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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
Believes in Sandstone.
To the Editor Of The Globe:
The paUamant of Mast

To the Editor Of The Globe:
The pavement of West Seventh
street. from Seven corners to Tusca-
rora, a distance of about three miles,
is now completed. 1t has the best
pavement of any street in the North
west. There is six-iueh concrete
foundation, with two inches of sand,
after which the sandstone blocks are
laid by skilled workmen. The little
spaces between the rocks are then fill
ed with cement mortar, making the
best kind, of a pavement. The differ
ence between this pavement and all
others is that the older it gets and the
more it is used the better 1t is. This
can be proved by sandstone paving
that was done in the city some ten or
twelve years ago.
Fifteen years from now there will be
no other paving recommended but
sandstone, because it gives satisfac-
ton in every way. Sandstone pave
ment is never slippery; it is easy on
horses feet. easy on vehicles, and Is
not noisy. Sleighing stays on it longer
than on any other kind of paving. and
horses can pull their loads with ease.
The people of West Seventh street
were wise in selecting sandstone for
paving, as there will be little or no
repairing to be done for generations.
Peter A. Olson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06

eminent and the Cunard COM
pany does not look like it. The gov.
eminent advances s1s,ooo,oOo to build
new steamships. 1t gives fixed pay
ment of $4,000 a year @for carrying
the mails" All the vessels OF the COM
pany are at the service Of the admir-
atty in case of war. And the agree
ment made with the Morgan shipping
combine, whose terms are not yet an
neunced in detail. is doubtless no less
liberal. It seems to make a great diff
ference whether you call a certain
cash payment a subsidy or merely
compensation for carrying the mails.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06

Of the water supply for irrigation,
which will be but small fraction Of
what such lands bring in the open.
market today. The government, thus
repaid, will be in position to enter
upon still other, more ambitious and
costlier works of redemption.
The future of the West, already full
of promise, will be fairly revolutienized
by the opening of the new era. In the
country tributary, to the great roads
which enter here, and consequently to
our city, there will be a new and rich
err development than even their Won
can be obtained, the country will be-
come a garden instead of a desert. 1t
gives some conception of what the flu
ture will see to know that in Montana
alone there are 10,OOO,0 acres sus-
ceptibIe to irrigation; while, as the
work goes forward, it will be found
here as elsewhere that it's horizon ex-
pands, and that acre after acre once
supposed to be irreclainable will De
wrested from sun and sand. The
greatest and best of our national en-
pire is yet to. arise under the life
giving touch of a comprehensive irrl-
CATION system.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06

Mr. Schwab is out of the presidency
of the United State Steel company
and Mr. Corey is in. The most sig
nifieant thing. about the change, IN
which everybody is highly compliment
tary to everybody else, is the state
ment that there will be less centraii-
cation than heretofore in the operation
of the concern. But there is a general
impression that an enterprise Of this
magnitude requires a good deal of CEN
tralizatfon' in it's management if 1t is
to be managed economically and ef-
fectiyeIy,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
Stories They Tell

There are limits to the powers of en-
durance of even the hotel clerk. Last
night the night clerk at a down. town
hotel, in the midst of explaining to a
score of indignant regular transient
patrons, of the house that there was
not vacant room in the house, was
confronted by an elderly gentleman
who insisted on being entertained.
He mad stopped there regularly for
twenty years, and would have a bed"
The one vacant sample room in the
house was pressed into service, and a
lodging innproyised for the persistent
guest, but under protestations of the
inadequacy of the accommodations.
A few minutes later. while the clerk
was struggling with another crowd of
new arrivals in front of the desk. and
the squabbling Of guests from the
country who had managed to mix their.
keys and room assignments the dinlin-
ut1Fe black bellboy who had escorted
the persistent guest to his improvised
chamber dashed up to the desk.
"Gemman in one-foahteen says he
got to hab washstand.' he yelled
That was the clerks finish. He
stammered for an instant and then
Missed as he reached for his hair:
down to the pump"
What shall manifold resources profit
man if he be troubled with an ener-
getic conscience? Tuesday afternoon
Deputy State Oil Inspector Ralph
Whitney. of Stewartville. was hailed
from the Merchants hotel lobby to
front seat in the kangaroo patrol
wagon, and subsequently, to the carni-
val court
Sentence of fine was imposed with
the option of confinement in the carni-
val bastile. Mr.. Whitney. with the
caution born of his official position, de-
elded to take the option, and shortly
after made a daring escape from the
jail and the carnival grounds.
He says his conscience went to work
shortly after he dropped from the dizzy
height of the Industrial street fence,
and Tuesday night he could not sleep.
Yesterday his evasion of the law so
preyed upon his mind that before leav-
ing the city he surrendered to the kan
CARGO court and paid the fine imposed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
DEALING WITH THE EDITOR.

