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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-04-23
SPANS POLITICAL PRISONERS.

The Tortures inflicted Upon Suspects In
tho Old Moorish Town of Ceuta.
From time to time the horrors Of
slave-dealing and the barbarism with
which prisoners. are still treated in GER
tain parts of the world have been ex-
posed to the public. There remains
yet, however, spot within 20 miles Of
English territory where such terrible
sufferings and hideous fortunes are un-
.dergone by human beings as to be al!
most incredible This is at Ceuta, an
old Moorish town in Morocco surrounds
ed by chain Of fortresses which make
it almost impregnable.
The place was built by the Moors in
945, on the side of the ancient mountain
Abyla. All the fiendish ingenuity Of
which they were masters was exerted
to invent and construct as many soil
tary dungeons and horrible torture
chambers as possible. Just as it was in
those dark ages, with as many improve
ments as were added before the Span
iards took possession in 1910, so it is
to this day.
The town to Spain is what Siberia is
to Russia, but infinitely more horrible.
Here political prisoners and persons
whom the government suspects are
transported. AS a rule the suspects"
are prominent and respectable citizens,
who, however, have committed no
crime, and against whom no charge can
be brought. No suspicious papers
have been found in their possession:
they have no secret weapons; they have
neither made rebellious speeches nor
encouraged insurrection.
Since they have committed no crime
they cannot be tried in the orthodox
manner, nor can they be executed.
Nevertheless, they are dangerous
they must be put out of the way.
Therefore, they are spirited to dun
geon in Ceuta, where they will be safe.
rock beneath the fortress, and run in
tiers so or 60 feet deep. They measure
on an average eight feet square. The
approach is made through the floor Of
the fortress, down long, winding stairs.
The dungeons line either side of damp
alleys, the only openings being small
hole about a foot from the ground.
It is through this hole, enlarged for
the occasion, that the prisoner enters
his cell, followed by armed keepers
and a blacksmith. He is thrown on his
back and chains are welded from his
ankles into the solid rock. The keepers
then leave him and the hole is blocked
up with fresh masonry. The dungeon
is reeking with damp, is infested with
vermin and absolutely dark. Scanty
scraps of food are occasionally passed
through the opening by the keepers.
For whole year the prisoner is left
to rot in the dungeon without seeing
human face. Naked and starved ha
crouches in the darkest corner, await
ing death. At the end of a years time
he'keepers and blacksmith again enter
the cell to see whether the captive is
still alive, and that the chains are in
good condition, possibly to add fresh
ones.-Chicago News.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-04-23
First Place.

First place in the Minnesota Inter-
collegiate Oratorical Association has at
last been won by the University of
Minnesota. Not only that, but second
place, too.
The 10th annual contest of the asso-
citation occurred at the First Congrega-
tional church, Minneapolis, under the
auspices of the university association.
Adolph o. Eliason and Warren w. PEN
dergast, both of the university, took
first and second places, respectively,
and A. n. Tasker, of Hamline, was
third
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-04-23
SUSPECTS HIS SON.

1Owan Robbed Of S3,50O-Hiding Place
Known Only to His Boy.
,sDes Moines, Ia, April 1s.-Samuel r.
Reynolds, a grain buyer of this city, has
been robbed Of $500 which he had Sc
creted in the wall Of his cellar when his
wife died eight years ago. He impaired
his secret to his son, then Il years of age,
and showed him the seal which covered
the hole where the treasure was hidden
Thursday Mr.. Reynolds discovered that
the money had disappeared. His son is
now of age and has left the parental
roof. Officers are looking for him.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-04-23
St. Paul Lady Chosen.

Miss Caroline Boeckman, of St. Paul,
has been chosen to unveil the cast of
the Ole Bull statue at the concert to be
held May II at the Exposition building,
at Minneapolis. There has been some
talk of late that the cast would not be
finished in time, owing to the illness of
Jacob Fjelde, the sculptor, but there is
no foundation for this, as the cast is
practically finished now. The commit
tee that acted on the selection of a
young lady to perform the unveillng
consisted of J. W. Arctander, Charles
Kittleson, T. E. Nilsson, Eric Guile and
C, E, Struck.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-04-23
Ceremony Over His Remains.

