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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
BY CAR INSTEAD OF WEIGHT.
New and Knotty Question Before the
Anthracite Commission.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 21.-
Chairman Gray, of the coal strike com
mission, in commenting today on the
refusal of District President Fahev. of
the Miners union, to grant "permis-
sion" during the strike to a contractor
to erect at a cOlliery a boiler house
which was necessary to preserve the
mine from damage, said he hated
tyranny, no matter whether it was
practiced by an operator, miner OF
anyone else.
The Lehigh Valley Coal company.
which opened its case after the Temple
Iron company closed, placed a union
miner on the stand to testify about
what seemed a trivial matter, and on
cross examination he proved a good
witness for the miners. He said that
there would be trouble in the anthra-
cite region so long as the coal COM
panles insisted upon paying the con
tract miners by the car instead Of by
weight. This opened a discussion be-
tween counsel for both sides and the
commissioners. The result was that
the commission will devote an entire
day to hearing arguments on the ques-
ton.
John F.. Murray, a union miner in
the Dorrance colliery, was the man
who brought about this decision. Wh~1
the commission made it's tour of OBJ
servation last fall it visited the Dor
rance mine and met Murray, who was
president of local union. He told the
commissioners at that time that he
worked about seven hours a day.
On cross examination this afternoon
Murray said the company did not de-
| liver enough cars to the men, and that
| the union had no rule restricting the
number of cars to be delivered to each
miner. He asserted that the cars are
| more like freight cars than mine cars
The miners, he continued, think they
| hold much more than the two and one
| half tons the company says they hold
! Counsel for both sides and the com
| missioners got into a discussion or
| the advisability of changing the sys-
| tenn of pay from ear to weight.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22

MARICAIBO, Venezuela, Jan. 21.-
Three German wafships, supposed TO
be the Panther, Vineta and Fake, be-
gan shelling the fort at San Carlos at
1890 this morning. The fort returned
the IRE. The engagement was in
progress at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
A correspondent in a rowboat ap.-
preached to within three miles of the
fort at noon. The roar of the guns was
terrific. The Panther appeared to be
not more than 500 yards from the fort.
Her guns were being fired every min
ute. The fort could not be seen for the
clouds of smoke, but it was plain that
the Venezuelan gunners were answer
ing the German fire splendidly and
with great rapidity.
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon an ex-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
WHEN THE SUN
SETS IN THE NORTH
Only Then, Mr.. Hill Says,
Will He Be Quoted
Correctly.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-WalI street
looked for action today on the North
ern Securities dividend, but the Jan
uary meeting to be held this week was
not called. There was unusual activ-
ity at the office of the company, how
ever, as is always the case when the
president, James ]. Hill, is in town.
Mr.. Hill was rather non -committa1
when asked for an interview. When
his attention was called to the state
ments Of an inconsistent nature cred
tied to him in New York, Toronto,
Cleveland, Chicago and st. Paul since
he left the latter city last week, he
said, pointing to an oil painting Of
Minneapolis:
when the time comes that you can
stand below the Falls of st. Anthony
and see the new moon setting over
Pillsbury A mill and the sun setting
over Lake Itaska, the source of the
Father of Waters, you may expect to
see me quoted correctly in five differ
ent places in this country and Canada
simultaneously. I have nothing fur
ther to say either about the control of
the Erie railroad, the Northern Secu-
rites dividend or the ships for Orien-
tai trade which are being built at New
London, Conn. Don't quote me as say
ing anything else of stock market in
terest.'
The painting of Minneapolis which
Mr.. Hill referred to hangs just outside
the door of the office of the president.
1t is dated 1886, makes the sun setting
in the north and new moon clear in
the sky right over the city of st. Paul
"a phenomenon which Mr.. Hill was
quick to apply. In concluding he said:
The Twin Cities are both remark
able and united are destined to become
one of the worlds great centers; but
the sun does not set in the north yet
even there"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
Tariff Menace to Forests.
DIVIDE THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT,
Bill to Make First and Second Ward

