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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20

room, numbers of aldermen being present,
with some of their friends and "heelers."
Word was passed around that the Durham
jury could not agree, and there were smiles
OF encouragement going about the court room,
like stray sunbeams on a cloudy day. 1t
would be another disagreement, and bets to
that effect went begging without taker
The hrst tntimation of verdict was when
an excited deputy rushed into the court room
with the statement that the jury had agreed.
Can they have acquitted him." said the
court in evident establishment.
Not in thousand years. said one Of the
attorneys present.
Send for the jury" said the court.
In few moments word went about that the
jury had agreed, and the faces Of the alder
men wore a smile. Durham took seat back
In the room with ex-Ald. jennings with his
hat In his hand, prepared to leave the room.
Already his friends were pressing about him
to congratulate him upon his release. The
jury filed in, but none of the attorneys were
present They had not looked for an agree
ment. Clerk Kobler polled the jury.
Gentlemen or the jury, have you agreed
upon .e a verdict?' he asked.
Gentlemen of the jury you will listen to
the reading of the verdict as it will be re-
Then. came the measured words eve the
Jury; ind the defendant guilty as charged
in the Indictment GU
owov hush Fsau, fell upon the room. Friends fell
away from Durham; Jennings sank in his
seat and his ford face became pale Dur
Iasal, sat as II stunned. He looked about help
Gentlemen of the jury, is this your YER
ulct asked the court.
ut III is. said they all, with one voice.
Inc jury was excused and there was n
sfene' The Inc combine aldermen gradually
Sunk toward the door, with blank faces
a angy gathered in the hallway and looked at
God"
OF The :, expression came from one of them
thev ' gIn All looked at him blankIy Then
D DaIIdin aEd Not hand touched that of Dure
The bolt had fallen, and no one &C vot bod
m Ioanu ba ede ext extent of the damage An alder
one OF - Durnams attorneys, appeared snd
baI CaI ms client might be released as he
h III. furnished continuing bond The conn co ne
~ attorney was willing to let him GO if his
U UIsr tIa were willing. He passed sentence
ana 41d the n criminal grind went on.
bi gu Id Durnam Is not inclined to talk about
at the outcome eN sui prise
We will fight this case out" he said ..but
| felt sure that if the jury agreed il 'wonId
be verdict of acquittal.'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20

arrived in Minneapolis yesterday at 3:15. He
was Immediately taken to the West hotel
where short informal reception was held.
In the evening he spoke at the Tabernacle
and after his lecture, was rendered recep-
ton at the Academy of Natural Science.
The most imposing feature in connection
demonstration which occurred at thee West
hotel last evening, under the auspices of
the local Norwegian societies. This was In
the form of a monster torch light parade,
which conducted the explorer from the hotel
to the Tabernacle. The societies from the
different parts of the city met at First ave-
nue. north and Third street. From here,
accompanied by four bands, they proceeded
to the hotel
Already several thousand people had gather
ed here and by the time the societies ar
rived it is estimated that the crowd numbered
not less than $4,000 people,
AS Nansen appeared upon the Yeranda a
tremendous shout arose, and his admirers
cheered necessarily. Nansen acknowledged
it all with graceful bow
At the Swedish Tabernacle, where Nansen
delivered his lecture, another large crowd of
between 1900 and 5000 people had gathered,
curious to see the man who had dared the
dangers of the polar regions.
Nansen's appearance in the large auditorium
was again the signal for an ovation.
Nansen was introduced by Gov. Clough.
% hansen Ise' IN opening his lecture, spoke
such parts of the globe as had not yet been
visited. He told of how the drifting of the
Jeanette first gave him the idea that there
was constant stream flowing across the
pole from Siberia to between Greenland and
Spitzbergen. AS soon as this idea was
evolved the construction OF the ship Fran"
was commenced, so peculiarly built that its
principal trait would be to strongly resist
the immense ice pressure. The boat was
built, and, with thirteen men aboard, the
journey towards the north commenced. Nan
sen gave graphic descriptions of ice and foe
conditions encountered. Ice pressures
were common in fact so common finally
that the men never gave them any thought.
The ship proved that its builder had done
good work Scientific observations were con-
stantly taken.
The polar night, as described by Nansen,
is poetical. You get tired of the long polar
days." he said, land you begin to long
to see the stars again. At last the sun dis
appears beneath the horizon, and you have
a wonderful sky. 1t is like dreamland, paint
ed in the imaginations of most delicate tints.
1t Els a far-away, faint, clear music, distant
darker, and then the long polar night has
commenced, and will prevail for five months.
How wonderful when the still moon is soar
ing through the heavens for fourteen days
and nights at time. But then still more
inspiring are the northern lights which are
eternally shifting in beauty. You could never
tire of looking at that wierd flow of light.
Tt is wonderfully beautiful this polar night,
and l confess that even afterwards, amidst
the rush and hustle of this restless life, l
long for that northern region, where adver-
tisements and party strife are unknown, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
DURHAM IS GUILTY
THE JURY FINDS NO TROUBLE IN
REACHING AGREEMENT IN
HIS CASE.
VERDICT A BIG SURPRISE.
DISAGREEMENT WAS CONFIDENT
LY EXPECTED BY THE PRIS-
ONER AND HIS FRIENDS.
EXPLORER NANsEN IN MILL CITY
Closing Services of Evangelist
MOOdy-GeneraI News of
minneapolis.

