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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17

S. !" Why, did you get one?' asked one
of us.
Deed I did. and he's down stairs
in box
How did you get it?' asked several
Of us.
Shot it, he said, in matter Of
fact way.
Then he told us all about it. He
said that he was at Mortified, Mimi,
on Sept. T. when the Younger gang
raided the town to rob the bank, and
that he was in the second story Of
a friends house near the bank when
he heard somebody shout, They're
robbing the bankH He ran to the
window and saw three or four men on
horses end another on foot firing pis-
tolls in every direction, and an instant
later bullet smashed through
pane of glass just over
his head. He ran to his
friends room and got a Winchester
rifle and shot one of the robbers off
his horse. Almost the instant he fired
a bullet came back at him and sp!in-
tered the frame of the window. When
he looked again there were two men
down in the street, and he made up
his mind that one of them was his
meat.
1.-The robbers had fed and the street
was deserted. The body lay almost
in front of the house, and he went out
and dragged it in. How he managed
the rest he would not tell, but I know
that he brought body to the college,
and that it was perforated by a rife
ball. After that he could have any,
thing that was going at that school,
New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBuLEs.

Johanna Cramslie has been adiudged in
sane in the probate court and committed to
ST. Peter.
The Bank of Minneapolis Wednesday paid
the state its deposit of $1S,6145S and $5S.29
interest.
The Young Mems Democratic club will meet
next Monday evening to arrange for meet
lngs and entertainment for the coming winter.
meeting of Clan Gordon members will be
held next Thursday evening to make arrange
ments for the proper observance of Hallow cen
the great day for the Scotchmen, second only
to Bobby Burns birthday.
Darwin Bacon, So years old, disappeared
from his home, Twenty sixth avenue north
east, Monday, and his relatives are ANXIOUS
regarding him. He is feet 3 inches tall,
weighs 140 pounds, light compleXloneu ana
smooth face.
The police have been requested to appre,,
bend George Marwaring, IA years old, ana
Merwin Whipple, the same age, should t tney
turn up in this city They ran away IRON from
a Great Northern train for this city.
William Baxter was arraigned in the po-
lice court yesterday morning charged with
the larceny of $50 from Charles Tyler, the
colored gambler. 1t is said that the skeleton
key used to gain entrance was found on
Bakers person. Baxter's examination will
take place Sept q, pending which he was
held in $500 bail.
The grand jury reported to Judge Elliott
yesterday afternoon and returned large
batch of indictments and few no-bills, the
first fruits of its Investigations. Yesterday
it took up the case of Charles Nelson and
James Burns accused of burglary IN the
third degree, and number OF f1remen from
engine house No. 10 were called as witnesses.
The formal decree of distribution of the
McNair estate was filed in the probate court
yesterday morning. By it Mrs. McNa1r Is
given the home on Linden avenue, together
with all the personal effects appertaining to
it. A large portion Of the property is divided
between the three heirs, but there still re-
mains a large quantity OF property which is
allotted to the heirs in undivided one
thirds
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
ONE NOREEuDS LIFE
BODY OF EDWARD BU FREsNE, OF
ESCANABA, MICH, TAKEN
FROM THE RIVER.
MISSING. MORE THAN. A WEEK.
EVIDENT THAT HE COMMITTED
SUICIDE IN A FIT OF
DESPONDENCY.
GERMAN BAPTIsTs AT WORK.
They Elect Officers and Hear Re-
pOrts-News of the Mill
City.

