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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
IS LEFT pEHNILESS.
VERY SAD PLIGHT OF AN AGED
SOUTH DAKOTA FARM
Err.
PLIGHT OF JOHN SHERWOOD.
FARM LOST ON A MORTGAGE-ON
HIS WAY TO A NEW
HOME.
PLIGHT OF JOHN SHERWOOD.
AT THE END OF A DRIVE
He Is Found I'm a Dazed Condition
and Too Ill to Travel
Further.

About 8 o'clock Saturday evening
people in the neighborhood of Cedar
avenue and Twenty-eighth street no
ticed that an aged man, dressed in the
garb of a farmer, was driving back
and forth with team of mules hitched
to a wagon. He spoke to nobody,
asked no questions, but at the same
, time seemed to be in quandary. Fl
nally couple of men accosted him
and asked h m f.'W pertinent ques-
TONS The old man seemed bewildered
and could give no account Of himself
The men thought he must be partly
deranged, and called the attention Of
the police to the case. He was there
fore brought to the south side police
station The man appeared sick, was
furnished food and given lodging in
the Jail v lille hts mules were given
proper care. He was asked his name
and where he was from, but it was i'm
possible to secure any information
from him.
Yesterday morning, after breakfast,
he had, however, regained a somewhat
normal condition, and stated that his
name was John Sherwood and that he
lived twelve miles south of Bookings,
that he had taken on preemption
twenty years ago. Through inability
to work or failure of crops he had
been compelled to mortgage his place
some years ago. This mortgage had
been foreclosed, and the old man with
his wife and two adopted daughters
were now homeless. A week ago last
Wednesday he left, leaving his family
with friends, for the purpose, at the
age Of So years, of starting life over
again and labor to secure a new home
for his family. The trip from Brook
ings to Minneapolis had been made
entirely with his team Of mules and
most Of the nights had been spent in
the open air. From this he had con-
tracted cold that made him 80 hoarse
that he could but with difficulty speak
above whisper. When he was taken
into the custody Of the police he was
penniless.
In the morning he inquired as to the
direction Of New Brighton, stating
that that was his destination. He had
some acquaintance by the name of
Reed there, whom he expected could
furnish him and his mules with en-
ployme It. Upon being given direc-
tons, he thanked the officers for their
hospitality and Expressing the wish
that lie wo Id not have to bother them
any more in the futur, drove off with
as hopeful a look on his countenance
as if his latter years were to be his
best
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
MIDNIGHT DUEL AT SEA.
Terrific Combat In the Strait of
Ma1acca.

We were cruising the strait of Ma
lacca, between the NicobarS and the
Malay peninsula, and had succeeded
In killing a full-sized sperm whale He
had been tough customer, needing
all our energies to cope with him; but
well-directed bomb closed the nego-
tiations just before sunset. AS usual,
he had elected the contents of his
stomach before dying and we specially
noticed the immense size of some Of
the masses floating about By com
mon consent they were about as large
as our hatchhouse, which measured
6X6xS feet. l must distinctly state that
these masses were not square, but ir-
regularly shaped masses, bitten or or
torn off in blocks from the body of
some gigantic squid.
The whale was secured alongside
and all hands sent below for a good
rest prior to commencing to ''cut in"
at daybreak. 1 had the watch from
eight bells to midnight, and at about
IL p. m. was leaning over the lee rail,
idly gazing seaward. where the rising
moon was making broad lane of sill
very light upon the smooth, dark wat
erS. Presently there was a commo-
ton in the sea, right in the way Of the
moon, and I Immediately went for the
night glasses to ascertain if possible
the nature of It, In that neighborhood
there are several active volcanoes. and
at first I judged the present disturb
ance to be one of these, sending up
debris from the sea bed. A very short
examination satisfied me that the
trouble, whatever 1t might be, was not
Of volcanic or seismic origin. I called
the captain, as in duty bound, but he
was indisposed to turn out for any
thing short of actual danger, so the
watch and / had the sight to ourselves.
We edged away little under the light
draught Of wind, so as to draw nearer
to the scene, and presently were able
to realize it's full significance A very
large sperm whale was engaged in
deadly conflict with a monstrous squid
whose far-reaching tenacles enveloped
the whales whole body.
The livid whiteness of those writhing
arms, which enlaced the cachalot like
a nest Of mighty serpents, stood out in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
WET GRASS AS A CURE-ALL.
New European Fad Sure to SOol
Cross the Atlantic.

