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The morning times., 1896-12-28
BET 4 SKELETON AT POKER.
Queer stakes Wager"d in Al Game BE.
tween Medical students.
BafdlU ErgceSs


The Sporty Doctor told the story and the
Sporty no.-tor can tell stories, if an! body
should happen to ask yoa He was sitting
nhispriyate office waiting lorhis trap, a nd
the convcrSat Oh shifted around 10 poker
games chiefly because The To ookcaSe in the
office was dro grated with a box o T chips and
several packs of cards
The Quecrcst game Df Poker ! ever saw.
said ihe sporty ortor. was one lla cd in
wheL ] was medical student. One night
four of Il were III tie dISSct ting room. We
lad finished experimenting with the caday-
crs we bad on hand and were waiting for
dinner One Of The toys suggested that
We play poker. We plan 90 it,.
III Wasn't long before some Of the boys
rau"ut of money. The game wasa stiffumc,
aHd The Wniuc6y ones began putting up per
huua! pro .perry ThcE ltthclr watches and
knives -, and finally GO down To their dis
s.'cting Instruments and specimens one OF
the boys in partiC ular was ia hand luck.
lie got good hands, tut had been topped
with a regularity that made him SICK at
heart. In half an hour be had al out every
thing he possessed III tie game, and was
J, lne around for other collateral
Pretty soon ne gotta hlgfull--Itwa waSthrce
aces aHia pair uf queens i'll remember CCr-
reCily. WAS betting against hiu. and had
fogrlillletray ". bet S2aEdh lee saw mcwith
A'"tBtl ana " thi Ille lNe bclttF Will Il
beautifully picked specimen OF a forearm.
/ raised him right back. and then he " a. ina
guandary. He skinned hiS cards over. went
through all h> pockets, asked imploriu-ly
il would Ia kc a n J. . L. which wouldu I.
and lren sat and thought for minute
'-Huddeuly lc remembered something Cor
De told nae to wait q minute and ran uut Of
tire room. He came back with skeleton
Which n had "a ken him SiN months tual1icI-
laj". ana threw it0n the tabhlc. i raise yua
zoo cold bones he said caInly''
The sport Doctor stopped. Then III" Man
Who Never - udicd 4 matomy Slid-
'.Wcll:"
'Well"'' tne Sporty DoctnrUucried back IT
him.
What happened?"
"Oh. The Skeleton was shy three ribs. 10
"a nothing 81 lot Of false teeth Il HI uncbet
didn't 20 at it, face value
The morning times., 1896-12-28
SWORD EXPERTS TO MEET.
Series of Contests Arranged for
New Year'S Afternoon.

The interest taken i'll he recent contests
of swordsmanship is evidenced by the fact
that another series of meetings of the same
nature has been arranged to take place
New Years afternoon, at 23O O'Clock,
at the Brightwood Driving Park.
Lieut.. W. c. Barber, late of Her NJ Majesty's
Horse Guards, will meet Farrier Davie in
a match of sword versus bayonet Mr..
Davis will be mounted and armed with
saber, while Lieut.. Barber will be equipped
with a gun and bayonet and fight on foot.
Capt. Duncan c. Ross will meet CORPORAL
Nelson b. High on horseback, both men
to he armed with sabers. Another bout
with swords has been arranged for sergt
Myer with some foreign contestant get to
chosen. All combats will be followed to
a finish Prizes in the aggregate sum Of
$500 WILDE distributed among the winners.
The morning times., 1896-12-28
RIDERS AWAIT THE SIGNAL
Great Race Starts This After
noon at Convention Hall.
TRACK HAS BEEN COMPLETED
II Is Twelve Laps to the Mile
and One of the Finest Ever
Erected In This Country y-Hale
VIII Not Enter Big Race-WilI
Give Exhibitions Daily.

