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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

CHAPTER 164-H. b. NO. 3D..
AN ACT to ratify certain conveyances
Minnesota to lands thereby conveyed.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That all conveyances here
tofore made by any person or persons
transferring land situated in the State of
Minnesota, to the governor and legislative
assembly of the Territory of Minnesota,
in trust for said territory, are hereby
confirmed, and the title to such premises
so conveyed declared to be vested in the
State of Minnesota.
Sec. q This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved April 10, 1903.
CHAPTER 18Th. F. NO. 3SS.
AN ACT to create in cities of the State
of Minnesota which now have or here
after may have, no more than fifty
thousand $4,000 and not less than
twenty thousand (20,OOO) inhabitants a
board of municipal works, to define its
duties and powers and TO regulate the
management of certain municipal works
of such cities.
BE 1t enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota: ..q
Section l. That in each city in the
State of Minnesota which now has, or
hereafter may have, no more than fifty
twenty thousand (2o,oOo) inhabitants,
there be and hereby is created and estab-
nshed board of municipal works, which
shall have the control and management
OF all such water works systems lighting
plants and sewerage pumping plants of
each such city as may be owned and ap-
Grated by such city, with the powers and
duties hereinafter designated.
act, in each such city, shall be exercised
by board of six (6l commissioners to be
known and designated as the Board of
municipal Works." who shall be appoint
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
CHAPTER 15S-H. F. NO. 9.

AI1aI En- 1OU-t1 r NJ. I(S.
AN ACT relating to bridges across the
Minnesota river.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State Of Minnesota.
Section l. That eny municipal or pri-
vate corporation, person or parties, sep
arately D. joiotly, their Successors or as
signs, may construct, maintain and oper-
ate fixed span bridge or bridges, with
approaches, if necessary, across the Min
nesota river at any point on said river
down to and including the City of LIE
Sueur in the County of LIE Sueur and
State of Minnesota.
Said bridge or bridges shall be used for
general pedestrian, wagon and railway
traffic. or for any or all such purposes
and its location and construction shall be
subject to the approval of the governor
as provided in section 1919 of the General
Statutes of Minnesota for the year 1894
Sec. 2. Any draw bridge now con-
structed across said river at and above
the said city of LIE Sueur and maintained
by any municipal or other corporation
may be converted into a fixed span bridge
without draw.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
ANNOYED Anril 10 1902
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AcCiDE6TAL.

.
 Then you don't consider him an ex- pert fisher1nan?"
 "of course not. Why. he hasn't any imagination whatever" = Philadelphia Press. F
 Some men," said Uncle Eben, ''dat wouldn't dare nail a shingle on a roof, cause dey ain aflearnt to he carpen- de hull guv-ment wifout a days exper- ience!'-Washington Star. E.. 1sys.. "There isn't much difference between me and Eve" said the little girl who was forced 70 wear her big sisters castoff skirts.
 How is that?" asked her chuni.
 "Why, Eve had to wear leaves. and I have to wear leavlngs."- Philadelphia Record. ~ .. . Actor-Say, can't play all three of these parts you have assigned me in this melodrama. 4.l Manager-Why not? Actor-Because in the first act two of them engage in a fight and the third rushes in and separates them. see?-- Chicago News.
 Nell-"You're not really engaged to MT. Blank?" ..s .5,. ,. ..*s6 Belle-"I am. indeed. Why?" Nell-"Why. I took him to be a mar ried man.
 Bell-"Well.' that's what I've taken him to be-" .zs., .~,-- Do you suppose old Pscadds has any idea how much he Is really worth?' ''No. If he had he wouldn't give him. self so many airs on account of the money he happened to possess. chica- go Tribune.
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soldiers ought to give every Boer Bible back. They probably will. as it is be- lieved they can take polite hint from Lord Roberts. The Boers need those Bibles. They will grow more and more useful as time goes on in showing who is town born, etc, etc, and they should be in the Boer towns where they be- long,
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snrr psn,h tn nra,nuitn...