yellow journalism is not meeting
with that measure of success in China
that has been accorded it in these
United States. The other day the EN-
press Isl An had the editor of a paper
beaten to death. 1t is explained by the
surviving editors that the miscreant
was not exactly beaten to death but
that he was humanely strangled as
SOON as it became evident that he was
inclined to holler like a yellow journal
list instead Of taking his medicine with
the stole Indifference that is said to
characterize the Chinaman who honors
his ancestors.
A few nalcontents who might have
gone the way Of the fellow who was ex-
ecuted have taken refuge in Shanghai
and declined to listen to the blandish-
ments of the worshipful empress, who
has invited them to come over into her
back yard. where the lord high execu-
toner is waiting with sharpened
snickersnee for them. They have
sought the protection of the foreign
consuls and will be safe enough unless
they happen to have made unpleasant
remarks about Consul John Goodnow.
Isl An probably doesn't know it, but
as matter Of fact she has gone the
wrong way about reforming the press.
There is neither sense nor use in beat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
T0DAY's WEATHER,

Minneseta-Fair Thursday; warmer in
northwest portion; Friday fair; variable
winds.
Upper Michigan-Partly cloudy Thurs
day; Friday fair, light to fresh winds be-
coming variable.
Iowa-Fair Thursday.
South Dakota-Fair Thursday, warmer
in extreme west portion; Friday fair.
North Dakota and Wyoming-Fafr,
warmer Thursday; fair Friday.
Montana-Fair Thursday and Friday.
Internationally fair Thursday and
Friday; fresh west winds becoming va
riabIe.
ST. PauI-Yesterday's temperatures,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer for
the twentyfour hours ended at Z o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture, 81; lowest temperature, "a; aver
age temperature, 70; daily range, II;
barometer. 20 so; humidity, 49,; precipita-
ton, 49, p. m. temperature, IA; p. m
wind, northwest; weather, partly cloudy.
Yesterdays Temperatures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06

