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St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
REQUEST FOR BIDS,


To the Defendants IN the above entitled ac4
ton, and to whom il may concern: .--f !
Whereas by virtue OF an order of the Dis-i
trict Court, Hennepin County, Minnesota
made and filed on Tuesday, March 31st 1885,,
the undersigned Trustee of the so-caled
"Menage Collaterals,' held for the benefit of
the defendants in the above entitled action
was duly authorized and directed to advertise
for bids for the whole or any part of the
property remaining in its possession and COM
troll as such Trustee, not disposed Of, and
described as follows, to-wit:
Stock of the Minneapolis Land and :
Investment Co., par value ....... .S45, ,000. 90
Co.. par value e.::.....::.........:4 4,1OO.Oo
Closet Co. par value .............. 10000
value -. ..:::.......::. ...:.:... 100000
Works, par value ..:.;; ....;...... 5000 90
value ...: -: :......:..... 5000.
Company par value :..::....:...: .2s2. 500. 90
Bonds of the Great Falls Street Rail- !
way, par value Observation-Disclosures. 10 600 .00
Bonds of the Chicago Dock and In
vestment Co., par value .......... 100 000. 90
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that
all persons desiring to purchase said prop
erty, or any specific part thereof, are hereby
requested to file bid or bids in writing for
thereof as they may desire to purchase with
the undersigned Trustee. at it's Office in ths
city of Minneapolis, county and state above
named, on or before Saturday, May ond 1895,
at o'clock p. m. Said bids are to be opened,
considered, approved or disapproyed by said
District Court at special term thereof to be
holden at the Court House, in said city Of
Minneapolis, May 9Th, 1896, at O'Clock a. M
Each bid so filed must be accompanied
when filed, by cash or a certified check equal
in amount to per cent Of the amount of
such bid as guarantee of good faith and
the contamination of such purchase as the
Court may approve.
All bids for the whole or any part of such
property must be for cash, and all payments
made in cash unless otherwise ordered by
the Court
Dated this 1st dav of April 1896. 't
MINNEAPOLIS TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee.
BY RoBT. W. WEBB.
Assistant Secretary.
w r DODGE ATTORNEY for Trustee
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15
Stocks and Bonds

Schedule A.
GUARANTY LOAN COMPANY ASSETS.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

W. B. Turner, Spokane, Wash, Oct
Is, 1894 .:::...,....:. 81 571 81
ISs Nov. 30, 1852 e1Dos' MN. 1152.s
G. R. Cameron, Minneapolis, Mimi, }
Sent 90 1S95 ia e5
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-15

The Following were the closing prices of
other stocks as reported by the Associated
Press:
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
Turf aud stable.

Utica On. W horsemen have organ
lied an association and will give a
meetingin connection with the Mohawk
Valley circuit. Utica was once a link
In the grand circuit and should a lib
eral pool bill be passed in the Empire
state would be very apt to build new
mile track and drop in line.
Seth Griffin viii re-lain at the re-
Gently completed mile track OF the New
England Breeders association. Read
Vile, Mass. and keep 1t in shape at a
yearly salary. He has built all the fast
tracks and is the best in his particular
line we have ever had and can tell fast
soil" the moment he examines a tract
proposed as n site for a track. Mr..
Grifin's track machines are in use
wherever trotting has foothold.
The well-konwn and well-bred Clor-
inc. 2:13 IA. by c. +. Clay, dam by On
ward, sold for s1050 at Fasig's sale re-
Gently.
Only Ike" Woodruff of the old STAFF
of crack drivers remains. He is not a
wealthy man, but rich in "reminiscences
of the old days when his brother Hiram
headed the troting-horse drivers, and a
very pleasing conversationalist. He Is
assured home for life by the Veteran
Firemen's association of New York.
having run with the truck" when a
young man.
Mr.. w. c. France, who was formerly
so prominent on the turf. now takes lit
tie active interest in breeding or trot-
ting matters. He had great success
with Harry Wilkes, 2:13 Ia; Francis
Alexander, 2:19; Albert France, 2:2O Ia.
and others, later retiring TO Kentucky.
and with Red Wilkes, making a hand
some addition to an already large bank
account
Edith H., 2:10 "a. owned by Con-
gresham Warren f. Daniel of New
Hampshire, goes into the stable of
James Golden and should acquit herself
creditably. Golden has a good trio In
Edith H., Caprice, PIP 1-2, and Benton
Wilkes, 2:13, and, should no accident
occur to them, will land some good
races over east this summer.
white foal is said to have made its
advent into the world recently out in
Iowa. Such an occurrence is rare. IL
indeed, not unprecedented, as they usu-
ally are black and go through several
degrees OF roans and dapples before
reaching the white state.
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left 1t was not known that thGs
were women with them, as during the
raids the two women always dressed
like men. Afterward dressed as farm
ers' wives they would enter towns and
sell plumber and buy provisions, all
without arousing suspicion. Mrs,
Black and her husabnd came to west
ern Kansas six years ago and were
financially embarrassed through failure
of crops. They took to stealing cattle
and were obliged TO hide TO escape ar
rest. A gang of desperadoes gradually
Joined them. Zip Wyatt, the leader,
was a cowboy who came TO Guthrie
once a month to spend his wages in
high living and it was here that he met
Mrs. Freeman. who was an Illinois girl
who had formed an incorrect idea of the
glories of a bandits life from too many
trashy novels. He persuaded her to
elope with him after he had killed two
or three men and gone into hiding. He
has often puzzled the sheriffs as they
have fired their rifles at him, point
blank, and he has escaped withou, in
jury. Since her capture, Mrs. Free
man says Wyatt always wears steel
plates over his back, front and thighs
and will never be taken alive. The
rest Of the gang of desperadoes escaped.
The two women are now in the Guthrie
Jail and pass their time playing cards
or chatting with the other prisoners.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
CARL FIEGENBAUM.

