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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
Grand Forks,

Over ten weeks have elapsed and not
a single commercial letter has appeared
as religiously promised. Subscribers
carried out their part BY appointing w.
A. Gordon special correspondent. His
own words speak loudest. He was
among the many who expressed con-
tempt for the action of the paper in
failing to keep its promises, as were
also Burke Corbet, III. L. Rucker, j. IL.
Bosard and T.. G. Richmond, all men
who helped boom the paper when the
car was here. The fraud has been ex-
posed. and such dispicable journalism
will no longer be tolerated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
Gladstone,

Postmaster Mertz-The Pioneer Press
scheme was bare-faced robbery.
Erickson BrOs.-We are ashamed to
admit being faxed by these people. 1t
is blot on the business shrewdneSs of
our citizens.
Charles w. Lightfoot-They are lit
tie better than robbers. l am sucker
to the tune of SO. Will stand pat next
trip.
Charles Mason-A disgrace to the
newspaper fraternity and will kill the
Press circulation in this section. j
hope the Tribune will herald the steal
far and wide. 1t will be warning to
others.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17

of fever. He said
he could not sleep,
and had not slept
since Friday night.
Then he went back
into his cell, fell
upon his couch and
wept.
A well worded adj
dress of thanks for
their honest and
patient interest was
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
Ashland,

Postmaster Sullivan = The Pioneer
Press has positively gone back on its
agreement. II was regular steal from
the citizens.
l.. T. Boyd. Receiver United States
Land Office-It was clever scheme,
and succeeded admirably in parting
men and their money.
City Treasurer McDOnald-The PiO-
neer Press did just what 1t did in other
towns. 1t was confidence game.
Indian Agent Gregory--It was dirty
scheme. l won't renew my subscrlp-
ton.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
Insisted on DYING.

Special 10 tne UIODe.
JOLIET. H., Dec. 16::-J John Serted.
ninety years of age, an old resident of
this city, committed suicide yesterday
afternoon by hanging himself with a
small piece of tar rope, attached toa
nail drivenin the door casing, about FIVE
feet from the floor. In order to strangie
himself the old man was compelled to
bend his knees, dying in a sort of sitting
position.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
Sank Center.

The 100 subscribers were obtained
and some additional ones, and the Pi-
oneer Press men went on their way re-
joicing, vowing eternal love and fealty to
Sauk Center. Not even the '.write-up''
has appeared, and the affair took place
about three months ago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
An Illinois Central Train
Stopped in a Mississippi
Swamp and Robbed.
A Kansas Editor Charged With
EmbezZling a Widows
Money.

Guilty" Such was the conclusion
of the twelve men who have patiently
listened to the testimony against Olaf
Olson in one of the most prOtracted and
tedious trials of a man charged with
comprising the life of another by means
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17

the boy pardoned by certain date. She
came to Topeka and brought her sone
clothing. Finally, after waiting and
investigating, she learned the doctor
had done nothing and swore out a war
rant for his arrest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17

Kelly had been
able to leave his
home and come
down 10 the
court room, it
would have been
delivered at that
time. This, how
ever, was impos-
slble, and the
jurymen retired
tothpir cots and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17

Scrlptlon OF the robber WHO entered the
car He was tall man and
WORE A SLOUGH HAT.
He had no beard OH the side of his
face. The mask covered his face below
the nose. He had a large, nickel-plated
pistol, which looked unusually long.
The bore was very large and the barrel
round. apparently for cap and ball.
The man had dark hair, cut very short.
1t looked as if it had been cut by a
country barber. He wore a gray suit of
very ordinary clothes. He put the stolen
money i'll sack larger than the one
used on the express car, but of the same
material. Both the robbers were
masked. it is believed that neither was
hit by the shots fired at them. The
place where the robbery occurred is an
open, low marsh, fifty yards from the
woods. The men fled eastward iuto the
swamp. A posse is being organized at
Grenada to join in the chase after them.
BlOodhounds will be put on the track.
The description of the tall man with
sandy whiskers would answer for that
Of the man who recently robbed train
Oh the Northeastern railroad.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
Rochester.