sure DeAth 10 1AosQutAoess Each day we pick the papers up and read of some new way They tell us if we burn lot of sulphur in
 the room
 Twill send the skeeter hurrying ahead to But if you do not care to breathe the suI.
 phuretie mists You'll find 1t just as certain if you slap him on the wrist. Also they've found a little worm-a para, That loves to hit the skaeter in the centre of his vest
 And make him feel bitter green cucumber And twist his spinal column till 1t doubles
 like hinge. If there's no paregorie, then the skeeter
 will be missed But he is dead and done for if you siag
 him on the wrist. Iris said that giving him bath in crude
 petroleum Will make him fold his vibrant wings and
 make his voice be dumb; Or if you spray him carefully with strong
 f0rmaldehyne -& Into the dim hereafter he will most serene.
 ly glide; s-C Some eucalyptus ointment, too, will cause But you are sure to Kill him if you slap him
 on the wrist. The latest theory is that if you will find The note upon the scale that he regards
 with lively glee,s z. .. The zippy. zoomy, ziEsy note he sings as And play it for him; when you do, the bold
 mosquito dies. But why prolong the agony? Why finish
 out the list? . It's safe to bet he's dead if you have
 slapped him on the wrist.
 L Chicago Tribune.
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e
 mystic table and awaited the action
 of the medium $.. . Ladies and gentlemen,'' she said after a moments pause, ''I must re- quest you to be perfectly quiet while
 call the spirits of the dead to our midst
 The slightest noise will frighten them
 away. Now. will some one tell whom
 he would like to talk with?"
 4 tall man at the end of the table
 arose and spoke solemnly:
 Please call up John Martin,' he said,
 Every cheek blanched at the though that the spirit of a departed being would soon appear. Women held their
 breath and strong men trembled. A moment of silence, and then a strange filmy light appeared at the far ther end Of the room: 1t broadened gradually and took the form of man. The pale woman on the right of the medium gave a gasp and would have tainted but for the reassnring touch of
 her neighbor. The man at whose re- quest this mccarthy apparition had been
 called up grew pale, but did not finish.
 Every one admired his indomitable
 nerve. ,.. s.
 The suspense until the spirit spoke
 was almost unbearable. ..-.- -... What would you have of me2" it ii1- quired in sepulchral tones. . The bold man nerved hirnseR for the effort and returned: Are you John Martin?'' T am his spirit. What would you with me?" >
 The blood of the listeners began to
 creep and many a nervous glance was turned in the direction of the closed door. =, .. "
 John Martin" said the questioner firmly, ''I saw you yesterday alive and well, yet now I fain would ask one thing of you
 The auestioner paused to recover his composure; then he leaned slightly for ward in his earnestness and spoke again. Every person in the room hung hreathlessly upon his words.
 John Martin" he said slowly, twas the gun. loaded?''
 Tt was" came the sepulchral answer as the figure melted away, and the au- dience breathed again. Brooklyn Eagle.
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GfYE THE BIBLES BACK.

Lord Roberts has issued an official memorandum" politely asking that the officers and men who served in South Africa will return to their owners the Boer Bibles that they stole. On first thought it seems queer that British sol- diers should steal Boer Bibles printed in Dutch. which they couldn't read. On second thought it seems queer too. Perhaps they stole them just because it was queer. Anyway, it now appears that they stole that which the Boers want very much and are we'll entitled to have. It is not pretended that the pious Boers want tte.r Bibles back on &C., count of the sacred quality of the books, but they want them because they con- tain the family records, and without them there is some difficulty in knowing who's who.
 Of course the British Bible-stealing
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WIELs AND WONTs.

If good people ever squirm in Heaven many good people who are there must squirm when they see how their careful plans to benefit their fellow beings have worked. More than fifty years ago Oliver Smith was gathered un- to his fathers after a long and useful life. and his will provided for funds in eight western Massachusetts towns with the idea of encouraging industry and frugality in young people and to help to establish homes. Fifty years ago the fund of five hundred dollars which he provided for young men who had served an apprenticeship and learned trade was sufficient to set them up :n business in small way. Now it doesn't go far. in business. He also left fund to pay three hundred each to young women who had served a term In household duties, when- ever they were ready to be mar ried. The difficulty in the disposition of this part of the fund is in the dis inclination of the average girl to enter domestic service. The factory and the store offer greater attractions for those who wish to be independent, and the prospect of three hundred dollars with which to furnish the home has not proved so great an incentive to matri- mony as the testator had hoped.
 Man proposes and wills, but that which he cannot foresee often upsets his finest calculations. But this should n't discourage mean men from trying to do the handsome thing in their wills. It is better for them to try and fail than not to try. M -. h.- .:
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4 sUcCEssFUL DAM.

