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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
A QUICK ROUNDUP.
Kansas Farmers Turn Train Rob-
bers and Are Nailed.

WICHITA. Kan, Aug. 21.-The st.
Louis u San Francisco passenger train
which left here at 1:30 last night was
held up ana the Wells-Fargo express
car robbed by four masked men near
Augusta, Butler county. and before
O'Clock this morning the outlaws were
captured with a part of the booty.
As the train slowed up at the Santa Fe
crossing, about mile east of Augusta,
two masked men mounted the locomo-
tive Oh either side and with guns Or
dered the engineer and fireman to stop
the train. The train came to stand
still. and two other members of the
gang, who were in hiding, uncoupled
the express car. As soon as this was
done, the engineer was compelled to
pull out with the car about mile from
the train.
While two of the highwaymen
watched the locomotive crew the others
went TO the express car door and de-
manded admittance, and by way of en-
phasiZing their demands commenced
shooting through the sides of the car, i'll
which were Express Messenger Shift
and baggageman. The imprisoned
men soon gave in. The Wells-Farga
company has just taken hold of the
Frisco lines, and their men have
not yet received their arms, so
the express messenger had nothing
with which TO protect the car but a
small revolver. Shift was forced to
open the safe. and the robbers ranSacked
everything, getting between fifteen and
twenty packages of money.
The whole thing was over in about
thirty minutes, and the robbers then
left the locomotive after firing a
few parting shots. The outlaws
did not attempt to rob the pas
sengers, and the latter knew moth
ing Of the robbery until all was
over. The amount of money secured
can not be aScertaiued. but it Is proba-
bly, not exceeding $4,000, as the train is
made up at Burrel, only twenty miles
west. The robbery was committed by
four farmers living in the vicinity, and
it seems was expected. Sheriff Nipp. of
COwley county. was Informed that such
4 scheme was on foot by the fifth MEM
Der OF the gang during the week,
and while he could not discover
when the robbery was to take place he
had a posse in waiting. AS soon as he
got wind Of the hOld-up, he bounced on
the outlaws. The robbers were new at
holding I'D trains, but they did their
work like professionals. The only mis-
take they made was in holding up the
wrong train. for had they robbed the
west-bOund instead of the east-bound
train they would have secured a large
amount of Doodle.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
THE LUCIFER MATCH.
How the Useful Little Thing Was
Invented.

Pail Mall Gazette.
1t is not generally known that it is to
Isaac Holden, II. p, that we owe the
INVENTION of the Iucifer match. The dis
covery was, he has told US himself, the
result of happy thought. sin the
morning l used to get up at o'clock to
pursue my studies. and I used at that
time the flint and steel, in the use of
which found very great inconvenience.
Of course l knew, as other chemists
did, the explosive material that was
necessary Ill order TO procure in.
Simultaneous light, but it was
very difficult to obtain light on wood
by that explosive material, and the idea
occurred TO me to put sulphur under the
explosive mixture. | did that and
showed it in my next lecture on chem
iStry, course Of which was delivering
at a large academy.
"There was" said Mr.. Holden, ga
young man in the room whose father
was chemist in London. and he inn
mediately wrote to his father about il.
and shortly after iucifer matches were
issued 10 the world. l believe that was
the first occasion that we had the lucifer
match. was urged to go and take out
4 patent Immediately. but | thought it
was so small matter and cost me so
little labor that l did not think it proper
to go and get patent, otherwise l have
no DOUBT it would have been very profit
able"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
HOW CBIsP WAS CAPTURED.
Romantic Story Told by Private
Louis Walker. OF Cincinnati.

