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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
PERSONAL MENTION.

County Assessor Patrick Conley has
departed for the West, where he will
spend two weeks in looking after his ex-
tensive mining interests.
County Commissioner David Gray went
to Four Lakes yesterday for a two weeks
outing. Mrs Gray, who is in poor health,
has been there for some time
Postmaster Charles E. Callaghan, Of
Rochester, was guest at the CONNER
cial club yesterday.
Windsor-Mrs. Annie L. Lileston, St.
Cloud Go I'D. John SlGa UEe j: and family. Eau
Jamestown, N. D.; T. H. ELS. Amboy;
William Price, Spokane; C. J. Weaver,
wife and mother. Dubuque: Owe Keogh.
Charles Keogh, Spring Grove; G. H.
Robinson, Piliager; E. E. McIntire. wife
and children, Crookston; Miss Jessie Jep-
son, Faribault; A. D. Kelly, Northfeld;
S. F. Travis, wife and son, Pierre
Mdodg WarToad fng T. s 9maaa D G A.
DR.. and Mrs. j. Schneider, Max Griegesch,
Milwaukee.
Ma MsTchantz 6,,7t, L, r Thompson, v. $.
Sioux City; G. Fl. Culver Ortonville; John
Allerdyce, Detroit; Dan Mcleod, A. J.
Marsh Eau Claire; Mr.. and Mrs. C. H.
Miss E. c. Hoefing, Fergus Falls; W. L.
Nevins, Winona; N H. Millard, La
Crosses; F.. P. Lally and daughter, Two
Harbors; A. L. Schumacher and wife, Or
tonyille; Theodore Faraldon. Albert Lea;
A. Berg. Buffalo.
wis; Nils +. Larson, Wiilmar; D. j.
N Nal oyion, Wis; R: W. W.T. Ma, Mar.
Wilbur Travis. Red Wing; P. j. DAILY. Su-
liam Richardson. Hillyard, Wash.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
AUDITOR KRAMER
MISCONSTRUES LAW
County Attorney Says Members of
Board Are Entitled to Pay.

County Auditor KraIfmer. who on
Saturday held up the warrants of the
county members of the board of equaIi-
cation on the ground that they had no
legal right to draw pay for such work,
was yesterday convinced by County
Attorney Kane that his construction
of the law was wrong.
Warrants for $72 each were drawn
for the members of the board of equalI-
cation, who completed their labors Sat
urday morning, but after some of the
warrants had been delivered the coun-
ty auditor decided that the county
members had no right to the money,
and the warrants made out for them
were held up.
Yesterday an opinion was handed
down by County Attorney Kane, in
which he held that all of the members
of the board were entitled to their
pay, and the warrants were delivered
by the county auditor to those who
called for them.
The action of the county auditor in
withholding the warrants was without
precedent and caused much criticism.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
Have Canada Always With us.

1t is only in recent years that the
people of the United States have be-
gun to realize the possibilities of the
country to the northward. There is
still generally prevalent notion that
the United States is all there is of the
North American continent, but states
men. both in Canada and the United
States know better-that is, real
statesmen, and not mere politicians.
So it is slowly very slowly, coming
to be understood that the United
States made a great mistake, away
back in the sixties of the last century,
in not continuing the reciprocity trade
relations with Canada which had ex-
listed, up to that time. Since then
Canada has been drifting farther and
farther away from. any thought Of
closer political affiliations with the
United States. If Canada should de-
eide to cut loose from the, empire Of
Great Britain, today, or in the future,
it would not be to become part of
the United States, but to become a
free and Independent country, along
side which the United States must live
either at peace Or war.-Mancheste
Union,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
Contemporary Comment
Macaroni Wheat Not in Demand.


