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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
What President Might Do.

If the president Of the United States
were to announce his determination to
ask congress to repeal that part Of the
law creating the department Of COM
merce which, since its enactment has
been felt to be so serious menace to
industrial capital, he would change the
whole complexion of that which now
causes him such deep concern. Mr..
Roosevelt has done great many
things that were not perhaps wise, not
perhaps dictated by business teaching
and experience, and which have proved
to be fraught with grave consequences
which he was not able to foresee. Is
it too much to say that in his case. as
in the case of so many great figures
in history, one timely, mastery and
beneficent stroke of policy would OBJ
literate the memory and effect of all
that had gone before it? Will any
frank and honest mind avow that
thereby Mr.. Roosevelt would, in any
wise, prejudice that ambition which is
nearest to his heart?-New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
PERSONAL MENTION.

Ryan,. August Bradley, Revelstolkc.
B. G.; D. B. Ihrig, Waukesha; Watson A.
Squire, Miss Marjorie Squire, Seattle; W.
c. Grey, Henry Thurman Jr., Davenport;
G. w. Longstaff. Huron; Willard Beaham,
Winona; George H. Wiley, Alexandria
Merchants-H. H. Casselman and sister.
Fargo; j. T. Power, Newton, Iowa; M.
Mahfnney. Winnipeg; Roo Weis. Winni-
peg M. V. Nichols and wife. Beatrice; D..
w. Woodin Des Moines; Oscar Godepe,
William Leifheit, State Center. Iowa; j.
n. Van Tassell, Foxholm, n. D.; G. c..
Webster. Seattle; Mr.. and Mrs. c. j.
Thornton. Duluth.
Windsor-William Mckinney, Valley
City, N. D.; c. E. Gregory and wife, Dick
inson, N. D.. w. A. Schelter, wife and
child, Red Lake Falls; A. E. Jones. Lis
bon; Mr.. and Mrs. W. Rick, Miss Soeller,
Cedar Rapids; Dr. A S. Morgan and wife,
Eau Claire; Lucille a. Won Solen, Cannon
Ball. n. D.. VIM. Price, c. j. Kemp Spo-
kane. g.. ..-
Hotel Foley-C. F. Ratch, Spring VAL
ley; John H. OBrien, Ironwood. Mich. !;
J. E. McCabe. Superior; James Monahan.
Quincy. ILL.,; w. J. Parker and family,
Devils Lake N. D.: H. S. Clark. Virginia.
Mini; w. r. Whiting De Smet, S. D.
Tom s. Perkins. M. E. Sanderson, Sioux
City; W. C. Porter, Arlington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Stories of Here and There

Though the most beautiful weather
prevailed out Of doors yesterday the
dozen or more prisoners who were
cooped up in the cells at the central
station hardly regretted their confine-
ment. The inmate Of one of the cells
had in his possession a flute which he
played with such fine effect that his
fellow prisoners forgot their captivi-
ty while listening to his jocund airs.
The music resounded throughout the
building and served to relieve the mo-
notony Of Sunday watch.
The fiutist was Solomon Shelly, who
was picked up ON the streets yester-
day. When seached at the desk he
pleaded with the officers that he might
be allowed to retain possession of his
flute. Nothing was heard Of him all
night, but yesterday when he awoke
he commenced playing and without in
PERMISSION his gay music was heard
for several hours. The experience Of
No1l Goldsmith. who played his famous
flute under much the same circun-
stances, was called to mind.
The player reeled off a great variety
Of airs but his favorite selection was
'The Wearing of the Green" the half
pIaintive, half-triumphant notes Of
which he rendered with vigor.
He stood close to the fountain in
Nice park yesterday afternoon. The
court house clock was striking 8. The
benches were full, and a constant
stream Of pedestrians occupied the
pathways.
He was a middle aged man, whose
moustache bore an aristocratic mien
even if his clothes were bit shabby.
He picked up the drinking cup that
dangled from the hydrant and cast a
furtfye glance about him. No one ap-
peared to be looking at him. Reassured
he quickly plunged his hand into his
right hip pocket and drew forth a half
pint flask of-well, it looked like stage
whisky, which every we'll informed
person knows is nothing but cold tea.
Again the stranger cast sweeping
look over the human horizon that en-
circied him, and, satisfied that he was
unobserved, he poured about a gill of
the amber contents of the flask into
the cup, corked the bottle and restored
1t to his pocket with neat dispatch
Then he Strengthened up and with
dignified leisure held the cup under the
silver stream of the hydrant, just long
enough to qualify properly it's original
contents.
Withdrawing it. the stranger rever-
emily removed his hat, lifted the cup to
his lips, tossed back his head, quaffed
the refreshing draught with radiant
satisfaction, and joined the innumer-
able thrOng
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Need Navy, Not Army. ,

