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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
CIRCUMSTAMTIAL.
He Looked Innocent, But Justice
Wasn't to Be Fooled.


Detroit Free Press.
Did L ever know of an innocent
man being convicted on circums tam
tial evidence?" repeated a Detroit
lawyer who was smoking IN a hotel
the other evening. Eyes, 1 know of
case. In fact, L was the prison
er's attorney. 1t happened in Mis-
souri, about twenty years ago, and
was one of my first cases.
1T was this way" continued the
lawyer, as he got comfortably set
tied down. "a farmer had a horse
stolen, and the animal was fol-
lowed for ten miles and found under
a shed in the suburbs of the town
where l lived. AT the same time
they found man in hiding. He
refused to give any account of him
self, and when charged with being
the horse thief he did not deny it.
. 1t was not until he was put on
trial in the higher court that I was
retained. He stoutly declared his
innocence, but he wouldn't account
for his whereabouts on the night
the horse was stolen. I not only
felt sure of his guilt, but had no
show to make for him, and wasn't
disappointed when he was convicted
off-hand. AS to the 'circumstantiaI
part they proved that he knew the
horse and had said that he felt
tempted to steal it. Also, that he
was seen that evening within a mile
q 1aY.'c.
were found on his trousers legs
and he was in hiding near the
horse. Everything pointed to his
guilt, and the jury made quick work
of him."
"And wasn't he guilty?" asked
one of the group.
mot a bit of it. After he had
been sentenced for three years his
wife came to me and wanted me to
advise him to tell the truth. She
knew it all the time. He was out
that night with two other men to
rob a store, and they got away with
a wagon load of goods. He was
set to watch, and while thus serving
was run into the shed by the men
in pursuit of the horse thief. The
latter got away and the other was
captured. To give his gang time to
get away he let himself be taken to
Jail, and was ultimately tried, con-
victed and sentenced. He had no
more to do with the horse than I
had"
"And what did you advise?'
His best interest, of course. He'd
got three years for stealing horse.
but if he owned UP to the store rob-
berry, he'd got from ten to fifteen.
told him to Shut up, and the adj
vice was so good that I got $50 for
it. Yes, circumstantial evidence
convicts an innocent man, and if
you are ever on a jury it will be
we'll to remember this fact
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15

happen to know what my brother
George thinks on the question:
There was an eager chorus of
What does he think
The brunette settled herself COM
fortably among the cushions and I'M
scrupulously proceeded to portray
this same brother to a dozen of her
girl friends.
George thinks" she began, that
they're horrid. He actually told
mother the other day that if he
caught me out in boomers he'd
smash my wheel. Those are his
very words. And then the way the
boys talk about the bloomer girls!
A day or two ago he and two
friends, whom you all know, were
cleaning their wheels in the back
yard, and, as 1 was very near the
window, of course I could hear every
word they said.'
"Of course" assented the other
girls encouragingly.
George started it by asking them
if they had seen Miss Spindles in
her new bloomer suit. They said
No and wanted to know how she
looked. George said she looked all
right, only she was knock-kneed.
Then one of the other boys said
another girl, whom he named, was
bow-legged. And so they went on
criticising every girl they knew, and
it would be hard to say which was
the more Objectionable, the favor
able or the unfavorable comment.
Half the girls were pronounced
knock-kneed, and I know it is just
because they don't tread firmly, and
so bring their knees too close to-
gether.
''These same boys insist that the
boomers are all right, and do not
attract any more attention than
skirts, yet when I was riding with
them the other evening I noticed that
in every case where we came up
with a bloomer girl they would slow
up to keep just behind her just as
long as possible, and they weren't
studying headgear either. The girls
in skirts were passed unnoticed. 1
tell you, girls, such costumes may
be modest, but it's new kind OF
modesty. Goes with the new wom-
an, suppose"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15

