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The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23
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The b e naturally refuses to pass
any opinion as to the guilt or innocence
of a former deputy county auditor who
is now under criminal charges. 1t does,
however, feel at liberty to declare that
there is much that sayors of politics in
the circumstances attending the discov-
cries alleged to have been made and also
attending his arrest.
Mr.. Bourne was, we believe, discharg-
ed from the county auditors office by
Mr.. Johnson. Mr.. Bourne, we also be-
lieve, volunteered certain information
concerning the frauds perpetrated during
Mr.. Johnson's administration of that Of
flee. HIS attitude, it was generally IN
derstood, toward the work of State
Public Examiner Pope, was favorable.
He gave encouragement in more than one
way to the conviction which became so
general that the frauds charged had been
committed, and that Johnsons admin
istration of the office encouraged such
frauds.
Is Mr.. Bourne's arrest at this time to
be taken as expressive of the determina-
tion of County Auditor Johnson to "get
even?" How could the crimes which
he is charged with through the press nave
been committed and remained undiscov-
cred until this time if County Auditor
Johnson had attended to his business or
had that knowledge of the affairs of his
office which he is supposed to have and
which he is paid for having and making
available to the taxpayers?
Bourne must, of course, be tried and
acquitted or convicted on the merits
of the charges. If he is proven guilty
we hope he viii receive the full measure
Of punishment. The tone of official moral
ity which is represented in this county
by the dominant Republican politicians
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23

substance is absent the symbol must fall
Until they arrive at a time when d ray
of intellect comes to their aid, they con-
stantly keep their hands shut with the
fingers above the thumb; the mind de-
Velops with the body, the thumb in it's
turn shuts over the fingers
The epileptics in their fits shut the
thumb before the fingers, which signifies
that that malady, which is experienced
before being felt, reaches the principle b ?
which we think before that by which we
feel.
At the approach of death the thumb
of the dying, as taken with some vague
fear, takes refuge under the fingers,
which announces the near end Man
alone, because he has thUmb-that IS
to say, reason-knows death
''The thumb" says D DArpentlgny. "indi-
vidualizes the hand" On the ball or
cushion-like surface of the top joint Of
the thumb, as indeed on the other fin
hers, there is seen a kind of SPIRAL formed
by fine grooves in the skin. These are
alike in no two individuals. Nature never
duplicates these markings. Examining
even a thousand million thumbs wou d
show them all to be distinct and different
1ndividualized by some infinitesimal va
riation, these markings never change
from birth to DEATH and the ght thumb
differs from the left
The Chinese do not take photographs
of their criminals. They merely for e
them to press their thumbs on a p.ece
of white paper covered with aniline dye
India ink or similar substance. The re-
sultant impressions are stored away,
classified and brought out years after, if
necessary, to identify a suspected person
with one who las already received his
diploma for crime. In many parts of the
empire thumb marks are used on pass
ports, for they cannot be counterfeited or
their passports used by any one but the
rightful owner.
few years ago, in course of transit
between New York and New Orleans,
an express packet of paper money had
been opened and $22, 500 of the original
amount had been distracted Two of the
seals had been broken and one had been
resealed by thumb pressure The solu-
ton of the mystery baff1ed the most in
genious work of the best detectives un-
til, in despair, tie matter was referrG d
to an expert in handwriting and other
methods of Identification. Noting the
faint impress of the thumb on the midd G
seal, he obtained wax Impressions of the
thumbs of all the officials of the particU-
lar express company through whose
hands the packet was known to have
passed. These impre essions were photo
graphed and enlarged and one of them
clearly agreed with the thumb impressed
seal of the broken envelope. The thumb
mark of one of the most trusted Of
ficials of the company thus betrayed him,
and he was promptly arrested, tried, con-
victed and sentenced.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23

