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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
SCHOOL SITES.
The Commissioners Consider a
Few of Them.

Few OF Them.
The announced trip of the school
board commissioners took place yes
terday morning at $780, when a number
of sites on the north and northeast
sides were looked at. Afterwards a
meeting was held at the office of the
board. No final decision was reached
with regard to the purchase of sites,
but MCGOWAN & Mahoney, the agents
for the site on the northeast side which
was considered most advantageous,
were requested to telegraph to the
owners of the property an offer Of
$3.50 for four lots. The price. asked
was 1000, so that there is very little
likelihood that the board will get the
site in question. The owners are living
in st. Louis. The site is located in
Borup'S addition. Should the answer
of the owners be unfavorable to the
proposition of the board, it is probable
that the site offered by Catharine Hoy
for the price of $1,000 will be selected.
1t is situated on Thirteenth avenue
northeast between Fourth and Four
and one-half streets.
On the north side there are two sites
of about equal goodness, between
which the board is now trying to take
a choice. The sites are located on the
west side of Fremont avenue, between
Sixteenth and Eighteenth avenues
north. Secretary Marchbank has been
instructed to ascertain as to the ex-
istence of water and sewers in the
streets surrounding the proposed Sites
1t was decided at yesterdays meeting
to accept the offer of John G. Oswald
70 Let the hoard have the use of a lot
and building in that part OF Bryn
Mawr known by the name OF Osseo
park, for the purpose of opening an
annex. The building committee was
instructed to have the house fitted up
at once. The next meeting of the
board will be held at O'Clock TINS
evening. The site question will then
probably be disposed OF.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
C0BBLER GENERAL.
was in Command of the Army of
the Potomac for a Brief Period,

was in Command of the Army of
the Potomac for a Brief Period.
Washington Star.
The cobbler who mended my shoes.
states writer for the Star, was named
blsly, and he was always called gen
eral, which somehow did not quite
: cSGam lp with my idea of the cobbler.
:, Irue, he had been a soldier during
lHe WhoIe of the rebellion, but lust
Mhat kind of a soldier 1 did not know.
True, also, he had lost his leg at
sdSsEtysburg, but it was a dozen years
after the war in the accidental upset
Ola traction engine dragging
tnTeShing machine into a field.
sun he was General Bigly'' in the
common parlance, and one Gay asked
him about it.
quired.
Yes, SIR" he answered proudly and
promptly.
See much fghting?''
FROM April, 81, to September, '65"
notice that everybody calls you
general what was your rank? Were
you general?''
i was in command of the army of
!Fotomac, Sir" he said, as truthfuily
speak
'Oh, come" I laughed, II never
heard of General Bigly in command
" .iidt army. YOU are giving me gun,
as the boys say
It's true as gospel" he insisted.
Tell me about it if it's all the same''
Wen, you see it was this way" he
SAD, peggtng away at the shoe in his
lap, and not looking squarely at me,
when Gen. Grant took charge and I
was a sergeant. You see l used to
know the general out in Galena when
ne wasn't so much, and he was mighty
ID H. l.,
orderly. l used to go every place with
him., rldin' over the field and that kind
OF thing, and sometimes there wasn't
nobody but me and the general ridin'
day we had rode out along the road
and we come to little place where
a man lived that could make the finest
mint julep in the whole state of Vir-
gnny. 1 knowed about the place and
SO did the general, and, When we
struck it, I could kinder see his mouth
Waterin', fer mint julepS didn't grow
on trees in them days in Virginny
When we got opposite the gate, the
one eye soft and easy
Bill, says he-he always called me
BIZ in Jp3rivate-'Bill, will you do me
Anything on top of earth, general
says I. What is it?'
!" Will you be kind enough to take
command of the army while 1 go in
here and get mint julep?
OF course 1 will, general says I,
Strengthening up my back as if l had
a ramrod stuck down it, and comm to
a salute.
Thanks says he, and please hold
my boss at the same time
Then he went in, and for about fiji
teen minutes l set there on my boss
like Napoleon croSsin' the Rubicon.
and was in command of the army Of
the Potomac, and ever since that time
the boys have called me general
and didn't see any use of saying they
shouldn't
. 1t didn't occur to me to ask the
general for an affidavit to back this
rather remarkable story of his, but L
fancy if 1 had asked he would have
readily furnished me one, for the
general wasn't a man to let little
thing like an affidavit interfere with
q war ta1a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
LARCENY CHARGED.
Charles Young Apparently in n
Bad Box.

