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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
RATTLERS TRYING
TO COMMIT SUICIDE
DR.. ohase's Pets Refuse to Take Their
Rations.

The attaches of the city health Office
are in quandary.
Bill and Jim, the two big rattle
now quartered for the winter at the
health office, are slowly starving them
selves to death.
Even the daintiest tidbits fail to
tempt them. Nice young frogs are
showed aside by the snakes as If they
were carrion, and any attempt to force
the food on them is met by a strike
from their fangs and Venomous swish
of their rattles.
Yesterday a small sackful of frogs
were dumped in the rattlesnakes' cage,
but they might have been flies for all
the attention they received. The frogs
gamboled around the cage in evident
delight.
The health officials fear that the
snakes are bent on suicide, and in or
der to Illustrate their design will force
food down their throats. The snakes
are valuable, and DR.. Ohage is unwill-
ing to lose them.
Quite the reverse is POGO, the alliga-
tor, who holds forth in an adjoining
cage, and whose appetite appears to be
Unsuitable. POGO yesterday swallowed
three small frogs and a crab in rapid
succession and gave evident desire for
more. His long nose searched the wa
ter in his tank when he was fed, and
every time it was elevated a frogs leg
dangled from his mouth. The delicacy
was swallowed slowly, and when the
meal was completed POGO settled down
for a quiet sleep.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
FOUR YOUNG CRUISERS
SUFFER SHIPWRECK
Sink Their Launch in Collision With a
Steamer.

A young man navigating a small
gasoline launch had a narrow escape
from drowning with three companions
last evening under the Robert street
bridge, when the craft was wrecked by
colliding with the hull of the steamer
Grace Mower, which is moored beside
the pier of the Great Western draw
bridge.
The launch was making her way
from the yacht docks above the bridge
and in passing under the drawbridge
the skipper lost control of the engine,
with the result that the launch ran
against the steamer moored beside the
pier. The side of the launch was stove
in and the cabin was torn off. The
young men managed to climb from
the windows and get upon the huh be-
fore the launch sank. One of them
grabbed a headline attached to the
launch and held it till men on the
lighthouse steamer Lily came to their
rescue. The young men were taken in
a small boat on board the Lily, and the
wrecked launch was brought to the
bank by the crew of the Lily after sew
eral hours work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24

civilized country in the world will do
its best to make the exposftieh repre-.
sent the very best the period has to
offer. Every branch of industry, the
latest results of scientific research, the
arts and the crafts in their most mod
exhibit halls and this is the reason why
the educational exhibit of this country
should have a place there and this is
why the exhibit should be worthy
one. The circular states that all lines
of regular work followed in the school
represented will be proper material for
the exhibition. 1t might have said the
best material for it is the regular work
that will give visitors the best idea of
what is being actually accomplished in
the schools. Minnesota has every rea-
son to be proud of the place her public
school system holds among other school
systems in the country. She carried off
the honors at the Chicago exposition, a
feat which made her known as the
SOOu SCHOOLS STATE IN every part VI
the Union And this is the sort of adj
vertising for which it is surely worth
while to strive.
But her educational exhibit will have
another value apart from the attention
it may attract at the exposition. Min
nesota people who will not attend the
st. Louis fair or who. if they do. will
not be able to spare the time necessary
for careful examina ton Of the edu-
cational exhibit the state will send will
have an opportunity of seeing this ex-
hibit in the state either before it is
sent or after. To be sure no announce
ment has been made to this effect, but
it is not probable that the board or the
superintendent will fail to arrange some
means of allowing people to survey at
their leisure the exhibit. In this way
residents of Minnesota will be able to
get bird's-eye view, as it were, of the
educational methods in every part of
the state. And such view cannot fail
to be suggestive to those who have the
states educational interests at heart,
and who therefore do not believe that
the present system represents perfec-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
The QUEENS VISIT

