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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
PETS AND INFECTION.
Gases Which Show 1t Is Wise to
Prevent Children FOndling Stray
Kittens

Gases Which Show 1t Is Wise to
Prevent Children FOndling Stray
Kittens.
Philadelphia Press.
do believe that cats and dogs may
carry from one home to another con-
tagious diseases? | think the idea
simply silly. My little girl likes to
fOndle pretty kittens, and l mean to
teach her to love dumb animals" said a
young mother when friend suggested
the letting alone OF visitor, pretty
bundle Of gray fur, very much alive, and
evidently somebody's pet.
The scarlet fever was raging i'm the
neighborho0d, and the mother had most
carefully guarded her little girl from
exposure to cOntagiOn, having for weeks
escaped it..
Baby and kitty had fine play to-
gether, and when pussy cook her leave,
straight to the house containing three
cases of scarlet fever she went. Baby's
subsequent attack of fever was pot at
tributed to playing with the gray kitten
though she had 10 other chance of in
lection.
HDur.ng the reign of the influenza q
handsome cat, much petted by every
member of the family, was found of sit
ting upon her masters writing desk.
Minette Greytoes continued her at
tentignS to Mr.. Give while he wrestled
with an attack of the grip. Before
many hours had elapsed after his attack
poor pussy's throat became sore and
very much inhamed, her eyes watery,
and violent sneezing altcrnated with
coughing added to her affections, Prov
ing beyond dispute that disease may be
transmitted from the human being to
the lower animal or vice versa.
A dainty, clean, cunning kitten looks
innocent enough, but it is we'll TO know
just where it has been before permitting
the children to fOndle it. The measles,
whoOping cough, scarlet fever, with
other contagious diseases, have made
sad vacancies IN home circles so care
fully guarded that there has been no
''knoWn" possible chance for infection.
Cats should be kindly treated and dogs
also, but both are given to visiting. Is
it we'll to permit the children to fondle
strange pets?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17

| pays the import tax, because, if he does.
| what right of action have the WANA-
| MAKERS and other native merchants?
| If the foreigner paid the unlawful eX-
cess of tax. the money is his, and he
should sue for it.
But there is another phase Of the mat
ter which is more interesting than the
one which exposes the fallacy of Nc
KINLEY's statement. The special an
nouncing the decision of the court SAYS
that no one can tell the precise amount
involved, and which the treasury will
have to repay. Treasury clerks esti-
mate it at from SS,00O,00O to $4,000, 900;
ex-Secretary FOSTER thought it might
be $25,000,000. Whatever it is, it is a
very pretty plum for the importers who
get the refund. 1t is all clean profit to
them. They have collected the tax eX-
torted from them from the customers
who bought the trimmings, and the
great hat-wearing American public have
paid it in the increased cost of their
hats. The importers paid what the col
lectors demanded. paid it under protest,
and brought the actions to recover that
are now decided in their favor. They
collected the excess at once from their
customers, and collect it now again from
the government.
The hat trimming cases are but one
Of countless instances. The docketS Of
the courts in the importing cities are
crowded with these suits. Attorneys
make this practice a speciality. The
system breeds this litigation. The col
lectors and appraisers on the one hand.
endeavoring to get all the duties they
can; the importers on the other hand,
trying to get their goods in with as lit
tie tax as possible; and between them
the mass Of tariff laws. with their sched-
ules and complicated and often contra
dictory definitions. all tend to breed dis
putes and litigation; and the consumer
is the only loser. The government gets,
at the end, what it Is entitled to; the
importer gets his over-payments back
twice-once from the treasury and once
from the consumer-and the latter pays
it all. What charming old humbug it
all is.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17

date. AS sCol. LOWRY has repeatedly
indicated a desire to do all this, it is
presumed that the amendments will be
perfectly satisfactory to him, and that
he will accept the ordinance.
This paper believes that the adoption
of this ordinance will settle the street
railway differences. By the ordinance
we gain double track line to Como
park within thirty days after the city
has completed tine sewer on Como ave-
hue to the right of way of the Great
Northern. The city is now engaged in
the work, and viii have it finished very
soon. so that the double tracks will be in
working order at least by July 1. Thus
we shall be able this summer to keep at
home the great quantities Of money
which would 60 to Lake Harriet.
The safety device will be at once
placed OIL the Selby avenue hill, and
the people will thereafter enjoy continu-
GUS rides to and from Merriam Park.
The ordinance affords several other
advantages, of which the public is
pretty well Informed, and the ordinance
as whole will be very beneficial to the
CITY
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
SISTERS HOODWINKED.
A Woman Who Claimed to Be
Jesus Christ in Custody in
Baltimore.
Two Intelligent Women Give
Themselves Entirely Into
Her Hands.

