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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
THINKS MARS IS PEoPLEp.

Prof. George Washington Hough, Of
the Northwestern university, has
reached the conclusion that Mars is in
habited by a people of superior intel
ligence to those of the earth. Prof.
Hough is willing to stake his reputa-
ton, both astronomical and otherwise,
on this startling statement, but he
adds, with a touch of naivete, "of
course this can never be established
positively"
Prof. Hough has been looking at the
war planet through a telescope much
Of the time the past summer and
promises to write book on what he
has discovered, in which he says he
will accept the theory of evolution
and the assertions of leading astrono-
mers that climatic conditions on Mars
are the same as of the earth. 1t seems
a pity that the learned astronomer
could not have got busy with some
thing which at some time would end
in something. If he has no proof Of
what he says his ,speculations will have
no other result than to set a lot of
other people, wise and otherwise, to
talking through their headgear. If the
people of the earth cannot find out
whether the superior beings of Mars
are sitting up nights inventing automo-
biles, wireless telegraph, airships and
monographs; whether they smoke Gig
arettes, drink absinthe and stay out
all night playing poker at the club;
whether they form trusts, go into poll
tics and tell fish stories, they cannot
see any pleasure or profit in knowing
anything about them. The mere ultra
nebulous theory that they exist isn't
going to satisfy anybody At this par
ticular juncture all Prof. Hough's coun-
trymen are Missourians. They want
to be shown what there is on Mars in
the way of animal life and bullying
foreheads. They have little time for
theories which "can never be estab-
lished positively"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
$1,000 WOMEN FOR SOUTH AFRICA

All the world is looking with open
eyed establishment at the effort which
Great Britain is making to reach the
hearts of the Beers through Cupid.
The movement is the stupendous one
of sending to the Transvaal $4,000
young women, one-third of whom, it
is expected, will marry followers of
Kruger, and from this basis it is rea-
soned that Great Britain will have 50,-
600 partisans in a year and from 100000
to 200, 900 'born" Englishmen in fifteen
years. For the purpose of getting
these young women to the vedlt Cecil
Rhodes left $1,OO0,00o, which is to be
handled by the Countess of Warwick.
The only thing asked of these mar
riageable "buds" is that they shall be
prepossessing. The British are cute
enough to know that as between two
homely women, one Boer and the
other English, the Transvaal boy seek
ing to join the Benedicts will choose
a native. On the other hand, If the
pretty, vivacious English girl is put
where the South African can see and
talk with her, it is figured that Cupid
will finish the work in short order and
that King Edward will soon have such
powerful weapons at his hand in the
home that revolt will be only remote
possibility.
In this comprehensive scheme of
assimilation through the heart it is the
purpose of Lady Warwick and those
who are her intelligent aids to be care
full not to send to Pretoria and johann
nesburg adventuresses and spectators,
women of a certain class who come
and go with the gold fever. 1t is stated
that real colonists are wanted, persons
willing and eager to make their home
in the Transvaal. Broadening the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
RIGHTS OF THE HUSBAND.

The French courts have just estab-
lished precedent which is full of per-
picking possibilities both serious and
ludicrous. A soubrette of Paris the
alter, pretty and garrulous, who had
become annoyed by the attentions of
the Johnny boys, asked as protection
that her husband be permitted free
access behind the scenes. The man
ager, urging that he could not afford
to establish such precedent for the
several dozen other husbands of prima
donnas, soubrettes and chorus girls,
refused. The young woman was per-
sistent, and finally brought suit to
have her contract Cancelled and asked
for damages in considerable sum.
The learned judge awarded the
young woman damages, and said he
was bound to take notice of the fact
that stage life subjects women, espe-
cially those who are pretty of face and
form, to special temptations; and that
the desire of wife to be protected
against such attentions is entirely le-
ultimate; that it is the husbands in
disputable right to protect his help
meet, whether she realizes the need Of
such protection or not, and therefore
that a theater manager cannot deny
husband access behind the scenes OF a
theater or other place where his wife
performs, nor can the husbands right
to such access be signed away by the
wife.
There will be trouble in America as
soon as the supreme court Of New
York sees that decision, as it will be as
sure as the sun is to rise to work it
in on somebody. Let some husband
who has tried to intrude himself on
the meeting Of woman's club and
been unceremoniously kicked off the
veranda ask that his rights be defined,
and it is dollars to brass buttons that
the gentleman wearing the ermine in
the Empire state will decide that he
has all the rights and privileges of the
club rooms and can do anything there
from janitor service to acting as pre-
ask entrance to end forever the man
less woman's meeting, for even there
every wife is liable at any moment to
at least need police protection.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
wATTERsoN IN HIS DoTAeE.