The theory which is confirmed by
lcurrent experience is that in these
days Of great commercial expansion
no nation can be expected" to win out
and no nation can be expected to be
at peace unless it. shows itself ready
undoubtedly have been war in the
East long ere this had not the nations
been amply provided with tools to as
sert their rights at the mouth Of the
cannon. AS matters stand the COM
mercial considerations dominate. War
cuts off commerce President Roose-
welt and the administration in general
insist on the extension of our navy.
In these times of commercial develop
ment large navy can accomplish
more than large army.-Boston Jour-
nal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
BULGARIA KDICTS
TURK FOR CRUELTY
Continued From First Page.

Continued From First Page.
vilayet. Beginning with the vilayet Of
Salonica, it states that in the town Of
Salonica itself the Bulgarian pro-
fessors of the university, the students
and shopkeepers, in fact, all the intelli-
gent Bulgarians in the city, have been
cast into prison. One hundred and
twenty soldiers entered the village Of
Gorna-Ribnitza May 10 and tortured to
death five men and two women. Dur
ing the first three weeks of July twen-
ty-five villages in the district of Lik-
vesch were subjected to the depreda-
tons of the Turkish soldiers and the
Bashi-Bazouks. The villagers were
beaten and tortured, the women vio-
lated and the houses plundered while
the administrative authorities looked
on.
In the vilayet of Monastir artillery
bcmbarded and RACED the fourishing
town of Smerdesch, the 800 houses be-
ing left heap of ruins. At the be-
ginning Of July two Greek bands, with
the conniyance of the authorities, pill
LACED Bulgarian villages and murdered
many Of their inhabitants.
In the vilayet of USkub the entire
Bulgarian population has been SyS-
tematically prosecuted since last May.
The director of the normal school at
Uskub was imprisoned because his Ii
brary contained the revolutionary
works of "Othello" and Les Misera-
bles."
In the districts of Palanka Koschani.
Koumanovo and Gostigar the prisons
are filled with Bulgarian priests,
schoolmasters and merchants. During
June the soldiers and Bashi- Bazouks
terrorized the inhabitants of the Schtif
district, torturing the people with red
hot irons. Similar atrocities perpe
trated in the vilayet of Adrianople are
cited.
Long List of Wrongs.
Altogether the memorandum gives
particulars of no less than 131 indi-
vidual and general cases Of excuses
and outrages committed by the Turkish
authorities. In summarizing the spe-
cific detail of the outrages mentioned,
the memorandum declares that whole
sale massacres were perpetrated by
regulars and Bashi-Bazouks in the
town of Salonica and the villages of
Baldevo, Banitza, Echourilovo, Karbin-
"a, Moghila, Smerdesch and Enidje.
while the scenes of carnage, pillage and
incendiarism were everywhere terrible.
At Smerdesch over 200 Bulgarians were
shot and killed with swords or burned
to death. Over $50 houses and the
churches and schools were set on fire
with petroleum and pillaged, the prop
erty being sold by the soldiers and
Bashi- Bazouks in neighboring places.
Similar scenes occurred at the villages
of Gorna -Ribnitza, IgoumenetZ, Dob
rilaki and Nikodon-the villagers there
abandoned their homes and fed to the
mountains.
Over 5000 men, women and children
fed from the Sanjak of the Seros and
even more from the Sanjak of Kirk
kliese. 1t is difficult, says the mem
orandum to obtain the exact number
of Bulgarians who were imprisoned.
mostly on the fiimsiest of pretexts, as
when they were released others were
Immediately arrested. The estimates
iobtainable give for the vilayet of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Law Sometimes etti4 Ridiculous.

