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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
MRS. HAWKINS A READER,
She Had u Good Collection of
Books and Used Them.

AtWsh know Minneapolitan who was
very Wen acquainted with Mrs. Per-
klnS and Mrs. Hawkins, and who is
very strongly of the opinion that Mrs
ferklns is entirely innocent, gives his
impressions of the women. Take the
women of Minneapolis through, and
out or every 500 you will not find two
women who were more agreeable, one
toward the other, than these two wom-
en- We're. Mrs. Hawkins was a we'll
EDUCATED, refined and sensitive woman.
she was kind, and always appeared
courteous and mindful of the rights,
privileges and happiness of others.
she was very fond of reading, and this
tendency on her part accounts for the
TACT that she was generally found at
nome. She cared very little for OUT
ing. She had a considerable library
not library such as many men of
wealth have, or anything of that sort
but. quite a nice collection of books.
This collection was made up mainly OF
standard works. 1 have found the
woman reading great many times,
but never did l see anything trashy
In her hands. She spoke Spanish
she taught the language were some
well known people of this city, These
people must be just as greatly sur
prised and shocked as / am over the
statements which have been published
in regard to the two women. When
you know people as I know these peo-
pie, and never saw an act or heard
word which would create the slight
est suspicion that they were not very
good and earnest friends and honest
and well-meaning women, it is indeed
very hard thing to reconcile your
self to the belief that they are cap
able OF such acts as are now attributed
to them. And the idea that Mrs. Per-
kins could destroy the woman whom
she appeared to love so dearly! Why,
the two were like kind-hearted and
loving sisters. The troubles of one
seemed to be the troubles of the other
the pleasures of the other. Whenever
one would make proposition the
other would promptly and with ap-
parent pleasure acquiesce. OF course
know nothing about the Spanish lam
guage, but there is no question but
that the women understood that lam
guage. I understood that Mrs. Haw-
kins attended a convent somewhere"
Speaking of the insinuations cast by
Census Enumerator Moore, who
Mrs. Hawkins, on the occasion of his
official visit to the now famous resi-
dence. one of the deceased woman's
neighbors states that both the women
census taker'' who called and made
remarks about the wonderful beauty
of Mrs. Hawkins blonde tresses. and
seeing what an ignoramus the fellow
was" the two women proceeded to
josh him and to see chow gullible Mr.,
Softly could be-
They also stated that if he had re-
turned to the house they would have
thrown him out doors" as he was
too susceptibly foolish for any use.''
Just what means the two women,
who 1t seems, We're under the con-
slant care of a physician, would have
employed to bounce the census taker,
they did not state, but he would prob
ably have made the acquaintance of
Lee the fine. large dog that pro-
tected them from the intrusion of un-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
SHE WAS BADLY WRECKED.
The Bicycle Incident Was on the
Square.

There does not appear to be any
question in the minds of the author
tiles but that the accident which be-
fell Mrs. Perkins nearly a year ago
while she was riding a bicycle was
genuine. So many questionable doings
had been brought to the surface that
it was perhaps natural to conclude
that there was fraud in connection
with this accident. The woman, as
has already been stated, was insured
in two companies, one of them being
of Duluth and the other of Oshkosh.
She received from one company $25
a week and from the other $50 a
month, making a total income of S1o0
month. From these two companies
she received about $3.50. The local
agents of the accident companies have
carefully inquired in regard to that
case, and are thoroughly satisfied that
the injuries sustained by Mrs. Perkins
were. just as those described in the
af1davits on which payments Were
made: The accident occurred near St
Clothilde Catholic church, in North
church was one of the first to see the
woman after the accident occurred
The priest is positive that Mrs. Per-
kins was very badly hurt. If any
further evidence were needed, it is fur
nished in the statement of DR.. Little,
a well known and highly respected
practitioner of this city, who was
called in consultation by DR.. Kistler
Dr.! Little visited the patient on the
list and 18th of October, and made a
careful examination. He says there
was fracture of the left arm, the left
thigh, and several ribs were broken.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
HAWKINS MAY GET 1T.
The Insurance Money Due on the
Dead Woman.