New European Fad Sure to Soon
Cross the Atlantic.
Worcester Spy.
The announcement that some time
next fall Father Kneipp, originator of
the famous wet grass cure, will visit
this country and start his cure is
enough to set all the rich and fashion
able of this country agog with antici-
patton. Father Kneipp's visit to Amer
lea is said to be due to the efforts of a
New Yorker, who several years ago
took the Kneipp cure at Woershofen,
Austria. The apostle of the water cure
will deliver a series of lectures on his
system in New York, and will superin-
tend its workings at various places
while in this country.
Father Sebastian Kneipp, who has
achieved such a fame in so strange a
manner, has wonderful career. 1t
is romance which came near being
tragedy. Kneipp was studying for the
priesthood when i'll health threatened
TO cut short his career. He was I'M
able to study. One winter night
a state of fever bordering on madness,
he rushed out of his room and thrust
his feet through the ice into a pond.
AS a result he was surprised to find
his health greatly improved He
studied hydropathy and came to the
conclusion that general i'll health and
many diseases were due to a conges-
ton of blood in some part of the body,
and that the external application of
cold water was the natural remedy.
He cured himself, entered the priest
hood and afterward devoted himself
to the practice of his cure
Last year it is said that more than
81, wv persons were treated by Bather
Kneipp and his assistants. The en-
peror Of Austria underwent treatment
twice, says the Boston Advertiser The
Archbishop Joseph Of Austria also took
the cure. The patients number among
them three royal princes and princesses.
dukes, counts, bishops and ordinary
people of all nations. Among them
were Don Carlos, the Spanish pre-
tender, and his family, including the
Princess Elvira of Bourbon, a hand
some young woman. There were dys-
peptlcs, consumptives, paralytics, men
and women of fashion with nerves
played out, children with hereditary
diseases and a good many with no Sc
riOus troubles.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
MAN WITH A LANTEN.
He Is Never Seen without 1t and
Says 1t Saved the Country.


There is nothing particularly unus-
ual about the appearance Of Frank
Lawrence the first time one sees him.
He is only an old man who hobbies
slowly along the streets, with cane
In one hand and a lantern in the other
But from the fact that old Crank. !"
has carried that lantern constantly for
at least twenty years, he at once be-
comes an unusual character, says the
San Francisco Call.
Just when Frank struck San Francis
co is something past finding out. He
has forgotten and most likely nobody
else ever knew or cared for that mat
ter. All that is known about the old man
is that he is one of the landmarks of
the vicinity of Clay and Kearny streets.
He has made that part Of the town
his headquarters for years and years,
although he eats and sleeps in all man
ner Of places.
Sometimes he has a room in one of
the alleys of Chinatown, but more often
he walks the streets during the hours
that the greater portion of the saloons
are closed.
But no matter where Frank may be
he always carries his lantern with him.
day and night, winter and summer 1t
is one of the big, old-fashioned railroad
lanterns that belongs to the era of
dIIQ uIlCOIIlIOTIdDl6 travel
ing. The apparatus is still in good
order, although the glass globe Is
cracked badly. 1t has been that way
for years, Frank says, and he never
expects to get another one for it. The
cracks don't make much difference,
though, because the lantern is never
lighted
Where did Frank get the lantern and
why does he carry it? are questions a
person will naturally ask, but they are
not easy to answer. In fact, Frank is
the only person in the world who can
answer them, and he refuses to do so
except in general way.
Sometimes the loafers about the park
will chaff the old man about the Ian
tern. He takes 1t good-naturedly, until
somebody makes a break to take it
away from him and then there is
trouble. He fairly boils with rage and
is ready to fight. Don't touch that
lantern" he says. 'It saved the Union
once, and 1 will guard it with the last
drop Of my blood"
But how, when or where the lantern
saved the Union he refuses to divulge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
COST OF MAKING A MINE.
1t All Depends Upon the Way the
Precious Metal Is Hidden.