Charles Young, an upholsterer, who
has been rooming on the attic floor of
a house at 517 Third avenue south, was
arrested on a charge of grand larceny
last night by Detectives Morrissey and
Courtney and House Detective Bevins.
of the West hotel. With Youngs ar
rest, the police say, is cleared up the
mystery of a large number of small
burglaries from guests of the West
hotel. Detective Bevins has been at
work on the case for some time as
there was absolutely no clue to the
robber who has stolen, in all, about
$500 worth of clothing, jewelry, rail-
road mileage, etc, from guests of the
West. Finally he called in Inspectors
Morrissey and Courtney and the three,
by means of a mileage book taken up
at Browns Valley, traced the stolen
book to Young.
Young is about thirty-five years of
age and single man and has been do
ing odd upholstering jobs about town.
He took his arrest quietly and will be
arraigned in the police court this
morning
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21

Thus appear the carrier of the cake and
his sweetheart, and thus is clad the
halberdier. After the banquet the msn
and maidens of honor, being those who
in years before have carried the cake.
that presses in the public square
Then, in the midst of a spot protected
by barriers. the men and maids of
honor execute, not a cake walk, but
cake dance, a grave function in which
one must neither speak nor smile. The
dance is not complicated, but the music
is of a special character, and this gives
the whole a peculiar distinction. In
the evening there is dance of graver
character at an inn. The waltz here
begins really at 4 o'clock in the after
noon and is continued until dawn. The
red habits are put away at the end of .
the fete, not to be brought out again
for a year. They descend from father
to son, and are preserved with the ut
most care.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
CARBONIC ACID GAS.
A Humanitarian Suggests That 1t
Be Used to Execute Criminals.

Be Used to Execute Criminals.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The recent revival of the doubt in the
infallibility of electrocution as a death
penalty has naturally been followed
by string of suggestions for
method of sending criminals out of
the world painiessly, Prof. B. F.
Thomas holds that there are many
agencies better for the purpose than
acknowledgements, prussic acid, or al
most any one of a dozen chemicals,
not one of which would entail a mo-
ment of pain. He considers, however,
that the preference should be given
to carbonic acid gas. Under its influ-
ence the criminal would sleep his life
peacefully away, absolutely without
pain and without any of the agonized
foreknowledge of the hour and min
ute of his execution. Prof. Thomas
argues that as it is generally recog-
nized that simple removal from society
is the only object aimed at by the
capital punishment laws of civilized
nations, the most humane methods
should be selected. In two cases which
came within his own experience, where
persons had been nearly suffocated by
the fumes of carbonic gas, he found
that no pain whatever had been felt
prior to the lapse of consciousness.
There had been a Slight feeling of
lassitude and some dizziness and then
came all absolute blank, without the
smallest suggestion of fear or pain
Prof. Thomas proposes that an effort
be made to secure the passage of some
law which will kill the criminal with
out physical or mental agony-a
method that shall be quick, painless
and certain, and which will necessaril-
ly be more in accordance with the
laws of humanity. If carbonic acid
gas were selected, a cell could be fit
ted up at the penitentiary with pipe
connection for the introduction of the
gas from the place of its generation
near by, with proper covering for the
doors and windows so that the gas
could not escape during the execution.
The law should fix the date of execu-
ton between two specified days, leav-
ing the exact hour to the selection of
the warden. The criminal should be
placed in the condemned cell and
given no intimation of the time of
the execution, and when the warden
turned on the lethal gas the criminal
would glide unconsciously into his last
sleep, and justice would be satisfied
without any of the uncertainty and re-
peillent features of present methods of
execution.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
JESSE JONES, DUCATS.
Liabilities Exceed Assets by Over
Forty Thousand.

