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The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
GANDRUD'S RAILROAD
BILL IS POSTPONED
Measure Regulating Trainmen's Hours
of Work Is Killed

The Gandrud bill providing that en-
ployes of railroads should not put in
more than twelve hours continuous
service at any one time was effectually
shelyed yesterday. The house COM
mfttee on railways in meeting con-
sidered the bill and voted to continue
the time for returning a report upon it
indefinitely The bill has met with
strong opposition from the organized
bodies of railway employees, who de-
clare that under it's provisions it would
be impossible for them to make living
salaries. as they reap their rich har-
vests during the busy seasons of the
year and getting little work to do dur
ing almost half of the year.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Agree on Army Bill

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 23.-The
conferees on the army appropriation
Dill today perfected an agreement. The
amendment regarded as most impor-
tant is that affecting the pay of retired
ofncers and involving the pay of Cen
Niles, which is at present the full pay
OF lieutenant general. The effect of
the agreement as to Gen. Miles is to
give him his full retired pay, without
reference to any compensation he may
receive for service on the staff of the
governor of Massachusetts.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Assessment Is Removed

The eJltire assessment of $3.50 q gainst
the building on Ninth street, owned by
the Minnehaha camp. Modern Woodmen,
was abated by the county board OF abate-
ment yesterday. This action was taken
on the showing OF the lodge that there
was a $4,000 mortgage against the prop
erty held by John NJ. Carlson An as-
sessment in that amount was therefore
levied against MIR. Carlson.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

We do not credit the report that the
United States senate is going to work
nights. There are some members of
the body who are not above suspicion,
but there is evidence that any of them
would be satisfied with the profits OF
the night worker.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Helps Packinq Companv

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 23.-The
senate committee on claims has re-
ported favorably the claim of the
Wales Island Packing company. and
recommends the passage of the bill
which awards the company $S1.6S9.
Wales island became Canadian terri
tory under the settlement of the Alas
kan boundary question in 1893. and the
amount awarded by the bill is a mini
mum valuation of the loss sustained
by the company by the change.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Found Trying to Sell Silver

Joseph King was picked up yester-
day by Detectives Daily and Sweeney
in the act of trying to dispose of a
quantity of silverware. King said the
silverware was the tail end of leg
acy left him by his aunt but the pe-
licemen thought il looked like stolen
goods He was arraigned yesterday in
the police court and held for hearing
Feb. "a. rr-~''s
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

The size of Gen. Lew Wallace's es-
tate will give the thousands of gentle
men who thought out the plot of Ben
Hur" cause for regret all their lives
because they didn't work out the hunch
and write the blamed thing.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
What the Editors Say

We never tried to obtain cheap no
torlety by ostentatiously returning
pass OF any kind and widely advertis-
Ing the fact for the benefit of the pub
llc- AS long as passes are issued and
they are sent to us we will use them.
we are frank to state, however, that
the issuance of such passes is abso-
lutely fndefensible from any point of
view. That they are intended to infiu-
ence the action of the receivers is evil
uenced by the fact that they are not
issued TO any parties except those who
possess the power of comforting favors
of some kind on the issuers, and when
the receivers no longer possess such
power they don't get any more passes.
-Sauk Center Herald.
Gov. Johnson has wisely determined
not to go on any junketing trips dur
ing the session of the legislature. Gov
Johnson's predecessor never was
known to decline an invitation to a
feed, barn raising. dog fight or slug
ging match-provided no admission fee
was charged. But then Gov. Johnson
IS not all gas and abdomen-there is
some gray matter located under his
thatch.-Princeton Union.
Gov. Johnson's predecessor failed to
establish any precedents' that a sensi-
BILE governor would care to follow
Narroad Plalndealer.
The question of incorporating private
banks is now being thrashed over in
the legislature. Without doubt there
are private banks in Minnesota that are
not liable for thousand dollars, while
on the other. hand, there are many pri-
vate banks in this state that are a great
deal stronger than any state bank in
Minnesota The recent failure of a ma
uonal bank at Faribault is an illustra-
ton that money is not safe even in ma
'tional banks.-Battle Lake Review.
If. as appears to be the case, the su-
perintendent of the state school for the
feeble minded is one of the parties re-
sponsible for the wrecking OF the Fari-
bault bank, Gov. Johnson should lose
no time in bouncing him and naming
his successor. Only honorable men
should be permitted to hold such posi-
tons OF trust and responsibility. =
Warren Register.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

