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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28

reconcile them is our problem. 1t will be
well for US if we shall realize that these
events are just as cruel and as omi-
nous when they happen, as they do, on
other days as on this high festival of
the year. Either our civilization must
find means of escape. either our eco
nomic system must be SO readjusted
that these things will no longer remain
possible, OF it win go the way Of the
failures that have preceded it. These
are the moral of the Christmas her-
rors that come as the aftermath of
Christmas joy; and if our people are
strong and honest they will not shrink
or hide their eyes. but face with cour-
age and determination the problems SO
pathetically and so shockingly pre-
sented.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
THE PAPER TRUST ATTACKED

The first step was taken yesterday
in the performance of a long postponed
duty when the attorney general of the
United States caused a complaint to be
filed in the circuit court of Minnesota
against the paper trust. There has
been no more impudent violator of the
law, no more unblushing oppressor Of
the consumer than this combination.
The stupendous effrontery required for
its formation is appreciated only when
one reads the statement of its business
and character.
The General Paper company is a
trust without capital or the need of
any. It is a mere selling agency. 1t
contracts to sell, for all the mills which
have made contracts with it, their pa
per output. They in return agree to do
business with it alone, and to turn over
to it entire control of prices and out
put. That lis all there is to the little
game; and it is the most perfect pos
sible illustration of an agreement and
combination in restraint of trade.
1t has been impossible, since this
trust obtained complete control, to do
business with any one else, or to do
business with it except upon its own
terms. It districted the country, as
signed to each mill its territory and
told each consumer where and where
alone he could buy. If he did not like
the price asked, he could refuse to pay
it, to be sure; but he could also go out
of business, for there was no one else
of whom he could buy. No agent or
mill in one territory was permitted to
sell or even to make a price to a GUS
toner in another.
For the dissolution of this monstrous
combination the government has now
moved. 1t asks the courts to declare it
Illegal, under the Sherman act, and to
enjoin it and its constituent parts or
co-conspirators forever from the per-
formance of the Illegal acts in which
they have been engaged. This act will
meet with hearty public approval. 1t
might have been performed long ago.
and there are still other industrial con-
Germs against which the evidence is as
clear and as damning that are as yet
unassailed. But the government will win
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
Call His Election Unfair

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-After. hearing
objections by representatives of the
minority stockholders to the election of
A. P. Fitch as trustee of the bankrupt
firm of Jacob Berry & Co., stock
brokers, Stanley w. Dexter, referee in
bankruptcy, reserved his decision. The
minority creditors alleged that Mr..
Fitch had been chosen wrongfully, and
that, inasmuch as he had been the
assignee of Berry & Co., his election as
trustee was unfair to the creditors. In
presenting the case the report OF the
minority creditors stated that the as
sets of the bankrupt firm were only
$64, 600 while the liabilities would ex-
ceed $3.50, 900. In taking the matter
under advisement Mr.. Dexter explained
that in event of his arriving at de-
cision against Mr.. Fitch it would not
mean that Edward S. Thomas, the
candidate of the minority stockholders,
would become trustee, but that new
election would be made necessary.
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THE CONVENTION OF
STATES EDUCATORS


For a number of years now it has been
this city's privilege to welcome the
annual return of the Minnesota State
Educational association. 1t could ask
no pleasanter one Aside from the
fact that delightful relations have been
established between st. Paul and the
organization, it is appropriate that the
latter should elect to meet in a conn
munity that was the first, in early
territorial days, to provide educational
facilities for its children. That the
association chooses to meet here year
after year is proof in itself that the
promise suggested in that early recog-
milton of essentials has been kept.
The most important thing for an or
ganization is that the component parts
shall be inspired by the fraternal spirit
which does more than anything else
to facilitate the work of the body as
whole. 1t may be that the prospectus
of the State Educational Association
sets forth some other object, one more
purely educational. But the most
valuable result of its conventions is
the esprit de corps which is estab-
lished; for this emphasizes the rela-
tionship between the teacher of the
humblest district school and the uni
versity professor, and makes the states
plan of education definite in. purpose
and single in aim.
And it is because the programmes
presented attract and stimulate that
the visitor to the, sessions of the as
sociation's convention is convinced
that it's important object is being at
tained. Fortunately, the general pub
lie is permitted to judge of the rich
ness of the educational offering made,
since it is not debarred from attend
ance at the sessions. 1t would be an
excellent thing, indeed, if more of the
public availed themselves Of the privi-
lege; for not until the people recognize
that the scheme of public education
is not a thing apart, but something
intimately related to themselves, viii
the associations most important OBJ
ject be completely attained. Certain
ly the convention deserves and should
receive sympathy and the heartiest
cooperation from the citizens of st.
Paul, as well as a cordial welcome.
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Personal MENTION

