The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
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| The Hague high court of nations is
tribunal which shall sit in Judgment be.
tween twenty-five nations, who agreed
| to submit their difficulties to this court.
China is one of these nations. At this
moment six or seven ENJOYS of thesa
| agreeing powers are attempting to.
| work along Without referring the ques7
| ton at issue to this court Every day
makes success on these lines less
| probable. The powers now trying to set
| tie trouble one way in face Of a solemn
| agreement to do it in another way, find a
chance to loot and pillage and that is
| more profitable than to regard the right.
| A st. Paul man just back from the
| Pacific coast, says Seattle, Tacoma and
Portland are crowded with moneyless
men. Many of them are stranded gold
| hunters. Alaska has thrown on these
| cities many undesirables. Some will
work and some will not And there IS
not work enough for those who would
| work
| How they come and how they go-the
| years. We ecanote stay their pace It
| seems only a little time since the crowds
were out at Como park, Lexington park,
! Indian mounds park, Rice park and ST.
Pauls forty other parks-then came the
shut-in days Of Writer and snow and
/ chilly Withstand once more the days of
! May and June are near when the air and
! the sun and the shadows are welded and
made as one and the winds run over the
| meadows and wheat and the leaves sing
welcome to all who seek the woods and
| groves.
! Today, March e. is the anniversary Of
| the birth, in 1899, of Anthony Van Dyke.
a celebrated Flemish painter, and known
for his pointed style of board; Of William
l., King of Prussia and in 1871 made first
Emperor Of Germany; Of Joseph Saxton
on Friday in 1899, a noted American
| inventor; OF Stephen Pearl Andrews, in
1872, an American author and philologist,
who devoted many years to the inven-
| ton Of universal language he called
| Alwato; of Rosa Bonheur, on a Friday,
1922, celebrated painter of animals.
! A prominent, Russian, with long un-
| pronounclble names was interviewed in
New York few days ago and among
| other things, said:4 "In watching politics
| one gets to be little cynical. Your
| trend is certainly steward Capitalization.
The American Socialist wants govern
ment to do things But then why find
| fault with Russia?: What is Russia but
| complete Capitalization, where the gov
eminent does everything? For instance,
| there is not drinking saloon in all Rus
| STA. The whole traffic in intoxicating
| drinks is in the hands Of the cars Of
f1cials. Liquor is only sold in sealed
bottles and must be taken home for use,
The worst thing in connection with liquor
drinking here is the American habit of
treating
| The treasury departments orders for
paper to print revenue stamps for the
year ending June 80, 1901, will cover
| total of about 100000 pounds.
The census of India has just been COM
pleted. The returns show 294,0000OO, an
| Increase of only "A per cent. Thus the
population is for the first time station
| airy. Owing to two famines, mortality
| from disease and great decline in the
| birth rate, the native states show excess
sive declines. The results were quite I'M
! expected.
1t is now proposed to change the old
and popular characterization of Pennsyl-
! vania from keystone State to Quay
| stone" State.
! A new government department has
| been organized-the national bureau of
/ tandardS-which, when in operation, will
| give employment to a number of per-
| sons 1t will be under the control of the
| treasury department, but separate
| building is to be erected as a laboratory,
to cost within $250, 900. Prof S. w. STRAIT
ton, of Chicago, has been appointed chief,
with a salary Of 5000. The purpose of
the new bureau as stated in the law Is:
"That the functions Of the bureau shall
consist in the custody of the standards;
! the comparison of the standards used in
scientific Investigations, engineering.
manufacturing, commerce and educa-
tional institutions with the standards
adopted or recognized by the govern
| ment; the construction, when necessary,
| of standards, their multiples and SUBJ
| divisions; the testing and celebration of
| standard measuring apparatus; the solu-
ton of problems which arise in connec-
| ton with standards; the determination
| of physical constants and the properties
| of materials, when Such data are of great
Importance to Scientific or manufacturing
interests and are not to be obtained Of
| sufficient accuracy, elsewhere.
| Il o+o-
/ Father O'Ityan. ia Catholic priest of
Denver. spoke right out in meeting the
| other day over the situation in China.
| Among other things he said: Twenty
| different gospels are preached by mis-
| sionaries in China That the mission
aries may have some peace among them
| selves they have to district the country
so that one keeps out of contact with
! the other. The Chinaman has a civiliza-
| ton and an ancient one. He has phil