1t is not at all unlikely that Nor
ton Hawkins. husband of the dead
woman, will put in a claim for the
$1,000 life insurance. Whatever may
be the result of the criminal proceed
ings against Mrs. Perkins, it is the
opinion of the insurance experts who
have familiarized themselves with the
main facts in this remarkable case
that Mr.. Hawkins is the only person
having what is termed an insurable
interest. There is no longer any
doubt as to the ability of the state to
establish that there was no blood re-
lationship existing between the two
women, and that even if Mrs. Per-
kins had nothing whatever to do with
the tragic death of her companion,
she did not have an insurabIe interest
in the deceased. The husband appears
to be the only legal representative of
Mrs. Hawkins, and the marriage can
easily be established, SO it is said The
relations of the husband and wife
were discontinued, it is claimed, when
the husband became suspicious that
his wife's conduct was not entirely
proper. There were no divorce pro-
ceedings. though Mrs. Hawkins had
talked about securing legal separa-
ton from the man who, she COM
planned, had deserted her.
However criminal might have been
Mrs. Perkins intentions. when she
had her companions life insured, no
claim of fraud can be made by the in
Surance companies in case Mr. Haw-
k.ns presents a claim He had no
knowledge whatever of this insurance
transaction. When the insurance rep
resentatives came to Minneapolis and
found that the regular authorities had
instituted an inquiry, they were rather
disposed to leave the matter entirely
with. the police. What information
the insurance men had gathered was
promptly and gladly given to the
officers, and the inquiry, so far as the
insurance agents We're concerned was
discontinued. If the state establishes
a case against Mrs. Perkins, that. of
course, would settle the claim against
the insurance people. But if the pros,
5 ecution shall fail, then the insurance
least so far as Mrs. Perkins right is
concerned. The insurance people saw
there would be absolutely no trouble
in establishing that Mrs. Perkins had
no claim whatever upon the insurance.
These men, however, do not hold that
Mr.. Hawkins claim, under the con,
dltfonS, would be anything but proper.
The laws of the state define .'insurable
interests" as meaning that the party
to receive the money shall either be
related by kinShip, or that the de.
ceased and insurance claimant shall
have had special interest in each other.
and to an extent been dependent, one
upon the other, for support and main-
tenance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
Ea'e,y Family should be supplied asM
P PERRY PA|A|-|KI|IFR
It's magic effect tn rens70ing Pain from all PARTS of the
body has gi0em it zOoyLd -zVide 1ebtatfon Z1p it

ing member of the OlIinger-Ryle gang
of counterfeiters, and for his daring
attempt to break from the Hennepin
county jail, where he was held as a
United States prisoner when the Hay
ward trial was at its height. Rice was
taken from here to Price county, Wis
consin, where he was wanted for bur-
glary, and succeeded in breaking out
of Jail there early in August. On Aug.
IA Inspector James Doyle met Rice on
the street in Minneapolis and recog-
nized him. Knowing of his breaking
out of jail in Price county, Rice was
arrested by the Inspector and has since
been held at the central station. The
sheriff of Price county was notified
and came to this city, but Rice refused
to go with him without requisition pa
pers. The sheriff returned to Wiscon-
sin and has since been busy after
very slow about getting. Yesterday
afternoon, an hour after Rice had es-
capped from Jail, the sheriff showed up
with his requisition papers duly signed
and was a badly disappointed man to
find that his bird had flown again, and
from the famous central police station
at Minneapolis.
Just before going to dinner yesterday
afternoon Tailor Golf went through the
station, and everything was all right
Rice, with Teddy Hawley and Fred
Grant, two other prisoners, had been
released from their cells and were all
lowed out in the locked corridor I'm
mediately upon Colts return he made
his rounds again, and Rice was gone.
He had been furnished a small saw
by some unknown friends, and with it
had sawed a plank off his bunk in the
cell. With the aid of another saw he
had partially cut the bars to an alley
window in the rear of the patrol barn
and opening in an alley; pried the bars
apart with a plank and squeezed his
body through the hole. The entire po-
lice department is engaged in a search
for the man, although he was simply
being held for outside officers, and all
the surrounding towns have been noti-
fed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
ELUDED THE POLICE.
Court Official Dips Into. Trust
Funds.

VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 27.-Attor-
ney General Elberts has issued an or
der for the arrest of J. C. Provost,
registrar of the supreme court of Brit
ish Columbia He has been missing
since Friday. 1t may be that he got
away to Australia on a steamer Fri
day evening 1t has been a matter Of
public talk for months that Provost
was behind with certain trust funds,
but the authorities were tardy about
pressing him. On Friday last an eX-
pert was put on his books, and Pre-
vost was placed under partial surveil-
lance, but eventually eluded the
watchers. The amount of his defalca-
ton may reach many thousands Pre-
vost is a son of Sir James Provost, adj
miral in the British navy, and a grand
son of Sir George Provost, an early
Canadian governor who was promi-
nent in the war of 1872
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
MILLERS CONFER,
They Report n Very Large Yield
of Wheat

There was a meeting of the South
ern Minnesota Millers' association at
the West hotel yesterday afternoon,
and the time that was not taken up
with the transaction of business was
devoted to general discussion of
the milling and wheat situation. There
was not as large an attendance as
usual, due no doubt to the fact that
most Of the millers were in Minneap-
oils a week or so ago, when they went
on an excursion into the harvest
fields of Minnesota and North Dako-
ia. While good many of those pres
ent yesterday told of instances of phe-
nomenal wheat yield, there was per-
haps little more in the way of bull
sentiment than has been observed
among the millers heretofore. There
was q feeling that the condition of
their business was not promising
that at the present low price of pat
ent flour there was practically moth
ing In the manufacture of this staple.
me local fraternity was represented
at the meeting by Messrs. Pillsbury.
Samis, Loring and Thomas. The first.
named gentleman made particular in
quirieS in regard to the wheat Weld
IN d1ferent sections of the state-or
iaeHSL III Inherent portions OF South
ern M1nnesota-but he did not get very
much to encourage his bullish ten
denotes. Most of those present re-
ported that comparatively few farmers
had yet threshed their wheat. They
are allowing it to sweat in the stack.
James j. Quirk, of Waterville. re-
ported that the wheat crop in what
might be called the timber region was
great. He said he had not heard of
any cases where the average was less
than twenty-five bushels to the acre.
This statement, which was rather a
surprise to Mr.. Pillsbury was con-
firmed by another gentleman from the
same vicinity. While the millers were
perhaps pleased with the idea that
the Northwest was blessed with an
abundant crop, and while they seemed
to realize that upon general principles
it is a good thing to have plenty of
food in the country, yet it cannot be
said that the gathering was an over
joyous one. with wheat at interior
points at so cents a bushel. every miller
would think this the time to buy. -
said one of the country n1illers yester-
day. They all feel that prices must
and will advance, and none dare to
sell for future delivery, unless they
have enough wheat on hand to cover
caIeS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28


stated, but was paid in full. There
was no thought at the time that Scott
was poisoned. He was ill for nine
months, and his death was the re,
SUIT OF the ravages of nameless and
tlrulent disease, which gradually con-
sfamed him. 1t is not known how he
contracted this disease, but those who
knew her well claim that Mrs.. Scott
was a virtuous woman up to the t:me
OF hsE husbands death, and for some
Tune thereafter President Rawson, of
the insurance company which paid the
pollcy, knew both her and her hus-
pand well. Scott carried mail to the
ONCE of the Insurance company for
over rfpur years, and Mrs. Scott had
beenSat odd times employed in tho
once as assistant. The policy was
paid without any suspicion as to the
cause of SCOTS death, as it was we'll
KNOWN that he had died from the dis,
ease. heretofore mentioned. This is a
complete refutation of the poisoning
theory, and the first time the facts in
the case have been given to the public.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28

