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The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16
TWO-MINUTE MILL.
Joe Butler Lasted Less Than One
Round With Charley Strong

BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 15.-Greatly to the
surprise of about 400 people, and more espe-
eially to the surprise Of. Joe Butler that
dusky fighter was laid low by Charley Strong
in less than two minutes after they had
donned the mits tonight The battle took
place before the Empire Athletic club. with
Jack Lysack as referee. Butler is six
footer and weighed ITO pounds. Strong
stands about feet inches and weighed
16S pounds.
Butler was esquired by Tim DAILY, and the
fact that he had whipped that pugilist and
ms advantage in reach made him favorite at
about to 4. Strong waded in with
rush and landed the first blow. Butler stood
on the defensive. After Strong led and fell
short Butler punched him in the stomach
Strong came back looking for Butler, and
swung with his right. He caught Butier~on
the jaw ice fell on his hands and knees,
but rose on the seventh second and clinched
to avoid more punishment. He was showed
against the ropes and fell again. Rising he
wos to weak to hold up his hands and Strong
laid him out a third time He was counted
out
The preliminary bout between Sam Gala
han and Gene O'ConneX was given to Gala
han in the first round on a succession of
fouls by O'Connell.
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When two added to two makes five,
When an elephant live in bee hive,
When rivers and brooks flow up hill,
When they make brick cheese in brick kiln,
When man chews cud like q cow
When tramps all follow the plow,
When the rises at midnight,
When darkness Is brighter than daylight,
When the hens begin to lay bricks,
When we quit calling Irishmen Mfcks
When everybody is working for fun,
When seventy-ffve pounds make a ton.
When on the Fourth we quit using fireworks,
When England quits backing the Turks,
When Bryan puts stopper on his mouth,
When you want to go north you walk south,
When a day is FIVE hours long,
When Comrades" is the new popular song,
When a Democrat passes a saloon,
When we get 10 the north pole in a balloon,
And shake hands with the man in the moon,
Then free silver will be good for the poor.
St Louis Star.
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CycIist Becker Returns.

Billy Becker, the fast Minneapolis bicycle
rider, arrived in Minneapolis yesterday morn
ing from Chicago. He attended the Coliseum
meeting at Chicago, where he took second
place IN the ten-mile race against Holmes
Decardy and Eaton. Becker lost the twenty
hve-nile event on account of rank work bv
the scorers, and he received only second
money, although he protested the race and
1t was generally known that he beat Holmes
by half lap. Becker is in fine form. and
his friends regret that the Southern tour
was called off for Becker would undoubted-
ly have added laurels to his reputation
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16
CHECK WORKERS CAUGHT.
Gang Supposed to Have Operated
In ST. Paul

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 15.-Chief of Detec-
tives Desmon has arrested Charles
Rogers, William Daniels, Lee Rial and
James Hinarbon, who recently came
here, and whom he thinks are monte
men, forgers, bank-workers and ex-
pert bunco mez. A fifth man escaned
The prisoners are supposed to be q
gang Of bank operators and a1I-aro11nd
crooks, who have worked the past
summer in st. Paul, MINNEAPOLIS
Washington, D. c.; Omaha and Kansas
City.
Blank checks on banks in these
CITIES We're found. Chief Desmon be-
lieves that the checks are evidence no+
only that the men were ready for q
big swindle on local concerns. but that
they have been operating in other
cities. None of the prisoners viii talk
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16
GOSSIP OF BASE BALL FOLK.

