St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16

diving request was that they should no
view his remains, and the requess
should be kept sacred. Cherline's father
was there, and seemed pleased with the
execution. There was
SMILE OF EMULATION
on his face. Lees family asked for his
body and 1T will be turned over to
them tomorrow. Moe kept up bravely,
but when told of his good fortune broke
down completely. He said later: II
kept I'D because did not want them to
know how / felt. Life is sweet after
all. Pm glad" When seen by the re-
porter to whom their story was first
told, Moe shook hands with a firm grip,
the first time there had been any feel
ing manifested in his grip. He put his
arm around the reporters neck and
said:
''YoU SAVED MY LIFE
by publishing my statement In the
GLOBE before it was too late" Moe
was locked III his cell during the eXecu-
tion. The crowd out side dug out knots
i'm the fence boards to see the hanging.
There were 1S5 tickets issued. but not
all of them were used. Thirty-One
sheriffs were here and many OF them de-
parted for home on the 1928 train. All
were interviewed and said that Sheriff
Defrate conducted the execution in
good shape, and showed that he pos
sessed plenty of grit. The doctors also
complimented the sheriff, and said Lee
suffered an easy death. After the ex-
ecution the family of the sheriff, both
ladies and children, viewed the sus-
pended body of Lee. The town was
full of curious people from allj over the
county. Lars Lee, father OF the con-
demned man, was here and drunk as
usual. George l.. Treat, a local at
torney, was with Lee to get his sworn
statement, at the instance OF Judge
Lars Nj. Rand, of Minneapolis.
THE TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA,
where the execution took place, Is
the county seat of Douglas county, on
the main line of the Manitoba system.
The county is one of the finest from an
agricultural point of view in the whole
state. 1t is rolling prairie, thickly
dotted with lakes, and some of the
finest wheat farms in the country are
within it's borders. The land is about
evenly divided between prairie, forest
and water, and is exQuisitely beautiful
in summer time, being VISITED py
crowds of spOrtSmen and artists during
the season. The numerous charming
lakes abound in fish of many sorts,
while prairie chicken, grouse, pheas.
ants, wild duck, wild geese, brant,
woodcock and the larger game, such as
deer and bear, are abundant. Among
these lakes are several firSt-claSS hotels,
the most prominent being the Hotel
Alexandria. situated OH Lake Geneva,
one of the lOvelieSt spots in Minnesota.
The view across the lake from its win>
dows is like glimpse of fairyland.
Alexandria is flourishing place OF
$500 inhabitants, while the county con-
tains about $4,000, forming a wealthy
and prosperous surrounding country,
which does much toward securing the
commercial prosperity of the county
seat. Alexandria is an exceptionally
well-bu,lt town, half the buildings being
of urick, while the frame houses and
stores are all substantial structures.
| The citizens say they make it rule to
build two OF three brick blocks every
wear. Main street, which, as it's name
implies, is the principal street of the
town, is we'll filled up with good two
story brick stores, few frames giving
variety to the scene. The most promi-
nent b ilding is the school house, fine
three story brick building, which would
be credit to St. Paul. The. Jail is a
small two-story brick building
with stone basement and man
speaking, decidedly neat in ap-
pearance, and contains all the accom-
modation likely to be necessary for the
county, while it is we'll built and fitted
up in such way that escape is inn
practicable. Next door to the Jail is the
court house, pretty frame building,
painted white. There are no less than
seven hotels in the town, the most
prominent being the Letson house. a
very comfortable and substantial three
story brick block. The postoflice is in
a new brick building of large size,
which contains, besides, number OF
fine stores.
TWO BANKS
the First National Bank Of Alex
andria and the Bank of Douglas
County-have all the work they
can manage, taking care of the
funds of the numerous farmers and
tradesmen. They are both handsomely
fitted up and are a credit to the town,
both being purely local institutions. A
large town hall has recently been built,
of which the citizens feel very proud,
and with justice, for it is handsome
building. The religious part Of the
community is well taken care Of
by the pastors of seven churches
representing as many different de-
nominations. The C0ngregationalists
have very pretty church, while the
Methodists and Catholics have also
very commOdious structures. Two
ft,n
and Post, Independent, supply the
inhabitants with the news of the week,
both local and general, and make a
specially of reporting the proceedings
of the legislature. No plate matter is
used, and from all appearances they
are both breezy local papers, edited by
hustlers. A well-organiZed fire de-
partment protects the town from burn
ing, and showed at q recent fire its
ability to quench confiagratiOn fifteen
minutes after the alarm was turned in.
Three large elevators receive the prod
uce of the adjoining country, while a
flour mill with capacity of 800 barrels
a day is kept running at full blast all
the time. A well.equipped livery
stable does good business; in fact, this
may be said to apply to every store in
the city, as all show unmistakable
signs of prosperity. Reliable informa-
ton shows that there are many men in
the town who have made large sums of
money simply out of their local trade.
A large furniture factory turns the
produce of the forest into tables and
chairs, while lumber mill has plenty
of business to keep it running all the
year round.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
The town council at Its last meeting
granted franchise to one OF the most
prominent citizens, j. b. Harnebeck,
for supplying electric light and power
to the town, provision of his charter