Ryan-D. N. Tallmay, Willmar; w. J.
Lawaley, Seattle; Ira Smith, Chicago; d.
c. Pruce, Boston; L. Heinrich. New York;
A. Jerry, New York; R. M. Cunningham,
J. w. Mcpherson. Columbus, Ohio; 6. w.
Maltur, Canton; I. New, Chicago; J. d.
Ryan, Butte; t. d. Perkins, Butte; J..
Slater, Chicago; ]. Mitchell, New York.
Merchants-C. w. Lawson, Chicago; F.
Dubois, Buffalo; F. French, Chicago; F.
Smith, Billings. Mont; G. R. Davis, St.
Peter: P. Armstrong. New York; ]. NJ.
Saunders and wife, Detroit; ]. T. F'rater,
Brainerd; T. w. Hawson. Rush City; L. P.
Hunt, Mankato; e. L. Dolan, Chicago; B.
Thayer, Spring Valley; E. l.. Hawson,
Cass Lake.
Windsor-C w. Bell, st. Louis; W. M
Clark, Hokah; F. A. Weld and wife, Moor
head; E. Ericsson, Oliver; H. c. Hess,
Glencoe; w. A. Shomacker. st. Cloud; E.
Hoidale, New Ulm; G. A. Franklin. Fari-
bault; J. Q. Adams, Evanston; H. Hill
and wife, Milwaukee; p. NJ. Larson, Cass
Lake; G.. Gross. Kuhn, N. D.; F. w.
Dobbyn, Willmar
Frederic-C. F. johnson, Mankato; H. H.
Hamilton, Rockford: A Hall and wife,
Chicago; B. J. Jones. Chicago; G. Bart
lett, Stanley; J. E. Goodman and wife,
Duluth; p. r. Godbout, saltwater; c. w
Turner, Menomonie; G. w. Wisurn Fond
du Lac, Wis.
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Names Delegate to Congress

HONOLULU, Dec. 27.-The United
States has paid $4,000 to the owners
of land at Pearl Harbor, completing
the purchase of the land desired there
for the proposed naval station
Gov. Carter has named as delegate
to congress Secretary of the Territory
Kalanianole, and Secretary Atkinson
and W. L. Ham as Hawaiis delegates
to the American forestry congress,
which is to meet at Washington on
Jan. 2. Ham is a forester of the ma
tional bureau.
Secretary Atkinson sold a second
$1,00O,000 Of Hawaiian bonds for $1,000
premium, slightly better than the last
sale. They run fifteen years and bear
AZ per cent interest
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TODAY'S WEATHER

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 27.-Fore-
cast:
Minnesota Snow Wednesday, with
colder in east portion; high northwest to
north winds. Thursday fair.
Upper Michigan and Wisconsin-Snow
and colder Wednesday, Thursday fair;
high northwest to north winds.
North and South Dakota-Fair Wednes-
day and Thursday, with rising temper
ature.
Iowa-Fair in west; clearing and colder
in east portion Wednesday. Thursday
fair; warmer.
ST Paul Yesterdays observations
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. Barometer, 29. 6S;
relative humidity, So; weather, cloudy:
maximum temperature, 2O minimum
temperature, 5; daily range, Is; mean
temperature, II; p. m. temperature. 81;
wind at Z p. M, northwest; precipitation,
Sc.
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. %, 1904
CHRISTMAS HORRORS