The body of Edward Du Fresno, of Esca-
river yesterday, and all indications point to
suicide. Early yesterday afternoon while
Burdelle Frost, an empioye for Mcmillan
Bros, was driving logs beneath the Northern
Pacific railroad bridge, near East Island, he
saw "a foater in the river, and managed to
secure it and draw it to shore. 1t proved to
be the body of a man weighing about 200
pounds and about 80 years of age. He called
Officers Chamberlain and Sullivan and turned
the body over to them. They notified the
coroner, who ordered 1t removed to the coun-
ty morgue. post norton was held, and
letters and papers upon the person of the de-
ceased proved him to be Edward Du Fresno,
of Escanaba, Mich, aged 80 years, and stat
ing that he was employed by the College
Fuel and Lumber company.
A telegram was at once sent to his home
and a reply was received from his father-in-
law, H. Selba requesting that the body be
shipped at once to Escanaba. 1t was after
wards discovered that the dead man had
left check for 500 and fine gold watch
at Anderson & Sandberg's, 209 Nicollet ave-
nue., Sept. 7, and had never returned to claim
them. Mr.. Sandberg said last night that
from the way the man talked he thought he
must have had some domestic trouble. Du
Sandberg, but gave no indications of con-
templating self-eXtinction. So far as could
be learned no one saw him after Sept z,
Whel he left his valuables with Anderson
and Sandberg. 1t is conjectured that he at
once took his life. The body had been in the
The remains will be shipped to his home
this morning,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
INSURANCE AN INVESTMENT,
Says Secretary De BOer, Addressing
the National Underwriters.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Sept 16.-It
was 1915 o'clock when the first session
of the second days convention of the
National Association of Life Under
writer's was called to order. President
Hendrick at once introduced ]. A. De
Boer, secretary and actuary of the Ma
ticnal Life Insurance company, of New
Hampshire. Mr.. Boer addressed the
convention on 1.-THE Relation of Public
Opinion to Life Insurance He
said, in part, that life insurance had
got beyond the stage of needing apol-
ogy from those who advocated 1t, and,
it had become a matter requiring
apology on the part Of any respectable
citizen who did not carry insurance
on his life The fair opinion of the
public, won by the companies repre-
scented in this convention, for life insur-
ance, might be considered one of the
most valuable assets of the life in
surance companies. 1t should be
guarded with the utmost care. He re-
ferred to editorial comments of some
Well-knOWn papers of the business, and
took occasion to score the great editors
of the country for their ignorance on
the subject. The address was largely
devoted to the best lines of manages
ment, and the necessity of strictly hon
est, fair and liberal methods, not only
in selecting risks but in the manage
ment of the funds and the general
policy adopted. He believed that the
life insurance business would stand the
light of public investigation and come
from the trial with public approval.
The report of the executive commit
tee on resolution of w. H. Dyer, Of
Massachusetts, with regard to the eX-
punging of a part of Article 5, which
provides for the reference of all mat,
tiers of the executive committee before
discussion, was read by the secretary.
The committee reported unfavorably on
the resolution, and on motion the COM
mittee's report was adopted. rms
leaves the matter as it stood before
Mr.. Dyer's resolution.
The treasurer's report shows total re-
ceipts, $1,635.29; disbursements. $9791s,
Simon Wolf, of Washington, d. G., VINO
was to have read paper at the afternoon
session, was unable to be present ON &C
count of Illness His place on the pro
of Detroit, Mich, who read an able paper
on Income and Disbursements in Life In
surance'' After Mr.. Pickell's address the
report of the executive committee was pre-.
scented. 1t refers briefly to the death OF
Maj. Ben S. Calef, on Jan. 9, and Col. u.
P. Haskell, on Aug. 6, of this year. Inc
association is in prosperous condltlon, tne
membership being 1887, an increase OF l15.
The matter of finances is taken up, and II
is shown there will be an estimated dehc1t
of over 5000. Expenses have increased; ana
the committee recommends that larger
income be provided on the basis OF $2o dues
yearly from each association and 81 addi-
tional from each member. 1t also recon-
mends an increased membership at the con
vention by adding one delegate for every
twenty-five members of an association, Whlch
would be in addition to the five delegates
now given each association, regardless OF Its
numerical condition.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
TO MAKE ROCK TRANSPARENT.
Prof. Dwight's Machine Can Slice
the Hardest Flint to the Thinnest

