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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
J. In the states mentioned there

wise. In the states mentioned there is
no extra judge. nor are there any extra
officers of court to attend to the juvenile
law breakers. The Judge sits at GER
tain times in his capacity as juvenile
magistrate, in separate room where
the forms of court procedure arc not
strictly followed. The young offenders
are brought to the judge, who talks to
them. kindly, learns all about their sur
roundings. and circumstances which led
to their particular offense. against the
law. Officers, known to have a kindly
disposition, are detailed to assist the
court and to maintain a Surveillance
over those who are paroled. Many times
investigation shows that the parents are
lax in their care over their children, and
when brought to a sense of the possible
future, cooperate With the officers in
preventing any-s.further .s~misdemeanors.
In Chicago the court has worked won
ders in lessening juvenile crime. Only
about 10 per cent Of the little offenders
ever give further trouble. In this court
the children see, not the stern execu-
tors of relentless law, but kind friends
who are able and willing to help them to
be honest, respectable and clean. Through
the various charitable associations the
juvenile officers secure clothing for the
actual needy and employment for those
who are old enough to work. Through
them many u street, Arab finds a com
Portable home in the country away from
crime and the temptations of the city.
Girls under the age of discretion are saved
from the degrading ordeal of the ordi-
nary police court with its attendant no
toriety. One lesson of this kind is usually
sufficient, provided it is not accompanied
with public scandal. This court adopts
and carries out in dealing with those Of
tender years the precept, 'tgo thy way
and sin no more" and it is but human
nature to accept the offer of redemption
There is no doubt that the organization
of such a court would be of unmeasured
benefit to Minneapolis and st. Paul
The bill if properly drawn ought to pass
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
NO AGREEMENT YET.
LAKE SHIPPING OWNERS AND
THEHR ENGINEERS FAR APART.

CLEVELAND. o., April mo satis-
factory result was obtained from the
meeting Of the representatives of the line
managers and Lake Carriers associa-
ton in this city yesterday. The committee
of line managers appeared Mt the instI-
cation of the marine engineers to inter-
cede In their cause with the Lake Car
riers' association as had been appointed
at conference OF the engineers and the
line managers at Buffalo yesterday.
This is the committee that was in ses
sion here today. 1t included representa-
tives from Cleveland, Buffalo, Chicago
and Bay City.
1t was placed before the Lake Car
rfers' association that the engineers do
not request that the vessel owners with.
draw from the Lake Carriers associa-
ton. 1t was insisted only that the en-.
gineers and not the Lake Carriers as
ISOLATION should have the right to name
the card Of wages and that the union
be recognized. The meeting came to
conclusion, the result OF which was not
given out, but was embodied in letter
to President Uhler. Until this letter is
made known, tho result of the meeting
today will be unknown, except to those
who were present at it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
IN BUSINESS In MEXICO.
Grant Gillette, Who SwindIed Kansas
Cattle Men, Likely to STAY There.

~ h7%eAS
ARLENE Kan, April Mrs. Grant
Gillette left yesterday, for Chihua-
hua, having been unable, it Is
SAID, to arrange compromise
with her husbands creditors. Gil
lette fed to Mexico in November, 1895
owing cattlemen throughout the South
west over a million dollars. Gillette had
earned the name of Cattle King and
enjoye dan almost unlimited credit at
Kansas City, where he dealt principally.
After he disappeared investigation show
ed that he had mortgaged some herds
OF cattle half a dozen times or more
Many Dig firms were caught, and one or
two were compelled to go out of bust
ness because of the worthless Gillette
paper they held Gillette was traced to
Mexico. He refused to return to
Kansas. anG there was no charge on
which he could be brought back. Later
he alleged that several big cattlemen
throughout the Southwest were impli-
Gated rwithohim,h and is said to have Of
Tered to return to the United States if
p omlSed protection from arrest This
was followed by a trip over two months
ago of Mrs. Gillette to their old home
near Abilene, to negotiate a compromise
When she started for Mexico today Mrs
Gillette is said to have stated that she
had been unable to- secure assurance Of
Gillette's safety from arrest should he
came back, and that they would likely
continue to live in Mexico. Gillette is
engaged IN business near Chihuahua
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
ON A REDUCED BASIS.
EIGHTY MEN PER TROOP FOR NEW
CAVALRY REGIMENTS.