New York, April 2o.-A special cable
dispatch to the Herald from Cairo,
Egypt, says: A brief ceremony was
conducted Friday by the clergy of the
American mission, prior to sending the
remains of the late Col. John A. Cock
Grill to New York, and was attended
by the American colony. The khedive
was officially represented.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-04-23
An Old Man.

G. A. Combs, colored man who was
born in 1884, died at his home On Sibley
street, St, Paul, at the unusual age of
112 years. This announcement will
astonish many, but the friends of the
decease claim that the record is COM
plete. He first saw the light in Ken
lucky, where he was born of slave
parents, and in his manhood became
the body servant of Zachary Taylor,
with whom he served all through the
Mexican war. He was for 60 years a
a slave,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-04-23
The Reason Found.

Mrs. Darley-A scientist says that
American women are growing taller,
while the men are getting shorter.
Mr.. Darley-That's because the wom~
en- dress SO extensively and the men
have to foot the bills.-N. 7. World.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21
Had the Last Word.

The traln-boy had a bad eye and a
most unmelodious voice. His yell sent
a shudder through the entire car. 1t
was, as a matter of course, the fate
of the irritable man to select this par
ticular train for his journey. Every
time the train-boy howled he jumped
and looked at him with an expression
of reproach which gradually became
malignant and then ferocious.
"P-e-e-e-a-c-h-e-s! A-a-a-a-p-l-e-st
Chee-y-u-u-u-ing gumr' he yociferated,
as he pushed the front door shut with
n slam after holding 1t open long enough
to fill the car with smoke and cinders.
He was just about to repeat his cry
when he came to the nervous mans
seat.
Want any p-e-e-e-a-c-h-e-s, add
"Shut up, will your exclaimed the
nervous man. what do you mean
by keeping up that Internal racket"
Does that bother you, mister?"
"Of course it bothers me. Every
time You come along you whoop into
this ear till 1t feels as II it were going
to split"
You mean this left ear that's next
to the aisleT'
Yes, | mean my left ear"
Don't you worry, mister. I'm sorry
you didn't mention that before We're
the most accommodating people in the
world on this road All Won have 70
do Is to say you don't like something
and we make other arrangements right
away. I'll have the whole thing ixed
up for you In no time at ALL"
How are you going to fix IT."
III go out and get the brakeman N
come an turn yer seat around 50 va
Kin ride the other way. Thatu hiring
yer right ear ter the aisle an give YER
LEFT one a vacation"
And for the remainder Of the trim ~
only one Of the two who spoke was tho
boy who yelled with even more anima-
ton than before:
"P-e-e-e-a-c-h-e-sl A-a-a-p-l-es, Chico.
y-u-u-ing gumr'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21
The People of Seville.

The people were as gay as the town:
too gay, too commercial, too modern.
NJ. Maurice Barres thought Seville
But, fortunately, was quite prosaic
enough to delight at the time in its
constant movement and noise and life.
The Sierpes during the day was the
center of their gaiety-Seyille's Corso
or Broadway or Piceadily. 1t was here
the hottest hours were spent. Under
Its awnings 1t was like a pleasant
court; for, though peasants might pass
with their donkeys. no cart or carriage
could ever drive through. In the clubs
on each side. their facade nothing but
one open window. rows of chairs were
always turned toward the street, and
always held an audience as entertain
ing as II was willing to be entertained
The same people who in the evening
filed the Plaza Nueva. there to listen TO
the music. sauntered in and out OF
the shops, where you could buy the
latest French novel or the photograph
OF the favorlte matador But of this
multitude of loungers none seemed to
have anything to do except to become
violently interested the minute J. tried
to sketch Century.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21