eye is often alphabetically affected.
Even the speech is impaired.
Inc professional bicyclist is subject
TO shocking nervous maladies. The
! Phenomena are specially marked in
this case, excessive WEAKNESS and a.
mental or perhaps moral deteriora-
ton that makes him easily subject to
suggestion. There is progressive
loss OF the power of attention of crit
lea! sense, of judgment and of the
higher psychic manifestations. The
professor evidently has some doubt as
to the advisability of bicycling for
! ion.-
Persons accustomed to use the voice
great deal are subject to laryngeal
| spasmS.
Watchmakers and others using
strong. magnifying glasses become
near-sighted. Workers amid strong
| doors, pleasant or otherwise, lose the
| sense of smell, as others lose that of
nearing In noisy occupations. The me-
! chanic workers more subject to nerv-
| Gus diseases are carriers, coachmen,
omnibus. and street-car conductors,
trult sellers, peripatetic vendors, to-
| druggists, sewing-machine workers.
stat1oners, booksellers, printers, lith-
| ographers and makers of fireworks.
The professors list of employments in
which the raw material or the finished
product is deleterious to health, and
especially injurious to the nerves OF
| the worker, includes gas making. coke
burning, dynamite manufacturing,
brandy making, tanning, well digging,
chemical works of various sorts, work.
ing in the more volatile metals and a.
dozen other occupations. The nervous
injury extends all the way from slight
affections of some single organ to loss
| OF the essential powers, mental and
! physical
Some of the peculiar poisons thus
absorbed into the system produce in
some victims a tendency to foolish
gayety, in others sleepiness, dullness,
| loss of memory, impairment of sight
and hearing and commissions. Men en-
| ployed in some chemical works lose
sensitiveness of skin, and are conse-
! quenltly unable to do any delicate man.
| ual task. The vapor Of petroleum con-
! stantly inhaled has a narcotic effect.
Finally men exposed to violent shock,
such as often come to railway en-
ployes, are likely to suffer from Sc
we're nervous changes, attended at
| times with impairment of vision or
With general nervous breakdown, su-
perinduced in part no doubt. by the
| constant nervous strain of their re-
sponsibility. The professor is not seek
| ing remedies for all this, but stating
facts; nevertheless, he seems to have
hope that the shortening of the hours
Of labor in perilous occupations might
| lessen the evil results to the employees.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
HAWKINS THE HoRsEMAN.
He Wants Burt Sawyer to Pay
Him 1900 Damages.

Two names that have figured in the
discussion of the Perkins case ap-
peared in suit which was filed yes
terday in the district court. John F.
Hawkins, the horse man, brother OF
the husband of the alleged victim, is
the plaintiff, and asks judgment
against Burt Sawyer, the grain man,
who met the two women in Des
Moines, for $2,5T. Hawkins wants
81, 100 for his services and expenses as
driver and trainer for Sawyer from
Nov. 10, 1894, to July 8, 1895, for which
he was to be paid a reasonable value.
He also wants S4S4 as entrance and
incidental fees for the horses Lena
Willets, Wenona, Michigan Prince,
Blanton and Miss Sidney, which he
entered in the races this year at Osh-
kosh, Wis, La Crosse and at Mime
haha park. These fees, he says, have
not been paid, and he has been de-
barred from the races of the American
Trotting association in default of their
payment. For this latter inconvenience
he asks 81, 500 damages. E. r. Bennan
is attorney for Hawkins.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
MARIE THE WINNER.
Great Day for Yachting at Min
netOnISn

A cool, bracing atmosphere, strength
ened by a ten-knot breeze blowing
from north by east, with numerous
flaws to accentuate its force, was what
greeted the Minnetonka yachtsmen
upon their fourth and successful at
tempt to sail the oft-postponed third
cup race" of the season yesterday
afternoon.
When the signal for the big sloops to
go was fired, the Gypsy and Wasp
got over quickly and the latter ducked
her entire crew by holding too close
to the wind and heeling over unexpect-
edly to windward, while the Alpha,
Marie and Kite monkeyed with each
other several minutes before darting
across the line and hurrying after the
balance of the fleet. The order of this
procession was as follows:
NO. 16-WaSp..... -. Capt. Walker
NO. 9-Gypsy...... ......Capt. Janney
NO. alpha. ....... .......Capt. Phelps
NO. Ii-Mar1e. 1900. ....Capt. Watson
NO. f-hlte.... .........Capt- Peet
All We're now well on their way in
wind sufficient to gladden. the heart
OF the most enthusiastic yachtsman.
and the entire fleet were hard at it
to sail right side up.
1t was a pretty race as the four big
sloops swept, wing and wing, down
the course with their crews strain
ing every nerve to win and their cap
talns taking advantage of every on
portunity to force their boats ahead
while all did their level best, as over
the bounding pillows they glided
swift for home.
Down they came for the home
stretch like arrows shot from the bow.
the Varuna, the cat boat, leading the
Meet and the Wasp bounding after her
with all her power, while the Marie
chased her like an angry siren.
on they came in majestic grandeur
ana over the line they bounded in the
Following order: Varuna, Wasp. Ma
RE, Daphne, Oswa, Kite, Alpha, Pima
fore, Cupid, Gypsy, The Kid, Joker.
and ATLANTA.
What grand contest it had been
and how hard the boys had fought
to win? The victors did nobly: but
the vanquished went down to an hon
ofable defeat, for it was a well-sailed
race.
The official time is as follows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
OUGHT TO BE GOOD,
but Minneapolis Officials Violate
the Game LAWS