Americans who have for the past
thirty years admired Henry Waiter
son for the brilliant, convincing man
ner in which he has handled public
questions stand aghast at the recent
Numbering Of the once great editor.
Many were led to believe his mind
was impaired when few months ago
he made two bitter attacks on ex-
President Cleveland. These were so
violent in tcne and in most things so
wide of the truth that they were given
little weight by anybody except the
implacable foes of Mr.. Cleveland.
A few days ago Mr.. Watterson gave
startling evidence of waning intellect
ual power by his attack on the "4OO,"
in which he directly and brutally as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15

sailed the character of the women who
compose it. That they are frequently
too convivial and sometimes overstep
the bounds of propriety in other ways
is unquestionably true, but there is
nothing in their conduct that could
warrant the use of the word cyprian, as
Mr.. Watterson did, in making refer
ence to them. What wonder then that
+. P. Garretson, who says his blood
boils at the editors assertion, writes
Mr.. Watterson: "You have offered an
unwarranted and deliberate insult to
American women. The respect you
bear for motherhood and it's sacred
ness, for wifehood and it's loveliness,
for daughterhood and it's purity, not
only in this city, but to the nation it
self, deserves a retraction."
Somewhat more to the point, but
scarcely less brutal, is Mr.. Waiter
sons characterization of President
Roosevelt, of whom he says in his lat
est diatribe: "Given an attractive per-
sonality, a glib tongue and a rubber
tire, and your gentleman in politics
will double discount the cropheads who
run der masheen' Teddy, the chauf-
feur, steering his own machine, civil
service reformer-100 miles per-war-
ranted to run down more voters in a
day than Plat or Addicks in a year
is it not sight for gods and men?"
Is there nobody in Louisville who
can lock up the desk of this old man,
soured on the world, and throw the
key far out into the murky Ohio?
The polished, trenchant, logical. elo-
quent Watterson of yesterday has
passed. Draw the curtain!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
ECHOES OF WORK
SHOP, MILL AND MINE
Review of the Weeks Work In Every
Nation On the Globe Where Artisans
Hold Sway.

