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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
AIT St. Paul Theaters


The Four Cohans-and you may
count 'em-in Running for Office" d
rather clever musical comedy, stimu-
ton last night at the Metropolitan
lated a summer audience to apprecia-
The Cohans, veritable family, father,
mother, son and daughter, are gifted
and versatile lot, and they are sur
rounded by a large company Of pretty
girls and more or less capable men.
The plot, what there is of it, deals
with the Yicissitudes of a Prohibition
candidate for Office, who, already
blessed with a pretty daughter, falls in
love with and marries widow with a
grown son. Neither is informed Of the
parental state of the other, and both
are anxious, for the purposes of the
playwright, to conceal the existence Of
the encumbrances. The mistakes in
cident to the discovery of the exist
ence OF the young people present OPP
portunities for some funny situations.
The piece is the vehicle for much
singing and dancing and that of rather
good order. And 1t is to the credit
of George M. Cohan that he contrib
uted the musical numbers for the
piece-the dialogue would not get him
many honors. These musical bits pro-
vide for himself and his sprightly sis
ter, Josephine Cohan, numerous
chances to entertain, and they are all
Alool SATISFACTORILY taken advantage
of. The elder Cohans, J. j. and Helen,
contribute a good deal of comedy TO
the action and the show goes with a
vim that quite carries the audience.
There is just the suspicion Of the
'sFlorodora' SeXtette in the Cohan sex
tette, but the girls are SO pretty and
graceful that one is glad that George
Cohan remembered good thing when
he put the number into his offering.
Running for Office will finish the
week and the season at the Metropoli-
tan, and there will be the usual matt
ness tomorrow.
Only three more performances of
"Trilbyo will be given by Miss Percy
Haswell and the Fawcett company at
the Grand this week. Tonight and two
performances tomorrow will end the
first weeks engagement.
Moths" and ''The Great Unknown"
will be the productions that Miss Has
well and the Fawcett company will Of
fer next week at the Grand. Moths"
will be given the first half, ending
with the Wednesday night perform
ance. THE Great Unknown viii be
offered for the balance Of the week.
The Dainty Paree company at the
Star win give a ladies' matinee today.
The bill is a good one and the biograpb
pictures are far the best ever shown in
st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
JOHNSON READY TO
MAKE THIRD REPORT
Public Examiner to Submit Another
Statement to Governor Today

Three clerks and as many stenog-
raphers We're busily employed in the
office of Public Examiner S. II. John
son yesterday and it was understood
that they We're putting the finishing
touches on the third installment of>the
report covering the conduct Of the
state auditors Office under the previ-
Gus administrations of the office.
Three deputies have been at work
for the past two weeks in the investf-
cation of the auditors office, and there
were indications yesterday that the re-
port was about ready to file with the
governor. Johnson would not say what
developments might be expected, but it
was generally reported about the state
capitol that the report would be made
this morning to Gov. Van SAINT on his
return from a trip to Iowa Judging
from exterior appearances the third in
stallment will be fully as voluminous
as any of its predecessors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
Personal MENTION


Merchants-M. S. Goodner. Hutchinson:
E. F. Wagner, Stewartville; ]. A. Brown
and wife, Duluth; j. w. Admit, Owatonna
George Knoblach. Carver; A. B. Palmer
Seattle; G. Smith,. Duluth; H A. Olson.
Fargo; c. G.. Baldwin, Duluth; George
Murphy. Nome; F. z. Colgan, Kalispell.
Mont; F. M. Stone and wife. Spokane.
Ryan-M M.-Carraher Seattle; J. NJ
Ashton and wife, Tacoma; w. H. Klauer
Dubuque; DR. G. C. Mohun, San Francis
co; f.. A. Bfdwell and wife Mitchell
s. D.; w. H. DIN, Seattle; j. n Tate
and wife, Faribault; E. F. King and wife.
Webster City, Iowa; G. A. RaWlins and
wife, Bismarck, N. d.; A. L. Green
Butte; c. A. Young and wife, Winnipeg.
Windsor-R. D. King. NorthfieId o E.
Moline. Rock Island; E. e. Smith, Plain
view; Fred Nibble and WIFE New York:
p. L. Warren, Cass Lake; A. c. Peck
Denver; Carlos Boynton, Mankato: E
Cooper, Adrian; l.. A Gnohardt New
Tim; A. j. Stone, Rush City: l. A. Cas-
well, Anoka;. p. u Obserst and wife Hen
derson; E. F. Murphy, Anoka.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
MINNESOTA DENTISTS
HOLD ANNUAL SESSION
Many Patients Treated Free of Charge
During the Afternoon