is such as should receive no quarter from
the taxpaying public. Bourne, like
Johnson and Griswold, is a Republican
politician and the Clio b e has no more
desire to shield him than it has to pro-
tect them
The terms of the announcement Of
Bourne's arrest contained in the Pioneer
Press might well be read between the
Tnes with advantage to those who think
that personal and political objects play
az important part in the arrest. William
r. johnson is a gentleman of noted nerve
He las thus far shown rare resources in
wariing off the natural consequences of
his r-im:nal .carelessness, if not his
criminal completely, in the frauds perpe~
trated IN his Office He is entitled to all
the credit of having, of his own endeav-
ors exclusively. as we are given to be-
lieve made these discoveries which
seem to have passed unobserved
by the tate examiner But his very
success IN doing so, if he did it, must be
taken as rejecting not over-creditably on
his failure in the past to discover any
thing wrong in the transactions which
have be exposed. A man ca
pable OF discovering wrong -doirg
such as this alleged against Bourne
which had escaped official scru-
tiny for so Eng, certainly has not been
exercising hh faculties in come on with
his Office when he allowed these and
other alleged fr>-,ds to remain so long
unknown.
1t is just to Aud>-or johnson to call at
tention to the fact tlat the frauds made
public as well as thc~ alleged, occurred
to some extent umSer f.~>mer administra-
tions of his office. NO ~ne who knows
Dennis Sullivan former in
cumbent of that office, will think
of charging him with completely
in the frauds of his ~1lborGinates;
and Mr.. Johnson is entitled to all the
presumption of innocence and good faith
which that circumstance in0-cates. But
in the present case there must be no
suspicion of liberation extCded to any
attempt to use the agencp~s of criminal
prosecution to subserve any of the per-
sOnal ends Of Mr.. Johp9on or anybody
else.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23
THIEVES talk TOO LOUD
WHILE PLANNING A COUP. POLICE
SUDDENLY APPEAR
They Intended to PIunder Largo
Lumber Pile, but Attorney walsh
Heard Them and TeIe-
phOned ROndO Station.

Three would-be lumber thieves had a
narrow escape from capture at the hands
OF the Rondo police early this morning
ana while thanking their stars for get
tlng away safely, it is safe to presume
that the next time they plan a conn
they will not waste too much valu8IIe
time in discussing ways and means OK
getting away with the booty.
At l:50 this morning, Attorney G. w
walsh, who lives at 500 Portland avenue.
was awakened by strange noises i'm what
he fancied was his back yard Cautiously
looking out of the window he saw thres
men seated on pile OF lumber which
was being used in building two houses
near by. The attorney soon discovered
that they were discussing the best means
Of stealing the wood and from their
voices 1t was evident that all three ell
tertained different theories. me dispute
grew more acrimonious all the time. and
thinking that the assistance Of the No
Ice might simplify the situation Mr.
Walsh quietly telephOned the Rondo
station. A wagon was soon on the way
to the scene. and the dispu.sng trio
were disturbed in their arguing bv the
apparition Of a patrol wagon whirline
around the corner and heading rapidly in
their direction.
To break and scatter was the work
OF moment, and the officers were balIzed
in their well-meaning attempt to straigh-
ten out the tangle In which the threa
gentlemen were involved.
1t is a safe bet that when they maet
again. the disappointed thieves viii ac-
cuse one another of talking loud enough
to attract the attention Of the night
force In the police station, good milo
away
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23

FULFILLING THEIR AGREEMENT.
The probable collapse of the strike re-
Gently inaugurated by the stationary en-
gineers at the mines of Pennsylvania will
prove to embody a valuable lesson to
working men.
When the mine workers struck through
out the anthracite region some months
ago the matter was adjusted to the sat
isfaction of all interests under an agree
ment then entered into. 1t was not sur
rrising that the great success which was
regarded as involved for the miners on
that occasion should have occasioned spo-
radio outbreaks in the forms of strikes
among the less responsible and intelligent
of the mine workers, acting on their own
responsibility. But by the sensible ac-
ton of the men at the head of the miners
organization all such movements ended
as they began.
The strike of the stationary engineers
was something more serious and far
reaching than any corresponding move
ment since the settlement of the former
difficulty. 1t embraced a large number of
men of more than average Intelligence
and ordinarily would have been attended
by at least the usual prospects of success
in such cases. But it was in substan-
tial violation of the terms of the agree
ment made between the mine operators
and their employees, and 1t was refused
the sanction or sustainment of the organ
ization of the United Mine Workers.
The reported conference between the
two organizations shows that the repre-
sentatives of the larger body of the two
have their wits about them They do
not propose to be led into a violation of
the agreement entered into by them, to
promote the ends of another body of men.
The stationary engineers have according
ly been compelled to surrender their DO
sition and are endeavoring to make terms
which will enable them to get back tie
jobs they forfeited
When it is possible for an employers.
organization to do business on anything
like equal terms with an employees or
ganization, and the assurance exists that
any agreement made will be kept and that
the power exists to enforce It, the be-
ginning will have been made in the work
of doing away with strikes. Whatever
of Industrial peace exists today is the
result of individual agreement between
organizations of workmen and employers.
These agreements as rule are kept on
both sides, although the sympathetic
strike, so called, has been the means of
violating a number of them.
Those organizations which, like the
United Mine Workers, have been able to
hold themselves aloof from such entangle-
ments as the stationary engineers sought
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23
thumbs RS I'm 9ndex 10 Character