According to the most recent estl,
mates the state of North Da aoo mnf
produce this year about 5,0oo'ooo pueno
els of macaroni wheat. Just now tneLe
is some speculation as to what is 10 ne
done with this wheat
Heretofore. EEa1at little naGa.oi,
wheat has been raised in the Onlleu
States has been, used chiefly TOT pur-
poses of experiment., 1t is fitted spe-
cially for making the peculiar sort OF
flour of which niacaroni is manuIactuI
ed, and has not thus far been conslo-
cred good for HOuring purposes, treateu
by ordinary methods. It is claimed by
those who have studied the question
that an excellent flour can De mace
from this wheat, either alone, or mixed
with other Wheats, but there Is at
present no demand for the grain for
this purpose. 1t is not to be assumed
from this that the grain is not good, or
that the milling interests are, as some
suggest, hostile to its growth.
The growers Of this grain must be
content to pass through the expert
ences common to pioneers in any en-
terprise. The grain can be grown
This has been demonstrated and that
is a point gained. Little by little as
production increases, the attention OF
the grain men will be turned to this
crop, and it may be discovered that it
is of more value for ordinary milling
purposes than has been supposed. This
discovery was made in connection
with spring wheat. Most of us can
remember the indignation of the
housewife of our childhood with the
miller who was suspected of adulterat-
ing his winter wheat flour with spring
wheat. Now spring wheat makes the
best flour known in the world. When
1T is shown that there is enough maca-
roni wheat to make it worth the while
of the millers to grind it they will pre-
pare to do so. The industry is too i'm
portant to be treated negligently. Its
success means the extension of the
food producing belt into territory prac-
tically barren.-Grand Forks Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
Among the Merrymakers
COIN BAREFOOT.

It's more fun goin' barefoot than any
There amt single other thing that helps
yer feelin's so.
Some days l stay in muvver's room a.
gettin' in her way;
SEE. ooh. run an play!''
I say kin 1 go barefoot" En- she says,
IF y choose
Men 1 alwuz wanter boiler when I'm pull
in off my shoes.
It's fun a-goin barefoot when yer playin'
Cause robbers. would be noisy an In
dams awful tame
Unless they had their shoes off when
they creep up in the night,
An folks can't know they're comm till
they get right close in sight.
An I'm surely goin' barefoot every day
when / get old.
An haven't got a nurse to say I'll catch
my death O. cold.
An If yer goin' barefoot. yer want t. go
outdoors.
z can't stretch out an dig yer heels in
stupid hardwood floors
Like you kin dig EN- in tn dirt. An
where tn long grass grows.
TIL blades feel kinder tickley and cool
SO when I'm pullin' off my shoes I'm
mighty 'fraid I'll cough
Cause then I know mad stop me fore
got my stockin's off.
If y often go round barefoot there's lots
O. things to know
OF how t curl yer feet on stones, so they
won't hurt y So
An when tn grass is stickley an pricks
y at touch,
Jes' PUNK yer feet down solid. an 1t
don't hurt half SO much.
/ lose my hat mos every day, I wish I
did my shoes
Err else I wisht I was so poor I hadn't
none TO lose.
Burgess Johnson in Harper's Magazine.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
cHIcAGo,s ANNIVERSARY.

Chicago was one hundred years old
yesterday. Aug. IT, 1903. Lieut.. Swear
ingen, of the United States army, ar
rived at the mouth Of the Chicago riv-
er and began the erection Of the i'll
fated Fort Dearborn. 1t is to be pre-
sumed that the Chicagoese yesterday
inaugurated the construction of some
thing enduring in the gold brick line to
sell as souvenirs to visitors from the
Michigan peninsula.
We are generally justified in despis-
ing Chicago as an ugly, ill-governed,
badly built home for lot of people
who spend all of their time putting up
schemes for getting possession of their
neighbors' goods The town has earned
the reputation by it's own efforts. 1t
has also earned and retains the reputa-
ton of being the most energetic bust
ness community on this continent, and
therefore in the world. This reputation
has been earned because Chicago has
grown up out of the West and not be-
cause it is Chicago. 1t has drawn upon
the West for its brains, and it has
gained wealth by imposing a tax
upon the commerce and industries of
the territory from which it has bor-
rowed the intelligence to make that
tax possible and bearable.
We of the West are not inclined to
repudiate Chicago. Perhaps we are
bit lax in our morals, for we do not
chide the town oyermuch for the state
of sin in which it prospers. It's breezi-
ness is Of the West, breezy and trife
more woolly than the rest Of the West.
1t is a great, big, badly managed viii
lage gathering a tax from every man
within reach and rioting in it's own
vivacious Indifference to right and
wrong.
But even as its moral and physical
state remains as warning to all COM
munities, SO does its bounding inso-
lence and defiance of limitations COM
mend it to those growing cities which
desire to get along.
At the age of one hundred Chicago
is an indecent old person whose career
is worth studying for the lessons it
teaches in what to emulate and what to
avoid. If we find more to abjure than
past, still it is worth while perusing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
ARMORY CONSTRUCTION
NOT INTERRUPTED
Board Modfies Plans and Awards Contract
to Lauer Brothers.