BALTIMORE, May 1G.-Within the
shadow of st. Luke's Protestant Epis-
copal church, in neat three-story brick
house, live two sisters of highly re-
spected family. One of the sisters is
Mrs, Maggie Hooper. the other Miss
Mamie Maxwell. The latter is teacher
in the public school. At the in
stance of Mary Moulton, the colored
domestic of the sisters, the police have
arrested Mary Harvey and her husband.
Inc particular charge against them is
fraudulently obtaining cash, jewelry
and wearing apparel. In a general
statement of the case, Mary Moulton
SAID that she first noticed the woman
Harvey when she came to the house
to do, as she said, some scrubbing
IN return for an apron that Mrs. Hooper
had given her. On he second visit the
woman stayed all day in Mrs. Hooper's
room. She then noticed that the Har-
vey woman could get anything she
wanted i'll the house. Mary Moulton
also described how Mrs. Hoopers son,
boy about thirteen years of age. used
10 get down on his knees and repeat
prayers to the Harvey woman, under
the belief that he was worshiping
boy kiss the feet of the woman.
Mrs. Harvey came almost daily to the
house after her first visit. On several
nights last week bright light was seen
IN back window of the house and the
sound of women's voices in earn
est prayer could be heard. One
woman seemed to be exhorting
the other two. Mrs. Harvey, it is
related, represented herself as
Jesus Christ and made them bow
down and worship her. On Friday
night people in the neighborhood were
awakened after midnight by the sounds
OF Nearer My God to Thee" During
the exhortations Mrs. Harvey is said to
have taken wine, and, after represent
ing herself as the living God, to have
passed 1t to the women, saying:
Take this in remembrance of me-"
Partaklng of the wine, both Mrs. Hop
per and Miss Maxwell are said to have
prayed to and worshiped Mrs. Harvey.
MIS-. Hooper's boy at first rebelled, but
he was forced into submission. After
partaklng of the wine the women are
said to have lapSed into delirium, dur
ing which time they would sing and
eXhort each other as If in a religious
frenzy, crying, ''All for Jesus, all for
Jesus. all for Jesus!"
AS soon as the woman Harvey was
removed doctor ana a member of the
Order of Bon Secours were called, and
Mrs. Hooper and Miss Maxwell were
placed under their care. A brother-in-
law of Mrs. Hooper says that both she
and her sister are recovering. Mrs.
Hooper has been sick for months
with some say erysipelas, others say
nervous prOstratiOn. The brother-In-law
says that all the trouble has been caused
by overdoses of drugs. The Harvey
woman is described as about fifty-five
years of age, with scarcely a trace of
intelligence in her cOuntenance, yet
with Astounding cunning. The marvel
is, how the school teacher could have
surrendered to her Vaccinations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
FOR THE HOSPITAL.

A committee of physicians appeared
before the board of aldermen last even
ing, and asked an appropriation of
$4,000 to complete the work upon the
new ward building of the city hospital.
The matter was referred to the commit
tee on ways and means.
With this structure completed, ST.
Paul will have one of the finest hos
pitfalls in the United States All the
new buildings are constructed on the
latest and most approved plans. All
the wards are thoroughly ventilated.
comfortable and inviting. and the con-
veniences throughout are unsurpassed
by any hospital i'll the country.
Dr.. ANCkER has devoted several years
to bringing the new hospital into eX
istence. He believed that if st. Paul
could have hospital of such large pro-
portions, the institution could be made
self-supporting. The old hospital has
always been supported by the city and
county, and if the people can be re-
lieved of the burden, it is most desira-
bic that they shall be-.
1t is the belief of the medical men of
the city that when the hospital is com
pleted it will draw to the city invalids
with means from all parts Of the North
west. These people will, of course. be
charged for their attention. DR.. ANCKER
has already large staff, selected from
among the best physicians in st. Paul
with reference tC their specialties. 1t
contains four men who are especially
skilled in surgery; four who have made
speciality of the treatment of typhoid
and other feverS. and so on through the
range of complaints and sufferings.
The services of the staff are donated to
the city, and the poor people who are
taken to the hospital receive as skillful
care as the rich can have.
The hospital Is now wholly a char
liable institution. The new hospital is
within $4,000 of being completed. 1t is
designed with the express view of re-
lieving the public from the expense of
supporting hospital, and to accomplish
this end it was necessary to have an in
stitutioD so much superior to anything
in the Northwest that it would attract
people of means to it. 1t seems unwise
to let the one ward building remain in
half-fnished condition. 1t is useless as
it now stands, and, worse than that, 1t
is at the stage where, unless completed.
it will decay. 1t has cost good deal of
money SO far, and the city cannot afford
to lose the outlay.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
MANS WORK CRUSHED.
Extensive Creyasse in the Missis-
sippi River Levee Near Grand
Lake, Ark.
All Northern Louisiana Will BE
Flooded, Causing Widespread
Destitution.

