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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
SATURDAY, AUGUST is, 1908.
COURTS. JuRIEs AND LYNcHERs.


1t is not half as much the delays of
the law as the siclzIy weakness of the
law, its refusal to assign adequate
penalties to heinous offenses. that is
lynching habit. Trace every public
failing down to it's source and you will
find some falling away from duty by
the people. 1t cannot be otherwise in
a true democracy.
Time was when only a few silly
women expressed sympathy with noted
criminals, and carried them bouquets
to cheer the hours of confinement
The disease has spread to the men
now. and takes the form of lessening
or entirely canceling the penalties that
the law prescribes for some gross Of
Tense. 1t is a singular mania, this,
which on one side gives freedom to
the worst of criminals to repeat their
crimes, and on the other insists that
aside by popular fury.
The verdict rendered by the Ken
lucky jury in the Marcum case is we'll
In point. Perhaps it is enough to ex-
pect that Kentucky jury should de-
clare anybody guilty of anything; but
unfortunately the state is by no means
alone in the custom which one of it's
courts has just followed The verdict
declaring Jet and White guilty and
sentencing them to Imprisonment for
life is an absurdity. 1t is a contra
diction in terms. If these men were
guilty of anything at all, their Of
tense was deliberate, unprovoked. pre-
meditated murder. The penalty for
that is death. But milk-hearted and
soft-headed jury finds that they COM
mitted the crime and weakens when it
comes to assigning the penalty.
Exactly such contradictory action is
taken by juries and, not infrequently,
by judges as well every day in every
state of the Union. The plain man
dates of the law are set aside. The
guilt of criminal is fixed; but in
stead of imposing upon him the legal
penalty, we give him a warning, pass
sentence and suspend it on promise of
good behavior, condone the offense if
the offender will leave the community
and carry his criminal instincts as
curse to some other, or, as Kentucky
has done, defy law and common sense
as well in a cowardly compromise be-
tween justice and weakness.
Here are the seeds of the deadly
growth of mob vengeance and lynch
law in this country. The courts are a
little responsible; the juries infinitely
more SO. Whenever a man becomes an
agent of the law, no matter whether on
the bench or in the box, he no longer
has right to give way to personal
wishes or weaknesses. For the time
being ne is the state, and it's mainte-
nance in well being depends upon him.
AS an individual. he may well let di-
law of justice. AS minister of the
law. he commits crime if he does SO.
Easy good nature all along the line in
executive place, on the bench, in the
jury, is encouraging the criminal and
the lyncher. Let US have done with
the error that is sapping the founda-
tons CT good government in this coun-
try.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
PERSONAL MENTION.

At the Merehants-W IS. Begg and
wife. Grand: Forks. N. D.; E. S: Hoyt,
w. c. Krise and James P. -Welter, Red
Wing; Will Kaiser, Muscatine. Iowa;
Grace Ringstad,. Northfield;, John H.
Mueller and wife, Moline, ILL.,; W.. G.
Meredith, Dubuque, Iowa; H. A Slater
and wife, Spokane, Wash; d. Kogge,
New Ulm; A. Backus, jamestown, n. d. );
B. N. Johnson and wife, Duluth; J.. J.
Furlong, Austin; N. H. Featherstone, Red
Wing; P. II. Shafer. Ellsworth Wis;
l.. D. Brown. Little Falls.
AT the Ryah--H. S. Youmans, Winona;
L. F. Rogers, Faribault; Mr.. and Mrs.
Stout, Toronto; d. o. Robbins, Belle
vile. Ind; John II. Reich, Detroit, Mich. +;
w. E. Johnson and wife. Waterloo, Iowa
J. B. Long. Great Falls, Mont; Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Blame, Burlington, Iowa; H.
NJ Fleulke. Evansville. Ind; A. Davis,
Kenosha, Wis; John J. Newell Pierre,
S. D.
At the Windsor--E.> E. Ristan, North
Freedman, Wis; c.. j. Wilson, Perry,
ILL.,; Edward Pension and wife. Pittsfield,
H.: w. H. Wife, Perry, Ill; G. N. Gale
and wife. Galespurg, H.. e. r. Farley and
wife Farley
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
PARLIAMENT PAUsEs.
Speech From the Throne Is Good Read
inq for the Irish.

