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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Believes That the Same Liquid Should
Be Used for All Christeninqs

To the Editor of The Globe:
In regard TO the christening of the
battleship Minnesota with water in
stead of wine, will you kindly publish
a few words OF defense?
Marie" i'm a recent article, after
paying the usual compliment to the
w. c. T. u. women and the good they
have accomplished, says: But surely
Ii is not well to allow ones reasoning
powers to become befogged because
one believes in total abstinence" No,
verify. But these women have reason
for the faith that is in them and aver
that I'm elden times. when the launch
ing of a ship was accompanied by A
libation to Neptune, wine was not an
uniting symbol. but in these days and
in this country, we having a better
knowledge of the god of the sea than
had the ancients. can but regard it's
use upon such occasions elf we con-
slider the subject without prejudice,
temperance or otherwise) as absurd.
The very word christen implies q
Christian ceremony, and plain every
day common sense would suggest that
the baptismal fluid symbolic life and
purity, not danger and death
The editor of a prominent newspaper
mot temperance paper-not long
ago advocated the use of water instead
OF wine in the christening OF wafships.
THE use OF wine.' ne said. lis cat of
date and not in keeping with Amer
iea.s character. Pure water Is the best
symbol Of national purity OF purpose
and q good conscience. which the navy
IL supposed to represent and make
good" Mrs. FsrnswertA.
ST. Paul. March 40.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
INC[NDIARY FIRE
BURNS NINETEEN
Criminal Negligence Charged
in Tenement House
Calamity

NEW YORK, March 14-Njaetaa,
persons were burned to death in a tire.
winch destroyed the five story tome
ment house at 15 Allen street early to
DAY. More than forty were injured
ana only few of the sleeping inmates
escaped unhurt Several of those who
pefIshed were roasted to death in plain
view OF thousands in the streets. Cor
ener Goldenkranz declared after an
investigation that he had reason tn
DeIleve the blaze was the work of an
ineendiary. He issued subpoeDas for
the hre marshal, tenement house and
building inspectors and health and no.
nee ornciais to appear before him at
the inquest Thursday.
ne nre started in the basement and
spread with frightful rapiditv to tba
fooI. The victims We're caught in
traps or names, the halls and exits he
ius feIioered impossible in few min
uteS after the blaze started. The b,IiId
ing was one of the usual crowdad go
ments, and the disaster was the xvors+
IN the history of the east side Tba
uist1ct attorneys office has begun am
investigation to place the blame Chief
croker OF the fire department asserts
S lid. the police and the tenement house
S 80 liiients are TO blame for the Vio-
tations OF the fire escape law. The
tenement house department officiaIs GOV,
that the blame is on the shouldars oe
The fire commissioner
Or the 10 dead. s bodies, those of a
boy and girls, remain unidentified
Following is list of the dead:
RACHAEL SOLOMON, aged 45.
JACOB SOLOMON, aged Is.
!SAAC SOLOMON, aged 1S.
JESSIE COHEN, aged 10.
ROSE WIENER, aged %.
SANDER WIENER. aged 4.
Ida MUSKOWITZ, aged 10.
HARRY KAUFMAN. aged 10.
ROSE MILLER, aged 4. --
NORRIS MILLER. aged S months,
SARAH KLINE, aged 60.
BELLA ZEIDLER, aged 80
HARRY ZEIDLER, aged IL.
HARRIS ZEIDLER. aged 40
RACHAEL ZEIDLER,. aged IL.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
At St. Paul Theaters