If DR.. Osler gets his proposition to
chloroform all men over sixty erected
into a law we would like the privilege
of picking out a bunch of the elect.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Then Something Would Be the Matte,

1t would be we'll for Kansas to pro-
ceed with caution. 1t would be unfor-
tunate If 1t were to give Mr.. Rookie
feller an excuse for sending Gen.
Sherman Bell into the Sunfiower state.
Rochester Herald
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Get You Bets on cannon's Crowd

If the house and senate ever have to
settle 1T with fists and clubs we can
easily guess which end will get the
dignity knocked out of it.-Chicago
Record-HeraId
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

While We think of it let us now
tender an apology to the members of
the printing craft for mentioning
them in connection with the Ramsey
county board.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

Before condemning the cigarette
trust wholly it should be considered
that even his parents were prompted
to name the man who says he was
bribed Ananias.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Arbitrate This

AS the president is so desirous for
arbitration, how would it do to submit
his controversy with the United States
senate to board of arbitration with
power to make a final award ?-Phila-
delphia Record
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

The car wants to keep on fighting.
Well. a czar is not to be blamed for
wanting something exciting to think of
while he is trying to live comfortably
in the coal cellar.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Contemporary Comment
And Fails to Pay the Rent

A London physician says that what
is called laziness is often case of
mild melancholia, accompanied by a
disinciination to put forth exertion.
Well, whatever he calls it. it buys no
anthradte.-Philadelp Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Constitutional Issue

The constitutional issue which has
been developed by the conflict of policy
between the president and the senate
will not fall with the defeat of the
treaties.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Swell Naval Bill

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. 23.-The
naval appropriation bill agreed upon
by the senate committee today carries
SlOo'336.S79. an increase of S422,52O
over the house bill.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

Congress doesn't seem to know that
If it neglects to pass the pork bill
Minneapolis will continue to be the lid
above the head of navigation.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
With the Majority for Once

Now Mr.. Bryan has gone and kicked
over his entente cordlale with the pres
ident. He declares the president is
wrong in the arbitration treaty con-
roversy.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
The Power of Steam

Watt had just discovered the principle
of steam.
1T lifts the kettle lid and makes Car
negie write your life" he announced
Later he applied it to machinery, but
that was trifie.-New York Sun
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
1t Surely Dnes

do YOU think that diet has anything
to do with ones feelings?''
4 certainly do. l ate some deviled
ham last night and this morning 1 felt
like hades. Judge.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Numbered

Deacon Jones-The hairs of our head
are all numbered, you know
PewbuTy-So are the automobiles. but
then there s so much grease on them you
can't read them half the time-Boston
Transcript.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Among the Merrymakers
Extenuation

There are great many accidentals in
that piece your daughter is practicing"
hate TO think she was doing il a-purpose. i"
Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
So UnSeffsh

"Oh, yes. gave my husband motor
car on his birthday"
cars?''
HE doesn't. But 1 do!"-Punch
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
A Railroad pine

Farthing's worth o. white bread,
Happence worth o. ham,
Make a ten-cent sandwich
That isn't worth a continental.
Baltimore American.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

The cigarette trust is surely up
against it now in Indiana. The idea of
offering legislator a hundred dollar
bill. 1t wouldn't be cigarette money.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
Calls Extra Session of Senate

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb 93-Tbs
president today issued a proclamation con-
vening the senate in special session at
noon on March TO receive such com
munications as may be. made by the ex-
ecutiYe.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

What's the use Of Disgusting our old
news ally in the Balkans under the
phrase trouble in the Caucasus? ?"
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

Gratuitous advice to spring poets:
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
DOESN'T FEAR LAKE
DREDGING COMBINE
House Passes River Bill With
Provision the West Doesn't
Relish