1t All Depends Upon the Way the
Precious Metal Is Hidden.
There arc no hard and fast rules in
regard to making a mine from the
time it passes into the prospector's
hands until it becomes a dividend
payer. Many mines are such, as the
miners say, from the grass roots,''
and turn out large quantities of ore
from the beginning, according to the
Spokesman Review
j. B. Haggin, the millionaire mine
owner, took 100000 from the Custer
mine, in Lemhi county, Idaho, before
it became necessary to use a candle
This mine was known as the Mineral
mountain. A man came along one
day, and after looking at it, remarked:
why, the hanging wall is gone"
This was true. Nature had assisted the
miner in this case; the mountain side
had been eroded, leaving the mineral
standing there. Mr. Haggin also spent
100000 in developing the Anaconda
mine before it was on paying basis
Mines have been discovered con-
tanning fabulous wealth, although a
prospector would starve to death in
trying to work them. This was true
in regard to the Homestake mine in
the Black hills. The prospectors who
made the discovery could do nothing
with it, and it passed into the hands
Of Senator Hearst and other Califor-
mia capitalists. They concluded that
unless it was worked on a large scale
it could not be made profitable. An
eighty-stamp mill was ordered and
shipped in from Cheyenne at a cost
of $135,000 as an experiment The mine
has paid in dividends $37 500 a month
for seventeen years.
1t requires a large amount of money
usually to put mine on a dividen-
paying basis, and, as rule, this the
prospector cannot do, although pros
pectors have made fortunes with their
properties.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
SHOT FOR A BURGLAR.
WeIl-KnOwn Man Killed at Park
Ridge.

CHICAGO, July 26. = Daniel Shroyer, a
well-known resident Of Park Ridge, was shot
and killed early this morning by his son-in-
6o9e i3n1 ~, p Ia
lar. The shooting took place in Pottinger's
home on Ingleside avenue. Mr.. Shroyer had
been a guest at the Pottinger homestead for
several weeks. Mr.. Pottinger was aroused
at 8 o'clock this morning, and, thinking
burglars were abroad, took his revolver and
started to investigate. He was about to en-
ter the kitchen when he the form of
man approaching, and, raising his revolver,
fired one shot. The man gave vent to a
startled exclamation, and Mr.. Pottinger rec
ognized his father-in-law's voice. The bullet
struck Mr.. Shroyer in the groin, and he died
in an hour. Mr.. Pottinger is almost distract
ed and his wife is FRUSTRATED
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
RUSHING THE WORK.
Large Crews of Men on the Streets
Yesterday.

A scene Of unusual activity was noted on
First avenue south yesterday, quite in con-
trast with the usual Sabbath calm of the city.
From early morning until evening, and in
fact all night, there was a sound of pick
axes and shovels. About seventy-five men
were engaged in tearing up the granite blocks
between the street railway tracks and gettI>--
that portion of the street ready for the grad
ing crew, which begins work today. Seven
construction cars hauled away the blocks as
fast as they were loosened.
The crew was scattered along the avenue
from Washington avenue to Sixth street.
Very few cars were running between Wash
ington avenue and Fourth street. From
Fourth to Sixth the cars had vacated the
track entirely.
The day crew worked longer hours than
usual and the night crew had plenty of work
to get ready for the paving and grading force
today.
On Fifth street, between First avenue and
Nicollet another crew of seventy was trying
to get the conduit laid SO, that the business
men could use the street today. The paving
crew will follow them very shortly and a
night crew will probably be put on this even
ing in order to finish the work rapidly.
No complaints were heard from the men on
account of Sunday work, for many Of them
have been unemployed for some time, and
are glad to avail themselves of the rush of
work necessary to get the streets in good
shape.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
WEPT At HIS BIER.
Borrowing Friends Attend the Flu
neral of j. r.. Elliott.

