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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

earth, varies the earth's magnetism and
gives rise to weather changes. Ac-
cordingly, weather changes correspond
with variations Of solar energy, such as
are marked by outbursts on the suns
surface, which are easily observable
with a telescope.
If this idea be correct, the sun as
sumes a. new interest from our point Of
view. An immense electro magnet
hanging in the sky, it not only furnish
es us with light and heat, but governs
to great extent the weather which
has so marked an influence upon all of
our daily doings and upon our very
thoughts and feelings
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

and many peculiar. storms following
unusual tracks. But it is not only we
in the United States who have noticed
and experienced these strange condi-
tons; in Europe also a. similar state of
affairs has ruled In fact, SO well as we
can make out the summer has been
chilly and stormy over most Of the
Northern Hemisphere
If the sun is accountable, how and in
what way does 1t exert so tremendous
an influence over our climate~over the
climate Of an entire hemisphere of the
earth? Nobody can say with certainty,
this control is exercised through an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
Sditor of the 6jorld's 6)ork.

rection, and rescue for the helpless.
The day will come when every man
who now puts a child of less than
twelve to continuous toll will humbly
pray God and his fellow men to forgive
him; for they are good" men who do
this colossal crime, blinded by some
economic untruth. Yet 1t Is the black
est sin that men in democracy have
ever committed. A democratic society
exists for the nurture of men; that Is
it's aim and that is our boast. God help
us in this blindness to the very first
lesson in all civilization, for our savage
ancestors knew better.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

Obviously there remains only one con-
clusion-namely, that the sun is the
cause.
And why not? 1t does not require
any stretch of the Imagination to sup
pose that the sun may influence the
weather on the earth. Is not that fiery
ball source of all our light and heat
and power? 1t would be surprising,
indeed, if the sun did not possess very
great influence of the kind.
1t is natural, therefore, to look to
the sun as a likely cause of such re-
markable and exceptional meteorolog-
ical phenomena as have been observed
recently. We have had unusual cold
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
The )orst Crime Of Civilization.

ings are necessary for poor parents"
(better the parents should perish than
the child); "the family is better off
than it was before" (the parents may
be, but the child is not) and cit is only
temporary condition till better labor
can be trained" cit has never been
stopped except by law).
Child labor is even yet used else
where, but it's use is now especially
scandalous in many cotton mills in the
Southern states-in some owned by
Southern men and in some owned by
Northern men; and the agitation for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

where industries have been developed
at which children could work, they
have been employed till the state has
stepped in and forbidden it.; and to for
bid it has been one of the hardest tasks
of the state. In every industrial coun-
try, too, men have used child labor who
thought themselves humane, men who
We're the pillars of society. More than
that, in every such country good" men
have defended it. The arguments are
as old as industry: Employment is
better than idleness" (applied to child
hood this is untrue) "the child's earn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
% HE United States has reach
ed a point In the develop
ment of it's industries where
- itS ~ CITY for nrAdllCtiQn

0~ HE United States mas reacn-
ed a point In the develop
ment of it's industries where
it's capacity for production
greatly exceeds its power
of consumption, and the want of for
eign markets to absorb the surplus
products, not only of it's farms but of
it's factories and workshops, is now
felt. This want, which manifests it
self now, will continue to be felt year
after year with increasing force, and
one of the great problems in the fu-
ture commercial progress of the Uni
ted States will be how to secure out
side markets, especially for finished
products.
This necessity for markets has al
ready placed the influence of the Uni
ted States on the side of those nations
that demand the maintenance and In
tegrity of the Chinese empire and the
open door for an entrance into the
Chinese market. The same influences
WILL in the future, make the United
States government ever on the alert
to secure entrance upon the footing of
the favored nations, into all foreign
fields of commercial transaction
While attention is directed to China
and the Philippines, and to various
other foreign lands, the commanding
Importance of a market near at hand
seems to have been, in large meas
ure, overlooked. 1t will be found, upon
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

