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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
WANTS TAXES PAID
State Draws on Several Deiin-
quent Companies.

On behalf of the state, S. G. Iver-
sen, auditor, and J. H. Block, treas
1rer, have drawn upon the Western
Union Telegraph company for $25,S20.
That sum represents the company
tax for last year, figured at the aver
age rate of taxation in the state, 1882
mills on the assessed valuation OF
81 1000, 900. as fixed by the state board
of equalization.
The company some years age pro-
tested against the assessed valuation
placed upon it's property, and the taxes
for several years back are now await
ing the settlement of a case in court.
Each year during the tendency of this
suit the company has paid its taxes
on the basis which it contends is fair
and has withheld the remainder.
A draft has also been made upon the
North American Telegraph company
for $2,532, the board of equalization
having placed an assessed valuation Of
100000 upon its property.
Drafts of similar character have been
made upon the twentyeight fast
freight lines doing business in this
city. The total Of assessed valuation
of their property is $74,550, and the
total of their taxes $1,887.55.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
Applicant Too Honest.

Those who recommend men for places
to Commissioner John t. Oakley have to
be ready of tongue. A neat reply warns
the official heart But woe to him who
attempts eloquencer eXaggerating the sub
ject
1--WE just the man for job" said an
eyer-ready citizen.
There may be no suitable place. re-
piled the commissioner.
''You make one for this man"
Another case of the only man. eh?''
returned the official, smiling good
turedly
I should say So" explained the cit
fzeh. seating himself pompously. He is
as honest as the day is long"
That's it, my friend. I've only got a
few jobs left, and he won't do for any Of
Them
.HoB's that?"
s''You say he's as honest as the day is
long
Yes, and I can prove it,
And there's the rub That's what bars
him out. These jobs of mine call for men
who are honest in the evening Phil
adelphia Leader.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
A Mysterious Light.

Discoveries are now coming thick and
fast. One which unfortunately has es-
capped Is puZZling a Unknown electrical
investigator. He was experimenting a few
weeks ago with a vacuum tube con-
tanning, as he supposed, vapor mercury.
such as he used in an electrical glow light,
he connected the battery, and obtained A
brilliant white light. He disconnected the
battery and, to his establishment the tube
continued to shine as bright as ever
The wonderful light continued for ten
Gays, the experimental all the time try
Ing to solve the mystery. Then the whole
connection, was accidentally broken, and
all attempts thus far to reproduce it have
failed
The scientific world seems almost dunn
founded at Prof. William Ramsays dis
covery that the elements are, after All.
fransmutable- 1t is felt that what has
been regarded as one of the Foundations
of science has been destroyed
Prof. Oliver Lodge now launches the
following stupendous theory: There
are those who have supposed that matter
IS. after all. only the weapon and vehicle
OF mind The way it interpretS itself to
our consciousness through the sense Of
the organs gives no cleW to its nature A
motion and alteration Of the confgura ton
of the molecules of our brain are believed
to accompany every act of thought 1t will
be, at any rate. a suggestive analogy If a
material process of an essentially similar
sort is found to be occurring throughout
what we know as the inorganic WOrld-the
world of dead matter-and We should
begin to ask, does all this motion CORE
Spond to some universal thought or men
tai activity likewise? New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