From the Ledger Monthly.
The thumb confesses the man. no man
is clever enough to deceive the thumb.
For all time it mas been divided into
three parts typifying the three qualities
that master the world-will, logic and
love.
The first or nail pnalange signifies
will; the second, logic; the third, which
is the boundary of the Mount of Venus,
love. When the thumb is unequally de-
yeloped, and the first phalange is ex-
tremely long, it is neither love nor logic
that governs the individual, but merely
sheer will, If the middle phalange be
much longer than the first, reason pre-
dominates, yet the man may have the
Power to will himself to do that which
his reason dictates. When the third pha-
lange is long and the thumb is short man
IS revealed as the slave of the senses
guided neither by Will nor senses.
II the thumb be supple jointed, the
Individual is easy going. spendthrift,
careless Of time, money, energy, oppor-
tunity and all things. If it be firm
Jolnted he is cautious watchful, keen
diplomatic, tireless in planning, conf
dent and sure of success, self-poised and
self-controlling
Souvaroff celebrated for the strength
of his will; Danton, that magnanimous
soul, VINO took upon him the disgrace of
crime to save his country; Calico, Soc
rates, Newton. Leibnitz, St. Simon
Fourier Owen-those profound reasoners.
those bold innovators-had infallibly very
small thumbs. Voltaire, the man of the
world, whose heart was subject to his
brain. had enormous thumbs
The intimate psychic connection be-
tween the mind and the thumb, revealed
by science in a thousand phases, makes
it folly to deny that the thumb is the
thermometer of character and the ba-
rometer of mental health
Specialists in nerve diseases by an ex-
animation of the thumb can tell if the
patient is affected or likely to be affected
by paralysis, as the thumb signals this
trouble long before it is visible in any
other part of the body If the danger
systems are evidenced there an operation
is performed on what is known as the
thumb center" of the brain. and the
disorder is often removed. The success
of the operation can be told, too, by the
changed condition of the thumb
No matter how careful the Individual
may attempt to conceal incipient insanity
the thumb will reveal it infallibly 1t
Is the one sure test. If the patient in
his daily work permits the thumb to stand
at right angle to the other fingers or to
fall listless into the palm. taking no part
in his writing, his handling of things,
his multiform duties, not articuIating
with the others, but standing isolated
and sulky. it is an unanswerable confess
sion of mental disease.
Born idiots come into the world with
out thumbs, or with them powerless and
inert. which is natural, because where the
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23
..rHE 1ABoRERs Are FEW.o

