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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
III HUNG CHING.

What a pitiful commentary it is on
the civilization which is struggling for
it's existence in China, that, as the press
reports indicate, it is thought necessary
and proper, in compliance with Chinese
usage to bury paper horses and chairs
with the mortal remains of the only
statesman whom the Chinese have
produced in this generation.
1t is undeniable that there are many
surviving customs prevailing among the
Christian nations which are purely OF
Pagan origin and some that are barbar1e
But the spirit which begets such prac-.
tice as that mentioned is clearly that of
the untutored savage.
The death of Prince Chang at this time
is a great loss to China. He was clearly
the most progressive man whom the Chi
nese had that remained able to influence
the conduct of the empress; and he was
never able to get at her save through her
fears. Years of private and public in
tercourse with foreigners had broadened
his vision of the affairs of his own and
of other countries, and made him es-
pecially qualified to promote the tendency
toward liberalism wherever an oppor-
tunity offered. A less discreet man than
he would long ago have paid the full
penalty of his advanced attitude on all
questions affecting the welfare of the
Chinese people.
No man knew better than Prince Ii
Hung Chang the inestimable service this
republic was able to render to his coun-
try, and no man in his position would
or could have gone further in his rec
ognition of it.
When We regard the marvellous trans
formation which has taken place in the
japanese nation in this generation, we
may easily indulge in the belief and hope
that the Chinese may lift themselves out
of the condition of physical misery and
abject superstition in which they are now
submerged But when we reflect upon the
vastness of the period within which the
present conditions have prevailed, it
seems impossible to look for any real
amelioration of the situation in China.
The prayer of all friends of China will
be that some man as wise as Prince
Chang and even more progressive will
arise to walk in his footsteps.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

To the Editor of The Globe:
The Pioneer Press. in it's defense of
the board of public works as a body,
has failed to name some of the more
prominent features of the boards opera
lions which offend. The board of public
works forms the salient angle of a sys-
tenn which is defective and which the
people desire to be rid of. Under the
operation Of the present city charter
certain abuses are possible and certain
hardships are imposed through the board
of public works that should be remedied
by a better system. Mere complaint
of certain acts of oppression perpetuated
by the members of the board of public
works in their official capacity has not
in the past been awaiting nor will it pro-
cure relief in the future. The system
which permits of such abuse must be
amended. 1t is not compatible with
good or free government that a board
should have the powers Of the present
board of public works without any re-
sponsibiMty. In their exercise Of exeCu-
tive functions this board must, Of course.
meet with opposition. and that. the OPP
position in countless instances, is found
ed on right and justice there can be no
question. A property owner receives no
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
The Ghost Of the NIaho.
BY C. P. GREENLEY.

Copyright 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Co.
The scorching summer had passed, and
the October winds shrilled over the
wastes of brown sage grass, where the
prairie chickens f1uttered from every
knoll, and the sharp, insistent.
Bob White Peas ripe?" Not quite"
rang to and fro on the nipping FROST
laden air.
There was. vague hint of uneasiness
among the men and cattle. Twice, there
had been barely averted stampede, and
the cause-there lay the crux Of the mat
ter.
You have heard, how in the first days
of the Alaho, it was owned by an Eng
lishman who set HIS traditions at naught,
and took to wife the daughter of jose,
the Mexican, whose ranch lay to the
south, touching the Alaho for miles.
Then you have also heard the tale of the
giass-eyed broncho, who galloped from
the Red death, straight into the cyclone 8
heart?
Many years have come and gone since
then. The black-eyed Mia sleeps in the
old Spanish cemetery where the white
trail Of the mesa ends; and the Eng
lishman has gone 10 his own place over
sea
In the old hacienda young Jose reigns
in the old mans stead; but when tile au-
tumn comes, and the Dark Gods ride
oyer the mountain crest and mesa, men
say that the glass-eyed broncho galiops
out to the west-woe to the herd, and woe
to the man that meets him along the
ride, for death and ruin ride in the wake
of the flre-shod heels, and the cattle
culver with fear as the leng-drawn neigh
shrills out of the dark.
White man, red man, cowboy and
greaser, when the night comes, and they
gather at the gate of the corral, whisper
omniousIy, and there is a silence that
means trouble.
John had laughed. much and argued
more, but against dead wall of shrugs
and sullenness, that grew with each day.
The cattle had been restless and I'M
easy for days, the men did not much be-
ter No longer at dusk the songs rang
up from the corral, for the rumor had
gone among them:
Rusty Pete had seen the glass-eye-
Pete drank deeper and swore louder
than ever before. Even Miguel fatty re-
fused to ride the South trail, and on John
expressing his opinion of men. women
and things, including Miguel and the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

