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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
RAPID TRANSIT TO BANKRUPTCY.

The Illinois legislature has agreed permit the city
of Chicago acquire the surface railways and the
companies concerned have straightway gone into bank
ruptcy. The declared insolvency of the companies
probably dodge-par of the scheme prevent the city
from taking the properties If the corporations
really insovent there trouble in for somebody
Criminal cupability only could produce such condition
that in which the companies placed according
the declarations made
The street car companies-wtich have really been
merged into single holding corporation-have been
enormous money makers They have been operated at
immense Under the control of Charles T. Yerkes they
paid such immense dividends that they were held to be
the best investment in Chicago There has been no great
amount of money spent in improving or extending the
surface. There has been Improvement made in the
physical condition of the roads They have rather gone
off and that in spite of the fact that the traffic has in
creased greatly.
1t to be presumed that the declaration of nso1ven-
cy part of plan block the acquisition of the prop
critics by the city 1t is very certain that the companies
will give up without fight in spite of the fact that
bankruptcy practically admitted The contest for DOS
session of the roads will be worth watching There is
tendency all the country inquire the practi-
cabty of municipal ownership and the outcome of the
Chicago experiment is very likely determine the atti-
tude of many other cities 1t be presumed that
the who found beat out the corrupt in
fuences in the Illinois legislature will be deferred from
their aim by the shfty tactics of the railway peo-
pie. Eventually, and very that the roads will
be acquired by the city and it is very we'll worth the
while of people who interest themselves in civic affairs to
keep an eye on Chicago
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
MARCUS, THE UNION MAN.

Mark Hanna's heart bleeds for the down trodden la
boring man. He moved to the verge of tears Tues
day evening Columbus when he told the assembled
multitude how he felt for the wrongs of labor For
tunatey his lachryma gland refused to work The sight
OF Marcus A Hanna weeping would have been too much
1t is not graceful to question the motives of
unless he be politician and Senator Hanna being very
strictly of that class is fairly open discussion He is
tentative candidate for the presidential nomination 1t
is his consuming ambition and it evident that his eff
forts in the past few years have all been directed the
alignment OF the labor vote his side That he has
been somewhat successful is demonstrated in the fact
that he has escaped almost entirely from criticism that
was leveled at him few years ago His energetic work
IN the organization of the Civic Federation bore imme
date fruit 1t is that the efforts of the Civic Fed
Grafton have been abOrve in great measure, but that
is no reflection at all upon the organization The dis
ungushed men who at the head Of the federation
have accomplished much good but they have also placed
Mr. Hanna in the position of a who may command
II he will, certain amount OF political support that
beyond his reach before he experienced the change of
heart that led him to take up the of labor.
Mark Hanna, for many years stood the very
type OF that element which is opposed to unionism He
carooned and Carcatured within inch of his poit
cal life HI grounded in his IDEAS remote from
the sympathy of the people that he had the temerty in
the heat OF campaign, to declare that trusts good
things for the people. Under any other circumstances
his attitude would have made for the defeat of the pres
identia candidate whose candidacy he was managing
There nothing to show that Senator Hanna has expe-
renced change of heart, really, He still holds the
same interests in the trusts and expects draw
them when the time for the support of the
Republican candidate for the presidency-and he has
some hopes that he will be acting in his personal in
terest
In his speech at Columbus Senator Hanna uttered
many truths and offered excellent advice but the
people are not likely to be blind to his motives He is
srong the fur of the animal he is tanning and he is
likely stroke the wrong way this stage of the po
litica game. Senator Hanna is foxy When he pleads
the of labor it just we'll keep in mind the
fact that he has fish to fry. ~ 4. .-.-.o.ss-s r-,,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
THE SPAN OF ONE MANS LIFE.