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. %
Without a dollar being added or sub
tracted the river and harbor ap-
preparation bill passed the house today
after the session had run we'll into the
evening. The total amount carried by
the bill is $17,234,657. Throughout the
day the progress of the bill was i'm
peded by the offering of amendments,
Dut only those presented by the COM
mittee were adopted. A prolonged dis
cusslon was precipitated over an
amendment by Mr.. Bouten Qll.) to
strike out the provision authorizing
the transfer to Lake Michigan from
Boston of a government dredge. the
charge being made repeatedly that the
amendment was in the interest of the
dredglng combine on the great lakes
Messrs- Boutell, Tawney CMinn)
GrosVenor- (Ohio) and Ryan On. W
supported the amendment, while it was
strenuously opposed by Messrs. Bur-
ton (Ohio), Bishop (Mich.) and Bur-
CESS CTex). The amendment was lost.
II to 112.
Passes Canal Zone Bill
The last of the testimony in the in
terest of Judge Swayne in the i'm
peachment proceeding against him was
presented to the senate The case oc-
cupied seven hours. The house bill
providing form of government for
the Panama canal zone was passed. 1t
was amended by the senate. notably in
eliminating the provision for abolish
ing the canal commission. The pro-
posed law will expire at the end of the
nrst regular session Of the next con-
gress- 1t vests In the president au-
thority to appoint a person or persons
TO govern the canal zone and to direct
the manner of such control After the
present fiscal year no money shall be
expended except by direct appropria-
ton. All rentals and other income
from the Panama railroad are to be
credited to the treasury canal fund and
the president is authorized to deposit
Sl,5OO,OOO in an American bank having,
a hscal agent in Panama for the pur-
pose of facilitating business. Author
lty Is given to acquire by purchase or
condemnation the remaining 1,O36
shares or stock of the Panama Rail-
road company for the benefit of the
government.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24
terday's Temperatures

washington time q p. m. St. Paup.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

Washington-A peace jubilee exposition
TO celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
the close OF the Civil war is proposed to
Sanders. OF Chattanooga, Tenn. who
suggested that the exposition be held at
Chattanooga in 1915
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

Berlin-The Economic Society of Cen
tral Europe of which Prof Wolff, of
Lelpsfg university. is president. has ap-
Polnted q committee TO report on how to
readJust Germany's trade relations with
the United States. A commercial treaty
is contemplated.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

Chicago-Leslie c. Fuller. an assistant
attorney in the department of Justice i'm
Washington, is detained at police sta
tion here and will be sent to the detention
hospital for the insane unless his friends
make arrangements for his care
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

St Petersburg-St. Petersburg is the
of various natiOnalities. attracted by the
prospect Of rich contracts in connection
with the rebuilding of the navy and the
increase of the volunteer fleet
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-24

Alden. Arabia-The SomaH Mullah is
again on the warpath. He is reported to
be days march from Obbia and TO have
seized and killed followers OF the sultan
of Obbia
Evening star., 1905-09-25
ALL ABOUT STREET CARS.
American Street Railway Association
in Session.

PHILADELPHIA, September 25.-Street
cars, their manufacture and operation anl
methods for improving urban transit will
occupy the attention of the American Street
Railway Association during the remainder
of the week. The twenty-fourth annual
meeting of the association began today in
the Commercial Museum building. Presi-
dent w. Caryl Ely of Buffalo called the
convention to order and the members were
welcomed by Mayor Weaver
At the business session papers were read
by C. II. Hile, superintendent of wires Bos-
ton Elevated Railway Company and L. p.
Crecelius, chief electrician United Railways
Company st. Louis. Mo. A report was
presented by J. S. Doyle, master mechanic
of the Interborough Rapid Transit Conn
pany. New York. and chairman of the COM
mittee on controlling apparatus.
In addition to the convention of the Street
Railway Association there will be meetings
of the American Street Railway Manufac-
turers' Association. the American Railway
Mechanical and Electrical Association, the
Street Railway Accountants Association
and the American Association of Street
Railway Claim Agents.
Evening star., 1905-09-25
The Vanishing Giant.
FROM the London Mail