act, and the suit Of the state of Wash
lngton to restrain. the company from
doing within that state, under a New
Jersey charter, acts prohibited by the
Washington statute law. Both of those
cases are now on the calendar of the
United States supreme court. AS to
Judge Lochrens findings, 1t is of inter-
est chiefly because it reflects a differ
ent working of the judicial mind from
that which called forth the ST. Louis
decision in the spring.-New York
Evening Post. !.
1t seems that, according to yester-
days. decision the court holds that
! the Northern Securities company does
not come within the purview of the
statute of Minnesota, and the consti-.
tutional provisions of some other
states, for the reason that it is a third
party and owns no parallel line of it's
own, but is the reputed owner of a
majority of the stock of two other
railroad corporations whose lines are
parallel. That is understood to have
been the position taken by the eminent
lawyers who informed Mr.. Hill that a
merger could be formed. In other
words, while the law of Minnesota
and the constitutional provisions men
toned would prevent the Great North
ern selling out to the Northern Pacific,
or vice versa, it does not prevent a
third party from stepping in and buy
ing both roadS.-Heiena Independent.
AS in everything else there is an old
and a new, so there is an old and a
new in law and it's Interpretation. Ju-
risprudence is largely based on prece-
dent, but there comes a time when the
progressive courts of progressive
age must refuse longer to be bound by
r Al Of 1oct4 r f1cs
the old way to test all questions by
the letter of the law. It is the new
way to test them by the spirit of the
laW-and the spirit of the times.
Judge Lochren's decision is of the
old kind.
The opinion of the circuit court of
appeals is of the new kind.-Minneap
oils Journal.
Judge Thayer and his associates rea-
son that when the organizers of the
Northern Securities destroyed every
motive for competition it was for the
purpose of destroying competition,
thereby committing an illegal act.
Judge Lochren, having better opinion
of human nature, will not concede that
that was the purpose. He has faith
in the respect for law of railroad man
ayers which the majority do not have.
matter will be known in due time
Chicago Tribune.
Having lost the railroad merger case
in one court and won it in another
James J. Hill is in position to be
pleased or disappointed, depending
upon which way he looks. Whatever
the future may unfold in the line of
mergers James J. Hill continues to de-
velop his plans for extensive commerce
with the Orient and the Northwest is
bound to benefit immensely thereby
Fargo Forum.
Judge Lochren's decision in favor of
the Northern Securities merger, made
yesterday in ST. Paul. is not final; an
appeal lies to the federal supreme
court. In any case it does not alter or
lessen the effect of the recent decision
In the federal governments favor in
the suit brought against the big rail-
road merger under the Sherman anti
trust law.-New York World.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. Kilbourne and children joined
DR.. Kilbourne, superintendent of the
Rochester state hospital for the in
sane, yesterday at the Ryan. They will
leave today for Mackinac for a two
weeks outing.
Senator A. F. Ferris, of Braiuerd. is
at the Merchants. Tonight Senator
Ferris will be one of the guests at
Lieut.. Gov. Jones' banquet in Minne-
apoliS.
Miss Helen Eustace, secretary to the
superintendent of schools, left yester-
day for a vacation of several weeks.
Mrs. Tawney, wife of Congressman
James A. Tawney. of Wfnona. is at the
Merchants.
Merchants-W. 2. Whipple, Duluth;
Aberdeen; John I. Wells and wife,
breckenridge; F. o. Wallis, Hincl1ley:
f Bgrs J. B K3ehP WINDOW F Mos H3seB a
Crosse; Mrs F. A. Briggs, Bismarck;
Mrs. B. H Pope, Fort Davis Alaska;
G. A Armstrong, Mrs. Sarah Armstrong.
Mrs. ]. a; Tawney, o. NJ; Pots~ood. WI.
mona: Nellie Miller. Sioux City: s.
Stewart, Morris; B. w. Hood, John B.
Laird, G. s. McCurdy. Duluth; A. F.
Ferris, Brainerd; L. s. Kcefe, Beaver
Dam; NJ. F. Potter, Albert Lea; G. n.
Halfhill. Mankato.
Ryan,. J. Crowley and wife. San
Francisco; Charles Mattison and wife.
Butte; Mrs. J. j. Watson, En1metsburg,
II. G. Watson, Winnipeg; Mr.. and Mrs.
s. p. Gibbs. Menominee; Miss Kate C..
DAILY; Miss Emma McSweeney. Miss An
Meta Schroeder. Miss Katherine Schroe-
der, Dubuque; Halsey S. Wood u. S. A.;
%. e. Moorhead, Waterloo. Iowa; Mrs.
Charles Brown, Superior: Z. r. Leslie,
Duluth; DIR. II. c.. Maclsid. L. s. Mack
Id C1lU1F.y-s M Wheeler rnd wife
Des Moines; Mrs. Arthur F. Kilbourne
and children. Rochester.
Windsor-Miss e. II. Thomas. Milwau-
Zee; J. H. Mooney. NVatertown; L. p. st.
John and wife, Clear Lake, S. D.; Miss y.
M. Phillip Duluth; Violet NJ. G. Dickson,
Litchfeld; ]. B. Mccoy. Lake Park: M.
Healey, Winnipeg: Teresa Noben. Lyly
Lively. Fairnlort; Mrs. A. F. Pottratz,
BciView; j. W. FccllinpaUsh. Olivia;
Otto, C12sistiaason. Hayward Wis, Mrs.
Charles BtOlYl.. SEper.o:.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06

Marshall Field has accepted the site
will put UP a ten million dollar muse
UNI for the delectation of the Chica-
goans. Which is an awful waste of
money. inasnluch as the average Chi
cagean only finds delectation in the
museum that plays 'Bosco." who "eats
'em alive" as top liner.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
AuTomoeiLlNe I'M ST. PAUL.

