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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
BLAST HOPE
FOR SCHOOLS
Continued From First Page.

lation of the committee on corpora
ions.
Senator Peterson attempted to have
the report of the committee overruled
and the bill advanced to general or
ders and explained at length the good
the measure would accomplish.
Senator Morgan refused to entertain
the arguments of the author, and de-
elared that the cities had no more right
TO go into the telephone business than
they had to begin the operation of a
municipal grocery store. He ridiculed
the idea of municipality forcing a
long distance company to make con-
nections with the municipal company,
and in this way conduct a business
far beyond the limits of its police pow
Pr.
The motion of Senator Peterson was
rejected by large majority of votes,
and the report of the committee was
then adopted without protest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
MINNEAPOLIS NOT STATE.
Giertsen's Railroad Commission Head
quarters Scheme SheIyed,

The Gjertsen bill for an act author
izing the railroad and warehouse COM
mission to acquire a suitable building
site In Minneapolis for the erection of
a department office building was on
posed in the senate yesterday by SEN
ator Somerville.
Despite the protests of Senator
Gjertsen that it was a state and not a
Minneapolis measure, the senator from
Brown succeeded in having his motion
TO indefinitely postpone the bill adopt
ed. Senator Somerville suggested that
there would be an abundance of room
for the department offices when the
new capitol was completed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
Ihe Following is the Staining Of m Contestants I'D to 4p n Ysierda

Miss Marguerite Clemens, schuneman Evans Paul
Miss Lillian u Cults, Schuneman Evans, Paul.
Anea Trump, Northwestern
Miss Viva Mcmillan, Depot, st. Paul. EIs@s - ~
Oscar Dahlby Moorhead
Myron Hager 200 Pau
Miss Eta Buisson Wabasha
Miss Josephine Parne West Company Paul
EDWARD Fitzgerald 664 Ravine Street, ST. Paul.
Tom North metropolitan Opera
Miss Mary Sweeney, Block Paul
Mrs j. I'll Singleton, IA Tilton Street.
MISS Edith Elliott Teacher Whittier PAUL
Miss Nellie Cook Teacher School, ST Paul
Miss Rose Rose Early; New Richmond, Wis.
Miss Maud Mcmillan,
Miss Mabel c. Root
Mrs A M Horton, Eau Claire,
Miss Kathryn Stefen,
Miss Dora Starkel, Saltwater MINI.
Miss Belva Curren Norhfeld
MISS MISS 1 Bergiat ~ HIveTvyen chippewa Falls Wis
MISS VERNE Funk Warner & Andrus,
Miss Anna B. Reiquam, Belgrade MINI
Miss Ann Sawyer, 1895 Milwaukee Avenue,
Miss Jennie Dandy,
Miss Susan Shearer City Mimi
Godfrey john, 1926 Paul
Miss Kate Faherty, 42s Street st. Paul
Miss A. Muggah, Ellsworth Wis
Miss Julia Brandt Mannheimer Bros. aul
Miss Mary Iawler, 6SS Capitol Boulevard,
Miss Grace O'Bren, Il PauI
Mrs. j. H. Krebs Grove Street st Paul fsrc4
Charles Madison, Shell Lake, Wis
Miss Mabel Ashley, Faribault MINI.
Mrs. c. Fellows Street st Paul a
Master Lyle La Pine 400 Jackson PAUL
D. Paul RAIDER Lake City, Mimi =
Miss Mabel
MSS BESSIE Emanuel Sronge & Warner Company
Dennis Brundr Great Northern Offices, Paul
Sylvester Bell, Mimi
William Lindberg Foley & Kelly St Pau1
Miss Annie Throdahl, Mimi
P R dspss p stone ei 1s Maekgbin Street ST Paul
Miss Josie Schatter, Buffalo, Mimi
MISS Gssie Steinhar Northern Paul
MISS Elsie Holiness BroWnton Mimi = NNA'
Miss Ella Boo, Saltwater, Mimi
MISS Lnn1e Converse, c., B & Railway Offices St Paul
W A Gerber. 1858 selby Avenue St paul &
Mrs. j. T. Mealy, N d
Byron F. Crandal. Companv ST Paul
1eoise Mann, SO Cedar Street, ST.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17

Cox. Their offer was $1.65 per square
yard for the asphalt surface and $3.50
per cubic yard for concrete. The Bar-1
Der company was the only bidder.
The repair of eleven streets is in-f
Guided in the contract. The work is to I
be done at once. There are about 1000 !
square yards of the old surface to be
taken up and replaced with new as-%
phalt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
CONTRACT is LET
FOR PAVING REPAIRS
Barber Asphalt Company Will Do the
Surfacing at $1.65 per Yard.