@ interesting survival of prehistoric
siahu is threatened with destruc,,on
wing TO neglect. This is the '.Cerna o.;
ant colossal human figure cut an H.
sue OF lofty hill that oyer,ook. the
picturesque village of Cerne Abbss a,ai'.
miles north of Dorchester. e"'
IL Is several years since tho ,
Which outline the giants figure w.
secured and refined with chalk Gradnau
tne latter has been washed away Nv ,hs
winter rams. and it is now barely ,,isihta
that las s SO ehcroached on the channels
the gigantic figure are hard to ms o OF
lhoogh the uncouth human form ia Stiii
recognizable. The cost of reuovatin. ,h
grant is estimated at about fIo but no or
IN the locality knows where the money, t
to come from INC iiioheg Is
me Old Man. as he is styled by tbe
natives OF Cerne Abbas (he "Abhot's c.
nef of Hardy's Wessex noveIsl is hniit
on truly heroic lines. He stands $50 feet
Msh. and his right hand grasps a lxnotfsd
ciuD III feet long. The unknown artist
hao ms own notions of the just proportions
or the human frame. as will be seen from
tHe IoiioWIhg further measurement: Length
OF pody' a feet; legs. so feet; head % feet.
risht arm Io9 feet; nose. 6 feet; diameter
of eyes, ~ feet.
The antiquity of the figure Is accented
py all archaeologists. Most authorities as
crioe IT to the Celtic period while some
nave held that 1t represents an idol once
Worshiped by the Pagan West Saxons An
other view is that 1t was the work of tho
monks of the then newly found Benedic1
tine Abbey of Cerne. Some color Is given
TO this theory by the existence of a similar
hgure at Wilmington, in Sussex where
once stood a Benedictine priory.
Evening star., 1905-09-25
SWAN SONG OF MERIT.
Prof. Butler Talks on Self Made
Man.

CHICAGO, September 25.-The era OF the
"self-made man. is on the wane. Efnciency
can no longer be manufactured or home
made. Competition of the present day is
too much for the self-made man.
So holds Prof. Nathaniel Butler. principal
OF the school of education department OF
the University OF Chicago. who spoke yes
terday at the closing session Of the twen-
tieth annual convention Of the Brotherhood
of st. Andrew. In Mandel Hall, at the Uni
versity OF Chicago. The subject Of his ad-
dress was Education as Factor Of Eff
ficient Manhood" Prof. Butler spoke In
the place of President William r. Harper.
who was too i'll to attend the session.
THE term self-made man Is q mere
fallacy." Prof. Butler declared. ''The self
made mans success is due only to unusual
ability. Efficient manhood-the manhood
that ought to be offered to the worid-no
longer can be home made. In this time Of
competition the world is willing to pay the
articles of commercial USE"
Clifford Pinchot. head of the bureau Of
forest reserves. spoke on Public Ideals"
Il feel incapable Of expressing the i'm
portance of the creation Of public spirit
among young men, he said. ''The one
great thing that Theodore Roosevelt has
done for the United States Is not his service
in the recent peace conference. nor the use
OF the prestige of his great Office In behalf
of decency. The vital and important thing
lies In the change which he has brought in
the attitude of young men toward political
life
The time is not long past when 1t was
not considered respectable to go into poll
tics. l hope the time is not far distant
when 1t will not be respectable not to go
into politics. When this time comes this
country will do things In the world that
never were done before"
Evening star., 1905-09-25
INCINERATED IN HOME.
Charles Brokaw Re-Entered House
After Valuables.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SOMERvILLE, N. j.. September 90
Charles Brokaw. thirty years old. was
burned to death in fire that destroyed his
home at Milestone at 10 o'clock last night.
Brokaw lived with his wife and hired boy
in a house in the heart of the village. The
boy was awakened shortly after o'clock
last night by the cracking of flames in his
bed room. He had a narrow escape, and
aroused Brokaw and his wife before leav-
ing the house. Both of them escaped from
the house without injury, but Brokaw went
back into the house after some valuables
and was never seen again.
The chest bone of his body and small
heap of ashes. in which were found the
metal buttons of his clothing, were discov-
cred in the kitchen floor of the house this
morning. The fire burned fiercely for an
hour and aroused the village. Several at
tempts were made by the villagers to rescue
Brokaw. but the village had no fire depart
ment and the rescuing party was driven
back by the intense heat.
Evening star., 1905-09-25
Dog the Cops Friend.
lew Orleans Times-Democrat.