Bill to Make First and Second Ward
Separate Representative Baiiiwicks.
Inc mueh-discussed proposition for
division of the Thirty-third senatorial
district, First and Second wards, St.
Paul, into representative districts, is at
last fairly before the legislature.
A Dill for the division was yester-
day introduced in the senate by SEN
ator w. w. Dunn, and in the house the
same bill was offered jointly by Repre-
SentatiVeS Lemon and Gregory, one of
whom, If the bill becomes law, will be
legislated out of a second term by it.
Since the legislative reapportionment
which made senatorial district of
the First and Second wards, the two
mouse members have been elected at
large in both wards. This system.
which does not apply to any Of the
other senatorial districts in Ramsey
county, did well enough under the con-
Vention system.
Prior to the extension of the primary
election law there was periodical dis
cuSSiOn of division, but the conventions
used to take excellent care to nominate
one candidate from each ward, or make
a division on the basis of two repre-
sentativeS against a senator One trial
of the primary law knocked the har-
mony maintained by the conventions
into discOrd of the cooked hat variety,
The First ward turned out candi-
dates enough for nomination to supply
the whole county legislative ticket.
The cards were stacked against them,
and in the running they could vote for
Second Warders or scratch the ticket.
Some of them scratched but the only
apparent result was the reduction of
Gregory's plurality.
When the smoke of battle cleared
away the First ward had nothing but
a kick left, and the kick has worked
overtime ever since election. The bill
introduced yesterday provides that the
wards shall constitute separate and
distinct representative districts, each
entitled to one member
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
President and omnibus RiII.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 21-
President Roosevelt had a further con-
ference today with senator's respecting
the omnibus statehood bill. The situa-
ton, as it developed in the senate yes
terday, is regarded by the president
and leaders in the senate as serious.
The president is taking no active part
in the statehood bill contest, but he is
concerned lest it should result in the
sidetracking of other important legis-
lation. He has indicated his opposition
to the omnibus bill, but whether he
would veto it in case it was passed is
regarded as doubtful.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
First Debate in Senate Will
Be Devoted to Memorials
to Congress for Ratifica-
tion of Canadian Reciproc-
ity Treaties and Removal
Of Tariff on Lumber.

The first debate of the session is
scheduled for the senate this morning
when Senator Wilson will urge the
adoption of his resolution asking the
minnesota congressional delegation to
interest themselves in an effort to Sc
cure freer trade relations with Canada
AL the same time another memorial to
congress, introduced by Senator Nor
gan, and asking that lumber be placed
on the free list, will be considered.
Senator Peterson disputed the Wilson
memorial and the debate was fixed for
this morning. Senator Wilson thought
time could be saved by considering the
two resolutions at the same session
and gave notice of debate on Senator
Morgan's resolution to carry it over
to today.
Tariff Menace to Forests.
In his memorial Senator Morgan
makes strong plea for the Minnesota
forests, pointing out that they are be-
ing depleted at a rate which will mean
their extinction in less than ten years,
The resolution states that the philos-
ophy and policy of protection were vio-
lated when lumber was placed on the
protected list and that the tariff is a.
menace to the existence of the forests
and water supply of the state. 1t is
claimed that the Northwest will soon
be at the mercy of the foreign producer
and that already the supply does not
begin to be adequate for domestic pur-
poses alone.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
BASELESS RUMOR
OF THE POPE'S DEATH
On the Contrary, He Gives Number
Of Long Audiences.

PARIS. jan 21.-It was runored in
the chamber of deputies today that the
pope was dead. The foreign office,
however, has received no confirmation
of the report
ROME,-Jan. 21.-The rumor that the
pope was dead is without foundation.
The pontiff gave a number of long au-
diences today and his. callers included
Senor Quirno-Costa, vice president Of
Argentina, and the latters wife and
family.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
BEEN MARRIED
SEVEN TIMES
LearnedSoutheIn Theologian
and Gifted Orator
Convicted.