HACKENSACK, N. J., July H.-In
addition to the wreck in Cherry Hill,
almost every house along the river,
from that place to River Edge, was
damaged to some extent. Many merely
had their chimneys blovkl down, while
the roofs of other houses were badly
started. The building blown down in
the village of Cherry Hill were valued
at about 200, but this is but a small
part of the actual loss, without taking
into consideration the loss of life or
the injuries to scores who were I'M
fortunate enough to be in the path of
the storm. The villages of Wood
Haven and Union Course did not
present that desolute appearance to-
day that might be expected after the
destruction and terrifying experience
of yesterday. AS but one death re-
suited from the storm and all the in
jured are doing well, the effects of the
great blow have not been felt as Sc
verely as in Cherry Hill, N. ]. The
loss to property in a direct way has
been estimated at about 10000, but
this is not taking into considera ton
the damage to crops in this section.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
Valley of Bow River,

AS seen from the balcony of the 500
Pacific Hotel, at Banff, the beautiful,
is most undeniably one of the most
awe-inspiring scenes on the American
continent; the mountains on either
hand rise $500 feet above the hotel,
while the snow-clad peaks, as seen in
the distance, tower from 5000 to 10000
feet. This can be seen at the small
outlay of $4,000, including double berth
in sleeper each way, by the excursions
which are. advertised to leave Min
neapolis every Tuesday, in July and
August. Call on or write W. S. Thorn
city ticket agent, 1893 Robert street, ST.
Paul, Hotel Ryan.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
RESERVOIR BURSTS.
Sudden Flood Causes One Fatality
at Council Bluffs.

at Council Bluffs.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, To-, July IA
The collapse of an artificial reservoir
containing a large quantity of water
at the corner of Main and Sixth streets
destroyed considerable property and
probably fatally injured J. A. Kellar,
an engineer. The theory advanced by
some members of the fire department
is that the constant Earring of the
engines, and perhaps the movement of
the water gradually weakened the
walls of the building.
At noon the neighborS for a block
around were startled at a crash and
found that the walls of the engine
room for a distance of perhapjs twenty
feet lay with hardly one brick on top
of another. The roof had seaved in and
the reservoir was pouring out it's con-
tents in a flood. So suddenly did the
crash come that Engineer Kellar did
not have time to get out. A big iron
water pipe fell in such a waya to make
a sort of archway over him. He was
nearly drowned by the flood. His body
is a mass of bruises from head to foot.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
Both Girls Drowned.

CLEVELAND, O., July IA. = Two
girls, named Flora Gedeon and Mary
Tomasch, who accompanied an excur-
sion from this city to Chippewa lake,
We're drowned today by the capsizing of.
a rowboat. The girls went out rowing
with Adolph Schwartz. When they
We're quite a distance from the shore
they tried to exchange seats with each
other, and the skiff was overturned.
Schwartz chung to the boat, and was
rescued, while his companions sank at
once. Their bodies were not recovered.
The girls We're cousins, and lived on
Gage street in this CITY,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
FATAL TRIAL TRIP.
Three Men Drowned From the
New Yacht Artist.

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich, July il.
This afternoon H. Ellsworth took his
new yacht Artist out for her trial
trip in company with the builders
Messrs. Coats and StilIson. When about,
four miles north of the harbor, about
o'clock, a squall struck and capsized
her. The life-saving crew went out
Immediately, and soon after the tug
Mcclure, but the yacht was SO far
away that the men were all drowned
before the crew could reach them.
All that was found was cap which
proved to have belonged to Mr.. Still
son. The reason for the boat sinking
so quickly was the fact that she held
great amount of ballast, which
could not be shifted, and, being new,
they had not yet put in any air cans
to BUOY her
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
Farm Hands Wanted

By the farmers of Minnesota and North
Dakota. The Northern Pacific will
sell on and after July 15 harvest hand
tickets to those wanting to work in
the harvest fields. These tickets
will be sold to parties of five or
more on one ticket, second-class, limited
to continuous passage. Will sell tick
cts to points between st. Paul and
Minneapolis and Pembina, Leeds,
Cakes, Edgeley and Jamestown. Price,
s. per passenger. Stone, City Ticket
Agent, 1872 East Third street, st. Paul,
MCNEIL, City Ticket Agent, 10 Nicollet
House block, Minneapolis.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
DiED.