WASHINGTON. April IAN order was
issued by the war department yesterday
directing that the five new cavalry regi-
ments Except the Fifteenth cavalry
under orders to the Philippines) be or.
ganized on basis OF eighty men per
troop. Under the elastic provisions OF
the army reorganization act, troop of
cavalry may consist Of from IS to 100
men. The war department, after a full
consideration of the subject, has con-
Guided that a strength of eight men per
troop will meet all military requirements,
No change has been made in the org~, +
zaticn of the Regiments in the Philippines
and none is contemplated for the present.
The Fifteenth cavalry, which is one or
the new regiments ordered to the Philip
pines, will have the maximum strength
of LOO men per troop. The other new
cavalry regiments will be stationed in
the United States for many months to
come.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
CUTTING IN ON CHICAGO.
New Rules Adopted by milwaukee
Chamber of Commerce.

MILWAUKEE, April The Milwau-
keo chamber of commerce Yesterday, by
an almost unanimous vote. adopted an
amendment to the ru'es Of the Milwaukee
chamber providing that on contracts for
the future delivery of wheat, corn and
ed public elevators of Chicago approved
by the board Of directors, of the Mil
waukee chamber of commerce, may be
delivered in this market In fulhllment
of such contracts The amendment also
provides for like action with regard to
Chicago registered warehouse receipts of
beef, sheep or hog products The &C
ton of the Milwaukee chamber is ex-
peoted to start an exodus of Chicago
traders to this market at once
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
BIG ALASKAN TRUST.

Yukon Company VIII Control Trans-
portation and Merchandising.
SAN FRANCISCO. April THE Call
says the proposed combination of the
Alaska Trading and Transportation COM
panies recently announced from London
Will soon be completed. The new corpor-
alton Will be called the Yukon Mercantile
company: RMS company VIII be mado
Of departure for vessels of its fleet
Negotiations have been carried on as
secretly as possible and have been actu-
ally fruitful OF but one large result up to
the present time. That consists In the
agreement that has been made to RI gulate
the transportation of the Yukon river.
There will be no more cut rates. This
was considered one of the essential pro-
visions necessary to be made at once, in
view of the coming season. When the
deal Is completed a written statement to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
A JUVENILE COURT.

There is bill pending in the legisla-
ture to create in the larger cities of the
state juvenile court for the trial of
young offenders. to the end that children.
who from lack Of care become offenders
against the law. shall not be thrown into
contact with the hardened class In jails
and criminal courts
Massachusetts, and Illinois have been
experimenting With such law. and the
results are so eminently satisfactory
that other states are preparing to follow
suit. Pennsylvania has just passed a
copy of the Illinois statute. and IT is to
be hoped that Minnesota Will do like
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
RESULT OF STEEL MERGER.
Survey for Carnegie Railroad TO tho
Scahoard Is Stopned.

PITTSBURG. Pa, April 7-Plans OF
Andrew Carnegie to parallel the Pennsyl-
vania railroad system and construct a
trunk line to the seaboard, have been
ordered stopped by the United States
Steel corporation, which now controls
the Carnegie company. A number Of
surveyors have been working on the line
for some time, and these men were all
recalled and discharged.
The road was planned by Mr. Carnegie
and the Carnegie company and was TO
be used as all outlet for their extensive
started within few days after Mr.. Car
negie alleged that he had been deceived
by the Pennsylvania railroad officials into
announcing that he was satisfied with
the 10 cent rate on manufactured ste@
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
SUIT FOR HALF A MILLION.
Mercer Heirs Associate After tn.
Mast Estate.