A matinee today at 2.30 and a per-
formance tonight viii close the en-
gagement of Mildred Holland at the
Metropolitan opera house in The Tri-
umph OF an Empress" Mildred Hol-
lanc in the present performance dem
onstrates that she has ability. Those
who saw her years ago were not pre-
pared for the exhibition of power that
she has eyinced in this drama.
Love, pity and renunciation-these
are the basic elements of Richard
Wagner's sacred festival music drama
"Parsifal,' which Henry w. Savage
will offer in English at the Metropoi-
itan opera house the latter half of next
week. beginning Thursday night. The
story shows the evil result of sin and
how the sinner may be redeemed
through the pity of another who has
resisted temptation and come to that
pity by knowledge of what the sin is.
while parts of the music drama are
symbolic Of some of the most solemn
events in the life of our Lord, they
are. so to say. merely illustrative of
the moral Wagner has sought to en-
FORCE Contrary to the belief of many
Parsifal is not Christ, nor In the least
rs he symbolic of him. Parsifal is a
mythical hero. enveloped in a mystic
atmosphere, better than his fellows,
- nv tiAsc has wagner sought 20
make him the perfect man. He is as
symbolic Of purity and remuneration as
Amfortas. the erring king of the grail,
is of sensuality.
The isle of Spice" company of fifty
people will be seen at the Metropol-.
ltan opera house. Sunday, Monday.
tuesday and Wednesday in the must
cal extravaganza, the Isle Of Spice"
Inere VIII be a matinee at the Grand
To-Day at 2:30 of the musical comedy.
Buster Brown" This piece has been
an emphatic hit with large audiences.
Inc tiny comedian. Giovanni, plays the
ute role, and is assisted by Jack Rel
as Ilge, and are great favorites with
the women and children. The two are
enough 10 support the whole enter
talnment. but they are surrounded by
d large company of capable players
me chorus mas many pretty girls. who
sing well and their dancing is an esDe-
ciaiiy captivating feature.
In addition to the regular matinee
Saturday at e:3o and on account of the
large sale of tickets for that perform
ance, the management has decided TO
give an extra performance SATURDAY.
morning at 10 O'clock
CHARLES E. Blaney's new play. More
TO Be Pitied Than Scorned" is to have
It's hrst production in this city next
sunday matinee at the Grand II is
said TO contain blending of tears and
laughter, and will be staged in a style
peculiar to Mr.. Blaneys productions.
The scenic equipment is said to be .un-
usually large, and the cast competent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
TODAY'S WEATHER

WASHINGTON, March 1I.-Forecast:
Miilnesota-Snow Wednesday: Thursday
Iair IN west, snow in east portions fresh
east 10 south winds becoming variable.
upper Micnigan-Partiy cloudy We'd
nesoay, snow In northwest portion: rhurs-
oax: snow, variable winds
Wlsconsin-Fair I'm north. snovv in
soueh portion Wednesday: Thursday ra in
OF snow. fresh east to southeast winds
u- Nostn ana South Dakota-Rain or snow
wednesday. Thursday fair
lowa-kain or snow and warmer We'd
nssoay; Thursday fair in west, rain or
Montana-Geherany fair Wednesday and
Thursday an"
ST. Paui-Observation taken Yesterday
by the United States weather bureau
w L. Oliver. observer. for the twenty
four hours ended at O'Clock last night
barometer corrected for temperature and
eievationl: Barometer. 30.3e: relative hu-
Nudity: 80: weather partly cloudy. maxi
mum temperature. 80: minimum temper
ature, n; daily range. IL. mean tempera-
ture. 20; D. m. temperature, %; wind
at Z D. m. south. precipitation. 06
Yesterdays temperature ut other points:
sSpmHlgh sSDfnHicn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
RUSSIA AND PEACE

The position of Russia with regard
acteristic of her profound misunder-
standing Of her rival and her own I'M
fortunate national traits. 1t is a sorry
kind of pride, after all. that sends men
by battalions to certain and useless
death on the theory that peace propo-
sitions cannot be entertained until
after victory. At present it would
appear that, should Russia adhere to
this rule, peace will never come On
the other hand, whenever Japan shows
willingness to make terms, Russia
instantly interprets this as a sign of
weakness, declares that Japan's finan-
cial resources are being exhausted and
proceeds to make new and larger war
preparations. An ignorance as incon-
ceivable as this will require much pun
ishment and suffering to educate.
1t seems as if only the paralysis OF
effort due to domestic troubles could
force Russia into a rational attitude.
From the very outset Japan has offered
reasonable terms. With each advan-
tage she has gained she has added, as
is natural, something to her require
ments. Every operation of the war
has cost her immense sums of money,
as well as loss of life, and the victor
naturally expects to be compensated in
proportion to his sacrifices. Even now
it is perfectly certain that Japan would
be satisfied with terms that the other
powers would be obliged to acknowl-
edge modest, and infinitely less exact
ing than those which they imposed
upon China, for example, after >the
boxer trouble. Russia seems to think
up her own peace conditions.
The attitude of Japan toward peace
has been very fine from the beginning.
With admirable consistency she has
deplored and deprecated war, insisting
only upon those things which were alb
solutely essential to her national in
tegrity and safety. She is obliged to
add to these from time to time such
indemnity as will partially recompense
her Cor the enormous expense of con-
tinuing the war. But Japan really
does want peace in the interest of hu-
mainly. After her accomplishments
none but a lunatic or one driven in
sane by wounded pride would suppose
that she lacks either credit or the re-
sources to carry her brilliant opera
lions to an equally brilliant close.
The responsibility for this war, which
must be placed upon Russia's agrees
sion, is matched by her responsibility
for the failure to agree to that peace
which is at any time within her grasp.
She will be the most stupid as we'll as
the most brutal of nations should she,
out of mere desperate bravado, con-
tinue much longer this hopeless con-
test.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
DAVID B. HILL MAKES
ARGUMENT FOR PATRICK
Alleged Murderer of Rice Concludes
Not to Speak for Himself