st. Paul, Mimi, July
IA, 1895, at family residence, No. 975
Hudson avenue, Florence Anna, only
child of Arthur and Laura Southern,
aged months and II days. Funeral
services from st. Peters church,
corner Fourth and Maple streets, to-
day at 2:30 o'clock p. m.
CROSS-In st. Paul, July II, J. D.
Cross, in his sixty-fourth year. Flu
neral from his late residence, 2S3 East
Eighth street, Tuesday, July 16, 1890
a. m. WATERFOWL, N. Y, and st.
Louis papers please copy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
His Objection.

Boston Home Journal
Theater Manager-You say you OBJ
ject to having real food on the table
in the banquet scene, Mr.. Greesepaynt.
Why, the rest of the company are de-
lighted at it!
Mr.. Greesepaynt-Yes; but my part
requires me to rise from the table
after a couple of mouthfuls, and say:
II cannot eat tenight-a strange dread
comes over me: 1 will seek the quiet
of yonder apartment for timer
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
To Enable

You and your wife or sweetheart to
get out of the heat and dust of the
city in July and August and take
necessary rest. the 500 Line has ar
ranged to sell round trip tickets and to
meet the requirements of every one
from a days fishing to ten-day lake
or fifteen-day mountain trip,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15

part of last night the owners of the
wrecked dwellings, sat about them
guarding their buildings. Many of the
homeless women and children were
transferred to Wood Ridge, where they
received shelter. Today active means
were taken to secure them relief and
homes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
Mr.. STANDIsH,

Formerly of Boston, Wasn't on
the Mayfower.
New York Sun.
Miles Standish was living in Boston
at the time.
Historians may be slightly obscure
on this point, but the party who sold
firewood to the Standishes on credit
was certain of 1t.
1t was probably ten years after the
landing OF the Mayfiower, and Capt.
Standish was doing fairly well, grow
ing up with the country.
He had a small farm on the edge
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
a amounting to s75. 600.

amounting 10 Sio,UO.
Dick Hurley, moulder, of Cincin-
natl, was killed. The cause Of the ac-
cident was the burning of a journal, the
car leaving the track after it had
plowed the earth for a mile. A number
of tramps are supposed to be under the
debris. Work trains from Springfield
and Delaware are at work. The track
will be blocked a few hours.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
Tasted sixty-Eight Days.

Topeka, Kan, July IA. NJ. Ken
nedy, of Delavan, Morris county, has
Just died after fast of sixty-eight
days. Kennedy was taken Ill several
months ago, his malady battling the
skill of physicians. Then he became
paralyzed, and from that day until
his death he took no food. He was
seyenty-two years of age.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
1t Was EIevating.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
long?"
"Out Vest
See any cyclones?"
'Only one"
''What did you think of it?''
81 was fairly carried away with it."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
Pan-American Congress

At Toronto, Canada. ''The Burling-
ton" will place on sale, July 10 to Is,
tickets for this occasion at very low
rates for the round trip. Apply at
ticket offices. 400 Robert street, and
Union depot.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

NOTICE-ALL MEMBERS OF NO
BILE Franklin Lodge No. 2, A. o. U. w,
are requested to be at lodge room,
II East Seventh street, at $50 a. ,u.,
Tuesday, July is, to attend funeral
of Brother J. D. CrosE.
THOMAS R. FEARING, NJ. W.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
Terrell and the sultan.

CONSTANTINOPLE, July 14.-Unit-
ed States minister Terrell dined at the
palace yesterday and afterwards had
an audience with the Sultan.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
TRAMps IN THE WRECK.
Serious Disaster to Big Four
Train.

WHITE SULPHUR, O., July 14.-At
i 80 today, a bad wreck occurred at
White Sulphur, on the Big Four, re-
sulting in the wreck Of fourteen cars
of whisky, feed, tobacco and candies,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
Every Tuesday

The 500 Line will sell round trip
r.a..cts e - c:..--,,;;,,e go, st. Paul and
u inneapciis at $3.50 for the round trip.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
MUST BE A MASSACRE.
Armenians Themselves Plotting
to Hiring One About.