SPRINGFIELD. o., April Suit was
filed Saturday afternoon by attorney A
Kirkpatrick, of Madison, Wis, of the
Mercer Heirs association, for George w.
Thatcher, who is in jail charged with
forgery, against the executors of the es-
tate of P P. Mast, to recover SAG, 1884, 43,
amount due on notes and interest All
the notes are dated Sept %, 1893
President Kirkpatrick says p P. Mast
received $3.50, 600 from the Mercer estate in
1885, and turned over a certificate of de-
post for $4,000 on a New York Trust
company. AS he could not pay the bal
ance the notes were given Kirkpatrick
also says the money In the trust COM
pany can be secured in thirty days. A
motion was also filed to reduce Thatch-
er's bond from $4,000. Secretary James
" Snyder, Of Havey, ILL.,, is expected
here Monday to give the bond and re-
lease Thatcher.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
Mani.a's Latest Sensation.

A good sized scandal has been I'M
earthed in Manila which nearly puts the
capture of Aguinaldo in the shade The
commlssary department which has the
custody of army supplies, has made
pile Of money out Of flour, bacon and
other goods by selling them instead of
using them as army supplies. Fred. J.
Ea1roWs, native of Minneapolis, who is
quartermaster, has been arrested along
with several of his assistants and clerks
1t is claimed that their steals amount
to, at least, 100000. To account for the
disappearance of these. goods it was al
legged that they had been lost in transit
or stolen from the commissary ware
house. We fear our American repre-
sentatives are, teaching the Filipinos
tricks of the trade that are rot ex-
actly in accordance with the golden rule.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

Mr.. c. P. Bryan, United States min
lister to Brazil, is reported to have made
a public speech at Port Alegra, Brazil,
counseling the German residents in
Brazil to contribute to the welfare of
that country without wounding the ma
tional sentiment Of the Brazilians. It is
rather unusual for the minister of one
country to give political advice to the
foreign residents of another country, and
the incident has called forth considerable
unfavorable comment from the German
press
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
Hay Lozenges.
Youths Companion.

YOUTH companion.
tlenery among army horses in the Phil
ippines and South Africa. The food, or
rather the form of it. Is a Yankee in
vention, called into existence by the cir
cumstance of war In a country lacking
good roads. Hay put up in the ordinary
bale cannot be transported on horseback,
because of it's weight and bulk. It is,
chinery into disks a foot or eighteen
inches in diameter and two inches thick.
The disks are packed into rolls like the
lozenges the train boys SELL snd hung in
sings from the horses back. ene on
each side. A single lozenge when
broken up and opened out. makes Il real
for a horse or mule. and will cure him
of that hungry feeling as quickly as a
manger full Of fresh hay. The core
pactness Of the new bale also means a
great saving in freight.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
An Excellent Exampie.

London Athenaeum.
At the general meeting of the Litera-
turarchiv Gesellsehaft in Berlin 1t was
announced that during the nine years Of
its existence it has secured ard rendered
accessible to literary men seventeen
thousand letters and seven hundred man
uscripts of German poets and scholars
among whom are tho two HumboIdts,
Niebuhr, Sehleiermacher and other emil
nent authors of the end of the eigh-
teenth century and the beginning of the
nineteenth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
Certainly 1t Is. All Right.

Hutchinson Leader
One of the most creditable special is
sues by a country newspaper we have
ever seen was this weeks number of
the Willmar Tribune. 1t is q twenty
four-Iage paper adorned by a beautiful
l1thograped Easter cover and containing
a vast fund of interesting matter rela-
tive to kandiyohi county and the city of
N1llmar and profusely illustrated by
nearly $50 well printed half-tone cuts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
MORTALITY IN INDIA.
Deaths From Disease and Famine
Reduce the Population.

Reduce the POpuIntiOn.
LONDON, April 1.-The depopulation of
India through famine, plague and chol-
era is assuming alarming proportions
The latest advices from Simla say the
census returns of the central provinces
show a decrease of over a million since
1891, when, under normal conditions, an
increase Of a million and half might
be expected. 1t is estimated that five
million have died in India since 1896, from
causes directly due to the famine In
western India things are even worse
The Oodeypoor state returns show a
decrease OF $4,000, or As per cent, of the
a decrease of sos, 900; the district Of
Banda shows a decrease of $4,000 and
SO on. In Bombay city, the population
has diminished by $4,000.
The localities which escaped the plague
show a satisfactory, though incom-
mensurate increase For instance, Mad
ras. which has gained per cent over 1891
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
The Last Resort.