Alexander Ramsey the worlds stage during
period that made for the progress OF the hu1nai
than marked all the years that preceded It, Born
while the thunder of the cannon Waterloo was still
reverberatng around the world he lived to see the begin
ming of the era of peace He linked the days of the stage
coach to the era of the automobile His death serves 10
remind us of the vast strides made during the last cen
fury.
In 1875 the locomotive engine was as yet unknown
In 1903 the steam locomotive has served its purpose has
revoutonized the commerce of the world and IS about
be reegated the scrap pile in favor OF the electric
engine.
When Ramsey was born the were plowed by a
few wretched ships moving by the aid of sails The ee-
of uncertainty initiated against the carrying on OF
trade In the day of his death man had SO lar over
come the untoward conditions of nature that the ee-
ments practically defed and the epoch OF the sub
merged boat is opening.
1t is not easy to grasp the immensely of the changes
that Alexander Ramsey in the political world 1he
commercial empire of the United States had scarcely
been founded when he the light. He lived to see the
world standing of the giant of the West The re-
public infant at the time OF his advent luSty
and nov infant to be sure but much considered OF
men, He died in the knowledge that the infant had be-
come the prodigy of nations.
He saw the map of the world changed by the march
of time During the span of his life France was twice
republic and twice empire England was, IN his tlme
ruled by four monarchs, Asia shook off the lehargy OF
ages and the countries of the emerged from the
empire of and took place the stage OF the
world He saw the realization of the hope OF HUMANE
tarans in the suppression of slavery in spite of the
fact that nearly every nation acknowledged at the time
of his BIRTH the institution and recognized the right OF
to hold another a ChatteL
The passing of this who left his mark on his
times recalls the progress of the human 1t given
few and have large part IN affairs that
have changed totally only the of life OF the
human but the aspect OF the face OF the GLOBE
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

udSS. a young woman in an automo-
pie on Western avenue lately held
all corners at bay while she backed and
filled, and all the while her face was
terror stricken. The machine began
to make violent passes at a nearby
tree and loOllers-On were certain it
was preparing to climb. It would
make dash backwards and then Iunge
forward and come to a sudden stop.
While the girl was apparently too far
gone to speak. Nobody advanced to
her assistance, not alone because she
made no sound, but because there was no
way of knowing in which direction the
machine would start next. After a ter
rlbIe quarter of an hour, during which
all traffic was suspended the feminine
driver turned some sort of a screw
which sent her straight ahead, and she
disappeared in the distance and with
out doubt is still going. If DR.. Ohage.
the baths and the West Side Improve
ment association could be side-tracked
long enough to introduce a measure
for the regulation of autos, thanks
would be due from a long suffering
people. 1t is not that the machine is
not an excellent invention, but it's the
terrible uncertainty of human life
which its presence impresSes upon ev-
eryone that makes the passers-by take
to the nearest fence when they see
one approach.
man died somewhere the other day
and left all his money to his wife. The
strangeness Of this proceeding has
made him an object of talk
st. Paul, April 23, 1903.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
THE JURY COMMISSION MEASURE

The people of this county will very keenly regret
the killing of the bill passed by the late legislature
which provided for the selection by commission of the
jurors sit the district of Ramsey county The
law might have been safe enough nasmuch as the mem
bers of the commission be selected by the dis
trct bench, but it somewhat super1uous There is
for finding fault with the present method of Sc
1ecting jurors.
The who sit in Judgment at present selected
from lists prepared by the district judges and it is fair
to assume that they better qualified by reason of
their experience in dealing with ures than any other set
of men could be- They constantly in contact with
men sitting as jurors They know very certainly those
who are VIGOROUSLY unfit for jury duty The commits
sloners could not know these ineligbles we'll The
judges have only the best interests of justice at heart
The commissioners might be governed by such high
standards the judges are.
The great defect the bill the time limit placed
upon the work of the commission 1t required the
mssioners to complete the making up of the jury list in
fifteen days. This would be almost a physical mpos-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
ONCE MORE IN SIGHT.