The turning back at San Francisco
Teng Hwee Lee, a9lYale graduate, who
has come again to the United States
for the purpose of studying at Column
bia shows one of the absurdities of our
Chinese exclusionflaw. 1t appears that
this young manshas no entrance GER
tificate and that the authorities refus-
ed to take notice of his Yale diploma
or of numerous letters which he has in
his possession. This action is Of the
piece with the exclusion of a Greek
some time ago who wished to establish
a business in New York and of the ex-
pected exclusion of an Englishman who
recently came to the United States on
similar mission. In some respects our
immigration laws are barbarous.-Buf-
falo Express.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Need Irrigation Next.

Farm lands are becoming more valu-
able in Montana each year. and this
advance will continue. The reason
Montana does not get more settlers is
because while there is land to settle
and water to irrfgate the lands, the two
have not yet been brought together to
the extent that the state can offer an
unlimited number~of farm homes. There
are yet in different parts of the state
locations open. but they have to be
"spied out" The days when a man
could go into land office and pick out
a homestead in an hour is passed, and
until the great irrigation canals
planned by the government are COM
pleted, opening to settlement hundreds
Of thousands OF. acres of irrigated
lands, Montana cannot expect great
additions to it's rural population. If the
railroad figures of 10000 new settlers
are correct, the immigration into Mon
tana this year has been good, as COM
pared with previous. years.-Helena
Independent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
TODAY'S WEATHER.


Minnesota-Fair Monday; warmer in
eastern portion; Tuesday fair in eastern,
showers in western portion; variable
winds
Upper Michigan-Fair Monday; warmer
in western portion; Tuesday fair; light to
fresh southeast winds
Montana-Fair Monday; cooler in north
ern portion; Tuesday fair; cooler in east
portion.
North ard South Dakota-Fair; con-
tinued warm Monday; showers and cooler
at night Or Tuesday.
Iowa-Warmer Monday; Tuesday fair,
except showers and cooler in extreme
northwest portion.
Wisconsin-Fair Monday; warmer in
western portion; Tuesday fair; light to
fresh east to southeast winds.
ST. Paul-YeSterdays temperatures
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer. for
the twenty -four hours ended at O'Clock
last night-Barometer-c corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture. so; lowest temperature, So; average
temperature SO; daily range, %; barom-
eter, 80. IL; humidity, 70; precipitation
o; p. m. temperature, IS; Z p. m. wind
south: weather, clear
Yesterdays Temperatures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Coast Is Safe.

AS matter Of course, it is very nice
and a that for our naval squadrons to
become by diligent practice as well
prepared as they possibly can for the
task Of driving off any foreign war
ships that might happen along and
with evil intent attempt to get within
bombarding distance of the New Eng
land coast. 1t is pleasantly reassur-
Ing however, to recall the fact that no
nation has been foolish enough to try
1t for nearly hundred years. With
our present complement of forts and
warships, it looks as if our coast isn't
likely to be ripped all to pieces by an
enemy's guns very soon.-Boston Her
aid
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Contemporary Comment
Primary sksten Spreading.

A definite movement toward the en-
actment by the legislature next winter
Of reasonable and effective primary
law has been begun in Iowa. The Min
nesota and Mas achusetts, as well as
the Kentucky Hans, are being gwen
careful consideration by some OF the
lawmakers, by the politicians and oy
the newspapersa The latter are engag-
ed in an effort ID create steady pup
lie sentiment I'M favor Of the primary
system. On several points there is SUD
stantial agreement. For instance, 1t IS
probable that the law will require all
parties to hold their primaries the
same day, but it is unlikely that voters
will be required to register their party
utilization when they vote, II they ex-
pect to participate in the primaries, as
is done in Kentucky. The Minnesota
plan is being most carefully studied,
and the agitation is toward it rather
than any other one system. The pri-
mary system is sure to win. It's merits
are irresistible. It completes our dem
ocratic system. = Jefferson Qowa)
Souvenir
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17

of charge or at a handsome price. will
wax fat and gather many shekels.
There can be no injustice in attrib-
uting this method to the University Of
Chicago. and its employment for this
purpose. because there is no other ra-
tional explanation. From time to time
some professor explodes upon the
world his views of Shakespeare or
John D. Rockefeller or other notable:
of spontaneous generation or cannibal-
ism or what not; views that are not Of
the slightest value in themselves. but
that certainly will set many tongues
purpose in this. the professor would
be dismissed or SO disciplined that the
offense would not be repeated by him
or any of his fellows. AS these conse-
quences do not follow. we are justified
in concluding that the whole undigni-
fed proceeding is merely one Of the
many means by which this institution
has grown and thriven nightly.
AS advertising, no one can quarrel
with it. 1t is not immoral. only ridicu-
Ious; and there are many who will not
baIk at that. if success follows. But
there is much question of propriety
in it when used by great educational
institution. And there is the further
warning of the fate of all other bust
ness enterprises when they discontinue
advertising or when their methods
grow stale.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
THE BIRDS OF THE AIR.

