The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-21
Benguet. And there are 10000 American


Benguet. And there are 10000 American
soldiers there.
me press of England is stirred up
9 ost5 tne address of the Duke OF North
uoiU W the pope in which ne expressed
the nope that the temporal power would
DE, ne returned a to the holy see during the
80
1t is over month since the Beers
under Dewet 1trotibled Cape Colony and
the authorities know little or nothing OF
lhelr numbers, whereabouts or -doings.
In the meantime. hhccording to a London
olspatch: 'Disquieting hints are
arriving OF the alarming rapidity with
which the British army is wasting away.
The long lists of dead, wounded and
diseased bear out these stories while
there are abundant signs that the troops
at the front are becoming stale and dis
contented, the general more acute and
the public is becoming quite skeptical Of
the competency of the government to
get the country out Of tbs wretched tan
gle" "a
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Today the United Mine Workers of
America begin their national convention
in Indianapolis.
That was Yakee trick of the Scotch
man who wanted to dispose Of some bees,
and to attract purchasers he printed the
following: Extensive sale of live stock,
comprising not less than 40, 900 head
with an unlimited right Of pasturage."
The ingenious trick succeeded to admira-
ton, for his stock brought "high prices"
%
Prof. c. c. Georgeson, special agent
of the agricultural department, has made
his third annual report on agricultural
~ir11n 70 i,o
full of the future of farming In the
great territory. He says that grain may
be matured almost anywhere in the coast
regions He brings samples of rye, bar
ley, wheat, oats and other grains, some
OF which was grown twenty-five miles
inland and as far to the north as Cook
Inlet and the Copper River region in
sixty and s1xty-one degrees north latitude.
FLAX soWn at Sitka attains a Insight of
over three feet, natures its seed and
produces fiber of excellent quality. On
the Renal peninsula, 800 acres of land
nave been reserved for agricultural ex-
per1ments and wheat has been matured
there. Kadiak and neighboring islands
and the large region westward are cover
eo With long abundant grass and cat
Tie are being raised very SUCCESSFULLY.
mere will probably not be any rush Of
farmers to Alaska until further particu-
lars are received
The war and navy departments have
decided, In accordance with the report of
the medical officers and the experience of
our army and: of the Spaniards, that the
climate of the Philippines is likely to
quickly impair the constitutions of the
most robust men, and accordingly SOL
dlers hereafter are to be limited to
service Of two years In the islands. It
may be reasonable to the administration
RI fI0FJT 1Texk
IN holding such an unhealthful and in
hospitable land? II it is not a fit country
for white people, then 1t can not become
desirable part of the American repub-
lie. It looks as if Mr.. Mckinley, in his
zeal to do something unique, has sue
ceeded. I'D
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A company down in Kansas will mako
tablets of an extract of the alfalfa plant,
which 1t Is said will make lean people
fat.
The new prosecuting attorney at Spo-
kane, Wash, is preparing to start cru
SADIE against men and women who falsely
represent themselves as man and wife.
He says many such people are living in
town and he has been asked by landlords
and respectable citizens to ferret out Of
tenders and punish them. And Spokane
is not alone in this sort of plural mar
rage"
Last week Chicago consumers paid the
highest prices for fresh meat since 1894,
! and prices promise to go higher And
there is no meat trust
Mr.. Ferdinand Brunetiere, the distfn-
guished French essayist, lecturer and ed
itor, who lectured in this country
couple Of years ago on French Liberia
Hon," has recently Joined the Catholic
church. He was formerly very pronounc-
ed in his religious unbelief, and his con-
version Is a sensation in French literary
circles.
Today, Jan. q, is the anniversary of
the birth Of, F. E. Spinner, in 1902, treas
urer Of the United States, whose curious
signature on the first issue of green
backs became more familiar than the
autograph of any other man of the peri
cd; of John Charles Fremont in 1918,
American general and explorer and first
candidate of the Republican party for
president; of John c. Breckenridge, in
1921, an American politician and general;
of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, In 1924,
"Stonewall'' Jackson of the Confederate
army. Z