ItoInantlC story IOid by Private
Louis Walker, OF Cincinnati.
Behind the bar in the little dingy
saloon and lunch room at the southwest
corner of Thirteenth and Vine streets,
Cincinnati, says the Commercial Ga
zette, stands man who claims the
proud distinction of having saved the
Army of the Cumberland, and perhaps
given victory to the Union.
Louis Walker, according to the story,
was private during the war in Com
pany K, Forty-seveuth Ohio Veteran
Volunteer Infantry, Second brigade,
Second division, and Fifteenth Army
corps, and 1T was while encamped at
Macon, Ca, that he prevented dia-
astrouS attack upon the left flank of
the army by the capture of prisoner
upon whose person was found a dis
patch detailing the plan of attack.
Walker states that he was out for
aging early one morning q couple OF
miles from Macon, when he rode up TO
cabin door, and STOPPING from his
horse saw a young girl talking to
some one through an open
window on the opposite side of
the house. The sound of the horses
hoofs attracted the girls attention. and
she turned toward the door. and seeing
the soldier warned him in frightened,
agitated tones to leave, but before the
rider could understand the situation a
youthful rebel soldier rushed around
the house and was upon him. Walker
succeeded in capturing the boy, who
seemed about nineteen years of age.
and it was in his pocket the dispatch
from Gen. Hardee to Gen. Wheeler was
found.
The prisoner captured upon that oc-
caSiou was no other than Crisp. present
speaker of the house OF representatives,
anu the girl to whom he was talking is
now his wife.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
NOBLE EMOTION RIDICULE

He Wishes to save Life, but Is
Jeered by the Crowd.
Detroit Herald.
1.-The meanest trick that was ever
played on me-" said ST. Louis drum
mer who was trying 10 boom a CONVEX
sation III thesmoking eubby in sleeper,
twas by an echo in South Carolina
town. The little town is on the side of
a hill, and is as sleepy and uninterest-
ing place as one will find in q YEAR S
journey. [ got into the town on one
boiling hot day in August about l
o'clock and proceeded 10 rustic around
to get through business and skip out.
''rhe town was so Internally lazy
looking that [ didn't have much conf
dence in my ability to get business. At
the poSteffice corner an aged and de-
crepit gray mule with tapping ears and
solemn mien presided over the session
of WhittierS and tobacco Squlrters, who
were i'll session under the big sycamore
tree. | aceoSted one Of the group to find
out where Josh Wilkins, the principal
storekeeper, might be found. and
learned that he was tending a bufying
over i'll Catnip Holler.' Just as l was
about to move away heard a muffied
cry of
"'Help! Help?'
The whittlers and squirters paid no
attention and the gray mule was giving
all his time to fly on the end OF his
nose.
Again I heard the distant muffiep
cry of Help heipi'
- It's Darn shame about that poor
niger remarked one of the whittlers.
Whats the matter with the nigger?'
| asked, at the same time looking sus-
piciously at tue wooden-grated man
hole OF the sewer on the corner.
"'Well, you see. it's this way, strang-
er. Bill Starks' bull pup crawled UP
the sewer from the crick and got fast
and when the Niger crawled up after
him he got fast, tool"
Great heaYenSi Why arn't you dig
ging for MIN? The poor fellow will
de-
"'Of course he may die, stranger, but
then it's pretty hot today and he is only
a nlgger. anyway
My God, this is inhumanl Come,
men, and We'll rescue the poor fellow
''Just then another cry of help drove
me almost to a frenzy. | gave some
change to the lazy coiored men and sent
them for Shoyels and picks. They came,
and after distributing the implements |
went to digging like crazy nan. Pres
emily l looked around to see why the
others we're not helping me, and there
was not soul in sight. | was wild with
rage, and cried down the manhole to
ask how the man was getting along.
Not word came in answer. | backed
off little to survey the work. and
heard that same muffied sound say:
Come off the perch! You are an
old FOOL
Il looked around and saw the whole
town coming at HE. They We're laugh
ing and shouting. ana l knew was the
a bar room and tod me to register in
big book labeled Echo Fools There
were over 500 names Of people who had
been fooled. 1t was one of those wlis-
pering echoes where sound is thrown
back from the bluff to one particular
spot. 1t cost me $3.50 to buy the
drinks.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22

years of it he had taken his toddv
regularly three times day. Another
SAID his long life was due to his regular
hours. and when told that Peter Cooper
was Irregular in his hours, ate late sup
pers, etc.. and stilLlived to within a few
years of hundred. replied: well, if
he'd been regular he might have lin
gered over into his second century,"
Gladstone insists that he owes his long
life and hearty old age to perfect diges-
ton, and his perfect digestion to the
fact that he never swallows bolus of
food before he has chewed it thirty-two
times. Think of that, you human os-
trich, as you stand before railroad
lunch counter and swallow thirty-two
bolnses with one chew. Think of it,
and then, as dyspepsia, biliOusness,
headache, neuraSthenia and bad temper,
a nd paresis, too, come rolling in on you.
w sh in vain that you, too, had done as
tn +. g. 0. m. has.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22