the wooden manufacturers is increasing
all the time 1t is not surprising. The
manufacturers wish to meet the demand
for cheap wooden fabrics, but they cannot
do so when there is duty of nearly so
per cent ON clothing woods, unless they
mix cotton with their wool. There is no
mystery about this. The manufacturers
would use proportionately less cotton than
they do If they did not have to pay SO
much for WOOL
Congress has not the power to require
manufacturers of or dealers in woolens
to label their goods in the manner pro-
posed, and if the goods were thus labeled
those who desire cheap fabrics would
continue to buy Them The Wool-raisers
cannot get. through legislation of this
kind. the higher prices they desire.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

ed as to show an intending purchaser
what they are made Of. Then if they are
not "all WOOL the buyer will know it.
There can be no objection to reasonable
legislation designed to protect men
against imposition. To so high degree
of perfection has the manufacture Of
WOODEN goods containing large percent
age of cotton and other adulterants been
carried that none but an expert can tell
what he is really buying when he buys
so-called woolens, unless it be by the
price. When a man buys costly goods of
reputable merchant he may be reason
ably confident that he is getting gen.
uine article When he buys cheap wool
ems he may rest assured. label or no
label. that he is buying good deal of
cotton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

eered uneasy by the same movement.
little later Pennsylvania was having
trouble with Connecticut about the set
tiers at Wyoming, Pa. Massachusetts
was called upon to put down Shay's re-
beiilon and was having trouble with the
settlers in Maine. In all the states there
We're dangerous economic conditions re-
sulting from the long war, which threat
ened troubles similar to Shays rebellion
But fortunately all of these points of
danger were safely weathered The best
men in the country recognized the evils
and gave their labors unstintingly for the
public welfare The comparative anarchy
which had prevailed in many respects
caused the states to come together and
To be willing to subordinate some of
their local interests. An efficient central
government was formed. All of the
states came into the Union and Washing
ton. aided by his cabinet and the con-
gress went resolutely to work at the
most pressing problems. The public debt
was arranged for, peace was secured,
commerce was fostered.
The rage for emigration had set lin
The Ohio company had flooded the settle
ments with circulars booming their grant
OF land. The eXtravagant claims made
for the new territory have been justified
by time and were sufficient then to at
tract many settlers. Some thousands
went out from the Easts in 17SS the land
was rapidly taken up and prosperous set
Elements arose. AS the land routes to the
Atlantic coast were so difficult the only
natural outlet was by the Mississippi
For time there was a serious danger
that the settlers west of the Alleghanies
would conclude that their interests lay
with the power that held the mouth of
the Mississippi, and would separate them
selves from the United States in order to
ally themselves with Spain. This was
one of the potent causes which brought
the Mississippi river into prominence and
which later led to the Louisiana pur-
chase.
In other respects, too, the country ad-
yanced with a rapidity which has had no
parallel in history. In the closing years
of the last century all sections shared
becoming an important factor in tie
South. mills Were going up in New En-
land, new inventions brought added
wealth. The sails of the United States
vessels were to be found on all the high
ways of trade. In a word, the energy of
the people was boundless. A few keen
sighted observers realized that the coun-
try would soon expand beyond it's
boundaries which had seemed so vast in
1888. But no one dreamed of country
stretching from ocean to ocean and find
ing these confines so limited that it would
extend it's grasp to far distant islands in
the Pacific
Copyright, 1907
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
WEATHER.

Minnesota-Fair; warmer Friday; Sat
urday fair; fresh westerly winds.
Wisconsn-tdir Friday; warmer in
western portion Saturday -itif; warmer
in eastern portion; variable winds.
Iowa-Fair warmer Friday; Saturday
fair; westerly winds.
North 1)akota-Rain or snow and warm
er Friday; Saturday fair; south to west
winds.
South Dakota-Fair Friday; warmer in
eastern portion; Saturday fair; south to
west winds
Montana partly cloudy Friday: proba-
bly, showers; Saturday far; westerly
winds.
Upper ENTHUSIASTICALLY fair Friday;
Saturday larrly cloudy; probably rain or
snow, and warmer on north shore; varia-
BILE winds.
st. Paul = Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, P. +. Lyons. observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last nght-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation: Highest temper
allure, 80; lowest temperature, 19; average
temperature. %; daily range, 10: barome-
ter, 3O.17; humidity, 20; precipitation, .05;
p. m. temperature, 20; Z p. M, wind,
west; weather, clear.
Yesterdays TemDQratureS:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