MEMPHIS, May 16. = The levee at
Grand Lake. Ark, fifteen miles below
Greenville, Miss, on the west bank of
the Mississippi river, broke at an early
hour this morning. This is the third
crevasse to occur On the Arkansas side
OF the river within week, all of which
have been in Chicot county. The dam
age from this last break will be APP
palling. All of the northern part
of Louisiana will be flood
ed, and it is also feared
that the water will cause great
damage in the central portion of the
state, as Red river,in which it will flow,
is rising rapidly, and will soon be out of
its banks. Gov. Murphy and ]. Foster.
or Louisiana, accompanied by several
railroad officials, passed through Green
vile, Miss, on their way to the flooded
country tonight for the purpose of aid
ing the sufferers. Great restitution
prevails, and relief expeditions are be-
ing organized to rescue those who have
been hemmed in by the water. The
Grand lake crevaSSe was 800 feet wide
and 20 feet deep at o'clock tonight.
The river at Memphis is still rising, and
the villages of West Memphis and
REYNosO. Mex. May 16.-The Rio
Grande river is out of its banks at this
point, and is doing great damage to the
country both in Mexico and Texas.
Thousands of acres of bottom land is
inundated, and the losses of life and
stock are very heavy. The Matamoras
branch of the Mexican National railroad
is washed away in several places. A
family of MeXicanS named Martinez,
consisting of father, mother and three
children, living five miles above here,
near the bank of the river, were caught
in the flood and drowned. Several per-
sons on the Texas side are reported as
having been drowned.
ARKANSAS CITY, Ark, May 16.-The
river gauge reads 1876, rise of i in the
past twenty-four hours. At the mouth
OF White river, seventy miles above, the
river is stationary, which is evidence
that the Arkansas and White rivers
have spent their force, which will be
needed to Offset the increased rise at
Helena, caused by the overlooking of
the st. Francis river bottoms. The
leveeS are holding in this section, and
are being watched closely by 400 or 500
men. The back water in the city is
rising at the rate Of five inches in twenty
four hours.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
THOSE HAT TRIMMINGS

The hat trimming cases have been
with us d long time. 1t is to be hoped
that now the federal supreme court has
given them their quietus, and only the ac-
counting officers of the treasury will be
bothered with them in ascertaining how
much Uncle Sam will have to go into
hispocket for to refund to each claimant
the tax extorted from him bg the collect
ors without warrant OF law, as the court
finally decides it was. We have heard
OF these cases frequently during the two
or three past years, as they foated from
one court to another OH their slow prog
ress to the court OF last resort. They
have been used time and again to illus
trate the delicious absurdity of pro-
tective tariff. or of any tariff whatever,
for the matter of that. They have been
made use of to refute Mr.. McKINLEY's
remarkable assertion that the fersigneg
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
KEPT THE FINES.
Law and Order Agent Charged
With EmbezzIement.