Detroit Journal
the police pour volley after volley, but
the mob WAIVER not.
'Perdition!'' Kisses the chief. "They
drive me to the last resort. Their blood
be upon their own heads!'
Ordering then the mad dog kept for
such extreme occasions to be brought, he
directs his men to fire upon it.
Now. it is scarcely necessary to say the
mob broke and ran, leaving many of
their number dead or wounded.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
Pease for Governor.

NCIlnHeIQ NEWS.
While the newspapers are discussing
gubernatorial candidates for next yeai
they should not forget that Granville s.
Tease lives in Anoka, and the old stagers
want to be careful that his name is not
sprung in the convention at an oppor-
tune moment and the delegates stamped
ed for his nomination.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
RepubIican Parry Immune

Buffalo Lake News
nothing will damage the Republican
party now that the billion and half
congress has passed unrebuked An or
ganizatton that does not suffer from
such spoliation as this must be immune
from everything else
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
UnheraIded .Philantrophy.
Annla+on press

| zAPpI6IOII ET6SS.
The country editor who gives a dollar
to church or charity does more in pro-
he donates a million There are scores
of men in every village and city in the
land who out-Carnegie Carnegie every
week of their lives and they don't do
any blowing about it either
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
For Republicans Use
Republican Press Bureau

htpuDIICan Press Bureau.
The ST. Paul Globe, Sunday, quoted
w. j. Bryan as saying that capital pun
lshment would be about the fitting pen
atty for Populist member of the Ne
Draska legislature who would vote for a
republican for a United States senator.
Ih1s Is about on a par with the famous
statement of our own Frank Day, who
SAID that Democrat who wouldn't vote
for Bryan should be taken out and shot
before breakfast.-ReadY Made Editorial
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

An appropriation of $4,000 for the Min
nesota display at the Buffalo exposition
ought to be about the best Investment
the state could make. A state has to
advertise as well as business concern,
and such an exposition Is the proper
place to do it. Minnesota certainly has
the material for such advertising. tsen
why not display it in a manner that will
attract attention?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
Russell Sage LoOsens Ut

Nicollet Leader.
Russell Sage, it is said, has caught the
Carnegie spirit and has sent his check
for S. to New York hospital.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

The legislative session is drawing to a
close. There is much important work
still to be done, and yet there are some
men who are willing to fritter away the
precious time of the legislature on horse
play with cigarette bills.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

are expected to be ready for delivery to
postmasters this month. The series in
GUIDES six stamps, and are said to be
the most artistic ever issued by the de-
partment They are of a uniform dimen-
sion, .76 by LOG Of an inch the longer side
being horizontal They are as follows:
One-cent, lake steamer, green. fast lake
navigation; two-cent, railroad train
RED, fast express; four-cen automo-
Ole, red-brown, automobile; fye-cent.
steel arch bridge. blue, bridge at Mag
ara falls; eight-cent, ship canal rocks
lilac. canal locks at Ste Marie; ten-cent.
ocean steamship, light brown, fast ocean
navigation.
The price of meats and other staples
continues to go up. The wholesale price
or lard went up cent last week, for no
reason except the greed of the trusts
%
Grover Cleveland in a recent lecture
to the students of Princeton said that
1t was in 1876 that Venezuela first appeal
ed to the United States, begging our gov
ernment Ito give the subject it's kind
consideration and to take an interest in
having Justice done to Venezuela -
This" said Mr. Cleveland, appears to
be the first communication addressed TO
our government on the subject Of a con-
trcVersy in which we afterwards became
very seriously involved" He brought
the history of the case down to Septem-
Der, 1893. In conclusion he said Here
closed peEiod in this dispute tifty-two
Years In duration, vexed with agitation,
and perturbed by repeated irritating fall
ures to reach a peaceful adjustment. In
stead of progress in the dire of a
settlement Of their boundaries, the con-
testants could only contemplate, as
results of their action, increased obsta
cles to fair discussion, intensified feelings
of injury, extended assertions of title,
ruthless appropriation of the territory in
controversy, and an unhealed breach in
diplomatic relations
The appointment Of VIM. A. Roden-
berg, an outspoken opponent Of civil
service reform, by President Mckinley
to the position of civil service commits
sioner. is more evidence of the plan OF
the administration to gradually kill the
competitive system. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Mckinley made, by one
order a wider breach in the rules, by
throwing open offices to be appointed
without examination, than all the other
presidents combined since the law was
passed.
Today. April s. is the anniversary Of
the birth, in 1872, Of David Rittenhouse,
an eminent American astronomer and
mathematician. He made the calcula-
tions for the boundary line between
Pennsylvania and Maryland in 1853.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
DoubIe the ADnroDrfatio1