There will be no interruption to the
building of st. Paul's new armory.
Despite the fact that the bids received
a week ago for the construction of the
superstructure are far in advance of the
money available for the building, the ar
mory board yesterday decided to place
the contract, and accordingly accepted the
bid of Lauer Bros.
The price agreed on was $50, OOO and
this, the board figures, will provide a
building sufficiently in accordance with the
plans to permit it's occupancy by the ma
tional guard until more money can be OBJ
tanned for the decoration of the interior
and the installation of a heating plant
and other needed appliances.
The price for the completion Of the
building in accordance with the plans
was close to $780, 900, but the board seal
ed it down by emitting many things in the
shape of decoration, wiring and other de-
tails. 1t Is expected that another bond
issue Of about $4,000 will be needed to
make the building complete and what 1t
really should be.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
Stories of Here and There

He was a thin, tall, nervous man.
His three-button cutaway coat tails
tapped dismally around his knees. His
spring trousers were on dis
tant terms with his russell shoes and
there was a suspicious dusty tinge in
his reddish bleached whiskers.
AS he sided up to the Merchants
hotel desk late last night he glanced
furtively behind and then grinned
sheepishly but Withal in a perfectly
satisfied manner. He was to the most
casual observer the hen pecked head of
a large family by some freak of fortune
permitted to stray all alone from his
own fireside.
He and Night Clerk F1eharty settled
the matter of room rate, call and fire
escape and he started for the elevator
in tow Of a sable bell boy. Just as he
was entering the lift he started back
with a gesture of dismay. and hurrying
across the brilliantly electric lighted
lobby asked:
Say, Mister, can I have a lamp?
Haven't slept in a dark room since
Willie, our oldest boy, was born"
Judge Gallick has lost all faith in
mankind.
Last Saturday young man called at
his office and made all arrangements
for the judge to be at his office Sunday
afternoon and perform a marriage
ceremony. The young man promised
to have his prospective bride at the
court house promptly at o'clock in the
afternoon.
At the appointed hour the court COM
missioner was at the Wabasha street
entrance Of the building, awaiting the
couple. He was still there at 5 in the
evening, but the couple had not put in
an appearance. Finally he gave up
and went home disguised.
Yesterday morning, however, the
same young man, accompanied by the
girl he was to marry, appeared at the
judges office, and after explaining that
he had been out to the lake yesterday,
said he would get married as soon as
the judge could tie the knot He also
told the judge that he would reward
him for the time he had put in waiting
the day before
Anticipating a large fee the judge
tied the couple up with the regulation
IS service and was handed a sealed
envelope
The judge thanked the young man,
congratulated both of them and turned
to wait on another man who had en-
tered. Two minutes later when he
opened the envelope, instead of the ex-
pected ten or twenty dollar bill, there
was lonely paper dollar.
Without waiting for his hat the
court commissioner dashed out into the
hall, inquired excitedly which direction
the couple had taken, and then ran out
Of the court house at the Wabasha
street door.
Ten minutes later he returned, out
of breath and mad.
The couple had made good their es-
cape.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18

out The United States had nothing
more to offer, and there is no reason to
believe that anybody. else was more
liberal The disappointed legislators
waited as long as they could, and then
decided to have another try at it; to
reject the treaty and see what would
come Of it. And clearly they have
overreached themselves.
This country, of course, will not pay
or offer another dollar. 1t will become
the duty Of the president, if nothing
else offers, to open negotiations with
Nicaragua and Costa Rica, for con-
cession by that route. But it probably
did not escape the thought of the as
tute Panama gentlemen that Uncle
Sam will have to deal there with the
same sort Of government and the same
sort Of men, but at greater disad-
vantage. For these countries, know
ing that the Panama project had fallen
through, would be inclined to put on
the screws and to set their price very
high.
We do not think that this enlbar-
rassment will have to be dealt with.
What is almost certain to happen is
another revolution on the isthmus.
The states of Colombia through which
the Panama route passes are not in
clined to see their chance of gain go
glimmering. Already many of the mu-
inequalities concerned are heartily pro-
testing against the action of their con-
gress. It takes few men and little
money to set up a new government
down there.
The probability is that these states
will secede from the rest of the coun-
try, set up government Of their own
and proceed to conclude with the Unit
ed States an agreement out of which
they would win great material advan-
tage. Many people have predicted this
outcome from the beginning. The
present aspect of affairs makes it al
most certainty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
CITY NEWS
WILL CELEBRATE
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Ramsey County Territorial Pr
oneers Plan for d Big En-.
tertainment.