The most conservative estimates CLEAN
ed from advices from Northwestern Min
nesota and North Dakota show that
this year will be banner one in the
record of crop years for that section of
the Northwest. Instead of retarding the
growth of wheat, the exceptionally hot
weather has assisted in maturing the
product and the two states this year will
excel their past records as the whec.e
states of the Union. But the states are
confronted with a serious problem, one
that threatens their prosperity and one,
unless conquered, which will do almost as
much havoc to their fond dreams as the
drought has done to the blighted state of
Kansas. The good people of Northwest
ern Minnesota and North Dakota fear
a help-famine. Twenty thousand able
harvest hands will be needed there this
year to help secure the crop. and the
farmers do not know where they will get
this army of workers. The recent ex-
perience OF Kansas farmers, who could
not get enough men to harvest their
crops-not even at the end of shotguns-
has caused the North Dakotans and Min-
nesotans to realize that they must act,
and at once too.
Last year North Dakota suffered from
the fact that there were not enough
men in the state to handle the crops.
This was account of the fact that
a poor crop had been advertised and la
borers were timid of leaving their homes
to risk getting work And now North
Dakota appeals to her neighboring states
to assist her. The railways have been
petitioned to disseminate throughout the
East the news that 10000 men can find
work in Northern Minnesota and North
Dakota work at good wages and that
will last until the snow flies Unless these
10000 men can be reached and induced to
come here the greatest crop that ever
peeped out from the fertile SOL of that
section within it's history will be partially
lost.
The G o e believes that every one
AliIeltSleu III the WelIare OF Minnesota
and North Dakota should do all in his
power to lend them aid. To spread the
news that such help is wanted should be
our duty. Aside from the generous feel
ings which SHOULD prompt us, it Is to our
advantage to do so. Every dollar lost
through the failure of Northwestern Min
nesota and North Dakota to harvest this
crop means loss to the Twin Cities. Ev-
cry man, woman and child in ST. Paul
or Minneapolis is just so much richer
when the farmers are prosperous.
If prompt action on the part of the
big railway systems that have interests
in the threatened section will avail, the
country will save her crop and be more
prosper cTe than ever The Great North
ern railway is placing advertising in
Eastern papers calling attention to the
fact that harvest hands are wanted here;
circulars are being distributed This ac-
tion on the part of the roads is rapidly
being followed by private individuals who
want to see Northern Minnesota and
North Dakota gain the reward they are
so justly entitled to.
To have poor crop is a bad blow to
a state, but to raise bouncing, bump
ing, record-breaking crop and then lose
1t because there are not enough hands
to harvest it, is worse
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23
PULLMAN WAS WRECKED
THIRTEEN OFF ITS OCCUPANTS IN
JU2ED, SOME FATALLY.

Ell PASO. Tex, July PA serious
accident occurred on the line of the Mex
lean Central near Montezuma about II 80
a. m. today. Several passengers on
the train were severely injured, some
of whom are expected to die.
A Pullman palace car, which had been
sidetracked to allow another car to be
coupled to the train, got beyond control
of the brakemen and started down a
steep grade The train backed up to
catch the flying car and on catching
it, a collision occurred. Although the
car was not derailed. the passengers
within received terrific shock and the
car was considerably damaged. A north
bound train arriving here at SIS this
evening. brought in thirteen injured, who
were taken to the hospital.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23

1t is somewhat refreshing in this hot
weather to learn that the governor of old
Missouri issued a proclamation fixing last
Sunday as a day to be set apart to fast
and pray for rain Things must be pret-
ty hot down there when a Missourian will
pray for rain whole day. 1t seems how
ever, that the average Missourian has but
little influence with the weather bureau.
for while they were engaged in offering
their petitions for moisture, the weather
man was giving them the hottest hand
out of the season. If it should not rain
for ten days in that region it will be a
terrible blow to the prayer theory. 1t
would have been safer to have had Mrs.
Eddy give the whole push an absent
treatment.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23