Thieves Rob Gun Store-Thieves broke
the window of Frank Novotny's gun shop
on East Fifth street at 9 o'clock yester-
day morning and stole 81 worth of cheap
revolvers. The police have arrested two
suspects.
Has Hands Mangied in a Saw-Joseph
Flyer, 14S Fenton street. had both hands
mangled in the cogs of a Wood-saWlng
machine yesterday morning. DR.. Razlch
attended the man, who was removed TO
his home.
Pleads Guilty to Stealing Harness
Martin Norton was arrested yesterday
for stealing a harness from Henry Norton,
a West side grocer. Tuesday night. he
pleaded guilty in the police court and had
his sentence deferred.
Il Is Held on Charge of Assaut-AndreW
Bauer charged with assaulting saloon
keeper, Jacob Sauerwein, pleaded not
guilty in police court yesterday morn
ing. Sauerwein was unable to appear ana
Bauer was held in $50 bail. He Will pc
tried Monday.
Traffic Is DeIayed-The axies of two
Selby avenue cars were snapped Dy the
cold last night The cars came TO nalt
at either end of the Selby avenue bridge
over the Milwaukee railroad tracks No
nue. between 10 to II O'Clock
o
State Art League Meetins-The govern
ing board of the Minnesota State ART
league will hold its monthly meeting to-
day in room 10, in the capitol, TO discuss
arrangements for the annual EXHIBIT
which will be held at st. Cloud the first
two weeks of April.
Struck by Street car-Edward Lobin.
1913 West Seventh street, was struck ana
knocked down by Rice street car at the
corner of Rice and Winter streets yester
day afternoon and injured about the head
and body. He was taken to ms nome IA
the police ambulance and attended by
Police Surgeon Moore.
State institution Pay Roils-War rants
were drawn by the state auditor yester-
day for pay rolls of state pubhc lnstl-
buttons as follows: University of Mime
sofa, $31 711.04; Mankato state normal
school. S3152.7l; Duluth state normal
school, $2,1S7.19; Anoka asylum for IN
sane, $S67.6S.
Is Fined $50 for AssauIt-Fred Fischer.
one of the four men charged with as
eaulting a street car conductor, was yes
terday found guilty of assaultlhg con
ductor A. F. Peck and p. j. La Motto,
naotorman, and fined $50. Johh Cuh-
mings. William Smith and William var
nell were discharged, owing to the lhaDli-
tv of the car men to identify them The
assault occurred on board South wa
basha street car on Jan. u.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
SEA OF AzoF
Is Not Disappearing, but Is Rapidly
Sitting Up.

Is Not Disappearing, but Is Rapidly
Sitting UP.
One dispatch from Russia says that the
Sea OF Azof is disappearing, and another
that 1t is drying up. This is startling
news Of a body of water which is the out
let for millions of bushels of Russian eX-
port wheat. Fortunately the report is not
quite accurate.
The Sea of Azof is not drying up. 1t is
sitting up. Its chief water receipts are
derived from that very dirty river, the
Don, which spreads millions of tons of
sediment year over the shallow floor of
the sea. This process has been going on
for many ages and the alluvium from the
Don has been narrowing the basin and
raising the bed of the sea.
The ruins of the town of Tanais, found
ed by the Greeks at the very mouth Of the
Don. are now six miles inland. The re
suits of the filling-in process are appreci-
able from century to century, but still it
is slow work. Aristotle himself remarked
with regard to the extinction of the sea
that. 'tAll the inha bitants will perhaps
have disappeared before the change is
completed"
A more scientific prediction is rendered
possible by modern studies. 1t is found
that the mean depth of the whole sea is
thirty-two feet; that the amount of sedi-
ment annually emptied into the sea is
about 100000, 900 cubic feet, and that at
this rate of progress the Sea of Azof will
be filed up in about $4,000 years, period
sufficiently remote to mitigate any pres
ent anxiety.
The alarming report just circulated is
due to phenomenon that has occurred
in the long, narrow arm OF the sea known
at the Gulf of Taganrog. The waters at
Taganrog, the chief wheat port receded
so that for several days the bottom of the
gulf was visible for two or three miles
Vessels are lying high and dry and the
greatest confusion prevails in the har-
Dor. High winds hu1 clouds of sand
shOreWard"
This is very uncomfortable for all con-
in the Gulf of Taganrog. The mean depth
of the gulf is only ten to twelve feet and
it has diminished by nearly two feet since
the first charts were made. in the time Of
Peter the Great. Under the influence Of
strong and persistent winds the level of
the water is sometimes raised or lowered
mulch as 10 or even Is or II feet.
When the level is lowered the bottom of
parts Of the gulf is sometimes exposed to
view for several days This is not
frequent phenomenon. but it occurs now
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
TO ERECT BUILDING
FOR LABORATORIES
Capitol Commission Wants an Addition
al Appropriation.

The state capitol commission, at the
recommendation Of Cass Gilbert, yester-
day instructed the secretary to notify the
state departments desiring laboratories
that they could not be accommodated in
the new building on account of the alb
Sence of a necessary ventilating and eX-
haust service. An additional expenditure
of $4,000 is necessary to provide the nee
essary facilities in the building, and Gov.
Van SAINT will be asked to apply to the
legislature for funds sufficient to erect a
special building.
The commission allowed a number of
estimates, including $1,000 for E. E.
GarnSey and SO, $50 for E. Fl. Blashfieid
mission decided to take precautions
against fire in the building, and work
man were forbidden to smoke during
working hours. They Were allowed the
privilege of smoking in one designated
room during noon hour
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
COMMERCIAL CLUB DISCUSSES
STATUS OF STREET RAIL WAY AFFAIRS

Members Do Not Agree as to
the Proper Attitude Toward
the Company, but Join i'm a
Resolution Urging the Coun-
Gil to Take Action to Bring
About a Settlement of the
Matter That VIII Give the
Desired Extensions to the
Service.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WAS KILLED BY ETHER
PaiIbearers VIII include Mr.. Cleveland and
J. Pierpont Morgan.