PORT GIBSON, Miss, Jan. 21.-The
jury in the case of Rev. Marion Lane,
also known as Jean Skyles, charged
with bigamy, returned a verdict of
guilty today. He is one of the most
learned theologians and eloquent ora
tors in the state. 1t was brought out
at the trial that Skyles had been mar
ried seven times. The defense was in
sanity
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
GERMANS BOMBARD THE
FORT OF SAN CARLOS

plosion occurred, apparently in the
fort, and a cloud of smoke covered
part of the ramparts. Indian fishermen
were intercepted fleeing from the di-
rection of the fort in their dugout ca
noes. They reported that the smoke
seen was from the burning village of
San Carlos, which had been shelled by
the German ships and was in flames.
The shelling of San Carlos has Gre
ated much excitement among the Ger
man residents of this port, who have
protested against the action Of the
warships.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
Fowler RiII Inadequate.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 21-A
minority report signed by Representa-
tives Talbot IS. c., Thayer (Mass.)
Lewis (Ga), Pugsley IN. W, Paget
(Tenn.) and Bartlett (Ga.), of the
banking currency committee, was made
today against the Fowler currency bill.
1t says that, while the minority believes
that the present banking system is in
adequate and inelastic, it Goes not be-
lieve that the bill will accomplish the
purpose sought.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
HOLDS THE WHIP HAND.
5abcock Proves Equal to Exigencies
of Persistent Fight on Him.

The administration fight on the
Babcock organization of the house is
by no means at an end, but so far it
has not managed to Fuff2e the feelings
of the Wadena man who accepts it as
matter of course, and handles the
frequent attacks with the abandon Of
a Tom Reed.
Representative Rcstnwald, Lac oui
Parle, selected to lead the forlorn hope.
announced after his second defeat that
he would keep up the fight on the COM
mittee on rules all winter, if necessary,
and as an earnest Of good faith took
another jab at the committees report
yesterday.
Mr.. Rosenwald is rapidly getting on
terms of more Familiarity with the ag-
graVating rules of parliamentary prac-
tice, and in his attack yesterday exhih-
tied more science than sigEaled his for
mer head-On daSheS. He deplOyed yes
terday with a motion directing the
committee on public accounts to prose-
cute an investigation, to the end that
it might discover some avenue of re-
trenchment in legislative expenses.
1t was another way Of getting around
to the committee on rules, ana securing
the dismissal of some of the clerks and
employees appointed under the proyi-
sions of its report. Mr.. Hickey, Ram
sey, gave notice of debate, which, in
the case of a resolution, would carry
the matter over twenty four hours
without further discussion.
Mr.. Rosenwald objected to this sum-
mary checking of his good work, con-
tending that his proposition was in the
form OF motion instead of a reSolu-
ton, and could not be put over by no.
tice of debate. He was supported in
his contention by Mr.. Haugland. Then
it was the speakers innings.
DR.. Babcock calmly announced that
the motion was, to all intents and pur-
poses, a resolution, and that he should
hold that it went over under notice Of
debate. An insurgent member Of the
Hennepin delegation wanted reference
to the rule by which the speaker arrived
at his decision, and was allowed to
take such comfort as he might out of
the speakers cool reply:
you are at liberty to talks an appeal
from the chair if you desire"
The gentleman from Hennepin hasti-
| ly disclaimed any disposition to ap-
peal from the speakers methods, ana
there is q programme of hot air in
preparation for this mornings session.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
BLAME LAID TO MINERS.
If They Would Work More Hours
There Would Be More Coal,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 21.-The
moderate weather is apparently hav-
ing its effect as far as coal shipments
are concerned. All the mines of the
Philadelphia & Reading company were
working today with the exception of
one. At the Reading offices it was
stated that 1,241 cars were mined and
loaded yesterday That is about 3O,-
600 tons. The Lehigh Valley company
shipped 1,407 cars, aggregating about
$4,000 tons, over it's lines. A repre-
sentative of the L.ehigh Valley says:
Efforts are being made to run the
collieries as long each day as the sup
ply of coal in the breakers will war
rant. In most of the mines of the Le-
high Valley company the miners will
only work ten hours a day, conse-
quently when the breakers clean up
the coal that is mined in that time
they have to cease operations If the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
Military Academy Bill.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 21-The
ported 10 the house today carries a
total of $644,273 The estimates were
S696,458. Provision is made for the
purchase of tract of land containing
about 220 acres adjoining the academy
ora11ndc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
St. Louis Passengers as Prosecutors.

