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The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04
The Deputy Claimant

I "How do you know?" she asked,
| quickly. "But of course he did not put
| it in just that way. He said that he
was very sorry to dispossess the pres
/ ent claimant, that he understood that
/ the person in question was very young.
He said he did not know much about
girls, but that didn't she think 1t would
settle things naturally if-if-'
I "I see," he said. "He made q ter
rible bungle of it, poor fellow!"
"Was it an insult or not?" asked the
girl, fnexorably.
The deputy claimant looked very
miserable. He was certainly in a
tight place.
Looking at it from your point of
| view," he said, finally considering
I your character, your training, your
| was certainly an insult. understand
| that now. But when he-ahenl-read
me the letter
ooh. he did read you the letter."
"I did not look at 1t in just that
may and neither did he. You see, we
| had both of us lived all our lives out
| on a prairie farm. We did not know
| not understand-well, he did not under
stand anything" he finished, desper-
ately.
| and you think?"
| Il think he did not mean it as an
insult. I know he did not"
He glanced at her irnpIoringly, but
she looked away. There was a slight
pause.
"You are the jury" he reminded
her.
I'm that case the verdict of the jury
is, in this case, deferred uT1tfl-until
the jury gets ready to give it," she an
swered, laughing gayly at his rueful
face.
"Now," she continued. "I want to
know about him. You are a witness,
/ you know. Is he we'll educated?"
"He is fairly educated"
SIS he big%
"He is big"
"What is his given name?"
Ills name is Thomas"
"How awful! Is he handsome?"
The deputy claimant turned his face
away and blushed.
He is-ahem-not bad looking"
"Is he handsome?"
The deputy claimant grew crimson.
II don't know he answered, lamely.
'tOh," said the girl, 'and yet they
say that only women are envious Of
another's good looks! Is he in love?"
HE most certainly-that is to say
he-I am not permitted to say"
"You refuse to answer that ques-
tion?"
"I aIn not permitted"
f ''Oh, WELL" said the girl, calmly, at
is not Of much Importance. Now you
must tell me more about your own life
in Canada. have heard enough about
the men; now tell me about the girls"
/ IT don't know anything"
About one girl. then"
(Which one?"
"Tfe one you know best, Of course.
There is certain Kitty, isn't there?
T think I have heard you mention her.
Tell me about Kitty"
kitty" said the deputy claimant,
looking into the bright face above him
and speaking in the tone of one who
repeats q lesson, Kitty is the farmers
daughter on the farm next to mine.
Her name is Miss Katherine Elizabeth
Brown. She is Farmer Browns only
daughter"
We'll, go on"
@I don't know any more"
"Oh, yes, you do" said the girl,
laughing. What does she do?"
She helps her mother"
"Of," in a pftying tone. care they
poor?'
mo, they are we'll do"
"Can they afford a servant?"
"Half a dozen of them"
Then why don't they have some?"
kitty and her mother do just as
we'll They would think it. an unheard-
of Extravaganza
Is she pretty?"
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04
TRIED THE FAITH CURE
ON HIS SICK cow
Christian Scientist Applies Mrs. Eddy's
TEACHINGS to His Invalid Cew

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. S.-An earnest
citizen complained today at the Black
Rock police station that his neighbor,
Mr.. Thompson, had left his sick COW un-
sheltered in lot and had refused to get
veterinarian for it. The police sum-
moned Thompson, who explained that he
was a Christian Scientist. The desk SER
geant was skeptical as to the effect Of
Mrs. Eddys teachings On a cow, seeing
that the cow could not think.
BE patient" said the owner, land
with little more time I will bring the
COW up again to the height from which
she has fallen. My COW had been very
unruly before she was led into this false
belief Of sickness, and I decided that Sc
we're measures would be necessary. L
have been watching almost continualfy
out there In the lot for several nights and
subjecting her to the soothing influence
Of our faith. Now she is much more do
eile than ever"
A policeman was sent over to take a
look at the COW, and he reported that
the "doeility" appeared to him like the
exhaustion that preoedes death, so Capt.
Potter sent for a veterinary surgeon, who
ordered a stable and some medicine for
the cow. the owner meek1y protesting
that his beast had nothing but false
dream"
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04
EVILS OF THE PAROLE SYSTEM.