The Barber Asphalt Paving company
was yesterday afternoon awarded the
contract for repairing the asphalt
paved streets put down some years ago
under the contract with Hennessey &
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17

Schains bill codifying the state library
laws and appropriated $4,000 for its
maintenance for the biennial period.
Representative Ekman tried unsuc-
cessfully to increase the librarians
salary from $4,000 to $4,000 per year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
May Purchase Water Plant.

The house yesterday passed Senator
Brewers bill authorizing the city of st.
Cloud to purchase and maintain a
municipal water works plant. Repre-
sentative Clague broke the iron-clad
regular-course rule of the house and
had the bill advanced from general or
ders and passed under suspension of
the rules
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
Hero of Mafeking in WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, D. D., April 16.-Gen.
Baden-Powell, of the British army, who
gained distinction during the war in
South Africa during the Mafeking cam
palgn, called on Secretary Root today
through the country and is Registered
at local hotel under the name of Col
Stevenson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
Afford Entrance to cities.

The bill permitting interurban or
cross country electric railway compa-
MES to use the tracks of existing com
panies within city limits passed the
house yesterday. The bill is designed,
1t is claimed. to make it possible for
companies organized in the future to
secure entrance to the Twin Cities
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
Pare Examiners Income.

Representative Burns bill, taking
away from the public examiner the
fees collected for the inspection of
building and loan associations was rec
commended for passage by the senate
yesterday afternoon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
Abandon Eioht-Hour Scheme.

Senator Johnson's bill regulating the
working hours of laborers. workmen
and mechanics employed upon public
works or work done by the state was
returned to the senator from Nicollet
at his request yesterday afternoon,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
IRISH LAND BILL
ENDORSED BY
LEAGUE
Enthusiastic Representative
Convention in Dublin Over
whelmingly Votes Down a
Motion Hostile to the Bill
= Amendments Will Be
Proposed.

DUBLIN. April 16. = The national
convention of the United Irish league
was held today in the historic round
room of the Mansion house and COM
mitted itself in favor of the land bill.
About 1000 delegates were present. On
the platform sat almost every Nation
alist member of parliament, with
scattering of prelates. Lord Mayor
Harrington and Michael Davitt con-
Quoted John Redmond into the chair
and the delegates rose to their feet,
cheered and waved their hats.
John Redmond opened the proceed
ings with an impressive speech.
This convention" he declared, lis
the most solemn, the most momentous
event in the history of living Irishmen
with the exception of the introduction
of the home rule bill. There are in the
lives of nations, as there are in the
lives of individuals, opportunities which
once lost can never be regained. Such
an occasion [ believe the present to be-"
Mr.. Redmond begged his hearers to
remember their tremendous response
bility. If they rejected the bill it was
dead forever, and the greatest prospect
of freedom since the Infamous act of
union was passed. would disappear.
William O'Brien, while congratulate
ing Ireland on the fact that the British
ministry had introduced a bill accept
ing in principle, after centuries of
struggle that the land should be re-
stored to the people of Ireland, urged
the delegates to press amendments en-
larging the financial scope of the bill.
Mr.. O'Brien, however, asked the con-
vention to entrust to the parliamentary
party the power and responsibility Of
eventually dealing in committee stage
with the amendments
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
Pass Anti.Vaccinatinn Bill

The house yesterday concurred in
the senate amendments to the Gregory
characterization bill, on motion of Mr..
Gregory, and repassed the measure bv
q vote of "a to 4.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
Strong Test Vote.