ice that certain Improvement is con-
Iempiated and that he may appear be-
fore the board and be heard, but at the
time that he gets his notice all things
have been done and his notice to appear
IS, IN effect, an empty sham. Protest
to the board is useless. 1t is too late
to appeal to the council and the auto
matte disclaimer of responsibility or the
part of the board is the more engaging
to the man who has no redress because
OF the vfleneSS of the system which rem
ders such things possible.
Down with the board of public WorkS,
a useless expense. political trap, a
vicious and offensive feature in a sys-
tenn of patchwork. The system by
which the representative in the council
from a ward is allowed to put in Pc
ton, variouslyf and by devious ways
sometimes obtained. for an improve
ment which is not needed, yet wanted by
someone sand the automaton-like man
ner in which the board will find prop
erty benefited, ETC., is bad one.
man, for instance, who has been com
PEELED to put down or pay for a new
wooden sidewalk in front of some outly--
ing lot at an expense of rs per cent Of
the market value of the lot, perhaps. to
replace one that had been to any fair
mlnoed person sufficient for the needs
of travel and safety, but had been con-
demned by sidewalk inspector. while
tens or miles of wooden sidewalks III
mere popuious parts of the city and on
streets much travelled. are allowed to re-
main year after year. manifestly me n
ace to public safety, IS justified in his
denunciation of system which permits
and also invites such contemplate IA
yoritisfn
These things are of common knowl-
edge, and az such must be known to the
Pioneer Press, hence the defense of the
beard of public works by that paper ed
ltorlally must appear to the people as
most 1ll-adyised, because it cannot be
possible that slch a condition of things
vicious. Let the work now done by
the board of public works be done by
the city engineer. it may be done then
which is now ir,cnrred. Before the com.
Gil acts on petition Tor new work. let
there be notification by mail to the
property. owner of record. that he may
known his wishes Let the board of pub
lie works, long of bad repute, be aboi-
1sfed. Right.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

designate him a brute. The broadness,
directness and wholly gratuitous char
acter of the suggestion left the impress
sion on most discerning readers of a pur-
pose on the part of the British secre-
tary of the colonies to say something
distinctly offensive to the German ma
tion or else to say something at the ex-
pense of the Germans which might be
agreeable to the French people.
1t was in the same speech that
Chamberlain addressed himself in equally
broad terms to the Irish people, telling
them in so many words that their parlia-
mentary representatives were set OF
ruffians, and that they themselves We're
little better in sending such fellows to
'the mother of the parliaments. Mr..
Chamberlain could hardly have believed
that the Irish, sensitive as they are to
such statements. would pass the matter
over in silence But the Germans are
different race, and take such matters
more philosophically. In this view there
NAV have been no settled purpose in Mr..
Chamberlain's mind when he spoke the
offensive words But even then, it must
be declared that no one could be prepared
to hear any nation situated as Great
Britain is at this moment proceed to
hurl insults around at another people,
+J,ro,,cyl, far Iaadipo statesman
There is ample room for surprise in
connection with the incident although
not of the kind expressed by the London
papers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

Democracy stands for equal justice for
all men before the law. Therefore hope
is perennial and springs eternal in the
breast Of the faithful. The future is new
er all bleak and dreary. This is the time
for a searching of hearts. Let the dead
past bury its dead; let the present and
the future be devoted to the issues of the
for a union of forces against the common
enemy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
.wo,,.Grower. and Cotton.

The wool-growers of the United States
ara not satisfied with the price which
thew get for their product. 1t is pro-
tected by what seems to consumers to
be quite high duties, but 1t does not
bring what the producers think it should.
They believe that the manufacturers of
wooden goods are partly responsible for
this by adulterating their goods with
cotton and shoddy, thus decreasing the
consumption of their wool. Therefore
bill has been prepared which is to be
submitted to congress, requiring all goods
offered for sale as wooden to be SO label
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

The Rev. Mr.. Swallow, of Harrisburg,
Pa. has been debarred. on account of
lying. from the exercise of all ministerial
functions till the next annual confer
ence. Then he will doubtless be made to
swallow his own words.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

Commissioner Evans, having accused
several thousand pensioners of being
frauds, did not specifically include the
sultan of the Sulu islands and his datos.
He might begin by Topping these polyga-
NOUS barbarians off the list.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

Mayor Seth Low, of New York, has de-
clared his intention of appointing all
suburdinates without reference to the
pulls of influential reformers. He will
soon learn the unappeasable appetite of
the average purist in politics.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

The telephone operators in Indianapolis
are going to take lessons in elocution
The public has been so long taking such
lessons from the telephone operators that
we will all rejoice that they will now
have to take some of their own medicine.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

One pleasing feature of the election
Tuesday is the prominence it gives Edi-
tor Henry Watterson as Democratic
possibility in 1904. With the solid vote OF
all the non-military colonies behind him
he would be invincible.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Hearst's
lawyers have as attentive an audience
in Judge Hanecy as the immortal Dooley
has always found in the judges name
sake, Mr. Hennessy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

The death rate in London has seriously
risen of late. There are other places in
the queens dominion where the mortality
is steadily risng-over in the vicinity OF
Pretoria, for instance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
A Boom in the Missouri slope.

