The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-24

common with him. Now comes r. s.
Ransom, New York lawyer, who In
will case recently put a hypothetical
question 1000 words in Length. Soiied
DOWN all this means, Assuming the
testimony to be true, was she sane OF
Insane when she made her Wilt" It took
just thirty minutes to ask the ques-
ton.
Twenty-Five years ago Susan B. An
thony to test the woman suffrage ques-
: ton refused to pay taxes on some prop
erty she owns in Rochester, N. Y, bas-
ing her objection on the point that tax
alton without representation is unconsti-
tutional. The case was compromised.
Now she proposes to try it again and
fight to a finish
Senator Pettigrew's successor, Robert
J. Gamble, is a native of New York end
began life as a school teacher in Wis
consin. He is now South Dakota
lawyer.
The speaker of the Idaho house of rep
resentatives is Glen P Mckinley, only
twenty-five years old. 1t was the name.
The chief of police In Omaha has is
sued an order that Saturday night dances
must stop promptly at midnight and that
public dances will not be allowed on
Sunday The chief says all violators of
the new regulations will have to go 10
Jail. So much complaint has been male
of the disorderly character of some
Saturday night and Sunday dances that
it has been necessary to detail from three
to five officers to look after them, and
the present force is too small to continue
this unnecessary work. Omaha is not the
only city where all-night and Sunday
night dances are held
The new congressional directory shows
that Congressman Allen Jangdon Nc
Dermott, OF Jersey City, has the shortest
biography. 1t takes up three and one
half lines. The largest personal sketch
is Senator DepeW, and this is no joke.
Chinese officials are talking about COM
pensation for the looting suffered at
Fekin and other cities This leads the
Washington Star to remark that it seems
difficult for China to understand that it
is the football, not one of the players.
o.
The United States Naval Register for
1901 shows a navy service of 1888 COM
missioned officers, 1850 enlisted men,
2500 apprentices and 232 ships Of all
classes, with 81 under construction.
The latest canes or walking sticks are
shaped into triangular, square and hex
agonal forms. This refers not to the
handle alone, but to the stick proper.
Swell young men also make 1t a fashion
to use different stick with every
change of costume
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William Waldorf Astor has given $4,000
to the British soldiers and sailors orphan
fund Another bid for public considera-
,1nI to
The money comes easy to w. W. A.-he
gets it from renters in New York city
where he owns thousand buildings.
The New York Tribune wants to know
IL we must wait until the next genera
ton for 1-cent postage, for lower tele-
graph and telephone charges, for lessen
ed express rates, for cheaper coal, ice
and gas for the abolition of tips and for
a less expensive cab service? All these
blessings are likely to come in time. out
when?
Archbishop Corrigan, of New York, has
the largest Catholic diocese in the coun-
try, and one of the largest in the world.
The population subject to his direction
is 1,2OO, 900. Under him are L auxiliary
bishop, AS secular priests, POP members
of religious orders, 26S churches, 157 chap
els, 1 university, seminary, IL colleges,
Al academies for girls, 100 parochlal
schools orphan asylums, and Ga char
liable institutions.
The Baltimore American claims to be
the only daily paper (which has seen the
light of three centuries" The first issue
of the paper was in 1773.
The Washington Star tells story Of a
woman who wanted to break herself of
being afraid to do anything on Friday:
Charley, dear" said young Mrs. Tor
kins, ~ am going to turn over a. new
leaf" Gin what connecticut" I'm go
ing to quit being superstitious. I have
always disliked to begin anything on
Friday eyes. It is very silly of you"
well, your arguments have convinced
me- You know that new dress was talk
ing to you about ?'' ''Y-es.'' "Well, L M
going to start out and buy the material
on Friday, just to show you I'm not
afraid"
The unfortunate ending of young Day,
who had $25 a day to spend-aud it was
spent in dissipation, from all reports
recalls the lines Of Pope:
''But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And tempts by making rich, not making
poor.
So, too, shakespeares words:
'If thou art rich. thou'rt poor
For like an ass, whose back with in
COTS bound,
Thou 5ear'st thy heavy riches but a
And death uniloadeth thee"