FOfty lhouSohus
Actual assets and liabilities in the
matter of the estate of Jesse G: Jones
were filed yesterday afternoon with
the clerk of the district court. The to-
tai liabilities aggregate $191, 394.9 and
the assets are $50, 32337. These lat
ter do not represent the entire re-
sources Of the estate, however. Con-
siderable money is in mortgaged prop
erty, the aggregate being $126,021.S7.
The liabilities secured are as follows:
John Nicholson, Minneapolis, s4,956.45;
John Nicholson Jr., Minneapolis,
$225. 80; Eliza j. Freeman, Minneapolis,
$4,000; Quissey & Chase, Boston, $780,
goo; Thorpe Bros, Minneapolis $4,000;
Security bank Minneapolis, 1924 SO;
James D. Woodruff, Minneapolis, $4,000;
First National bank, Minneapolis,
$500; Security bank, Minneapolis, $751;
500; N. P. Clarke & Co., Minneapolis,
S5,975; F. Stevens, Minneapolis, $500;
German-American bank, Minneapolis,
$500; ]. w. Day & Co., Minneapolis,
$S27.92; Standard bank, of Minneapo-
lis, $500; Joenner & Hansen, Minneap-
oils, $3.50; w. S. Hill & Co., Minneapo-
lis, 81 100; c. A. Smith Lumber COM
pany, Minneapolis, $500; Bardwell- Rob
inson company, Minneapolis $3.50; Sa-
rah E. Fiske, Boston, $1,400; Security
bank, Minneapolis, $4,000 Total, $751;
021.S7.
The above are secured by mort
gage given by Annie M. Jones to Sc
cure her Endorsement of paper amount
ing to $4,000, on separate real estate.
1t is also secured by a mortgage on
the homestead, s2,733, Park avenue.
To this should be added, accounts
payable amounting to s4,373.O6. The in
solvent is also indebted to Annie NJ
Jones to the amount of her securities.
Assets-Accounts receivable, SO. 635 10 :;
stock in yard, So, 233 70; bills receivable
secured by mortgage, S7,7SS.27; real es-
tate, $133, 500.
In figuring the value of the real es-
tate, only a value above the incum-
brance is given. AS the secured debt
is S137, 021.S7, allowing for the SCI ZOO
liability to Annie M. Jones, it places
the actual assets much more than
the liabilities, as it increases the as
sets $126, 1877
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
THE CAKE DANCE.
A Ceremony Performed by Ger
man Salt workers for Centu-
ries.

ries.
New York Sun.
Halle, the little German salt-making
city, whose inhabitants are supposed to
be descended from an early race of diff
ferent blood from the modern Germans,
has a, curious fete of its own, which has
been celebrated annually for many CEN
turtles. On that day the masters and
the salt makers, clad in red nantes,
follow to church the cake of the feast,
borne aloft by a youth accompanied by
his sweetheart. After the religious
rites follow banquet and a dance to
the music of instruments specially de-
voted to the purpose.
The fete originated in an incident that
took place so long ago that the very
date has been lost. A mill belonging
to the commune was burned and the
family of the miller was saved by the
salt workers. When the mill was re-
built the commune voted to the salt
boilers in perpetuity an annual cake
of 100 pounds to be blessed, carried in
procession, and then eaten solemnly to
the music of drums and flies
The ceremony has been going on thus
Tor generations, when, i'll 1876, there was
new fire in the city which destroyed
the city hall, but spared the salt works
commune adopted a resolution thank
ing God for what he had spared, and
declaring that thereafter the cake
bearer and the saltmasters and their
men should make the procession clad
not in black as formerly, but in tunics
of ardent red. with plumes of the same
color in their caps. The date of the fete
was also changedfrom ST. Peters and
ST. Paul's day to st. Johns day. the
longest day in the year. Since 1876 this
order has been faithfully observed
The cut of the tunic has varied some
what with the fashion prevailing, but
the Style OF Louis XIV. predomjnates.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
SHOOTING A DEER.
Queer Sensation at the Critical
Moment.