At last, after a number of trials in
different cases. a jury has been found
to convict a member of the famous al
dermanic combine. George A. Durham
was yesterday found guilty on charge
OF Offering to receive a bride, but, as
the case will be appealed and bitter
fight made in the higher court by
him and his aldermanic friends, it is
plain that the end is still in doubt.
There have been many cases of the
kind, Francis G. Drew having stood
two trials, in which disagreements
were reached; Charles F. Haney hav
ing been acquitted of a like charge,
and all under strong evidence; that
against Drew being even stronger than
that in the present case. Durham was
charged with having Unanswered to
secure a bride from the contractors in
May, 1895. An immense contract was
before the council, and the matter was
referred to a committee. The COM
bine' men so worked the ropes that
the awarding of a contract or the let
ting of the work by day labor, hung
in the balance until Durham could
treat with the contractors for a bride
| WHICH WOulu give d SOOu IdhS-Oll "
Haney, the man who held and distrib-
uted the funds, and leave $500 for each
alderman in the deal. Finally, when
the money could not be secured, day
labor was settled upon as the next
best way to get a small rake-off. By
| the failure of the bride to go through,
the city lost several thousands of dol
lars, but the aldermen had plenty of
patronage to give out and considerable
rake-off into the bargain.
Strange to say Halvorson and Richards. the
men approached, did not expose the bribers,
and the matter dragged along until it grad
| these men before 1t as witnesses. Then The
| story was told, and the indictment followed,
| The case was tried at great length b9'ore Il
| jury and with the strongest evidence. That
| jury failed to agree and was discharged, the
! public and court beginning to believe that
| no conviction of an alderman would be had.
! The aldermen themselves were brazen in the
way they hung about the court rooms and as
sisted the accused Peter Nelson, upol whose
| evidence the state depended, had meantime
| ben elected an alderman, and when he went
| on the stand, he deliberately went bacx or
! his evidence given before the grand jury, and
| surprised the state. AS he was the state
Own witness, thcy could not call grant jurors
| to inpeach him, and his testimony stood
| Al the present trial the state did not call
Nelson, and the defense fell into he trap
and swore him, which gave the state the
| opportunity to impeach his evidence, which
was done with some of the best members Of
| the grand jury. This showed the evideat-way
| in which the combine was working in this
case. and it told strongly with the jury. The
| result was conviction.
When the criminal court convened yesterday
there was crowd in Judge Elliotts court
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
GUARDIAN FOR CISNEROS.
Mrs. John A. Logan Named by the
Court.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-An order
was issued by the orphans court today
making Mrs. John A. Logan guardian
for Miss Evangelina COssio Cisneros.
The proceedings in court were very
brief, but the senoritas appearance
created much interest. The applica-
ton for guardianship set out that Miss
Cisneros has declared her intention to
become q citizen of the United States,
so far as the law allows, and that she
intends to enter an institution of learn
ing in this city and to hereafter re-
main a resident of Washington. The
petition also cites the incarceration of
her father, Jose Augustin CossiO Ser
rano, and that there is no time fixed
for his release and that there is reason
to believe that it will be a long time
before he is liberated, if at all. The
case was before Judge Hagner. of the
orphans court, and Mrs. Macias, whose
guest the young lady now is, acted as
her Interpreter.
Special to the Globe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
NANsEN IN THE MILL CITY.