Prof. William B. Dwight, of Vassar
college, has invented a machine that
will slice rock so thin that 1t can pc
used for a window transparency. Ihls
feat is accomplished by means OF
series of thin disks with edges charged
with diamond dust. The machlne VIII
cut fossils or rock of any description
SO thin that any one may see through
it as easily as through the glass in. a
window. To such a degree of nicely
is the machine regulated that 1T Will
cut the most brittle rock to the thick
ness of one-fiftieth of an inch.
The object of the inventor was 10
ccntrive a machine which should be OF
assistance to the paleontologist in en-
abIing him to distinguish the minor
points of his objects of Investigations.
which under former conditions, was
impossible.
one of the chief difficulties of the
naleontoIogist has been his Inability 10
study thoroughly the grain of the rock
II is often the case that the points or
greatest value are not shown upon the
rocks surface, and the geolog1st breaks
it with his hammer. Now, the pale
ontologist objects to doing anything
of This sort. because he realizes that
in so doing he may destroy choice
specimen Therefore, machine that
permits him to saw off almost the
thickness of a hair at time, triples
the opportunities of discovery ana
makes possible analysis of a rock
snecimen finer than those his fondest
dreams imagined might one day be
possible.
It has long been known. also. that
the beauties of various varieties OF
stone increased in proportion as their
density was lessened. Therefore it is
possible by means of the new machine
to study the grain of rock which may
perhaps prove prismatic in manner
never before supposed to be possible
The geologist knows exactly the rock
formations which represent certain pc
RODS in the earth's existence. The
composition of rock is by no means the
same. Each age has had its variation,
and therefore this method which the
machine makes possible of showing to
the smallest degree the composition Of
the rock enables the geologist to trace
its history beyond peradventure.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
ACRES OF PIGEONS.
Flock n Mile in Length and Two
Hundred Yards Wide

News was brought in by James
Fletcher, a miner living near Round
mountain, in the eastern part of Shas-
ia county, that flock of wild pigeons
had visited that neighborhood that lays
in the shade anything in the wild pig
con line since the pioneer days of the
middle West, when fiocks came in sucn
numbers as to darken the sun and to
break the branches of the trees where
they roasted. says a Redding Cal, spe-
cial to the New York World
Fletcher says that last Thursday he
heard whirring noise behind him like
the rush of coming storm of wind.
Turning he saw flock of wild pigeons.
The whirring noise was only a prelude
to a great storm yet to come. For prob
ably five minutes he says, he stood
dazed watching the flight of the birds
that came by hundreds and thousands.
He was so startled and SO lost in wons
derment that he can give no adequate
description of the size of the flock
or make any estimate of the number.
Standing alone in the little valley at
the base of the mountains, he was too
much excited by the novel sight to
take it in calmly, but he says that he
thinks the flock must have been a mile
in length and with a varying width of
from 100 to 200 yards.
The birds took possession of the grove
and apparently every twig and limb of
the trees, covering perhaps 100 acres of
land, was roosting place for birds
which he could now readily recognize
to be variety of pigeons, though plain
" not the domestic pigeons that abide
in our barns The cooling and love
making going on were enough to make
his bachelor heart sick. The pigeons
have evidently taken possession of the
grove for nesting and breeding place.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
BAPr1srs MADE REPORTS.
German Society Is Shown to Be in a
FIOurishing Condition.

The first business session "f the annual
conference of the German Baptists OF the
Northwest was held at the First German
Baptist church, Lyndale and Twentieth
avenues north, at 8 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The attendance was fair, and included
many local Baptists, as we'll as delegates
conference embraces Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North Dakota and South Dakota, Southeast
ern Iowa, and the British Northwest. Dele
gates from all of the points named are precs-
ent.
The session commenced with an hours
devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. Kludt
of North Dakota, after which the matter of
organization was brought before the meeting.
The election of officers, to serve during the
ensuing year, resulted as follows: Modera-
tor Rev. ]. Scholz, Tyndall, S. D.; vice pres
ident, Rev. j. Jaegar, st. Paul; secretary, w.
j. zirbes, Sheboygan. Wis; assistant sec
rotary, f. Kaiser, Milwaukee.
This feature of the business disposed of,
the conference listened to reports from
various churches and conferences. The read
ing of these consumed much time that
nothing more was accomplished before noon,
at which time the body adjourned for dinner.
At the afternoon session delegates from
the different states of the Union and British
provinces read reports showing the condition
of the church in their respective communi-
ties. The reports were encouraging to the
conference, showing that aggressive work is
being done among the adherents of the
church. and that its financial resources are
increasing.
in the conference for the year just closed
was double that of the previous year. There
are not as many delegates in attendance as
it was expected there would be, but what
the meeting lacks in numbers is made up for
in earnestness and enthusiasm, and those
who participating in the meetings feel
much encouraged over the outlook.
After the reading of the papers the meet
ings was addressed by DR.. o. A. Williams,
district secretary of the Baptist Home Mis-
sion society, E. R. Pope, secretary of the
Ir-4 tot cfa o11H fnTCl
of missions: Rev. D. Rooster, of Wisconsin;
Rev. G. Herde, of Iowa; Rev. F. Heinemann,
of Minnesota; Rev. j. Reichert, of North Da-
kota; Rev. A Liebig, of South Dakota, and
Rev. W. H. Mueller, of Manitoba, all of
whom spoke along the line of state work.
The addresses were followed by the reading
of the report of the secretary of missions of
the conference after which the meeting ad-
journed until 7:30 O'Clock in the evening.
when the delegates listened to a sermon by
Rev. A. Liebig.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
UNIVERS AL
Is the Complaint, and in Rare Cases
1t Is Long Continued.