Walter Wilmot has come down from a
weeks sport with the birds. He says Hutchi-
son. who Is still there, has beard like a
Gallie warrior and is getting fat
Now the story comes that Bill Wilson, once
catcher for the Minneapolis team, but latterly
OF Columbus, is on Easy street, his wife hav-
Ing come into possession of an Inheritance
from deceased uncle.
Weaver. .s42; Hartman. s3s; Nicol. 1885, and
Stafford, -334, are the top sawyers of the Mil
waukee club with the stick.
This item is going the rounds Of league
papers: Tom Lovett and Con Lucid, two
CASTOR league pitchers, have signed with
Grand Rapids.
The Washington Post figures that in the
major league first baseman ought to bat
out an average of $40 minimum, and an out
fielder .325 to hold his own.
First Baseman Motz. Of the Indianapolis
team. is now working for Mckinley He was
recent visitor to the Canton shrine.
Pittsburg will not play Sundays at home
next year.
Killilea. of Milwaukee, wants to let Omaha
into the Western league.
Parvin. who pitched for Minneapolis in 1894,
has been signed for next year by Manning,
of Kansas City.
Collins, of the Boston team, is scholarly and
polished.
Gilks and Wolters are the only members of
the Grand Rapids team which started the
season who are reserved for next year.
Who was the hardest left field hitter you
ever saw" asked 4 Buffalo fan of Billy Tay-
fairly screamed Taylor Well and he
leaped out of his chair. s'Jim White, old
Deacon White, was the man, if yer want to
know. He could drive 'em down past third
base so fast yer couldn't see EN- if yer had
X-ray eyes in yer nut. He was peach. But
that's not an art now I notice. If yer can
only hit a ball in one place yer on the hog
It's the duck that can bang EN- anywhere he
wants to that gets the money and is the fruit
OF the tree. The games gettin different, and
I'm gettin' old''-Buffalo Express.
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The conditions favor some such result
as this. do not see how the sound
money majority can fall below $4,000.
and can readily see how it may go
as high as $4,000. Archbishop Irelands
recent letter is already having a tre
mendous effect, especially among the
German Roman Catholics l am able
to say also that the fusion camnaign
managers do not expect to gain the
state for Bryan. They hope to elect
their candidate for governor, who IS
clearly from 1900 to 1900 votes strong
er than the presidential ticket. The
adopted Americans Of Minnesota will
surely throw their state for the honest
dollar. Walter Wellman.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Oct. 15.-At To-
days session of the International Typogranhi
caI union the following officers were chosen
for the ensuing term: President "
Prescott, of Toronto, Can, reelected: secre.
tary-treasurer, John w. Bramwood Of nan
yer; nrst vice president, Theodore Perry
Nashville, Tenn; second vice president
George w Williams, Boston; third vice pres
ident, Hugo Miller, Of Indianapolis reelected
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LatOnfa Results.

CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 15.-summary: First
race, SIX and half furlongs-Belle of Ford
nam won. Margaret Allen second Lucette
third. Time, 1854. Second race, six fur
Iongs-Ethel Lee won, Black silk second
Bismarck third. Time, 1:47% Fourth race
SIN and half furlongs-Eleanor Nc won
Joe Thayer second, GaneIon third Time
1:2594. Fifth race, five furlongs-Ca Cariotta
c won, The Blossom second, Belsara third,
Time .05
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LARKIN's GREAT FINISH.
1t Gave Aldrfeh "a Chill to Watch

Larkin at 140 and Aldrieh at 100
We're scheduled for last nights game at
Foieys. A brilliant, weH-contested.
pretty game was the result, with Lar
KIN the winner after a sensational fin
lsh When Aldrieh had but nineteen to
make, Larkin required fifty. He made
them in the next four innings-2O. /. is
and 13-while Aldrich was getting s
buttons. Larkin thus beat him out thir-
teen buttons, averaging 3b Aid
rich doubled five times his best bein,,
fifteen. This evenings game will be
Capen and Cochraue
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New Manager for Browns.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 15.-Thomas Dowd is
now the assured captain and manager of the
Browns for 1887 Won der Abe and Dowd
agrees, as usual. to keep his hands off
Dowd's first official act was to secure the
signature of a first baseman, whom the
Browns will try next year. Fuller of the
Springfield (Mass.) Eastern league team. IS
the man. Roger Connor will be reserved.
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Morris Park.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Summary: First
race, five furlongs-Chic won, Zanone second,
and half furlongs-Ross o won, I. B second
Red Spider third. Time, 1:2414 Third race
five furlongs, selling-Hi Daddy won. Ira
gedian second, Celeso third. Time. .59ax
Fourth race, seven furlongs-Cassette Won
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Chess Games CompIeted

BUDAPEST Oct. 15.-Tbe thraa o.,oes
left unfinished in previous rounds of the in
ternational chess masters tournament were
finished today, resulting as follows: Tar
rasch and Noa drew a queens gambit de-
elined after about one hundred moves. Noa
and Albin drew kings fianchetto after six
ty-fouf moves. Walbrodt and Charouset
drew Ruy Lopez after eighty-five moves
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16
CosTMEDY of THE CAMPAIGN.

New York Sun.
It beats the DEVIL" said Senator Plunkitt
yesterday, what difference there is in
patriotism. Now. there was one-armed man
came into my office today and handed me
q ten.doliar note. Take it for the cause
he said. Think Of that for patriotism. will
you? Only one arm! Well, sir, he hadn't
been gone more than twenty minutes when a
fellow with two arms came in. and he DuIled
both my legs-both Of 'em, sir"
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DR.. Grimes second, The Winner third. Time
Ameer second Sir Dixon IF. third. Time
1:431a. Sixth race, mile and furlong-Sa-
pelo won, Ben Eder second, Deerslayer third
Time, 1:54R.
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Wffsan WiH SnaaE

WASHINGTON, Oct 15.-Postmaster Cen
eral Wilson will make his first speech in
behalf of the Palmer and Buckner ticket a.
Cnariestown. w. Va. his home, SATURDAY.
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souse Autumn Rase Bau.