The general opinion of large num-
ber of business men is that the Pioneer
Press boom of Rochester is failure,
and there is pronounced dissatisfaction.
Many will drop the paper when the time
expires.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
Nfi!bank.

If success comes from misrepresenta-
tion and bare-faced lying, the Pioneer
Press will likely succeed, but the good
citizens of Milbank will hardly be
caught second time by subscribing to
something that has nothing to recon-
mend it but promises.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
Found to Be Sinking.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 16.-The steamer
Hornet was found TO be in sinking
condition at the head of the Atchafalaya
river early this morning, and was run
ashore in water up to her boiler. deck,
She has full cargo.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17
Glencoe.

The two and one-half column article
appeared about two weeks ago, but was
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17

could whistle for the rest. Under the
terms of contracts made up to date, the
towns visited have now contracts call
ing for fifty-five columns of this CORE
Spondenee week. That is an average
of nearly eight columns day, and any
one who has read the paper can judge
whether the contracts are being lived
up to.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17

There are other points at which the
people in these defrauded cities kick.
What is boom for one town may be
setback for another, and the Pioneer
Press seems to forget that the "Eas tern
capitalists who read copy of the
paper which makes Eau Claire the GEN.
ter of railway traffic of this part of the
country is likely to look at the copy
next week which makes Chippewa Falls
the center. and fOrgetS to locate Eau
Claire at all. This case is not an i'm
aginary one. One week not long since
Eau Claire was the victim, and the map
published did justice to the city. Soon
after, when Chippewa Falls was being
bilked. Eau Claire appeared as an in
significant station, which single
branch of railroad touched. Which of
these maps is the Eastern man of wealth
to choose as his guide in placing his
capital? Is boom for town which is
started one week and deliberately blot
ted out the next worth the price?
~
The dispatches given below very
clearly show the manner in which the
Pioneer Press has failed to carry out
the promises made to the boards of
trade in the cities canvaSSed. On few
occasions has there been such an out
burst of indignation as is here given
voice. People of the Northwest are
noted for their enterprise, and will do
anything within reason to further the
interests of their favOrite city. But
when any person plays confidence
game upon the strength of their patriot
ism. they are not slow to express their
opinion. as a perusal of the following
dispatches will show:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-17

whether he has mustache. Express
Messenger Hill gives the following de-
scription Of the robber who entered the
car. He was tall man and
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
Mania for Collecting Gems.

The gem collector is the latest. 1t Is
said that Henry Ward Beecher is respon-
sible for the present taste for collecting
precious stones, and that since his death
many people, women chiefly, have begun
to buy ND diamonds and colored stones,
not for display on their persons, but Tor
"keeps." Such mania has its advan-
tages. In the first place, the risk OF loss
is not as great as with pictures or bric-a-
brac, and in the next place, one little
channels bag can transport thousands OF
dollars without any special anxiety or the
payraent of express rates. A delicious
handful of sparklers of every hue was
shown me the other day by lady who
has 'sgone i'm for several other collection
crazes, but who assured me none had
given her so much solid comfort as this.
II never care 10 wear my diamonds
now" she said, poking at beautiful
sapphire with the jewelers. nippers she
held in her fingers. You can't see your
self, you know, and so Pm going to have
them all taken from their settings, like
those diamonds" and she nipped up q
solitaire that had hidden itself behind a
pearl that looked like gold bead. "The
colored stones are all more or less in this
batch; but at home I've hundreds OF
queer, odd things that only please the eye
and have no temptation for thieves. My
diamonds, as add to them, and this ruby,
which hasn't its match in this country,
never leave me. When my friends want
to humor me they ask to see the collection.
Every one wishes to know howsmuch ID IS
worth, but that never tell! 1t Is great
fun collecting precious stones. Much bet
ter than old furniture and pictures that
can be burned up" Is this an excep-
tional case in BostOn?-BOston Herald.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
Cigarettes for ParisianS.