The twenty-first annual session OF
the Minnesota State Dental association
convened in Bowlby hall yesterday and
viii continue until Saturday.
DR.. j. NJ Walls the president, in his
annual address, said that the organi.-
cation was to be congratulated upon
the fact that its membership repre-
sents a greater proportion of the dem
lists of the state than has been the
case at any previous period. He crit
icised those members Of the profession
who have ignored recognized ethics
and have been guilty of criticising
fellow practitioners.
DR.. Il. B. Hartzell read a paper on
The Administration of Gas in Pro-
longed Anaesthesia,' the subject being
discussed by a number of those pres
ent.
The afternoon session was devoted to
clinical work, during which time pa
tients were treated free of charge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
VERDICT is INVALID
Judge Lewis Grants New Trial
in Personal Injury Case

A verdict for $18,500, awarded by a
jury to Henry Holland in his personal
injury damage suit against the Great
Northern, was held to be invalid by
Judge Lewis in a decision filed in the
district court yesterday. Judge Lewis
grants the Great Northern a new trial
on the ground that the verdict is not
justified by the evidence.
Holland was a Switchman employed
by the Great Northern, who lost one
of his legs while employed in the
yards at West Superior, Wis. His in
jury was the result of the negligence
of fellow servant. Suit was brought
in Minnesota and Holland, few
weeks ago. was awarded a verdict for
$18,500.
Under the rules of common law" a
servant who is injured by the negli-
gent action of a fellow servant cannot
recover, but in some states the law has
been changed and corporations are held
liable even though the injury is the
result of fellow servants negligence.
Minnesota has a law of this kind, but
it is held that it was not shown during
the trial that Wisconsin, where the ac>
cident occurred, has any such law. The
failure on the part of Hollands attor-
neys to show this is the cause of the
verdict being invalidated.
The Great Northern set forth this
omission and asked for judgment
Notwithstanding the verdict Judge
Lewis declined to direct a verdict for
the company, but he granted the mo-
ton for new trial.
In explaining why the new trial is
granted, Judge Lewis, at the close of 4
lengthy memorandum, says: "At the
trial, plaintiff through inadvertence or
some other reason wholly failed to offer
any evidence in support of the allega-
tions of the complaint as to the exist
ence of this fellow servant law of Wis
consin, and for this reason a new trial
must be granted"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
THE OLD STORY OF UNPREPAR-
EDNESS

The practically useless life preservers
that were on board the steamer Gen
eral Slocum correspond to the locked
exits and the INSTRUCTED asbestos cur
tain of the Iroquois theater. On the
steamer, as in the theater, there was,
apparently, some effort made to obey
the wording of the law, but the 81 irit
that aims al the protection and preser-
walton of life was ignored. Yet the very
fact that so many horrible disasters
are associated with steamboat excur-
sions would seem to be sufficient to
Keep awake the conscience of those
on whose shoulders rests the response
bility for the safety of an excursion
crowd.
The great peril of every steamer that
sails the high seas is fire. Inventions
that modern science has made possible
never ceasing watchfulness and the
thorough discipline that prevails on
board have done much to lessen that
peril, but, Judging from the description
of the condition of the General Slocum
it would seem that excursion boats are
not nearly so carefully looked after as
are the ocean liners. But the former
stand in greater peril. Invariably the
crowd that goes out in one taxes the
capacity of the boat, and invariably,
too, it is made up of careless, light
hearted people who are glad, for the
time being, to leave responsibility and
care behind them and to rely entirely
upon the people in charge of the boat
for their we'll being. Pleasure seekers
go out on those excursions at their own
risk; they cannot be absolutely safe
guarded. But they have right to ex-
pect and the public has a right to de-
mand that everything possible shall be
done to insure their safety.
There are undoubtedly many excur-
sion boats plying along the seacoast
and on inland waters that are merely
fire traps like the General SIocum. It is a
reprehensible custom to make over into
excursion boats crafts that are unfit
for anything else. Fresh paint and
brass band conceal a multitude of de-
feets in the way of unreliable equip
ment and defective construction and
nobody on board feels uneasy until it
is too late But for the very reason
that an excursion boat is apt to come
to grief even under the most favorable
conditions, it should lack nothing in the
way Of construction or equipment that
will lessen the risk pleasure seekers
assume when they step on board. If
there must be those large pleasure ex-
cursions, the authorities should see to
it that they are taken only in the
stanchest of crafts, manned by a relia-
BILE and well disciplined crew and pro-
vided with every facility that will en-
able passengers to escape when danger
threatens.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
Among the Merrymakers
skeptlc and Pessimlst

