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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
BOY BIGAMIST is
ALLOWED TO GO FREE
Victim of Dance Halls and Ignorance
Excites judicial Pity.

NEW YORK, Oct 27.-For being
married to two young girls, Joseph
Lauer, sixteen years old, was arraigned
before Judge Crane in Part L., of the
county court, yesterday, charged with
bigamy Judge Crane asked the boy
il he knew he was committing a crime
in marrying two girls. Lauer replied
in the negative.
Where did you meet them?" asked
Judge Crane.
Il met both of them in dance halls"
said young Lauer, who is good look
ing, curley headed youth. Il fell in love
with the first girl as soon as l saw her.
1 asked her to be my wife, and as she
promptly accepted, we went away that
night and We're married, A few weeks
later 1 went to another dance, and
while Waltzing with Nellie, l thought 1
would like to have her, too. We got
married, and few days later 1 was
sent to jail"
You are in an unfortunate position"
said the judge. you've been in Jail
now for two months, and you are moth
ing but boy. l believe you didn't
know what you were doing at the time.
/ shall suspend sentence"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
THE CHAMBER AT WORK.

The reorganized Chamber of Com
merce is starting out to help push
along the interests of St Paul in most
businesslike and encouraging fashion.
There is room and work here for, it.
No other agency can do more in adj
vancing the material interests of a
community, and none more in watching
those opportunities that make for
progress and those dangers which, If
not averted, may easily wreck flourish
ing prospects. We take 1t as one OF
the many signs of the prosperity, the
commercial activity and the public
spirit of st. Paul that it's Chamber of
Commerce has obtained a support so
general and SO hearty.
The appointment of the standing
committees, as announced this morn
ing, shows long list Of representative
men. With the sympathy, counsel and
encouragement of such as these, the
new Chamber of Commerce cannot fail
to be success. The public believes
and hopes great things of it, it is in
capable and experienced hands, and all
the auspices are favorable for a long
and successful career in maintaining
and developing the great business in
terests of st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
MUSIC PUBLISHER SINGS
TO CONVINCE COURT
He Conducts Imaginary Orchestra in
Illustrating Arguments.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 81
Hugo V. Schlam. music publisher is
accused by Alfred Roncovieri, music
composer, of felony and embezzlement
The article alleged to have been en-
bezzled is the manuscript of a popular
march.
Schlam made his defense before
Judge Mogan. With wealth of tech
meal terms, Schlam told his honor Of
the requirements needed in a success
full march. Observing that the ex-
PLANTATION seemed not to convince the
jurist, Schlam suggested he could
make the matter clearer by humming
the tune of a classical march.
DO da de da da da da de dunn"
began Schlam, rising from the witness
chair, and assuming the attitude of the
conductor of an orchestra. THAT"
said he, represents the solo portion"
From the solo the defendant pub
Usher passed to the trio. and then imi-
tated a chorus and ballet.
The defense having submitted all its
evidence, the case was continued for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
JERRY SIMPSON is
DECIDEDLY OUTDONE
Kansas Statesman Discards Socks and
Takes Red Hair as Issue.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 81
Representative Victor Murdoch, the
newly elected member of congress
from "Sockless" Jerry Simpsons dis
trict in Kansas, is attracting much at
tention here. Mr.. Simpson is supposed
to have gained many votes on the
sockless issue, but Mr.. Murdoch made
his campaign chiefly on the red-hair
issue.
Mr.. Murdock's hair is very red.
Prior to the holding of the district
convention that nominated him for
congress to succeed Mr.. Long, there
was a big field of candidates, Muir
dock and one other having red hair.
The other red-haired candidate en-
tered into an alliance with Murdoch
by which it was agreed that, after the
precOnVention campaign had pro-
crossed long enough to determine which
red-haired man was the more popu-
lar, the losing candidate before the
public should withdraw in favor of the
other.
Murdoch won. He told the people Of
Kansas from the stump that the red
haired men were a considerable part
of the population, and that they should
be represented in congress. He was
nominated and elected.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
OF THRILLING ADVANTAGE.