VAN, Armenia, May 4.-The Sasln
massacre. it would appear, was one
of the most carefully planned out
RACES in history. The evidence of this
is circumstantial only, but it is al
legged to be none the less conclusive.
D,'~irs the months of June, July and
August. preceC -. ---o
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15

a FREE TRIP from ST.
Minnesota Railway to
~ via the Great Lakes Buffalo and
West North Lane, of
steamers afoat And fromB
This ticket good from Aug Sept
steamer
hotel Niagara Falls The holder
station way No stops
off
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-11-06

mainder (sulphate Of lime) precipita les.
The process is completed by fltering
and evarorating to the desired market
able condition, or crys TALKING, if that
form is sought.
We are now, think, in position to at
tack our main point Of Interest, which
is, will the manufacture of starch and
glucose with or without including dex
trine, sugar color, etc as side issuesC
pay in Florida?
Even if was in position (Which am
not at this momenD to give exact figures
Of cost of plant and operating expenses,
do not think it would be as good
form for presenting the argument as the
one of conn PARSONS, which I shall adopt
1t may be conceded that any business
which has been in successful operation
for many years, and which is still IN op.
Grafton, and which the general public
has always looked on as extremely profit-
able, must be at least self-supporting.
otherwise it would have fallen eff in-
stead Of increasing in magnitude. The
manufacture Of glucose is today al i'm
mense business in the United States,
with corn as the base Of the product.
One acre Of the best corn land in the
world, perhaps (the valley Of the Ohio
river), can be bought for, say $50, and
the crop will be 60 bushels excessive
estimate) of Sc lbs. each, or 1850 lbs. of
corn of which 70 per cent is starch, or
1920 lbs of starch to the acre. An acre
of cassava, estimating lowest expert
mental results yields DO, 600 lbs. of root,
of which % per cent is starch, or $500
lbs. of starch per acre. The land for
growing the cassava will cost from 81 to
SIS per acre. The cost Of planting and
growing the crops are so nearly identi.
Cal that it need not be considered.
With interest rate at per cent the corn
farmer must make $27 per acre on his
crop more than the cassava grower, to
cover interest on his land investment
At Is cents per bushel for corn, the crop
would yie.d to the farmer $27 gross, or
1874 80 after deducting interest on land
value, and, as long as sharp competition
has practically fixed the value of corn,
we may assume that the cost of produc-
tion cannot be materially lowered. The
manufacturer then must expect to con-
tinue to pay for his raw material in corn
the equivalent of $27 for 1920 lbs of
starch, or about ST. per100 lis. But the
same labor that grew che acre of corn,
transported from the $50 land of Ohio to
the SIS land of Florida, would for the
same or less wages grow and deliver to
him for 1924. 80 the raw material, in full
as good form, for $500 lbs. Of starch, or
something under % cents per 100 lbs.
The item of building the necessary
manufacturing plant would not vary
much from the cost at points where they
are new established; the freight on the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-11-06
The Oassava and Its Products.