When Partisan ladies smoke. they use
deliciously scented cigarettes tinctured
with roses, carnations or heliotrope. A
French journalist has recently visited
the great establishments where cigarettes
are manufactured for fashionable women
exclusively. The most expensive kind
made unites the fragrance Of delicate
flowers with a soupcpn Of opium. The
journalist being evidently a woman scolds
the Partisan bellies for debasing them
selves to the level Of the brute creation
-man-and warns them that they are
running their teeth and contracting the
bondage of the opium habit. The soup
con of the Chinese drug should be left
out, Of course; but it might not be bad
idea to encourage effeminate youth OF the
masculine sort to smoke these ladies'
cigarettes. Heliotrope, carnation Or rose
perfume might do something toward
fumieating the smell of burnt paper
which now pervades the atmosphere Of
streets and parlors.-New York Tribune.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
DueIing in Italy.

They evidently don't believe in duels In
Italy The recently promulgated penal
code decidedly sets its face against that
fashionable French amusement.
According TO its provisions, the sending
OF a challenge renders the person sending
it liable to imprisonment for from three
to six months. The principals in duel,
even If they do not succeed in wounding
each other, may be kept in durance vile
for the latter period, while the seconds, Il
the meeting takes place, are liable to q
similar penalty. Nor is punishment
avoided because the event has taken
place outside Of Italian territory. In Id
dition, any one insulting noncombatant
because he refuses TO fight may be kept
5chind prison bars for q month or year,
according 10 the gravity OF the cfeuse.-
Paris Cor. New York Star.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
The Warm Blooded Eskimo.

Whenever these cold proof nomads Of
the north find themselves SO far away
from home that they cannot conveniently
reach it before late at night, they build a
small snowhouse (snow kennel would be q
better name for it,. crawl in and shut the
door-which is block of snow-pull their
arms out of the sleeves of their reindeer
coats, having previously put the hoods Of
the coats well around their heads and ears,
fold their arms across their bare breasts,
with a block of snow under their head,
and go to sleep and snore away apparently
as comfortable as il they were in q first
class hotel. The only time they object to
this light and airy system of sleeping out
of nights is when long OK hard day g
work has created generous flow of per-
spiration. and especially in the reindeer
stockings. II they be wet from this cause
there is considerable risk to even the
warm blooded Eskimo of getting his toes
badly nipped.-Frederick Schwatka in St.
Louis Republican
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
Possibilities of Saccharine.

Saccharine, it seems, need not cause
anxiety to the sugar planters. 1t is true
saccharine is now an article Of commerce;
that one grain of it will sweeten cup of
tea or coffee; that it may be safely en-
ployed by diabetes patients, and by per-
sons suffering from govt affections and
liver complaints; that sweetmeats made
with it cause no acidity, and that it has q
wide field of usefulness in pharmacy. On
the other hand, its manufacture is too
costly TO compete with sugar. Sir Henry
Roscoe, in communication published in
The Kew Bulletin, says he does not be-
lieve it is ever likely 70 become an article
of common use. 1t is not food, as sugar
is. and its price puts il cut Of competition.
1T seems to me" says Sir Henry, beyond
the bounds of possibility that the price or
production of cane sugar can be materially
affected by the introduction Of sacchar-
inc. Chicago Times
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
Growing Army Of Criminals.

The criminal statistics of the country
present two very dscouraging features
They show that the increase of criminals
is out of all proportion to the increase in
population, and that this disproportionate
increase il almost entirely among the
young The warden of the Joliet peni-
tertiary, in . recent address, stated that
the criminals Of the United States num-
bered SOC, 900, and that the increase in
criminals during the past thirty years has
been twice as great proportionally as the
increase in population. Worse than this,
he claims that Of this half million more
than one-third, or 10000, are under 20
years Of age; more than one-half, OF $50
600, under II years OF age, and two-thirds,
or 333, 800. are under % years Of age. In
other words, there are two young Grim
inais to one old one.
OF this large army Of criminals only
one-tenth, or 5000, are in confinement
in penal institutions ut any one time, the
other nine tenths being at large p-eying
upon organized society in various ways
Phiiadslphia Tines
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
Eurone,s Coal Supp3y.