The Missouri slope has this year Sc
cured hundreds of new settlers, all de-
sirable citizens. 1t has not been boom.
but a great influx of settlers who have
come here knowing what they wanted.
and with money to pay for what they
got Next year there will be rush and
lands will make another advance, greater
than during the past year. There was a
tirne-and not long ago-when land values
on the slope were fgu4 ed at SO many
cents per acre Now 1t is dollars that
figure. the old timers realizing that land
in this vicinity has a value as we'll as
in other parts of the state. 1t will be
found that the more land that is TILED the
more moisture wih be developed. and that
crops will not be uncertain. This has
been the case in all newly opened sections
of the United States, and will prove no
exception on the slope. The times that
the old settlers have looked ahead to are
here-a fact they will appreciate more
and more every day.-Bismarck Palla-
n INN
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
Learning From Americans.

Every year the number of expert
visitors from abroad who flock to this
country to study American railroads,
American forges and furnaces, American
mills and American methods of all sorts
becomes larger, and these investigators
frankly admit after a careful observa-
ton of the progress made in this repub-
lie, that some things are better done now
in Yankeedom than anywhere else in the
world The building of cup defenders 10
one of them But there are others.
As the old song put 1t, Yankee Doodle
stuck a feather in his cap. But that was
long ago. The Yankee Doodle Of today
is not a fellow Of fuss and feathers. He
is a calm, cool, unpretentious worker.
who tolls effectively and accomplishes
great things without pluming himself.
without Wanting or putting on airs. No
weary Titan he. Too vigorous in his
lusty youth. too sturdy with his massive
shoulders, his mighty thews and sinews,
to feel fatigue. he Is ready to cope with
burdens which older people may find too
heavy. With clear, straight vision. with
the brains and the Drawn to take up and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

In this view poor Miss Stone is evidently
in a bad way. The news agencies will
doubtless observe secrecy when Miss
Stone is dead or released.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
public Opinion.
England and Russia.

Of late years the growing commercial
and naval strength of Germany and its
increasing aggressive policy nave been
the subject of close attention and some
apprehension by the other powers Mel
ther has this country escaped the feeling
that the designs of Germany are not al
together friendly to its interests. but the
liveliest fears are entertained by Eng
land. AS a matter of fact, the latter
apparently has good ground for believing
that it's commercial and naval supremacy
is seriously threatened. Evidences of
alleged growing hostility are frequently
cited and generally credited, and there
is a stronger sentiment in favor of EN-
lands abandoning it's policy of splendid
isolation" and of it's forming an allianc
with some other great power for better
protection Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

The Sick Man is certainly made no
better by his present troubles. And there
is reason to believe that he will be a
good deal sieker before he is through.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

Admiral SIMPSONS lawyers appear
arces before that court Of inquiry are
suggestive of Micawber's notes-they al
ways so to protest
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

1t was mean trick which Mr.. Jack
Rinii Smile played on society folks He
appears to have INDUCED in his assumed
name at his own expense. He can now
indulge in his real name at their expense
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
Flax as an Advertiser.

The raising of fax in this state during
the past few years has had more to do
with the phenomenal rise in the price IF
land than anything else. But the flax has
had the effect of calling attention 20
the productiyeness of the soil for all ag-
ricultural purposes, and the Eastern
farmers who have been plodding along
with their high-prieed and generally uu-
productive farming lands are finding that
nowhere in the country can be found
anything to compare with this state
Larimore, N D., Pioneer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

to carry through the hardest tasks which
the exacting conditions Of this period may
impose. he will meet brayely the duties
of the time.-New York Tribune
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

An effort to economize on the city un-
dertaker's bills for burying smallpox pa
tents is highly suggestive of Mr. Nc
Cardy's reform and retrenchment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
VIII Recommend Irrigation.

There is promise that the president
will recommend national provision for
the irrigation of arid Western lands in
his Forthcoming message. For the first
time the country has a president fanaii
lar with arid regions and there is a prob
ability of getting some practicable sug-
gestions from him. After which 1t is
hoped that the majority party will cease
its opposition to irrigation and will in
dorse the most important project before
the American people-Sioux Falls Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

Mr. Croker threatens an immediate re-
turn to his estate in England, where he
will not hear so many things to his dis
advantage
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08

Now that Ann O'Delia Dis Debar has
lost her nerve. she may be said to be de-
barred from all further public sympathy
or admiration.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
Wants to Digest 1t.

Why not let things wag as they have
for year longer? The governor can
make the report public and we can take
a year to consider and digest it and the
regular session in 1903 can act on it in
telligently. If good politics and coed
sense happen to be synonymous terms.
the governor can naraphrase Hamlet's
seliloquy and decide with his genial smile
that it is better to bear with the ills he
has than to rush to those he knows not
of-ambitious legislators to the contra
ry notwithsta nding-Zumbrota Independ-
Gnf