1t has become the fashion within the
past ten years or so for the king or
emperor of one country to drop in for
an Informal chat-and perhaps a peek
at the defenses-on the king or en-
peror Of another country. Time was.
of course, when for a king to go call
ing on brother king would have been
just as imprudent as for mouse to
drop in informally on a hungry cat.
But King Edward, whose best friends
have never been able to reckon up to
his credit that charming trait, love
of domesticity, originated the visiting
custom, and today it is a most popular
one. Such visits have Increased the
intente cordiale between the visiting
country and the country visited, have
impaired a spice of variety to the
somewhat dreary lives of those who
are forced to live always in the glare
Of the fierce light which beats upon a
throne and have inspired in the hopeful
the belief that the millennium is per-
haps not thousand years away.
But they have inspired something
more than this hope of a millennium.
They have inspired royalty's woman
kind to go and do likewise. The queen
of Italy has just called for her bonnet
and shawl, as she intends to visit the
first lady in France. She intimated to
the latter that she would like to drop
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
THURSDAY, SEPT. "a, 1908.
THE iNsuFFERABLE PARKS.

The faulty of the labor men who are
championing the cause of Sam Parks
is not easily understandable. That they
are doing a great deal of damage to
the cause of labor is certain, and why
they should sacrifice themselves and
unionism for this convicted CRATER is
to be explained only on the theory that
they believe the fellow is prosecuted.
AS matter of fact, Parks was caught
with the purloined goods. His efforts
to make hero of himself are farcical,
and the sooner union labor washes it's
hands of him the better for the cause.
The enthusiastic union man is prone
to set up heroes for himself That he
is freely and frequently deluded is not
so much a comment upon his want of
intelligence as it is demonstration
of his unseeing enthusiasm. 1t is this
enthusiasm for cause which he I'M
derstands only Indefinitely that leads
the union man to extremes. He is
given to the making of idols and
tire SllldSHiIlS Ol lnelll Wn6n ne mas
they have feet of clay. But this dis
position to stand up for the cause of
Parks is carrying enthusiasm for a
cause TOO far.
Parks was clearly proved to have
been guilty of trading in unionism.
His method of grating was calculat-
ed to reflect on the entire scheme of
unionism- He made a commodity Of
the influence of the leaders of the
union. He was convicted on evidence
that permitted very little room for
doubt and he and his union were re-
jected by the national organization.
Branded at once by labor and the
courts he still has the effrontery to
claim leadership in union ranks and his
claim is admitted by considerable
number of well-meaning men.
Those men who stand at the head of
the union movement should bestir
themselves to get rid of Parks. His
influence is vicious and he will assur-
edly work harm if he is not finally and
positively driven out from the ranks
of union labor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
TODAY'S WEATHER.

Minnesota = Fair, warmer Thursday;
Friday partly cloudy, probably showers
In north and cooler in west portion; winds
becoming southeast and fresh to brisk
North Dakota-Fair, warmer Thursday;
showers and cooler at night or Friday
South Dakota-Fair warmer Thursday;
Friday fair cooler.
Montana-Fair in south. showers in
north portion Thursday. cooler in west
and north portions; Friday fair, cooler in
south portion.
Iowa-Fair Thursday, warmer in west
portion; Friday fair.
Wisconsin-Fair Thursday, warmer In
west portion; Friday partly cloudy, prob
ably showers in north and warmer in
east portion; fresh north to east winds
Upper Michigan-Fair Thursday; Fri
day fair. warmer. fresh north to east
Winds
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. Sc; lowest temperature, AZ; average
temperature, Sc; daily range, 10; barom-
eter, 1926; humidity, Sc; precipitation. 90;
D. m. temperature. so; p. m. wind
northwest; weather, clear.
Yesterdays Temperatures:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
MAKESPOINT AGAINST
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN
Liberal Member Shows Joseph
Acted Without Knowledge
of Canada's Doings.