There was hammcring and saving ard
pounding in Convention Hall from mid
night Saturday until midnight Sunday,
wlcn the track for the siX-day bicycle
race, that begins at O'Clock this after
noon, was completed. Two hours later
saw all the scraps and tools removed rnd
TIE course is now in readiness.
IL itself the track is a wonder, so FAR
does IL eclipse the usual turf courses for
horses and BICYCLES. The steepneSs or
these has ceased To be remarked upon.
Bus when an abbreviated track around
which twelve revolutions must be made
TO complete a mile, and which is con-
stFucted entirely of wood, is seen, a new
impression Is created upon the observer.
{. VA >iinger, one of the contestants,
SupCrintcnded the construction OF the af-
fair. He had under him for the twenty
four hours Il company of fifty carpenters.
Trey worked like bees in order to get the
course in readiness for the usual holiday
week skating this morning, ana they were
successful.
Built of Pine.
The structure is made entirely of pine.
IL required %. 900 feet OF lumber to buIld
it. IL is modelled after the style of 'he
Partisan tracks, and is said To he the
finest ever erected i'll this country. The
tack AT Madison Square Garden. where
the recent siX-day race was run, was but
little longer, ten laps to the mile, and
not nearly so efficient. Wheelmen cSti-
mate 10y experiment that three miles Ia
the hour can he gained on this one over
the metropolitan course.
The track is fourteen feet wide, and ex-
terds 10 the outer edge of the ice surface
in the great hall. At either end of the
haIl, where the short turns are to be mlde,
it rearhes an angle of almost II degrees.
That is, the outer edge of the course is
elevated 10 height of : feet and u inches,
while the inner edge desCendS to the floor
level.
From these inclincS the slant gradually
de>CrudS toward the middle OF either sd,
Or the hali uHtil the outer elevation rca hes
q height II 3 feet, inches. with the inner
edge Still ntaIning its level with the
floor.
The surface Of the track is elevated upon
a framework Of tiinbers 4X2 inches III
dir ensionS They are nothing more or less
than sCaffodiug that have a distance of
while at the ends, where the turns are
made, they approach within two feet of
each other. The flooring above is covered
With roSin TO preven: the slipping Of the
tires.
The morning times., 1896-12-28

Boy Who Fxcites Wonder of the
Community by His Powers.

"'' A1'' ''''' '''Ut u A1'' ''Se'-
The good people residing in the vicinity
of Roscoe, Ga, are much excited over the
remarkable manifestation OF a strange
power of a thirteeu-yeaT- old boy nam ii
William Thomas, who lives with his grand
mother about three miles east Of Roscoe,
on the roadleadingto Palmetto. On Welnes-
day night of last week the little fellow
sought his couch at the usual hour of re-
firing, but just as he was dropping off 70
sleep he was aroused by a violent shaking
of the bed. Thoroughly startled by the
strange sensation, he sat up and endeay-
ored TO ascertain the cause of the c0mmo-
ton. That the disturbance was not due TO
human agency was apparent, and calling to
the other members OF the family he ex-
citedly told them what had occurred. They
The morning times., 1896-12-28
Npll Initiated

Does gold grow?''
liIe proposition WAS a new one 10 him
II has only been advanced by scientists
very recently.
Perhaps II does" he said thoughtruuy.
and then, again, perhaps il doesn't. That's
the beauty of these latest scientific propo-
sitions. You can play them either way
without running the risk Of anything more
than a split
lie let lt roll around in has head a few
minutes longer and then said confidentially
10 himself:
We'll, If it doesn't grow, some people
have Tire faculty OF making il give a won
dcrful imitation OF ofgrowih." Chicago Even
ing Post.
The morning times., 1896-12-28
window-GIass Workers Elect

Anderson, Ind, Dec. 27.-Advices from
the election committee of the Window Glass
Workers national election committee states
that James Perkins, of this city, is elected
Western wage e-committeemanfo for two years.
Charles Bryant, who holdsthe office anot her
year, Is also a resident Of Anderson Paul
ST. Peter, OF Jeanette, Pa, is elected
national secretary.
The morning times., 1896-12-28
Turkish Reforms Agreed Upon.