The eruditlon OF the State Geologlst
of South Dakota win evolve probably
some scientific explanation of the sub
terranean vagaries Of Mrs. Mary John
sons farm. but II will require also the
opinions OF meteorological and bicycle
experts to satisfy fully the curiosity
OF the public From the details now
at hand one would hazard the opinion
that Mrs. Johnson has been living In
fancicd security over a prehistoric bllz-
zard or tornado. Probably when this
ancient twlster was performing In the
reckless manner common to It's kind
II was caught unawarcs by comblna.
ton OF landslIdes and held In can
tlvlty with Its forces yet unexpended.
1t Is due TO the happy thought OF Mrs.
johnson that she would like to have
deep well that some expert drillers
reached this realistic cave OF the winds
and released enough OF the contents
OF the pneumatic stratum OF the farm
to Indicate Its boundless wind POSSIBLE.
tiles. AS soon as the air cushion is
reached says the chronlcler OF the
episode. 1.-THE wind rushes out with a
screech Ike locomotive, and sixteen.
pound sledges are tossed into the air
as lightly as feathers" A wind that
has been reposng In enforced lnac-
ton for decades and possibly centuries
and that on the slightest provocation
handles slxtcen-pound sledgcs as II
they were feathers and screeches like
locomotive Is farm product that
must receive the most thorough lnvesti-
cation from every possible point OF
Wow The meteorological and State &c
ologist may determine Its status In the
fora and fauna OF the region, and
may issue wise and technical bulletins
as to Its past history and future posi-
billties. but II Is apparent more prac-
deal minds must be brought to bear
on the phenomenon TO insure obtaining
the greatest measure OF utility. A bi.
cyclist OF experience would be able
to tell at a glance or two whether II
would be feasible to run pipe lines
from the farm to all parts OF the United
States as a supply agency Tor the lnna.
ton OF tires. IL Is not impossible that
some similar plan could be devised 50
that the iunumerable windmins OF the
Nation would not be dependent longer
on natures Intermittent supply. and
yachtsmen certainly would welcome
such a stable force as panacea for
the vexatious calm that has been found
so Troublesome In the management OF
regattas
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21
A PARENTS Wall

Oh, mel Oh, my Likewise Great Scott
Into what woe is this I've got?
I've lately sent my boy to school.
That be might not grow up fool;
And all the things I've told to him,
Some based on fact. and some on whin
These days are coming back to me:
Alas, alas, that ii should be-
told him once that Washington.
Ere he his manhood had begun,
Once with muttoh-chop did hack
A cherry tree out at the back,
And that in falling down II hit
His father where he kept his wit:
BE told IL as twas told by me:
Alas, alas, that II should bel
And when his teacher said twas not
The way I'd said the little tot
Got up and told her that he guessed
He'd take my word before the rest:
And while II might quite suit her within.
Shed best not 90 at stuffing him;
His daddy knew about that tree:
Alas, alas, that IL should bel
And one by one the tales I've told,
BY which he's been 80 badly sold,
But which told him all In fun,
Are proving false unto my son.
Who watches me with mournful eye,
Half hoping that do not lie,
But losing faith. alas, In me:
Alas, alas, that 1t should bel
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21
Chicago Main Drainage Cbanne,.

Inc great drainage canal at Chicago
is conceded to be one of the greatest
works of constructive engineering
which have been attempted in this CEN
fury Its progress has been watched
with keen interest by sanitarians. en-
gineers Interested in the novel and eff
fective machines for removing earth
and rock employed in its construction.
and by those who saw in this great
sewer menace to the shipping inter-
ests of the great lakes Charles S. Hill,
associate editor of Engineering News.
has prepared a full history of the
causes which led to the undertaking of
the work, description of the machin-
cry and methods made use Of, and very
full tables of the prices and costs of
every part of the work, taken from the
actual records of the contractors and
engineers. The book Is really a reprint
Of articles which have appeared IN the
Engineering News during the year
past, but with numerous additions and
revisions, which bring II up to date
and thus complete a full and accurate
account of the enterprise. This is prac-
tieally the only form in which so much
explicit and trustworthy information
can be obtained There are over 100
maps and illustrations showing the de-
vices and plans for executing the work;
a chapter ON administration" shows
the workings of the executive system
by which the 5000 or 1900 were con-
trolled, housed and fed, while the con-
Guiding chapter sums up the salient
features of the herculean task, which
was, as Mr.. Hill remarks, a problem
of how to do work rather than Of what
work to do. In the appendix the ques-
tons bearing on the effect Of the work
on the level OF the great lakes are fully
discussed, reports Of United States enc
gineers, etc, being included.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21