before his death. yet he always pro-
fessed extreme poverty.
Mrs. Hoffman. who lived in two mis-
cradle rooms with her son Michael, was
very poor. Fiegenbaura hired one Of
the rooms for the merest p!ttance.
promising 70 pay when he had secured
work. He lived there for two days
During the following night Michael
Hoffman, awoke to find the boarder
in the act of cutting his mothers
throat. Fiegenbaum ran at him, knife
in hand and the boy sprang out on a
window leuge F!egenbaum stabbed
the woman again, jumped from the
rear window into an area, threw away
the knife. and escaped. Mr.. Lawton's
idea is that he had planned a murder
ofthe Ripper" order, and that the boys
cries prevented him from carrying out
his intentions. The man was caught
red-handed that night Once in a burst
of confidence Fiegenbaum said to his
lawyer:
Il have for years suffered from
singular disease, which induces an all
tests itself in a desire TO kill and mutt
late every woman who falls in my way.
At such times l am unable to control
myself" The lawyer at once thought
of the Whitechapel crimes and looked
up the dates, selected two. When he
saw Fiegenbaum again and was talking
with him confdentially, he said Carl.
were you in London from this date to
tina; -pe," naming those selected.
Yes" the prisoner answered, and
relapsed into silence. But as time went
on the lawyer, in tracing his move
ments prior to the crime, discovered
that Fiegenbaum had never lived in
any house which was not in charge OF
a woman. Mr.. Lawton once put the
question of the Whitechapel murders
TO Fiegenbaum, whose reply was that
the Lord was responsible for his acts
and that to Him only could he confess.
Mr.. Lawton drew enough from the
man, however, TO convince him that
the prisoner was no other than Jack
the Ripper, who for more than a year
held London in terror while he MUIR
dered twelve women of the pavements:
that he was responsible perhaps for
some Of the multilations which sent
chilli through Wisconsin; and that he
was the man who entered a room in
the East River hotel with old Shakes
peare" some hours before her mutilat-
ed body was discovered.
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winner of re.a. state Championship.

winner Of Texas state Championship.
Mr. Arthur Du Bray. OF Dayton, KY.
won the diamond trophy for the Texas
state championship on live birds. at the
state shoot. held at Houston. Tex, re-
Gently.
Mr.. Du Bray Is ex-lieutenant OF the
Fifth Cavalry. U. S. A.. and travelling
salesman. He is well-known all over
this country by sportsmen and gun
dealers. and is n very popular and en-
thusiastic trap shot. In fact. he Is
thorough sportsman in every way, and
commands the respect Of all classes
of people In which he mingles. Du
Bray is the great favorite in Texas.
and Guessaz says: "He is dead game
shot and true blue grass. jovial sports
man. who would rather shoot live birds
than eat dead game" Mr.. Du Bray has
a large cquaintanceship in the South
and devotes most ofhis time when on the
road to visiting the tradein that section
of the country. els a first class shot on
live birds and now and then strikes a
gait" that would defeat the best OF
them. In this match he lost the first
and second birds dead out of bounds
and then settled down to an uphill
race, killing the next eighteen without
q miss. This tied with McGinty, Jack.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