NEW YORK, Jan. PA meeting Of
passengers. who arrived here on the
steamship st. Louis last Saturday af-
ter trip lasting thirteen days, was
held today line of action was de-
cided upon, and DR.. Bernei was author
lied to engage local legal talent to act
in conjunction with himself and DR..
Lloyd. This action was taken in order
to push proceedings with all reason
able dispatch,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
For the .eovernment of TutiIa.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. PA
bill vesting in the president authority
to appoint persons to govern the island
of Tutila, in the Samoan group, today
was reported from the committee on
the Pacific islands by Senator For
aker. The duty on goods imported
into the United States from Tutila is
fixed at so per cent of the rates from
foreign countries
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
Porto Rican Church Lands.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. IL
Senator Foraker today introduced
bill renouncing on the part of the
United States all right to the church
lands in Porto Rico. The bill grants
the right of naturalization to the Porto
Ricans and to the people inhabiting
other possessions of the United States
similarly situated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
HOUSE HANGS TO PASSES
SENATORS DECRY TARIFF
Representative Yoerg's Ex-
planation Of His Anti Pass
Resolutions Fails to Save
Them From Sudden and
Ignominious Death at the
Hands Of the House.

The evils of the pass system have no
terrors for the members of the Mime
sofa legislature serving in the house.
And the house is not disposed to take
issue with President Mellen, of the
Northern Pacific, who explained the
limited passes issued by his road as
preservatives against traffic in passes.
The Yoerg resolution, which was
touted as a measure calculated to de-
termine the extent of the pass evil and
to stamp out the obnoxious system,
lasted quick, when called up by the au-
| thor yesterday morning
The resolution originally went over
under notice of debate. Tuesday, Mr..
Yoerg, unfamiliar with the house pro-
cedure, failed to call his resolution up
under the proper order of business and
it went over until yesterday. When it
came his turn again, however, ne lost
no time. In fact, he was on his feet
waiting for the signal from the speaker.
Mr.. Yoerg explained at some length
| that his resolutions were not intended
as slur at the members of the present
house or their predecessors. He thought
it not wrong for members to receive
passes, nay, more he thought they were
IA
sued to members might be sold, but
more Of them were loaned out of pure
friendship.
Where Real Evil Lies.
The real crying evil of the pass sys-
tenn, said Mr.. Yoerg, lay in the issuance
of passes to county officials, particu-
| larly to sheriffs, county attorneys, COR
! oners and judges of the district courts.
Members of the legislature have to
travel and they could not be Influenced
by a pass, but a judge of the district
court does not have to travel from his
home to the place of his official bust
! ness and what effect might a pass not
have on the mind of a jurist trying
cases in which railroads were parties.
The house quickly demonstrated that
it agreed with Mr.. Yoerg in so far as
his remarks touched the members need
| of passes and their right to them. In
ferentially, at least, it also demonstrate
ed that it was perfectly willing to al
low judges of the district court and
county officials to wrestle with the pass
| evil for themselves, if, perchance those
same judges and officials deem the ex-
ercise beneficial or necessary.
Mr.. Armstrong, of Hennepin, moved
as substitute for Yoerg's motion for
adoption, that consideration Of the res
olutions be Indefinitely postponed. The
viva voce vote was almost unanimous
in support of the substitute, and then
to make the funeral complete, Arm
strong moved for reconsideration, which
was lost by vote evincfng even great
er unanimity. The Yoerg resolution is
no more Railway companies can dis
pose of their passes at the same old ad-
dresses.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
DUELlSTS AT EAST ST. LOUIS
FATALLY WOUND EACH OTHER
Several ouarreIs cuImInate in Pistol

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Jan. 21.-Math-
ew A. Cleary. city clerk. and Richard
Buckley, a blacksmith. fought a pistol
duel N front of Cleary's saloon tonight
and both are fatally wounded. Clearv
and Buckley had quarreled several times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22

Three Cruisers Open Fire,
Which Is Returned Briskly
by the Fort, and the En-
gagement Lasts Several
Hours = Village of San
Carlos Burned by the
Shells SHERMAN Residents
Protest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-22
PROPOSES MORE AMENDMENTS.