LONDON, Sept. 23.-Alexander w
Black, Liberal member of parliament
Tor Banffshire, makes public tonight
an interesting series of letters which
passed between himself and Mr.. Cham
beriain in which Mr.. Black maintains
that the former colonial secretary
launched his fiscal scheme while ignor-
ant of Canada's attitude
In the first letter, dated Sent. 7 Mr.
Black points out that Mr.. Chamberlain.
replying to question from the writer
In the house of commons, July %. said
that the Canadian government had no
direct correspondence with GERMANY
concerning the tariff arrangements. and
ttat the Canadian government could
communicate with Germany ONLY
through his majesty's government The
subsequent publication of the tariff
correspondence showed that official
correspondence had passed between
the Canadian premier and Mr.. Bopp.
German consul at Montreal, in which
the Canadian policy toward Germany
was clearly defined
Mr.. Black asked the colonial secre-
tary to reconcile his reply with the
Facts shown in the correspondence.
Replying on Sept. 9 Mr.. Chamberlain
said he was unaware of the corre-
Spondence, as the Canadian govern
ment had not kept him informed, but
he had now asked the Dominion gov
eminent to keep him informed of any
unoHcial negotiations it might con-.
duct.
Mr.. Black, replying, pointed out that
Mr.. Chamberlain made the damaging
admission that he announced his pref
erential tariff scheme without having
knowledge of correspondence which
showed that Canada intended to nego-
tate directly with Germany and was
prepared to give Germany the same
preferential treatment as the mother
country. Mr.. Black said that Mr..
Chamberlain must see that the reci-
procity part of his fiscal scheme could
not stand without the colonies surren-
dering their fiscal independence
Mr.. Chamberlain replied that the
present correspondence was not rele-
want to the fiscal controversy He had
not heard of any intention on the part
| of Canada directly to negotiate tariffs,
and he declined to argue that question
| In private correspondence.
Mr.. Black had the last word and said
that his point was that Mr.. Chamber
| lain launched his scheme in confessed
| ignorance of the position assumed by
| the principal British colony regarding
its fiscal relations with foreign coun-
| tries, and he was not surprised at the
resignation from the cabinet.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
THE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.

The objection made to an exhibit of
public school work is that as a rule it
represents merely show work and that
In order to turn out work deserving a
place in such an exhibit time must be
stolen from the more essential studies.
But the circular just issued by the
state board of managers for the ST.
Louis Louisiana Purchase exposition.
In which are outlined plans for the
minnesota educational exhibit at the
exposition. weakens the force of that
objection. The circular states that it is
the desire of the board of managers
and of the superintendent that the ex-
hlbH Shall honestly represent the work
OF the pupils, that it shall be founded
on the curriculum and arranged so as
to illustrate it. Therefore, if the teach
ers and principals endeavor faithfully
to follow the wishes of the board and
OF. the superintendent by holding their
schools down to honest and necessary
work, the Minnesota exhibit at the
coming exposition will be thoroughly
representative
whatever was the worlds attitude
In the beginning toward the coming ex-
position, there can be no doubt now
that not only this country but every
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
PERSONAL MENTION.


Merchandise. Boyle, Saltwater: l.. N.
Mass, DEBORAH. Iowa; E. c. Greer. Butte:
II; Langworthy, Vastly; E. Orr, Post
vile, Iowa; ]. d. Newcomer EIdora.
Iowa; b. l.. Dummer Park Rapids; C. r.
Davis. st. Peter: J. H. Adams, Have
lock. Iowa; HI. HI. BrownelI Keota, Iowa:
r. w. Stone. Benson; Orville D. Stewart
Il e Webb, Winnipeg; George Winans,
Billiard. Council Bluffs, Iowa; II. M.
Sanderson. Algona. Iowa.
Ryan,. ]. Slevin. Faribault: Mrs
George E. Whitcomb. Mrs. NJ e. Beckett,
Northwood. Iowa; Mrs. F. 7. Post, Spo-
kane; John c. Thorn and wife. Mankato:
J. F. Hittle, Rawlins, Wyo.; J. J. Biers,
Rochester
Windsor-w. w. Hammel, Austin:
James Bennett. ST. Peter; A C. Beet, Red
Wing; Mrs. E. Rabbit, Livingstone
Mont; ]. o. Collier, Shakopee; James
Kelly. Rochester; L. B. Allen, Duluth;
Mrs. G. III. Coon and daughter, North
field; Thomas Farson. ST. James.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
REFUNDING OPERATIONS
WILL BE RESUMED
Secretary Shaw Will Go at 1t to the
Extent of Twenty-Five Millions.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. %
Secretary Shaw authorizes the state
ment that, owing to the scarcity of 2
per cent bonds, the treasurer already
as security for government deposits, he
will renew refunding operations to the
extent of $20,000,000 in accordance with
the previous circular
OF the total issue of $517, 200, 900 of 2
per cent bonds, the treasurery already
holds for circulation and for deposits
$4S0,000. Secretary Shaw also author
ICES the statement that he will redeem
the per cent bonds maturing Feb. l.,
1904, paying interest to maturity. The
banks that have had on file with the
treasurer for thirty days or more per
cent bonds. as security for public de-
posits will be permitted to substitute
approved state, and municipal bonds
therefore, which will be accepted at rs
per cent Of their par value.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
Laborers Starving.