electrical medium. We have had a
summer of cold and rain Qf this theory
be correctly owing to disarrangement
Of the ordinary atmospheric pressures
by the electromagnetic powers of the
suns radiant energy.
The sun is a gigantic spherical mag
net. 1t acts as magnet upon the
earth, emitting electro magnetic force.
It's magnetic influence extends out into
space, embracing the earth and the
other planets. And, with the varia-
lions of electrical energy due to the
changes that are constantly going on
in it's flaming surface, there are
changes in the weather on the earth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
By Russell r. Doubleday.

come historic by reason both of its sub
stance and its temper No man can
read 1t and remain inactive. If those
who read about 1T be smitten with ac-
tivity, they may send to the secretary
of this committee at Montgomery, Ala.
(P. o. Box BAD, for free copies of it
and they may send money for its dis
tripution to the treasurer of the COM
mittee, s. b. Marks, Jr., at the Mer-
chants and Planters National bank in
Montgomery. The preservation of the
purest English stock that we have in
the United States lies in this direc-
ton; philanthropy. too. lies in this di-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
IS The Sun Making Trouble k)h Our 13eahher1 7y9t qaron

not close at hand. It Is not to be found
inside of the earth, or on the surface
Of the earth, or in the atmosphere that
surrounds the earth. 1t is somewhere
outside of our planet and far beyond
the tenuous envelope Of air which en-
braces it.
1t cannot be the moon, though
weather wise persons in olden times
were disposed to credit that innocent.
orb with many things for which it was
not in the least responsible. The plan
cts, then? No; they are too far away.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

10000 children less than fourteen years
old, including nearly 10000 less than
twelve, are employed in the cotton
mills of these states, some Of them at
all-night work. Local agitation Is the
remedy and local agitation is sure to
prevail, especially when it is conducted
with the vigor and the skill that are
used by the executive committee on
child labor in Alabama. Edgar Gard
ner Murphy, of Montgomery, the chair
man of this committee, has written in a
pamphlet, 1.-The Case Against Child La
bor," document that deserves to be-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
- HE most heinous crime of civ.
ilization is child labor. 1t is
sin, not only against all So
= cial and economic laws, but

way whereby man made himself super
Tor to other animals was by lengthen-
ing the period of childhood; and a long
childhood Is the best gift of all the in
calculable centuries of our rise above
the brutes The plainest lesson of the
natural history of the human race is
the protection and the extension of this
long period. Yet, in every country
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

> HE attitude Of the recruit to-
ward the use of Intoxicating
liquors is largely determined
v prior to his entrance into mil
itary service; but that few
soldiers become drinking men after en-
listment as a result of social environ
ment, in the army as in civil life, can
not be denied. To this end the common
practice of treating as an ex-
preston Of hospitality or social cour-
tesy, often under circumstances when
liquor may not be desired by either
the recipient or donor-contributes not
a little; and to drink and ask the COM
partnership Of others in consuming al
coholic beverages is the first step to-
ward the development of the confirmed
drunkard. Further, the idea that social
superiority attaches to any ability to
consume large quantities of alcoholics
still exists to a certain extent among
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

ating question. But we must APP
proach it with due respect and even
with some degree of hesitation, mas
much as the problem involved is so
formidable.
One thing we may reasonably take
for granted, and that is that the cause
of such an extraordinary season lies
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

~aA UBA is q live question, and
one that means much both
to the Cuban people and to
the American people.
distinguished statesman,
who has had a great deal to do in the
National legislation fixing the stand
Ing of Cuba, recently wrote me that he
hoped above all things the republic of
Cuba would survive, because the need
of the United States is a friendly, in
dependent government in Cuba.
think that is the idea which President
Roosevelt and his advisers also hold.
Now, the Cuban republic is beset
with trouble. They are having hard
times in the island, such as were ex-
perienced in the United States few
years ago. The sugar industry the
world over is dull, and since Cuba's
chief product is sugar, the dullness is
felt just as it would be felt in the Unit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

- ONE cause there must be for
~ such extraordinary wealth
er. Everybody is asking
49, why? 1t is most in
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-04
SANG AS He SANK TO DEATH.