ing for the Irish.
Is LONDON, Aug. 14.-Parliament was
prorogued today until Nov. 2. The
kings speech says of Ireland:
The warm expressions of good will
with which l was everywhere received
greatly touched me. My visit enabled
I me to realize how much was being at
tempted. to improve the housing ac-
commodation for the working popula-
ton, stimulate commercial activity,
advance the methods of agriculture,
develop technical education and pro-
vide for the sick and infirm. Much re-
mains to be done, but it was with feel
lngs of the deepest qualification that
II noticed signs of increasing concord
among all classes in Ireland, presaging,
as L hope, new era of united efforts
for the general welfare"
Referring to the Irish land BILL the
speech says it offers inducements to
the land owners to continue their res
idence among their countrymen, and
provides for improving the conditions
of life in the poorer districts of the
west. 1t adds:
This reform, by removing the an
Gent causes of social discussions, will,
l heartily trust, conduce to the COM
mon benefit of all my Irish subjects"
There has probably never been a
propagation of parliament, which, for
the future of the government, was so
uncertain as is the case on this occa-
sion. Many believe there will be a dis
solution in the autumn, though the best
information does not support this be-
lief
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
DON'T BE INFECTIOUS.

j. Homer Sexton, of Brandt, 5. D.,
took to the high grass a month ago in
| the belief that he was undone. Pos
sessed of the idea that the crop he had
| been watching all summer was not go
ing to yield any return for his labor,
he left for parts unknown Disguised
with the life of farmer man.
Farmer Sexton should have known
better. He had lived for some years
| in the glorious climate Of South Da-
| kota. He had seen hail storms and
drought, weevils and chinch bugs all
culturist, and he had also seen the
farmer man succeed in spite Of the
combination. He had observed his
neighbors crops laid low by the hail
and the wind, and had been permitted
to see grain apparently lodged beyond
| redemption stand up again and yield
threshing machine. All his experience
had taught him to hope, but this ex-
perience was lost on him.
His own bare fields frightened him
and, instead of pinning his faith on the
capacity of the soil and the climate to
rectify the mistakes of nature, he quit
AS soon as he gave over watching his
| fields the grain stood on end and ma
ture smiled. The chineh bug died of
indigestion, saving rains 1noistened the
parched earth, and before he was well
out of sight across the prairie there
was promise of a bumper crop on his
land. Now that promise is being real
lied. His father-in-law has under
taken the garnering of the crop Mrs.
Sexton and the little Sections are help
ing and there is the certainty of a full
flour barrel and much provender for
the winter.
Sexton is seeking his fortune by
running away from it. He is needed at
home to help with the threshing and
to count the money that will presently
be brought into the Sexton Golfers. He
would better hurry.
The case of Sexton should serve as
warning to all farmer men who Dor
row trouble when the condition of their
crop is such as to put it out of their
power to borrow anything on a crop
mortgage. In the matter of Dakota
wheat, it is never too late to mend. A
field stricken as with the abomination
of desolation today may tomorrow fur
nish the basis for a statistical argu-
ment showing a great Improvement in
crop conditions.
Let the farmer man take heart of
grace and restrain his impetuosity
when he is minded to Iavant because
of crop failure. Only when the mort
gage backs his wagon up to the
threshing machine is failure certain
and even then there are spouts on
each side of the separator.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
THE MONEY I'm THE BusTLE

Foley, of the Bismarck Tribune in.
spired by the story that Mrs. Van Cerkee
lost hustle in which she had bidder
$780, offers this
thousand dollar gowns not rare.
In these great days Of hustle,
But who before or, anywhere
Has ever put, I do declare,
So much in onet small hustle:
Oh think what agony of fear,
AS on the street we hustle,
To clap our hands back, there and here
And all around ard cry: .Oh, dear.
fear Eve dropped my bustIe!"
But how much keener would it be
And how much worse each minute.
To know that when twas dropped-(Ah
me,
What terrible caIanaityI)
1t had seven thousand in it!
Oh. woman did you never hear
Gin all good faith I ask it)
'Tis known, Or should be, far and near,
How foolish it's to put, my dear,
Your eggs all in one basket!
Then let us in the lesson share,
And if by dint of muscle
We stuff with cash the one we wear,
The while we wear it, let's beware,
We do not drop the bustle
Foley.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