The Rochester nine and nine from second
hospital of insane played base ball, the score
being Is to in favor of Rochester. Batteries
were Ryan and Bamher for Rochester, and
Barber and Mellen for hospital; struck out,
by Ryan 16, by Barber G; home run, Balnber.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16

Charles Spear Left half-back 49, R. Stowell
Alex Nichols Full back. O. Riley
Substitutes-St. Paul, DAWSON Carson At
knson, Book. Minneapolis, Farmer, Plum
mer. Samis. Wagner, Hays
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WASHINGTON. Oct I5.-Mr Eckels. the
comptroller Of the currency, left Washings
Ton To-Day Tor his home in Ottawa, Ill. to
ed to return until after the election.
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FOOTBALL EVENTS COMING.
Universities Meet Tomorrow, Twin
City High Schools To-day.

One OF the best football games of the sea-
son will be played tomorrow at MINNEAPOLIS
when the state university eleven will meet
Purdue. Three years age Minneapolis beat
Purdue badly, but last year Purdue won
1S to 4. The Indianans have nearly all the
last years team and are quite CONFIDENT
The teams will line up as follows:
Minnesota u,,-a.,.
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Theforegoing Is, OF course, a mere
guess. but az an intelligent guess 1t
may have it's value In this estimate
about 10000 votes are allowed to the
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16

The football game between the Mechanic
High school, Of Minneapolis. which is to
take place at the Minneapolis ball park
this afternoon. will be called promptly at $40
9.eiock' Both teams are IN the best of con-
lineup viii be as follows:
Paril
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16
VATICAN DlsAPPR0vEs.

I'Ei inks ireland Should Not Have
Mixed i'm Politics.
LONDON, Oct 16-The Daily News
publishes the following dispatch from
Rome: The vatican, although in ia
vor of Mckinley, disapproves Of Arch
bishop Ireland's letter because it open
ly mixes religion and politics, which
the vatican desires to keep separate
in the United States. It is feared that
the letter will displease the Eastern
and Southern Bryanist Catholics Il
is probable that instructions will be
sent to Mgr Martinelli concerning the
attitude OF the Catholic clergy
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16

Yesterday being Friday the special term
calendar was called in the supreme coiIrt-
The calling of the special term calendar ID
done by the clerk The plaintiffs attorneys
get in line and whisper to the clerk the
names OF the attorneys for the defence and
the clerk calls. Then the attorneys for the
defense formally answer. The calling ID dana
r. rapidly ie1 for the clerk is in a hurry. 1t will
be Smith & Jones, Perkins & Howe Eyarts
Choate Beaman," and SO on Yesterday
Col. Abe Gruber slipped into the line Of
lawyers clerks who were whispering III tbe
clerk. When It came his turn he whispered
Mckinley G. Hobart"
Mckinley and Hobart" bawled the clerk
and the next instant he made grab at the
colonel, but the colonel had gone
Wow. yelled the crowd in the court room
OF his private room and said my, my,,
We'll. suppose you're out for BRYAN and
reDudiation," said the reporter to a Cleveland
ofhceholder yesterday.
Sh-sh, r said the ofHceholder. "I'il tell
you about 1t. Did you ever hear OF that little
sparrow that sat on the telegraph wire
hungry and cold. At last, seeing nothing
better in sight, 1t flew down in the dirt and
scratched and ate and thought ii was en-
joying itself. 1t got stomach full After
awhile 1t flew up on the wire again and
began to sing merrily, that is to say, as
merrily as sparrow sing. wicked
hawk heard It and came circIing around
and around, and at last swooped down and
gobbled 1t UP. Well the moral of that story
Is. it you have to eat dirt don't sing about it,
This is an occasion when I've got to eat dirt
or I won't be regular, and the air ia iusf
full of hawks waiting for ms to sing to get
my job. Do you understand
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I trot; purse, 81. .009-
Bow. or. q bV Pilot Me-
Time, 2:13l4, 2:12%, 2:13A. 2:l2.