New York, Dec. 2.-Singing an old
country song in the half light of early
morning, John Durham yesterday sank
Hoboken meadows, while men;worked
frantically to roach the Shiny grave
into which he sank.
Durham made a heroic fight for life.
Whea he was discovered he was franti-
cally swayirg about, with the liquid
ooze Just below his armpits, catching
at the swamp grass, which loosened
from the bottom and gave to him no
support He threw himself to this side,
then TO that, vainly seeking something
that would prove firm; then he would
beat the engulfing mire with his arms
and CRY out agonizingly for help.
As he labored on the edge of the
swamp, stones throw away, men who
wanted TO rescue him tried plan after
plan to get TO him, only to fail at the
critical moment.
Durham's movements grew weaker
and weaker as the moments went by,
and his voice, tco, grew lower. He
kneH that the rescuing party was near,
and he also knew, nnally, that he
would not be saved. In the last brief
tire after his chin was submerged and
death was almost upon him he showed
his great courage and began to tremu-
lously sing the ancient Irish air, Dear
Old ireland. -
Then his head sank and the black
ooze filled his mouth. lie must have
strangled for at least two minutes
before the mire ended his sutrerings.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-04
afatns.

A1KINsoN-In this city, on December Sd, E01
Mary J. Atkinson, aged 75 years
BRowN-on November 18th, 1902. Frances E.,
wife Of Or. John X. Brown.
cooPER-In this city, on November soth, 1902.
Henry Z. Cooper, aged n years.
DARLINGToN-In this city. on November 26th,
1902. Thomas Darlington, aged ~ years.
EvASS-In this city, on November 2Tth, 1so2.
Chandler Evans. aged 75 yeais.
GRAHAM--At Marshallton, Del, on November
2oth, 1902 Thomas Graham. aged "A years.
GUTHRIE-In this city. on November 9sth, lel2,
HALLoRAS--In this city. on November 27th,
1902, Alyah j.. son OF Susan and the late Alyllh
Hailoran. aged months.
HIGHFIELD-In this city, on November Soh,
1902, Susan Highield. =
HoLT-In this city, on December Cd 1912, Sal ie
s.. wife Of the late Robert j. Holt aged bs yea IS
JACOBS In this city, on December lst, 1870,
Anna Jacobs, aged weeks.
L0wTHER-In christiana hundred on Noyelu-
Der 2gth. 1902, William Lowther, aged "A yea 5.
McHENRY-In this city, on November 30th, ls 2
Anna NJ, daughter Of NJ g. McHenry, aged ,
years
MuLLAN-In this city. on December lst is 2,
Thomas Mullan, aged So years.
| sHAFFER--At Talleyville, on November 26t 1,
1872, James L. shaffer. aged II years.
sHEAREK-In New Castle. Del, on NoVcmb 4
S0th, 1902, sarah j., beloved wife Of tohu :
Shearer and daughter of samuel and the Ia {
Elizabeth smith Of Philadelphia.
| sHEPHERD-In New Castle, DEL, on NoveInb, u
2uth, 1907, s. Ida daughter Of Eliza and d
late John T. Shepherd. aged "a years.
| sMITH-ln Philadelphia, on sunday, Noverih
Soth. 1907, Maria II, A. Henry, wife Of Byron ! {
Smith, daughter OF the late Rev. John 4, Hen
and sister OF the Rev. H. Ashton Henry
| WATERs-Suddenly in this city, on Decent (
1st. 1902, Margaret E. Waters, aged 60 years
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-04
CLAUDE MAuREAN A FUGITIVE.
|Late Assistant Superintendent Of an Insur-
ance Company Doing business at smyrna
Accused of swindiing.