Patrick White, M. P, moved the re-
lection of the land bill as not meriting
the support of the Irish party. The
delegates Kissed him and angry cries
of Withdraw" came from all sides.
The motion was lost by an overwhelm-
ing majority.
T. p. O'Connor, summing up the re-
suits of the days debate, said they
showed that they all practically agree
that the bill is the greatest measure
ever introduced; that landlordism Is
condemned to die; that no more COM
pulsion will be shown to tenants than
to landlords; that the financial terms
have been improved, and that not one
eVicted tenant is left without redress.
Today he added, they were 'tcelebrat-
ing one of the proudest victories over
oppression that ever a nation had won.
The bells throughout the land were
ringing out the death Of landlordism
and ringing in the birth of new Ire
land
Mr.. O'Brien's original motion was
carried unanimously and the conven-
ton adjourned until Friday.
The convention tomorrow will out
line the shape that the amendments to
the land bill should take. and on Sat-
urday Lord Dunraven, Lord Mayo,
Capt. Shawe-Taylor, John Redmond.
William O'Brien and T. W. Russell are
likely to meet at a round conference
table to discuss the landlord and ten
ants opinions on the bill and try to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17
The Voting Contest
Which Is Now Being Held by The ST. Paul Globe Has
Caught the Town. Below Will Be Found
List Of the Candidates. Is Your Name
Among Them? Amy Person
Is Eligible. Why Not
Get In the Race?

The two popular in the
MISS at last has succeeded in getting aheadof
seventh place In
Wabasha nobly,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-17

Pass Library Laws.
The house yesterday passed Senator
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28

mile OF railroad in the world, but the clause
merce among the several States has been
construed as covering the whole field OF
interstate railroad traffic. Neither was
there a mile OF canal In the United States
when the law OF 1889 was passed giving
the federal courts admiralty jurisdiction.
There has never been any doubt but this
jurisdiction Of the federal courts extended
TO navigable rivers and steamboat traffic,
but the question whether it included canals
has never been raised before. The present
case grew QUE OF repairs to a canal boat
plying on the Erie Canal, in which the
plaintiff sought to enforce the New York
contract lien law in a State court The
dispatch says:
The enforcement was resisted on the
ground that the contract was maritime
one and therefore exempt il being claimed
that only the federal courts have jurisdic-
ton in all admiralty cases. Justice Brown,
in delivering the opinion, held that canal
boats are ships within the meaning OF the
admiralty law and that therefore II case
Is one IN which only the national JurtS
have jurisdiction. He held that admiralty
jurisdiction extends to canals. and said
liz AoNb mat SoAdi~DOdlo W
horses and not propelled by steam did not
alter Inc case. lie declared that the line
could be drawn only at rowboats. He held
that the fact that the contract for repairs
made in the pending case was drawn on
land, and that the repairs were made in
dry dock. could not affect the validity Of
the federal jurisdiction.
1t looks as if the effect Of the decision
might be to give the federal courts exclu-
sive jurisdiction of large class of cases
principle and shows that the possibilities of
our wonderful Constitution have not yet
been exhausted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
1T Is Cup TOo JAPAN

If the Japanese statesmen are as astute
as they are supposed to be they are en-
deavoring to make up their minds whether
to fight right now or let Russia have her
way in Manchuria and Korea, which would
mean the confinement of japanese activity
to the islands, leaving the whole of the
mainland tc be absorbed in time by Rus
STA. In the nature of the case there must
be war or peace on these terms Japan is
squarely up against the situation her states
men doubtless foresaw when, at the close of
her successful war with China, Russia
stepped in and vetoed the japanese inten-
lions of establishing themselves in force in
what had been Chinese territory. From
that very day Japan has been preparing
for the present emergency by straining
every nerve to build up a strong navy and
a well-drilled and well-equipped army, and
by seeking the sympathy and alliance Of
such European nations might be inter-
ested in preserving the existing status of
affairs in the Chinese sea- Russia has been
no less actively and surely preparing for
it by building the great railroad across
Asia and increasing her navy as rapidly
as possible, by building Notifications in ter
ritory that did not belong to her and by
organizing the civil and military admins
tration of what is properly a Chinese
province. Even now. while her diplomats
are seeking TO delay at Toxic and her min
listers are assuring the world that there
will be no war, she is putting the finish
ing touches to these preparations by rush
ing more trainloads of troops and ammuni-
ton across Asia and hurrying more battle
ships and cruisers to Chinese waters And
when she is ready. Japan can take her
choice between fighting or getting clear out
of the way for good and all.
If Japan intends to fight. every hour the
struggle is put off is to her disadvantage
If she intends to retire without a struggle,
she can do so with as much grace right
now as later.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
FEDERAL JURISDICTION OVER
CANAL BOATS.