The G o b looks forward with pro-
found solicitude to the effect on its Re-
publican contemporaries of the recent an
nouncement of Mr. William. ]. Bryan.
that the bolters from the Ohio state
ticket can expect no sympathy from him.
1t has been really very affecting to OBJ
serve how badly wrought up the Repub-
lican brethren have been at the exceed
ingly bad treatment to which Mr.. Bryan
has been subjected by that convention
The platform of the Ohio Democrats was
little short of an outrage on his
accepted leadership in their view since it
did not find it necessary to NEEDLE with
national issues by either approving or re-
pudating the Kansas City and Chicago
platforms
How much more painfully our Republic
an friends will be affected by the later
announcement that Mr.. Bryan disap-
proves of the action of those calling
themselves Bryan Democrats in organiz-
ing an opposition to the Ohio ticket, may
easily be understood when the relative
importance of the two subjects is con-
sidered Whether Mr.. Bryan is well or
i'll treated is a matter which Mr.. Bryan
himself is best qualified to consider; and
since he had not thought of offering any
complaint, the ill-treatment alleged can
not be regarded as very serious. But
when it comes to a matter of Mr.. Bryan
srgigtS mis- 2enSw Deinocrats to unite for
1he success OF TIE party in Ohio the SUBJ
Ject at once assumes serious national
proportions.
The Glob has felt called upon
to comment unfavorably on Mr.. Bryans
reported attitude of refusing to avow his
opposition to the Ohio ticket, while criti-
cising the ticket and tolerating the organ
ization of a bolt by those calling them
selves Bryan Democrats. The most re-
cent information on the subject of Mr..
Bryan's attitude relieves that gentleman
from the discredit of sanctioning party
opposition and gives much reason for
hope that he viii aid rather than embar-
rass the effort to unite the party on lines
which win dismiss the free silver propos-
al as not today within the domain of
rational public discussion.
There is no reason left why Democrats
should not now come together. Mems
personal likes or disllkes cut no figure
in serious politics. What one man or
any group of men may desire personally
is entitled to just so much weight; but
the effort to conduct a party on such
lines is an absurdity. If Mr.. Bryan is
not, like Achilles, about to suIk in his
tent, he will follow Up his action by
appearing on the stump in Ohio, and he
will turn his Commoner loose on the cleo
tion of the ticket. A united party in
Ohio means united party In every
state in the Union by the opening of
congress.
While Democratic sympathy for the
feelings of the Republican brethren in
the present crisis must necessarily be
great, the subject of real concern with
Democrats just now is how far the Ne
braska leader will go in promoting the
only serious movement which has appear
ed since the Chicago convention to
bring the opposing elements of the party
into cooperation.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23

tied around his neck, he will have to
stay at home with Admiral Schley, and
Sampson will be compelled to condescend
to associate with the king of England for
a few brief hours. This will be terrible
shock to the family pride of Sampson
but he will swallow it like brave man
and a patriot that he IS, for the glory
which he will confer on his country.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23

than he made to the president. AS TO
his personal plans, little is known here.
but it is accepted among officials as set
tied that he will not return to Porto
Rico.
Gov. Allen did not see the state de-
partment officials after his return to the
city, but remained at his hotel most Of
the time. 1t is said that he may remain
here until after the issue of the president s
proclamation on the 18th, announcing
free trade with Porto Rico. The belief
is that he will then relinquish his office
in which event the nominatiCn of VIII
liam Hunt, Of Montana, at Present secre-
tary of the island, to the governorship, is
believed to be probable.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23
CHINA'S BIG INDEMNITY
PLAN FINALLY ADOPTED BY EN-
VoYS AT PEE1IN.

WASHINGTON. July 22.-lThe state de-
partment received a dispatch from Com
missioner RockhiII. at Pekin, announcing
that plan for the payment of the in
demnity to the powers by the Chinese
government finally had been adopted.
The amortization Of the bonds to be is
sued will begin in 1902, AMI the plan
contemplates the entire liquidation of
both principal and interest by 1910. It
is expected that China -,ill raise S23. .O00,-
900 annually. This sum Is to be used to
pay the interest on tho bonds and to
form sinking fund for the ultimate
liquidation of the principal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23
Murderous Moonshiners.

WASHINGTON, July 22-Commissioner
of internal Revenue Yerkes has received
the following telegram from Collector
Mum, at Nashville, Tenn: Revenue
Agent Chapman, Marshal Overall, several
deputy collectors, three deputy marshals
and q posse of six men left for Monterey
this morning with warrants for arrest
of illicit distillers who made the as
sault upon the revenue officers. 1t is now
reported that one moonshiner was killed
and two wounded in Saturdays fight
ing
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-23
OPPOSE OPENING RESERVES.
Oklahoma Indians Ask Injunction
Against Commissioners Richards.

Ell RENO okla, July 22.-The final
struggle of Chief Lone Wolf and Judge
William NJ. Springer attorney for the
disgruntled Kiowa, Comanche and Apa-
che Indians, to prevent the opening of
the new country to settlement as con-
templated in President McKinley's proc
lamation was begun today in the second
judicial district court mere. A petition
was filed asking for a temporary in
junction res straining William A. Richards,
assistant commissioner general of the
land office and the register and receivers
of the land offices mere and at Lawton,
from proceeding in any way to carry out
the provisions of the proclamation. The
Saturday.
Commissioner Richards says nothing
short of sending him to jail will interfere
with the work which he has been sent
here to do.