davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS

The Globe has already discussed
at length and in detail the more i'm
portant amendments proposed to the
city charter of St. Paul. For the in
formation of the voter more complete
summary may be desirable.
The first amendment provides for an
increased allowance to the fire depart
ment. This, as we have seen, would
be partly offset as to increased ex-
penditure by guaranteed reduction in
fire rates in the business district OF the
city. The second amendment increases
the allowance of the police department,
the third the park fund and the fourth
the amount allowed for taking care of
the streets. Ali of these expenditures
are desirable, and the money viii be
legitimateiy applied. The only ques-
ton for the voter is whether he is will
ing TO stand the increase of taxation
necessary. We cannot spend money
without raising it, and we cannot raise
it i'm any other way than by tax levy.
Desirable as may be the improvements
in question, it is no use to blink that
fact and then raise a clamor later
about the responsibility of city officials
or the political party in power for
boosting the tax rate.
The fifth amendment authorizes n
slight increase in a fund for the de-
partment of the commissioner of public
works. This fund has been heretofore
almost constantly overdrawn and is
plainly inadequate. The sixth amend
ment transfers the duty of caring for
the city garbage to the department of
health, where 1t naturally belongs.
This transfer is proper and desirable.
The seventh amendment provides, as Is
also provided specifically and addition
ally in some of the others, that unex-
pended balances in any fund shall not
be deducted from its appropriation
next year, but that heads of depart
| ments who make saving shall be re-
warded by having that much more
money to spend.
Amendments eight and nine are to
| cure defects in the park laws, and
ought to be supported unanimously.
Amendment ten cures another tech
nical defect which is required by a de-
cision Of the courts. The eleventh
amendment authorizes the establish-
ment of building line in any street,
which is very desirable. and the
twelfth lays down conditions under
which local assessments may be made.
The thirteenth amendment would con-
fer upon the city the right to regulate
certain kinds Of private business, very
much like the anti-free lunch move
ment. The fifteenth amendment au-
thorizes an appropriation of $4,000 a
year for public play grounds. This is
worthy purpose but it is very ques-
| tionable whether the city needs more
play grounds at present more than it
does lower taxes. The only other
amendment is that relating to free text
/ books concerning which we shall have
something further To say.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
HER DIFFICULT TASK

1t is due to Mr.. Kipling's They"
doubtless. that auras are so much in
vogue just now. To be sure the Kip
ling story did not explain auras any
more than it explained anything else.
but fortunately we are near enough to
East India to know that every soul has
its own color and that that color is
perceptible TO the sensitive eye and
that it is called an aura. But in spite
of our knowledge. or, perhaps. because
of it, we think the Scottish lady. who
has come over TO this country with
the avowed determination of Develop
ing the aura of the souls of the smart
set has set herself a task.
cynical folk, the possession by the
smart set Of either souls or auras. On
the contrary, indeed, But it is Just
possible that a group of individuals
who have by training been made Keen
tions would feel neither cheerful nor
resigned should they discover that
their auras do not match. that. in fact,
they clash at social gatherings.
But il is not only the discomfort that
will arise should the color of the vari-
Gus auras fight that the lady will
have to face. There is the possibility
of some souls developing no aura and
there is possibility of others devel-
oping peculiar auras. Either POSSIBLE
ity would represent an awkward con-
tretemps and give rise TO much talk,
and both would tend to make the Scot
tish lady unpopular
Perhaps it is just as well for all of
us that our souls color is not percepti-
BILE to the naked eye. To show up
bright red (Which is not considered a
nice .aura) would certainly be decided
ly disconcerting if we had previously
succeeded in impressing out friends
with the belief that our aura WAS pale
blue Ga shade that denotes delicate
souDs A firm attitude on the part of
the smart set in this matter OF the de-
velopment of auras should be en-
couraged- If the lady is refused firmly
but politely, every man may continue
to call his soul his own. But if auras
become fashionable no one may boast
of such exclusive ownership Let us
hope the wen meaning lady will return
without having accomplished her mis-
sionsto the smart set.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
The Full Dinner Pail

