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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Caught by Falling Walls.

Seven fremen were caught under a
falling wall in fire which destroyed
three frame business blocks at Brook
field. Mass, Two or three are seriously
injured. The loss is about $4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
BOUND AND BURNED TO DEATH
Thieves Rob Ohio Railway Employe
and Cruelty Take His Life.

Robbers attacked Michael Sweeny, who
was in charge of signal shanty on the
Pittsburg AMI Western Railroad, near
Girard, Ohio, and after binding him went
through his pockets, taking his pay, and
then set fire to the shanty. A passing
crew heard his cries for help and at
tempted to rescue him, but were too late
to save his life,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Gen. H, c. Hobart Dies

Gen. Harrison G. Hobart died at the
Soldiers Home at Milwaukee. He was
the sole survivor of the band of men who
tunneled out Of Libby prison and escaped
to the Union lines during the Civil War.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
EARTHQUAKE s4artIes Mound CITY.

felt in st. Louis and in many of the
towns in the immediate vicinity of the
city. The first shock was light. The
second was more severe. 1t awakened
persons who had slept through the first
shock.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
CHANGE in Chinese Attitude.

The Emperor of China granted an au-
dience to the ministers of foreign powers,
and, for the first time in history, received
them as representatives of monarchs
equal in rank to himself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Travelling Man Killed.

Calvin A. Black, Chicago travelling
man, fell over the banister of hotel
stairway at Wichita, Kan, and was
killed. His home was at Someryile,
Mass
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Sign Treaty with Denmark.

The treaty of cession of the Danish
West India Islands from Denmark to
t%2 United States was signed at the State
Department at Washington by Secretary
Hay and Constantine Brun, the Danish
minister.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Pittsburs Banks to Unite,

Four national banks in Pittsburg. with
an aggregate capital of S1,70O,000 and a
surplus of S435, 900, are, according to re-
liable reports. to be merged into one
financial institution under national
nl,1 rthr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Wrecked by a Broken Rail.

A mixed train on the Chicago and AL
ton branch road was wrecked about four
miles from Mexico, Mo-, presumably by
broken rail. Nearly all the passengers
in the coach were injured, some seriously.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Kills His Wife with an AK.

George Rakes, a Huntington, w. Va,
turfman, fatally assaulted his wife with
an ak, carving her head and face to an
unacceptable mass. Her skull was pen
etrated half dozen times. He escaped
on a freight train.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Limited Strikes . Street cas

Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul linn
tied crashed into a Kedzie avenue street
car in Chicago, and dozen persons We're
hurt, three of them perhaps fatally.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Mrs. McKinley's Nephew Out.

After an investigation extending over
many weeks, Frank Saxton, supervising
immigrant Inspector at Ellis Island, New
York, was dismissed for neglect of duty
He is q nephew of Mrs, Mckinley and
has been in Office two years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Soldiers Frozen to Death.

The Toxic correspondent of the London
Daily Express cables that over 200 sol
dierS have been frozen to death in north
crn Japan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Twenty-nine Miners Killed.

Dust explosion in mine at Lost Creek
Iowa, killed twenty-nine men, SERIOUSLY
injured eight others and did property
damage of $4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
General Manager of santa Fe Exp;res

W. G. Nevin, general manager of all
the lines of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad west of Albuquerque,
died at his home in Los Angeles from
creeping paralysis
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
ItaIy,s King Honors NIarconi.

King Victor Emmanuel has conferred
the Order of st. Maurice and st. Lazarus
upon Marconi.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Mail Robbery Is Reported

Springfield, Mass, and Boston has been
reported to the postal authorities at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Southern Robbers loot Express Train.

Seven or eight men held up the passen-
ger train from Charleston on the South
ern Railroad. They looted the local ex-
press safe and carried off the through
safe. All made their escape. The hold
up occurred five miles from Branchville.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
Stranded on Virginia Coast.