Explorer Is Given an Enthusiastic
Greeting by Thousands.
DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, the Attic explorer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
TALKED OF THE SPIRIT.
Evangelist Moody Entertains Large
Audiences Again in the Mill City.

The Moody meetings yesterday We're but
repetition of the others, the crowds being
too large for the building. Although every
seat was taken no one was allowed to stand
In the aisles. Over an hour was consumed
I'm getting the vast audience seated and ready
for the afternoon service. While the prepara-
lions were going on the choir sang several
songs and Mr.. Burke gave two delightful
solos.
Moody discoursed in his own original way
for a full hour. He drew apt illustrations
from the tumbler and the pitcher of water
on the table before him and demonstrated
in a most telling way how the worldly life
could be emptied out, and the spirit being
taken in. This could not be done he ex-
planned by trying to get rid of the one first,
but the spirit must be taken in just as fast
as the worldly ways are given up.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
WOMAN TO BE HANGED.
Sentenced to Death by Canadian
Judge.

CAYUGA. Ont, Nov 19.-Mrs. Adele Stern
aman was tonight found guilty OF the murder
of her husband, and was sentenced to be
hanged in the court yard of the Jail in this
town on Jan 20, 1895. When the jury came
into court and announced their verdict the
judge ordered the prisoner to stand, and
asked her IL she had anything to say, why
sentence should not be passed upon her. The
woman, whose face deathly pale. and
whose vioce trembled with emotion, turned
toward the jury box and exclaimed; Il
declare before God that l am innocent Of this
crime.
The Judge then passed sentence of death
upon her. Mrs. Sternaman's counsel at once
moved for new trial.
Mrs. Sternaman was tried for the murder
Of her husband. George Sternaman, who died
on Aug. IS, 1896 uttering nothing but eX-
pressions Of tenderness and affection for his
wife. Sternaman was taken i'll on June 3,
1896. During this Illness his disease was
diagnosed as paralysis. disease from which
Ezra Chapman, former husband of Mrs.
Sternaman died. A later diagnosis showed
that Sternaman suffering from shrinkage
OF the liver. Mrs. Sternaman shortly after
the burial OF her husband set about collecting
the s., coo insurance on his life. People soon
began to talk of suspicious circumstances
regarding Sternamans death. The body was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
LYNCHERS OF ARROYO.
Popular Feeling Against Them Is
Very Bitter

MEXICO CITY. Nov. l9.-An artlltry wagon
loaded with powder and gun cotton exploded
mere today. killing four men and wounding
eight soldiers and citizens fatally, and shak-
ing the ground for many blocks.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt here
at 1910 this morning.
The pleas OF the lawyers for the defense in
the trial of the lynchers are now all made
and a verdict is expected probably by Sunday
morning. Popular feeling against them is in
night.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
wisconsin Fire.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. ia special to
the Evening Wisconsin from GAINESVILLE, Wis,
says the GAINESVILLE Plating companys factory
was burned at a. m. The loss is $4,000
with a small insurance. The machinery Of
the GAINESVILLE Shoe company, a firm that re-
gently went out of business was also de-
BtrOyed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
'..ePAAN....."

anything that the Boston sells receive with the first
this card which the purchase
each subsequent like
$500 presented with photograph Oe reproduction
which desire lapse of but five days the Boons will be
possession this than acceptable gift 1t not? Anyway
S hard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20

exhumed and an autopsy held. Large ouapti-
ties Of arsenic were found in the stomach
hVer and brain. The coroner's Jury returned
a verdict of death by arsenlcal poisoninp
The woman's arrest and trial followed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20

This ABSOLUTE GIFT there being attached And
has been each make gift
holiday and gift this thus early that
possible their delivery time for Christmas gifts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20

there is nothing to disturb your thoughts.
nothing to disturb your mind no newspapers
or newspaper reporters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money II it fails to cure. 25c.
Dhe genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
The Premium Winner. Ike.