fI-ate Assistant Superintendent of an Insur-
ance Company Doing Business at smyrna
II Accused OF Swindling.
3speeial lCofsespondence OF Gazette and Journal.
n Smyrna, Dec. 2.--The officials OF the
Prudential Insurance Co. are on the lookout
for Claude Maurean, who for some time
past has been their assistant superintendent
here.
The company, fearing that Maurean was
not properly hani.ing its funds, sent Head
Examiner john Burkett here to examine his
accounts, and as soon as Maurean ascer-
iained this fact he departed for parts un-
known.
Mr.. Burkett has been going over the ac-
counts since last Saturday, but has not yet
unraveled the tangle
One of MaErean 8 schemes for victimizing
the company, 1t is said, was when the COM
pany would send him cheek to pay
death claim he would forge the claimant IS
name TO the accompanying blanks and also
to the check and receive the money himself
and not pay the claimant. Another alleged
scheme was TO go to a prominent citizen of
Smyrna and say he had death claim 10
pay, but the claimant would take SIS les s
than the policy called for If he received the
money Immediately. Then AIaurean would
tell the citizen that if he would advance half
the policy he (Maureanl would furnish the
other half, and for their trouble they would
divide the SIS between theIa when the main
office sent the check to pay the claim.
MaureaD left here wife and a young
4 :hild. who have the sympathy of the com
nunity. Mrs. Maurean does not know where
ier husband is, but hopes everything will
Il urn out all right.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-04
TUNNEL FRANCHISE DEFEATED.
The Aldermen win Try to Force the Labo
Clauses.

The Aldermen win Try to Force the Labor
Clauses.
New ork, Dec. 3. BY vote of at
least five to three the aldermanic COM
mittee on railroads will, it is stated,
agree upon a report adverse to the
granting Of the franchise for the
Pennsylvania railroad tunnel.
Among the opponents of the grant
there is belief that by promptly re-
iectirg the franchise the aldermen may
force the railroad company to conoede
the inclusion Of the labor clause which
had preference over all the objections
raised by the aldermen. With this
done, it is doubtful il the blockading
squadron, led by President Jacob Can
tor and Aldermen Mccall and Sullivan,
can rally to their support enough votes
to defeat the project on any of the
other pretexts raised.
This proves the political character OF
tho opposition, in which two of the
leaders are rammany men, for not less
than 20 members of the board who
we're interviewed admitted that the
labor clauses wers the only great OBJ
stacles in the way of the grant under
existing conditions.
1t is known that in anticipation OF
the defeat of the plan the mayor will
ask the Legislature to so amend the
charter as to deprive the aldermen OF
all voice in franchise matters and to
extend the powers now vested in the
Board of Estimates, making it the sol Q
authority in such cases.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-04
MAIL ROBBERS FOlLEO.
A Bold Attempt to Steal Pouch of vaiu-
able Letters.

Bold Attempt to Steal a Pouch of Valu-
able Letters.
Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 2.-One of
the boldest attempts to rob the mails
was frustrated last evening by the
bravery and vigilance of Charles Gill
bert, driver of one of Contractor /.
I. Hooker's mail wagons, in front of
Broad Street Station. Gilbert had
reached the station, and, leaving his
wagon in front of the first driveway.
west of Fifteenth street, on Market,
had taken one pouch to the elevator.
Returning to the wagon, be saw two
men grab the pouch, from the Middle
City Station, at No. 1928 Chestnut
street, containing over 1000 letters.
The mail fiom this station is among the
most valuable in the city's postal SER
vice, thousands of dollars in registered
letters being generally contained in
the o'clock mail
Gilbert, realizing the gravity of the
situation, rushed to his wagon, but
the thieves saw him coming, sprang
into wagon they had in waiting and
attempted to drive off. Gilbert ran
after the wagon shouting at the top of
his voice to stop the thieves.
Luckily, the horse was not very
speedy, and before the wagon reached
Sixteenth street Gilbert had caught up
to it. lie grabbed the animal by the
bride, and after a struggle brought the
horse to halt. The three occupants
were about TO give him a battle, when
they saw the reserve policeman rushing
up to the scene from Fifteenth and
Market streets.
They then jumped out and fled, and,
although pursued by the policeman
and others, escaped. Gilbert felt happy
in regaining possession of the valuable
pouch, which he carried back to his
wagon. The policeman took charge OF
tine horse and wagon. and it is now in
the possession OF the Central Station
officers. The detectives think they have
clue to the identity of the owner of
the wagon, which may lead to the ar
rest of the would-he robbers.
The postoffice people think the at
tempt vas made by some Of the gang
which some days ago was successful in
similar attempt In Chicago.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-04
STORM SWEEPS OVER SOUTH. d