Berlin, Dec 27.-Rellable advcies from
Constantinople say that the agreement
of the powers for the enforcement of re-
forms in Turkey is complete with the
exception of the matters of the methods
to be pursued, and the time of putting
the measures of coercion agreed upon into
operation.
The morning times., 1896-12-28
Junior Basketball mes.

The fourth game of basketball in the
series to be played by the junior teams OF
Carroll Institute and Washington Athletic
Club will be played at the gymnasium of
the latter, and not at Carroll Institute as
announced. The date finally fixed upon is
January z
The morning times., 1896-12-28
Real PeSSinISn.

You're 4 lucky dog Harmon"
''Mebbe, but / don't SEE it,
why. | heard that YOU and YOUR three
brothers had Inheriredh1lf a million dollars.
Isn't it true?''
wy. yes-but what was the use of
hsfvin' al them brothers:''-Chieago Jour
nal.
The morning times., 1896-12-28
Deafness an; %a':ss asss

relieved instantly 10y using the WILSON
COMMON SENSE EAR DRUMS The in
ington at the Willard Hotel, Dec. 80 and 81,
from $ a. m. to 8 p. m, and D.
m. to p. m, for the purpose of showing
nu ana enn eXpa.lniag the mer Of ts eruns 70
friends hearing restored They are abso
lutely invisible, safe and comfortable, ana
pave no wire or string attachments ASK
ssltation free.
WILSON EAR DRUM CO.,
l122 Broadway, New Y ork, q Louisville, Ky.
The morning times., 1896-12-28
Suffered Long
Now He Is Well, For He
Saw Dr.. Young.

very few men are better known or more
highly respected than Mr. j ohm Mckenna,
The contractor, whose place of business
Is 1412 Thirty-fourth street north west.
MIR. MCKcnna became resident Of Wash
ington in 1851, and has resided here
ever since He has this to say of DIR.
Young's treatment:
when | placed myself under the care
OF DR.. Young short time ago. was
but ii shadow of my former self My
heal tn had been failing for years. l
coughed necessarily and was becoming
more and more emaciated every day. My
nervous system was completely run down.
There was continual dropping of mucus
INTO my throat. and my nose was always
stopped up. My appetite was poor, every
attempt at. eating nauseating me. I
was steadily losing flesh, and was unable
TO attend to my business. l despaired
OF ever being we'll again. Today j can
truthfully say. that DR.. Young has made
a well man of me. My cough and all my
aches and pains have vanished. ! can
not not speak too highly of DR.. Young's pro
The morning times., 1896-12-28
Rural Renartee.

a horse is no good any more" declared
tie bicycle dealer; ri ie him an hour and
he's tired.
1es, but one OF yer burned machines Is
allus tired before you start TO ride it,
replied the farmer, who was Just looking
around. Detroit Free Press.
The morning times., 1896-12-28
ROOM ONLY FOR NOBILITY
Junker Families Gradually Mon
Opolizing German Offices.
SERVE AS SECRET POLICE

All Army Officers Are of Noble
Birth and No Public Place Is
Too Mental for Wrecked "A risto-
Gratis Coming Elections Arous-
ing Great Interest.
The morning times., 1896-12-28
Tender Hearted,

Landlady-You look at that coffee as if
you'd like TO throw it out OF the window. ;"
Boarder-o, nc. Il never abuse the weak. =
Detroit Free Press. 49,
The morning times., 1896-12-28