1t appears that about 1000, GOO Of tons
OF coal per year is the amount yielded by
the chief coal districts Of Great Britain
Newcastle, South Wales and the Clyde
counrry-and, assuming this to represent
the average annual consumption for many
years to come, it is estimated that the
British mines Will not be exhausted in
less than 600 to 500 years. 1t is further
calculated that, drawing upon only one
of her fields, the Wessphalian, Germany
will not be able TO exhaust her coal supply
in less than loo years, aud she has, in
addition, the riches OF the Bavarian, the
Aachen ard the Silesian coal districts. 1t
is claimed, therefore. that, independent
Of the resources Of other countries, Great
Britain and Germany could supply Europe
with coal for an unlimitsd period -New
York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
9ai1y Eagle
UNREST.

The farther you journey and wander
From the sweet simple faith of your youth,
The more you peer into the yonder
And search for the root of all truth,
No matter what secrets uncover
Their yelled mystic hrows in your quest,
Or close on your astral sight hover,
Still, still shall you walk with unrest
II you seek for strange things you shall find them
But the finding shall bring you to grief;
The dead lock the portals behind them.
And he who breaks through is thief.
The soul with much i'll gotten plumber.
With its premature knowledge oppressed,
Shall grope in unsatisfed wonder
Away by the shores of unrest.
Though bold hands lift up the thin curtain
That hides the unknown from our sight;
Though a shad owy faith becomes certain
OF the new life that follows deaths night;
Though miracles past comprehending
Shall startle the heart in your breast,
Still. still Will your thirst be unending,
And your soul will be sad with unrest.
There are truths too sublime and too holy
To grasp with mortal minds touch.
We are happier far to be lowly;
Content means not knowing too much.
Peace dwells not with hearts that are yearning
To fathom all labyrinths unguessed,
And the soul that is bent on vast learning
Shall find with its knowledge-unrest.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in LippincottA
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
Introduetion of Smallpox.

Smallpox is supposed to have been in
troduced into Europe from the east BY
the Saracens. Rhazes, an Arabian &c
cura:ely described il about A ID. 500
Shortly after the discovery az America /:
was brough. to this country, and made
Grea. ravsges among the Indians.-Boston
Budget
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29

when lost in the woods. I made q hair
circle and came back on myself, while all
the time felt sure was going straight
ahead. The fourth week was spent mostly
in the house was now becoming much
weaker, and was ready to give up. 1t was
on the thirty fifth night that the cabin be-
gan grooming and cracking again, and l
knew that the snow was settling down
around It. The noises continued all night,
giving me many a fright, and at o'clock
next morning, when opened the door, l
found my tunnel filled up. was lament
ing this when noticed that the fire was
drawing better than usual. Going over
to the fireplace took a look up the CHM
ney and saw the dark sky Of heaven. At
the same moment three or four drops Of
rain fell upon my face, and then under
stood that great thaw had set in and
was reducing the snow around me. 1t
was three days more, however, before l
got daylight through the window and
could force my way out Of the door.
1t had been raining for three days and
nights, and the creek below me was mad
torrent. The snow on the trail was yet
very deep, and was compelled to wait
two DAYS more before l could get away.
Uen the WSatncE CIIduScU W COAOcI, dUu
I got down to Virginia City. 1t was
nearly a month later before we could get
at the bodies knew were under the snow.
The hermit had been caught in the edge
of the rush and killed by being dashed
against the rocks. His body was carried
across the frozen creek to the edge of O
thicket, and such clothing as still chung
to it was in shreds and tatters. They
had known of the avalanche both above
and below, and had given me up for lost.
AS near as the men could judge the snow
above me was forty feet deep, and no one
had any idea that the cabin had been
spared. That l came out Of it alive was
simply the luck which strangely enough
saves a man now aud then from the open
jaws of death-New York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
Surprised Them.