| An examination of the record of some
| of the concerns that were carried down
| in this city by their acceptance of real
estate security will show that, if they
would eventually have paid dollar for
dollar.
A far more dangerous form of spec
| u1ation, and one against which the
banks should be more particularly on
their guard, is that which has for its
counters the stock of alleged CONNER
cial and industrial enterprises. 1t is
these securities that have been food
ing the market and frightened invest
| ment. It is these of which no man to-
| day can tell the actual or probable
value. 1t is these that have been &C
cepted too freely as collateral by met
ropolitan banking Institutions; and if
there be a cloud of danger in our sky,
it is the abundance of these liabilities
and the liberal advances made upon
them.
Our banks should be the conserva-
tors of stability. With them more than
any other agency it rests whether the
pros perity of the country shall be fixed
upon a solid basis or on a weak foun-
dalton of inflated values. They are
the distributors of credit. When they
refuse to extend it freely, speculation
is checked. AS long as they grant it
upon request, speculation fiourishes
and they involve themselves and the
country in a common danger. That
they have, as a rule, filled their part
faithfully and wisely the public will
admit. But they have been too gener-
Gus for the past three years with the
| Spectator in stocks. Upon him, rather
| than the dealer in real values, which
! at this moment show no sign of abnor-
NAL exaggeration in any part of the
country, the caution Of the bankers
| should be expended.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
TODAY'S WEATHER.

Minnesota-Fair in west, showers in
east portion Saturday. Sunday showers,
cooler in west portion; variable winds.
Upper Michigan-Partly cloudy Satur-
day and Sunday; probably showers Sun
day; variable winds.
North Dakota and South Dakota-Fair
Saturday; showers and cooler at night or
Sunday.
Montana-Fair in extreme east, show
ers and cooler in central and west por-
lions Saturday. Sunday probably fair.
Observation-Disclosures Saturday except in
extreme northern portion. Sunday show
ers; variable winds.
Iowa-Fair in western, showers in
eastern portions Saturday. Sunday show
ers, cooler in western portion.
ST. Paul-Yesterday's 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, &c; lowest temperature, 81; average
temperature "a; daily range, s; barom-
eter, 80 .04 humidity, ST. precipitation
"A; 7 p. m. temperature. So; p. m. wind,
southeast; weather cloudy.
YpSterday'S TemDera
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
GIVE HIM THE LIMIT.

The limit that the law allows ought
to be assigned to the brute who was
guilty of an assault the other day on
small boy. This is the second case of
the kind in this city. within a few days,
and it is time to make an example.
The fact that the man is charged with
another offense scarcely adds to the
gravity of his crime. 1t is only the ex-
pected. The man who will brutally
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
THE APoTHEosIs OF THE GIRL
BABY

After years of persecution, of sys-
| tenatic snubbing and constant repres-
! sion, the girl baby has come into her
own. And it is the fiat owners of ST.
Paul who have done her justice. That
potentate before whom the average
man humbly bows, the flat janitor, has
deigned to express his approval of her
hitherto neglected ladyship, and here
after it is probable that her@crow will
be heard in the land.
When little Miss Pea hblossom weds
in the Orient her friends wish her long
life and many sons. And it is a safe
courtesy since the family joss is never
set up in fiat, the F1owerys Kingdom
knowing not the fiat Janitor But
hitherto civilized nations have been
disposed to agree with the heather
Chinee" in his estimate of the girl
baby-she has been tolerated but sell
dom has she been accorded that well
come her worth demands. In laying
down his law that only babies of her
sex will be permitted within the sacred
confines of the fiat he ''bosses,' the fiat
janitor will probably create a new
fashion. No one, indeed, need be sur
prised if the fall numbers of, the fash
ion magazines gravely announce that
boy babies are out, girl babies are in.
Every dog has it's day, but that of
the girl baby has been long in coming.
Yet it is doubtless to those centuries
of repression that she owes her pres
ent vogue. Frequent snubbing has
broken her spirit. Her voice is the
voice of one seldom listened to. And
this is why she finds favor in the flat
janitor's eye.
1t may be that her good fortune will
rob the girl baby of these charms and
that she will be thrust from those flats
where she now finds welcome But
for the present. at any rate. not only
is America the home of the free, but,
because she is a nation of fat jewellers,
she may be looked upon as the para
disc of the girl baby
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