One cannot see exactly where the
value lies in the military maneuvers
now being conducted in the vicinity of
Fort Riley. There was some use as an
OBJECT lesson in the maneuvers of the
navy along our Atlantic coast. If we
are ever engaged in another war, an
attack upon us must be made by water,
and we should be prepared to discover
and avert it. There are hosts of prob
lens connected with the handling of
modern battleships, with methods of
be, if not actually worked out, at least
made less difficult by the test of ex-
perience. The main question was
whether it was possible for an attack
ing party from the sea to come upon
us by surprise, and either to land forces.
upon our coast or to sink some of our
best ships.
These elements of interest are almost
absent from the performances of our
army on land. There the whole situa-
ton is altered. The issue of land bat
ties will always be determined less by
the positions secured by the two forces
and their ability to maneuver than by
circumstances which belong to the
hour of actual physical conflict and
cannot be either duplicated or initiated.
The violence Of the onset, the correct.
ness of the soldiers aim, the number
and position Of those who fall under
fire and the spirit of the two armies
evoked by the hour of supreme issue
are all determining factors. The sham
encounter knows nothing of them. A
company or a brigade which is led
CALAMITY to charge behaves very Diff
ferently when it knows that the beIch-
ing guns in front of it are loaded only
with blank cartridges than 1t would If
it had to face actual death and see
the signs OF slaughter on every side.
There is no possibility of reproducing
conditions OF actual battle in this
mimic warfare. or course field evolu-
tons have always held a high place In
military instructions and always WILL
They are, however, the smallest part
of the preparation of the soldier for his
work and never give an ink1ing, really,
Of what would happen were he called
actually to the front. There is no
harm and some good in these move
ments of CUR army in the West, but the
practical conclusions to be drawn from
them are of the very slightest value.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
PRETTY POOR STUFF.

The people of Ramsey county are
getting thoroughly stated with the per-
formances of their board of county
commissioners. The sessions Of that
body are now mostly of the bear gar
den order. 1t keeps the county attor-
ney's Office busy turning down bills
which they have contracted improper
ly or Illegally. And of what earthly
use they are except to spend the peo-
pies money, unwisely, to use a very
mild word, we cannot see.
Fortunately limit has been put to
their operations in one direction by a
recent decision of Judge Bum, declar-
ing unconstitutional the law on which
the board most relied. 1t is not per-
mitted now to draw on the county
funds for the repair of either town or
county roads. New roads may be laid
out or permanent improvements may
be made upon roads already open; but
the beautiful system of squandering a
splendid road and bridge fund by ped
ding it out here and there to favored
parties is at an end. The county COM
missioners, if this is to be the rule,
feel that they might as well adjourn
sine die.
The people of the county think so,
too. All that they have asked of these
unfaithful servants has been to be Or
dinarily true to their trust. All that
any county board need do to win the
highest praise is to go ahead and order
the building of permanent roads in
Ramsey county with the funds at it's
disposal. But the idea Of performing
a plain duty like that is Incompetent
sible to the sort of men who constitute
a majority of, the board. They are
pretty poor stuff. 1t is a splendid thing
that their power to waste has been
curtailed by the court; but those of
them responsible for the condition of
affairs under their control ought to be
bounced at the earliest opportunity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
NAME rae RRTRERs.


Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has
found it necessary to promise immu-
nifty to the men in the employ of the
city who know that grating has been
carried on in the city departments. AS
a consequence much valuable informa-
ton has been placed before the fnvesti-
eating. committee. The immunity
promised does not go so far as a
promise that the men will be protected
from criminal prosecution. The pro-
lection implied has to do with the men
in their employment. =assseS'ss-s'
1t is to be regretted that something
cannot be done here in st. Paul to in
duee the men who have been involved
in the talk about graft to come out into
the light and tell all they know frankly
The grand jury viii undoubtedly take
the matter UP and send for the persons
who have been concerned in the stories
made public.
Ten days have now elapsed since
Assemblyman Schurmeier made public
his story of how he had been approach
ed with brides proffered on behalf of
the street railway company. He, with
Mr.. Lennon and the other men named
by him in connection with the affair,
has occupied a large share Of public
attention. Schumacher has insisted
that Mr.. Lennon approached him with
bride; Mr.. Lennon has met his in
sistence with the reiterated declara-
ton that Schurmeier is crazy. But
nothing has been done to demonstrate
the truth of the various contentious.
Mr.. Lemon has not demanded the ar
rest of Schumacher for SANDER, and
Schurmeier simply stands pat on his
statement
The public cannot be expected to al
low this matter to stand. Scht1rrneier
declares that an attempt was made to
bride him in his capacity as a public
official. It is due this community that
he give up the names of all the men
concerned in the attempted bribery.
He has said that a we'll known Repub-
lican politician approached him re-
peatedly with offers of money and
place. There are many Republican
politicians in this town. Some of them
are respectable, and it really is not fair
to these latter to allow them all to lie
under the imputation that Schurneier
has put upon their kind.
1t is the plain duty of Mr.. Schur-
meier as a citizen and public servant
to give the name of the man who at
tempted to bride him to the district at
torney. Mr.. Lennon, it appears, is not
inclined to take serious action against
Schurnaeier. That is altogether hts
own affair. But the people are entf-
tied to know the names of all who on
behalf of "a public service corporation,
go about trying to bride city officials.
What are the names. Mr.. Schur-
meier?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
TODAY'S WEATHER


Minnesota Wednesday with warm
er in eastern portion; rain Thursday with
cooler in west portion, brisk south winds
Upper Michigan-Fair Wednesday, brisk
west, shifting to south winds; Thursday
rain.
Iowa-Fair Wednesday with warmer in
eastern portion; increasing cloudiness
Thursday.
Montana-Partly cloudy Wednesday
with rain and cooler in northern portion;
Thursday cooler with probably rain and
cooler in northern portion
North and South Dakota-Fair Wednes-
day; probably rain and cooler Thursday.
W.iscmsin-Fair Wednesday; brisk west,
shifting to south winds; Thursday rain
st. Paul = Yesterdays observations
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, SIS: lowest temperature, 80; aWeraee
temperature, As; daily range %; barorn-
eter, 30.40; precpitat ton, %; D. IN tenn
perature, 50;97 p. m. wind, south weather,
clear.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
SALTWATER

Fire in a dwelling on South Owen
street called out the fire department
early yesterday morning. The build
ing was owned by Arthur Underhiu
and was occupied by Michael WeIch,
who had moved in on 4 onday The
fire started in the kitchen from some
unknown source and damaged the
house to the extent of about $500
Nearly all of the household effects
We're saved.
Yesterday was special term day in
the district court, but Judge WilIiston,
who is holding general term of court
at Red Wing, was unable to come and
all matters that were to have been
heard here yesterday We're continued
At the next special term the Saltwater
Water company will ask to have an
injunction set aside preventing the
company from repairing its conduit on
a lot owned by Horace Voligny.
The steamer Little Rufus, built on
the levee here by D. M. Swain for par
ties residing at Natchez, Miss, will
not be launched until Saturday.
A delegation of Minneapolis mill en-
ployes was here Monday evening and
sought the assistance of the Saltwater
labor unions in the matter of boycott
ting Minneapolis flour manafac turers,
and another delegation asked the
in having the shoes manufactured by
the North Star Shoe company of Min
neapolis, Foote, Schulze & Co., of St
Paul, and Shaft & Pierce, of Faribault
placed under the ban. Louis Nelson,
president of the Mill and Rivermen's
union, was appointed a committee to
take the matter UP with the merchants
Aid. Berkly,s,sAld. HoIen and Aid.
Thompson have been appointed a
committee to have charge of the vote
TO be taken next Tuesday on the Dues
tion of municipal ownership of the
waterWorfs system in this city
The office of the county treasurer will
be open nights the remainder of the
week to permit working people to paw
taxes before the additional penalty ON
real estate taxes is applied ON Nov. 1.
John p. Gardner, the new factory in
spector, is here in company with Dep
uty Labor Commissioner Lott to make
a tour of factories
L. c. Prentiss, formerly of CLAYTON.
Wis, has been promoted to cashier in
the local freight office Of the Omaha
road.
Mrs. Betsy Anderson was before the
probate court for an inquiry as to her
mental soundnesS. DR.. T. C. Clark and
DR.. B. ]. Merrill assisted in the exam
inatien. Her husband began an action
for divorce recently
Judge Doe, of the municipal court.
has vacated the judgment in favor of
Louis Ehrig against James R WEIGH
on the ground that about three wears
elapsed after suit was commenced and
before judgment was asked.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
WEDNESDAY, OCT. %, 1903.
LATE In The DAY.