Funeral services over the remains of Joscph
K. Elliott, who was drowned at Lake Bemidji
while trying to save the life of another, were
held yesterday afternoon at the residence of
c. P. Hunter, 621 Eleventh avenue southeast
large number of young men with whom Mr.
Elliott had associated in life assisted in the
last sad offices, and attested by their synfpa-
thetic words and actions to the unbounded
popularity OF the young man and the deep
grief occasioned by his untimely loss.
Rev. George R. Merrill, of the First Con-
gregational church, preached the funeral SER
mon. His remarks were singularly impress
i've and appropriate.
The pall-bearers were: Harry Luxton. Har-
ry Moore, L. A. Lydiard, Harry Burke.
Thomas R. Brown and c. M. Somerby.
The remains were taken to West Liberty.
To-, over the Minneapolis & ST. Louis road
last evening. They were accompanied bv
Judge Elliott, brother of the deceased, and
VIII be Inferred In the graveyard at West
Liberty Mr.. Elliott's old home.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
WHAT WAS THEIR MOTIVE.
Two Unknown Men Charged With
DisOrderIy Conduct

There are two prisoners in the North side
police station who have been wondering since
o'clock Sunday morning whether or not
the police officers of the city are now sup
piled with q horse and buggy. They are
held on the charge of disordery conduct
An unknown man, refusing to give his name
was passing Washington and Third avenues
north when assaulted by the two prisoners
The offense is said by the police to have been
unprovoked. The cries of the victim attract
ed several officers, among others Patrolman
Averille. He had picked up stray horse
and was taking the animal to a barn when,
hearing the cries, he drove to the scene as
the assailants were disappearing in the dis
lance. Taking Russell with him, they fol-
lowed in rapid pursuit. After a chase Of sew
eral blocks the two fellows were captured.
They refuse to give their names to the po-
lice.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
Hit by a Trolley Pole.

Arthur Wilkie. small boy, attempted to
steal a ride on q First avenue car Saturday
night. At Twelfth street the conductor no.
tieed the lad and reached for his hat, think
ing thus to have him leave the car. The boy
threw his head back and it came in con-
tact with trolley pole, knocking the little
fellow from the car. He was taken into the
Lawrence sanitarium and was removed to
his home at 121 Fifteenth street east yester-
day. He will recover.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
FOUR MORE BODIES
Found In the Colorado Canon Flood
Debris.

DENVER, Col, July 26.-The terrible ef-
fects of the cloudburst in the canon above
Golden, Col, last Friday are still coming
to light Tonight four more bodies were
found among the debris several miles below
Golden. They are of two old men and two
young women, none Of whom have been
identified. There is also a report of eight
men employed in a Denver brewery who
passed through Golden a few hours before
the storm. They have not since been heard
from, and parts Of what is believed to be
their wagon have been found. Col H. G.
Merriam, commandant OF the United States
troops at Fort Logan, has detailed 100 Of his
men to assist in searching the wreckage for
bodies,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
HALF-BREEDs BARRED.
Stricken From Citizenship Rolls by
the Usage Nation

GUTHRIE, Okla, July g. - About two
weeks ago the commissioners appointed to in
vestigate Usage citizenship recommended that
over hundred half-breeds should be stricken
from the rolls, but they submitted separate
reports, not being able to agree upon the
lists. Secretary Smith has not yet passed
upon any OF these reports, but the council
of the Usage nation, controlled by the full
bloods, has in special session passed an act
disfranchising all Of the half-breeds. The
half breeds declare their intention Of voting
at the national election Aug. 8, and trouble
will likely occur.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
hammond Must Come Home.

WASHINGTON. July 26..No answer has
as yet been received by the state depart
ment from Edward p T. Hammond, United
States consul at Budapest who has been
asked to resign. State department officials
decline to discuss the published statements
that charges have been filed against the con-
sui, but merely say that his resignation
has been asked for because "he was not ac-
ceptable to the Austrian government"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
WATSON STAYS ON
HE WILL NOT BE WITHDRAWN BY
THE POPULIST NATIONAL
COMMITTEE.
MET DEMOCRATS HALFWAY.
THE. OTHER END OF THE COM
BINATION SHOULD ACT,
SAYS BUTLER.
HINT GIVEN MR.sEwALL.
Opportunity to Show He Loves the
Cause of Silver More Than
He Does Office.

NEW YORK, July 27-The World
this morning publishes the following
dispatch signed Thomas E. Watson
from Thompson, Ga:
To the questions asked me, I reply
as follows:
1. will run the race to the end.
2. will make the fight, even if Mr.
Sewall does not withdraw
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
EqualiZing Taxes.