Mr.. Dolan looked at his visitor with
an expression of confirmed opposition
and during the friends argument he fur
Their emphasized his disagreement by an
occasional emphatic shake of the head
Nav, l don't hold wild Ioife insurance
companies, nor yet wild savings banks, .
he said, Stubbornly. A cousin o. me
own, he had his 1oife insured for the
benefit O. his wildly, an afther all he
nivver had one, for twas him lived to
be eighty an her that doied
vivid banks it's just the other way
he continued. For there was me own
uncle; he put money in the bank. and
he kept sticking it in and sticking it in
in the hopes that whin old age come he
cud take it ouk gradual loike and emily
himself; and instid O. that, twas him that
had the wildly before he touched sixty
two! They're wurrked on the wrong
plan, the both O. thin institutions, man;
and it's a wonder to me to hear YOU
spanking. a good wurrd for em.-Youth s
Companion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
TODAY'S WEATHER

cast:
Minnesota Friday; warmer in east
portion; Saturday partly cloudy; proba-
bly, showers and cooler in west portions
fresh south winds, becoming variable
Wisconsin-Fair; warmer Friday; Sat-
urday fair; fresh southwest winds
loWa-Fair Friday warmer in central
and east portions; Saturday fair and
warmer
Upper Michigan-Fair Friday; warmer
in west portion; Saturday fair; fresh
winds, mostly south.
Montana-Fair Friday; cooler in north
west and southeast portions; Saturday
fair.
North and South Dakota-Fair Friday.
followed by showers and cooler in after
noon or night; Saturday fair.
ST. Paul = Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul. W. f. Oliver, observer for
the twenty-foJr hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture, 80; lowest temperature, so; average
temperature. IS; daily range 80; p. m.
temperature, III; barometer, 30.12; humid
ity. 70 precipitation, %.
Yesterdays Temperatures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
Contemporary Comment
Cleveland His own Platform

The more that Mr.. Cleveland says
Parker the more the honest and stout
hearted Democrats of the country will
say Cleveland. Ii is no reflection upon
Judge Parker to say that in this emer-
sehcy he is but poor substitute for
Grover Cleveland. Judge Parker needs
PLATFORM, and a wisely drawn plat
form. Grover Cleveland does not need
any platform. Whether the conven-
ton which places him in the field
Iornulates platform or not makes no
uIIerence. He is a platform in him.
SELF "A stupid convention might hand
leap him with, a silly platform and it
would De forgotten in a week. A timid
convention might set him upon
meaningless platform and it would inn
medlately pass out of mind. Grover
cleveland is a platform in himself No
aggregation of cheap politicians can.
write platform that will bind him or
the people who support him.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17

SAYS THE Beers
ARE RECALCITRANT
Col. julius H. Kiesel Declares
That the Future Looks Dark
for South Africa