by legal experts. The Horton BILL en-
| titled "An act TO amend the penal coue
in relation TO prize-nghting ana spar
ring exhibitions" will take effect In the
Empire state Sept. l, after when gen
eral scrapping harvest is looked ior.
The particular provision in the piii
which boxers hope to get In on Is as ioi-
lows: 'Sparring exhibitions WIN
gloves of not less than Ave ounces each
in weight may be held by domestic
incorporated athletic association IN u
building occupied by II for at least one
year under lease or in Duildlhs
owned and occupied by such associa-
tion."
A New York paper has been collect-
ing a varied assortment OF legal advice
upon the matter. showing a unanimity
Of opinion that boxing has seemed 10
strike new lease OF life. The opinionoi
Lawyer Frederick b. House OF the hrm
Of House & Friend is the prevailing
one, which is as follows: After the
amended section OF the penal code be-
comes law in fact Corbett and Fitz-
simmons may box in this state. The
authorities cannot interfere with Them
II the contestants do what the law re-
quires of them. No officer has right
to enter any of these incorporated ath-
letic clubs in my opinion.
The go between Slavin and Maher, II
1t comes along all right. may be re-
garded as the initial move toward get
ting some sort of opponent to go against
Corbett or Fitzsimmons. Who Is TO be
the winner OF the contest under consld-
Grafton, depends: 1t may depend on the
one who starts off for the rings center
on the proper foot first, for there is go
ing TO be a clash, a whlrlwind of dust
and splinters. punctuated with thud.
Flukes will be at premium. Some OF
us would have rather seen another man
20 against Maher-"Denver" Smith or
Joe Goddard, for instance. for IL the
tales that have been coming across
pond since Slavin's loss to Jim Hall
three years ago are so, he has long
since fallen away from the hardship.
ging Paddy he once was. Goddard has
waned, too, but in recent trials he has
shown he Is a long way this side the
hopeless class yet. AS between Maher
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
Minnesots's Lakes disappearing.

Twenty years ago Minnesota was dis
tinguished above all others in the Unit
ed States by the immense number of
its lakes, brimful of the purest water.
Since then there has been a gradual
recession of these lakes as well as the
streams which they fed from their copi-
Gus reservoir. Many of them have dis
appeared. All have sunk far below the
former level. Walter G.. Bower. In n
pamphlet just published by the Mime
sofa state forestry association, reviews
the history of the water levels in Min
nesota from 1906 to 1866. From 1879
to 1896, a period Of II years. he notes
a gradual and in the main continuous
recession OF the lakes until they are
now from Is to 30 feet below the beach
line. and many have entirely disap-
peared.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
wedding of Theater Folks.

A marriage which attracted con-
siderable attention in London occurred
recently between Mr. Arthur Playfair
and Miss Lena Ashwell. Miss Ashwell
is great beauty and is daughter of
Commander Pocock. She was born on
the ocean. When a girl she received
her education abroal ami entered the
Royal Academy of Music, where she
attracted the attention of Miss Terry,
who advised her to go on the stage. As
her father had taken holy orders on
leaving the sea Miss Ashwell followed
Ellen Terry's advice and scored an in
slant success. Her husband is the
Tounger son of Maj. Zen. Playfair of
the Indian army, who is cousin of
Lord Playfair. He inherits his theatre
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
BELLE BLACK. OUTLAW.
lc,im of Circumstance. over which She