The Norwegian steamer Daggery
stranded near Cape Henry, Va, and the
crew of seventeen men were taken off.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
3 ~"~~~~~~~~uuuuon.l
) Congress
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I'm - |" '!o'i VI the Department Jug
Dill was "; resumed. The e'y nut, 9S 9
was tho amendment o s pending
tus of Alabama proyi5; %,sd By
partment of Labor be no lS ,aa,
the the proposed new Department. ror %.nt
tus made a brief argrmo ,n,yo~
his amendment. and bo VII III sd
Mr.. Bacon. In renIv va" a, suppl
charge of the pendinr r, |% Ne
had heard no protest , rrS.so'e
fer until recently an o osa:asi Il
organization had obiecta ,I''. !. Of
maintained that it was \ nv mf, 10
the labor department wi +'s,a'e
dIctlon of an executive 5a ,roaS u
Hanna said the establishments 1 Ne
department. was in the in ,fn, ct
capital and labor. In tbe I Hs
sideration of the urgent t dasI.
y l,en mas oeeh under debate Sn
day was completed. but Nv o, sa
lateness Of the hour poss, living ny
was postponed until FRIDAY u
full effort was made to ipcrso,, a
r rural free delivery carriers ' f',s ,l1
$500 per annum. Mr.. HIM ' ~ 4
cut made the motion to inc,e..,
preparation for this purDosa ''' !.
sisted by Mr.. Cannon. Mr.. Toa,
man of the postoaice commft to'a
Payne the Republican floor H.
the ground that the method n @'
lar' but the members with r ,D,,
! stltuencies supported it and # ~ ~
ed by vote Of 100 to Is. W"
On Friday a vote was ro,o,,,
urgency deficiency bill, The item Il
aroused Democratic oppos:f5 n Y
genlously amended 50 as to ,n,,l
100000 for THE protection an, S'' \
of American troops serving IN n
ippines, instead Of speci6caIy u
racks. In its original form tba ~
received the support of only an,
Graf, Mr.. Cummings of New yn,.
the vote was taken upon it in Avn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
DEATH IN STEEL MILL
WORkMEN CAUGHT IN GUSH OF
MOLTEN METAL.

Accident at South Chicago Works
Cooked and Almost Instantly Killed
Young Boy Slain While Defending
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
DEATH OF 20 MINERS.
DUST EXPLOSION LEAVES TRAIL
OF DESTRUCTION.

Horrible Catastrophe at Lost Greek,
Iowa-Wives and Families of En-
tombed Workers Cause a Panic at
the Mouth of the Pit.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

There is deal of entertainment to be
had in these days by following the re-
citais of the tax reformers who didn't re-
form. Their reasons for not reforming
are ingenious and of great va
Hetv. It will not be at all sur
prisins if, after they have reflected
little on the situation, they should reach
the unanimous and just conclusion that
5hcir failure TO reform was due mostly. If
not entirely, to the rapidity of action dis
played by the leading reformer of them
all in calling the extra session into ex-
istence, after he had hit on the work
Of the tax commission as Offering him
the much needed opportunity to
strengthen his political fences.
1t was all shabby, transparent. no.
Htioal trick, and the fruit of it is worthy
OF the soil from which it sprung. Cranes
90 not come from thistles, nor common
dable public service from the scurvv
needs of cheap political trickster. Had
the mountebank Who called that session
into existence continued to stand on his
first pretext for calling the legislature
together he would have secured his aim
He would have secured his foolish MEM
orial to congress for an amendment of
the judiciary act, and his $4,000 to fec
the attorney Of a foreign corporation
using the interest and the prestige
of the state for his professional ends
The mileage and per diem allowances
might not have been as extensive as thew
were, but they would have accomplished
Just as much for Van SAINT.
There was no thought Of tax reform
in the mind of the state executive when
he called that legislature into existence
If there had been he would have given
the public an opportunity to learn some
thing Of the work of the commission.
Whatever may be said of that work it
was done conscientiously and by capa-
bic men. 1t is safe to say that not a
single member of the bodies called to-
gether 10 consider it who had business
interests Of his own to engage his atten-
ton could have found the time in the
period allotted necessary to secure an
intelligent understanding of the report
Of the commission. Van SAINT knew this.
Every newspaper in the state which dis
cussed the subject knew it and acknowl-
edged it in one way or other.
What Senator Dougherty and Represen-
totive Laybourn say now hundreds of
others have said before them. 1t was the
merest poiitical pettifoging which within
week Or Two called the legislature to-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