By reference to the advertising col
umns of the Weekly LEDGER it will be
seen that the grand saddle and harness
stallionIke 72s, N.S.H R., is now located
in Audrain county, Mr.. R. p. Moore,
his owner, having rented the Stuart
farm, one mile south of the Fair
Grounds, where this noted horse and
a good jack can be found this season.
Ike is the acknowledged king of
Missouri saddle horses, having justly
Won this distinction at all the promi-
nent fairs and horse shows of the coun-
try with Joe Potts, of this city, in the
saddle. He is a superb animal and
his high breeding stands out at every
point. Since Ike has been in the ex-
hibition arena he has won over 1920
in premiums, nearly all firsts. The
breeders of this section r glad thai
this noted sire and premium winner il
within their easy reach.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
RUSH HILL ITEMS.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
RUSH HILL, April 10. Casper
shipped two loads OF stock to st. Louis
Monday.
Miss Lena Petty returned from
KirksvilIe Saturday, where she has
been attending school snd will likely
teach this spring.
Mrs. Mertie Shoup, wife of Frank
Shoup, died Wednesday morning at
O'Clock.
Miss HALEY, OF Long Branch, is the
guest OF her sister, Mrs. @. r. Mccall
Jake Berry has moved TO the Cals
Berry store and will remain there dur
ing the summer.
J. B. Clark moved to his nice new
house Wednesday.
]. N. Rossef was re-elected schoo
director for q term Of three years.
The vote at the school meeting 10.
using the house for literary purpose
was carried.
b. @. Torbert, DR.. r. A. McMurtr,
and L. II. Sippie were elected nov
members of the town board. A. Feutl
and a.. Winkler were reelected.
G.. w. Petty has just returned from
GAINESVILLE, where he was ordained a
q minister of the Presbyterian church
Lon Fox left Tuesday for Green
view, ILL.,, where he VIII work as
stone mason for the @. & A. railroad
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
CHAMP ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
CHAMP, April Cdr. R.. D.. Hudson,
of st. Louis, will be permanently To-
Gated in Champ after April Goth. He
comes highly recommended as being
a good physician and a nice man. We
are glad to welcome him to our midst.
Charley Harrison, who run a nail in
to his foot sometime ago, has been
confined to the house, but is able to
be out again.
Elmer Dicus left for the west April
1, where he will spend the summer.
Prof. Painter and family left fol
Joplin Wednesday, March 81.
A few of our neighbors have planted
potatoes.
T. NJ. Ford and J. F. Crockett left
for Rock Island, Texas, April o.
Misses Bertha Edmonston and Jessie
Karnes, of Mexico, have returned
home after visiting w. A. Sharp ant
family.
Miss Amy Hutts leaves the last o
the week to visit friends in Fulton an,
Jefferson City.
Jas. Hickman, who has been quit
sick for some time, is reported no bet
ter.
T. Billings, Of Colorado, made . shor
visit to his sister, Mrs. Chas. Howard
last week. 81
i The prospect for fruit in this part G
the country is very fiattering indeed
although we always have plenty :
spare In Audrain, the garden spot 9
Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
THROWN TO HIS DEATH
::;=$=: : JOE & VIC BARTH'S
Albert Craig,of C~entralla, Ill, Walked
Into the Fly Wheel at the Light
House-Died Instantly.

