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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-28

DUBLIC NOTICE = DELVINA BT-
i beau, my wife. having left her lawful
domicile, l do give public notice by these
presents that l will not be responsible in the
future for any debt, whatsoever contracted
i'll my name by the said Delvina Bibeau.s
Centreville, AnOka county, Minnesota, 9th
February, 1888. Clement Cardinal, Jr.
uAUPT LUMBER COMPANY, 1856 ST,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-28

expansion balance and patent safety pinion,
center engraved cases, paratiyely new
and reliable timepiece. No. l, page 10;
original cost $40.
The sun., 1888-07-05
The following are the salaries arranged d
for tho nost0ff1ceS of nakota.
One Healthy American.

A thin, delicate-loOking woman sat
in q horse-car one evening recently,
and next her sat a native of the
Queens realm. The window behind
the Briton was open and the cool
wind blew in on the woman. making
her shiver. At last she said, in a
ladylike way, "Won't you be kind
enough to close the window behind
you, as it makes me cold?" It would
hardly have caused the man any in
convenience to grant this request,
but he replied harshly, II prefer it
open; you Americans can't stand
anything; you all seem to have con-
The other passengers in
the car were astounded at his in
civility, and there were many angry
glances cast at the royal subject.
Finally gentleman rose on the OPP
posite side of the car, and, approach
ing the Englishman with about 22O
pounds avoirdupois, leaned over him
and grasping the window slammed it
down with vignr; then he remarked:
"Now, my friend, if you think all
Americans are afflicted with con-
sumption you just raise that window
again. l am an American The
little woman blushed, the other
smiled, the American re-
turned to his seat, and the Briton
looked out of the window and
thought. .-Argonaut.
The sun., 1888-07-05
Eating Human Flesh.

The Battas of the island of Mas. opposite
Sumatra. are inveterate cannibals. At their
yearly feasts numerous victims are devourcti.
When they have no prisoners they suhsti-
tute criminals or persons unable to paw
their debts The captain of IL company of
French soldiers found a young Girl tied to n
tree in~the woods. weeping and lamentin.
her fate. Upon inquiry he ascertainsd that.
owing Il small eam which she could not paw.
she was devoted to death. He liberated her
gave her money, ana sent word to the chief
of the nearest village that he should aven.,.
any wrong done her. Two American mis-
sionaries. with their servants, were killed
and devoured some years since at Padang
In their unnatural feasts these savagps cut
the flesh from the living bodies of their vie
tins. The chaef first appropriates the
nostIills, the ears and the flesh from the hol-
low of the hand and the insteps and others
in turn are allowed to- eut choice morsels
from the living victim, All prisoners of war
and criminals are condemned to be eaten.
The blood of the victim is agcrly swallowed
by the participants in these fearful banquets,
to which women are not invited.
1t is custom among the Birhors a Dee
can mountain tribe. to invite friends in case
of death in the family to paItake of the
corpse. The Pariahs feed without seruple on
cdrTlou, dui eNincp ho ulSllke Tor human
food. The Condos, another indigenous tribe.
are addicted ta the horrid practice of canni-
baliS,n. In the account of the funeral of IL
king af one of these tribes in 1901 il is re-
lated that he was burned, together with two
of his wives. The remaining bones were
carefully collected, and. with the exception of
u small quantity reserved for another pur-
pose, they were sealed in II jar, aad taken
back by faithful Brahmins ta the Ganges
The portion reserved was powdered an
mingled with rice grains, eaten by tweld
Brahmins, who were thought thus to imbive
the sins ofthe deinnet
In iS2o, SO prevalent WAS the rare for
human flesh in the New lIebrides that the
wars could not supply victims rapidly
enough. but parents devoured their children,
villagers their neighboiS, aud children their
aged parents. Bodies were served up whole
before the king only, and it is said that forty
victims, We're .seunted at one time on his
table. Far him were also provided living
yle.fins, bound to wooden troughs whose
arms, legs, and finally whose heads were
severed from the lsosly with sharp piece OF
bamboo.
The sun., 1888-07-05
other stores, dwellings, lodging houses ana
the Wells Fargo express office. Considerable
local freight was burned with the depot