1t is just as well, perhaps. that the
sensibilities of readers have been dis
turbed during the last two or three
days by daily accounts of Christmas
horrors. The question has been asked
Of The GIobe why it should consent
to publish prominently in it's pages, on
and good will among men, accounts of
quarrels. murders, suicides and starva-
ton. These events have disturbed the
peace of mind of people prepared to
enjoy the holiday season quietly in
their own homes, and given them un-
comfortable thoughts.
1t is well that none should be too
comfortable while these horrible things
exist in the world. 1t is exactly those
whose Christmas joy was saddened or
disturbed by the news of brawling and
of sudden death who must help to
bring about the changes that will make
these things impossible. There is no
progress and no reform in any society
where the bulk Of the people can sit
down quietly and realize their own
comforts while hosts of others less for
tunate or less worthy are going the
way that leads to disgrace or death.
There could be no better Christmas
moral than is wrapped up in these
dreadful occurrences, and no more gra-
cious or lasting Christmas deed than
the study of measures and reforms that
will make their recurrence impossible.
OF the violent tragedies that marked
the conjunction of two days Of idleness,
nearly all are reducible to the effect Of
strong drink. Those who protest
against it find a powerful argument in
the shootings, affrays and suicides that
have their origin in intoxication. To
put ones self under the influence of
liquor is still a vulgar and abominable
idea, with too many, of the proper way
to celebrate" There is surely need of
a stronger and more urgent movement
for temperance reform; one not aiming
at the impossible suppression of the
means Of vice, but endeavoring to lift
men up out of their own weakness and
strengthen them to pass the tempta-
ton by. The terrible volume of crime
to be laid to the door of this human
weakness is best realized when we read
the record of what should have been
these quiet and joyful days.
A startling story is carried by the
wires of the pathetic features of the
celebration of Christmas in New York
city This contains the record of
deaths by starvation of educated and
refined people; honest, willing to work,
but pursued by desperate misfortune
to the grave. In the midst of the aff1u-
ence of the worlds richest capital, they
perished miserably for lack of but a
trifing fraction of the abundance that
surrounded them on every side. The
shocking feature about this is not so
much the dramatic comparison between
our idea of Christmas day and these
sufferings. but the fact that what hap
pened was in no way unusual. These
incidents are reported merely because
the occasion made them sensational.
Every day New York has many such
events to chronicle, as has every other
great city.
The burden of honest want and unde-
served suffering is the disgrace and de-
nial of our modern civilization. How to
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
Bishop Is consecrated

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 27-Rev
Father T. F. Lillis, of Kansas City, at
the cathedral here today was conse-
Grated bishop of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Leavenworth, Kan. The
Most Rev. J. j. Glennon, bishop of ST.
Louis, acted as consecrator, Most Rev.
S. G. Messmer, archbishop of Milwau-
kee, preached the sermon. Among the
bishops and other dignitaries who as
sisted Archbishop Glennon in the con-
secration were Bishop Scannell, of
Omaha; Archbishop Messmer, of Mil
waukee; Bishop Bonacum, of Lincoln,
Neb., and the Rev. Father John jean
EFT, of Omaha.
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WHERE UNITED STATES.
LAWS DON'T APPLY
Assistant Attorney General Pronounces
Them of Mo Effect in Canal Zone

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 27-In
an opinion rendered today by Frank
L. Campbell, assistant attorney gen.
eral for the interior depart
ment. it is held that the laws
Of the United States are not ap-
plicable to the Panama canal zone. The
canal zone is described in the opinion
as not being an organized territory Of
the United States and the assistant at
torney general holds that there is no
provision in the treaty with Panama
or the laws or regulations making the
laws Of the United States generally
applicable.
The question at issue was whether
or not the patent or trade mark law
extended to the canal zone. This, it is
held, is not the case, the opinion taking
in the whole subject of the application
of the laws of the United States gen.
orally to the canal zone.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
THINK SHE WAS LEFT
TO DIE OF EXPOSURE
New York Police Have Suspicious
Concerning Death of Young Woman

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The police
are investigating the mysterious death
of an unknown young woman who was
found dying in the snow in Riverside
drive yesterday and who died without
becoming conscious. The suspicious
of the police were aroused by the fact
that her underskirt and hat were
found nearly 100 feet from where her
body lay.
All efforts to learn the identity of
the young woman have been futile.
The body has been viewed in the Har-
lem morgue by score Of persons, but
no one has been able to place her. The
spot where the body was found is lone
some and deserted. The police sus-
pect that the young woman, while un-
conscious, was left there by other
persons to die of exposure.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
At ST. Paul Theaters