increase in population, st. Paul would
not increase it's annual sales to the strip
Of country which should be an ever-in-
creasing market for its merchants.
Irrigation and settlement is the mot
to of those who would see great ma
tionaI results grow from the reclama-
ton of the millions of acres of arid and
semi arid land in the Northwest. Irriga-
ton without settlement would benefit this
city very little. Cattle do not wear shoes
and clothing, do not eat groceries, do not
swallow drugs, do not furnish houses,
do not use tobacco, do not read news
papers, do not make more than one trip
on railroad train, do not go to school
or to church-all of which things are
required for human beings and done by
them. Economists estimate an able
bodied citizen worth 81 600 year to his
country; at best a range steer is worth
$40 The difference in the value to the
country is appreciabie by the comparison.
Reclamation and settlement of the arid
lands Of the Northwest mean more for
st. Paul than any other policy being
considered by the national congress.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

gether to consider g tax code prepared
by experts after months of continuous
and exhaustive labor.
The Clio b never favored the adop-
ton of the commissions report. Its adop-
ton under the circumstances would have
been a virtual delegation of the legisla-
tive power to body of five citizens. 1t
did favor and does favor an intelligent
revision of the existing tax system, which
could not have been accomplished under
any circumstances under the existing
constitution. It advocated the calling of
a constitutional convention. It still ad-
vocates such course. And such a
course will be adopted of necessity be-
fore any adequate measure of tax reform
can be secured.
If there is an intelligent appreciation
existing among the electors of the state
Of what is necessary to their own inter-
ests they will in the forthcoming election
rebuke the dangerous demagogy of Van
SAINT and his coterie by calling into ex-
istence governor and legislative ma
jority which will destroy the rotten ag-
gregation root and branch and restore
the state government to their own con
troll.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17
Has PERENNTdL INrEREs1

The reclamation of the arid lands of the
Northwest is a subject which has an
abiding interest for the people of st.
Paul. An additional population of sew
eral millions of thrifty farmers who
would naturally draw their supplies from
st. Paul would mean population of sew
eral hundred thousand for the city.
This additional population can be pro-
vided with homes in the arid Northwest
if the lands lying therein are reclaimed
by irrigation and reserved for actual
settlers.
President Roosevelt and the United
States senate have taken action along
proper lines to accomplish the reelama-
ton Of the Northwest. It is up to the
house of representatives to complete the
work SO auspiciously begun.
AS in all great enterprises, there are
conflicting interests in the policy of irri-
cation. The great stock companies want
to get possession of the lands for graz
ing purposes. Settlement is a policy OBJ
noxious to them. They would secure con-
troll of thousands of acres of land upon
which no immigrant should ever settle.
They would get possession of the land
to be made fertile by irrigation and keen
the settlers off. They would get rich,
OF COURSE, but line territory would not
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17
WEATHER FOR TODAY.


Ninnesota-Fair continued cold Mon
day; brisk to high northwest winds;
tuesday fair. not so cold.
l per Michigan-Snow Monday, colder
II east portion; high west Winds Tuesday
fair, continued cold.
Niseonsin-Fair, continued cold Mon
DAY: Tuesday fair, not quite so cold; high
northwest winds Monday.
loWa-Fair, continued cold Monday;
Tuesday fair, not 50 cold; north winds.
North and South Dakota Fair, cot
tiuued cold Monday; Tuesday fair. with
rising temperature, north winds, becom-
inS E2rid BILE.
Montana-Fair Monday, except snow in
northwest portion; not so cold; Tuesday
lair; warmer, except in northwest por-
ton: variable 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 Z O'Clock
last aight-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation: Highest temDera-
ture, S; lowest temperature, 0; average
temperature 3; daily range, 6; barome-
ter, 29IS; humidity, "a; precipitation, .O6;
p. m, temperature, o; p. m, wilma
northwest weather, cloudy.
NF,sfpydaN'S FFp70DaratI1rpS-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17
NeA, York Letter.
Moving Pictures 70 Monono