The Advent of Winter Marked by Roaring
Gale.
Louisville, KY, Dec. 3. The advent
of winter in the South Atlantic ami
Gulf States, Tennessee. Arkansas ard
Missouri, was accompanied by general
rain and in some localities high wind,
which worked considerable damage 10
property and resulted in the fatal in
jury of at least two Iersons.
The storm struck New Orleans shortly
before daylight All communication
southwest from Memphis has been in :.
terrupted, and every other Telegraph
centre reports disturbed condition Of
regular circuits.
In some sections the rainfall has
been followed by clearing and cold,
weather with a continuance of hig!
winds.
wELL-KNowH CLOVIS A VICTIM.
New Orleans, La, Dec. IA sever
windstorm swept the western suburi
of this city Just before daylight yes
terday. The house occupied BY Joli
Dernier, brother of Tony Dernier,
clown, and his family was bloR 4
down and three persons were hurt.
Dernier was bruised and cnr about I'll Q
head and fatally injured. Mrs. Dernior
suffered serious iniuries
The house WAS a wooden structure
pitched on piles in the marshlands
back of the city park.
Mr. Dernier is an old theatrical man.
like his brothers, circus clown, tight
rope walker and all around athlete,
known all over the United States.
The wind prostrated trees and fences
in various parts of the city, and teie-
graph and telephone wires are down il
every section.
WIND REACHED 50 MILES AN HouP.
Memphis, Tenn, Dec. IA as-
struotiys wind storm swept IS -
Northern Mississippi and Western Iiss
nessee about noon yesterday, csl!sfr 9
considerable loss of proper 30
fatalities are reported. The velBci y
of the wind reached maximim Of s,z
miles an hour. Reports from the snr-
rounding country say heavy damage to
telegraph and telephone wires has
been experienced. Communication with
southern points is in a demoralized
condition.
At Memphis several small boats in
the harbor suffered damage, the smoke
stacks Of two steamers having been de-
stroyed by the force pkethe gale.
The storm folloU. Tbs. river from
the south, andxen fr-cts sare not felt
in Arkansas anoExexas.
ZERO WEATHER IN WYOMING. :
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. IA sewers
snowstorm reached here yesterday am
is moving south before a high wind
The temperature has fallen to zero.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-04
Fatal nniIro,d aoriIen,.

The Adams Express train which left
Philadelphia at II. % o'clouk Tuesday
night, collided with rear end of FREIGHT
train at Gray's Ferry and Engineer
Bailey of Philadelphia was killed. The
accident delayed the train about an
hour and a MALI. The train was under
a fair headway Of speed when the eng;-
neer saw the rear end of freight train
out over the track. The train was
pulling in onto the siding and the end
OF the rear car was about to enter tine
siding when the engine struck it with
great force, wrecking the car and
engine. The engine had the air brakes
on and the lever reversed, but the
momentum was too great 60 avert the
crash. The fireman on the engine
escaped by jumping. He was Slightly
bruised in his iumn. The passengers
on the train were Jared but none was
injured.