ALBANY. n. Y, March 14.-Albert
L. Patrick sat before the judges of the
court of appeals today and heard ex-
Senator David 3. Hill argue his ap-
peal from the Judgment convicting him
of the murder of William M Rice the
New. York millionaire. Patrick's in
tention was to address the court, but
upon the advice of his counsel he re-
manned silent. contenting himself with
listening TO the argument and in MAX
ing notes. which he used afterwards in
advising with Mr.. Hill regarding the
rebuttal which will probably occur to-
morrow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
What the Editors Say

The revised code Is likely to cause
some friction between the house and
senate. II has been passed by the
house, but the senate is in no hurry.
The members of that body want 10
be sure that it is right before they
act upon it. and they are correct in TAX
ing this position. 1t is quite probable
its adoption may be put off two years,
and wisdom would indicate that course.
Ii Will give ample time for close study
OF 1t, lead 10 the discovery OF errors and
Of new laws enacted by the commits
sion, and then when il is adopted it
will be what it should be. a correct
codihcation of the laws. Better wait,
no harm will be done by little delay.
Rochester Post and Record
The other day a boy Is years old
was arrested in a Minnesota town and
given flve days for smoking cigarette.
or course the benign purpose of the
law. and the beneficent object for hu-
initiating that boy and making "jail
bird of him, is to cure him of smoking
cigarettes and make man of him."
And of course he's cured. Never again
VIII the aromatic fumes of Dukes
mixture permeate the sensitive cellu-
lar tissue of his youthful lights. The
nreslde has delegated to the state its
most sacred duties and prerogatives.
and prisons are equipped to affix the
brand OF felony for imaginary offenses
-Warroad Plaindealer
Norway and Sweden are on the verge
or war, and the committee of the Nor
wegian storthing have made a move
nent that may precipitate hostiiities.
Dy deciding TO establish an independent
Norwegian consular service not later
than April /. 1906. II is to be hoped
tnat war Will not ensue. The one now
raging is enough not only for the pres
ent, out Tor some time to come. II
Carnegle'S peace palace were built the
matter might be considered there and
compromise agreed upon.-Roches-
ter Post.
The conviction of Cassie Chadwick
and her sentence to fourteen years'
imprisonment will give general salts
Iactlon. but the public will not be en-
tireiy satisfied until the bank officials
VINO assisted her to rob the depositors
are also behind prison bars. Their
guilt Is greater than hers.-Duluth
Herald.
some OF the southern papers refuse
10 Deheye that We have been seeding
In the Red river valley. They're jeaI-
Gus. and afraid we're going into the
orange and banana business next
Red Lake Courier.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Beef Trust and Mr.. Garfield

Anent the sarcastic observation that
commissioner Garfield controlled his
sympathies for the poor sufficiently to
refrain from recommending that col
lection be taken up for the relief of the
distressed beef packers IL is 10 be re-
marked that Mr.. Garfield is probably
moving as rapidly as he can as single
piece or a, ponderous system OF ma
chinery. Sporadic reforms are of but
little account. 1t takes time for them
to get their work in.-CincinRati En-
quirer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Greeson Case Do Aaain

PHILADELPHIA, March II. = The
supreme court today decided 10 send
the Greason case back To the court Of
oyer and terminer OF Berks county and
allow this body to use it's discretion in
granting a. new trial. Greason and
Mrs. Kate Edwards were convicted OF
the murder of ;he womans husband,
GfessoB being convicted on the WON :.
ans testimony Mes. Edwards SUISSE
aueatiy confessed that she had per-
juFed herself aud ekonesated Grsasou
frsua all bizhaes : -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15