On Jan. 1. 1897, in the closing days
or the Cleveland administra don, the
Wholesale cost of the foodstuffs con-
sumed by an average American in a
year was s1173 On Sept. 1. 1904 ii
was SlS.41-an increase of 1914, or
over 81 per cent. OF course. the con-
sumner himself has had to pay great
deal more But the increase in whole
sale prices alone amounts to an addi-
tion of $3.50 to the living expenses scf
a Family of five on a single necessary
item.
Does the average wage Garner have
very many rolls of 1870 each to throw
at the birds, or the milling trust2
Either the full dinner pail con-
tains two thin slices of bread now to
every three thick ones il contained in
CieVelands time. or it is costing the
owner more than half as much again
10 keep il full as it cost then. How
many workIaen are receiving that much
more wages ,-New York World.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
WILL KEEP 1T UP
ANOTHER YEAR

Mr.. Thomas. w. Lawson still wages
merry war on his former associates,
and now announces that it may take
him a whole year to tell all the bad
things he knows about them. This is
of course intended to help the future
sales of the magazine in which his at
tacks appear and of which he is said
to be part or whole owner. He may in
time really reach some of the shock
ing revelations he promises, and mean
while his lively personal scorings of
his old friends are entertaining and
probably boom the periodical in ques-
ton.
OF course. the general knowledge
that he has in the past himself been
doing his level best to be big finan-
cier and accomplish all the fearful
things for which he is now stirring up
his former cronies rather initiates
against him. Disraeli once character
ized critics as those who have failed
in the very directions in which they
lampocn others, and the description
seems TO fit financial critics admirably.
However. Mr.. Lawson's diatribes are
certainly not tiresome reading.
But his side steps into the domain of
life insurance count for nothing. His
declaration that the organiza ations loan
some of their money TO banks and
trust companies can hardly startle the
veriest neophyte in finance. If there
is anything better to do with a reason
able portion of their funds. Mr.. Law
son has failed 10 show it. Such in
vestments made in moderate proportion
yield good return to the companies and
their policy holders. though of course
bonds, mortgages and other good real
estate Investments constitute the main
part of the holdings of all the life COM
panies, and nobody should know this
better than sassy Mr.. Lawson. What
ever they do is subject to sharp. gov
ern1nental scrutiny and approval, and
the investments of every company
have the Endorsement of the insurance
departments of their home and all 9TH
er states in the Union.
Among the amused readers of Mr..
Lawson's hot stuff are no doubt many
life insurance policy holders. The fact
that they keep right on with their
premium payments, besides taking out
new policies and recommending their
friends to 90 the same shows that
whatever they may think OF his merry
jabs at his whilom friends they hardly
regard him as much of AT insurance
oracle The business as a whole has
never been so good any presidential
election year in the past
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
What the Editors Say

An attack will be made on the pri-
mary election law this coming winter
in the state legislature. and attempt
made TO have il repealed. Profession
al wirepulling politicians and corpo-
rauons are interested in its repeal, for
no politician or no corporation can die
tate candidates when the plain people
have the direct nominating system.
Ine present primary election law in
minnesota may be faulty in some de-
tails. but in spirit is one of the best
laws on our statute books, and we do
not think IL will be repealed-not il
the people have anything to say about
it.7Jordan Independent.
The charges which are being made
against r. c. Dunn, it should be noted,
are not made by Democrats, but by the
republican state bank examiner, a
sworn officer of the state. And, too
the newspapers that are mainly press
ing the charges of guilt against Dunn
are Republican.-Albert Lea Standard
Dir. Dunn's reply to the charges made
oy the public examiner is far from con-
Vincing. He admits part of the charges
and tries to blame some one else for
the remainder This course will not
strengthen his cause with the voters of
enterprise.
Tom Watson's chance of election is
SO deliciously scant that he doesn't
even have TO be discreet about what
he says. The man who has nothing
TO lose is the one who gets the maxi-
mum of real fun out OF campaign
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Joel p. Heatwole has rolled up his
sleeves and is proceeding to reform his
party from within. The sweat is drip
ping from his noble brow and there
are times when he grows sick at heart
as he contemplates the size of his job.
Martin County Sentinel
1t is said that when Senator Clapp
addresses an audience in Dunn's behalf
that he speaks like man with a frog
in his throat.-Swift County Monitor
We fail to discover the widespread
abuse of Bob Dunn to which a few m
significant organs are constantly refer
ring. Give US the page and number
Mower County Transcript.
Joel p. Heatwole has missed his calf
ing. A man SO skillful with the knife
should have been a surgeon.-Albert
Lea Times
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
Naval Engineers Needed