The Beers are .recalcitrant and CON
ditlons in the Transvaal beggar de-
scrlption, according to the Statements
OF Col julius I'll. Kieser, of Johannes
Durg, South Africa, who is guest ar
the Ryan hotel.
The Beers will never subnoit n
English domination" said Col Kiasar
who is grizzled veteran Of the Roer
war, and who talks English with a de-
elded Dutch accent. But comparatfve-
ly few have taken the oath of aIla-
glance, for they do not care to pJace
themselves under British rule when
they do not have one chance in nine
"heh In courts Or in any other place
where judgment is required between q
brltoh and Boer. The Dutch col
onlsts, after enjoying for SO many
years freedom wholly unrestrained
oy authority. are slow in conforming
20 the new ideas which the British are
trying TO force on them, and relations
are almost as badly strained as upon
the conclusion of the war.
Business conditions are intolerahle
IN johannesburg, a city of 10000
population, there are at the least estj-
mate 5000 people who have not the
means of support and who subsist on
the government Soup kitchens. Many
OF them are English volunteers who
We're given lands by the government
on the conclusion of the peace treaty
and who have deserted their farms and
nocked to the centers of population.
Ihey were not agriculturistS and they
knew nothing of methods to be EN-
plcyed to make farming a success in
South Africa.
OepIorabIe Condition of Morals
The first year there was a rron fail
ure, and while this year there is a good
crop, a large majority Of the new
farmers have given up in despair and
nave gone to the cities in the hope of
government aid if not Of employment.
To add to the Indebtedness Of the pop
ulation, the LOO to 1900 young Eng
hShwomen who were sent out by the
government to teach the Beers the
English language and to instruct the
BOer women in dairying and household
economy, according to the English
standard, have many of them yielded
to conditions and have entered on lives
of immortality. There is deficit, of
100, 900 in the railway revenues and
Of 6 1.500,000 in the government reve-
nueS. do not pretend to know what
the outcome of the situation is to be
but the future certainly looks dark for
South Africa
Col. Kieser. who is accompanied. by
his wife. is touring the country. He
has been at the fair and is en- route
to Yellowstone park and the Pacific
coast country. He was prisoner Of
war at Bermuda and was forced to
make the declaration. He was, before
the war large stock raiser in the
Transvaal and lost heavily by reason
of the war, but recouped his shattered
fortunes by lucky investments in min
ing properties.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
Rupture Of Illinois Democracy

According to a Chicago telegram Mr..
Hearst will get the Illinois delegates
to the st. Louis convention. This is
not because Illinois Democrats love
Hearst or the principles he advocates,
but is the result Of factional fight in
Chicago between Mayor Harrison and
ex-Mayor John p. Hopkins. The latter
needed aid in the fight and he took in
Hearst, promising him the national
delegation as his share of the spoils of
victory. The Harrison faction was de-
feated. and Hopkins has informed his
friends throughout the state that the
deal with Hearst must go through.
They agreed, though admitting antag-
onism to Hearst and the vote of I'LL.
nois is thus settled.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
THEIR CARDINAL ERROR

1t Us an interesting if rather depress-
ing account of conditions in Australia
that was given by its commissioner to
the St. Louis exposition in an inter-
view in Thursdays Globe. Australia
is materially depressed. The borrowing
on a gigantic scale that carried her
through her earlier period of develop
ment came TO its inevitable conclusion.
The period of debt paying has now ar
rived, and with the cutting off of credit
there was a collapse of all the boom
features and part of the natural bust
ness activity belonging to Australia's
era of great prosperity. In addition to
that the absolute restriction of the
labor supply by unwise laws, the alarm
ing decrease of the birth rate, the
crowding of people into cities and pop
ular depression and discomfort all cast
gloomy shadows over the future.
1t seems to us that the cardinal mis-
| take of Australia is easy to select and
is worthy of note, because it is one to
which old as well as young communi-
ties are liable. The great fallacy of
Australians people is their reliance
upon legislation. They have ceased to
trust the human unit or to rely upon
him as the essential factor in develop
| ment. Everywhere there is faith in the
| efficacy of law; and clamorous de-
mand, whenever any evil is discerned,
for more and more legislation to correct
it. This distorted view paralyzes energy
and destroys initiative. The commu-
nifty that lies down to sleep believing
| that it's lawmakers can do all that is
| necessary for progress and prosperity
will wake only to a sorrierfate.
A belief in the efficacy of legislation
is the curse Of every modern commu-
nifty. We have thousand times too
| many laws already and pay a thou
sand times too much attention to them.
| If most of them could be swept off the
statute books of states and of the ma
ton tomorrow it would be a distinct
gain. The country would go on deveI-
oping more naturally, and the minds of
men would be turned more. directly to
their responsibilities and to the fact
that they must work out their own
salvation instead of feeling that the
law can save them. We in this country
have fought two national campaigns on
| an issue which, plainly stated, was Meth
er more nor less than that the legisla-
tive power could effect real miracle
if it pleased. In Australia this form OF
mania has probably become more gem
eral and gone to greater extremes than
elsewhere. The average Australian is a
man whose mind turns first to some
form Of legal regulation, creation or
prohibition whenever there is any pur-
pose to be accomplished; hence disap-
pointment, nom achievement, stagna-
ton and decline.
That people and that country which
first grasp firmly the true conception of
law as national evil and put and keep
it in that place will astonish the rest of
the world by the rapidity and brilliance
of their development in all directions,
material as well as mental and moral.
rTbo+ coo corYoo+ rao,, IN oI-o NF;ab
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
! Terrorism d. RaisuIi