~ '''e AVG" oiieahs Times Democrat
1oure kicking about the presence os
THESE dogs and their habit of followin. the
COPS said the old policeman, ..aud don,
see that you've any grounds for a kick.
remember an instance where two does wbo
made 1t habit to follow the same police
man every night on many occasions saved
that very same policeman his Job. He used
10 ieed ,em, and in that way made friends
Win lem The dogs were about the same
SIZE ana looked to me like brothers A,
any rate. they took a fancy to this narffcu-
taI ta ponceman- They'd loaf around the sta
.ioii uhtH ne showed up every night yyba,,,
ne leit Tor his beat they follow. ard nrat ~
soon De rewarded with something ~ caf
On 6he al, policemen. this cop loved to sIeen !.
oii @ ms peat, right in the middle of a hIe cis
Ias pig furniture store with q yestibuIed
NORWAY In this yestibule were Ia roo S1,n,
windows, and in front Of each of ,hss,a snow Low.
large shelf used for displaying fnrnj,'Nra. ma'
Ihese shelves made splendid he6s - ~,
@ Up Hade use OF one of them. When ha got
teduy 10 take his nap the dogs woufd TO-
~ .heif positions, one al one end of ,bo
pioch @ ana one at the other. M cr,fty
lsouhosHan or sergeant ever got bv ,boSs
Goss W ana caught the policeman na,ning
whenever one of the dogs saw tho rnr,6
al cunning he would run to the furni, T.
sto!e ana rub his cold nose against tI,a faco
e q. .me sIeepihg copper. When the CON MO.
,,,ar, aWakened short. sharp bark wouId
warn nim or the approach of tho cor,aa,
ana he'd slip out of his vestih,,ia reo I''a
moments notice to sound bis cl,,t, a., ""
smer S TO the signal of the corporaI Tbasa
dogs were the kind of friends = - tneSe
TO cultivate" cop ought
Evening star., 1905-09-25
Water Consumption of Cities.

From What Eat.
Residents of Buffalo. N Y, use more
water than any other people in the world
The average consumption in that city Is
40 gallons (more than fourteen barreIs) per
day for each person. The people of Louis
willie use less water than any other In
America. The average consumption of the
tunnels of that city being but fifty gall
Ions a day, used principally as "chasers"
Chicago and Philadelphia rank next to
Buffalo. each person using 200 gallons
day. according to the average. Milwaukee
averages a consumption of nearly $50 gal
Ions for each person. which is attributed
to the enormous amount required by the
breweries. Most of the water In ST. Louis
Is also consumed by the breweries very
little being used for drinking purposes
The New Yorker requires 100 gallons flour
barrels} of water day to satisfy his needs
Statistics show that the per capita con-
sumption of New York is increasing in
proportion to the supply obtalnable In
1880 1t was seyenty-seven gallons per day;
in 1850 it was i19 gallons: II Is over 100
gallons now and this condition has been
the experience of every city In this coun-
try and in Europe.
When one realizes that the city of Lon
don uses from thrty-five to forty gallons
per tnhabitant per day for all purposes and
that many of the best European cities use
even less, there seems to be some dis
crepancy which cannot all be ascribed to
increased cleanliness.
Evening star., 1905-09-25
RACE FOR POLICE JUDGE.
DR.. Reyburn Indorses o'Neal-other
Candidates Hustling.

SduO1OaCcS nuSIl1u8.
1t was learned on excellent authority late
this afternoon that Dr. Robert Reyburn. the
national republican committeeman for the
District of Columbia, has indorsed Judge
Lewis I. O'Neal for appointment as judge
OF the Police Court to succeed Judge Scott,
deceased ;.
DIR. Reyburn has just returned from New
York, and 1t could not be learned whether
his Endorsement of Judge O'Neaps candi-
dacy had been made personally to the
President at Oyster Bay or whether by let
ter.
Maj. ]. H. Slime. president Of the United
States Historical Society, and some of the
leading members Of that organization have
also indorsed Judge O'Neal for the appoint
ment. and his friends claimed today that
his prospects of appointment are very
bright.
The friends of the other candidates are
making stiff fight for their favorites and
the persistent report that Judge Anson s.
Taylor has withdrawn from the race Is de-
MED with much emphasis by his friends.
1t is understood that additional indorse-
ments of A. Leftwich Sinclair and F. Car
roll Mattingly. the young men candidates.
were sent to President Roosevelt today
Also that thorough canvass Is being made
for Judge Pennebaker by his legal friends
here. also those in West Virginia and Vir-
ginia