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Rear Ad-
mlral Charles w. Rae, engineer-in-
chief of the navy, and chief of the
bureau of steam engineering, in his
annual report made public at the navy
department, says that the present en-
gineering condition in the navy is a
cause of grave anxiety to all con-
Versant with the subject After call
ing attention to the prime necessity of
an efficient engineering personnel in
the hour of battle, and to the fact that
a man cannot become an efficient en-
slneer without a proper training and
experience, which is not to be obtained
by few months service, Admiral Rae
says the problem confronting the de-
partment is: How are we to obtain
properly trained engineers when the
present supply of officers SO trained is
exhausted?' He urges special legisla-
ton with a view to increasing the
number of naval officers available for
engineering duties
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
At ST. Paul Theaters

william Blaisdell supplies the mer-
riment in The Jewel of ASIA. the mu-
sicai comedy now playing at the Met
ropohtan- The engagement will close
with tomorrow's matinee and evening
performance.
'.Woodland,r Henry sW. Savage's
latest musical comedy, comes to the
metropolitan opera house on Thursday
evening. Messrs. Pixley and Luders
nave succeeded in placing the birds of
the forest in an n-,eperatie setting which
IS at once poetic and picturesque. All
the Characters are members of the
feathered FAM iysand all are warblers.
Even the tbs owf ana the rooster
are singers, and the parrot and the
Wren are InnsicS1 too. WOODLAND
mad a continssous run of four months
at the fremont theater in Boston. to
crowded houses 1t has been at the
Studebaker theater in Chicago for two,
months and comes eintact from there.
Kyrle Bellew comes to the Metro
politan Sunday with the odd and ex-
citing drama sRaff1es. the Amateur
Craftsman. Reiiew has the support
OF another star, E., NJ. Holland. and his
leading woman is Clara Blandick.
Hattie Russell. Beverly Sitgreaves.
Olive Wyndharn, Mignon Beranger,
Stanton elliott. A. w. Grass, Frank
Mccormack. Frank Roberts. Frank
Connor and Starting Gates round out
the cast.
One Of the sensational features in
Babes in Toyland,'' TO be seen at the
Metropeiitan Thursday night of next
week, Is the march of the toys" All
OF the company take part in this spec
tacular scene, each dressed to repre-
sent either,a doll. a toy soldier or some
childish plaything.
Her First False Step at the Grand
this week presents many. big scenes,
TWO African lions and capable COM
pany. The scenes showing the bank
robbery, the explosion of the launch
and the rescue of little Dorothy from
the den of lions are realistic. After the
Wednesday and Saturday 1natinees lit
tie Dorothy ,Gish will feed the lions on
the stage in view of the spectators.
Hearts Adrift.'' a melodrama by
Langdon Mccormick. will be next
weeks attraction at the Grand. Two
performances Will be given Tuesday
teiection), night. Several extra special
ties will be presented and returns will
be announced
The Trans-Atlantics give varied
and pleasing show at the Star this
week. The oiio is excellent and con-
tains touch of Orientalisrn in the act
OF Japanese equilibrist. Comedy and
music abound
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
SHIPMENT OF RAILS
TO CANADA is HEAVY
Americans Rush in Railroad
Steel to Avoid Prospective
Customs Duty
Globe Special Washington Service
1417 G Street

l4if q Street
/" "-ASHiNGTON, d. c., Oct 81
Some barge shipments of steel rails
were made in Canada in the month of
September, and it is probable that the
increase in this trade is in anticipation
OF the duty which is soon to be imposed
on rails by the Dominion government
Late in August it was announced that
the Canadian government would inn
pose tariff of 81 ton on steel rails.
put mat the order would not becoms
"hoily operative until Nov. So
Canadians Retaliate
The Canadians are at last RETURNING
the compliment for the tariff wall
Whlcn the United States has maintain
su asalnst Dominion goods for many
years under Republican administra-
tiohs. Ihe oStenSible object of the new
Sahadlan order is to encourage the
steel mills at Sault Ste. Marie. INT Il
- - hiainlained by many persons that
ehese mills cannot supply the Canadian
demand i''A
recently reports have come from re-
hapie sources that the United States
steei steei corporation commonly called the
steer trust, is preparing to establish
steel mills within the borders of the
DOMINION, in order to control the sun-
ply of that country.
Great Increase in Shipments
The September shipments of steel
rails TO Canada according to a report
Oh the department of commerce Just
published, amounted to $1f59. soc. as
against $lS1,S95- in the same month of
last year. The shipments during the
hrst nine months of the present year
We're $S,642,992, as against S26S.434 in
the same months of 1903. 1t is expect
ed that as soon as the new Canadian
tarlH becomes fully operative the ex-
portauon of rails from the United
states TO Canada at a profit will be
practically prohibited.
Walter E. Clark.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
TODAY'S WEATHER