President Roosevelt has completed his tour of the
Yellowstone park and again in the watchfu of the
public He has been travelling in the forest seds, on
horseback and on skis for several days, and
looking fine and fat
At this time of the year there is always heavy coat
ing of snow on the ground of the park and the guide
with the president reports from to five feet of it,
which necessitaed the changes in the method of travel
noted above.
Such trip is very much to the liking 1.-The pres-
dent who is venturesome fellow seeking out the IN
usual and the dangerous He delights in things difficult
of attainment and is always willing to stand exposure
and hardship to achieve what he desires ''>
While it would seem hardship to deny president
his favorte form of amusement simply because be is
president yet the filling the office is of such public
Importance that he is hedged about with restrictions from
which the ordinary mortal is free The fact that Roose
welt has been of sight for week has not caused
much nervousness would have been the with al
any other president, for his ability to take
care of himself is known and recognized.
Now that he is where the newspaper get at
him and where telegraph communication is perfect the
public will be glad to learn that he enjoyed the unusual
trip that he through safe and sound and that the
prospects for the of his long journey favorable
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
Buttes telephone strike will probably hasten the in
venton of an automatic central"
THE WAR GOVERNORS.

During the trying days of the Civil there a
number of state executives who won enduring fame as
war governors" They jealous Union prompt
to come the aid of President Lincoln when he called
for troops who melted their people to patriotic deeds in
every way possible.
OF this list earned greater gratitude from the
nation than Gov. Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota who
died in this city Wednesday, the survivor of his class
Of the others whose be called to mind with
reference the history of the times Curtin of
Pennsylvania; Morton, of Indiana Yates, of Illinois;
Andrews, of Massachusetts,, and Kirkwood, of Iowa.
Years before the inevitable fate of all mankind
took the historic figure of Gov Ramsey the others had
gone their reward and taken their place in history
They served their country we'll in desperate times and
held in loving remembrance by the old and young,
who remember read of their deeds of patriotism.
Now that Gov Ramsey has joined them their circle
is complete more. In life they wrought nightly
for the Union death they furnish story of nspira-
ton for the generations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
TODAY'S WEATHER.

Minnesota-Showers Friday; cooler in
west portion; Saturday fair. variable
winds. becoming north and brisk.
Upper Michigan-CIoudy Friday, with
showers in west portion; Saturday show
erS, variable winds.
observation-disclosures Friday; Saturday
fair. cooler in east portion: fresh to brisk
south winds to west and northwest
South Dakota-Showers and colder Fri
day. except fair In extreme west portion;
Saturday fair
Iowa-showers Friday; cooler in west
portion; Saturday fair.
Montana-Fair, cooler Friday; Saturday
fair
North Dakota-Fair in northwest; rain
and cooler in south and west portions Fri
day; Saturday fair and warmer
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 tempera.
ture. 81; lowest temperature, 43; average
temper ca aa 81; daily range IS; barom-
81; 7 D. m temperature, is; D. m. wind
southeast; weather, cloudy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
WHAT THE EDITORS SAY

St. Paul owns a complete equip
ment of street sprinkling carts. 1t is
a good beginning; speed the day when
the city owns every liquid dispensary
within it's imits.-CrookstSn Zines.
Whatever may be our personal likes
or dislikes of Jim Hill, he is certainly
a. power in the developmen& of the re-
sources of the Northwest, for which
he should be given due credit. Hills
name and his deeds in the world of
commerce will live in history when
those of some Of his detractors will
not be even a faint memory.-Preston
Times.
James J. Hills great steamer, Min
nesota, launched last week, is but car
ryfng out the ideas of its owner, to
create wonderful commerce with the
Western hemisphere, making market
for the products of the Northwest, to
the benefit of the whole population
Anoka Union.
Mankato takes the lead-it has the
biggest mayor in Minnesota-he weighs
402 pounds, and he is Democrat.
We imagine, too, that he is the big
gest Democrat in the state.-Albert Lea
Standard.
Poor Hetty Green! The richest worn-
because grasping New York insists
that she pay a So dog tax.-Portal In
ternationaI.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
Suggestions Worth Good Salary.