other stores, dwellings,, lodging houses and
the Wells Fargo express office. Considerable
local freight was burned with the depot.
The Attorney General of Nebraska delivered
an opinion at Lincoln in the ease of Joe
Wing Fong, a Chnaman, who was refused
naturalization papers by the district court of
Dodge county The attorney general decided
that Chinaman cannot become a citizen un-
der the United States statute, which restricts
the privileges of naturalization to "aliens
being free white persons and to aliens of
African nativity or African descent" The
attorney general holds that Chnaman is
not white person.
A fatal accident occurred at Cable City Pa,
on the Pennsylvania railroad, in which six
laborers of gravel train were killed and
five fatally injured. The train hands on the
gravel train escaped by jumping A freight
train from Sunbury, with more cars than it
could place on one siding, was distributing
ears on several tracks when gravel train
ran into it's rear end, and the laborers were
crushed to death. The bodies of four cannot
be recovered until the wreck is cleared
Jerry Manning, well known gambler, was
discovered at Helena Montana. staggering
and acting very peculiarly. He developed all
the symptoms of opium poisoning and be-
came unconscious. Not coming to, u doctor
was summoned. He was taken to his room,
where the physician and his friends labored
with him for several hours. But the effects of
the drug could not be shaken off, and after
lingering in an unconscious state the sufferer
died. He came from St Paul eight years ago
where his relatives still live. He has broth
er-in-law named Tim Reardon, who lives in
st. Paul.
The sun., 1888-07-05
A Phantom Burial.

Some years ago, when was a
school boy attending school at Cal
vary, Ca, I, in company with one of
my cousins, witnessed one ofthe most
wonderful of spirit professions.
Twas on Friday afternoon, in the
spring of the year, and we were on
our way from school. We came down
the road laughing and talking togeth-
er. We were just opposite the grave
yard at the primitive baptist church
(Piedmont), wheresWe witnessed one
of the grandest burials imaginable.
just in front of us, as silent as moon
light, came the burial procession. On,
on it came. First the corpse in q
blue wagon drawn by two white mules.
Then the mourners in black. Then
the rest of the procession in all the
colors of the rainbow, moving with
silent tread to the grove which sur
rounds the yard. Coming to the
grove, they halted, lifted the coffin
from the wagon, lowered it into the
grave, and filled it. Then re-entering
their wagons and buggies, all of them
moved off, passing over graves, trees,
and everything else in the way. The
whole procession then disappeared
like mist. We knew all the people,
and knew whom they buried. When
it disappeared we went home in q
hurry and told my mother about it.
She would not let us tell Uncle j. and
his wife, because it was their little
girl we saw buried. She was at the
time to my certain knowledge, well
and hearty.- Before Saturday night
she was a corpse, and she was carried
to the grave In exact accordance with
the scene we had witnessed. Ma
con (Ga.) Telegraph.
The sun., 1888-07-05
SuStainS the Road.

The interstate commerce commission has
rendered an opinion in the case of The Busi-
ness Mems Association of the State of Mime
sofa, petitioner, against The Chicago x
Northwestern Railway Company. 1t says:
All that we can decide in this proceeding
now is that the rule insisted upon by the Pc
titioner, that the rate per ton per mile taken
az a basis between Chicago and st Peter,
must be adopted as the standard ut stations
between ST. Peter and Pierre, and that the
latter rates must decrease relatively for the
greater distance in the same propOr-
ton, as between Chicago to st. Peter !,
is one that in the existing conditions oftrans-
portation along the line of this railroad, up
on the evidence in this proceeding, cannot he.
sustained. AS the complaint is based upon
this ground alone, and was so tried by tls4
parties and heard by the commission, it re-
suits that this petition must be dismissed.
The commission has also rendered an
opinion in the ease of the same petitioner
against the Chicago st. Paul, Minneapolis 4
Omaha Railway company, in which the COM
plaint is in the same general line as in the
preceding ease. After an exhaustive review
of the law and evidence the commission Or
ders that the petition be dismissed.
The sun., 1888-07-05
Cuban Railways

fhlladcIphla Lines.
Railway travelling in Cuba has some
curious aspects. For instance, when
trains arrive at and depart from cit.
les or villages it is rather n queer
thing to see, between the depots and
limits of all municipalities man on
horseback preceding the engine. No
train may arrive Or depart more rap.
idly than the speed of this courier,
who announces his own and the trains
coming by tremendous bellowings and
hallooings. Sometimes hs is provided
with a sort OF trumpet. which he
sounds lugubriously. The railways
are nearly all OF narrow gauge, and
freight and passenger cars are little
and low. Not long ago Cuban engi-
neers were nearly all Americans and
received fabulous wages. This was
also true of the engineers on tine sugar
plantations. But Cubans are bright
and initiative, and they are alone
now in charge. The machinery at.
tests that. 1t is dingy, rusty, half
ruined.
The Cuban engineer handles his en-.
gine in q hesitant, hysterical sort OF q
way. He is no mechanic. II a break
down occurs he calls upon everybody
within reach and, in complete desper.
alton, talks it all over, runs away al.
together or commits suicide from sheer
fright.
The railway stations are all walled
about as high as q fortress, and
freight is handled in the yards and
transferred much as lower Missis-
The sun., 1888-07-05
Things People Should Know.
From the New York Graphic,