Law and Order Agent Charged
With Embezzlement.
PIrTsBURG, May Is. = Controller
Brown. of Allegheny City, has lodged
Information against Robert Mcclure,
agent of the Law and Order society,
charging him with embeZzlement. Ten
charges were made against him before
Aid. McMasters, and Mcclure was ar
rested at noon. This is The result of an
examination in the docket of Aid.
BOhe, who attends to the law and order
cases made by City Solicitor Elphin-
stone. The solicitors examination of
the docket has not been completed, but
eighteen cases have been brought to
view, in each of which fine of $50 was
imposed, and the money paid to Nc
Clure. No share of this money has been
paid over to the city treasurer as pro-
vlded by law. Mcclure was seen be-
fore the warrant was issued, and
claimed to have paid over the
money to the Law and Order attor-
ney, MIR. Yost. Mcclure, however,
was willing to pay the money second
time and settle with Mr.. Y Ost later, and
rendered $500 to Controller BroWo. This
the latter refused to receive and the
warrant was issued. Mr.. Yost indig-
nantly denIes McClure's statements.
claiming that he had received no money
from Mcclure, except for five cases, the
names and dates of which were in the
possession of the city treasurer. After
considerable diminishing, Mcclure Sc
cured bail in 1000 for his appearance
in court.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
TOO EXTEAVAGANT.
Chio's C. a. II. Commander Pre-

Ohio's C. a. Il. Commander Pre-
sents an Unique Report.
CINCINNATI, May 16.-Commander L.
T. Mack. OF the Department of Ohio, G.
A. r., made an unique annual re-
port at the annual encampment,
which began to day at Ham
ilton. o. He condemns the extrava-
gance of headquarters establishments at
the national encampments. as we'll as
brass bands and special trains ell route.
On the subject of pensions Commander
Mack says in his report:
''If any man by fraud has secured O.
place on the pension roll, the Grand
Army of the Republic demands that his
name be erased; but the Grand Army
repudiates the too commonly-repeated
assertion that the pension roll is not a
roll of honor because some unworthy
man or men may have secured a place
thereon by fraudulent representations"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
REPLIED TO RICE.
President McLeod Answers tt
Implied Censure of Himself

FreSlOenG MCL6Ou Answers the
Implied Censure of Himself
PHILADELPHIA. May 16.-Presldent
Mcleod tonight made a lengthy reply
to the implied censure OF himself that
was contained III j. l.. Rice's report
Of the Boston & Maine and New York
& New England stock deals. He ex-
plains in detail that all the transac-
tons for the purchase of the stocks
to control New England railroads
were made with the concurrence and
approval of the Reading directors for
the benefit of the Reading. He also
states that he believes still that if the
blow aimed at its credit had not been
struck the acquisition Of the Eastern
roads would, by giving the Reading
the control absolutely of large mar
ket for coal. have added enormously
to its revenues. He also stated that the
claim of L. Il. Prince for S1S0,0OO in
commissions for making transactions to
acquire stock was unjust; that he was
to get only the regular commission and
that Mr.. Prince had no other under
standing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
Strong Words stricken Out.

LONDON, May IA dispatch from
Berlin to the Daily News says that the
report of the emperor's speech on the
templehofer field was rushed into
the columns of the semi official dali
lies so that the publication of his
exact words might be prevented. In
fact, says the News correspondent, the
emperor spoke much more strongly than
the report in question indicates. His
address was carefully edited, however,
and the most reckless statements were
Strickan out.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
A TOWN IN ASHES.
1t Is Thought to Be the Work of a
Band of Criminals.

FORT SCOTT, Kan, May 16.-Hepier, a
Crawford county village, with popula-
ton of 500, was reduced to ashes early
this morning. 1t is almost certain that
the fire was started by the Land
League" of Allen, Crawford and Bour-
bon counties, which few years ago
was brought to national notice by
its murders and wholesale thefts. Sew
eral of the league members are now in
the penitentiary. Hepler was the strong
hold Of the anti-leaguerS. The league
was organized several years ago for the
purpose of protecting its members
against the usurpation OF land by the
railroads and new settlers. 1t was sup
posed that the league had diSbanded.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
Dug Their Way to Freedom.

JEFFEBsoNvILLE, Ind, May LEONE
of the most daring and successful breaks
for liberty was accomplished at the In
diana prison south last night. Four
convicts confined in cell house on the
ground tier, their cells adjoining, af-
fected their escape by drilling two
foot hole through fve-inch tagging to
the ground. This accomplished, they
tunnelled under the tagging distance
of twenty-five feet to the north wall of
the range. and at this point the task of
tunneling through three-foot wall
made Of Bedford lime, was the task of
only an hour. From this point the
prisoners went to the improvised wall,
made of upright boards. on the east side
of the prison, which they scaled.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
BALLOTED 500 TIMES.
Stubborn Contest for the Electric
cal Engineers Presidency.