ST. THOMAS, D. w. l., Sept. Is
The Gazette, of the British island of
St Kits, says: 1.-The moment for the
helping hand of the government to be
extended cannot be much longer de-
layed in the laboring population of the
island of st. Kits and Nevis if they
are to be kept from starvation. An
appalling condition of poverty exists.
The estates have been compelled to
lessen their expenses owing to the long
drought and able-bodied men and wom-
en- are hardly earning enough to sup
ply their daily wants."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
TO PROMOTE THE CRAFTS.

There is homely old proverb which
intimates that he who looks a gift
horse in the mouth is lacking in deli
the Americans very little when the
horse happens to be a gift from one
who represents class to the mass. Not
only do they insist on examining the
horses teeth. but they also question
the suitability of the gift. There are q
number of people in this country who
have not yet decided whether or not
Andrew Carnegie is deserving of praise
for the libraries he has erected. The
Chicago university has increased the
unpopularity of John Rockefeller, and
many another well meaning millionaire
has been hated for the colleges he has
endowed.
But it is difficult to see how the
most captious can criticise Charles M.
Schwab's announced purpose of devot-
ing a portion of his millions to the
promotion of industrial training in the
United States. Here in this country
it has been the fashion in the past to-
rather look down on Industrial work
of any kind. No doubt this is due
partly to the fact that we live in a
democratic land, where every man is as
good as his master, and where every
man feels 1t incumbent upon himself
to prove this by fitting his son for his
masters profession. This is why the
professions today are overcrowded, and
why some of the brightest members of
these find it difficult to make living.
Fortunately there is a growing senti-
ment among the very class which has
heretofore affected to despise 1t, in
favor of industrial work. Men are be-
ginning to realize that it represents
opportunity, and also that it is much
more elevating to be a good craftsman
than a mediocre or an absolutely in
competent professional man. This
sentiment has been fostered by the
wise influence of leaders in educational
work, and the man who will devote his
fortune to the founding of a number
Of industrial schools will be honored in
the land. Within the last year a num-
Der of British workingmen came over
to this country to inspect the condi-
ton of their fellow werkingmen here.
They admitted that in most respects
the American worlzingman was better
off than his English brother, but they
added that while they admired our
educational system, they thought Eng
land was far ahead of America in the
opportunities she offered for an indus
trial education.
But now that this country has thor
oughly awakened to the necessity Of
making provisions for such instruction.
industrial schools will multiply. Mod
ern inventions are rapidly lessening
the demand for unskilled labor. And
for the labor that requires trained
hands and a trained head somebody
better qualified than the man who has
picked up the business is demanded.
Mr.. Schwabs intention, therefore, of
giving the American youth a better op-
portunity of getting a good Industrial
education is one to be commended. Be-
ginning as he did at the bottom of the
ladder he probably is better able than
most millionaires to appreciate the
benefit it will confer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
COMES ON A VISIT
AND BECOMES INSANE
sibIey County Man Afflicted With
Hallucination.