FROM the NeW Ork Graphle,
Mr.. A. $. Murray, keeper of Greek ard
Roman antiquities. British Museum. deliver
ed an interesting lecture at the Parkers Mu-
scum on Thursday, March D. on the "Physi-
cal Training of the Greeks and Romans y
He observed that it had been said in ancient
times that the two things which the Greeks
desired most were TO be healthy and beauti-
ful. Beauty, in their eyes. was attainabIe
largely by n careful system of physical tram
ing. We see. he observes. their idea of phvSi-
cal beauty nowhere better than on the sculI,-
turcd irieze of the Part henon at Athens now
in the British Museum. for the greater pa1t
of it is a simple glori!ication OF the beauty of
youth as developed by physical training on
horseback and Chariot racing. There was no
more marked difference between the GreeKs
and s;lni-barbero races that sure dn.iel
them than in this matter ofphysical training
In one of his dialogues Lucian introduces he
Scythlan prince. Anarchists, who visited
Athens in the sixth century B. c. and in the
course of his visit went To Palstra. He was
much surprised at the various exercises of the
youth. thinking them rdiulouS. He asked
Solon The legislator. how he could def nj
such folly. Solon explained that he exercises
OF the youth might seein absurd to an onlook-
er, but that they were meant TO train up n
race of men who. largely by this training.
should become valuable citizens capable OF
taking their part in war through the skill Of
body they have thus acquired. ana capahle of
taking share in the administration ofpul lie
affairs through the cearness of head ard ready
Judgment which the haGtual training of HI.
palaistra fostered in them. The lecturer h, II
proceeded to describe the Ordinary exercises
Of the boys previous to their reaching he age
OF joining The paia:atra, giving instances pf
SIKH attained IN the various contests OF lear
ing. running, wrestling, boxing, throwing tie
disc and the spear. Lastly he noticed the
physical training of the girls. to whom run
ming was the only form of public contest al
lowed. and that only in very restricted de,
gree.
The sun., 1888-07-05
Lynching In Kansas.

Wallace Mitchell plead guilty at Syracuse
Kansas, to the murder ofOscar Johnson
and the attempted murder of August John
son. At the conclusion of the testimony lie
was remanded to Jail until the September
term of court. The cold-blooded recital of
his deed by the prisoner had an exciting effect
on the people, and it was easy to see that u
storm was brewing and that summary JUS
tice was to be visited on the guilty man after
dark. Matters came more to a focus, and
about midnight Il body of men, numbering u
hundred or more gathered around the water
tank. and under the lead of IL captain pro-
ceeded to the vicinity of the Jail and de-
manded admittance of the sheriff
This he refused and declared his
intention to protect his prisoner at all haz-
ards. Two men were again sent to demand
the keys, but the sheriff was gone. He was
soon overhauled, the doors unlocked and the
culprit taken to the place where the murder
was committed and given all the time he de-
sired for prayer and confession. He then
made his last prayer, and hung "a liIeless
corpse from the cross piece of telegraph
pole. Mitchelfs crime was the murder of Il
little boy twelve years old and the attempted
murder of his father for money, and the en-
deavor to complicate another man in the
hidcous crime.
The sun., 1888-07-05
Familiar Kentucky Episode.