To beat 2:12N-
Josie B. b. M, by Chatterbox; Miss Rita.
ch. M, by ]. j. Audubon 1Iickok).
Time, :32l9, 1:0l. 1877, 2:09A
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16

Archbishop 1reland's letter on the political
situation. which is attracting exceptionally
great attention throughout the country,
snouid be read by every lover of his country
VINO desires to see it's affairs wisely con-
Quoted.
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Archbishop Ireland believes the interests
OF the country demand the triumph of Nc
kinley and sound money this fall and says
ne deems it patriotic duty to make his
views known. Archbishop Ireland is an Amer
lean and stands for good citizenship.-Aber-
deem News.
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Archbishop Ireland exhibited great dipIo-
macy In issuing his letter against Bryan and
senator Iiliman while the two eminent Pop
ulists were within a few hundred wards or
his residence.-Duluth News Tribune
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The Chronicle Is willing to saw that IN
spite OF the fact that the Distinguished
churchman has reasoned out for himself the
necessity OF voting for the Republican nom
lnees, the tone of his letter indicates that
ne came to this conclusion before the IN
dianapolis convention met and nominated
John NJ. Palmer and Simon B. Buckner But
every argument he advocates favorable to
the support Of the Republican ticket applies
with greater force to the National Demo-
cratic tlcket.-La Crosse Chronicle
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The stand taken by Archbishop Ireland for
sound money and good government will tend
to strengthen the Republican cause wher-
ever the sterling worth Of the great church.
man is known-Fergus Falls journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16

Perhaps Archbishop Ireland issued his let
ter while Mr. Bryan was in St Paul for the
purpose of showing the candidate that he
was in the very heart of the enemy's coun-
try-Duluth News-Tribune.
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There can be no doubt OF the effect of this
ADDRESS from Archbishop Ireland and II
onght 20 De read by every voter in the land
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Archbishop Ireland now stands in line ia
have the Popocrats declare that he has been
bribed by the gold bugs.-Cleveland Leader.
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Walter Wilmot has come down from a
weeks sport with the birds. He says Hutchi-
son, who Is still there has beard like a
Gallie warrior and is getting fat.
The herald., 1896-01-24
RICHEST OF THE CANDIDATES.
Elkins Is Worth $l5,000,000 and His
Presidential Boom Grows.
HOW he HOPES TO WIN THE PRIZE
Owns a Finer Palace Than George
Vanderbilt and Knows Latin,
Greek and Hebrew.

The richest presidential candidate
comes from West Virginia. This may
surprise those who have looked upon
Levi T. Morton as the Dives of the cam
paign. But in reality no aspirant for
the chief magistracy can vie with Ste
phen B. Elkins in respect of money. They
think a great deal of him in West Nir-
ginia, and they propose to stand by him
in the Republican convention until the
last
Recent political developments have
made Senator Elkins more than possi-
bility The plan of his managers is to
LAY low" during the first few ballots,
and allow Morton and Harrison and
Reed and Mckinley and Allison to kill
each other off. 1t is not a bad plan, and
there are many reasons why it may sue
ceed.
Senator Elkins is one of the most re-
marka BILE men in the country, although
not in the sense that Jefferson Brick
held that honor. He was very poor once.
To-day he is estimated to be worth fif-
teen million dollars and some think that
in time he will be the richest man in
the United States. His property con-
sists first of vast tracts of coal land in
West Virginia. This property will be
enormously valuable in decade. The
The herald., 1896-01-24
COLLEGE FROLICS.