moving Pictures 70 MonoDoIv-
NEW YORK, March 1s-Rov,,t,os
amounting to many thousands If d,I-
lars annually will be lost hencefortb 10
Ihomas A. Edison as the result of : d.
scion that was handed down nv ire
United States court of appeals in an an-
tlon for infringement of patents which
the Edlson# company brought against the
American Mutoscope company. This de-
clslon IS far reaching, as it is expected
that many companies interested In NOV
ing pictures will refuse now to paw trib-
ute to Mr. Edison's company. AZ tnay-
have done. The court hold that Mr. Ed
son did not invent a new process for
photographing moving objects, but hal
simply improved upon the invention and
devices of others.
Catholic Women Organize
In the Catholic club, West Fifty-rinrb
street, recently Catholic lay women or
gan1zed conference of women workers
IN Catholic charities which shall work
along lines of the United Charities and
the United Hebrew Charities Miss M
Mclaughlin, of ST Roses Settlement
spoke on social work and what the
Catholic settlements are doing for the
factory girls of the East side ",rha
Catholic Women's association. of Brook
lyn,' she said, sis helping poor girls
~ HetiuinS lHSm together
Vanderbilt Sets New Fashion
society folk who attended the dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vandarbi1+ oo,,o
Tor Prince Henry last Sunday. went away
wondering whether they had been offered
me nrst glimpse of coming fashion.
MT Vanderbilt observed a style of DIS
new to all his guests, and the nosition If
MS family in society made all the othars
think it possible he thought 10 set a rauy
FASHION. Wearing the conventional coat
of evening dress, Mr. Vanderbilt had i
ornamental with buttons of gold INV
were on the front in place of the ordinary
buttons of black braid, and on the sleeve
We're four small gold disks Mr. Wander
bilt wore q black vest, and it's buttons
too. were Of Shining metal Danarti,,Ty
in another matter from general custom
ne wore black bow tie in place Of the
conventional white.
High Art in Schools
Circulating pictures, on the plan Of
circulating libraries are meeting wifi,
great success in some of the public
schools attended by the poorer children of
the community. A pupil is permitted IN
take framed picture home and keep it
for one week. exchanging it for another
at the end of that time More and more
also, school rooms are being made artis-
tic and attractive. The school decorating
committee of the Public Educational as
soclatIon has sent out more than 600
small unframed pictures to various school
houses, and large framed photographs.
photographers. casts of statues and re-
iiefs during the last year. Jars, TOO, of
graceful form and good art coiors are
placed in the school rooms, and at this
time of year are filled with pussy will
lows and twigs of other budding trees.
These are procured from the country by
the nature material committee Of the as
ISOLATION, which endeavors to obtain some
bit of outdoors from the country for
the city children for every month in the
year.
HorGan's Flying Palace
All the luxury and convenience of q
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17
4 LESSON IN crvI1 SERVICE.