Even the Lord is after the Standard
Oil trust, as he has revealed to the eye
OF man vast fields OF oil in northwest
ern Canada.-Crookston Journal.
Not too fast. brother. There are
signs that the goodly John d. Rookie
heavenly lamp with the product OF
those fields, and even now doth the
heather Of the anti-system press rage.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Hasten Naturalization

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE special
committee of the board of directors of
the Equitable Life assurance society,
consisting of James w. Alexander,
Cornelius N. Bliss, T. Dewitt Cuyler,
Chauncey NJ. Depew, James II. Hyde,
V. S. Snyder and Gage e. Tarbell,
unanimously resolved today to recon-
mend to the board that the charter of
the society be at once amended so az
to confer upon the policy holders the
right TO elect majority of the board
of directors, namely, 2S out of So.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Negro Omceholders

The selection of colored Demosthe-
mes for collector of internal revenue in
New York is another eloquent answer
to the southern criticism that we don't
give the colored brethren offices up
north. 1t was answered in Boston
some time ago when Assistant United
States District Attorney Lewis came
in.-Boston Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
WHAT Is THE HURRY

WHAT is THE HURRY
One question we should be pleased to
have some Republican contemporary
or some Republican member Of the leg
islature answer. We want explained
to us the reason why there must be a
code passed at this session of the legis-
| lature.
We are asking this in all sincerity
Ever since the legislature assembled 1t
has been acting as If code revision was
a species of antitoxin that must be
spread of some dire epidemic. Maybe
1T is. Our attitude is simply that of
wanting to know. Wherein will the
people of Minnesota suffer if no revised
code is adopted for the next two years?
Is the pressure exerted to force
through the code from party sources.
or from individuals interested. or what
is its source?
No living human being pretends that
AC hhCNS vi NdI hLON Htdl TIE GOuG
as now before the senate includes, or
what effect 1t would have If enacted.
An interesting contemporary, which
has taken a sane position heretofore
on code legislation, now waivers into
line, but the best that it can give us is
the negative assurance that 1t does not
absolutely know the provisions of the
present revision TO be evil. Speaking
of the assertion that the code contains
no dangerous or unbearable new law,
1t says "it is too soon TO decide that
this assurance is impossible Again,
nobody asserts that it is perfect"
The beginnings of other sentences re-
lating to alleged imperfections are as
follows: I'VE do not hear of-any great
difference" There is said to be a diff
ference of opinion" "Some lawyers
take the view" But we are inclined
to think" Every word Of this is an
open admission that the writer's high
est ambition is simply not to say that
the proposed code is evil, but that he
cannot declare it to be good.
Now action on such doubtful prem
ises as this might be allowable If we
were confronted with some great emer-
gency. Suppose the supreme court of
the United States had just decided
that all the laws ever enacted by Min
nesota relating TO taxation were un-
constitutional. The state would then
be without any tax system, and obvi-
ously it must have one. 1t would be
better to force through some tax
measure. even at the risk of error,
than to leave us unprovided with
means of collecting revenue. In the
present situation there is no emer-
gency. All our laws would stand ex-
actiy as they are if no code were to be
passed. Any sane business man wishes,
before signing a business contract coy
ering LOCO typewriter pages, to study
every line of 1t and to take the best
legal advice. Wherein is the case of
the state different? We simply ask,
since the best friends of the code take
the agnostic attitude, why invite
risk?
There would seem to be some I'M
known reason behind this urgency ex-
hibited for the adoption of body of
law which no one has examined or can
examine in all its particulars before
the Legislature adjouras. What is it?
Why this insistence upon having the
state<invite a possible calamity. when
1t cannot suffer in. the slightest par
ticular by leaving matters as they are
until there has been sufficient time to
study the new code provisions and pass
upon them inteliisently?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Gives Cards if Not Spades

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng, March IL
On May IL. 1908, in lat. 30 deg. so min.
north and long. So deg 10 min. west.
while on the way from Montevideo to
this port, the American consul at South
ampton. Albert w. Swain. and party
of friends placed their cards in bottle
and threw it overheard. Today Mr..
Swain received the cards from a coast
guardsman who was on duty near
Arranmoore, Donegal, Ireland, who
picked up the bottle Friday last. The
distance Travelled was over 1900 miles.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15