TuchiS.
The regular races Will close at 10 o'clock
each evening and the hour between that
and the closing of the hall will be devoted
to riding by individuals. Bald will tonight
try to break his half mile indoor record
He will be paced by a tandem ridden by
James Warburton and Sam Linton
Tom Linton will also ride tonight at
the close Of the regular feature. He
holds the mddle-distance championship Of
the world, that is, the championship In
distances between eight and fifty miles
He will this evening run a five-mie course
in an attempt to beat his own record Of
2 minutes, SO So seconds at Madison
Square Garden.
One of the most remarkable features to
be seen during the week will be the
running of the quad. Four riders will
mount it, seated in the following order
from the front: James Warburton, sam
Linton, Tom johnson and Tom Linton.
The machine will be paced around the
track several times this morning, while
today and on the succeeding mornings Of
this week the riders will visit the track
for daily practice.
Manager Towers has given up his own
office at the palace for a drassing-rOom
for the wheelmen. He has moved his office
into one OF the ladies' parIors tor the
week.
Betting on the Race.
Already every manner OF betting las
begun on the race. 1t is said that
Waller, one OF the racers, has wagered
COED money that he will be able 20 main-
tam an hourly average OF twenuy-one miles
for the whole six days. Such pace
would bring the aggregate number Of
miles covered up to 1,00S. Ashinger,
the present holder of the championship
record in similar races, made but 752 miles
in Boston i'll $50.
There Is general belief, however, that the
winner in the coming race will mark close
10 900 miles in the finish, and it is not
difficultto find money speaking that way
In addition to wagering on the outcome OF
the main race betters have found an almost
limitlesS field in the scores of events that
will come along with It.
The late trains last night brought in
sporting men from other cities who ar.
interested In the outcome of the present
event, and it is believed that the attenda nee
from the beginning OF the race will be
very large.
The morning times., 1896-12-28
Individual Racing.

with tonight Bald will begin his attempts
to break his own and other records
The morning times., 1896-12-28
Parker, Bridget & Co,
GIntlarar 2rr -h

CIothIers, 3I5 sIh 81.
Better select your Full
Dress Suit before the sizes
are broken. so buys
good one-as good a one as
the tailors can make you
for $50.
PARKER, BRIDGET & CO.,
ClOshierS, 3l5 9TH ST.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-30
ENFORCE THE LAWS,
Sacred Thirst Society Would Exact
Pledges From Candidates.

The Sacred Thirst society held a meeting
yesterday afternoon at Cretin hall. The
young women have organized a sewing So
ciety, which after Easter will meet every
Saturday afternoon, an extra meeting being
held each Friday evening for those whose
work prevents their attending the Saturday
afternoon meetings. About twenty members
have been admitted. The next meeting will
take place Tuesday at o'clock. Resolutions
were passed as follows:
Whereas, 1ntemperance and the evils re-
sulting therefrom caused by not having
good laws or by not enforcing the defective
laws which prevail; and as long as the traffic
in intoxicating liquars is not prohibited by
law, the remedy for this evil is the stringent
regulation of that traffic and the scrupuIously
exact enforcement of such laws; and.
Whereas, Many Of the evils resulting from
such traffic in this community are caused by
the non enforcement of the laws by the per-
sons who were elected to execute the same
and the remedy for such neglect is the cleo
tion of men who will fearlessly and conscien-
tiously enforce such laws;
Therefore, be it resolved, That in the en-
suing election the Sacred Thirst Abstinence
society and each member thereof pledge them
selves, collectively and individually, to exert
every honorable act and influence to elect
such candidates to Office who will eonscien-
tiously enforce such laws, and to defeat all
candidates who have not heretofore scrup-
ulously enforced the same, or whose reputa-
tton causes the presumption that they will
not, il elected, execute the laws: and for the
accomplishment Of this object, all temperance
associations are solicited to cooperate and
meet with this society.
Be 1t further resolved, That to obtain good
laws, whether prohibitory of, or regulating
the traffic in, Intoxicating liquors, we believe
the right Of suffrage should be given to wo-
men, In municipal elections. at least, and to
this end we ask the cooperation of all tenn
perance people for the purpose of devising
ways and means for the enactment of such a
law by the next legislature.
he 1nvf %tr,rr ropA =,
Wednesday. April Is, when there will be an
attractive programme.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-30
AGNES MAINXER-KING
Sues a Minneapolis Society Musician
for Big Damages.

