The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-16

departments of the government-appoln
practical men,
Richmond, capital of Virginia, does not
number wards as in other cities bur
deslgnates them as st. Paul does with
school houses by the name of statesmen.
Clay ward is the largest in Richmond
IN voting population.
There are four papers comprising the
Scripps-McRae league = the ST. Louis
Chronicle, Cincinnati Post, Covington
Pest and Cleveland Press
1t is said that Morgan and Rockefeller
now control sufficient cash to finance
the combination of all the railroads &C
the country. The deposits of the Nor
gan and Rockefeller banks appear in
significant as compared with the actual
wealth Of these millionaires and their
business associates, but it must be re-
membered that in the neghborhood of 80
per cent of the business of the country
is done on a credit basis. The financing
OF the Pennsylvania coal deal, for exam
pie, which involved $3S, 900, 900, required
only SO 600, 600 in actual cash. Morgan
and Rockefeller not only have at their
command nearly lion dollars in cash,
but unlimited credit. This is made
plain when it Is known that these two
men control banks in which the deposits
aggregate $500, 100000 and trust companies
1891, Sol, 900, a total of $685.. 100000.
Trolley cars now run from Washington
to Mount Vernon. In this hurry age the
steamboat is too slow for the average
visitor.
A new book called Drifting is Great
ing quite sensation in England. It as
serts that Great Britain is going to the
dogs, politically, agriculturally, commere
cially, financially and economically. The
author conceals his identity, saying: L
wish to concentrate public attention on
my book and not to direct it toward my
self"
A party of colored emigrants left Ala
bama last week for Liberia, Africa.
There are other and more diplomatic
and tactful ways of letting Great Britain
understand that the United States means
to build and control the Nicaraguan cam
al, says the Chicago Tribune, than an an
nouncement that that power will be
wiped OUT if 1t venture to attempt
to Illustrate the designs Of the United
States.
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A bill before the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture is carrying the compulsory powers
of government little too far 1t re-
uuires every qualified voter to vote at all
primary and general elections, and I'M
poses for failure to do so fine or 80 or
ten days' Imprisonment. The only ex-
cuse allowed by the bill is illness or alb
sence from the county on election DAY.
F. Marion Crawford, the American nov
e1ist who lives in Rome, has been ap-
pointed biographer to Leo Kill, the pres
ent pope, who entered upon the twenty
fourth year of his papal reign last week.
This great work, which will, necessarily,
be a history of the times as well as the
man. is already well under way. though
it cannot. of course be completed or pub
lished until after the pope's death. The
Importance of such work Is obvious
when one considers the widespread 40
minion of the Church of Rome. For this
reason. too, it must deal with many lands
and powers, and when 1t Is remembered
that Leo XIII. was born in 1910, almost
a decade before the late queen, the extent
of the biography can be imagined!
The Maine legislature has refused to
resubmit the constitutional prohibition
amendment Open saloons exist in the
cities and bootleg joints in the towns
The British house of commons is get
ting to be as quarrelsome as the average
Southern legislature used to be during
reconstruction days.
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Today, March f6, is the anniversary of
the birth, in 1851, of James Madison,
fourth president of the United States. AS
a statesman and philosopher he secured
the highest consideration of the nation.
His writings on the constitution We're
only second to those of Hamilton. The
principal event of his administration was
the war of 1872; this is also the ariniver-
sary of the birth, in 1892 OF Walter Quin
ton Gresham, American soldier and
jurist; also on this day, in 1856, Napoleon
Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, son Of
NAPOLEON III, born at Paris. The I'M
perial prince was born when the second
empire was in it's glory. His training was
English, and after the fall of his father
he resided in England. He asked leave to
accompany the army to Zululand as
soldier and, not receiving permission,
went as a spectator. He was killed while
out on a reconnaissance, June 1, 1879 His
mother still lives in England.
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United States devoted to the interests of
n, o51icine surgery and allied sciences.