perate intent. Occasionally the New
mexican cattle king would make wild
plunge with $4,000 in yellow chips be-
fore him and call the turn for $4,000.
But the old pleasant call didn't come as
he called it, and old Undertake began
To get white about the gills at the end
OF the fifth deal, for he had remaining
only one solitary stack of ten yellow
chlpS-Sl0, 600. Evidently it was not
Ilnberlake'S lucky night. Rising up
and shaking himself like tired lion, he
broke out: ''D-n my eyes, Harry, if L
don't want to make this stake $4,000
more.
Not by d--n sight," said CleYe-
land. "our limit is $4,000, so let it STAY"
That reused the New Mexiean's ire,
ana with an oath he swore to knock
Dealer Cleveland out if he took forty
eight hours to do 1t. Luck turned on
the sixth deal, and the old cattle king
raKed IN $4,000 in ivory chips on
5000 call-tray, queen. 1t was C1eve-
lands time to look serious as Timber
iake,s pile loomed upward, and s1S,000
'hsn' rep0sed where less than $4,000
could be seen moment before.
AT broad daylight not soul had left
the gaming table, and, after a cham
payne cocktail all around. Undertake,
growing tired and desperate. struck for
tune at its flood in coup d'etat. Five
cards were in the silver box. The call
was king, queen, ace. Ten thousand in
'hsh' the old man coppered on the king;
$4,000 open on the queen; $1,000 Oh the
ace and $1,000 c0ppered on the high
card; and ne called it with $1,000 worth
OF chipS-king, queen.
1.-The room was still as death till New
Mexico gave wild COmanche yell as
the call-turn came-king. queen. Tim
6eriake picked up $4,000 on the king.
$4,000 on the queen (the ace did not
show up), $4,000 OH the high card and
$4,000 on the call-king, queen. Tim
berlake was $50, 900 to the good, the call
paying for l.
Il have seen John Morrissey, Ben
Wood, Charley Ransom, The Walton,
the Philadelphia plunger, and George
LorIllard play, but never saw as nervy
a bet as the S21, 500 OF old Tim beriake
on single call-turn with only the king,
queen and ace in the box"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
DIAMOND CONTESTS.
An Exciting Game Between ORR.
OIes and Browns.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 21.-One of the most
exciting games of the season was won
by Baltimore today, the Orioles defeat-
ing the Browns largely through bad
piece OF umpiring on Barnie's part. In
the eighth inning, after Baltimore had
tied the score and two men were out
Hawke struck out StoYey fairly, but
Barnie would not give it. A couple of
hits and bunch OF errors after that
gave Baltimore the game. Breitenstein
pluckily stopped line hit and hurt his
hand i'll the fifth. He was compelled to
quit IN the seventh, Hawke succeeding
him. Barnie put Manager Hanlon off
the grounds for personal abuse. Score:
Il. II. E.
St. Louis III 0 0 o. s
Baltimore Il 0 0 o IS 2 ,
Batteries, Dreitenslein. Hawke and Buck
ley, Cobb and GunsOn; umpire, Baruie;
earned run, st. Louis L: first base by errors,
ST. Louis ]. Baltimore /; left on bases, ct.
Louis +, Baltimore 4; first base on balls. Off
Hawke /. off Breitensteln |. OF. Cobb2: struck
out by BreitensteIn ;, by Cobb .; two-base
hit. Crooks; sacrifice hits Crooks Morariaty,
Giasscock :: BrOdie BreiteusteIu cobb:
stolen bases Moriarity, Wood .. Van Haltren
,: double play o Bourke and SuIcliffe: hit
by pitcher, by Cobb 1; wild pitch Hawke 1:
time, TWO hoHrS.
WON BY HITTING.
LOUSY lLlE- aug. in early 4,OOO
people Witnessed the debut of Meekin,
the eX-colonel, with Washington today.
Pfetfer'S men won the contest by bunch
ing their hits. The features of the
game were the fielding Of Jennings and
Richardson and a sensational catch by
Brown. Score:
Louisville. % 14O o. s ;
Washirgton..o / 0 0 Is Z 3
Batteries. Clausen and Grim, Meekin and
Mcclure; umpire, McQUad: earned runs
Louisville j. Washington l: first base by
errors Washington ,; left on bases, Louis
vile ., Washington =; first base on balls, off
Meekin +; struck out. by Clausen = by
Meekin l: three-base hit, Grim; two-base
hits, Grim, Jennings. Pfefer, Mcclure 2;
sacrifice hits, Taylor, eaver, Whistler
TWitchel. Berger; stolen base, Whistler:
double plays, PfeffeT, Jennings and Whistler
Jennings. Pfeffer and Whistler: wild pitches
Ciausen l, Meekin l; time, 1:l5
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
His Assailant Grabs, Fires,
Retreats and Is Still at
Large.
Four Kansas Farmers Hold
Up and Loot an Express
Train.
A Pal Had Squealed and Law
officers Pinch the
Bandits.
Special to the Globe.