There is no pressing need of irrigation around here just now, but it is cheering to read that all the expected benefits from the great dam at Assuan on the
 Nile have been realized. All the water stored during the winter in the reser- voir for summer consumption has now
 been completely discharged. Notwith- standing the extremely low levels at
 Khartourn and Wady Halfa, the supply i of water for Middle and Lower Egypt has been we'll maintained, and the irri- gation Of the summer crops in those districts assured. A largely increased area of cotton has been irrigated. The converted basins of the Assault and Minieh provinces have received sum-
 mer water for the first time, and a large area of rice land. the irrigation of which was prohibited in former years
 when water was low, has been watered. The rotations of crops have been great ly modified. and the prohibition against irrigating land for sowing with maize,
 Egypt's most important food crop, has
 been removed at an earlier date than was ever known before. This is partic- \ ularly fortunate in view of the spread
 of the. cattle plague. The results ob- tained in this the first year of the exist
 ence of the Assuan reservoir are held to
 completely justify the expenditure on
 the work, and Mir. Webb, the director general of the reservoir, and his assist ants are receiving congratulations upon the skill with which they managed the distribution of the precious water.
 Probably by and by there will be sim
 liar reports concerning great irrigation
 works in this country. A more equal ! distribution Of water is much needed here.
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SURPRISING AND PAINFUL.

People in this University town, where learning is strewn thickly around, and where college graduates are sometimes pretty thick. will be surprised by the suggestion that college graduate may not know everything. Dr. Andrew F.. West of Princeton University says that the modern college student is not as much of a reader of books, outside his prescribed course. or at least of good books. as were the students of former years. He knows hardly anything of the great works of literature from per- sonal contact. He reads about them in his text books. but he does not read them. But good reading habit is only to be sorTned by perusal of the best books. No man ever learned to love or appreciate Homer. or Plato, or Shakes .peare, or Dickens, or Thackeray, by reading what others said about them or about what they wrote. The only way in which taste for and appreciation of the best literature can be acquired is by reading the best literature. This, ac- cording to pr. West. the college under graduate seldom does unless it is set as a task for him, and then he does it not as a pleasure but solely as task. He thus fails to get out of good literature most of the pleasure and most of the profit 1t might afford him; and he goes away from school carrying large, well- printed diploma, but caring hardly fig for the quiet book by the quiet lamp.'' which. as pr. West truly says. is a
 great charmer." +
 There is more truth than poetry in Dr. Vests words. but why should the modern student read good books? They won't help him make money. '~+.
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AnxERr1sING RArEs