Lord Fathers Scheme Projected by
Late Tax Commission.
A bill intended to make it more easy
for the legislature to draft TAX revision
amendments for the consideration &C
the voters at the next election was
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-02-20
RENTING Stuffed Animals.

The trade in stuffed animals is get
ting brisker with the approach of the
holiday season. Il don't mean by
that" said William Street taxider-
mist. that we are selling more of
them. We are not. We never do sell
stuffed beasts in herds at this time of
the year, but our renting list swells
rrodigiously. People whose business
requires them to use stuffed animals
and birds as advertisements general
ly want an extra duck or dog or bear
added to their stock for month or
two preceding and following Christ
mas. A trade mark of this kind, of
good quality, costs anywhere from S.
to SIS, and as those that are used
merely as 'supcrs' are needed only
a few months in the year, it is cheaper
to rent them than to buy them out
right. Almost every merchant in
town, of high or low degree, makes
an extra splurge at this season by ex-
hibiting a polar bear or some other
festive animal. consequently our rental
amounts to a rather nice income.
Some seasons we do a pretty thriving
business with theatrical companies
also, bur this year the drama seems
to nave become too realistic to rely
our orders for property fowls and
quadrupeds have been few."-New
York Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-02-20
Hollow Car Axles.

It Is we'll known that given
amount of metal arranged in the form
of tube will possess greater rigidity
than as solid bar. The principle
was long ago utilized in the forma-
ton of the square columns of steel
frame buildings Lately it has been
applied to the immense shafts of ocean
steamships, which are subjected to
severe benlipg as well as twisting
strains. A. hollow shaft is sitter than
O solid one of the same weight. The
most recent use of the idea is in the
manufacture of axles for cars.
A large number OF hollow axles have
been made in one of the shops of the
Carnegie company, at Pittsburg. 1t
is asserted that less metal is used in
them than in the ordinary axle They
also require much less machine work
to finish them. From the manufac-
turer's point of view. at least, they are
more satisfactory than those which
they are designed to repicce. Just
what service may be expected of them
Is another question. In order TO set
tie that question, a lot of cars are now
being built with hollow axles under
one truck and solid ones under thu
other. These are to- be run for six
months and then examined for signs
OF wear.=New York Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-02-20
CarfieId's Nomination.

At the Republican national conver.
ton In 1880 the Blaine Breeds Ito
use the nomenclature OF the day. and
the Grant Stalwarts, goo in number,
Rugged each other In a death grapple.
They crushed each other and Garfield
scampered off with the nomination
for president. When leaving Wash.
ington to attend the convention as
leader of the Sherman delegates, Gar
field was asked by John Randolph
Tucker of Virginia: Whom are you
going to nomirate?" Garfield Is said
to have loved Ran. Tucker. They were
far asuncer in politics, but there were
love and affection and intellectual
kinship between the Virginian and
the Ohican. Garfield put his arm
around fuckers shoulders and whis.
pered: Keep your eyes on me-" And
60 it was. Garfield became President
and Blaine took the secretaryship OF
state, ito keep his hand on the helm"
his friends said. ITO watch tae Peru.
Wan guano BEDS" bis enemies re.
p.ied.-Washingto Letter to Rich.
mond (Va) Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-02-20
JUST A elRL.
JUST n GIhLs
Many q throne has had to fall

Many throne has had to fall
For girl.
Just a girl;
Many king has had to crawl
For girl,
Just a girl;
When the hero goes to war.
He may battle for the right,
Dut tbs likelier by far
That he sallies forth to fight
For a girl.
Just q girl
When the doctor turns to say:
'It's girl.
just a GIRL"
Fapa murmurs with dismay:
What! A girl
Just a girl?"
All, but why the sadness there?
Why the bitterness displayed?
Some day some strong man will
swear
That the great round world was
made
For that girl
Just that girl.
Why did Adam take the bite?
For girl.
Just a girl.
Why was Troy swept out OF sight?
For a girl
Just for girl.
o, would heaven still be bright,
And would any good man cara
To achieve it, IL he might
Never claim forever there
Just girl,
Glorious girl?
Chicago Record Herald.