for Big Damages.
Many ST. Paul people, particularly older resi-
dents. have lively interest in the $4,000
breach Of promise damage suit which will be
filed in the Hennepin county district court this
morning by Agnes B. King against William
NJ. Cross.
The defendant Is a talented musician, a
familiar summer figure and active yachtsman
at Minnetonka, and familiar figure in many
Mrs King is none other than Agnes Manner,
the daughter of a pioneer resident who ac-
cuInulated fartune. Agnes became the wife
of E. P. Wilgus, an active but somewhat err
ratio real estate man of several years ago.
Their marital life was unhappy however
and separation was followed by divorce pro-
ceedtngs. Mrs. Wilgus' name was frequently
heard on the lips Of men about town In dis
respectful associations. to say the least, and
interest in her welfare was revived by her
marriage to Harry King, a fast young fellow
He tired Of life, too, and shot himself one
evening at their home on Selby avenue.
Mrs King retained her residence in this city
until about eighteen months ago, when she re-
moved to Minneapolis. The Langham has
been her home, and it was in the perfection of
her musical accomplishments that she met
Prof. Cross who, she says, agreed to marry
her October last.
Mrs. King has treasured up lot of love let
ter@. tender, but not coarse, unless the saluta-
tion "My dear little, thin, limber-ne
thing can be so esteemed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-30
FACTS OF THE CLOQUET PURCHASE
PRACTICALLY ADMITTED by
MIR. WEYERHAEUSER.
He IS IN ON THE REDUCTION.
DOES NOT BELIEVE IN SAVING
MORE LUMBER THAN THE
PEOPLE WANT.
CROSBY TRACT MILL WILL WAIT
Therefore Until There Is a Greater
Demand for the Pinery
Product.

That's only a little private deal Of
no interest to the public was the de-
scription given yesterday by Fred
erick Weyerhaeuser of lumber pur-
chase involving $2.O0O,0OO. The G O e
reporter confessed that such transac-
tions were trivial. but urged that
they possessed certain local inter-
est when they involved Mr.. Weyer-
haeuser, of st. Paul, on the one hand,
and Mr.. Nelson, Of Saltwater, on the
other. Mr.. Weyerhaeuser then said
that his firm or "people"-he objected
to their being styled "syndicate"-
was actually about to purchase the
properties of the c.. N. Nielsen Lum-
ber company, of Cloquets} Mimi. A
general description of the purchase
has already been given. 1t includes
two great saw mills at Cloquet, each
with a capacity of from 1o0, 0,000, 900 to
125,000,000 feet per season; immense
tracts Of timber lands along the st.
Louis river and it's tributaries, contain
ing many hundreds of millions of feet
of timber: a, new standard gauge rail-
way. extending into this timber re-
gion, and the boom in the river at
CloQuet. n
YES" said Mr.. Weyerhaeuser, st
can't deny that we have bought the
property. although, as matter Of
fact, the deal isn't quite closed. The
price? Oh, let's uee. Well, I guess
that's about right. You can use it, at
any rate. But, really, do you think
anybody cares about the matter? Ex-
cept, perhaps, Mr.. Nelson. Maybe
he'll tell you lot about it."
''Will your people, Mr.. Weyerhaeus-
er, become a party to the agreement
of the Minneapolis lumbermen to re-
duce their output rs per cent?"
1--WE have no connection with the
Minneapolis firms. Our business is en-
tirely Independent. But when there's
no market for lumber. what's the use
Of manufacturing it? The shoe fac
tories don't make shoes that they
can't sell. Neither do the cotton mill
ers. No business man does When
the demand lessons, the output ought
to be reduced"
''Then you will practically take the
same course as the Minneapolis men?'
yes, yes; ther're doing about right,
think. When more buildings are put
up, we can cut down more pine trees.
NO houses, no trees-that'S the long
and short Of it,
you're going to build a new saw
mill between here and Minneapolis on
the Crosby farm?"
'Well, we haven't started to build
any mill there, though I'll say this,
that when lumber brings $3 more a
thousand, we will probably put in a
mill at that point. That wasn't the
reason we bought the Crosby place.
We have about seventy-five people
there at the boom in the river. We
call it the St. Paul boom. And we
were constantly paying rent to the
Crosbys in order to get facilities for
operating the boom. By buying the
land we now pay the rent to ourselves.
That's all. No, 1t isn't a very good
place for a saw mill, but, as said,
we'll likely have a mill there as soon
as the condition of the market justifles
the investment"
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-30
SUNDAY AT THE HOTELS.