when was at Cornell dozen years
ago." said a Cornell man to star re-
porter, I'VE used to have great times"
(which are not entirely discOntin-
ued." interrupted the reporter.
II suppose not" he went on. Boys
will be boys, and students will be
something worse. / know we were.
We had one fellow, though, a chap who
is now earning salary of $4,000 a
year, while his father receives the
largest salary of any man in the Unit
ed States. who was too much for even
us. We had a society in which the
initiation ceremonies We're something
frightful, including, among other
pleasing features, coffin, in which the
initiate was buried. That is, we put him
in it, and nailed on the lid there were
air holes in 1t that he did not know
about, and then with ropes we let him
down through the floor to the next
floor, where we had a pile of ashes,
which were shoveled onto the coffin in
Il way which was really blood-curd-
ling to the man inside.
well, this chap am telling about
was to be initiated, but when the time
came. which was Saturday night, he
was what he was every Saturday
night, so full that he couldn't come to
the scratch. We looked for him, but
failed to find him. and the opportunity
passed, but not for long About one
O'Clock in the morning he was seen
reeling upstairs to his room, and
thither we followed him, carrying the
coffin along. He was so full that he
didn't know anything, and by the time
we got into his room, after giving him
what we thought was time to get into
bed. he was sound asleep.
I'VE weren't very particular how
much noise we made and, after knock.
ing things around pretty lively, we had
set the coffin upon some chairs, and
then lifted him out of bed and laid him
In 1t, putting In blanket to make It
easier on him. Then we withdrew to
think over what he would think when
he walked up In the morning and found
where he was. / guess l must have
been more curious on the point than
the others, for as soon as ! got up
slipped over to his room to get a place
to watch him when he came to himself,
l didn't want to disturb him while
was getting in hiding, SO I opened his
door very carefully, and poed my head
in, and the sight beheld almost para
lyzed me-"
"EIis hair turned white in a single
night" interrupted the reporter, with
more or less of horror.
mot in the slightest" continued the
Cornell man. HE was sitting up in
the coffin, as comfortable as you please
smoking cigarette and reading SUM-
day paper"
| "Of course" he concluded, ut was on
us rather than on him, but he explained
that during the night he had horrible
dreams of being put In a coffin and
buried, and he had some sort of an
idea that he might be dead, but when
he woke up he tumbled to the situation
at once, and knew that some of the
gang would be in to see about It, SO he
sent out for morning paper, kindled
a cigarette and was ready for visitors" )"
! Washington Star.
The herald., 1896-01-24
TIME IT TAKES TO LAUGH.

"Why is the performance SO long to
night?' asked lounger in the lobby as
he glanced at his watch and saw that the
time was IL o'clock. "Have you nut
in anything new"
mo, but it's warm house tonight. {"
"What difference does that make? l
haven't noticed any extra encores to-
night"
"But there's more laughing tonight.
The house laughs oftener than usual
and keeps it up longer"
"Would that make much difference In
the length of the performance
Anywhere from five to fifteen min
utes. An ordinary laugh at some joke
on the stage lasts two or three seconds.
When the house laughs for six seconds
1t is a good, long laugh, and ten seconds
is almost the limit. l don't mean the ap-
plause to call someone back, but the
laughs sprinkled through the dialogue.
A good natured and cordial audience
will laugh six seconds at every gag. Ten
gags will prolong the show a minute,
and when you figure that three acts are
well filled with funny lines you will un-
derstand why the show sometimes lasts
until IL o'clock and on chilly evenings
is over at 10;40 or 10:45."-Chicago Rec
ord
The herald., 1896-01-24
STEALING A SPIDERS SILK.
A Simple Device for Keeling Out the Web
from Spiders spinners.
IT MAY BE DONE BY ANY BOY.
The Insect Isn't Hurt, but Gets Very
Angry Spider Duels with
Bees and Ants.

This is written for boys only. Girls,
things-not for anything Unless, in
deed, there is a new" girl, too; and |
rather hope there isn't, for l am such an
o.d boy now that don't like innovations.
The old girls-that is, the sort of girls l
used TO know-seem to me hardly to ad-
nit of Improvement. And they just
hated spiders. But l was Il boy, and to
me big, fat, sprawly spider was one of
the most interesting things in nature.
One day | was watching Il fine large
specimen completing his web. The stay
ropes were already stretched across the
open window: and beginning where they
crossed he was hobbling round and round
fastening the cross-lines of fresh shiny
silk.
Suddenly it occurred to me that /
might reel out that silk for my own use
or amusement. Really, | fancied myself
on the verge of a great discovery. Why
might not a most beautiful fabric be
made of that glistening material? Who
could tell what might come of it?
SO managed to get hold of the end of
the strand. and began to draw it out.
Now if there is anything that spider
particularly detests it is to be robbed of
his silk: no pack-peddler values his
stock half so highly. As soon, therefore,
as my victim perceived what l was at,
he reached back with n claw and snip
ped the thread. This was repeated sew
eral times.
Then | saw that 1 must devise some
means for preventing this sort of inter-
ference. So l cut a small round hole in
a bit of card board and made slit from
the hole to the edge-see cut. This ar
rangement / slipped about my spiders
wasp-like waist. AS his legs We're ON one
side of the card, and his abdomen with
the spinners on the other, he could no
longer meddle with the thread; neither
could he get out of the sort of pillory
in which l had placed him. He wasn't
hurt in the least, but he was altogether
helpless and in the worst of humors.
Then got hold of the strand with pair
of tweezers.and proceeded to draw out
as much silk as I pleased, winding it
about my finger.
But this process was slow, and did not
satisfy me. l wanted SPIDERS silk in
bulk; my head was full of schemes for
producing a new and beautiful fabric
from this bright and elastic material
! therefore mounted spool upon a spin