Topeka, Kan, teamsters have organ,
iZed
Labor unions at Raleigh, N. c., will
build labor temple.
Ottawa (Canada) postoffice emn1oves
are asking for increased wages. -
The striking. coopers at Nebraska Civ
Neb., have returned to work. IVY
Quarrymen at Weardale, England b,v.
received an advance in wages. W
Railroad graders at LoveIand co1
have been granted a shorter wor kday'
Aid. Patrick Dowd, labor candidate ba,
Ireland.
Another strike is reported from Rarce-
Iona, Spain, where the gas employees
have ceased work.
Steel workers at Eston. England, to tina
number of LOO, have been granted an
increase in pay.
Labor unions at Charlotte N. c., re-
fused to parade with negro trade union
lists on Labor day.
Knoxville, Tenn, United Metal Workers
nave Deen granted concession Of
nine-hour day.
Orchestra players Of Atlanta, Ga, will
organize and affiliate with the federation
of trades.
The labor organizations of Oklahoma
CITY are discussing a proposition to open
bank. N-'
A new magazine, the official journal Of
on Sept. Is.
Lanarkshire (Scotch) miners will con-
tribute toward the relief of the Penn
sylyania anthracite strike
The factory girls of PeekskilI. N. Y.
nave decided to improve their industrial
surroundings by forming union.
IL Unions a1nas among carpenters and toiners
any other city in the state
Coal miners employed in the Merthvr
ana Cyfarthfai (Wales) pits, who have
neen on strike, have resumed work.
Railroads in this country employ over
million people at an annual cost for
wages and salaries of over $500, 900, 900.
There are in this country Lila unions
membership Of 900 persons.
During the past five months 1000 ma
r1ne f1remen on the Atlantic coast have
Joined the Marine Firemen's union.
|, There are prospects Of an early set
Element of the weavers' strike at Water
ford r. I. The men have been out sew
eral months.
Fort Worth Tex, street car motormen
Will have meeting for the purpose of
considering the advisability of organizing
a. union.
An effort is being made to organize the
fees and employees Of the city and county
offices.
The Great Lakes Towing and Wrecking
company has authorized the withdrawal
of the suits against the striking tugmen
at Duluth, Mimi.
Hot Springs (Ark.) electrical workers
have organized under the rules and reg
ulations of the international Brotherhood
Of Electrical Workers.
Saw mill operatives on the Penobscot
river, Maine, have struck, their de-
mand for a ten-hour day having been
ignored by the mill owners.
Judge Richardson of the Washington
Superior court, in an opinion just hand
ed down, holds that boycott when peace
ably conducted is not illegal.
With the exception of the metal work
ers at the Pignoie Iron Works, and the
printers, most of the strikers at Florence,
Italy, have resumed work.
Edmong G. Vail blacksmith, has been
nominated for congress by the Democratic
convention of the Twenty-first congress
sional district of Ohio.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
THE CENTER OF THE STAGE.

The world is football crazy
In the autumn of the year,
When the days are crisp and haZy
And the vegetation drear.
The gladiators meeting
At this season of the year
Have to give or take beating,
Working hard to earn cheer.
But when in dirt they're tumbling
In the tuSSlea for a ."gain,'
Hear the shouts of reoters rumbling,
AS they yell with might and main.
In solid mass formation
Do these fiendiSh fighters press
For the goal of their ambition
And the touchdown of success.
The long haired man was hero
AS across the field he tore;
He could win smile from Nero
For the way he scattered gore.
And when they win by scoring,
With a touchdown or a goal,
Did you ever hear such roaring?
These be men for Fame'S great rolll
The rooters, loudest cheering.
When their husky players win,
May be quickly changed to jeering,
Or to footing horns of tin.
Aye! all are football crazy
. In the autumn of the year,
When the days are crisp and hazy
And the vegetation drear.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Enthusiastically cloudy Monday; pos
Sibly showers in southwest portion and
at night in southeast portion Tuesday;
variable winds.
Montana-Fair Monday and Tuesday.
Upper Michigan-Partly cloudy Monday
and Tuesday; variable winds.
Wisconsin-Partly cloudy Monday;
warmer in east portion; possibly showers
at night or Tuesday in south, fair in north
portion; variable winds.
Iowa-Partly cloudy Monday; warmer in
central and east portions; possibly show
ers in northwest portion; showers Monday
night; Tuesday fair in west, showers in
east portion
North Dalzota-Partly cloudy and warm
er Monday; Tuesday fair.
South Dakota-Partly cloudy Monday,
probably showers; cooler in western por-
ton; Tuesday fair.
st. Paul : Yesterdays temperatures,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, St Paul, p. F. Lyons, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last night-barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation: Highest temper
allure, 70; lowest temperature, 4S; average
temperature 60; daily range, "a; barom-
eter, 29.91; humidity, 81, precipitation, o.;
p. m, temperature, 6S; Z p. M, wind,
southwest; weather, partly cloudy.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
~ AT ST. PAUL
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"Kins Dodo" at the METROPOLITAN.