A letter to the Associated Press from Hart
Ian, Kentucky, says that Marion Stewart
shot and killed his wife and his brother at
their home near that place. Marion Stewart,
John Stewart, Tip Osborne and jeff Hall were
playing cards when IA dispute arose over some
point in the game. All had been drinking and
the dispute grew into wrangle and blows
passed. Marion then drew q navy revolver
and shot John through the brain. He turned
to shoot Osborne, who is his stepson. Os-
borne ran, followed by Stewart. Mrs.
Stewart interfered and got a bullet in the
temple. Osborne by this time had escaped
and Stewart turned his attention to Hall.
Hall got away, but came back half an hour
later. when Stewart again tried to kill him.
but Hall again escaped. Seeing his wife lying
dead outside the door and his brother in u
dying condition inside Stewart turned to his
eldest daughter, girl IA years old and said:
'Good-by; do the best you can for the chill
dren" and started up the mountain side.
The children carried their dead mother into
the house. where their fathers brother was
rapidly dying Mrs. Stewart leaves seven
children the oldest IA years of age and the
youngest babe nursing. John stewart
leaves IL wife and small family. No attempts
at arrest have been made, although Tip
o. orne has sworn vengeance against
Stewart for killing his mother.
The sun., 1888-07-05

on trains between stations to f1irt
with fair senorltas, and to constantly
enforce the fact that Spain owns
Cuba.
AS in most European countries.
there are three grades OF passenger
coaches, and al: are modelled on the
American plan. The third-grade cars
Lave only solid wood seats; the
second are very plain, but the seats
are OF "cane;" the first are very
pleasant and convenient and in most
cases prettily enough decorated. the
woven cane seats taking the place of
our plush cushions on account of the
difference in climate. The conductor
is uniformed as with us. and is the
busiest man on earth for the amount
of business he transacts. lie is at
everybody every five minutes for re-
examination OF tickets, and O. POM
pous guardia civil, @ soldier OF one OF
the three classes of military in the
island. is forever at his heels, glaring
impndently into faces, demanding with
maddening frequency your passport.
if you happen to be a foreigner, ana
especially SO if an American. whom
the Spaniard loathes, and searching
your person, or even lady's reticule,
ii the whim seizes him.
The sun., 1888-07-05
The Record of Casualties.

Frank Slole, n sawyer in Shows saw mill
at Lakeville, Wis, was struck in the pit of
the stomach with shingle bolt, dying short
Lf after
young man named Rock, of Norfolk
township Mimi, put an old gun barrel into
the ire to repair it. 1t proved to be loaded,
and as soon as it became heated it went off,
the charge entering Rocks right groin. He
will probably die.
A serious accident occurred at Daniel Marsh
K Sons coal mine, two miles south of Belle
vile, LII. As the miners were quitting work
the rope broke and let five men fall to the
bottom, distance of 80 feet. All being more
or less crushed and mangled.
Rosa Dora Baker of-St Charles, Mimi, has
been committed to the Rochester insane hos
pital by Judge Story. Fifteen years ago he
committed the same woman to st. Peter.
She recovered and was released about nine
months ago, but her insanity has returned in
violent form.
Sixteen ladies and gentleman hired the
steam yacht Ofivette and left Newark, n. j.
When Mt the mouth of the bay the yacht ran
on rock and some of the passengers in at
tempting to jump on shore, upset the boat,
which slid off into deep water, and six of the
girls we're drowned.
Fork river, near Weeksvile, Montana. 1t is
said they were crossing the river in q small
boat which came in contact with rope
stretched across the river for the purpose of
running ferry, upsetting the boat and the
under current carried both men under. Who
they were is unknown.
Joseph Seaford. nineteen years old, q hall
boy, at New York boarding house, shot
and instantly killed Rosie Sheridan nineteen
years of age, and assistant cook in the
boarding house. He shot her in the head.
Then he blew his own brains out by sending
bullet from the same weapon through his
right temple. Young Seaford had been des-
perately in love with the cook for sometime,
but she took no notice OF him. He had
threatened her with death a number of times.
but even this did not attract her notice, SO
the boy killed her and then killed himself
A severe fire occurred at Hoibrook, Arizona,
There was 10000 pounds of wool consumed.
The HoIbroOk house was next burned, follow
ed by the Atlantic and Pacific depot section
house, two ears loaded with government
merchandise and twelve empty freight cars,
The sun., 1888-07-05
WHAT THE CHIMNEY SANG.

Over the chimney the night wind sang.
And chanted melody no one knew;
And the woman stopped, and her babe she
tossed,
And thought of the one she had long since
lost
And said az her tcardrops back she forced,
II hate the wind in the chimney"
Over he chimney he night wind sang,
And chanted Il melody no one knew;
And the children said. as they closer drew.
.''Tis some witch that is cleaviEg the black
night through.
'ris fairy trumpet that just then blew,
And we fear the wind in the chimney"
Over he chimney the night wind sang.
And chanted Il melody no one knew:
And the man. as he sat on his hearth below,
Said to himself 1T will surely snow,
And fuel is dear and wages low,
And III stop the leak in the chimney"
Over the chimney the night wind sang,
And chanted Il melody no one knew:
But he poet listened and smiled. for he
Was man. and a woman. and child. all three.
And said. 1T is Gods own harmony,
This wind we hear in the chimney
Bret Harte.
The sun., 1888-07-05
Modern Civilization.in France.