They were the center of attraction for
a whole street car full Of people, but
they didn't know it, says the ST. Louis
Glcbe-Democrat. They sat on the front
seat of Lindell cara pair of country
lovers. He was sitting in the most un-
comfortable position possible, trying to
face squarely to the front-just as
though nothing was wrong-and at
the same time keep his arm on the
back of the seat, so that she might lean
against it. His arm was bent back so
far at the shoulder that it looked to be
dislocated, and it surely did seem out
of place The girl in the case was a
pretty, confiding country girl of about
eighteen. She carried her handkerchief
in a little ball, clutched in her hand.
Her dress was a fluffy creation with
a wilderness Of ruff1e trimmings Her
hands were rather large, and red, evil
dencing the soap and water of recent
wash-day The lover had on an upper
case coat, a lower case vest, and a
pair of wrong font pants, but they
were good stuff and would wear
we'll" and that was what his pa bought
them for.
The lovers didn't say a word Every
body in the car was waiting for them
to talk but not so. He held her hand;
she looked into his eyes; he blushed
and grinned and she Uttered. That
made a whole volume of talk to them,
and nobody could understand it fully
but them. The conductor came and
the swain worked the combination on
buckskin purse and got out a dollar.
While he waited for change he grinned
at her, and after he got it he grinned
again. She Uttered each time.
Union Station yelled the conductor
The swain unwound his arm from it's
,-,+ III 10,,+ 49,
the girls hand. He led her out of the
car with pride showing in every feature
and every awkward movement.
"Gumsuckers from Podunk," remark
ed a smart young chap.
That's all right remarked a pros
perous-looking old man, turning around
in his seat. Il was down myself with
the same complaint that boy has once,
and l amt over it yet"
Then the matronly old lady in spec
tacles beside him blushed as she looked
up at him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
CAUSE OF THE WAR.
Explanation of the Present Conflict
Between Turkey md Greece


The real cause of the trouble between
Greece and Turkey is the determina-
ton of the car to crush the sultan and
add the Ottoman empire to Russia, says
the Chicago Record The apparent
cause, however, is the interference of
Greece in the domestic affairs of Crete,
which is a province of Turkey, and may
be described as the Cuba of the Med
iterranean.
Last year the massacres in Armenia
We're melted by Russian intrigue, with
the expectation that they would end in
the dissolution of Turkey, but the sui
tan conducted himself with such skill
and diplomacy that he was able to
crawl out of the trouble. He saved him.
self from punishment by "blufing" all
the rest Of Europe The revolution in
Crete is believed by diplomatists to
have originated in a similar manner,
with the same motives, for the same
object, and Greece is supposed to be
the decOy which Russia is using to
involve Turkey in a war in which
sooner or later the car will take a
hand.
For many centuries Crete was part
of Greece. The inhabitants are mostly
of Grecian ancestry. They belong to the
Greek Catholic church, of which the
car is the recognized head, as the pope
is the head of the Roman Catholic
church. They have been in a state of
rebellion ever since Crete was annexed
to Turkey. In 1868, after a war that
lasted several years and was likely to
eXterminate the inhabitants and ruin
the industries of the island the great
powers of Europe interfered and COM
PEELED the sultan to give Cretans a form
OF home rule similar in some respects
to that offered Cuba by the government
of Spain, including a legislative assem-
bly, elected by the people. and a Chris
tian civil governor But the laws
adopted by the Cretan assembly have
been usually vetoed by the sultan, and
the military commandment, who has al
ways been Turk and a MussuIman,
has continually usurped the authority
of the civil governor. and has at
tempted to control civil affairs The
other officials of the island, being re-
sponsible only to the sultan, have out
ragged the people, so that the autonomy
OF Crete has been only a pretense
The latest difficulty was over the
management of finances. The sultan.
being very hard up, persuaded the
Turkish collector of taxes in Crete 10
divert about $500, 900 of the proceeds of
the tax on tobacco to the use of the
Turkish government. The CretanS de-
manded the reimbursement of that
sum. The sultan refused, and provoked
an agitation throughout Crete which
caused a continual collision between
the citizens and the military guards,
and resulted in an open rebellion of the
Christians, which was encouraged and
aided by Greece. Absolute autonomy
was demanded by some, and annexa-
ton by others. and finally the Greek
army was sent to the assistance of the
rebels. Then the powers of Europe in
tervened, Greece was forbidden to in
terfere, but declined to obey, so that
finally a collision occurred between the
Greek and Turkish troops. and war was
declared.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
KLONDIKERS DRIVEN BACK.
Thirty Give Up the Attempt to Reach
the Gold Fields.