NH9 LOGO at the metropolitan.
Rejuvenated by year of dipping
INTO springs of prosperity, king
Dodo' and his merry encourage re-
turned to the Metropolitan last night.
The music of the piece wears well and
the business is as funny as the ines
which is quite enough praise for the
work of the people.
Mr.. Luders does not write for etern-
1ty, but there is that about his work
that tickles the ear of the ordinary
mortal, and he occasionally happens on
measure that might appeal to the
hypercritical. He has the happy
faculty of making his arias tuneful
and his choral movements rhythmic
which is much more than can be said
for some of his compeers. AS a
comedy opera king Dodo" is alto
gether satisfying, even in these days
when the public taste is giving over so
thoroughly to the frivolous that 1.-THE
Maiden's Prayer" must be sung in
ragtime in order to get hand any
where outside of Charles City, Iowa.
Raymond Hitchcock has not gone
stale in the part Of "Dodo." He is
monStrated during those unhappy
moments when he is forced out of the
part by the exigencies of the dramatic
demands. His "Dodo" is clever
standing alone, but when it is contrast
ed with his juvenile efforts it strikes
one that his talent is of the marvellous
order.
Miss Cheridah Simpson, handsome,
stauesque and gracefully pleasing in
her singing as ever, was given re-
ception that demonstrated her hold on
the public favor.
Miss Flora Zabelle, who sang that
part which is inseperable from comic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15

a crime against public safety that any
vehicle whatever should be allowed to
run at large upon the public highway
used in common by other vehicles at
a greater rate of speed than ten miles
an hour. Such regulation is evident
ly needed, not only for the protection
of the general public, but Of the half
crazed, irresponsible persons whose pc
cuniary situation enables them to OPP
crate this expensive and dangerous ma
chine without apparently either public
or private let or hindrance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
FOR THEIR OWN GOOD.

The death Of the wife of Senator
Stewart, coming as it does Immediate
Iy after that of the Fair people, will
help to direct again public attention
life and safety which is attendant upon
the operation, both on this side of the
ocean and the other, of rapid-moving
automobiles by wealthy and often ir-
responsible persons. 1t will not only
result in directing public attention to
this state Of things, but it will operate
to cause the members of that class
themselves to reflect upon the suicidal
courses which they have been pursu-
ing.
Singularly enough, concurrently with
the report of the death of Mrs Stew
art, comes the account of tests of au-
tomobile speed which are being made
all over in different cities of the Unit
ed States. The efforts. on the other
hand, which have been made for the
regulation Of the operation of auto
mobiles have been of most cursory
kind and have been confined to a few
communities in which the evil has as
yet really reached no serious propor-
tons.
1t is regarded, and rightfully so, no
doubt, as characteristic of American
society that there exists among us no
healthful understanding of the sancti-
ty Of human life. The entire course
of those who have been operating for
the past year or so rapid moving au-
tomobiles on the public highways fully
justifies the imputation. Continued in
vasion of the personal rights of the
masses in their use of the highways of
Eastern states have been characteristic
of the automobile craze from the be-
ginning Of it's appearance in this
country. 1t has been accompanied, too,
by contemptuous disregard Of the
agencies Of the law, and apparently no
restraint whatever has presented itself
as worthy Of consideration save alone
such as has been dictated by the sense
of resulting danger to the operators of
those machines themselves.
1t is time that society should pro-
tect itself against this invasion. 1t is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15