The bulk Of the employees of the census
bureau have in theory been subject to
the provisions of the civil service law.
In actual operation the bureau has really
been a sort of official dumping ground
for senators and congressman. Commits
sioner Merriam has from the beginning
been between the devil of the spoiIs
system and the blue sea of civil service
reform.
The enactment of the law making the
census bureau a permanent official in
sttution has operated to bring our
former governors sufferings to a close in
one direction. But it has also operated
to open up to his vision in another
direction a vista of future unhappiness
the end of which may for him be far
far away.
Once in a While we get a view Of lie
possibilities of the so-called merit system
such as its original opponents never lost
sight of. The successful lobbying for
increase of pay and lessening of hours
Of labor by certain public employees
against which President Roosevelt re-
Gently issued his order shows what glori-
Gus possibilities there are of the hordes
of permanent officehoIders created by
the law contriving to extend their power
and influence. So, too, the spectacle
which was presented of the census en-
ployes crowding the congressional gal
leries and showing their approval or dis
approval while the measure was under
consideration, reveals what is a certain
ty, that public employees, protected by
law in their positions, will use those
positions and their political influence for
their own solfish ends
The country is indebted to the presi-
dent as well as to Commissioner Merriam
for defeating the scheme Of forcing on
the pubic service permanently the big
crowd Of employees gathered into the cen
sus bureau by the spoils system. The
consequences may prove serious to the
head of the bureau by causing the Repub-
hcan majority in congress to attempt his
punishment in one way or another 1t
is fairly certain, however, that the pres
ident will stand by him and refuse to
approve any law passed to this end.
Since the days of D. &. Eaton
civil service reform has played the part
of political stool pigeon. OF late its
serious extension has been attempted in
many directions, both by well meaning
public men and officeholders, who had
forced their way into the public service
through the spons plan. What it's future
may be it would be unsafe to say. It's
abuse has been great, the methods resort
ed to under it for the choice of public
servants have generally been silly, and
its administration has, as a rule, been
re1lp@hly dishonest. Yet, the need Ct
selecting minor government employees on
some responsible plan remains beyond all
dispute. All that can be said now in
this behalf is that as long as we select
cur governing officials through party pol
itics all that may be attempted for the
Improvement of the public service
through this method is almost certain of
being undone with each succeeding
change of party control. There is in ex-
istence today no enlightened public senti-
ment upon which the civil service scheme
can depend for sustainment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17
MONDAY, MARCH II, 1892.

singular what simple subjects some
editors choose for public enlightenment.
The most popular one just now is how
any and every man may if he just tries
hard enough secure a $4,000 per amman
salary as has ex-Secretary Gage. AS
if anybody doubted so simple a truth!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

If DR.. Ohage can aid some of the an
Gent burgs of the East to do something
of what this burg has done under his in
spiration for the sanitary gain of tho
people T h Globe will forgive him for
taking to the lecture platform Then he
can return home, and all will be Tor
gotten
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

If the Poles have worked off a lot of
spawned and ring-boned nags on the
British for use in South Africa there will
not be quite SO much sympathy express
ed for John Bull as there will be con-
graduation of the shrewd Poles.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

SO, it turns out that it is for polo not
ing bought by the British. Here is an
other subject for another fanneled pome,
Rudyard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17
TO OUR FRIENDS.

Anyone unable to secure "A
copy 81 T n G ] ID on my
railroad train leaving or en-
tcFing ST. FAIL viii confer q
favor on the management by
reporting the fact 10 the bus
mess Office. Telephone, Main
1908.
Subscribers annoyed by Ir.
regular or late delivery OF
z e G o b e w3H confer n In
VoT on the management by re.
porting the fact 60 the business
Office. Telephone. Main 1905.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17
ZAl7Zr,MAI
gsagM w MlATA-
"THE EXPLORERS"

A vaudeville meIange in two acts. book
ana lyrics by Bert Lesion Taylor; music
by waiter H. Lewis, was presented for
the hrst time in st. Paul at the Metro
poi1tan opera house last night by the
Dearborn Theater company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

Some of the labor brethren who grew
SO enthusiastic over the prospect
held out to them by the rough-riding
president in connection with the Rock
Island arsenal may now occupy them
selves gnawing the file Of Secretary
Roots order indorsing the obnoxious
Blunt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

1t is recorded in the city news of March
Is. 1S62-forty years ago-that one ]. A.
Wheelock, secretary of the State Agri-
cultural society, has invited bids for q
state fair. And yet somebody says that
our esteemed contemporary does not shine
for the exclusive illumination of the agrI-
cultural masses.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

1t is the sorrows of the West Indies
which are now engaging the imperial at
tention. 1t used to be the troubles in
the East when Russia was heard gently
tapping at the gates of Herat And in
South Africa there is still something for
the imperial muddle to worry about,
while in North Germany the situation
is far from lovely. SO that East and
West, North and South, the empire on
which the sun never sets is having an al
together rough-house sort Of a time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

At last has the opportunity of the
Eastern weather sharp arrived. Here is
the genuine Minnesota blizzard for your
life And at that it doesn't appear to
hold a candle to the beautiful variety of
meteorological disturbance which the
Eastern brother keeps for home con-
sumption.