Day after day from every section
of the country comes g. recital of the
evil consequences resulting from the
premature discharge of those who have
been committed to insane asylurns.
Men and women are seen to have been
discharged from such institutions and
declared by the governing authorities
to be restored to reason and responsi-
bflity, whose subsequent careers show
them to be in reality as unfit for the
duties and obligations of life as when
their incarceration was decided on.
The consequences which follow from
such inconsiderate conduct prove to
he more or less serious according to
the particular tendencies In conduct
which mark their diseased state. The
discharge of q harmless lunatic under
the mistaken belief that he is cured
may not be attended by results harm
full to anybody but the lunatic himself.
But where the particular mania from
which the subject suffers assumes q
violent character 1T all too frequently
A1cll'C1io llieIl fiOAC1ASS IcilC&S OlS-
charge, and that the ends sought by
his original incarceration are defeated
by his discharge.
The parole system, as applied to pub
lie Institutions of detention, is attend
ed by unsatisfactory results in many
cases. It would not be too much to
say that, whatever may be the advan-
tages Of the system in regard to the
theory which underlies 1t, it's operation
Is often followed by serious conse-
quencss. This is true in penal institu-
tions, as it is in the others. When
a man is thought to be SO far reclaim
ed from his evil or Irresponsible ways
that he is put in possession CT e. parole
he ought to be fully restored to the
conditions Of mind, character and dis
position which would entitIe him to be
discharged without condition, and the
punitive idea ought to have been
carried out to it's completion in the
Judgment Of those entrusted with his
care and reformation.
Where the agencies Of the Law have
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

that means alone. OF course such a
claim is absurd on its face, but it
appears to answer the presidents pur-
pose He finally dismisses the subject
by telling the country that the ques-
ton of the regulation of the trusts
stands apart from tariff revision.
There is defense and apology every
where in the message in relation to
the trusts There is not one word
which indicates the purpose Of the ad-
ministraticn or the party which it rep
resents to go one step further or IN
any other direction than it has gone in
its attitude toward this gigantic evil.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

decreed a given course of treatment of
a criminal or defective, it certainly fol-
lows that the administrative authori-
ties assume serious responsibility
when they under the powers conferred
on them change or mitigate or dis
pense with the consequences which
the law has declared shall follow
While cases do occur where persons
are deprived of their liberty unjustly
through the agencies of the law, 1t is
undoubtedly the fact that the wrong
much more frequently takes the other
course.
The entire subject of the discharge
Of those under restraint in public IN
stitutions through the operation of the
parole system is one which calls for
the complete and careful examination
of those who are qualified to pass on
the wisdom and policy of the existing
system.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04
By Isabel E. MaeKay.