Victim of Circumstances over Which She
Had No Control
Women outlaws are rather rare in
reality, although one is always reading
of them-dashing. beautiful girls clad
in sombreros, leather leggins, boots and
spurs. The capture OF two OF this spe-
eies at Guthrie has dissipated the popu.
lar idea Of the lady bandit. These two
women were neither young. fair nor
dashing. One, Belle Black, whose hus-
band was a member of gang OF out
laws, is small, heavy-set. has dark hair
and blue eyes, with a rather pleasant
look on her face and no appearance of
being a desperate criminal; the other,
Mrs Freeman. who eloped from her
husband with the leader OF the gang,
Zip Wyatt. is tall. slender. with snap
ping black eyes. thick. black hair and a
sinister, peculiar expression on her
face. For the past year the gang has
defied sheriffs and has robbed right and
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

party in power for protection, making
his influence felt in all directions. So
totally was he convinced OF the
strength OF his position that he favored
a protection that was practically pro-
hbitive The only concessions he
would lirten to were a few points in
favor Of Switzerland and the United
States. One year thereafter he wis re-
turned as a deputy. In 1888 we find him
minister OF agriculture. Retiring in
1885 with Ferry's cabinet, he went
back to the chamber. and in 1888 he
presided over that body. Since then he
has been in the chamber at odd times,
and has never been out OF the public
eye. He is sharp politician, a good
statesman, and thoroughly understands
the temper of his countrymen.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
Twenty-Five Dogs to One Cat

There is--or rather was-a huge can
vas dragon used in the German opera
"Siegfried." which the company left
under the stage Of the theater. William
a. Blank has pack of twenty-five
hounds VII .ch he uses in his play.
Hounds AMI dragon occupied the same
apartment The other afternoon the
door Of the room was left open and one
of the theater cats entered. She got
half way across the room before the
hounds saw her. One of them, with a
"I-saw-her-flrst" howl, jumped for
pussy, followed by the remaining TWEEN
ty-one. The cat gave one quick glance
around and made flying leap into the
orifice of the dragon in which the head
IS inserted. IL had been removed for
repairs. Two dogs followed in rapid
succession and others followed until
the dragons body was filled with ami
mails. For few minutes there was
bigh carnival inside the dragon. The
canvas sides, unable TO stand the strain
parted in every direction, while the
barking and bowling was deafenms'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
1.-THE BURNING TREE"
A Plant OF India whose Touch Is Drcsde~
by the Natives.

There has lately been added to the
collection OF plants at the botanic
gardens at Madras. India. specimen OF
strange tree, says an East Indian cor
respondent TO London. IL is in size
scarcely more than a bush. but other
individuals of its species are known to
have attained. in their habitat in the
Himalayas. Burmah and the Malacca
peninsula. the dimensions of a large
tree. from fifty TO seventy-1ye feet In
height. The Madras specimen Is sur
rounded by strong railing, which
bears the sign, Dangerous; all persons
are forbidden TO touch the leaves or
branches of this tree" l; is therefore
a forbidden tree In the midst OF the
garden. but no one is tempted to touch
IL, for it's known TO be burning
tree" This name rs misnomer, for
the tree stings rather than burns. Be
meath the leaves there are stings COM
parable to those OF nettles, which, when
touched, pierce the skin and sccrete
a fluid which certainly has burning
effect. The stings leave 10 outward
sign, but the sensation of pain exists
sometimes for months. and is espe-
cially keen on damp days. or when the
place which has been wounded Is
plunged into water. The natives in
the part Burmah where this tree grows
are in such terror of II that they fly
when they perceive the peculiar odor
which IL exhales. II they happen to
touch 1t they fall on the ground and
roll over and over on the earth with
shrieks. Dogs touched by 1t yelp and
run. biting and tearing the part of the
body which has been touched. A horse
which had been in contact with a
burning tree ran like a mad thing, bit
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
brilliant Young Nove,Is,

One Of tho interesting younger novel
lists OF the day is Edward s. Van Zlle
who has produced several successful
romances, notably his recent "Manhat-
ianers." He is a man OF perhaps thirty.
Tour years, graduate of Trinity Co..
lege, Hartford, and a resident OF Brook
Ign. For a number OF years he has
been regular writer on tho New York
press. Mr.. Van Zile is OF small PAYS
ique, but athletic and possessed of
abundant good locks. As IN ath,ete nc
ls said to be proficient with his
dukes"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

many years well-known solicitor OF
London. In appearance he is feet .
inches in height, has clear-cut, intellec-
tual features and is singularly prepos-
sessing. After he left college he trav-
eled extensively, and among other
places spent some time in Tasmania.
Australia and Ceylon, where it is said
at least one mahatma resides. He is a
lawyer but does not practice, and since
coming TO America has taken out
naturalization papers. 1t was by
merest accident he became interested
in theosophy, but he has since become
entirely devoted to it. He was with
William @. Judge, the late president OF
the theosophists, when the latte. died
recently.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