Outing
For half an hour we waited, hear
ing nothing but the vengeful wall of
a hundred or more mosquitoes that
lowered anXiously about searching for
a bit OF human territory that was not
deluged with tar-oil. Although still
light enough on the lake, the woods
were fast growing dark, and Pop
glanced at the sky and gave jerk of
his head toward the trail. At that mo-
ment we heard a, quick step and a
cracking of brush in the thicket OPP
posite. The sound was repeated, a
dainty muZzle pushed aside the
branches, and the deer, after scanning
the lake, stepped gracefully into view.
Shoot! shootv breathed Pop, hastily,
and I endeavored to raise my rifle to
my shoulder.
Good heavens! What allied me? A
mighty hammer beat in my wrists so
that they actually jerked; my heart
rose in my threat and choked me; a.
red mist swan before my eyes; my
mouth was parched. With feeble and
shaking hands 1 adjusted the rife,
guessed at the sights and fired Echo
caught up the report and sent it clat-
tering away among the hills, but by
the time 1 had sufficiently recovered
to throw another shell into the cham
Der of my rifle the deer was far away.
Pop was shaking with laughter. Toe
bad! too bad! he cried between his
shouts; %, if that want the prettiest
case of buck fever l ever see.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
MINNEAPOLIS
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBULEs.

Ellen Rouse has petitioned the pro-
bate court to name Thomas Johnson
executor of the will Of John Rouse.
There are seven heirs, and the proper
ty is valued at $17,500.
The Bicycle Keyless Lock company
secured articles OF Incorporation yes
terday. The capital stock is placed
at $4,000, with a limit of indebtedness
piicceAd at $4,000. Incorporators are:
j: A. Folsom, ". a, Chowen and
Charles L. Wright.
THE Old Homestead" the most sue
cessful of all plays which deal with
country life, will be the initial attrac-
ton Of the season at the Grand, the
engagement beginning next Monday,
and lasting for three nights and mat
inee.
That old operate favorite, 1.-The Bo-
hemian Girl was presented very sat
isfactorily last night, at Lake Harriet
by the Carleton Opera company. The
performance went with a vim, and
there was enough applause to con-
vince one that the opera had made a
hit
The reservoir committee held a love
feast yesterday, the reason being that
the city engineer has hopes of COM
pletlng the first subdivision of the
work at figures about $1,000 under his
estimate. The committee adopted mo-
lions calling for bids for brown stone
Tor the tower and gate houses, and for
pipe ior the pipe lines connected with
the big tank.
The street railway company has Civ
en- the Northwestern Athletic club the
use of the Lake Harriet pavilion for
three evenings for the benefit of the
club. An athletic programme will be
given by the ladies' and gentlemens
classes of the, Northwestern Athletic
club. assisted by the West Minneapo-
lis Turn Verein. The First Regiment
band will assist with concert numbers
The dates selected are: Wednesday,
Aug. Is; Friday, Aug. 80; and Labor
day, Monday, Sept. 2.
w. r. Overmier. assistant cashier of
the Metropolitan bank, returned home
yesterday from a two weeks trip on
lakes. He arrived at Duluth Monday
night on, the steamer Peerless. and
had to hurry to catch the Duluth
train. 1t being very dark he lost his
way, and fell from the pier into the
lake. He sank twice, and was caught
by the coat and saved by a bystander
as a: he vas going. down for the last
time. Mr.. Overmier says, aside from
the fright and the terrible chilling he
got in the cold lake water, he feels all
right, and is thankful to be able to re-
turn to his duties in the bank
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
PREHISTORIC ANIMAL.
One Unearthed Near the st. Louis
Car SlOnS

Bones of some huge prehistoric ami
NAL, either an elephant or a masto-
don, have been unearthed in the bank
just back of the Minneapolis & ST.
Louis car shops, where the railroad
company is eXcavating for ground on
which to build an addition to the
round house.
The first find was made Aug IA, one
week ago today. The bank had been
worked down till the plows had gone
through the yellow clay forming the
substratum, and were turning over a
soil composed of white clay, largely
mixed with gravel. During the after
noon one of the plows struck and
tore out of the ground a round frag-
ment of bone, about the size of
mans head. Some of the surveyors
happened to be standing near, and
they Immediately took possession of
the bone, which had been badly torn
by the plow, but was still of consid-
cradle value as a fossil.
Nothing more was found until Mon
day afternoon, when the plows ran
into nest of bones of all sizes and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
BOTH GOLD AND SILVER.
A New Money Club Springs Up
in Minneapolis.