Stubborn Contest for the Electro
cal Engineers Presidency.
New YORK. May 16.-The tenth an
nual meeting and election of officers of
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers took place today at the head
quarters of the institute in this city.
Much interest was manifested because
of the contest for the presidency, which
carries with it more than ordinary honor,
this year an account of the worlds fair,
and the entertainment of foreign cleo
trical engineers of world renown. The
contest for the presidency lay between
Prof. Edwin j. Houston, of Philadel-
phia, and Thomas d. Lockwood, of Bos-
ton. Upwards of 800 ballots were cast,
and, after two hours canvass of the
votes. it was announced that Prof.
Houston had been elected by decided
majority. The balance Of the regular
ticket was elected without division. A
banquet followed the election.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
Piled a Train in a Canal.

EVANSVILLE. o., May 16.-A serious
wreck occurred on the Pan Handle near
Frazerburg, o.. this morning. An axle
broke on an east-bound freight lust as
the train entered the bridge over the
canal. The bridge was dragged down
and fifteen cars piled up i'll the canal.
The trainmen escaped by jumping
William Forsythe and Edward O'Herin,
of Steubenville. o., were riding on the
freight train. Forsythe was killed and
O'Herin fatally injured.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
ATTEMPTED TO HUG HER.
Sensational Testimony in the Du-
bose Imneachment Case.

NASHVILLE. May 16.-There was an
other woman witness in the Dubose
impeachment case today. Mrs. Lady
P. Mcbride, of Memphis, was exam
ined at length as to the scene that is
alleged TO have occurred in Judge Du-
bose's Office. According to Mrs. Nc
Bride the judge attempted familiarities,
and she Indignantly left his Office. He
had sent for her, and attempted to in
duce her to turn her property over to
trustee, threatening to release her
husband. who was in Jail for assault
aud battery, and Of whom she was
afraid. When she refused the judge
attempted to hug her. Her husband
was released by the judge. The testi-
mony of the other witnesses was not of
a sensational character. The prosecutor
announced that all their testimony was
in, and tomorrow the defense will begin
to present Its evidence.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
CHURCHMnN ASSEMBLE.

Congregational Conventions at
Piattevilie, Wis, and Daven-
port, 10.
PLATTEvILIE, Wis. May 16.-The
annual meeting of the Southwestern
convention of Congregational churches
commenced in this city today. Among
those present were Rev. Mr.. Humphrey,
D. D., of Chicago; II. W. Hart. secre-
tary of the Wisconsin home missions;
Profs. Beck and Gardner. Of Platte
vile; Revs. Jenney, of Boscobel; Jack
man, of Bloomington; Thomas, of Lone
Rock; Mason, of Plymouth.
MUscATINE, To-, May 16.-The fifty
fourth annual convention of the Iowa
State Congregational association con-
vened in the new edifce of that denomi-
nation this afternoon. Rev. f. l.. Jerry,
of Ottumwa, delivered the annul ser
mon,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
POWERFUL BOMBS.
Paris COppers Make a Very Inn
DOrtant Find.

PARIS, May 16.-The police today
found several bombs, many pounds of
dynamite and a chest of burglars tools
buried in lot surrounding a shed in
the suburb of Levallois. The bombs
were more powerful than those before
seen in Paris. Each consisted of an
old can formerly used for preserving
peas, still bearing the label, a glass
tube filled with acid and a packing
around the tube of giant powder and
small pieces of iron. Any one of the
bombs is powerful enough to blow up a
house or to wound scores of people
If it were exploded in the street
The police do not feel certain
whether or not the bombs and dynamite
were buried by anarchists or by the
burglars who own the chest of tools.
They have arrested Bondin, owner Of
the property on which the box of tools
and explosives were found; Vinchow,
mechanic living near the shed, and
Spannaget, Meche and Level, three
anarchists,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
Pallister Found in the River.

SING SING. n. Y. May 16.-A body
was found in the Hudson riyer-near
Sing Sing this morning and identified
by State Detective Jackson and Prin-
cipal Keeper Connaughton, of the
prison, as that of Pallister, the MUIR
derer. The body was very much de-
composed. 4 thorough Investigation
was made, and a bullet hole was found
under the left eye. Tie slppositfon is
that RQehle shot Pallist6f and then
COMMITTED sulcida