- "Why did he not come to England
The deputy claimant began to chew
a blade of grass. ''Well, to tell the
truth, T think he was a little bit-ahem
nervous"
you mean that he was afraid. am
not surprised. ALI thieves are towards" :"
"Thieves! exclaimed the deputy
claimant, reproaehfully.
Eyes, thieves" said she. What do
you call a man who, just because he
happens to be my uneIe's son, and my
uncle happened to be two years older
than my father and happened to have
got married without telling any of his
Relationships because of a little thing
like that-herea he comes and takes my
home away from me and makes nne go
and live with Aunt Maria! hate Aunt
Maria!" she finished, vindfctiveIy.
The deputy claimant repressed a
smile.
Don't you call a man like that q
theft" repeated the girl, angri1y.
"-er-that is-the law"
"Oh, if you're going to talk law"
said the girl, disdainfu1ly.
The deputy claimant Immediately re-
pressed his legal knowledge. Instead
he looked up up at her and thought
how very pretty she was, and how the
background of green trees and velvet
lawn suited her. He had been thinking
these same things ever since he first
visited there, four weeks before.
"It is deuee-very hard on you. You
seem to be in place here. You were
made for parks, you know. and big
rooms and servants and pretty dresses,
and-er-that sort of thing"
The girl threw out her hands with a
little pathetic gesture. ut is my
honei" In her eyes there was a home
sick look already. Her glance wan
dered over the broad terrace, through
the branching green Of the trees to the
flowers in the distance, and the quaint
old house basizfng peacefully in the
sun. She went on, dreanlily:
at Is not SO much giving up the
servants, or the pretty dresses, or ceas-
ing to be called the lady Of the manor,
or any of the hundred-and-ene things
that so with it; it is the thought of
having nc right here-here, where I
have lived all my life and thought I
should live always. To go away and be
a stranger, and all this belonging to
some one else-son1e one whom have
never seen-an outsider-an alien.'
ct is hard luck" said the young
man, synpathically. Then, rernem-
bering his duty as proxy for the alb
sent one, he continued: "But, you see,
you ought to be just. You can't help
seeing that he could not help his ia
ther being two years older than yours,
ard he could not help the law"
The girl gave a weary little sigh.
NO." she said, 81 suppose not. But
he need not have insulted me"
"What?" said the deputy claimant,
sitting up straight and nearly choking
himself with the grass blade he had
been chewing.
HE could have helped that" said the
young lady. with emphasis.
II do not understand" he protested.
"Did you say that he has insulted
you?"
@oh," she said, 81 thought you cid
not know. I viii tell you if you prom
ise never, never to breathe a word. He
wrote to Aunt Maria
Yes he said, but"
HE wrote to Aunt Maria she con-
tinued, triumpflantIy, sand he told her
that I might have the property back if
would take him with it"
"Oh," said the young man, reproach-.
fulIy "he did not put it like thlti"
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

nouncement of the engagement at the
Grand opera house the coming week of
Theodore Kre1Hers melodrama, The
Fatal Wedding" - Sunday night will
mark the first presentation of the play
in this city, but 1T is accredited with
an extended run in New York city and
pronounced success wherever it has
appeared thus far this season. The
company and the production as a whcle
is said to be on a scale seldom offered
in popular priced theater. The big
scene of the play occurs in the fourth
act, which shows the interior of the
famous Grace church, New York. and
serves to introduee Miss Gertrude
Haynes and heFlcelebrated choir celes-
tial.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04
WE MIST GET OUT.

It would be folly to lose sight OF the
truth, which is brought Immediately
to the attention of the country through
the presidential message, that in the
minor details of government the party
in power has record of usefulness to
which it will certainly appeal in the fu-
ture, and can probably appeal with
some measure of success. In two dI-
reetions at least partisanship will not
operate to deny to the existing admin
istration a certain measure Of credit.
These two directions are represented
by the enactment of the existing irr1-
CATION law and the practical completion
of the arrangements for the all-Amer1-
can trans-Pacific cable line. In these
two respects, as well as in regard to
the establishment of the free rural de-
livery and other administrative under
takings, the country without doubt ac-
cepts the service rendered as possess
ing substantial value and as eXer-
cising a direct and positive influence
upon the wel1-being Of the country, it's
standing as nation and the prosperity
of it's people.
While the two great sources Of divi-
sion of public sentiment outlined in the
presidential message will continue to
be those of the trust and the tariff,
and while credit must and can safely
be given for any successful admins
trative work done, it is far from true,
as apparently assumed by the presi-
dent, that the conduct of the admins
tration and it's representatives in the
Philippines is entitled to the public
commendation. Both in the adoption
of the policy which led us into the I'M
American business of coleny-holding,
and in the methods adopted in enforc-
ing the national authority on the Fill
ipinos, every man who does not lose
sight of sound constitutional principle
in the desire for the acquisition of ter
ritorial or political gain will find in the
conduct of the administration in the
Orient everything to reprobate and but
little to sustain.
If President Roosevelt expects the
country to take seriously the sugges-
ton of the message, in regard to con-
ferring civil liberty on the Filipinos,
that 1--WE have certainly gone to the
limit that in the interests of the Phil
ippine people themselves it is wise to
go" he will find himself seriously mis-
taken. The Democratic party believes
that we should never have found our
way into that country, and that having
done so through circumstances more
or less beyond our control we are call
ed upon to get out as quickly as pos
sfble and to leave the natives in con-
troll of their own political and social
destinies. On that principle it will
continue to stand. No mere personal
assurance of the president will suffice
to satisfy Americans lovers of liberty
on this score. The position Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his administration
demands that these people shall be left
| in control of the resources Of their
own country and of it's government
and social institutions at the earliest
| moment that we can safely withdraw
| from their country. Until that condi-
ton is realized there is little on which
we can extol ourselves as people in
power in the Orient.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