Monday morning at 6 O'Clock Albert
Craig, % years of age, walked into
the big is foot fly wheel, which re-
wolves 80 times a minute, and was
dashed against the wall and instantly
killed Mt the electric light power
house. Young Craig's home is in
Centralia, ILL.,, and he came in last
night about 2 O'Clock from Kansas
City in company with A. j.. Deputy,
of Indianapolis, Ind.
Craig has relatives here. Mrs. Nor
gan Day is an aunt, H. E. Craig an
uncle and Mrs. M. E. Craig is his
grandmother. 1t being too late to go
and sleep at the house of any of his
relatives he took his friend to the
light house, where his uncle, Morgan
Day, is chief engineer, and they made
a bunk on the floor in the dynamo
room, asking R. E. Fleming, second
engineer, to awaken them when he
started to close down this morning.
Engineer Fleming when see this
morning told the following story:
GAS the boys asked me to, 1 walked
them this morning as I was turning
off the power, preparatory to leaving.
They had a bunk over there in the
southwest corner of the room and /
walked over and pulled q coat off of
the boys faces and told them it was
time to get up. 1 then turned away
to the machinery and was soon at
tracted by a strange noise and looked
around just in time to see young Craig
thrown from the wheel to the wall up
near the ceiling. He bounced away
about ten feet and was dead when 1
got to him. He had two large gashes
in his head aud a cut on the wrist. 1t
must have broken every bone in his
body. Most of the blood on the floor
there flowed from his mouth.
81 cannot understand how he could
have walked into the fly wheel; he has
been around this place here hundreds
of times. He spent about six weeks
with his uncle, Morgan Day, about a
month ago and was familiar with
everything in the place, but I suppose
being up late last night he was hardly
awake and thought he was going be-
tween the wall and wheel, which
space is only two feet wide"
The wheel which dashed the I'M
fortunate young man to his death is
a monster in size and must have a r
ried him around nearly once and then
threw him through a net work of
wires against the south wall, bending
a heavy pipe, which the body struck,
as if it was a piece of copper wire.
The family of which the young man
was a member has been very unfor-
tunate in the last few months, he hav-
ing lost a mother and two sisters
within fifteen months.
The remains were taken to the un-
dertaking departments of @. r. Lup-
ton and prepared for burial, after
which they were conveyed to the
residence of his uncle, Morgan Day,
from which place the funeral services
were held at 10 O'Clock Tuesday
morning by Rev. N. R. Pittman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
r MOLINO ITEMS.

correspondence OF the Ledger.
NORTH MOLINE, April 6.-Jas. Davis,
of near Santa Fe, visited friends in this
vicinity last Sunday.
Prof. ]. J. Browning returned home
from Kinks vile school last Saturday.
Daniel Arnold made q business trip
down about Victor last week.
Miss Fannie Edge took up a sub
scription school at Berea school house
April 9th with fourteen pupils in at
tendance.
Elder Hugely filed his regular ap-
pointment at Midway last Saturday
and Sunday.
w. O. Dye is repairing his cyclone
cellar by adding q barrel attachment
to it. We think he will get a patienS.
Our good wife, through q mistake,
sent in a batch Of old items last week.
VIM. Mundy recently purchased Of
Jake Middleton fifty barrels of cor at
81 per barrel.
Our men and boys, both lean ano
fat, are seen on the creek angling TO,
the yellow cat.
Some of our farmers have muddet
in oats.
Mrs. Milton Roberts Is ill with some.
thing like rheumatism.
Oscar Cauthorn and wife we're the
guests of Mrs. Cauthorn's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Bybee, near Santa Fl
last Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Williams, who died ii
Centralia March Both, was buried q
Mt. Zion on last Thursday, the is
inst.
Wade Wood had several four hors,
loads Of hogs delivered at Mexico oil
last Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
STAR TOBACCO.

The Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.,
st. Louis, are the largest manufactur-
ers of PLUG TOBACCO in the world,
This company, with its characteristic
liberality and public spirit, has offered
through the State Board of Agricult-
ure, a most liberal series of cash prizes
for the purpose of stimulating "The
Tobacco Industry in the State Of Mis-
souri,"
STAR TOBACCO, the leading brand OF
this company, and also the leading
brand of the world, is universally &C
knowledged to be the triumph of the
age in this department of industry.
| In STAR TOBACCO the best quality oil
leaf is transformed into the choicest
manufactured product by the aid OF
the highest modern skill coupled with
the best scientific processes of the age,
Its toughness and lasting qualities
make it not only the most delicious
chew, but at the same time, ACTU-
ALLY not relatively, the cheapest in
money cost.
For these reasons the demand fol
this brand is constantly and rapidly
increasing, though the annual output
is already something phenomenal AND
far greater than that of any other
brand that was ever manufactured il
the world.
The generosity and public spirit OF
the STAR TOBACCO people in taking
such decisive action to increase the
production of one of the great staples
in our state is both opportune ant
commendable.
The means employed by them II
achieving the desired end are no les,
unique than far-reaching in their in
fuences. With the ~astuteness thai
lcomes from years of successful bust
ness experience they select the bes
possible agency for the purpose
namely, the State Board of Agricult
ure.
In thus seeking to further the vel
fare of the State of Missouri the Lig
gett & Myers Tobacco Co. will hav
the hearty cooperation and activ
sympathy of all progressive citizens