Thirty Give Up the Attempt to Reach
the Gold Fields.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept 1.-THE
steamer Carrallton arrived this morn
ing from Skaguay and Dyea with thir-
ty passengers who have given up the
attempt to reach the Yukon gold fields
this winter. c. G. Shaw, representing
an English syndicate, accompanied by
a party of seven, took passage on the
Carrallton from Fort Wrangle, and
are in Seattle. Mr. Shaw has been
prospecting the divide between Cassier
and the headwaters of the Yukon
emptying into Teslin lake. He reports
the existence of large quartz Lodges Of
the same grade as the Treadwell, but
they cannot be worked with profit on
account of not being able to get ma
chinery Mr.. Shaw says that the diff
ficulties will be overcome by the con-
Struction of the Cassiar Central &
Teslin Lake road, which is now being
surveyed by the Canadian government
on the Stockton river.
Mr.. Shaw believes that Fort Wrangle
will be the point Of departure for the
goods and machinery that will be sent
into that part of the country. He in
tends sending in an outfit of twenty
men via Wrangle, the Stockton river
and Teslin lake next spring with in
structions to prospect the more remote
districts of the headwaters of the VI
ken Immediately adjacent to the old
Cassair gold diggings. The plaeers on
this divide have undoubtedly derived
their gold from quartz reefs in the
immediate vicinity, as Shaw had in his
Mt tU of
which is quite unworn and full of
quartz. The purser of the Carrallton
says there is scarcity Of boats at
Lake Bennett, and that they are bring
ing upwards of $500. None of the re-
turning miners had heard anything of
the reported lynching of alleged thieves
on Skaguay trail by vigilantes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
TWO UNDER WHEELS.
Railway Employees Run Down and
Injured.

Thomas Conroy, aged fifty years, a mar
ried man, residing at 1914 Sixth street south,
was struck by switch engine while walk
ing along the Milwaukee tracks near the
Washington avenue viaduct yesterday. The
engine was moving slowly, and for that
reason Conroy escaped serious injury. 4H4e
was painfully bruised about the body lie
was taken home.
Thomas Fitzgerald, aged seventy years, re-
siding at 76O De Soto street, St. Paul, was
run down by switch engine while working
on side track in the Omaha yards at
Eighth avenue southeast, yesterday. He was
seriously and perhaps fatally injured. His
right hand was entirely severed from the
arm at the wrist, his head was badly cut
BODY. owing to deafness he did not notice
the approach of the engine.
He was taken to the St. Louis depot on
the engine and was then removed to St
Mary's hospital He lost considerable blood
and owing to his advanced age death may
result. He is a married with family.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-17
A DOCTOR OF HIS WORD.
He Promised to Get n Subject and
He Did, Though He Had to Shoot
His MAN

"There's one thing I have always
admired about DR.. b." said DR.. W.,
enc night last week. Since L went
to college with him back in the seven
ties I have never known him to break
his word. If he ever promised to do
anything he would do it or break his
neck rather than his word. He mas
the right material in him, and he
showed it when mere boy. The
strongest proof of it is in what he did
in 1876. There was a little group OF
close friends in our class at the medl-
cal school, and when we separated for
the summer each man solemnly pledg-
ed himself to bring back a subject
when he returned in the fall. prom
ised with the rest, but failed, as did
everybody in the class except DR.. B.
We did not feel sheepish about the
matter until he came and not a word
was said until we met that night, and
he asked how many stiffs we had.
Then he saw by our looks that we
had rot kept our word. and he smiled.