, with Miss Belle Morrison, CO.
Canada street.
The Foreign Missionary Society of
Grace M. e. Church will meet this after
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

are crippled north of here and all north
bound passenger trains are obliged TO
make long detours, while freight traffic
is paralyzed Between here and Howard
City, on the Grand Rapids e. Indiana
the roadbed is washed out in a dozen
places and the Pere Marquette IS in the
same condition. The Grand Trunk can
get no trains east on account of the
washing out of a bridge at Saranac.
Dams in the Flat and Rouge rivers,
north of here, have been washed out and
many mills along these streams Will ( e
idle for days. The Grand river rose
three feet and six inches between 6 and
10 o'clock this morning and IS still ris .ng
rapidly. Great damage was done to
fruit trees and growing crops in the vest
ern Michigan peach belt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
STRIKE ON READING ROAD.
Machinists Refuse to Return with
out RecOgnition OF Their TnInn.

READING. Pa. July 5.-Not one OF the
former employees Of the Reading railroad
car shops who went on strike recently
returned TO work. Their Representatives
with President Baer, Of the company 10
end the strike, but the strikers repudi-
ated this agreement and decided 10 re-
main out until the company recognizes
strike.
Vice President Voorhees, teIegra phed
here this afternoon that all Philadelphia
Reading shop hands should be tikca
back. Mr.. Baer's agreement Is 20 be
strictly carried out" he said. The men
will act on this at their m eting tomorrow
morning Their demand for the recognl-
ton Of the union remains unsettled
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
MANILA COMMIssARY FRAUDS.

One AcquittaI and One Conviction
insurgents in MindOrO
MANILA, July 5.-Commissary Post
Steward Sappelle, accused of completely
in the commissary frauds, has been ac-
quilted. Provost Marshal Davis disap-
proved Of the sentence.
A civilian clerk named Stockman has
been sentenced to three years impris-
onment.
An Englishman named Howard. former
chief of Geronimo's artillery, is in COM
mand of the insurgent forces in Min
doro island. They are estimated to num-
Der GOO men, armed with rifles, including
several American deserters. They oc-
cupy strong entertainments at Calapan
and Nagan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

A Nebraska breeze blew up Gentrys
dog show and scattered it to the four
winds Of heaven. 1t is reported that
there were dogs and monkeys scattered
about the country for miles and it was
not very good day for monkeys and
dogs either. The blow was a severe
one to Prof. Gentry as it will take him
the rest of the summer to call his dogs
together, herd his monkeys, and snare
his birds. The loss however, is not
total, there is compensation-tne show
is advertised better than ever. For will
not every child wish to see the poney
which rode two miles through the air?
And will not the dog from whom the
wind stripped the bark be sight worth
the price Of admission? Then, also, the
parrot which was stripped clean Of
feathers will have tail to tell.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

]. Pierpont Morgan has returned to
America and politely but firmly refuses
to give his business secrets to the news
papers This is strange. but so far as
we can learn it is strictly true. 1t is
about time to refer to him as the finan-
cial sphinx. The metaphor would be
so new you know.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

1t is with pleasure that the public
learns that the laundries have conclud-
ed to avoid plumbers prices in the
future and allow a man to wear two
clean shirts per week without running
the risk of bankruptcy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

If the money which was spent for
noise in St. Paul during the late period
of temporary insanity were given to DR..
Ohage to put into bathing suits the en-
tire city might keep clean for month.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

That is right, DR.. Ohage. stop, if pos
sible, the smoke nuisance. 1t can be
done and is done to a great extent in
other cities. 1t is about the only blot
on the clearly record Of st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
FRANCE AND THE RELIGIOUS Or
DERS.

A great deal of surprise has been ex-
pressed at the attitude assumed toward
the religious orders by the government
CT the French republic. A measure
which can with every appearance of
right be regarded, at least by members
of Roman Catholic religious associa-
tons, in the nature of spoliation, has
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
LEIPZIGs BANKING CRASH
fredericksburg COmpanys Big
Defcit-Bank Directors Suicide.

UehcIt-HsthA ElTectOrs Suicide.
LEIPZIG. July 5.-Another director OF
the Leipziger bank, Karl Felix Schaeffer,
committed suicide by shooting himself.
Schaeffer was also member of the
firm of Berger & Voight. This firm de-
clares it is not affected by Scnaefrer's
death, as he sold his share of the busi-
ness Thursday on favorable terms.
An examination of the accounts of the
Cassel Grain Drying company. which as
signed yesterday. disclosed deficit Of
14,500,O00 marks. There are serious
rumors that securities were twice
pledged and that the directors owe a
large debt to the company
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
PLEA FOR IDAHO RIoTER.
Petition Circulating for Pardon Of
Paul COrcOran

Paul COrcOrRn.
BOISE CITY. Idaho July 5.-Laborns
people all over the United States are
deeply interested I'm the case of Paul
CorcOran, convicted of riOtlng in Occur
d'Alene and now In the peniteutiary here.
A. A. Fraser. Of this city. will present
the case before the state board Of pay
dOns in the shape Of a petition Of over
1000 male voters Of the northern part
Of the state, among them eight members
Of the jury who convicted him. All who
participated in the riot are now at large,
except Co-coran, and it Is thought he mas
suffered sufficiently for the sins Of otbe-s'
Opinion here today is that the board wif'
extend clemency TO him
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

The Argentine republic is getting into
line again as a model Spanish republic
by nursing small Instruction.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Distance of sixty-Five Miles Is Sue
cessfuIIy Covered.

QUEENSTOWN, July 5.-The Cunard
line steamer Lucania, from New York,
June 20, for Liverpool, by way of this
port, communicated with the Marconi
station at Brown Head, from sixty five
miles westward from that point at 2:2O
p m. today. She IS due here at
o'clock this evening. The agent Of the
Cunard line later received another wire
less message from the Lucania, saying
she was fifty miles west of Fastnet at
800 p. m, and proceeding at half speed,
owing to a fog.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

The weather man did some good by
predicting not weather for the Fourth
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
HEIR TO HOLLANDS THRONE
One Is Expected to Appear About
Christmas Time.

THE HAGUE, July 5.-The accouche-
ment of Queen Wilhelmina is expected
TO occur about Christmas.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
CLoUDBURsT IN MICHIGAN.

Heavy Damage Reported in Western
Part of the state.
GRAND RAPIDS, M5&h., July 5.-Wes--
ern Michigan was vlXted by disas-
trous cloudburst carly today and the re
sultant damage VIII amount 10 thousands
of dollars Both the Pere > arquette
and Grand Rapids & I'D ana raj Dads
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06

This is a good time for public senti-
ment to assert itself and provide against
the ridiculous methods of Fourth Of July
celebrations. In view of the accidents
which occurred in this city alone, and
which were unusually light the authori-
ties should prohibit absolutely the use
of explosives of any kind within the
city limits If a prohibition of their use is
not sufficient, there should be a strict
prohibition of the importation and sale
of the stuff. If thirty or forty accidents
more or less serious, were due to any
other cause on any one day, how soon
would the authorities take it up and re-
move the cause. When we think of the
matter soberly and seriously this prac-
tice is seen to be the height of TOM
foolery