WASHINGTON. d. c., Oct 31-Fore-
cast: ~
Minnesota-Fair and colder; Wednesday
fair fresh winds
Upper Michlgan-Fair and warmer Tues
day: Wednesday fair: fresh west winds.
Wisconsin-Fair Tuesday and Wednes-
day: fresh southwest 10 west winds.
North Dakota-Fair and cooler Tues
day: "Wednesday fair
South Dakota-Fair Tuesday and
"wednesday.
Montana and cooler Tuesday:
Wednesday fair
Iowa-Fair Tuesday and Wednesday
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 80. 1s:
relative hamify. 81. weather. clear. maxi
mum temperature, 81; minimum tempera-
ture. 40: daily range. p: mean tempeTa-
ture 80: p m. temperature. 61; wind al
: D. m south; precipitation. 0.
Yesterdays Temperatures
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
o'conneII-MiIIett

special to The Globe
HASTINGS, Mimi, Oct. S1.-One of
the most interesting nuptial events Of
the season was the marriage of Will
liam H. O'Connell and Miss Mary nj.
Millett. which was solemnized at the
chapel of st. Teresa's convent foday,
the ceremony being performed by Rev.
+. r. Cunningham. Only relatives and
immediate friends We're present Miss
NJ Agnes Mcnamara, of Merriam Park,
cousin of the bride, was bridesmaid,
and William j. Riley, of ST. Paul,
nephew of the groom, best man. The
bride is the only daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Millett, of this city. Mr..
and Mrs. O'Connell left for the East
on a wedding trip.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
TUESDAY, NOV. 1, 1904
ONCE MORE THE CHALLENGE

The Minneapolis Tribune begins its
leading editorial article with this
query: "How would the Democrats
like to face such campaign of base
less lies and obscene slander as the
supporters of Johnson have made
against Dunn ~
Passing over the little lapses of vio-
lent language in this, we have to re-
peat the demand for a bill of particu-
lars. When, where and in what Ian
guage has any supporter of johnson
uttered "a baseless lie or an obscene
SANDER" against Dunn? We have kept
pretty close watch of the campaign
and have neither seen nor heard any
thing of the kind. Certainly nothing
of that description has appeared in
the columns of T h e G o b e. Its cor
respondents have reported nothing Of
that kind from any portion of the state.
Unless some evidence to the contrary
can be offered the charge itself must
be set down as "a baseless lie.''
What Republicans themselves may
have said about Mr.. Dunn is another
matter. Their language on occasion
has been rather strong. Whether the
charges that they have made are either
''baseless lies" or obscene ISLANDERS"
ought to be settled among themselves.
The fierce fires that played in every
corner of the state prior to the meeting
of the Republican convention have not
been extinguished, but are still tighten
ing the whole campaign sky. If one
Republican chooses to take. counsel
with another and offer him admonition,
let it be done. But it is far from de-
cent or manly or truth telling, and
quite unworthy of such a paper as the
Minneapolis Tribune strives to be
when the campaign madness is not
upon it, to charge against supporters
of Johnson those things of which they
have not been guilty.
Along with the foolish claim now be-
ing made of Mr. Dunn's election. un-
der orders from the head center. there
is going everywhere this appeal for
sympathy for man slandered and
abused. The one is as futile as the
other. For weeks past The Globe
has made the demand that it now re-
iterates; for proof. We repeat that no
supporter of Johnson has slandered or
nh
ords of public official entries made
during his term OF office under his own
authority is legitimate work If that
is to be barred, then no surveillance
can ever be exercised over the dis
charge of public duty and no unfitness
or unfaithfulness can be either dis
elosed or rebuked. To that and to that
alone the allusions of Democrats to Mr..
Dunn's qualifications in this campaign
have been confined.
They might very easily have struck
the personal note. On this side Mr..
Dunn is by no means invulnerable.
They have had the good taste and the
good judgment To refrain. We have
never seen a fairer, more temperate or
more decent campaign than that which
the supporters of the Democratic state
ticket have waged against Mr.. Dunn.
The best proof of this is that every de-
mand upon his panic stricken and
beaten followers for proof of the
charge that he has been ABUSED" by
Democrats is met with silence that
can mean only guilt and shame
When the Republican managers
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
And .E,,iI nf EL-I..