The county of Anoka has sent it's
Sheriff after a large representation of
public office-holders in this city, the
sheriff being instructed to get and to
hold them as hostages for the invasion
of Anoka's reserve of prairie chickens
before the date allowed by law.
Joe Elliott, the deputy clerk of the
police court, was in it, and it now de-
velops that Elliott's companion was
his chief in Office, Albert Eduardo AL
len, from the Eighth ward.
On the same day Aid. Hugh Jennings,
of the Third ward, and Allie T. Will
Jams, the head of the A. D. T. compa-
ny, are said to have shot certain chick
ems then and there being under the
protection of the said Anoka county
aforesaid. At first the fact of Will
Jams violation of the law was at
tributed to one of John Dorners jokes,
but the Anoka sheriff insists that he
doesn't know Dorner, and if he was up
there, then he wants him, too.
Inspector Joseph Lawrence, too, is
charged with having shot chickens in
company with a man giving the bogus
name of Cocns. Mr.. Coons is suspect
ed of being police captain, whose
record with gun is a good one.
Aid. Roman Alexander, too, is one of
the objects Of the sheriff's visit, but
as the warrant does not call for the ar
rest of one Dabrowski, the alderman
as 'opes of getting out Of it. Mr..
Alexander's companions, however, gave
their real names, Victor Cordella and
Frank Mathusek, and they will prob
ably have to stand pat.
The Alexander party is said not to
have confined itself to chickens, but
filled a farmer full of small shot ex-
cept in his vital parts. During the at
tendance on him of a practiced sur
geon, 81 spherical pieces of lead were
extracted from his person.
The game commission fixes the fine
in each case at 500.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
Chess Winners.

HASTINGS, Eng, Aug. M.-The sew
enteenth round of the chess tourna-
ment, played today,r resulted: Tarrasch
beat Bird in Sicilian defense after
twenty-three moves; Burn beat Yer
gani in a Ruy Lopez after thirty-one
moves. Janowski beat SteiniTz In a
kings bishops gambit after thirty-two
moves; Pillsbury won against Sarde-
leben by default, the latter failing to
appear; Teichmann heat Tinsley in a
French defense after rty-eight
moves; Schlechter beat Sehiffers in a
Ruy Lopez after forty-eight moves :;
Mieses beat Pollock in a Ruy Lopez
after fifty-five moves; Tschigorin and
Albin drew a French defense after
forty-eight moves. The games of Ma
son VS.. Lasker and Walbrodt VS.. Marco
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28

greatly damaged and the heat caused
by the fire was sufficient to stop this
clock at 16 minutes to 6, leaving Is
minutes. No one remembers having
heard Mrs. Hawkins scream and the
state has theory that Mrs. Perkins
allowed the fire to burn for fully 10 or
Is minutes before she screamed or made
any noise sufficient to attract atten-
ton. Whether the state will be able to
subsIantiate this theory in court is an
other matter.
Those in position to know claim
that when the defense presents its case
it will not claim that Mrs. Perkins or
Mrs. Hawkins were sisters, as Mrs.
Perkins has already admitted to sew
eral reputable people that they were
not.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
He Amused HIMSELF

EAST LIVERPOOL, O., Aug. ~
George Hackathorn, aged twenty. ran
amuck here today with two revolyers.
He fired at five different persons. none
Of whom were hit. He then attempted
TO swim the Ohio river. Officers pur-
sued him in a skiff and captured him.
His escapade is attributed to a desire
TO figure as a deSperado
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
Mrs. wins1owys soothing sxrup

Is an OLD and WELL TRIED REM
EDY, and for over FIFTY YEARS has
been used by millions of mothers for
their CHILDREN while CUTTING
TEETH with perfect success. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
reduces Inflammation, allays all pain,
cures wind collie, is very pleasant to
the taste, and is the best remedy for
diarrhoea. Sold by druggists in every
part of the world. PRICE TWENTY
FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE. Be sure
and ask for MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP and take no other
kind. as mothers will find it the Best
Medicine to use during the teething
period.