Qsakis Lake Review.
we hope the legislature will see it's
way clear to double that $4,000 Pan
American Exposition appropriation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

The fact that an Arkansas mob has
just lynched white man ought to dis
prove all charges OF discrimination in
favor of the negro.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

There are over thousand Russian
students in prison in st. Petersburg for
taking part in the recent demonstration
against the government.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

The English parliament has allowed,
to date, bills amounting to S1cS, 500 In
part payment of the expenses of the
queens funeral
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

At the latest speech that Emperor Will
liam made to his soldiers, civilians were
rigidly excluded, and hence no newspaper
report of it was forthcoming The en-
perer's speeches are usually not bad, but
sometimes he allows himself to be car
ried away by his subject, and uses ex-
pressions that he would not employ if
he had thought them out logically before
hand. The press frequently gets badly
garbled versions of his speeches, and
everybody interprets them to suit the
individual taste. prejudice and party1sm
How much the average American mag
azine writer, that discourses on Ger
man topics, knows about the father
land is exemplified by an article on
''Fhe Home Life of the German Peo-
ple," in the April International Cen
orally speaking" says the writer, WEST
phalia is the strongest temperance CEN
ter, as it is the most Calvinistic and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

In most Of the European countries the
word butter cannot be used in connection
with anything except genuine butter
made from milk and cream. All arti-
hclal compounds must be in packages
duly labeled and marked with the name
OF the maker. In Germany the wrapper
must have a red strip around it 50 that
quick attention can be attracted to the
substitute goods
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08


that Westphalia is the greatest bulwar3
of Roman Catholicism in the empire, or
at least in Prussia, it becomes evident
how much the writer knows about his
subject.
The cartoon turning the crucifixion
scene into a political caricature, on ac-
count of which that Havana paper was
suppressed, was in the first place
blasphemous and exceedingly offensive TO
anybody that has any respect left for
Christianity. In the second place, it was
Inaccurate. 1t represented the Cuban
republic crucified between two thieves,
Mckinley and Gen. Wood. Now, the two
thieves that were crucifed with Christ
had been brought to justice and were re-
ceiving their punishment Mckinley, on
the other hand. has just been reelected
to the highest Office within the gift of
the American people
Reports from Havana say ~that Gen.
WOOD has suppressed a newspaper. The
report SOUNDS familiar. 1t takes one back
TO the paimiest days IF Weyler. Of
course. when Weyler did anything of that
KIND, it was very wrong, for the Span
iards are very cruel and bloodthirsty. and
whatever they did was bound to be I'M
just from the very nature of the case
1t IS, however, very different in the pres
ent instance. When an American officer
takes such action everybody understands
that 1t was perfectly just and absolutely
necessary Anybody that allows himself
to think or speak differently deserves, If
not TO be shot as a traitor at least to
be treated with supreme contempt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

Rev. Ira R. Hicks. the st. Louis
weather prophet Predicts stormy wealth
err for April, severe han and thunder
storms and tornadoes. He does not give
dates, but only Indicate in a genesAl
way, So there is no need of alarm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

Today. April s. is the anniversary Of
the birth, in 1892, of David Rittenhouse.
an eminent American astronomer and
mathematician. He made the calcula-
lions for the boundary line between
Pennsylvania and Maryland in 1853
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08

The new Pan-American postage stamps