Ramsey County Territorial Pioneers
ASSOCIATION is a name that would nat
urally suggest age as manifested In
snow white boards and signs of decrep-
1tude, but it was company of hale
and hearty young "old fellows" that
gathered together last night under that
title in the governors office in the
capitol. There We're. to be sure, some
elderly men in the gathering. but they
We're OF the type of ]. G. DonahoWer
and Patrick Kiegher. still actively en-
gagged in business life; and the ma
Jority were such patriarchs as A. P.
Hendrickson, Judge E. w. Bazille and
Edward Dahl.
The association was organized with
in year and is still rapidly growing
in membership. A committee appoint
ed to report the names of those pres
ent, residents of the county who are
eligible to membership, was unable to
report at this meeting by reason of the
absence of some of its members, but
the association was assured that the
committee is making some progress,
although the work is of such a charac-
ter that it must necessarily proceed
slowly.
New applications were received from
George A. Dowdle. John ODonnen,
William Brown. Edward S. Lloyd and
Jacob H. Bohrer
committee appointed at the last
meeting to submit plans for the first
annual entertainment of the associa-
ton reported in favor of a musical
and Literary programme interspersed
with addresses on topics bearing upon
the early history of the county. This
idea was received with favor and the
entertainment will be held on the first
Monday in December.
No speakers have yet been selected,
but it is intended to have addresses by
several of the early residents of the
county and the musical and literary
selections will be in keeping with the
desire of the organization to perpetuate
the memory of bygone days. The same
committee was given full power to
complete the arrangemer\s
The obituary committee. William
OGorman and William Bircher, report
ed appropriate resolutions on the death
of William H. Hoyt, and the resolu-
tons were adopted.
Informal talks of the days of "auld
lang syne" were made by Judge Ba-
lille and several other members in the
course of the meeting.
The association meets quarterly and
will next come together on the second
Monday IN November. which will be
the occasion of it's first annual meeting
and the election of officers for the en-
suing year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
At St. Paul Theaters

The Ferris Stock company in the
played to another packed house last
night at the Metropolitan. The seats
are selling rapidly for the balance or
the week. The first matinee will be
given tomorrow at 2:30. The company
will conclude a successful engagement
Saturday night.
Probably the most notable instance
of enduring popularity in an American
play is I'm Old Kentucky" which will
open the regular fall and winter season
at the Grand, commencing next Sunday
night. The play is now in it's eleventh
season and continues to attract crowd
ed houses everywhere. This years
production is entirely new and not
stitch of the scenery or equipment used
last year will be seen in this seasons
presentment. The older the play grows
the stronger becomes it's drawing pow
ers. Last year was the biggest season
In Old Kentucky" ever enjoyed. The
pickanniny band has been materially
augmented and many new and novel
features added to the famous pickan-
niny scene. The sale of seats will be-
gin next Thursday morning at 9
o'clock.
Chauncey Olcott, whose annual en-
gagements at the Metropolitan are
looked forward to with such interest.
comes as usual during fair week this
year. with an added three nights, OPEN
ing on Thursday. the 9th inst, pre-
senting for the first time on any stage
a dramatization made expressly for
him Of Mrs. B. M. Cookers widely
read novel entitled Terence" by Mrs.
Edmund Nash Morgan. Mr. Olcott's
four new songs. written and composed
by him expressly for this play, are
pronounced by those who have heard
them, to be gems.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18