NEW YORK, Feb -Septicaemia was
the immediate cause of the death of Will
liam G. Whitney, former secretary of the
navy, who passed away Tuesday even
ing. A semi-official account of his last
hours is to the effect that the ether which
produced peritonitis. following the opera
ton for appendicitis gradually spread
through the tissues of the body until 1t
reached the brain cells, when there was
paralysis and death.
1t was decided today that the funeral
will take place on Friday morning at 10
o'clock at Grace church Admission to
the church will be by card. as the ca
The pallbearers will be Grover Cleve-
land, Thomas Ryan, Elihu Root, Thomas
Dolan, J. Pierpont Morgan, Grant B.
Schley, Col. William Jay, p. A. B. Widen
er, H. Nick. Twombley and G. G. Haven.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
Druggist Compiled With Law.

Coroner Miller, who has been investigat-
West side, is satisfied that the proprietors
of the Wabasha drug store did not violate
the law when they sold strychnine to
Welsh's daughter. There is a state law
which requires every drug store to keep a
poison register in which the signatures of
all who purchase poison must be entered
The coroner found that this law had been
complied With
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
WHAT. she WILL WEAR.

cloth. d
Three quarter length coat of black
broadcIoth.
Black toqHe edged with mink fur
and trimmed with a smart bow of
cinnamon brown silk.
Mink peferlne, extra long.
Mink "piIloW" muff.
Cinnamon brown kid gloves.
Red carnations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
archbishop Ireland Sees Taft.

Special to The Globe
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. s.-Arch-
bishop Ireland called at the war depart
Taft the negotiations that led to the
purchase of friar lands by the Philippine
government -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
succumbs After Lone IIIness

Mrs. eleanor Sloan, aged eighty-six
years, died at the home of her daughter
Mrs. B. 7. McTeague, 474 Collins Street
yesterday. She had been an invalid for
the past eight years. She is survived by
two sons and two daughters
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

Mike fully, special policeman of
South st. Paul, who is charged with as
the lower court yesterday afternoon and
was bound over to the grand jury.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

The Sisters of the Good Shepherd wish
to thank most gratefully all the friends
of the institution who kindly added to
the number of votes which awarded them
the prize of $500 given by the Boston
Clothing house.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
DEATHS OF THE DAY.

LONDON. Feb. 3-Benjamin Pickard
president of the Miners Federation Of
Great Britain and Liberal member of
heart disease. He was born in 1912 and
began work in the mines at twelve years
of age
APPLETON, Wis, Feb. 3.-AIiss Rose
McHugh, aged los. is dead at New Lon
don. She was born in Ireland and lived
in three centuries. She came to America
when fifty-t years of age and lived
at Johnstown, Pa. and also at Pitts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

If your place don't suit you, look
over THE Globes Paying Wants" You
may find what you want there today;
If not today, tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

mand of the League Island navy yard to
assume command of the South Atlantic
station in place of admiral Lamberton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

and then. In spite of it Taganrog will
continue to be one of the chief Southern
ports of the empire for a long time to
cOne.-NeW York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protrudine Piles. Your
druggist will refund money il PAZO OINTMENT
fails 10 euro you in 8 to IA days SOC.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

Ever figure how many people want
to get rid Of what you want? Look
it up among The Globes Paying
Wants"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
CITY NEWS

The temperature at 2:30 a. m.
was n below zero, drop of I I de-
grees since 8 p. m.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
Business coIIene Entertainment

The Globe Business college will give an
entertainment this evening Rev H Y.
GiYler Will deliver an address on Gilt
edged Security
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

Unless the weather at New London
should be unseasonably warm, Miss
Pennington will appear in a "christen-
ing costume" admirably adapted to her
personality. This then will be:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

When in doubt as to how your mon
ey should be invested, read The
Globes Paying Wants."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
New Detail for sIasbee.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Feb. 3.-Rear
Admiral Charles d. Sigsbee today was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04
A SuSpender snap
MW For Mems handsome, regular
ZAC soc Isle web suSpenders.