There is no room for pity for the
king of Servia. He accepted his crown
from the bloody hands of murderers.
even if he was not All accessory before
the fact. He complains that he is viz
tually a prisoner in the hands of the
military party and threatens to abdi-
cate. But what. in heavens name. did
he expect2 May he get just what he
deserves; and apparently he is get
ting it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
HIGHEST SCORE IS THAT
OF SERGT. HAWKINS
Sergeant Aferian, of Twenty first In
fantry, Is Fifth on the List.

CHICAGO, Aug. 14-The rifle COM
petition at Fort Sheridan today was
firing at rectangular and figure tar
gets at 200, 500, 400 and 500 yards. The
highest scores were:
Sergeant Hawkins. Twenty fourth
infantry, 709; Private Weik Twentieth
infantry, CTS; Lieut.. Parker, Twen-
tieth infantry, 655; Sergeant Aferian,
Twenty-first infantry, 649; Private
McMillen, First infantry. GAG.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
Retail Butcher Is Blamed.

The retail butcher who last summer
sWore that. he, advanced pricess-be-
cause of the High price of cattle is
now charging, the same outrageous
prices though live cattle and dressed
beef have decreased j. in price one
third. He is "hoggihgs'. the difference
between 1asttsummer's live stock prices
ana thosezthat obtain thiss9ear. 1t is
just assWell to bearBtheseg facts in mind
when the family butcher makes his
conventional whine about the "meat
trust" 1t is not the meat trust but
the retail butcher that is responsible
Tor the robbery that is being prac-
tlced. The quotations speak for them
selves.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
PRIEST LEAVES
FORTUNE TO POPE
Cardinal RampoIIa Contests
FamiIy's Claim That viii
Is Invalid.

NAPLES, Italy, Aug. IA. A parish
priest named Milone willed his whole
fortune of $4,000 to the reigning pom
tiff when Leo XIII. was at the point of
death. The priest has since died and
his family now set up the claim that
the will is invalid.
Cardinal Rampolla, as papal secre-
tary of state, has directed a local at
torney to represent him, claiming that
the priest collected the money in virtue
of his Office and that it should go to
the church, and that Leo XIII, being
the sovereign pontiff at the time, could
be represented in the action by his
secretary of state. The trial took place
today and the judge reserved his de-
ciSiOn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

Why should anybody's risib,es be
provoked by the assertion of a Mace
DOMAIN leader that American newspa-
pers are bought with Turkish gold ?''
Is it not the commonest assertion of
the average American when he sees
something that does not chime with his
own opinion in print? Before we chide
anybody else for this vile habit let us
get rid of it ourselves.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
Slightly Different.

81 don't think your friend Ritter will
like your review of his book" said the
literary editors assistant especially
what you said about the plot
why, 1 said the plot was appropriate
and
yes, but the intelligent typo had it
appropriated in the paper. Philadelphia
Press
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
THE ONE SMALL DIFFICULTY.

How far in the scale of true worth we'd
ascend;
What blessings we'd surely be reach
ing
How little we'd find in the world to
amend
Were practice as easy as preaching!
Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
Among the Merrymakers
A coouETTE.

She said she could not be my wife,
But then she gently limited
My likeness on her heart of hearts
Would be forever printed.
But, oh, alas, for this fair maid,
My fancy so enslaving,
1 fear my picture in that case
Would be steel engraving.
New York Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
German War Ministers Chanaed.

BERLIN. Aug 14.-Lieut. Gen. Won
Gossler has been relieved of the post
of war minister at his own request.
Lieut.. Gen.. Won Einem, the director
general of the department of war, has
been appointed as his successor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
In Fear of the Law.