Tho man who risks his life In the In.
terest OF science and the welfare OF
mankind IL to be applauded. But para.
chute leaps, dives from great heights
Into nets. being shot from cannons. run.
ming races on wheels With railroad
trains. ana all the other sensational ex.
hibitlons which cater to morbid minds
achieve nothing, prove nothing OF
vaitc5nnd at least call for official Inter
ventlon to the extent OF requiring cx.
hibltors TO furnish safeguards against
the slaughter OF the performer. This
II done In some countries. and such per.
formances as are not susceptible to
such safeguards are prohibited.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21
"Oulck, quick; he's

wov with her hand. Quick quick Nv =
drowndlngV ,.Ar,
In second they sees. and without
one word of they goes, lufhng 'na' s" '..
dent / wouldn't believed II II naun
seen II; and they flies before me nal, "
gale over in the direction OF the sen.'e
man. Well. he was done up Tor SWIM
ming through not having another h'oA
left in him. as you may say, but ne was
able TO float on his back and mign.
have foated an hour more, mayhap' II
so be as the chill Of the water uiun
numb him and send him to the bottom
They come up to him and pulled un in'
| could see them a-pulllng Of him. put
whether 1t was thirty bob OF n,e
pounds worth couldn't rightly MAKE
out for certain.
us 1t alive or deadg' says the young
lady.
well" says /. "he d. look rather
limp" saws |, las is natural when
you've been lying so long in the water.
But | think it's alive. Anyhow, we'i
better row back and get your things
dried, miss"
20. no." says she, crying. Il can't
go back till know. Cap'n Cooley
says she, 1--WE must row on and meet
them"
Wei, didn't quite like it. owing 70
the gentleman perhaps having nothin
on, which Miss Noe hadn't thought OF.
Still, this being a matter o life and
death, where such things can't be al
lowed to count, rows on to meet them
About a hundred yards off | stands
up and shouts so as she shouldn't UNI
derstand, rs It a five-pound job, mate
or a thirty-bobber"
And the young gentleman himself
lifts himself up In reply, with one OF the
fishermen's jerseys on an sail wrap
ped round un, and he shouts at the top
of his voice, waving his hand, ALIVE,
alive, Noew
wanted TO turn then, but, bless you
there wasn't no keeping back that
young lady. Afore | knowed where
was at the sound Of his voice, she's
stood up in the boat and jumped off the
seat and was swimming for dear life
again to the sailing boat, where her
young gentleman was a-sitting.
He was most dead when she got
there. He'd just had strength O. mind
to hold up till he could shout to her,
and then he falls back numb-like and
white as death, till they gets him ashore
again. There ll-o'-my-soul was stand
ing. spluttering and shivering. looking
blue with cold. and saying as how I'd
done him out O. five pounds. or anyways
thirty shilllngs, through throwing of
him overheard. They took the young
gentleman up to his lodgings and gave
him the regular thlng-hot blankets
an such an brandy-an' by the end
o. the day he was pretty well right
again. But the young lady. she didn't
so much as ketch a cold with 1t, an
afore they left this place him and her
was married. An when Bill-o' -my-soul
come to hear that her father and moth
er wanted to give ten pounds apiece to
the men In the boat an me he was just
that mad you could a heard his Ian.
guage five houses Off, and not choice
language, either-Cassell's Magazine.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21

The bike as an eiopement vehicle has
proved Itself a success. The Lochin-
vars OF the period may pin their faith
TO the wheel In confidence that the pur-
suing parent on horseback will be dis.
hnced. Joseph Mechlln and Miss
Hannah Parsons. OF New Brunswick.
n. j., have proved this. They hardly
got a good start before the young wo-
mans father mounted his fieetest horse
and was la hot pursuit. But the elop-
ers were ON a tandem bike aud gave
him the merry ma la as they easily
drew away They were In plenty OF
time to have the knot tied before he
arrived with his painting stced. lie cut
the tire OF the wheel and kicked out the
spokcs TO vent his wrath. but thar did
not unite the knot. and seeing that his
anger was impotent. he dld the proper
thing and forgave the couple. Before
trusting implicitly In single wheels or
tandems. however. young Lochlnvars
should make sure that there are no
Quads or sextuplets In the immediately
vicinity. or they may be overtaken.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21