Edison represents the latest addi-
ton to the list of great men who sac
rfffce themselves to the commercialists
of the world. A gentleman named
Clemens, an author and humorist by
occupation, is another of the same out
ragged class. But considering the ma
terial results achieved by these two
artists, mostly through the agency of
free advertising, in recent years, their
cases are not likely to appeal with any
special force to the charity of their
generation.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

AS between the contending claims of
the workhouse and the park authors
ties it is not improbable that the pub
lie would have but little difficulty in
deciding. But as society is organized
to look at other than the aesthetic
instincts Of it's members, the members
of the park board might do well to re-
fleet that there are other activities in
life besides landscape gardening and
that those who follow them have rights
as we'll as other folks.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

There is a principle in the law that
when a man takes another's note after
the note has matured, he takes it sub
ject to all the equities applying to it.
When two such nations as Germany
and England give unlimited credit to
a South American state, they cannot
be said to do so with their eyes shut.
The case seems one where the creditor
would do well te compound with the
debtor and get the best terms that he
can enforce.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

In fair weather and foul alike, St.
Paul never fails to offer illustration
that it is especially blessed by nature.
Even in the snow storm and cold wave
which just passed over this section OF
the worlds surface we i'll this sheltered
region suffered less than the denizens
of any ether community whatever.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04
SUING THE HUNTINGTON
ESTATE FOR st2s ,ooo, 600
Money Said to- Have Been UnlawfuHy
Diverted From Central Pacific.


NEW YORK, Dec. s.-surrogate Thorn
as heard argument today On the questions
raised in a motion for an order to. show
cause why an inventory of the estate Of
the bate Coils F. Huntington should not
be filed in a proceeding instituted by
Walter Mershead. Iand5n lawyer. now a
citizen of the United States, against the
Huntington estate to recover about $t23,-
000 coo, alleged to have been wrongfully
diverted from Z the old Central Pacific
Railroad company.
Attorney Maxwell Evarts5 representing
the executors of the Huntington estate
in his argument, claimed that it had not
yet been proved that Walter Morshead
was a creditor of the estate; that the
statute of limitations barred the presen-
tation and that for that reason, if for no
other. the proceeding should be dismiss
ed.
Attorney Robert F. Cutting represent
ed Morshead and his associates. He
claimed the statute of limitations did not
bar tie proceeding because, although tie
case of action arose many years ago. the
knowledge of the facts constituting it
did not come to the petitioners until 1884
The petitioners were given until next Fri
day to file brief.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04
Trust Barons Not Disturbed by the Message
EPIDEMIC OF FOOT AND
MOUTH DISEASE SERIOUS
Chief Salmon Reports 5000 New England
Cattle infected.

Cattle Infected.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 3.-Dr.
Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal
industry, who is in New England direct
ing the work Of stamping out the foot
and mouth epidemic, reports in tele-
gram to Acting Secretary of Agriculture
Moore that the situation is very serious
and that there are about 1900 cattle in
herds known to be affected. New cases
are constantly being found Extensive
outbreaks of the disease have occurred In
Vermont, but DR.. Salmon believes the
situation can be handled by slaughtering
and disfnfecting.
BOSTON, Dec. 3.-United States GUAR
antine against New Hampshire was or
dered today on Recommendation Of Dr.. D:
E. Salmon of the national agricultural
department, because of the discovery of
an outbreak Of the foot and mouth dis
ease in Salem. DR.. Salmon said:
! = ut appears from statements made by
HI. o. Haveriu commissioner Of domestic
animals for Connecticut, that a careful
inquiry in that state has failed to show
any cases of the disease. The disease WAS
positively ascertained to exist in Yer
mont. and reports from Rhode Island In
dioate a much larger number of cases
than was at first supposed to exist in that
state"
In Massachusetts, work is well under
way.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