We got these from a
d. rom
French eb5
AS the
Is the quantity limited
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

Traffic Is DeIayed-The axies of two
Selby avenue cars were snapped by the
cold last night The cars came to halt
at either end of the Selby avenue brldge
over the Milwaukee railroad tracks. No
cars were running beyond Hamline ave-
nue. between 10 to II O'Clock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

State Art League Meetins-The govern
ing board of the Minnesota State Art
league will hold its monthly meeting To-
day in room 10, in the capitol. TO discuss
arrangements for the annual eXhIpit
which will be held at st. Cloud the first
two weeks of April.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-04

4 Is Held on Charge of Assauit-Andrew
Bauer, charged with assaulting a saloon
keeper, Jacob Sauerwein, pleaded not
guilty in police court yesterday morn
ing. Sauerwein was unable to appear and
Bauer was held in $50 bail He will be
tried Monday.
Courier Democrat., 1904-04-28
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE
TEN MILLION DOLLARS WORTH
OF PROPERTY DESTROYED
At TORONTO, ONT.

Toronto, Ont, April 20.-The fire
that ragged throughout the night and
up to an early hour in the morning in
Toronto's wholesale and retail busi-
ness district was the most disastrous
in the history of the city. The total
loss is conservatively estimated at
s10,OOO.00O. The principal warehouses
of the city were reduced to ashes and
nearly $50 firms were put out of busi-
ness. The area covered by the fire is
three blocks in length and varies from
half a block to two blocks in width.
Every building on Bay street from Me-
linda street southwark to the Esplan-
ade at the water front was wiped out
and the fire spread on Wellington and
Front streets and the Esplanade, along
the water front, from their intersec-
tion with Bay street, from distances of
hundred feet to whole block. One
hundred and fourteen buildings were
destroyed and it is estimated that
5000 people are thrown out of employ
ment.
Courier Democrat., 1904-04-28
SCORE OF LIVES LOST
ToRNApoEs CAUSE HAVOC IN
VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE
SOUTHWEST.

Kansas City, April 25.-Not less
than a score of lives were lost in tor
nadoes in the Southwest Monday.
At Fairland, I. T., half dozen busi-
ness blocks were destroyed by a tor
nado. Seven persons were killed out
right and a number Of others were in.
jured, three of whom will die.
Six persons were killed about four
miles south of Pryor Creek, l. T.
John rruelove and child were killed
and Mrs. Truelove was fatally hurt at
Choteau, i. T. Near Choteau young
man was blown a quarter of q mile
and killed. An Indian woman and
her child were killed at Tahlequah,
l. T.
A tornado passed over Jefferson
county, Ark, killing two children and
doing heavy property damage.
A tornado passed three miles east
of Mexia, Tex, demolishing several
houses. Miss Jennie Shanks was prob
ably fatally injured and all of the
members of the Shanks family were
hurt.
Courier Democrat., 1904-04-28
CANAL SALE RATIFIED
SHAREHOLDERS OF PANAMA COM.
PANY APPROVE ACTION OF
ITS OFFICERS.

Paris, April 23.-The resolution of
the Panama Canal company share
holders ratifying the sale of the canal
to the United States was adopted al
most unanimously. There were only
five votes against it. The second Pan
anna resolution was also adopted.
There we're only two dissenting votes.
The meeting then adjourned. This
completes the transfer of the canal to
the United States.
Previous to the stockholders meet.
ing the contract by which the owner
ship of the canal strip passes to the
United States was signed, sealed and
delivered to representatives of the
United States government. The docu-
ment bears the signatures of President
Bo and Director Richman of the Pan
anna Canal company, who signed for
the company as its responsible Off
cials.
Courier Democrat., 1904-04-28
PRESIDENT Lovsgr in ROME.
French Ruler Lays Wreaths on Tombs
Of Dead ktnnS.