Bubbling over with AmericanismS is
"Ranson's Folly which has pleased
St. Paul theatergoers nightly for the
last three days at the Metropolitan.
Mr.. Edeson typifies wildly the big,
healthy, active young American lieu
tenant, who, bored with the dull rou-
tine of an army post In Arizona after
having seen active service in Cuba and
the Philippines, determines to hold up
the stage with a pair of shears and
thereby involves himself in a predica-
ment that threatens tragedy.
For the latter half of Mr.. Blossoms
engagement, beginning tomorrow
night, he will appear in sStrongheart,'
by William G. De Mile. 1t is a play
Of college life. in which Mr.. Edeson
p0rtrayS the role of an American In
dian, graduate of Carlisle.
In creating the part of Brooke Trav-
ers- in The Dictator" which had n
long enga cement at the Criterion the
ater, New York, William Collier, who
has scored SO heavily in the farce, was
allowed full scope and has put a great.
deal OF his peculiar personality in the
play, which is a keen satire on the nu-
merouS revolutions occurring so rap
idly in Central American countries.
Mr.. Collier has always been very much
of fayorfte in this city, and added
interest will be given to his engage
ment from the fact that 1t will be his
first appearance here since Charles
Frohman assumed the direction Of his
tours.
Mr.. Collier is announced for an en-
gagement of seven nights and matt
neeS Monday and Saturday, beginning
Sunday night.
The terrific blizzard of yesterday in
terfered somewhat with the attend
ance at the theaters last evening, but
notwithstanding "The Street Singer
at the Grand had good sized audi
ence. The play is to the liking Of the
patrons of that theater. It abounds
In sensational scenes, but there are
several pretty musical numbers by
Miss Bindley and the chorus that add
much to the entertainment An inter-
esting scene in the play is where Miss
Bindley fights a duel with the villain
and shows that she is an expert
swordswoman.
after Midnight" the new melo-
drama, which will be seen at the Grand
next Sunday matinee and including
special matinee Monday is said to pre-
sent a vivid picture of the many in
teresting events, that occur in a great
city after the hour of midnight John
Webster is the leading man.
Rose Hills English Folly company
is giving a good show at the Star this
week. The vaudeville features are
strong and the burlesques abound
with fun and good music.
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twill be observed that the spasm Of
reform that has struck the postoffice
department and threatens to end the
scandal by which all clerks and car
riers were obliged to take out indem-
nifty bonds with Senator Platt's COM
pany did not materialize until Senator
Platt became politically a negligible
quantity. All the. facts were as well
known four years ago as they are to-
day.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
Justice Did Not Lad

PORT HURON, Mich, Dec. 81
George Bearss, who murdered Mrs.
Abel Brown at her home on a farm
near Berville, last Friday, today plead
ed guilty to the charge and was SEN
fenced by Judge Law to life imprison-
ment in Marquette prison. The mur-
der was committed Friday afternoon.
Bearss was arrested Sunday at Flint,
brought here yesterday, and before
noon today had appeared in both the
Justice court and circuit court and had
been sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28

Tien Tsin-Tang Shao XII, taotai Of
Tien Tsin. has left for Tibet to investi-
gate conditions there.
st. Petersburg Emperor Nicholas win
leave Dec 20 for Minsk and the Don
Caucasus. returning Jan. 8.
Peking-A proposal is now before the
emperor of China to send the students of
the navy college TO the British admiral at
Shanghai for a course of instruction.
Boston, Mass.-The Official trial of the
new United States protected cruiser Chat
tanooga will be held Jan. 80 over the
Cape Ann course instead of Dec. 80, as
Washington, D. caMr. Thompson
American minister to Brazil, cables the
tial law has been prolonged for thirty
days from the 10th inst. in the federal
district
Calcutta-Lord Curzon, viceroy of India,
received Prince Inayat Ullah, son of the
ameer of Afghanistan, with great cere-
mony in the throne room of the govern
prince were attended by brilliant staffs.
st. Johns, N. F-The schooner Be
gonia, with a crew of eight men, overdue
three weeks, has been posted as missing.
It is feared she foundered The Begonia
is the only vessel unreported of all those
driven seaward in the gale of Dec. 3.
Cleveland, ohfo-Charles NJ Traver
president of the closed First National
Bank of Conneaut, Ohio has filed a per-
sonal petition in voluntary bankruptcy in
the United States district court here. His
liabilities are placed at $4,000 and as
sets $4,000.
Pittsburg, Pa-John Guy, foreman Of
bricklayers, was burned to death and five
others seriously injured ia an explosion
in a furnace of the Edgar Thomson plant
of the Carnegie Steel company at Brad
dock Of the injured, who were all for
eigners, Michael Pasnick viii die.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
HEAVY LOSS OCCURS ON
PRODUCE IN LONDON
Pilots Shun Fog Though Shippers
Offer Extravagant Sums