Just as Ernest Thompson Seton
upset all the general public's precon-
ceived ideas concerning wild animals,
so c. William Beebe seems fated to
destroy those notions concerning birds
and bird life which the public has been
cherishing now for several genera
tons. For according to C. William
Beebe. a bird is not the simple crea-
ture that man has heretofore been dis
posed to consider it. On the contra4
ry, the little creatures have a highly
developed intellectual and emotional
life. Mr.. Beebe, who is curator,ro of
birds for the New York Geological So
ciety, explains some of the inner work..
ings Of the bird mind in the July-Au-
gust number of Bird Lore" After
reading the article one feels like doff-,
ing his hat to the robins, passing the
time of day with the wrens and even
treating with respect the staggering
and belligerent swallow.
"Often." says Mr.. Beebe, with that
nonchalance which inspires faith, "the
sleep of the birds is disturbed by
dreams.Y The general public has
known for a long while, Of course, that
the hot bird is apt to represent such
stuff as dreams are made of, but it re-
manned for Mr.. Beebe to discover that
the birds themselves in order to avoid
those phantasies of the night, must
eschew late suDpers and coddle their
conscience. Mr.. Beebe bases his belief
in birds dreams ON the fact that he
has heard them sing or chatter or move
uneasily in their sleep. If they expe-
rience this mild form of nightmare, he
reasons. logically enough. then must
their sleep be disturbed also by lighter
dreams.
Mr.. Beebe has evidently made spe-
cial study of bird emotion. s"There are
few species of birds which do not
show" he says, 'the emotions of love
and sympathy. and, what is a very
rare trait among animals, that SINGER
birds to mate for life" If this latter
fact is true, and one in Mr.. Beebe's po-
sition must speak by the card, the
general public certainly has wronged
the feathered tribe. 1t has watched
robins spar on front lawns for plump
worms and swallows dealing each
other solar plexus blows on the back
fence, and has judged accordingly. But
Mr.. Beebe, apparently, has kept in
mind the non-value Of appearances and
has done the birds tardy justice.
To learn that altruism governs the
actions of number of birds will please
many people. but there will be others,
doubtless, who insist on accepting Mr..
Beebe's statements with a grain Of
salt. There are always doubters. and
mands much of human credulity. But
he paints very pleasant picture Of
bird life at any rate. To read that
pigeons have long memories, that red
winged blackbirds and looms have VOL
UNFAIRLY saved other birds lives, that
wrens have died for love, is to be en-
tertained, if not instructed. Perhaps,
to be strictly reliable, naturalist
should be totally lacking in magma
ton; but the general public has grown
rather fond of the fiction naturalist
who combines much fancy with a few
facts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Let State Control Reservations.

Senator Clapp's contention that the
Indian lands should be managed by
the state and mott by the nation will
meet with the approval Of a good
many people in minnesota Whether
the proposition would be a good one
applied to all the indian lands in the
United States Or not is a debatable
question, but judging from Minnesota's
experience, it would. The incapacity,
the red tape, the Demonstrations and
the wild and absurd theories of the
interior department have retarded the
growth of Minnesota many years. -
CrookstCn Tin,es..oAs>
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
PURSUIT OF THE FLEA.