j. S. Wilson, Of Fargo. is at the Windsor
William Dudley of Chicago, is at the Clar-
endon. 1900 "-
N. W. Kranz, of Hastings, is at the Mer-
chants
P: J. Barry, of St. Cloud registered at the
A. F. Grover, of Brainerd, is staying at the
Windsor.
F, Layman, of New York, is at Hotel Met
ropolitan. Ae'
B. S. Martin. of Butte, tarried yesterday at
the Clarendon -
A c. MacCallum, of Anaconda, is a guest at
the Merchants. ~
NJ; w: Durham. of Wayne, Ill, is staying
at the Hotel Ryan.
1t Hotel Metropolitan.
G. A. Thurston, of Glendive. Mont, regis
tered at the Merchants.
w. H. Carr of Chicago, was in the list n,
Ryan arrivals yesterday. ---.,'
J. A.. oldberg and wife. of Paris, France,
are at Hotel Metropolitan. rs
j. E. Lobdell. of Duluth, was among yestar.
days arrivals at the Ryan. |
Among yesterdays guests at the Clarendon
was E. j. Chirguin,r of Grand Rapids, Mich.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-30
One Left His Cont.

As Officer Gaul turned the corner of Eagle
and Washington streets shortly before IL
O'Clock last night, he saw three men at the
foot ofzHill street engaged in free-for-all
scrap: The officer hurried to the scene of
combat, and, grabbing two Of the belnger-
ents by the coat collars, started for the patrol
box On the way one Of the prisoners slipped
out of his overcoat, and leaving the garment
behind, made his escape. At the central sta
ton the only one of the two landed gave
his name as Joseph-Davis, and claimed to be
a railroad man. Davis was charged with
disorderlv conduot
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-30
NEARLY FIFTY YEARS.



Forty-eighth Anniversary.
Forty-eight years ago yesterday the Fox
sisters. Kate. Leo and Mary. then living in a
suburb of Brooklyn. founded the institution
known as Modern spiritualism." The doc
trines Of the sect spread with great rapidity
throughout the civilized world until at the
present day they are claimed to be held by
no less than 100000 people.
Being a part OF the Society Of Modern Spir-
ituahsn, the ST. Paul Spiritualistic alliance
celebrated the forty-eighth anniversary of
it's foundation by series Of meetings at
A. o. wv. hall, Eighth and Wabasha streets,
yesterday At the morning service special
music was rendered by Prof. lumbar and
Mrs. Alice Gray. Following an invocation by
Rev. ]. C. r. Grumbine,, Of Genesee, ILL.,,
Walter T. Howell, of London. spoke upon the
topic, 1.-THE Kingdom of Heaven Is Like Unto
a Treasure Hid in a Field" Mrs. Carrie
Tryon, Of Minneapolis also delivered an ad-
dress upon "The Advent Of Modern Spirit
ualism." During the interim between the
morning and afternoon services, spirits were
materialzed by different mediums. which
were in several instances recognized by those
in the audience.
Rev. Grumbne opened the exercises Of the
afternoon with an invocation, following which
Mrs. L. M. Lepper, of Minneapolis, addressed
the meeting upon 'The Local Situation. !"
Mrs. Lepper has been an advocate of the mod
ern spiritualistic doctrine in the Northwest
for nearly forty years, and her discourse was
thoroughly interesting to her auditors. Mrs.
Bessie Aspenwall concluded the service with
discourse upon '"The Manifestation of the
Spirit World. ra-. ctc...
Two addresses were delivered in the1even-
ing. one by Rev. Grumbine. who chose .'An-
cient and Modern Spiritualsm" for his sub
ject, and the other by Walter T. Howell.
Specially arranged musical numbers were
rendered at each service.
During the noon hour the ladies of the St.
Paul alliance served lunch in the hall dining
room. thus obviating the necessity of many
living at distance having to repair to
their homes