In spite of the terrible lesson given
to the automobiles in this city two
months ago when a little girl was run
over and killed, the lovers of this fas-
cinating sport continue to ride too fast.
Almost any afternoon or evening on
Summit or Western avenues, one can
see from two to half a dozen cars going
beyond the lawful rate of speed. It is
a great temptation to chauffeurs to
drive too fast on a good road or stretch
much in automobiling if one does not
go fast The exhilaration and sense Of
flying over the ground are the most
delightful sensations connected with
the motion. and to creep along slowly
destroys the very object one has in
riding. But the laws must be obeyed,
and so long as men live in commune
ties they must expect to abide by the
rules, laid down for the protection OF
the public.
One failing of an auten1obilist is that
have no rights at all. He grants little
more to persons driving behind frac-
tious horses, and the owners of the
new machines in this city are noted for
their care in endeavoring to pass
frightened horses with due regard to
the safety of the occupants of vehicles
But with foot passengers it is an en-
tirely different matter. The chauffeurs
seem to think that a pedestrian has
no rights in the street, even ON the
crossings, and they toet their horns in
an aggressive, persistent way when
they see persons crossing in front of
them. They and their machines seem
to say: run for it, do not intend to
STOP" and they seldom slow down for
anything but frightened horse. ,ss 3
The chief offenders in this matter,
appear to be the owners of the large
touring cars, and not the drivers of
the electric Or other smaller gasoline
cars. The touring cars go rushing
along Western avenue or up Summit
at a speed wholly unlawful every day
of the week. They are like powerful
locomotive running wild in the streets,
and are scarcely less dangerous Men,
women and children suspend all in
tention to cross streets or to proceed
in any direction when one is coming,
so terrifying are they in speed and
appearance.
The temptation to go too fast in
these touring cars is especially great,
for they are built to that end and the
speed they are capable of is tremen-
dous. In the open country on good
road 1t is legitimate enough to drive
these large cars at a fast pace; but in
the city and On our residence streets it
is dangerous and should be stopped.
Strange to say, not one chauffeur in ten
remembers to blow his horn at the
street corners. Unless some restraint
is put upon this reckless driving and
Soma drivnrs GRO ramon c+ratod 1n;+I, nv.
put under arrest, there will be an
other terrible accident to record
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
Tin and Fancy
THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE.

Where are the curtains of yesterday?
The nice lace curtains that used to
grace - -
The parler windows Topped and tied
With. wide white ribbons, in their
place?
Bare are those windows, now. All say
Where are thu curtains of yesterday?
Where are tie curtains of yesterday.
Deep in the cedar chest somewhere?
Not on your life! They're roaming about
Getting their fill of summer air
Made into open-work dresses for May
That's where the curtains are working to-
dayt
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
UNIFIED DEMOCRACY.

The two conditions Of Democratic
success in this. country are united
party and a general dissatisfaction and
distrust among the people with the
policies and acts of its opponents.
Whenever these two conditions shall
exist together, Democracy will win.
The second is already fulfilled. The
appearance of Republican strength is
utterly hollow and false. The party is
in the position of man who has used
UP all his capital in living expenses
and is now conducting both his bust
ness and his household, on credit: on
the good nature of<'7his friends. the
apathy of his rivals and his still unex-
hausted ability to borrow something
here and there that will keep the wolf
from the door,. .
There are no longer any war issues
to fire the. popular heart and warp or
still the judgment On the great nv-
ing issues of today the Republican par
ty is divided and at sea. 1t dare not
try is utterly dissatisfied. 1t knows not
what to do with the currency. 1t is in
the grip Of the great protected inter-
ests that have made and now own it.
It's administration is rotten internally.
Insert the probe anywhere. and a scan
dial issues. Republicanism is mort
bund.
The other and more Indispensable
condition of Democratic success is
party harmony. 1t is already here.
There are rivalries between acknowI-
edged party leaders, as it is right and
necessary that there should be. This is a
sign Of vigorous life. There are still
occasional words of rancor from those
On both sides who fit the old, SANDER
GUS definition. by knowing neither how
to learn nor how to forget. But these
indications are individual and super
fetal. No schism divides the great or
ganization' that has but to close up.
shoulder to shoulder, in order that it
may win.
The old fires are burned out. The
great body Of Democracy stands with
its face to the future. The past is
past. 1t is the future that concerns us.
Where Democrats gather together to-
day to discuss in honor and sincerity
the future of their party, they meet
in brotherliness and with an unbroken
front toward the common foe No
need now to ask where men stood in
the years that are gone Are you a
Democratic" is the vital question. He
who believes in the undying mission of
the great historic organization. in the
dangers ahead from which it alone can
save the country. in the possibility of
success and the duty OF concerted eff
fort may strike hands with his fellow
without a backward look by either.
The opportunity is here. The people
of this country are weary Of the bur-
dens laid upon them. They are sick
and sore Of the rule of favoritisna: of
paltry political pretense stalking
abroad in the name Of virtue: Of an ad-
ministration that dare not purge itself
Of its misdeeds and it's INSIDERS: of q
government that sets the party ma
chine and its preservation and its
supply Of motive forever before the
welfare of the people. United Democ-
racy can win. We do not believe that
man will stand stubborn or hesitant
in the ranks when the great command.
Forward" shall come.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903.
REcLAIMING AN EMPIRE.