Specla1 10 Inc GioDe-
BRECKENRIDGE, MIMI, Aug. 21.-
Last evening just as the Larimore train
pulled in Station Agent e. X. Fisher.
who sat at his desk making up his days
accounts, with Mrs. Fisher standing by
him, heard the office door open and on
the same instant man grabbed the
money before him and fired. Fisher
started back. and the shot just missed
his head, passed close to the telegraph
operator and through one of the
coaches. The operator caught up his
revolver, which lay in an open drawer
by his side, but before he could use it
the robber had made his escape. The
whole thing was done so quick that the
Office door. which closed with spring,
had not time to shut after his entry be-
fore he was gone. The robber secured
SAT in money and about $50 in time
checks. He was recognized by man
in the depot as one who had been seen
shooting craps during the day. AS he
left the depot he fell Off the steps and
his revolver went off again.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
What Racing Costs in EngIand.

~ HdI 1tdciug OOSLS In An gland.
London Saturday Review.
l.. II. CurZon estimates the horses at
present devoted to the service of the
turf" including those in training, sires,
mares. foals and yearlings, at 10000
On these he puts an average value of
$500 apiece, and Oh the Ga, OG0. 900 thus
obtained he charges per cent interest,
making 4l50.000 year for capital ac-
count. He then assumes that half the
10000 horses are in training, and allows
el56 per head for trainers bills,
making e7S0,000 year, SO per
head for entries and forfeits.
making e50.00O year. and a25 per head
for travelling expenses and Jockeys
fees, amounting to an additional 9125,-
000 a year. These sums make I'D a
grand total of 81, los, 600 as the annual
cost, including interest of capital and
expenses. Of the horses devoted to the
service of the turf" No charge is made
for the expenses of stud farms. He put
the number OF persons ''employed in
various capacities in direct connection
with racing" at 10000, and the aver
age earnings of these. including board
and lodging, at 81 a week each. or more
than 45O0,000 a year. "a thousand
pounds" says Mr.. CurZof. ''for riding
Derby winner has come to be looked
upon as quite a common fee" and he
states that lover $1,000 OH one occasion
was paid TO the rider of a Derby WIN
ner." We believe that $4,000 of this
was given to him by the owner of the
colt and the rest by other people who
had won largely in bets. As the author
very truly says, jockeys receive many
presents besides money, such as ''dog
carts and yachts" and leases OF cham
payne" a famous jockey received '.it
is said. in two seasons. as many boxes of
cigars as would have stocked a modest
shop" and he was given ''seven gold
watches Che always used silver one)
and seven finger rings set with dia-
moDdS."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
September First viii. Begin
the Great Roundup of
Pigtails.
Every Chinaman on imer.-
can Soil Must Secure a
License to Live,
And Supply Uncle Sans Of
fleeps With Pictures Of
His "Phiz.'
Internal Revenue Men Antici-
pate Days of Fun md
Trouble.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Ten days
from now the internal revenue buIeau
will enter upon its first experience in
registering and photographing all the
Chinese residents in this country with
many misgivingS and doubts. EXpe-
rienced officers of the department fear
that the provisions of the latest exclu-
sion law will be almost impractieabie of
execution.
Commencing on the first of Septem-
Der, every Chinese in the United States,
except the retlnue Of the diplomatic
corps and few merchants, IS required
to apply to the internal revenue col
lector at the nearest point for a resi-
dence certificate describing himself, and
file three photographs of his face. His
statements are to be supported by the
affidavits of two creditable witnesses.
and upon approval of this application
the collector is authorized to issue him
certificate of residence. ANY China
man who neglects to do this between
now and the fifth of May next Is
Liable TO Deportation
back TO China. There are 10000 Chi
nese IN the United States. Over 10000
of these are in California and 5000 in
Oregon. and there the brunt of the en-
forcement of the exclusion act will fall.
But there are nearly 5000 in New York,
over 1 loo in Pennsylvania and nearly
LOCO In Massachusetts. besides 700 in
Chicago and nearly 500 in St. Louis,
where no slight difficulties are antiei-
pated.
The internal revenue people quote
the ancient saying about the difference
between leading horse to water and
making him drink. They point out
that the obligations of the law are dis
cretionary with the Chinese. If they
do not choose to get themselves photo
graphed, and to make their applications
within the time prescribed, the revenue
officials have no power to compel them.
The only penalty is deportation. which
falls under the domain of the at
torney general and the secretary of the
treasury. The difficulty entertained by
the internal revenue officials seems to
be borne out by the fact that OF the
100000 appropriated by the sundry
civil bill only 10000 has been allotted
by the secretary of the treasury to the
internal revenue bureau TO provide the
necessary deputies to enforce the law,
while $4,000 has been rel ned by the
treasury department and The depart
ment OF justice to meet the cost of de-
por ting tie TeeaicitrantS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
RATTLESNAhES MIGRATE.
They Love to swim and Are Fond
%