It is announced from Washington
that Perry Heath is at last to receive
the reward of his career in the post
office department. He is to be de-
prived of all standing and honor in the
national Republican councils and will
have to take a back seat during the
coming campaign. His resignation as
secretary of the national committee is
expected, and no doubt will be offered
either voluntarily or under pressure.
The reasons assigned for this are
has been conducting the postal investi-
cation, is not unduly severe upon
Heath's administration of the office of
first assistant postmaster general. In
as far as Heath was ignorant of his
suhordinate's corrupt practices, he is
to be condemned for inefficiency. A
man is placed at the head of bust
ness partly to prevent exactly this sort
of thing, and if it can be done without
his knowledge he is not fit to be there.
The positive side of his offense consists
in permitting positions under him to
be used for the payment of political
debts. He rode roughshod over the
civil service rules, and apportiored Of
fees as the reward of political work.
In word, he was the perfect type of
the spokesman.
The proper criticism upon this ac-
tion of the president is that it comes
rather late in the day. These facts
were well known to everybody about
the national capital before Mr. Heath
Wilds Of Utah. The actual proofs were
pneart11ed long ago. at an early stage
of Bristow's examination. They were
held up and the whole affair secluded
from publicity in order that the stat
ute of limitations might run long
enough to protect Mr.. Heath against
legal prosecution. His offense would
never have been heard of again but
for the imminence of a meeting of
congress and the certainty that the
Democrats would insist upon an in
vestigatlon and bring the facts to
light. The president and his advisers
are at this moment simply making a.
virtue of necessity. They are doing
just as little as they dare do and not
invite a humiliating and disgraceful
exposure by the opposition later on.
Perry Heath is an admirable illus
tration of the Iatter-day Republican
and type of what his party repre-
sents to the country today. once grab
Der and patronage monger as he is, the
proper and natural place for him is
high in the councils of the Republican
national committee. His removal will
not pull the wool over anybodyss eyes.
and the reluctant postponemeht of his
punishment until it can do the coun-
try no good and him but little harm is
a proof that, although he is to be out
of office, he is by no means out of SYM
pathy with the rest of his party.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28

An actor named Schwab, who was
found starving in Berlin, claims to be
a cousin Of our own Charles M.
and is coming to America to ask helm
from his relative. Whoever heard of
a rich man lacking relatives? One of
the blessings Of poverty is the fact that
no needy body is eager to come for
ward and claim relationship to its vic
tim.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
At St. Paul Theaters

1t was asserted by the president of
one of the large clubs of Minneap polls
the other day that Damrosch alone
could I'LL any house there. A st. Paul
man or prominence says that David
Blspham can do it here. From this it
may be inferred that an immense au-
dlence will greet this double attraction,
which will be presented at the Peoples
church next Tuesday evening, Nov. g.
"Parsifal' is the theme to be illus
trated. The sale of reserved seats will
begin at Dyer's on Thursday morning
at o'clock
The matinee performance of 'The
Eternal City, at the Metropolitan this
AFTERNOON will be witnessed by a large
audience, judging from the advance
sale. The production has aroused I'M
usual interest
Next week "The Tenderfoot," new
musical comedy, in which Richard
earle assumes the comedy role, will be
the attraction at the Metropolitan.
There will be change in the bill at
the Grand at the matinee today, when
Eugene Blair will appear as Magda
"Magda" will also be the bill for to-
night, Thursday and Friday nights.
Zaza" will close the engagement Sat
urday, with matinee and evening per-
formance. In the production of Mag
da" the same version used by Bern
hardt and Duse will be presented.
Shore Acres" will be the Grand's at
traction next week.
The vaudeville bill that is offered
by the 'HThoroughbreds'' at the Star is
reinforced by a really clever bur-
1esque and many clever musical turns.
The performance is we'll balanced,
handsomely staged and costumed and
is drawing we'll.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28

pie when they will continue to go to
hear a man who makes advertising
capital of a mothers shame as given
to the world by his own lips. In any
decent community this carrion would
be carried to the outskirts and sweet
ened little by an application of tar.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28

Gen. Corbin has now achieved his
ambition and become commander Of
the department of the East. We are
accustomed to look at the business
world for examples of unexpected pro-
motion in this country; but surely any
body may become anything when Cor
bin gets into a berth like that.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
After a Iona Chase.