Deacon Rockefeller has assured us
that he is IN favor OF four years more
OF Roosevelt: g Tom Lawson says
Standard OF has millions to spend for
Parker in the last days of the cam
paign- On its face Toms statement is
'frenzied. d.'0Atlanta Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
Won't Even stop for Meal.

"A Montreal man has n record of con-
tinuous club swinging for forty three
hours. Democrats profess to fear that
the president il elected. will make a
four years record in the same line-
Washington Post.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
One of the snfferers

Prosperity" said DIR. Slighcem, the
eminent surgeon. There is altogether too
much prosperity 1t is killing business" >"
In what way?" asked the other.
Why. sir. almost anybody can afford
TO have appendicitis nowadays, and in
consequence all of my best patients re-
gard 1t as too common and refuse to
have it.'-Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
Among the Merrymakers


! was skeered for sev'ral days
Cause didn't hear no bays
From the direction of tn place we robbed
tn mail;
But q thief's a lucky feller
When he hears a bloodhound beller
And he knows them harmless beasts is ON
his trail.
Baltimore American.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
That Was Merely a joke

Senator Lodge describes Roosevelt as
man with no vain pretense of infal-
iibility. Then we are not TO judge the
president by his letter of acceptance
Atlanta Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
Have General Apathy on the Run

New York Republicans are percepti-
bly, annoyed over the discovery that
Tammany has reseyved several bril-
liant bursts OF speed for the home
stretch.-Anaconda Standard.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
Eccentric
n,

THAT man over there is a specialist in
diseases of the eye.a They say that he
never sends a bill TO his patients"
Works for the love of his profession
does hep"
"Oh. dear, nei You see. he makes every
body pay in advance. Cleveland Leader
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
And Maxbe r. won,t Taste Bad

81 would rather go down to eternal
oblivion than be instrumental in the
election OF Roosevelt.'-William Jen-
nings Bryan. Let Tom Watson put
that in his pipe and smoke it.-Houston
Chronicle.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
Accomplished

Hi Hawbuck-Hez thet son o. yourn
larned anything at college this year?
Rube Stubbletree-Yew bet, He's larn-
ed thet he kin most shock the corn by
swearin' at it.-Chicago News.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
Not So Low

First Hobo-The woman at the house
on the hill wanted to know when 1 took
my last bath.
Second Ditto-You ought to have told
her that. although we had to beg our food,
we hadn't got so low as TO have to do
our own washing.-BoSton Transcript.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01

know that his word is his bond and
that, if elected, he viii make an ideal
sheriff. as he is sound and worthy
citizen.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
Trouble Enouoh

Mrs. Waggles-If you can't sleep why
don't you see the doctor?
WagEleS-Dont you think 1 have
think abOut?-Town Topics.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01

A Chicago man has discovered the
eleventh commandment. Which gives
the other Chicago men just one more
commandment to break.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01

st. Petersburg-The issuance of an or
der by the governor general of Warsaw
for the troops to fire at assaiants instead
Of in the air. if they Were peted with
stones. led to a demonstration at VIOLA
Cossacks with drawn swords charged the
mob. many persons on both sides being
wounded.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01

Madrid-The political deadlock has been
arranged by the adoption by the chamber
of deputies Of a resolution. which had
the approval of all the different groups.
ecution of deputies to the court of cassa-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
Safe and Sane AGAIN

Seven minutes continuous cheering
for Mr.. Cleveland Well, well. what
are the Democrats coming to?-Indi-
annapolis News.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01
Horticultural

Wears Daughter-Wel John. see you
are looking as young as ever.
John-YeS, miss. thankyee. An they
tell me I'll soon be an octOgeranium.-
Punch
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01

Washington. D. C.-Gen. Emilio Nunez
governor of Havana gave glowing pic
ture of the substantial advance in almost
all lines made by Cuba since the island
was released to its people by the United
States.