From the New York Press.
There is of thirty-two in a Broadway store
who receives salary of $4,000 year for suggesting
things. His calling is not exactly but it has been
specialized. Twenty ago he ordinary sales
in the house furnishing department., earning So
week His cleverness in advising young married couples
what TO buy when they set housekeeping attracted the
Finally department. made for him. and now ali that
he does to suggest the kind of carpets rugs shades
curtains porteres SOFAS chairs pictures bric-ahrae
etc, that ought go with the Queen Anne or Elizabeth
cottage the Harlem fiat the Riverside drive palace
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
SOME SELECTED OPINIONS.
Battle Ships Are Expensive TOYS.

From the Philadelphia Record
The bursting of the big gun the Iowa involved
deporabe sacrifice of life of which there repair It
declared that the of putting the steel monster
again in fighting trim will be 100000, involving six
months stay in ship hospital This does not cover
the whole loss The which exploded with such
frgul consequences cannot be replaced without heavy
additional expenditure. The report that the famous Ore
gon has been wrenched and disabled her late tusse
with Pacific typhoon as to make her unseaworthy at
ford still further proof of the costlness of the game
which battle ships and cruisers the paws when Nep
tune takes hand in the performance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
GEN. FUNSTON CALLS
FOR COURT OF INQUIRY
But His Conduct In the Philippines Is
NOT Likely Thus to Be investigated.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 23-Brig.
Gen. Frederick Funston has asked for q
co r. OF inquiry to determine whether
pinos when in command of a briea dc in
the archipelago. 1t is probable the re-
quest will be granted by Secretary Root.
VINO has the charges under investigation
Of inquiry. @ ''0i
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
cANTRELL. KING OF GHoULS,
is FOUND GUILTY

indianapolis Grave Robber Is Convicted on
Two Counts.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, April 23.-Rufus
Cantrell, 1.-The king of ghouls," was found
guilty upon two counts by a jury in the
was for robbing the grave of Rose Neid-
linger and the second was for conspiracy
with Dr. Joseph Alexander, demonstrator
of anatomy at the central college of phys
icians and surgeons, to rob her grave
The punishment on the first count is
Imprisonment of from three to ten years
and on the second Imprisonment from two
to fourteen years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

goers fairly, and it is based on the
tremendous demand there has been
everywhere to see the Mansfield rep
resentation of Julius Caesar"
Tim Murphy will begin an engage
ment of three nights and a Saturday
matinee at the Metropolitan opera
house Thursday night, presenting 1.-THE
Carpetbagger." Mr.. Murphy is a most
capable artist, and is gradually work
ing his way into the hearts of the
American public, as the business in all
cities increases with each engagement.
The sale of seats for this engagement
will open at the Metropolitan box Of
flee Monday morning.
There will be a souvenir matinee at
the Grand tomorrow afternoon of "The
Little Church Around the Corner"
Handsome photos of 1.-The Little
Church will be given to the women at
tending the matinee.
Love, hatred, jealousy, revenge and
the various emotions that combine to
make a melodrama are woven into the
drama, Not Guilty" which will be
exploited at the Grand next week.
A ladies' matinee will be given this
afternoon at the Star by the ROYAL
Burlesquers. The entertainment Of
fered by the company is full of clever
and original features, and the burIesoue
afterpiece is funny.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
PROF. BELL EXHIBITS
HIS FLYING MACHINE