When nothing was left but the debris
Teddy, the first dog TO get in. emerged
with scratched nose and ear but bit
of cats fur and a canine smile on his
visage. The others followed. looking
somewhat disappointed, and the stage
hands. attracted by the tumult. bore
away the shattered dragon. A piece of
blotting paper and a teaspoon sufficed
to gather up the remains of the cat
Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
PersonnlltY of Mark Hanna

Mark Hanna, OF Cleveland, o.. cele-
brated at present, is a native Ohioan.
and lacks one year OF being seventy.
Fortune gave him the Midas touch. and
whether he ventured to sell groceries
and oil, or mine coal ana iron. or build
lake vessels, or buy real estate, the re.
suit has uniformly been a large adai.
ton to a constantly increasing for
tune. One OF his possessions is tho
Euclid Avenue Opera House In Clevo-
land. He Is somewhat of the Grant
style OF man-solld and substan .ial
wholly lacking in STYLE" reserved.
and somewhat brus1ue.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

try to compare Maher with Fitzsim-
mons The naked truth points to tho
kangaroo us a wonder OF wonders. such
a one as. pound to pound, the ring has
never known the equal Of. With him.
whipping the general run OF heavy
weight aspirants Is easy as brushing OF
mosquitoes: felnt. hop or two. n
smash with right or left.an all is over.
In the heyday OF his glory Sullivan
never carried any such slung-shot raps
as this middleweight freak.
]. II. HEADWAY.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

terable opposition to free trade against
an entire ministry. whose strength was
by no means to be desp.sed. made a
hero OF him for French protectionists.
Every Frenchman is a politician. and
Meline is one OF the fortunate few who
have come TO the front. Born in Re-
miremont. he studied law, and was an
intense politician at his majority. He
was elected a member OF the commune.
but declined the office. lie was made
a national assemblyman in 1872, and
four years later was elected 10 the
chamber. For fifteen years he was al
most constantly before the public as
deputy or as filling some function un-
der the patronage or necessity of some
ministry. He was under secretary OF
the interior with Greyy, but resigned
at one months end. Later he was
made a member of the tariff commits
sion, and in 1880 he battled with the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

Every telegraph pole in the remote
districts of Norway has to be con-
tinually watched on account OF the
bears. which have mania for climbing
the poles and sitting Oh the cross
beams, swaying backwsra and forward
until the pole finally falls
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

One bolt of lightning struck and de-
s;royed two trees growing about 125
feet apart near Gainesville, Ca, few
days ago. Both trees were felled and
shattered to spl.nters. One tree was
thirty feet from house. The occu.
pants saw the trees struck. but did not
feel anything CT the electricity.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

A Kansas City grIpman who "a, y, \.
a cable car for three years cnans.s .,..t
lodging place last week TO a., > sa nd
which is traversed by cable line, - !,
he couldn't sleep for nealy . "'
account of the noise.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

ing everything and everybody that it
could reach. a missionary at Manda-
lay who Investigated a leaf OF the plant
with his foreinger suffered agony for
several weeks. and for ten months fel,
occasional pains in his finger
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
Clara I,arton's Work.

kilograms from Miss Clara Barton
give an encouraging report of the re-
lief work which is being prosecuted
by her agents in Armenia. The suf-
fering is so universal and intense. how
ever, that the succor supplied by
American charity needs to be greatly
enlarged. and urgent appeals for funds
are made by the committee in this city.
Miss Barton's persistence and courage
OF purpose seem TO have made decid-
ed impression even on the stoIld Turk.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
GENERAL SPORTING.
CURRENT DoINCS IN VARIOUS
FIELDS OF SPORT.
The New York Law which Goes Into
Eject In september wan Permit
Corbett aud Fitzsi,nmoas to Meet In
the Ring Notes.

AN Corbett and
Fitzsimmons and
boxers of any de-
gree whatever 80 to
q finish In New
York state after the
LIST of September OF
this year? That is
what SPORTS OF
Gotham are asking
and being answered
in the Affirmative
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
LENA ASHWELI.

cal instincts from his grandfather. wins
was a patron OF the stage and on hi
English estate had small theatei
built, where he uTel to act. Young Mr.
Playfair has made his success by bur-
lesquing well-known actors. principally
Sir Henry Irving.