attuatiens, Wants. Rents, and other small adyertisemsnts, One Cent Word each h. gerrion Five Cents 6 Word for full! wees
 Display advertisements. per inch. ore in, sertion, $1.20: each subsequent insertion, 40 cents: one week. sS.20; one months $lO; ons year. Ss0. .x
 Obituary Notices, In prose or verse; ID cento per line Notices of Births. Marfi' ages, Deaths, and Funeral. 50 cents eacn. Local Notices. 16 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to tnsit own immediate business fRsi matter to pc unoDjetcionablej, and their contracts do not iucinds Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
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There are animals purporting to be
 whales a-swim in the ocean of Fame
 whom Posterity will easily pack dog en at time into sardine box.-New Orleans Times-Democrat,
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A New York Society note says that Miss Phzer is engaged to Baron Rein hart Bachopen vot Ect. Perhaps Miss Pfizer wants to change her name.
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Here's your chance. The governor of Texas has issued proclamation offer- ing fifty thousand dollars to anyone who twill offer a practical remedy for the destruction of the cotton boil wee- ril,,
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THE DAY AFTER THE FOURTH.
 No sound broke the solemn stiffness as the little circle gathered around the
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After giving it as fair q test as the circumstances permitted, the Costa Ri- cans have abolished trial by jury. "The Latin race" one of them said to Minis ter Merry, Hacks the qualities essential for jury duty =.
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When Senator German was at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, just be- fore sailing for Europe recently news paper man, presuming upon long ac- qiiainfance, pressed the political sphinx insistently for an interview. Cant do it, my boy" replied the senator. "Poli- ticians, you know, are like children" "How so?" '.They should be seen, not heard .ss
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useless and even poisonous plants could be converted into food sources by cul- tivation and scientific research York Times.
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One remarkable thing concerning crime in the Indian Territory is that most Of the criminals are young men, says Judge J. A. Gill, of the United States District court. Ninety per cent. of them are under twenty years of age. Crime is hereditary with them. At the close of the civil war the Indian country became refuge for the crinni- nal class. Children of these criminals inherited crime. They never had any educational advantages and could not equip themselves for the ordinary du- ties of a citizen. Only very small per cent. of them can read and write. It wasn't hard for them to steal living, and so they became criminals. Many women are mixed in the crimes.''
 Boston boys are not all prigs. Dr. W. IN. McVicar, Bishop Coadjutor of Rhode Island, tells funny experience in a re- cent visit to Boston. He saw some boys trotting down Fremont street and keep- ing close together One of them kept saying "Chug. Chug! Chug!" and an- other occasionally said "Toot!'' The Bishop asked what they were doing, and was informed they were playing s'autonlobile." The ore saying "chug'' < was the engine, the one saying ''toot'' the chauffeur, and the one saying noth- ing was friend taking & ride. The auto moved on, and the Bishop noticed q fourth boy, running along about fifty feet behind the others, and asked him what he represented. "Oh, I'm the smell.' was the perfectly serious an- ! swer. sE,-'@
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Financial legislation is a question above party politics, solemnly says Cleveland Plain Dealer. Neither sec tional prejudices nor political differen- ees, 1t says. should interpcse to pre- vent the enactment at the coming ses- sion of congress of a financial measure that will adequately protect the finan- cial and business interests of the coun- try"
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x This Is a pretty good country. Chain Tin Sin of San Francisco, who returned to China with his family. was one of San Francisco's interesting characters. He landed before the days of the ex- clusion act, a big raW-boned coolie. He leaves now with his white wife and half caste boy, with s1,oooooo in American gold and securities. He has been a miner. cook. gambler, and merchant. and was successful in everything he undertook. j..
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
ITALIAN PARLIAMENT
DISAPPROYES ARREST
Stormy Debate Over Apprehension
of Wealthy Jew.

ROME. March 2S.-There was stormy
debate in parliament today over the
mysterious arrest OF the wealthy Jew
Goetz. at the Grand Hotel. Naples. last
Monday on suspicion Of being impu-
Gated In a plot 10 kill the Gar on his
coming visit TO italy. Deputies Of all
parties strongly disapproved OF the ac-
tion Of the ministry. saying il showed
too much subserviency 10 Russia
Signor Giolitti minister of the inte-
rior. explained that GOetz was a Ian
gerous individual and the arrest was a
preliminary step to his expulsion. The
minister admitted. however. that The
papers seized In GOetz's trunks did not
reveal any crime. COetz cannot be 70
leased now because Russia has sent an
application for his extradition.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
LONDON SHOCKED BY
AACDONALD'S SUICIDE
English Press Thinks He Was
HarShly Treated.