The personal effects OF Mar lie Regn
ault. the murdered mistress OF Pran-
zini. have been sold at public auction
at the Hotel Drouot. There was ~
terrible crowd, including many ladies
OF fashion and aristocratie rank. All
the effects of the dead woman were
sold, including her clothing. and al
most fabnl Gus prices were paid. For
example, pair of blue silk eorsets
brought $37. A trashy novel
which she was reading lust before
she was killed brought $25; the
publishers price OF it is rs cents.
The blue silk stockings which she had
on when she was killed were purchased
by Russian countess for $i3. A
basin in which Parnzini was SAID to
have washed the bluad from his hands
after the murder brought $15. A
chiffonier, on which are to be seen
the marks OF his bloody fingers.
brought $50. A heavy coat Of water.
proof transparent varnish has been
put over the finger marks to- prevent
them from being obliterated. A pair
Of common silk garters brought So
each.
One lady, 3 rich bankers wife. paid
$23 for pink undervest, consider.
ably worn. and at once stripped of
the half dozen buttons and sold them
for 50 apiece. A tooth brush brought
50, though neither cost over so cents
new. A wife of deputy wears q
brooch containing q tiny gallows.
noose made of Pranzini's hair. and
another lady, a duchess. has set in q
ring one Of the handsome teeth for
which the murderer was famous. She
bribed the executioner to knock it
out OF his jaw for her, as soon as he
was dead. AS is well known, the
corpse of Pranzini was completely
skinned, and the tanned hide made up
into pocket books. card cases.; and
other. souvenirs. which are highly
priced. The Argonaut.
The sun., 1888-07-05
Northwestern POstOffices.

Under the present adjustment of post
masters salaries there are tifty-five offices OF
the presidential grade in Minnesota There
has been a very general increase of salaries
in the state. Duluth secures the largest ad-
dition OF any OF the offices-T3, ,OOO-and
this carries it into the ranks of the firsr-class
postofices. Both St Paal and Minneapolis
gain single hundred. The following secure
an addition to the salary account OF two
hundred dollars: Custer, Morris. Redwood
Falls and Tower. Two offices. Detroit City
and Pipestone, lose hundred dollars The
following have been promoted from the
fourth class and made presidential offices
since the last adjustment: Chatfeld, Little
Falls, Preston and Tower. The following
are the salaries that will be allowed from the
beginning of the new fiscal year, July !, to
tie presider tial pOstmt sters OF Minnesota.
The sun., 1888-07-05
Personal News Items

Mrs. George Marshall aged 6S. living in
Council Bluffs, committed suicide by shoot
ing. The deceased remarked few days ago
that she thought she had cancer, and it is
thought that brooding over this caused her
to commit the act. She was quiet lady.
Oscar L. Rea of Canton. who was appoint
en- to succeed John 4. Rea as register of the
land office at Bismarck, d. T., has been Il
resident of Dakota for sixteen years, and is
about forty years of age and stands well in
the territory. He is grand lecturer of the
Masonic lodge is II practical civil engineer
and has been admitted to the bar. Several
months ago he was endorsed for the place by
Gov. Church, and his appointment has been
expected by his friends for some time. His
appointment gives great satisfaction.
The sun., 1888-07-05
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
News From Washington.

Chaska and his wife. nee Fellows are in
Washington City and attracted much atten-
tion. Mrs. Campbell leaned upon her hus-
bands arm III very hride-like manner, and
her vivaeity Contrasted strongly with the
stately demeanor of the halfbreed She was
dressed in cream -colored muslin and wore Il
t1resr white hat with blue streamers. Chaska
t.-si on billed. shirt with turn-down collar,
Il Scersucker coat and black somhrero. His
hands were encased i'll black kid gloves.
Mr. Mills has satisfied himself that the tar
iGriebate under existing conditions will be in
termnablc. Failing to come To any amica-
ble agreement with the opposition, the Demo-
cratic leaders in the house say that they will
resort To severe measures and will report u
new rule o limit debate and take the tariff
bill out of the committee OF the whole and
that they will then pass il.