The old soldier in his closing days
is being beset by the most menacing
danger that has attended his career
since he faced the cannons mouth.
There is a movement to make him
marry in spite Of himself. Having
offered himself as a sacrifice on the al
tar Of his country, it would after all
appear but a comparatively small sac
rifice if he presented himself for i'm
notation on another altar, especially
when the inducements are so great
as reported-in every case youth,
beauty and love offers itself as the re-
ward
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

In France they do not seem to think
that the engagement of the govern
ment in what Prof Eliot regards as the
exalted occupation of strike breaker
is inconsistent with the maintenance
Of republican form of government.
Wouldn't it be delightful to watch the
result of the engagement in such an
undertaking of some state or municipal
administration among US?
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

The boarding house mistress has
never reveIed in any exceptional popu-
Iarity One may now trenble for her
future siuce it is authoritatively de-
clared that there is to be an increase
in her rates. She wants to share In
the prevailing unexampled prosperity,
and is willing to do so even at the
cost of being made the victim Of count
less additional bad jokes.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

There are some pretty good people
sustaining DR.. Ohage and some equally
good who oppose him in his demands
of the council. And there are some
poor specimens opposing him as there
are sustaining him; but of all who op-
pose and all who sustain, save us from
the snaII-fry politician who tries to
make himself solid with his constitu-
ents by cheap plays on behalf Of the
public.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

The latest announced candidate for
the Democratic nomination is Mr.. Har-
rity, of Pennsylvania, which circun-
stance is not in itself an occasion for
any undue hi1arity, Notwithstanding
that Mr.. Harrfty's temperance On the
political scene is somewhat sudden, af-
ter a prolonged absence.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04
WEATHER FOR TO-DAY.

Minnesota-Fair Thursday. warmer in
west and south portions Friday 1ncreas-
ing cloudiness, probably snow or rain IN
west and north portion; variable winds
becoming southeast and brisk.
Iowa-Fair Thursday; warmer in north
west portion Friday fair, warmer.
North and South Dakota-Fair, warmer
Thursday. Friday snow.
Montana-Snow or rain and warmer
Thursday Friday snow or rain with
colder in west portion.
Lower Michigan-Fair Thursday; cold
er in east portion; fresh to brisk north
winds becoming variable. Friday fair.
Wisconsin-Fair Thursday; colder in
southeast portion; fresh north winds be.
coming variable. Friday fair with rising
temperature.
st. Paul - Yesterdays temperatures.
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, W. E. Oliver, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest temper
ature IA; lowest temperature, 12; average
temperature, 13; daily range, 2; barom-
eter. 1920; humidity, 72; precipitation, O;
p. m. temperature, II; p. m. wind,
northwest; weather, cloudy.
River Bulletin
Danger. Gauge Change in
Station. Line. Reading. "A Hours
st. Paul ........14 80 -0.1
La Crosse ......10 "A Il. z
Davenport ...15 -.
st. Louis ......30 1873 70. 4
Fall
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04

The singing of 'Robert LIE Diable,"
by Dolly Jordan, is alone worth the
price of admission this week at the
Star theater. She has a voice of great
range and sweetness
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04
CANNON WILL PROBABLY GET
UNANIMOUS NOMINATION

OalZSii, r1iS SiieI ,OPpoHeHI TOT speaker
WithdraWs.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 3.-Repre-
sentative DalzeH. of Pennsy yIvania, has
withdrawn from the contest for the speak
crship of the house of representatives In
the Fifty-eighth congress In favor of Rep
resentative Cannon, Of Illinois, who has
been indorsee. s&r that office by the Penn
sylvania delegation in the house. This
practically assures Cannon a unanim GUS
vote for speaker in the Republican eau
Gus.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-12-04
WOULD BLOW UP THE TRAIN
OF THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN
Police Learn Of the Plot in Time to Save
the Mikado.

VICTORIA, 3. c., Dec. 3.-The steamer
Kaga Maru, which arrived today from the
Orient, brought news of an attempt on the
life of the emperor of Japan when the
imperial train was at Otaka, en- route to
the scene of the maneuvers at Kinshin A
number Of conspirators had gone there
and arranged to blow up the ernperers
train,g but the police authorities learned
Of the plot and the weuld-be dynamfters
fled. The plotters were not captured.