The board Of trade has called a general
meeting of taxpaying citizens for this morn
Ing at 10 o'clock, at the board of trade rooms.
Lumber exchange. AS the city equalizing
board is in session, and begins on the real
estate taxes today, it is the only time to con-
slider this matter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
Zephra's Hard Luck.

John Zephra, a young man residing at
camden place. was assaulted near Main
street and Ninth avenue northeast early Sun
day morning. In company with young lady
ne was passing that point when attacked. He
was cut about the head His injuries were
dressed by DR.. S. NJ. Moulton
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
TeIegrapher Dead.

NEW YORK, July Backward A. Eckert
superintendent of exchanges of the Metropoli-
tan Telegraph and Telephone company, died
today at Asbury Park, N j., aged ffty-four.
He was brother of Thomas r. Eckert presi-
dent of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany. {
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
COUNTERFEITER VAIL.
de Is Again Securely Behind the
Bars.

o. B. Vail, alleged counterfeter, bigamist
and fugitive from justice, apt pupil of the
picturesque Rockway the world famed New
Jersey king of bogus money makers, in his
fox-like nature is now a prisoner at the
Hennepin county Jail awaiting his trial at
the September term of the United States dis
trict court He was brought to this city from
st. Paul Saturday, where Judge Lochren al
lowed him the privilege of free air again for
a time on $1,000 bonds. That amount he is
unable to furnish and languishes in his CELL
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27
Castoria.

"Castoriaisso well adapted to children that
Irecommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" Fl. 4. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27

e The use Of 'Castoria is so universal and
It's merits 50 well known that it seems work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach.''
CARLOS MARTIN, D. D.,
New York City.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-27

"For several years I have recommended
'Castoria,' and shall always continue to do
SO, as it has invariably produced beneficial
results
EDWIN F. PARDEE, M. D.,
125th Street and 18th Ave-, New York City.
oMPANY, n MURRAY STREET, New YoRK Cry.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-05-21
womcn's Views of Man.

A straightforward. Open-hearted man
may be safely left to manage his own
concerns.-Jane Austen.
A man capable of conquering habit
ual Incidence cannot be feeble char
acter.-Maria Edgeworth.
Men who have seen good deal of life
don't always end by choosing their
wives so well.-George Eliot.
Remember one thing-no man can
fail TO fulfill his destiny but through
his own fault.-George Sand.
Man is very apt to contemplate him
self out of all proportion to his sur
roundinGs. Christina G. Rosetti.
The best augury of a mans success
In his profession is that he thinks 1t is
the finest in the world.-George Eliot.
Love occupies vast space in wo-
mans thoughts, but fills n small por-
tion in mans life.-Maria Edge
worth.
Man is not made for that selfish con-
centration of despair which is called
either abnegation or stoicism.-George
Sand.
The just living of lifetime makes a
man incapable of any mere selfish
handling of another's interests.-Mrs.
Humphry Ward.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-05-21

"Yes, my eldest daughter ma,,i.I
money"
"She is happy, of course?"
"Far from it. While she ba, .,
thing one could wish for, she is f,,'
being happy. She loved another y
"Your second daughter also ma,
did she not?"
Eyes, she married a man for bi,,
looks" "
az suppose she is happy"
"Indeed she is not. While b.I
band is a good provider, he can't /
to give her what her eldest sist1
ceives, and, consequently, she is M
py."
"And your youngest daugbte,
one 1 always thought so much Of, !,
married."
"Yes, she married a man for loO
"Ah, sensible little girl!'
"But her husband is very poorp
"Still, with all her poverty, sbe |
the man of her choice, and is, Of cr
happy?"
"No, indeed. She is the uubsp,
of the three. San Francisco Wan
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-05-21
No PROPULSION of Bric.a-Brac.

The age has passed for small tables
so laden down with bric-a-brac as to
give the drawing room the appearance
of china shop and to cause the aver
age male caller to feel very much in
the position of the historical bull. Bits
of bric-a-brac may still exist, but these
bits must be of some intrinsic value
and need not be grouped together as
though offered for sale. The souvenir
silver table will still hold sway, as this
collection is really interesting in many
cases, especially so when they repre-
sent the hostess own "trip acr, IS" and
the rich plush or velvet on which these
ornaments are placed makes them a
thing of beauty. as a rule.