CHICAGO. Oct. 27.-After chase
lasting fourteen months. and in which
two continents were traversed with a de-
tective in pursuit. John Morrison assist
ant cashier of the Northampton Bank OF
London. charged with embezzling more
than 100000. has been captured in Chi
the Scotland Yard detective force who
effected the capture, now is on his way
to England
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
English VS.. Colonial interests.

Why Great Britain should place her
own interests before the grievances Of
Canada needs no explanation. Her in
terests are immeasurably the larger,
and it is she and not Canada that de-
tends both. When Canada categori-
cally refused to do anything toward
Imperial defense we took the liberty to
remark that Canada would soon have
no cause to complain if when imperial
questions were being settled Canadian
rights should have but seant considera-
tion.-MontreaI Witness.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28

The federal grand jury in Oregon has
taken up the work of indicting public
officials temporarily suspended by the
federal grand jury Of the District of
Columbia. stAnd there is not a district
between them, probably, where the fed
eral grand jury might not find similar
work cut out for it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
Married School Teachers.

Some married teachers attend to
their duties as faithfully and conscien-
tiously as, if not more so than, those
who merely think of Wedlock. Those
who do not can be dismissed for cause.
Boards of education, like other public
bodies, are concerned with results not
with alleged tendencies. And the facts
are against the theory that marriage
necessarily destroys the usefulness of
the woman teacher.-Chicago Evening
Post
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
The Nation Is Safe.

The bugabool of aristocracy like many
another hobgoblin, proves to be a mere
phantom when confronted. If the ma
ton is not to be enslaved until it's
chains are riveted by an aristocarcy
founded upon stock gambling our liber:-
ties are safe for centuries to come
Chicago Chronicle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28

Dowie's vulgar advertising tactics
pass all belief. He has actually an
nounced himself to be of illegitinate
birth, as one means of drawing a crowd
to hear him. There is not the least
reason why the fact, if it is a fact,
should be proclaimed before several
thousand people, or why 1T should be
told at all. 1t was told simply to pam
der to the love of coarseness that
Dowie detects in the metropolis; to
continue the talk about him. It is =
shameful Indictment of any city a
more shameful Indictment of any peo-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
The south's Memory.

Mayor Smythe, of Charleston, favors
Cleveland for president, and thinks
German unavailable because Of his
lack of personal acquaintance in the
South The point Is not well taken.
The South knows the man who defeat
ed the force bill in congress, and will
never forget him-Wilmingto IN. CO
Star ~.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
An Absurd rt,s,,.v

Should Mr.. Cleveland be invited Nv
the people to re-enter the WHITE
House on March a. 1906, no fewer than
eight years will have elapsed since he
left IT. 1t is absolutely absurd to sum
pose that any harm could be done fo
the spirit or. working of our instifilo
tiens by Mr.. CIeveland's acceptance of
the presidency under such circun-
stances.-Harper's Weekly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-28
Contemporary Comment
Good and Bad losers.

= Canada may be good ioser-she has
amply justified her claim to the title
In boundary disputes-but it seems to
be rather unfortunate reputation to
enjoy. Uncle Sam takes care to make
1T known In advance that he is a bad
loser In boundary disputes, preferential
tariH deals, or any other old thing, and
the knowledge of it can scare British
ex-mlnister into getting on the stump
ana threatening the free and indepen-
cent British eiector that If he dares to
do anything, to benefit his country his
Uncle Samuel will demonstrate that he
IS bad loser by doing something aw-
ful-though he doesn't know just what
Ottawa Citizen.