Parson Fitxroy In nothing II not elegant
in his pulpit diction, bu: he rather SUI
prised his parishioners On Sunday, when
he arose 70 the supreme felicity OF refer
ring 70 Lots lady, who was transformed
into uaonolith OF chloride Of sodium -
Boston Transcript
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
The Clerk and tho 'Looker."

The statesmen have some disagreeaole
experiences with customers, and 1t Is some
times hard for them to keep their tempers.
The worst fiend they encounter is the
woman who is ''only looking" She will
approach q counter and Immediately
spread herself all over it. She asks to sec
some calico Of a certain print; this does
not suit her, and she asks for another
pattern, only to put it away and call for
something else After the third call the
clerk begins TO grow suspicious; "she's a
Iooker,'" he says to himself. Still she
goes on calling for something else.
Haven't you this in reds''
"Yes'm." The clerk takes down the
desired style.)
'sBut wanted something in red, with a
leafy figure; haven't you something In
that line?'
The clerk looks her over. eyes, why
didn't you say that was what you
wantedS"
''Must~I tell you your business; I'm
sure you're the most perfectly awful stu
pid man ever saw; your
But here the desired style is spread be-
fore her. 1t does not suit. The leaf Is too
leafily leafy, or the figure is too utterly
too aesthetic, and she suddenly discovers
that it was noS a red pattern at all that
she wanted, but blue.
By this time her ingenuity Is exhausted,
and with sigh she turns away.
81 guess / won't buy today" she says,
because I'm only looking. ID. j. Nc
Grath in Boston Globe"
We see it stated that the Chinese have
S1S holidays every year. Either the
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
Excursion : Tickets

To San Diego, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and all California
points. via the Great Southern
Route, good for s1X months with
stop over privileges and
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29

We see it stated that the Chinese have
31S holidays every year. Either the
Chinese year has more days or else the
Monaghan counts time by the fun he has
and gives the calendar the go by.-Bur-
GpCtOn Free Press
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
CHOICE OF ROUTES RETURNING.

For time tables and information
write or call at City Ticket office,
LIT Main St, Wichita KAN
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
48 MILES
The Shortest Route to St Louis

For Colorado. California, Ore
Ron and all Pacific Coast points
this u the favorite route.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29

betray He was crushed at the hips and
none but a savage could have accomplished
what he did l could have killed him at
a single blow, but the horrible work was
spared me. Death was already beside
him, and as ] stood and looked down
upon him, candle in hand, he uttered a
faint warwhoop and fell over dead. When
| was sure that life had departed dragged
him into the tunnel and shut and barred
the door, and so upset had my nerves be-
come by the adventure that l did not
sleep again that night.
In the morning excavated hole near
where the two bodies lay and pushed the
three into it and packed the snow over
them. Then / began running tunnel for
the ledge in front of the cabin, and had
gone about twenty feet when the second
night came. Early in the third day had
to abandon this tunnel on account OF q
cave in, which nearly smothered me.
Then l turned to the right to come out
down the valley, and I was still at this
work when the first week closed. Early
in the second week was stopped by a
bank of rocks and earth. and when the
second week closed was drifting a tunnel
to the left. 1t was slower work than you
would think for. The snow was packed
very solid, and all l dug out had to be
thrown behind me, and eventually carried
off and scattered in some hole under the
tree tops, Every few feet l met with a
big rock or the trunk of tree, and it was
hard work to get around such obstruc-
tons, Again cave in would take place
TO hinder further progress for day or
two, and finally came to the conclusion
that l could never get out by tuneling
l started in on the third week more to
be at work than from any hope of escape.
All that week / tunneled to the right
again, and ut o'clock on Saturday after
noon broke into my own tunnel. In
othar words had dona "a q man does