The terrorism welded by a rebel
leader like Raisuli at the very gates of
town which has lately become a pop
ular. resort With Enghshmen, sAneri-
cans, Frenchmen,- .Spaniards, Germans
and Italians, is an International nui-
sance that ought not to be tolerated.
At the same time there is much force
in the representation of the consul gen
eral of the United States that ''the
case is difficult one The pressure
exercised must be firm, but it will haye
to be discreetly applied, lest Raisuli
should wreak vengeance on the cap
tiyes, as happened to the unfortunate
prisoners who fell into the hands Of
the bandits at Marathon a few years
ago.-London Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
Trouble About the Vice Presidency

The trouble with the vice presidency
is that the incumbent is not given
enough to do, and is not clothed with
any more power than belongs to the
presiding officer Of the senate. 1t has
peen suggested that he ought to be ex-
o1nclo a member of the cabinet and so
intimately associated with the admins
tratlon that he would drop naturally
into the harness. fully equipped for ad-
illustrative duties in case of death or
disability creating vacancy to which
he would succeed. Perhaps it would
nave been better for the country if the
present executive had had some such
training before assuming the reins Of
government. At any rate, the office
might be made more attractive for the
really big men who might succeed to
the presidency.-San Antonio (Tex)
Express.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
Insurance Company Loses Case

Judge Kelly filed an order yesterday
in the case of the Belle Plaine Manu-
featuring and Supply company against
the Consolidated Fire and Marine In
surance company, a suit on a fire pol
icy after loss by fire. The policy ran
to M. C. Mccarthy, A. Donovan and II.
J. Bruna, who comprised the corpora
ton. The defendant company claimed
that it was an Individual policy, while
the loss was a loss of the corporation.
Judge Kelly holds that the plaintiffs
should recover
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17

Judge Orr is trying the case against
the street railway company brought by
Anna Nj. Poppler, as guardian of Gott-
fried Poppler a little school boy, who
was struck by a street car and serious
ly injured. The child was on its way
to school when it was struck by a car
on West Seventh street. Damages are
asked in the sum Of SIS .000-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
Chicken Time. Too

I'VE got ter sit rid er dat preacher er
ours said Brother Williams.
Whats he been dom now?" asked an
old deacon.
ivy, he done gone en- predicted de
end er de WORT des eZ June watermil-
lions wuz in sight!"-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
woman,s Sweet soIIcltude

wife. I've cot the worst Of i nv s o9llg
cleaning done. / got my husband to clean
out the cellar. take up the carpets and
"Oh. then he didn't go to the Office to-
day?' remarked Mrs. Naybor.
sNo; he said he felt SO miserable this
morning just wouldn't let him. ''-Catho-
lie STANDARD
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
BY No Means Friqhtened

And you asked her father for her
hand?''
Yes"
WAS he violent?"
Very. He said 1 must be an idiot to
think of such thing
What did you reply?"
Il told him that, of course he knew
his own family better than 1 did, but
that | was willing to take my chance
London Tit-Bits.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
those Mine RIunders

It was al st. Petersburg.
Your exceliency, ventured the. prime
minister I'VE must raise another fund to
build WarShips.'
The car smiled wan smile.
"An right he responded land / sup
pose it will be sinking fund. Chicago
News
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
Excitement In Scientific Circles

''What are the university buildings all
lighted up for tonight?''
They're giving a reception to Prof
Ontrack. He has discovered a microbe
that feeds on the microbe discovered by
Prof. Diggitup the other day. Chicago
Tribune
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
TWO Bum Names

A charming young lady named Cholmon-
deley
In figure and feature most colmondeley,
Will be Mrs. Colquhoun
On the second of Jolquhoun.
And pronounce her new name just as
rolmondeley.
London Globe
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-17
A Confident Assertion

''Some political economists. said the
woman with steel-rimmed glasses "say
that an excess of money is q disease
well" answered young Mrs. Torkins
"if you know any one who is worried
that way he can go to the races with
my husband and get cured Washing
ton Star.