LONDON. March 2S.-The sensational
end Of the career OF Sir Hector Mac
Donald, the only general in the British
army who had risen from the ranks.
is received with universal sympathy
both here and on the Continent It is
felt that he was harshly treated
The Outlook" says the governor Of
CeyIon. Sir j. West Ridgeway, would
have shown more discretion had he imi-
tated the reserve of the local press,
and confined himself to the statement
that General Macdonald was doing all
that was required of him in returning
to answer charges before court
martial
The Saturday Review" goes further.
It says. We cannot refrain from ex-
pressing regret that some way could
not have been found whereby ne might
have been permitted to resign his com
mand and thus. "a least. have saved
his name from being connected with the
painful memories which must now for
ever attach to it."
Il IS known that General Macdonald
disliHed Ceylon. and the society OF the
colony returned his feelings. He sue
ceeded a commander OF aristocratiC
connections. while ne had brought no
domestic establishment. and had only
his army pay to spend Thirty OF his
fifty years of life had been spent in In
dia, Egypt. and Africa. He had fought
and been wounded in each of these
countries.
1t was in Afghanistan that Lord Rob-
erts. then Sir Frederick Roberts, of
fered him his choice of the Victoria
Cross or an officers commission. He
chose the latter. and in twenty eight
years. without missing a grade. he had
become major general. There is no
doubt that the British army and the
British nation have had full value out
Of Hector Macdonald.
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ABDUL HANID FEARS
HIS ALBANIAN GUARD
VIII Not Raise Finger Against
Their Countrymen.

LONDON. March 2S.-Western Europe
is awakening from the complacency
with which it accepted the announce
ment of the Austro- Russian scheme A.
palliative for the Macedonian crisis.
The situation on the Turko- Bulgarian
frontier is becoming steadily worse. The
Macedonian bishops have just made
declarations that while they will wei
come the promised reforms. they have
to face the fact that the persecution Of
Bulgarian inhabitants continues. They
cite excuses and acts Of insubordina-
ton committed by redifs. notably at
KugreH. in consequence of which the
battalion of redifs stationed there was
transferred.
At Selevo. in ,ne UsIub district
where the population is half Bulgarian
and half Albanian. FIVE recently enlist
ed Bulgarian gendarmes were killed
The despair of the peasants is such
that general rising is inevitable.
Andre Cheradame. the French trav-
eler and publicist. who recently return
ed from Macedonia. says the AIbanians
are much worse than the Turks They.
more than any existing nation. pre-
'Vi w tHS u uCuicHt, Jyf@uulcal customs
OF medieval days. The Sultan might
possibly repress the brutalities of the
Ottomans. but his own safety would be
at stake II he dared to raise a finger
against an Albanian. for his own per-
sonal guards are Albanians. who are
ever under the shadow of his own
palace.
They may commit crime with impun-
ity- Two years ago a Turkish official was
wantonly killed by one of the officers
OF the guard. and no redress was OBJ
tanned Any repression OF the exactions
Of the Albanians in Macedonia would
have an immediate reaction at the
Yildiz Kiosk. and Abdul Hamid remem-
bers that most Of his predecessors came
10 q violent end.
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SAN MIGUEL DIES GAME
IN FIGHT WITH SCOUTS
Comrat5s Attempt to Drag Body
Into the Jungle.

MANILA. March 2s.-The body OF
Gen. san Miguel. the Iadroue leader.
who was killed in battle with Philip
pine scouts fifty miles from Manila. has
been recognized by his relatives. lie
was buried with the honors due his
rank at CaIoocan. seven miles from Ma
Mia.
The scouts captured Gen San Migueis
correspondence. his sword. and gni-
forms. The ladrone leader died game.
He was wounded six times and yet kept
firing his revolver as he lay on the
ground. His comrades. who attempted
10 rescue their dying leader BY drag
ging him into the jungle. were also
killed
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RIOTERS KILLED BY
RUSSIAN GENDARM ES
Mob Assaults Governor of Ufa and
Storms House.

ST. PETERSBURG. March 2S.-There
have been serious riots at Slatoust, ih
the government of Ufa. in the UEai
Mountains. Five hundred workmen m
the state iron works went on a strike
and demanded the release OF thcee of
tht y comrades who had been arrested.
The governor. who came from TIA. was
n bDed as he entered the house OF The
manager Of the works The rioters
stOrmed the house and smashed the
doors and windows. When they were
ordered TO dispense they resisted and
used revolvers, wounding the assistant
mayor. The gendarmcs and troops then
fired on the rioters. killing twenty-eight
and woundinR fifty