When Blondln walked a rope over
Niagara, thousands went to see him
who would hardly have walked block
20 see him walk the same rope stretched
twenty feet above terra firma. Whyl
Manlfestly because In the one case a
fall would have been trinlng AFFAIR.
aud In the other he would have gone
down to sure death. Now searcher
after glory and slmoleons announces
that he will ride across Niagara on n
bicycle over charged wire. OF course
thousands VIII go TO see the wonderful
and ldlotlc feat, and n he goes down to
the whirlpool and rocks below there
will be the usual emotional effects. In
cluding sobbing men and faintlng wo-
men, who went there half expecting
Just such tragedy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21

Here is an unconscious exposure OF -
trait Enthusiastically British by one
OF the staff Of Black and White. an
English illustrated weekly. The writ
er inveighs against the railway com
panles for making excessive charges
on bicycles accompanying passengers.
He disposes OF the argument that the
wheel tends to decrease railway travel
In this way: THE man who Is in the
habit OF walking will go, say. twenty
miles by train and then walk home.
The same nan, II he blcycled would
go fifty to n hundred miles from home
and then ride" The average American
who wants to take n ten-mile consti-
tutional walk would walk five miles
out and back. and II he wanted TO make
a iifty-mile bicycle run he would go n
distance Of twenty-five miles and back.
But the British idea Is to get away
the whole distance and walk or bike
back. Long before the bicycle II was
a common sight on holidays TO see
scores OF young men take a train for a
point ten or n dozen miles out, any
where. It made no difference and then
tramp back for the exercise. IL IL an
old and well-establshed fad but Amer
leans Will never understand the phi.
losophy OF II.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21

A New Jersey match company has
decreed that ia employees must lmme-
dlately visit their dentists to have thelr
exposed nerves covered up to protect
them from the deadly phosphorus Per
haps the whole trouble with the Moore
brothers IA that they were so busy clip
ping coupons that they didn't have
time TO have their mola~ kept In pro.
per repair
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21

Anent the recent tragedy at the St.
Louis County fair. when a young wom-
an balloonist fell from the clouds to
instant death. we are told with melting
pathos OF the heart-rendlng grief OF the
husband. and the emotions OF the spec
Tutors. OF the women who tainted and
the strong men who sobbed aloud. The
accident has been commented upon
from various standpolnts, chiefly that
or legal Intervention 10 prevent such
dangerous exhibitions. But another
feature Is suggested by the description
OF the horror Passing by comment
n what manner OF material goes 10
make up n man who Will allow his wife
10 risk her neck for few dollars, IN II
not true that the performance IL attrac-
tive purely and simply because ira
gedy In possible climax? To ascend
In a captive balloon would be no at
traction AZ all. because the danger IL
reduced to a minimum. Plain hot-air
balloon asccnsions without a leap from
the clouds became too tame for the
same reason. Then came the parachute
leap with the evcr-present danger OF
the aeronaut being killed. and the pub
lie nocked to see the show 1t would be
wrong 10 say that any one really ex.
poets an accident AT such exhibitions.
but II II unquestionably true that the
greater the danger OF accident. the
greater Is the attraction.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21
Good for the Grnnnd

Not long ago. writes correspondent
of a contemporary, was walking In
the garden at Hawarden with Mr.. Glad.
stone. What would you do with
thaty' he said. isuddenly. pointing to a
bit OF newspaper lying on the lawn
Il think ia pick II up and take II
away | answered. astonished. "Ah
well-this is what I do with it, said
Mr.. Gladstone. Thereupon he placed
the point OF his walking stick on the
middle OF the scrap OF paper. twisted
the stick round and round. and witt
much dexterity left the bit OF paper II
the soil out Of sight THE Duke OF
Buccleugh taught me to do that" h,
said. as we resumed our walk. 1T /,
good for the gEound."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-11-21
Not His Bank.

Halo. is this your bank:" said Din
widdie to Van .Braam. who was max
ing out deposit slip at desk IN .
Fifth avenue banking establishment
NO" replied Van BRAIN. This Isn't
my bank.
Dinwiddie seemed surprised, for ne
could see Van BRAINS bank oooK'
with several checks and some money
when the latter added:
"No, it is not my bank. wish l.
were. am merely a depositor here
-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.