The decision of the United States Supreme
Cou-t that the admiralty jurisdiction of
the federal courts extends to canals and
quences. The, fact that it places canal
boats for all legal purposes on the same
footing with ocean steamers and ships is
likely to provoke some humorous comment,
but the decision will stand, and incident
ally may have an important bearing on
canal shipping interests. The effect Of the
decision is TO bring all cases growing out
OF canal navigation under admiralty law
and the jurisdiction Of United States courts.
The Constitution of the United States gives
the federal courts Jurisdiction of all cases
arising under admiralty and maritime law
fhe term admiralty is borrowed from En-
gland, where from very early period. mar
thine causes, whether of a civil or criminal
nature, were tried before the lord high admi-
raj There. as well as in this country.
tracts made at sea or relating TO service
on the sea. disputes between part owners
of vessels, questions relating to salvage,
disputes growing out OF collisions at sea,
etc. On the criminal side it includes piracy
and all other indictable offenses committed
at sea of which. in the nature OF things.
no local court could take jurisdiction. 1t
also covers a large class of cases growing
out of violation of laws for the protection of
persons and property engaged in commerce
OF navigation
The extension of this jurisdiction to canals
and canal boats Is a curious illustration of
the adaptabiliry and growth of the Consti-
tuition The same thing has been illustrated
in other ways. For example. when the
Constitution was adopted there was not a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
PRESIDENT LAMBS OPINION.
Company should Continue and Manu-
facture Artificial Gas, He Says.

The directors of the company. with one
exception, either refuse TO be interviewed
upon the subject of the future of the COM
pany or else are noncommittal. Robert n.
Lamb. president and director of the COM
pany, is the exception. Mr.. Lamb has no
hesitancy in declaring that the Consumers
Gas Trust Company has the right to man
ufacture artificial gas from coal or from
oil or from both, and should continue in
business. 1.-THE company was organized -
said Mr.. Lamb. 'for furnishing gas at cost
The company has vast holdings in the way
of leases They say that there is a great
amount of oil in the lands held by the COM
pany. but since these leases have not been
developed this is not known positively.
There is no question in my mind about the
right Of the company TO manufacture arti-
fetal gas.
While agreeing that II would be a great
thing for the city If the Consumers Gas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
ans Times-Democrat.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The danger in the use of celluloid articles
is greatly increased. The original patent
having expired. vast number Of imitation
processes have sprung up. and the public
are flooded with combs made from guncot-
ton compounds by methods which render
them more dangerous than those prepared
under the original patent That some re-
striction should be placed on its indiscrim-
mate use proved by the recent case of
a girl, twenty years of age, who was suf-
fering from cullulitis of the scalp, accom-
panied by a marked degree of nervous
shock. 1t appeared that her head had been
set on fire by the sudden combustion of a
comb which she wore in her hair. Cook
ing her fathers dinner one Sunday, she
happened ito bend down before the fire,
when the comb suddenly ignited, and she
became enveloped in flames. Her life was
only spared through the presence of mind
of her father, who Immediately enveloped
her with the hearth rug, and so extin-
guished the confiagration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
DOwIE's OPPORTUNITY.