John Van Heel, who was examined
in probate court yesterday afternoon,
imagines he is Christ, and that he was
one of the soldiers who protected Pope
Leo.
81 am the boss, the protector of the
pope and above everybody else" said
him yesterday.
Van Heel came to st. Paul to visit
his daughter, Mrs. John Matthews,
West Seventh street, and was found to
be insane. He came from Sibley coun-
ty and was sent to the detention ward
of the city hospital.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
Germans Do Drink.

BERLIN, Sept. 23.-The statistics Of
the imperial health Office show that the
total spent on alcoholic liquors in 1902
throughout the German empire was
about 1925, 900, 900, an average per head
for persons over fifteen years of age
of $35. The health office has issued
a pamphlet in which, while not advo-
eating total abstinence, is says total
abstinence is not Instantaneous to
health and does not impair the working
ability A mass of material is arrang-
ed for popular understanding, showing
the injurious effects of alcohol.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
YOUNG HlGHWAYMAN
is ORDERED WHIPPED
Court Leaves His Punishment to His
Mother.

Sidney Wallender, the youthful
would-be highwaynia who held up a
woman on the Westminster street
bridge in broad daylight, was yesterday
turned over to his mother by Judge
F'inehout. One of the conditions of the
lenient disposition of the case was that
Mrs Wallander should give her son a
sound thrashing when she should get
him home.
The boy will be under the care of the
probation officer, and a sentence to the
state training school is threatened in
case of any further misbehavior.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24

in for a friendly chat and most cor
dial Invitation was extended to her.
Extensive preparations are being made
by the women of France to give the
queen good time, and to show that
she appreciates their efforts the latter
will take with her a wardrobe which
will include clothes suitable for. any
occasion. 1t is probable that the
queen and Mrs. Loubet will enjoy
good gossip and that the former. will
return to her own country thoroughly
refreshed by her visit
And the queens example will doubt
less be followed by other royal women.
Visiting has always been women's
reason why men, even if they are rul-
ers, should usurp it. To be sure, IL
the past queens, like kings, visited
each other at their peril Mary OF
Scotland had very good reason to re-
pent the visit she made Elizabeth OF
England But, though they may re-
call the incident, it will cause the
queens of today no disquietude, for it
is no longer the fashion nowadays to
show visiting royalty blood-stained
towers and dark dungeons. 9nsteac,
best gowns, babies and husbands are
discussed just as though hostess and
visitor were ordinary people. And it is
a much more comfortable fashionsand
one that contributes to, rather than
detracts from, the gayety of nations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
cranborne's Successor Elected.

LONDON, Sept. pa bye-election
was held at Rochester today to fill the
place of Viscount Cranborne, who re-
signed his seat in the house of commons
on his elevation to the peerage, as a
consequence of the death of his father,
the Marquis of Salisbury. The contest,
which was keenly fought on the fiscal
question, resulted in the Conservatives
retaining the seat, their candidate,
Charles Turf. receiving 1904 votes
against 1884 recorded for Sir Harry
Johnston, Liberal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
Ammo pomlnl 1850.

Rather than pay that foreign claim of
1000, 00O. 900 your country prepared for
war, did it not?''5
!, Yes o.
And them. on, the eve of a great naval
battle. suggested an armistice and offered
to settle the cIaim?'f
That's right" a.
Didn't that look like cowardice?"
Not at ALL 1t was economy We did
a little figuring and found it would be
cheaper to pay it than to fire the big
guns. Chicago Tribune
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
Expression From the Peace CONGRESS.

ROUEN, France, Sept 23.-The in
ternational peace congress today pass.
ed resolutions regretting the acts OF
hostility committed by Germany and
Great Britain against Venezuela, par
ticularly the destruction of property
which gave rise to claims for indem-
nifty; expressing satisfaction that the
warlike attitude soon yielded to diplo-
macy and arbitration; praising the in
PREVENTION of the United States, and
congratulating President Roosevelt and
United States Minister H. Bowen on
their efforts to bring the dispute be-
fore The Hague tribunal.