You say that mule is no good?'
mo good at all, subj" answered Mr..
Erastus Pinkley.
Then why don't you sell ito"
81 dasn't. If 1 wus to sell dat mule. I'd
speck to git arrested for swindlin' =
Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

Even with short wheat crop the
farmer whose fields have yielded mod
erately will have nothing to complain
of if the present promise of the mar
kets is fulfilled in high prices.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
ouintupIe Murderer HANGED.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. IA.
E. Batson was hanged at Lake Charles
today for the murder of the Earl fam
ily-mother and four children-in Feb
ruary, 1902. near Welsh. Batson was
field hand in the employ of the EarIs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

The administration is making hay
while the sun shines. Congress last
year made large addition to the ap-
preparation for the rural delivery mail
service In the first month of the year
enough new routes were. established to
exhaust half of it. Wherever Mr..
Payne presides the money flies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

kick boy is capable of any breach
of the law where he thinks that he may
escape punishment.
This is the very element that the law
should deal with most severely 1t is
an element absent from the most des-
perate and law defying communities in
newly-settled regions. Men there may
be desperadoes, but women and chill
dren are safe from their. assaults. 1t
is only in centers where the degenerate
appears that the physically weak are.
made to suffer by the strong. And the
enormity of it is far too little eonsid-
cred.
These are the offenses, mistakenly
regarded as minor, which encourage
and develop natures that ultimately
find their true expression in some more
heinous form of crime. The law and
the courts cannot be too peremptory
and too severe with their perpetrators.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
Consui's Murder Is Avenaed.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Ang. IA. - A
court martial, held at Monastir has
condemned the gendarne, Hahn, to
death for the murder of NJ. Rostkovski,
the Russian consul at MOnastir. The
sentence was Immediately carried out
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
Cubans Are Garroted.

HAVANA, Aug. 14.-Three men were
garroted today in Sana Clara prov
ince for the murder and robbery of a
planter. All claimed to be innocent
and refused the ministrations of a
DrieSt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
eettIno Proof of Prosperity.

S. G. Yerkes, general advertising agent,
and G. c. Greene. emigration agent. OF
the Great Northern, are making a trip
for photographing and obtaining statis-
tics of the harvesting being done through
out the territory of the road
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

Beavers, lately of the postof1ice, got
SO used to going off with whatever he
could lay his hands on that he actually
distracted himself at the finish.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
At St. Paul Theaters

For the benefit of those who have
been unable to attend the evening per-
formances of CAS- You Like IT, at Como
park, matinees will be given both today
and tomorrow The company is ex-
cellent and the surroundings of the
open air theater are beautiful.
''Shamus O'Brien," as given by the
Ferris company, has proved a potent
attraction this week at the Metropol-
itan, where all previous records for
attendance in the summer season have
been broken. For next week, which is
the last of the Ferris conlpany's en-
gagement at the Metropolitan, the Of
fering will be a melodrama, dealing
with life on the frontier, entitled .'Way
Out West
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

If cannibalism is adopted generally
in Chicago what a lot of bad eating
will be provided for those who eat their
fellow citizens.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

The summer actor, having neither
diamonds to lose nor watches to swal-
low, finds matrimony an easy and
pleasant method of getting into print.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
Resented.

"Have you ever been divorced before?"
said the Chicago lawyer to the actress
Sir was the indignant rejoinder do
you mean to insinuate that l am a biga-
mist ?"-Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

If any one doubts the strength of
peanut politics in the most intelligent
community, let him observe the
strength of the opposition to a measure
that would lessen the tax rate of ST.
Paul, solely because it might be cred
tied to the party in power.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
Like Cures Like.

Bacon-He used to be so fat, and now
just see how thin he Isl
81 Egbert-Yes; it made him thin to car
Statesman.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

The7 Vail of Monastir better watch
out or he will be sent to join our old
friend. the Ahkoond of Swat.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15

One of the Macedonian chiefs ought
to be hot number. His name is Tar
tarcheff.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
Bim.

Some people say it's, lucky to pick up
a PIN
well, don't suppose it's unlucky.'
Huh! l know of one poor greenhorn
who found it so. He tried to pick up a
ten-pin in a bowling alley just as the
Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
A BLESSING in DISGUISE.

Miss Young-o! look at that poor with
cred old blind woman
Miss Foarty-Her- blindness is really not
such misfortune then. She can't see
how withered she Philadelphia Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-15
The Witty shenherd.

. heepowner-They tell me, sir. that YOU
know very little, if anything, about
Shepherd That's what I herd.