The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-04

dent, who with the bosses behind him
controls the dominant party. The SEN
ate can and does interfere In some mat
tiers, but as a rule from wrong motives
and with bad results. Bad as Is the au-
tocratic power of president under such
conditions as now exist, 1t would be bet
ter for the country If Mr.. Mckinley was
not compelled to make compromises with
corrupt bosses in order to secure the as
sent of the senate to his nominations
Members of the house do not oppose the
president, because he can turn down
their applications for officeseekers.
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There is a proposition before the I'LL
nois legislature to build a 81, 100000 tomb
for Abraham Lincoln, Illinois to give
$5O0,00O, the other state legislatures to
give $500,000 and the public $4,000. AS an
incentive to the sucker solons to vote
for the bill it was said by one advocate
of the measure: 1--WE want one that will
outshine the Grant tomb on the banks
OF the Hudson Grant was an Illinois
man, and the remark is unworthy.
Historical fiction is all the rage. with
an eternal panorama of duels and hair
breadth escapes on the part of prominent
individuals which have little or no foun-
dation in fact. but in time will get sand
Wiched out and become apparently true.
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Mark Twain is after the dough" all
right. He writes criticism of Christian
Science, then the missionaries in China,
and then something else, and gets a lot
OF people by the ears who proceed to
roast Mark in the newspapers. Then
Mark replies In one Of the big magazines
at so much per page.
Country post masters report that
green goods" literature. from New york
and New Orleans, is passing through the
mails. The circulators contain the old
and well known offer of fortune for
nothing propose the sale Of $4,000 worth
of money you can't tell from the genu-
ine.'' for the small sum of $780, The
game is one that has been operated for
many years. The victim Is given an
appointment by telegram, and waiting
upon the operators is shown a large sum
in real money. It Is placed In a small
box. with lock cover, which is wrapped
up In paper. At this point duplicate
box filed with worthless paper Is sub
Sututed for the money. 1t is a difficult
matter to apprehend the parties perpe-
trating the fraud as they work with the
utmost caution, but the authorities have
followed them SO closely during the past
few years that but little has been heard
OF them. However they have again
sprung into existence and are again look
ing for suckers as is evidenced by the
letters being sent out this spring.
Today is Holy Thursday in the Catholic
church calendar, when services commem-
crate the last supper and institution of
the Holy Eucharist. Throughout the
entire world where the Catholic church
is known, no bell will be rung from any
place OF worship from THURSDAY morning
until Saturday morning. This period is
remembered in the annals of the church
as the time of the deepest passion and
commemorated in the most solemn man.
ner.
The London Chronicle puts a widely
felt wish, but not freely expressed, into
this form: sSIt could be wished that Ag-
uinalde had been taken In open fight"
The Duke Of Marlborough has been
commissioned to inform President Nc
kinley that Edward VII has succeeded
Victoria as sovereign Of Great Britain.
The lower house of the New York leg
islature has passed bill, by a vote of
four to one, providing that the penalty
for murder III the first degree shall be
life imprisonment, and for murder in the
second degree at not less than thirty
years Imprisonment
Russell Sage says the present boom in
stocks will result in financial panic.
This fear suggests to the Chicago Rec
ord-Times that t'Uncle Russ may have
dropped a quarter through a crack in
the sidewalk.
The church memoranda this year brings
Easter on April Z, Good Friday on the
9th, and today is Maundy Thursday. On
this day Christ washed the feet Of his
disciples and gave them a command to
"1ove one another" hence it is called
dies mandate or Maundy.
Thursday Formerly the church doors
used to stand open for the whole day,
S1gnIfy1ng that all who would might
come In. The English kings for a long
time observed the custom OF washing the
feet OF a number of poor men equal to
the years Of their age, and Of giving
them shoes, stockings and money. Money
and clothing are still given by deputy.
but the feet washing has long been dis
continued. 1t is still. however kent I'M
in Rome, by the pope washing the feet
OF thirteen priests, symbolic Of the apos-
ties, including Paul
Churchill said long ago:
Most of the evils we poor mortaIs know.
FROM doctors and imagination flow"
The following items are extracts from
the imports at Manila during six months
ending Dec. 81, 1900:
Beer .. sag 55S
Bourbon and rye whisky ........... 67,455
DPa ay ....;....... ................... 4.3l8
1 uqI Soous ...............s........ $500
w neat hour .......................... $50
canned OeeI '......................... 1880
Lord Brougham once facetiouslyS de-
fined lawyer thus: ga learned gentle
man, who Iescues your estate from your
enemies, and keeps it himself
Thfrty-six years ago today President
Lincoln entered Richmond The presi-
dent was with Grant at Petersburg when
word came of the fail of Richmond. He
went there Immediately, and almost his
first act was to visit the quarters of the
fugitive president of the Confederacy
For few moments he sat in the chair
of the fallen leader absorbed in quiet
thought. How time flies and what his
tory has been made since that moment
Gus day that closed the drama of the
actual warfare after long struggle.
The New York Electrical Review de-
clares a belief that victims Of electrical
executions are. as matter Of fact, only
stunned by the electrical current and are
killed by the subsequent autopsy, in
variably conducted in the case of GRIM
ina1S who suffer the death penalty
+ The president of the United States has
offices at his disposal representing an
nual salaries reaching $20000, 0O0 That