Frame Presents a Triangle From Every
Side of View.
WASHINGTON. D. c., April 23.-The
feature of today's session of the National
Academy of Sciences was an informal lee
ture by Prof. Alexander Graham Bell on
fy1ng machines, experiments on which he
has been conducting for some time, and
a display for the first time of the new
Kite or flying machine he has constructed.
frame of which would present a triangle.
no matter from what side viewed This
form he had found avoided the defects
named and he was surprised at the facil-
lty With Which such a kite could be man
aged.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

sibty. 1t would certainly be an mpossibl1ty II sueh
consideration was given to the choosing of the names
as IS given bv the Judges 1t takes months for the judges
to do the work that be thrust upon inexperienced
men with an order that be completed in fifteen days
The interests of justice will not suffer because At
torney General Douglas held the measure to be uncon
stitutional
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
INTERCOLLEGIATE CONTEST
IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION
Seven Catholic Institutions Compete, and
Kansas Wins.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, April 23.-The results
of the intercollegiate contest in English
composition by seven Catholic colleges of
the West has just been made known at
the ST. Louis university. The competing
colleges are Creighton university, of Oma-
ha Detroit college. Marquette, of Mil
waukee; st. Xavier. of Cincinnati; ST Ig-
natius, of Chicago; st. Mary's Of Kansas,
and the St Louis university. A paper
from St. Marys was pronounced the win
ner of the first prize. Milwaukee won
ninth and Detroit tenth The first prize
is purse of SIS.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
THREE HUNDRED JEWS
KILLED OR WOUNDED

AntISemitic Riots in Russia, Workmen
Being the Assaiants.
ST: PETERSBURG, April 23.-Twenty-
five Jews We're killed and 275 were wound
ed many of them fatally, during anita
Semitic riots at Kishineff. capital of Bes-
sarabia April 20. when wOrkmen organ
lied an attack on the Jewish inhabitants
The minister of the interior has ordered
special measures to restore order In the
the town and district.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
washington time G. D. m. st. Paul..
RIVER AT A. NJ.

The Mississippi will fail slowly in the
vicinity of st. Paul during the next TWEEN
ty-f0ur hours.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

Squalls may wreck Sir Thomas Lptons chalengers'
but you never hear him making one
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

Missouri has not anywhere the Montana
standard of prices for legislators.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

We are informed that the governor regrets-but who
cares; certainly not the legislature.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

Gov Van SAINT for some days will wear bandages
around his neck where he got it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

1t might the tendency suicide in these
parts if we could move the Mississippi river,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

st. Paul, April IS, 1903.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

The development of this section
has been phenomenal. AS q rule
thrifty heads Of families who come
here with few hundred dollars and
took up or bought cheap lands are
now worth from ten to- twenty-five
thousand dollars, and their surplus is
constantly Increasing through the
success of diversified farming, which
is now the rule. The farming lands
are all utilized, chiefly by cultivation
of corn, oats, barley and wheat, and
what is not cultivated is fenced and
used for pasture or hay land. Com
modious and comfortable dwelling
houses, barns and other outbuildings,
all well painted and kept In order,
are to be seen. on the farms almost
without exception. School houses
dot the prairies three miles apart in
which efficient common schools are
VI suluom ks lsgeI az GIIBnsn adeY
every year. Country churches are
numerous, and highways well graded,
with culyerts and steel bridges where
brides are necessary, r On nearly
Iw-r GAF- EG&
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

about 1900 people, Of various narionalf-
ties, native Americans, Russian Ger
mans and Bohemians predominating.
In the farming districts the same ma
tionalities prevail. AS business men
they are, as a class, Industrious, fru-
gal and thrifty. Ii has been the ex-
perience of most new countries that
the first settlers, who are almost in
Yariably men with very limited means
have been unable to hold their land
any great length of time. a settle.
ment, a mortgage, a foreclosure and a
new proprietor who reaps the benefit
of the rise in land values is the pre-
vailing order in securing the perma-
nent settlement of a new country. In
this respect this part4of The country
has been a marked exception. rho
greater per cent of the land is still
owned by the original settlers who
are now either wealthy or at least
well-to-do. This is due partly to the
natural produetiveness of the soil
which has never failed to produce a
good harvest in the thirty odd years
- 80 a ANaH LfTLKZ LEfE