John Alexander Dowie, strong character
and successful religious fakir though he be,
never appeared TO better advantage than
when he STOOD up before vast audience in
Madison-square Garden and told the story
of how his mother was tricked into a
Scotch marriage by a British army officer,
and, to hide her shame, married John Muir
ray Dowie few months before the speaker
was born. The incident was intensely dra-
matte, not so much In the telling of the
story as in the circumstances under which
1t was told. The ultra sensational press of
New York, after featuring the Dowie
crusade in it's usual fashion for a week I'M
til one would think there was nothing but
Dowie and Dowieism in New York, finally
published a story submitted by John Muir
ray Dowie, of Iowa, who has posed as the
father of the prophet" This gave Dowie
his opportunity for martyrdom, and he used
1t to the full, just as he has made shrewd
use of every other opportunity that has
come his way. His method of meeting the
SANDER contains good lesson for all hu-
manity. He met it squarely by telling the
truth, and his cause has profted greatly
thereby, for it has won him the sympathy
of thousands of people that have no faith
in his religious cult 1t is lucky man or
woman that goes through life without hav-
ing to meet something in the nature of
whispered or open gossip in relation to his
antecedents, his conduct or his relation to
some set Of circumstances. Almost in
variably the impulse is to evade the issue,
either to protect oneself or somebody else,
or just from natural aversion to having
ones private or family affairs aired
1t is the wrong way, and inevitably gives
color to the lie. The average person has
meant no wrong. His conduct in any par
ticular set of circumstances is perfectly de-
feasible from his point of view, and there
was reason, sufficient for himself, for
everything he did. The plain truth hurts
nobody that has been honest, and the
longer 1t is deferred the harder it is to tell.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28

The report of the United States Commits
sion on International Exchange. submitted
to the State Department by its chairman.
Hon. Hugh II. Hanna. shows very crafty
ing results of the work of this body in seek
ing an international agreement on the sub
ject of coinage by the countries now using
silver. notably Mexico and China. The
burden of opinion gathered abroad is in
favor of a currency scheme for those coun-
tries very similar to the new coinage act
for the Philippines. basing their silver cur
rency on a gold basis at ratio of 80 to /.
with a sufficient guaranty fund for redemp-
ton in gold. 1t will take time to secure such
a system in Mexico. China and the silver
using dependencies OF European govern
ments. but, once it is secured. there will be
a uniform standard for exchange through
out the world which will be of enormous
importance In facilitating foreign trade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
Brave Deed of Edward ScOville.

Kansas City Star.
Edward Scovile. hog speculator at the
stockyards, was the victim of a peculiar
accident at Twelfth street and Tracy ave-
nue. Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Scoville was
occupying a front seat Of an eastbound
cable train. AS the car approached Tracy
avenue a child about four years old came
running out of a confectionery store di-
rectly I'm front of the car. The gripman
evidently did not see the child, for the car
did not slack up. Scoville leaped over
the dashboard of the car and struck the
child knocking it from the track and out
of harms way. Mr.. Scoville managed to
get off the track, but not until after the
car struck him on the shoulder and head,
cutting a deep cash over his right eye and
brusing his shoulder and right side. The
child was stunned from the force of the
blow or fall but was otherwise unhurt. Mr..
Scoville did not learn the name of the
child but he says the gripman admitted
that he did not see the child and thought
he (Scoville) was crazy and was trying to
commit suicide by jumping in front of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28

A F. Potts received yesterday the follow
ing self-explanatory letter from George
Merritt. who pooled $4,000 worth OF Con-
sumers Gas Trust Company stock in the
Eureka Investment Company:
LAS one whose stock in the Consumers
Gas Trust Company has been pooled In the
Eureka Investment Company. | wish TO say
that had no thought by so doing Of giving
any help toward diverting the Consumers
Gas Trust Company from its original pur-
pose 1 think the Consumers Company has
the right 10 manufacture artificial gas. and
should do so, and should furnish the same
10 the citizens OF Indianapolis at cost. This
would make my $1,000 worth or stock worth
only $500 the balance Of per cent due on
its face value, but, as that was my agree
ment when 1 subscribed for ii. / am per-
fectly satisfied. providing the consumers or
Indianapolis get the benefit by having
cheap gas and the original purpose OF the
company is thus carried out and II was
for this purpose that have always refused
TO sell my stock"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28

Evidently the American Fellows do not
have an entire monopoly on the tricks OF
that sort OF Journalism. Here comes
Paris paper with new scheme OF bJhying
treasure. whose hiding place is indicated by
the drift Of a continued daily story. The
fact that the Office was mobbed because the
dupes OF the scheme felt sure that the finder
Of the treasure was an emissary OF the
paper was rather unexpected but doubt
less Highly satisfactory denouement. for it
gave the publication free advertisement
the world over.