They Love to swim and Are Fond
OF Navigating Texas Waters.
1t IS generally accepted that the
polSono is RATHER, so well known and SO
much dreaded by man and beast in all
parts OF the United States. is a dry land
snake and avoids water more carefully
tnan the traditional burnt child does
the fire, says the New YORK Recorder.
HIS hauntS are supposed to be in the
forests. safe from the overflow of rivers,
IN the mountain or hill districts and on
the arid plains Of the West, where il
seldom rains. In the popular mind the
snake is associated with dryneSs, and
no one speaks of the swamp RATHER
But, like great many other popular
beliefs. this is wide of the mark.
On the Texas coast we have great
many broad bodies Of water. and fire.
quently mile after mile of trackless
waste lntervenes between point and
point or island and island. The ex
perlenced boatmen who travel these
broad bays and bayous can tell diff
ferent story about the rattler They
know that his fayorite place of abode is
along the water fronts, where sufficient
brush or other means of concealment
can be had, and that swim of few
miles Is but DaStime.
said an ola boatman: 81 have seen
rattlers swimming far out in Matagorda
bay, at least eight miles from the near
est point of land. They seem to have a
location III view, and nothing can make
them turn back or depart from theiI
course. l have tried to make them face
about or move along different point OF
the compass, out all to no purpose. The
snake loses much of his courage and
ferocity in the water, for instinct
teaches him that he cannot strike to adj
vantage. He swims we'll and tries to
escape, and l have known them to dive,
but the regular route will always be re-
sumed. and the bee returning to the
hive with deposit of gathered sweets
to be converted into honey could not be
more exacting." 1t is the testimony of
all who have made study of the RATHER
that he will always try to return to the
place of his birth
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22

by fields of Strawberries and green
peas, passing homes which were palaces,
going through what every one admits is
the most beautiful, the most fertile, most
pleasing region on the footstool, The
tramp lay on his brake beam enjoying the
scene and regretting that the. love of
travel obliged him to leave such an
early paradise. After several hours
ride the train entered quite large town
and slowed up as it approached the de-
pot. San Bernardino," called out the
conductor. - said the tramp, as
he climbed up from under the car and
stood on the platform from which he had
started few hours before. He had
taken belt-line Santa Fe train over
the klte-shaped track. 3
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
INDEPENDENTS RACES.
Crack Horses of the Country Will
Perform.

INDEPENDENCE, To-. Aug. 21.-To-
morrow great fortnight of racing will
begin here. Strings of horses and their
attendants from all parts have been
coming in for the past week, and the
city is now filled with strangers. Among
the prominent horsemen are Henry NJ.
Salisbury, NJ. E. McHenry. Dubois
Brothers, Budd Doble and others.
Nancy Hanks, Axtell. FLYING Jib. Jay
Eye See. Delmareh, Lobasco and other
'phenOmenals" are booked as starters.
The day will also mark the opening of
the new hotel. the new opera house and
electric street railway.
Today the body of the famous Cardiff
giant, which has been buried under
livery stable i'll this city for twenty
years, was eXhumed, and Will be eX-
hibited by circus managers. This was
Barnum Il 0lder's giant fraud of 1871.