REcLAIMlNG AN EMPIRE.
Not since the first homestead act
was passed has there been an act or
policy that promised more for the de-
velopment of this country than the re-
clamation of arid lands in the West to
which the government is now COM
mitted. What were once supposed to
be mere tracts of desert, not only in
capable of cultivation but a barrier to
the progress of settlement, are about
to be made the richest portion of our
domain.
Private enterprise has long been at
work, attempting to irrigate this soil,
which produces wonderful crops. r.
rigated land is valuable not only for
its productiveness but for it's freedom
from the caprices of the weather. The
husbandman's return from his labor is
reasonably secure. But the carrying
out of such an enterprise is as far
beyond private resources as would be
the Improvement of the navigable wa
tiers of the United States In order to
make the best use of our resources,
the irrigation problem must be studied
scientifically and on a large scale. 1t
is, primarily, an engineering problem:
and it's solution requires the expendi-
ture of millions of dollars and the ex-
ercise of powers so large that
even the state governments have con-
fessed their inadequacy.
Under the recent act of congress,
this work will now go forward with
rapidity to success. To it the pro-
ceeds of sales of public lands in the
several states are to be devoted. No
better use could be made of the
money. These lands cost the general
government nothing; and the older
states for the most part received vast
gifts of them for their own purposes
on admission to the Union It is no
concession, but an act of Justice to
devote the moneys received from those
still undisposed of in the newer states
to retaining their desert areas, thus
adding to the home spaces and the
productive capacity Of the state.
Already the fund derived from this
source has reached $S,Oo0,OOO. 1t will
receive constant additions as other
lands are disposed of to settlers. Gov
eminent engineers have been examin-
ing the country, locating sites for res
ervoirs and calculating the work nee
essary to irrigate from these centers
the largest possible tracts. Every acre.
so redeemed will instantly ACQUIRE a
good cash value. Every acre will he
in demand by those who are looking
for homes in the West. The area of
our country capable Of cultivation will
pc expanded. Millions Of people will
create happy homes and engage in
productive industry on lands that have
known hitherto only cactus and sage
brush. The value of the products of
the soil will be sVelIed by amounted
millions.
! These lands will be sold only under
contracts requiring actual residence Inv
the purchaser. That is to say, thew
are to be reserved for the real settler,
and public opinion and public repre-
sentatives cannot guard too carefully
against any changes in the laws that
should enable the Spectator to Law
hands on them. The buyer must re-
pay to the government the actual cost
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
RUncompremisino.

What do you think of these expert
ments in aerial navigation" asked the
progressive citizen.
Il regard them said the man who
doesn't approve of anything. merely as
renewed efforts on the part of the human
race to make itself ridiculous. After we
have learned to fly, 1 suppose we will be
expected to perch on limb and try to
MARBLE. Philadelphia Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
uneoverina Porto Rican Wealth.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. s5-Dr.
John Clayton Clifford is exploring the
new Luquilla forest reserve in Porto
Rico for the bureau of forestry. He
reports the discovery of new gold
streams, the soil in which is crudely
panned by few natives. and huge
aromatic gum trees of an unnamed
SnanipS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06
AT St. Paul
heaters

The Ferris cempany's production of
My Jim" has caught the popular fan
Cyl and the attendance is Increasing at
each performance of the piece. -Four
performances, including the matinee
Saturday. will terminate the run of
this play. For the eleventh week of its
season. commencing next Sunday even
ing. the Ferris company will be seen
in a scenic production of the Irish play,
''Shamus 'O'Brien.' Seats for next
week can be obtained today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-06

If G. Cleveland keeps his word and
says nething2ef politics in his Chicago
speech. may we not hope to have some
light thrown on the RooseveItian theo-
ry of race suicide?