c. H. Petit was made temporary
president of the silver club which or
ganized at the New York Life building
on Monday night. 1t was decided to
name the organization the gold and
silver club. Membership is to be free
and men of all parties are eligible. A
committee composed of Judge Rea, C.
H. Petit and William Buffers was
named to draw up a declaration and
principles and suggest a list of officers.
1t is thought that Judge Vanderburgh
will be recommended for president A
public meeting to inaugurate the club
will be held on Saturday night at the
New York Life building.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
MINNIE r.. WILLIAMS SENDS A
TELEGRAM TO HOLMES,
LAWYER.
IT MADE HOLMES WEEP.
THE MESSAGE INFORMED SHOE
MAKER THAT SHE STILL
LIVES.
OF DOUBTFUL AUTHENTICITY.
But Some of the Interested Par
ties Declare 1t Is the Genuine
Minnie.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 90
w. A. Shoemaker, attorney for H.
II. Holmes, accused of a score of
murders, received a telegram today
purporting to come from Minnie r.
Williams, one of Holmes alleged VIC
Tins. 1t reads as follows:
Providence, r. l., Aug. 10, 1895.
W. A: Shoemaker, Attorney, Phila-
delphia:
1.-The report that I was murdered is
absurd. | am we'll and alive
MINNIE r. WILLIAMS"
When the message was shown to
Holmes he said excitedly: 81 knew
my story that I did not kill the
girl would be confirmed" He brushed
tears from his eyes. 81 am sorry,
however, that she has made her
self so public by telegraphing; she
might as well have written" Then
Holmes reiterated the statement that
he has made so often, that the last
time he saw Minnie Williams was
when he left her at Toronto with
the Pietzel children. The prisoner
has every confidence that Minnie
Williams is the best friend he has,
and feels assured that the telegram
received here today was sent by
her for the purpose Of showing 10y
atty to him.
Attorney w. A. Capps, the Fort
Worth attorney who has been here
in the interest of Texas people who
are trying to prosecute Holmes, was
h 70 70 e.,
York when told that Minnie Will
Jams had been reported alive. He
said: 81 never thought she was
dead. The Fort Worth people think
she is alive, but it seems mighty
hard to locate her. She may be some
where near Boston. She has many
friends there. 1 would not be sur
prised if the telegram you say has
been received from her is correct"
There the conversation was abruptly
terminated by Mr.. Caps having to
rush off to catch the New York eX-
press.
SHOEMAKER BELIEVES IT.
District Attorney Barlow would not
say whether he thought the telegram
was genuine or false. He admitted,
however, that he would not be aston
ished if Minnie Williams appeared on
the scene at any time. Lawyer Shoe
maker is investigating the telegram.
which came over the Western Union
Telegraph company's lines. Asked as
to his belief in its genuineness he re-
piled: cit may or it may not be. My
opinion, however, is that it was sent
by Minnie Williams. Holmes told me
this afternoon that he supposed the
girl has just arrived from London, and
perhaps was induced to send the mss
sage by some of his friends. 1t is
more than likely that Minnie Williams
sent the message from Providence
and then hurriedly left the town. She
has always, you know, had a particu-
lar fondness for Boston, and besides
she has many friends. in that city. She
may have been on her way here when
she telegraphed me-"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
INVADE SUMMONED.
Asked to Refute Charges Made
Against Him,

Another act in Company AS little
domestic drama will take place tonight
in st. Paul, with a very limited audi
ence. Lieutenant-elect McWade has
been summoned to appear before the
examining board to refute the charges
made against him. and Col. Reeve,
Maj. Ames and Capt. Minty, of "a"
have been invited to appear and pre-
sent their objections to his confirma-
ton. They will hold quiet and very
exclusive session with the examining
board, and its outcome will determine
whether or not McWade will be al
lowed to take his examination. The
prospects are for very hot little ses-
sion. The examining board consists
of three st. Paul men: Col. Shandrew,
Of the Third regiment; Maj. Price and
Capt. Montfort, of Company H.