LONDON, Dec. 27.-The conditions
prevailing among the shipping in the
Thames for nearly week were con-
siderably improved today. Much of
the produce intended for the London
Christmas market is unloaded. The
loss, however, through it's late arrival
aggregates several hundred thousands
of pounds sterling. The American
meat, Russian poultry and shipments
of fish deteriorated in value about
81, 100000.
Shippers offered extravagant sums
to have boats brought to docks here
from Gravesend in time for the list
markets, but the pilots refused to take
the risks in such a dense fog. Sew
eral collisions of more or less serious
nature have occurred.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
Baldwin VIII Try Aaain

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 27-Ow-
ing to a broken motor which could not
be easily repaired, the Baldwin airship
California Arrow was unable to make
the return fight to the city today from
the place where it landed after yester-
days trial, several miles south of the
city. The gas was allowed to escape
from the bag and the machine was
hauled into the city in a wagon. Bald
win will continue his experiments here
after the motor of his machine has
been repaired.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28

The impudence required to form a
trust dealing in the raw materials that
must be used by all newspapers, sup
posed to be the organs of public opin-
ion, was justified by the patience with
which, for many years. the imposition
was borne
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28

much credit and the public much relief
if this combination is pushed to the
wall. The trusts need nothing on earth
but an honest enforcement of the law
to send them tumbling into ruins. Let
the good work go on.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
Have Terrible Crouch ON Him

Some of the New York politicians
are saying that if Senator Depew cam
not be chosen to succeed himself the
legislature ought to insist on having
Elihu Root. To pick out former Sec
retary Root as a second choice to
Chauncey Depew seems to be the ut
most reach of malice.-Philadelph
Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
Couldn't Be Less Valuable

From the pains taken both to con-
ceal and discover the whereabouts of
Mrs. Chadwicks diamonds there is a
strong intimation that they are more
genuine than her famous securities
Pittsburg Dispatch
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
Those Queer Professors

President Harper emphatically de-
MES the report that Chicago Univer-
sfty has discarded the Doxology. The
trouble is that the public is ready to
believe almost anything of those Chi
Dealer.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
Contemporary Comment
The Old South

The South not only led in politics
before the civil war, but was rich and
progressive to an extent little COM
pretended by many persons in the
North at the present. time. Their in
dustry was the production of great
staples and they made a great deal
Of money and made it fast.-Baltimore
Sun.
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Among the Merrymakers
He Admitted 1t

Conductor said the timid old lady,
.ain't you feared o. bein killed by the
Electricity in these here cars?''
No. ma am" replied the man. as he
pocketed four fares and rang up two
I'm not exactly a good CONDUCTOR
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
No One Ever Doubted It

An Ohio man has been found who
thought Mrs. Chadwick crazy when
she tried to borrow money from him.
And again Ohio demonstrates her fit
ness for holding multitudinous Office
Baltimore American.
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Puhlic is Glad oil Il

Russell B. Harrison was again de-
feated yesterday in his suit against
the widow Of the ex- president; and
the public, without knowing or caring
much about the merits of the contro-
yersy is glad Of it.-Kansas City
Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
Learned 1 attn Younu

There is now talk that the king of
Italy may send over statue of julius
Caesar, and il people object to that.
too, they are Informed that Caesar was
an eminent scholar who learned Latin
when very small boy.-Bangor (Me.)
News
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A Eorehodinn

"Have you ever done anything that viii
make future generations proud of your
81 don't know" answered Mr.. Dustin
wish they could enjoy my wealth without
being reminded of how I made it,
washington Star.
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Now that the Japs are said to have
cut off Port Arthur supplies. let them
take measures to shut off some of the
Shanghai "hot air. supply.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
Missouri senatorship

By every consideration the naming
of Missouri's successor to Cockren by
the Republican party should. be done in
open caucus and by roll call.-St. Louis
Republic
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The Man,s way

Popley-Come, come. Williei Don't cry
because you've barked your skin little
bit Act like a man.
Willie (blubbering)-Yeh then you'd
whip me. You told me you would if YOU
ever caught me swearing. - Catholic
Standard.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28

1t is to be hoped that the enlarged
freedom the czar proposes for the Rus
sian press will not include liberty to
refer to the dull thud" and ''this usu-
ally quiet village"