Police chiefs and sheriffs on the
are following the example of crowned
heads Of Europe in ordering bullet
proof vests for their personal protec-
ton when dangers from outlaws and
assassins threaten. Recent tests and
practical experience in the use of this
life-saving invention by a Chicago
priest have demonstrated the value of
the bullet arrester, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
Prince Obolenski, governor of Khar-
kov was shot at four times in ST. Pc
tersburg recently, but escaped serious
injury through being protected by one
of these vests. Three of the assassin's
bullets struck full in the chest and alb
domen and were later found under the
coat. The fourth, striking higher,
glanced off the vest and inflicted a
slight wound in the neck of the prince.
At the annual meeting Of police
chiefs at Bloomington, ILL.,, last week
several severe tests were made of the
vest and in all of them it was found
that no damage could have been in
ficted to wearer under the same con-
ditions, the best firearms at short range
being used.
Rev. Casimir Zeglen, who has per-
fected the new style of cloth used in
the vests, a great improvement on the
old hand-wove article, has just return
ed from Europe, where his invention
has attracted much attention. He is
the Sacristan at st. Stanislous' church
at Noble and Ingraham streets, in the
Polish district, one of the largest par
ishes in the world. In an interview he
said:
ITO show my confidence in the mer-
its of the cloth I have several times
offered myself as human target, al
lowing any expert marksman to fire
upon my body at such places as I am
protected by the bullet-proof armor
l am still ready for any further tests.
In the manufacture and sale Of this
cloth, however, please say that my in
terest is that which was awakened
from humanitarian standpoint, the
assassination of Carter H. Harrison
ST., having first suggested the use of
such protection.
Mrs. Roosevelt, wife Of the presi-
dent has become interested in the bull
let-proof cloth and during the coming
visit OF the president in Chicago this
fall he will be given a personal inspec-
ton of its resisting qualities.
one OF the most interesting orders
l have received and one for which the
cloth is now being manufactured and
made into garments came from the
chief Of police of Bethlehem, Pa. He
has ordered suit, which includes a
head piece, stockings and gloves, to-
gether with the coat, vest and trousers.
He says that with such an arrnor he
believes he will be able to resist the
devil as well as all the strikers who
may select me as a target This will
be the most expensive armor that has
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15
NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN
WITH UNCLE JOSHUA JOHNSON
Things Seem to Adjust Themselves
and He Has Quit Worrying
About Them.

'T used to trimble," said Joshua
Unison, inserting new straw between
his teeth, every time I heerd of an
other invention. First there was the
mowin' machine. Thinks I, goodby to
the Door boys that's been maxim a
Twin workin' on farms. But, gol
hang it, I can't sees it ever made any
difference as furs needin' helps con-
cerned. Then we got the reapers and
binders and these thrashin' machines
that do the hull blame thing at wunst.
Well, when them things commenced
to come along says:
""This is the end Of it fer the farm
hand. He may just as well go away
somewhere now and lay down and die.
There amt no use fer him no more.
"But farm hands seems to be about
as scarce as ever and mebby little
more so. So I've just made up my
mind I amt goin' to worry another
tarnashun bit about it. Let the in
please. 1 guess, they'll be somethin'
fer the rest Of us to do, no matter how
many patent rights they keep gettin'
out. Why, look at them there auto
mobiles. When they first got to racin'
around, Judd Hawkins says to me:
JOSH says e. I guess this is goin'
to end it, -
"FWhy so? says l.
"When they git to runnin' wagons
ner OATS says re, and them's the
things where the farmer makes most
of his money, because they're the
easiest to raise
ssDon't worry says 1. You just
wait and see what happens
"Weu now look at it, Here they've
got SO many automobiles kitin' around
Won wouldn't hardly thing the horses
could keep from feelin' lonesome,
specially in the cities, but blamed if
oats amt higher almost than I ever
heerd of 'em bein, afore. You can't
make me believe that God A'mighty's
gn;n, to let a few inventors down here
Upset His whole calkilation and leave
a lot of stuff lay around useless to
spoiI. Thern's my sentiments and 1
amt ever goin' to worry about it
again."-Chicago Record Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-15

Considering the frequency and regu-
larity with which our Republican con-
temporaries announce the readiness of
the miners to go to work, the response
bility Of their remaining idle must be
said to be thus safely lodged on the
shoulders of the barons-a result which
may occur to our contemporaries as
reason for disseminating the use Of this
bogus announcement