CnarleS RothSchlld mas oftered re-
ward of $4,000 for the body of flea
dead or alive. There are many men
who, on occasion, had they possessed
the wealth of Rothschild, would
have gladly given $4,000 for the
remains of the flea that was biting
them, but in this case the man who
offers the reward is not inspired by
desire for revenge. It is the love of a
faddist for flea that moves him to
make the offer.
His object is not that of the taking
advertiser who offers large sums of
money for very trifiing effort be-
cause he is getting names for a mail
ing list. There is no use chasing the
household flea, the pulex irritans Of
evil repute and lodging methods. For
such as he there is no other reward
than that which virtue brings to his
destroyer.
The insect that Rothschild needs
does business only with the arctic fox.
Just why nature should make SO ex-
pensive piece Of fur as the Arctic
fox wears and then select 1t for the
abiding place of q measly flea is be-
yond finding out. But SO. nature did.
The views of the arctic fox on the
value of the flea that besets him are
not available but it is probable that
he would regard $4,000 as rather a
high price for his particular individual
parasite and would be quite willing to
exchange a colony of bugs for a single
square meal.
The fox is exceedingly wary though,
and as he carries his fleas with him
the man of millions has set his heart
on that particular flea. Rothschild,
who has some reputation as a flea
fancier, has already spent a goodly
fortune in seeking the arctic fox flea.
He fitted out a ship and sent the crew
on a years cruise in arctic waters in
vain search for the fiea,- so that he is
really cutting the price now in offering
only SIS 900 for the. insect.
But it all makes us to think better
of the flea. There are those of us who
could never understand what function
the flea filled in the economy of ma
ture. The insect has been commonly
regarded as merely an Individual in
the chain Of parasites proving that all
creatures were provided with bugs to
bite them. Now it is demonstrated
that one of the functions of the flea is
to keep money in circula ton. Already
Rothschild has spent something like
100000 in securing a collection of
heas. He promises to spend more if
he can get the right kind of f1eas. Thus
it is shown that the ameunt of. money
in circulation has been greatly increas-
ed because of the interest of multi
millionaire in the flea. Let us give
thanks for the flea and for the prompt
ing that led Rothschild to collect fleas
instead of elephants. It brings the
Rothschild money so much nearer the
itching palm of most Of us.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
A WlNp-eLowN SONG.

Brave song. and tender, grave or gay,
= Bob White"-in modest minor key;
Could 1 but sing, I'd only say
No Bob was purer white than he.
How fine to hear him call at morn.
When Dawn awakes no other strain;
He walks beneath the trembling corn.
And whistles sweetly of the rain.
When to the west the daylight falls,
And Night treads soft, in shadows dim:
From upland then "Bob-Bob White" he
calls
And 10. his sweetheart answers him.
Roscoe Brumbaugh
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Banker Is Safer Thar Wall Street.

The rich mans panic in Wall street
has turned out the poor MANS oppor-z
tunity for gain or loss. New York
poor people, who have deposits rang
ing from 500 to $1,000 in the savings
banks; are today for the first time. in
their lives owners of stock, purchased
on account of the low market, which
they have procured by drawing on
ir9savings bank accounts. These
purchasers. as a rule, take very few
chances with their money, but the
temptation is now too strong for them
to resist. The small savings bank de-
peSitorS are acquiring universal
knowledge in the ways of the stock
market, and it is predicted as they are
buying in liauidated, market, they
stan dwell to come out winners in the
risky game. Still savings bank Is a
much safer reliance for modest gains
than stock operations, in the hope Of
great gains.-Pittsburg Post. '5a7o@ mr.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
New York Has Ambition.

Having risen to the rank of the sec
ond city in the world, New York is
ambitious to beettbe first, and is be-
ginning to calculate how many years
must elapse bef6re, she reaches that
dignity The resYItaof a careful calcu-
latlon, based on estimates, is that about
the year 1850. if present conditions
continue, New York will have passed
London and become the most populous
city.-Louisvifle Courier Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17

Let US give over saying that nothing
good can come out of Chicago. A fiat
dweller in that town started fight
because the young woman down stairs
insisted on playing 'Hiawatha" on the
nj
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17

Now that the Indian has been de-
clared q noble red man, and not saw
age, by Hamlin Garland, it is about up
to the red man to say something decent
about Garland. Most noble red men
are illiterate, and one Of them could
praise Garland's books without making
chump of himself.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Shouldn't Get Out of Patience.

Doctor-See here, when are you going
to pay me what you owe me? am
getting out of patience.
Deiinquent-K you didn't send so many
of them to the cemetery, you wouldn't
get out of patience SO fast.-Kansas City
Journal -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17

If the Turks win every battle in the
Macedonian war there will not be any
surviving Macedonians to send up the
national shrek for liberty.