Newspapers and the courts

1t is not for the best interests of the
people that the judiciary should be en-
urely exempt from criticism by the or
binary organs of public opinion Oc-
casionaily it is proper to take a~court
10 task for particular decision-after
Ii has been. rendered and the matter
mas been closed. To permit the courts
indefinitely to muzzie the press. both
as TO general course of conduct and
particular actions, would. in our judg-
ment, initiate much more against the
pure administration of Justice. than
does the recognition of the general
right OF criticism.-New York Law
journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Among the Merrymakers
Evasive

Dumley-I never saw a man like Brix-
I ION 10 drift away from the subject under
discussion.
Barrass-As for instance?
Dumiey-l Just asked him what he was
DONG the night i saw him down the road
and he evaded an answer by remarking
that he had known people TO get rich BY
attending to their own business. | have
no doubt he has; but why should he mem
tion it at that time Boston Transcript
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Philippine Prediction

The public is told from time to time
ihat conditions are improving in the
isiands- Yet recently returned officers
tell their friends the spirit of insur-
rectlon throughout the archipelago is
seeming; that they apprehend "A re-
oelllon that may be attended with hor-
rors equaling those of the Indian mu-
tiny.-Buffalo Courier
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15

WASHINGTON, March IA. - The
president has approved the sentence in
the case of Lieut. Francis NJ. Boone,
Nineteenth infantry, who was convict
ed by courtmartial at Vancouver bar
racks on the charge of desertion, alb
sence without leave and nonpayment
of debts The sentence was dismissal
and two years Imprisonment. but the
president, on the recommendation Of
the war department. reduced the term
of Imprisonment TO one year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Russia and India

The news from ST Petersburg of
mii1tary activity in Russian Turkestan
agrees with what had previously been
known of the situation. That
the Russians should seriously think OF
engaging In any fresh adventure of a
military kind in view of the successive
disasters which they are experiencing
IN the Tar east may seem TO most peo-
pie beyond ief,-Philadelphia In
Quirer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Germany VIII Remain

When Russia's appropriation of
Manchuria ceases Germany will be the
only power left holding Chinese terri
tory on terms that give exclusive priv
Heges in violation of the principle OF
the open door" favored by Japan,
England and the United States.-Bal-
timore Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15

One. of the immediate effects of Rep
resentative O'Laughlin's valorous at
tempt to do something for the bee will
be to inspire some of his fellow MEM
bers to take peek into Mr.. O'Laugh-
Inns bonnet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Suspend Railway Service

TIENTSIN. March 1.-THE Chinese
railway administration has Withdrawn
the locomotives and other rolling stock
from the .>siines sbetweeHs, Simmintin,
Ks9paRgtsze aad Y1nkow. This is
ewiRg TO the iHststea of the Jape :
.aese military officials that the railway
carry Hailtfary 5teres.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
To Be Considered

II suppose you are glad of the rest that
adjournment brings?"
Wen, answered the candid congress-
man. Il don't care so much about the rest
But IL congress didn't adjourn once i'm a
while there wouldn't be any mileage'-
Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Got Out Promntix

Nordx-I wonder if the senate ever did
anything promptly
Butts expect it acted pretty promptly
i'm 1914.
Nordy-What happened then?
Butts-The British set the building on
fire.-HOuston Chronicle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
A Comfortable Comparison

Don't you feel foolish peddling these
nonsensieal toys?' asked the man of
severe ideals.
Yes" answered the street faker 81
feel rather foolish. But what do you think
OF the people who buy 'em?"-Washington
Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
It's on the Way

There was a man in Michigan
Who used to wish. and michigan,
That spring would come.
So he could bone
And go away and fichigan.
Chicago Chronicle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Proud Father

Proud Father-Yes. my son is going to
be financial success all right
Friend-What makes you so sure of 1t?
Proud FAther-Because. he's only nine
months old and he has already learned to
yell ''more,'-Detroit Free Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15

If Vice President Fairbanks is to
head the Republican ticizee in 1903 we
nominate that other human volcano,
Russell Sage, for the running mate.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
Which Place

Patience enthusiastically - When
first heard him sing l thought l was in
the next world,
Patrice Observation-Disclosures Which
one?-Yonkers Statesman.