Rome, April 25.-President Loubet
Of France, who arrived In Rome Sun
day, went with royal cortege to the
Pantheon during the day to lay
wreaths on the tombs cf King Victor
Emmanuel II. and King Humbert. He
was received by veterans OF the Ital-
ian army. The function was of the
mot impressive nature, President Lou:
bet speaking to each veteran, some CT
whom wore medals gained while fight
ing in 1859 with the French against
Austria. With the same cortege Presi-
dent I4oubet then drove to the Palazzo
Margherita. formerly the seat Of the
American ambassador, to pay visit
to the queen mother, Margherita. He
remained half an hour.
Those surrounding the pope assert
that he has expressed his intention to
protest against the visit of President
Loubet on the ground that it is the
first occasion on which the head of a
Catholic country has visited the
Quirinal since the fall of the temporal
powers of the popes. 1t is not known
when or under what form the protest
will be issued,
Courier Democrat., 1904-04-28
BAD FLOOD in KANSAS
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HOMELESS
AND HEAVY PROPERTY LOSS
At FORT SCOTT.

Fort Scott, Kan. April 25.-Fort
Scott is experiencing the most serious
food in its history. Marmaton river
and Mill creek, which runs into the
former stream here, have risen ten
feet in the past twenty-four hours, the
result of heavy rains. Several hun
dreds of persons have been rescued in
boats. AS far as known no lives have
been lost. The estimated loss to live
stock drowned and property damaged
is 100000.
It is estimated that 300 persons are
homeless.
The storm is unprecedented in this
part of the state. It is estimated that
eight inches Of water has fallen.
Courier Democrat., 1904-04-28
pErAcHMENrs FROM GENERAL
TAcHiMrs DIVISION CROSS
THE YALu RIVER.
OCCUPY SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS
WITH LITTLE OPPOSITION
FROM RUSSIANS.
JAPANESE MERCHANT STEAMER
SUNK BY czAR's VLADivos-
rok SQUADRON.

Toxic, April 26.-The war depart
ment. without making public the point
from which the message was received,
announces that detachments from Cen
eral Tachimi's division entered Man
churia Saturday, crossing the Yalu
river near the intersection with the
Chang river and occupied the Man
churian towns of Seuhwangko and
Seupohoka. These towns are just
southwest of the important Korean
town Of Chosan, and the soldiers who
crossed the Yalu at this point undoubt-
edly belong to the army which was
landed in Eastern Korea-at Wonsan
and Chungtyang. From both points
there are military roads, and undoubt-
edly several brigades of the First d.
vision of the Japanese army are in the
territory between Chosan and Wiwon,
on the upper Yalu.
The government announces that in
fantry and cavalry occupied the Man.
churian towns named, but does not say
in what force. There was no opposi-
tion from the enemy, which is known
to be intrenched on the west bank Of
the Chang river.
While military officers will not for
mally discuss this important advance
by the Japanese army, there is no
doubt that it is the most significant
land operation so far since the declara-
tion of war. 1t is proof that the Japa-
nese in force have been able to pene-
trate Northern Korea without opposi-
ton, and are now 120 miles above the
mouth of the Yalu, while another di-
vision of the army under the direction
OF General Inouye has more than 49,
900 men in and about Win.
Courier Democrat., 1904-04-28
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Wednesday, April 20.


Robbers looted the safe in tie bank
at Napier, Neb. They escaped with
The Hawaiian Republican territorial
convention has instructed for Presi.
dent Roosevelt.
The Oregon Democratic convention
refused by large vote to send an in.
structed delegation to st. Louis.
The University of Glasgow conferred
the honorary degree of doctor of laws
on United States Ambassador Choate
Tuesday. S''so
No marriage license without a ply.
s,cian's certificate of health attached"
ls the slogan Of the Progressive Health
club of Chicago. ''n
DR.. Lorenzo ]. Kohnstamm. traveller
philosopher and physician Of more
tnan local reputation, is dead in a hos.
pital for the insane in New York citv.
Professor Thomas r. vickroy. aged
seventy-one years, well known amone
educators as an advocate Of phonetic
spelling, is dead at st. Louis. Death
was due to heart disease.
Courier Democrat., 1904-04-28
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Wednesday, April 20.

House - Naval appropriation bill
sent back to conference after an ex-
tended debate, the only disputed SEN
ate amendment accepted being that
providing for the construction in navy.
yards Of two colliers. Bill providing
for allotment of lands of the New
York Indians passed.
Senate-Members listen to a set
speech of almost two hours duration
on the trusts by Mr.. Dolliver and aft
erwards complete consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill, again
devoting much time to the provisions
for an extension of the east front of
the Capitol and for an additional
Office building for the senate.