attached, would bring in patronage. The
guiIIibIe public would easily believe
that there was an intimate relation be-
tween his public and his private capac-
ity, out of which many good dollars
ought to grow.
This is what federal official is
compelled to call extremely bad
taste" We think that the public will
find a harsher' name for 1t. We think
that the public will also find the prac-
tice not to be singular. but very gen.
eral throughout all the bureaus and
departments. The trail Of the serpent
is over them all. Commercialism. the
exploitation of every opportunity with
out too nice inquiry into it's moral
relations. has been the keynote of, ev-
cry act Of the party in power
since the end of the Spanish
war. and of most Of it's acts
before that date. 1t would be impossi-
BILE for 4 party so pervaded by this
spirit not to have it work out in the
practical conduct of government.
This is the new and greater "spoils
system" To keep clear of the clutch
es of the law If possible in overt acts.
but to work public position for all that
it is worth in the amassing of private
gain, is the theory and practice of Re
publicanism as seen at the national
capital today. The evidences of it are
manifold, convincing. undenied. The
correction of it requires a change of
conduct; requires the people them
selves to step in and take charge With
the accommodating proofs Of official pee
ulation. and official use Of the name
and opportunity Of place for private
purposes, we are convinced that this
is exactly what the people are about
TO do.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
T0DAY'S WEATHER.

Minnesota-Showers Tuesday; cooler in
southwest portion; brisk to high south
west winds near lake Superior. Wednes-
day fair.
Upper Mchigan-Showers Tuesday;
cooler in northwest portion; brisk to high
shifting winds. Wednesday fair.
Inconsistencies and cooler in
north; fair in south portion Tuesday;
fresh south winds, possibly high in north
portion. Wednesday fair, except showers
and cooler in southeast portion.
Montana-Fair Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Iowa--Fair; warmer Tuesday, showers
and cooler at night or Wednesday.
South Dakota-ShoWers Tuesday; cooler
in central and east portions. Wednesday
fair.
North Dakota-Fair Tuesday. preceded
by showers in extreme eastern portion.
Wednesday fair.
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 SO; lowest temperature, 81; average
temperature, ~; daily range, 81; barom-
eter. 80. O3; humidity, rs; precipitation,
%; p m. tempera ture. 80; p. m. wind,
south; weather, partly cloudy.
Yesterdays Temperatures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
KANSAS CITY WATER Is
DANGEROUSLY HIGH
Bridges Go Out and Boats Are Used Be-
tween the Two Cities.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 17.-Boats
are again in use to transport persons
between the two Kansas Citys, the James
street foot and wagon bridge and the
Metropolitan Street Railway company's
bridge over the Kansas river having been
carried out by the strong current. The
river Is higher than at any time since
the June food and other structures are
in danger. The wrecked bridges are tenn
porary pile affairs. A further rise is
expected as half dozen tributaries to
the Kansas west of here are bank-full.
When the James river bridge went out
it floated down and took out the street
railway bridge, severing the main line
of communication across the river. and
carrying with it the Kansas City (Kan1
gas main and telephone cable. Tonight
Kansas City, Kan, was practically in
darkness. TIE wreckage Of the two
Western railway bridge, and. while it
weakened that structure and put it out
of service, it will. it is believed remain
intact.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
WHAT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN

WHAT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN.
The congress of Panama has reject
ed outright the proposed treaty with
the United States for a canal conles-
sion. This is more satisfactory than
it's adoption would have been, coupled
with amendments which this country
should have found it impossible to ac-
cept. 1t leaves the coast clear for
fresh action.
The reasons for this absurd policy on
the part of Panama, refusing to ac-
cept an offered advantage greater than
she can hope again TO secure, are not
difficult to understand Remembering
that the congress of Panama consists
mostly of adventures, chosen under
the farce of self government which
exists in most such states, one can inn
agine the violence of the dispute that
arose over the volume and the distri-
button of what it regarded as Doodle.
There was money to be had from
this country for a concession, and these
men believed that more would be Of
fered. They believed that there was
money to be had from representatives
OF the old canal company, anxious to
conclude sale. of their. now valueless
property They believed that there
was money to be had from interests
opposed to the canal and anxious to
purchase delay or defeat of the agree
ment. They thought it the opportuni-
ty of their lives.
Evidently they have been disap-
pointed. Their proposition cid not pan
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18

If Auditor Krahmer had held up the
pay of the members of the board Of
equalization on the ground that they
had not earned it he would be in bet
ter position to make an argument. AS
one Of the most active and ineffective
members Of the board he ought to know
should be valued at