tion requesting the writer to prepare and
publish in the C)urier-Informant,
paper on the above subject, or rather
subjects. The usual stock excuses may
be urged for not having performed this
duty sooner, but as circumstances have
forced NE into the editorial chair this
week, and | am therefore forced to
write about something, the occasion is
opportune for making up arrearages of
duty. The work will be none the less
valuable, because it must be done rap
idly, in order to pacifv the relentless
"devil" who howls for "copy." shall
have no time to dream over the subj set
and must perforce confine myself to
solid homely facts.
The mere agricultural side of the sub
ect calls for little attention as it's liter
atu.e is sufficiently voluminous. will
only say that my own experience indi.
Gates that d good quality of high pine
land will produce, with fair cultivation
and no fertilizer about do, 600 pounds to
the acre the first year. This yield with
better land and good fertilization has
been carried, am in ormed as high as
10000 pounds per acre. The planting
and cultivation involves about the same
labor as corn upon the same area.
C,ssava pronounce it with the &C
cent on the first syllable) has perhaps
the most universal food properties Of
any plant in the world. 1t may also
wholly take the place Of potatoes and
the cereal grains tor the human family
and the consumer will lose little, if any
thing, in the matter of toothsomeness by
the exchange. All domestic animals
Except the dog and the cat) including
fowls, eat it greedily and with good re-
suits, especially for fattening purposes.
1t gives good flavor to meat, and it is
certain that stall feeding with cassava
would improve Florida beef more than
short horn cross. 1t is a better egg pro-
ducer than corn, and far better fat
cattle, horses or hogs than corn, but
lacks the nitrogen Of oats for keeping
horses in full working strength. 1t grows
upon almost any land not quite under
water.
STARCH.
The root contains at one years growth
about % per cent Of starch, about 70 per
cent being moisture. 1t may lie in the
ground for successive years, charging
the roots each year. Ga white frost will
kill the tops, but they will come out
again in the spring. and the percentage
of starch will slightly increase at the
expense of the water. For starch max
ing the root should be used within two
days from the time it is taken from the
ground, but this is almost no objection,
as the root can be dug almost any day In
the year Sundays and Fourth of July
excepted) and the ground Immediately
replanted unless the weather is prohibit
tory. | think the starch is more read
lily separated from the fbrin than in any
other plant used for that purpose, and is
of excellent quality, either for edible or
laundry purposes
l think it is the only plant from which
fair article of laundry starch can be
made bv the house wife without other
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-11-06
the potatoes and the cassava air dried:


POTATOES ''Io per cent
Cassava.....' ..zz per cent
The average yielu per acre of the crop
for the whole United States for the year
1895 is estimated by the Agricultural de-
partment as follows;
bushels
Corn-Not yet reported but probably
Rice / Not yet reported, but 2Sbushels
Potatoesj roughly estimate..... IS bushels
1t will be easily seen by taking the
percentage of starch from each of these
and comparing with the percentage
and yield of cassava, that an acre of the
latter for starch making purposes is
worth approximately as much as an
acre each of the others combined
To the question then, "Why does not
Florida supply the world with starch?"
we fino no answer except Because it
DON'T" 1t is good deal like hungry
man sitting over a good dinner, and
keeping hungry for lack of energy to
eat.
GLUCOSE.
Wherever there is starch there is
glucose, for starch is m ade into glucose
GLUCOSE being more or less in excess, &C.
cording to the success Of the operation
by treatment with sulphurc acid or
diastase, not complex 10 itself but re-
quiring skill and experience for the at
tainment of best results
could tell you in minute just what
to do to turn starch into glucose, but |
could not tell you at all how TO do it
That must be taught rather than told.
lam fairly staggered by the wealth of
material at command under this heading,
"Glucose" is an interesting subject. It's
origin ard history, it's chemistry, its
technology and its present commercial
status. are each worthy Of separate
paper, and I am doubtful Of being able
to touch them all in sufficient detail to
hold the readers attention and still con-
fine myself to reasonable limits.
In the year 1911, Russian chemist
(KirchhCf0 discovered that starch boiled
in diluted sulphuric acid was trans
| formed into sugar. it was an opportune
discovery, for just at that time and sub
sequent the whole continent of Europe
was blockaded, whether by Napoleon
against the English or by the English
against Napoleon (who at that time dom
mated Europe) we will leave the histo-
rians to quarrel over. At all events, it
seemed for the time being that the sugar
question was solved for Elrope, and the
tropical regions were no longer neces-
sity on that score. 1t soon became evil
dent, however, that glucose Il use the
popular Technology was less soluble as
we'll as less sweet than cane sugar, and
when, later, the necessity was removed,
the manufacture langulshed, although
it had assumed large proportions.
When the manufacture of beet sugar
in Europe had grown to sufficient mag
nitude to nearly supplant and stop the
trade in the East India cane sugar, the
demand for molasses or syrup which the
beet could not supply, again called into
activity the glucose manufacturers, who
found the fluid form the most conven-
lent and profitable for their product.
y ~ TO hIIp