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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
The Only Change Was in Flax.

The state railroad and warehouse commits
sion has established the grades Of grain for
the year. in compliance with the state grain
and warehouse law. The grades are practi-
cally those in effect last year, the single ex-
ception being that in order to distinguish it
from that designated by the Illinois people,
Minnesota flaxseed will hereafter be marked
mo. 1 Northwestern The grades are Off
cially termed Minnesota grades and are in
force on and after Sept. l.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
Local Freight Bureau Meets.

meeting of the St. Paul Freight bureau
was held in a parlor at the Ryan yesterday
at which the following freight representatives
of companies entering st. Paul were present:
John R. Hawley, of the c.. B. G. NJ: George
F: Thomas, of the G. G. w; ]. T. Conley
of the c., NJ & st. P; F. NJ. Studley of the
Great Northern; F. A. Willard, of the M. &
St L.; H. X. Cole, of the Northern Pacific;
w. M. Burke, of the ST. P. & D., and E. D.
Parker, of the $500
The object of the meeting was to revise
a list of the industries on the various St.
Paul tracks, to denote the changes, additions
and removals since the last list was COM
piled nearly two years ago. A committee
was appointed to complete the revision and
report at the next meeting of the bureau.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
Notion Specials.
Mcmahon Bros, CIRCUS comtnn

The Mcmahon Bros circus, which will be
seen next week at Wabasha street and col
IL and 2O-cent shows on the road. Every act
Is lar above the average of shows of its class
Alnong the attractions offered are the daring
performances of Miss Washburn. the prett9
bareback rider, and Lowando's wonderful
performances on the tight rope Sirra is also
one OF the drawing cards. An excellent az
10 the entertaining features of the show.
a" Kinds of bargains can be found il, the
'0a"t columns of the Sunday Globe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
NEW INTERCHANGEABLE PLAN.
Three Western Roads Determined
to Take Some Action

CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-There is now
little doubt that some form of inter
changeable mileage ticket will be
adopted by the Western roads, not
withstanding the opposition of the two
largest systems, the Northwestern and
the Milwaukee & st. Paul At to-
days meeting it was suggested that
instead of selling a. mileage book com
mercial travellers will be sold ordi-
nary local tickets band given receipts
for the purchase money, and when re-
scented. the regular rebate be given.
The Santa Fe, the Rock Island and the
Burlington are determined to have an
interchangeable ticket of some sort
and they, with the aid of their smaller
connections, will undoubtedly force
the Northwestern and st. Paul into
line.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
Inquiry for Farm Lands.

General Land Commissioner Phipps, of the
ment that at this time there is better in
quiry for good farm lands along the line of
the road than there has been for many years
past. Prospective settlers hail from Ohio In
diana, Michigan Illinois, and, in fact. from
many of the New England states, and what
is more, they are seeking good-sized tracts,
and are. willing to plank down the cash for
the land when they get it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
Tramp Lynched.

CHICAGO. Aug. 19.-An unknown tramp
was lynched by a crowd of Infatuated farm
ers this afternoon near Mannheim a small
village west of here. The tramp attacked
woman and beat her in a terrible manner
He then fled, but farmers attracted by the
woman's cries were soon in pursuit and cap
tured the tramp after short chase. He was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
Courts Trip Will Be Short.

The United States circuit court has ad-
journed until Monday, when Judge Lochren
takes up the equity suit of E. Def. Barnett,
as assignee of R. c. Munger against the First
National Bank of Kansas City. The assignee
sues to recover mortgage securities valued at
$40, 529, which, 1t is alleged, were turned over
to the bank by Mr.. Munger within sixty days
prior to his assignment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
Who Is j. Fl. Emerson?

Postmaster Smith received telegram yes
terday from Grand Junction, To-, signed A.
of j. H. Emerson, on Aug. IS, and informing
him that the father of the deceased lived
in st. Paul. The dispatch did not give the
initials of Mr.. Emerson ST., nor indicate the
nature of his business.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
CHANCE TO GET OUT OF TT.
Investigation Which Aid. StutxmaI
Is Now Pursuing.

The special joint council committee
to investigate the reinforcement OF
the ordinance relating to disorderly
houses by the council, calls for an in
vestigation as to the non-enforcement
by the mayor and other police officers
Of ordinance No. 285. There is evil
IDENTIFY a mistake in the number of the
ordinance for look at the compilation
of the ordinances reveals the fact that
Ordinance No. 2S5 relates to the NOV
ing of a frame house in the Fourth
ward. the measure having been passed
in April. 1892.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
PUT ME OFF AT BUFFALo


There will be no mistake if you GO
via the Wisconsin Central lines. Tick
cts on sale August 21st and 22d for
$3.50 via diversified routes. For ac-
commodations and particulars call at
City Ticket Office, No. 373 Robert
Street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
JOHNSON COULDN'T BE THERE,
So the RundIett Investigation Goes
Over q Week.

The investigation of the charges
brought against City Engineer Rund-
lett by Mayor Doran and eX-Street
Commissioner Carroll was scheduled
for yesterday afternoon. Only two of
the three members of the committee
We're on hand at the hour set for the
meeting Assemblyman Thompson eX-
planned that Mr.. Johnson was unable
to be present and had requested that
an adjournment be taken until he could
attend
Mr.. Craig agreed to this and the in
vestigation was adjourned until some
night next week. The mayor and the
ex-street commissioner make some
petty charges against the city engineer
growing out of the sale of a lot of scrap
iron last winter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
Health Laws Must Be Obeyed.

Samuel Diether arrested at the instance
of the health department some time ago on
the charge of removing a contagious disease
sign from his house and who was discharged
on technicality, was rearrested yesterday.
The offense charged Is the same as in the
former case. The health department claims
there is no desire to prosecute Mr. Dether,
but that its power under the law which Mr..
Diether is accused Of violating must be estab-
lished. The case was continued until Aug 81
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
BARRIERS EXAMINATIONS Set.

The state board of examiners barbers,
board has adjourned to meet In MINNEAPOLIS
Sept. H. when the first examination will he
held there under the new law. The Mankato
BARRIERS, who are not licensed, will be ex
amined the Tuesday following
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
Bad for the burglar

Goodfellow (nearing Jollyfellow's house
very late at night after a time" at the club
4 shay, Jollyfellow, zhe there. There's q
burglar getting into your house by zhe win
dow.
Jolyfellow-Sho he is. Shay, wait a (hic)
walt little. My wife'll think he's me and
(hic) she'll half kill him.-New York Weekly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
LOSES HIS OLD POSITION.
Germania Bank Invites Criticism by
Discharging r. f. WOeIffer.

The directors of the recently reorganized
Germania bank have stirred UP some criti-
cism through the discharge OF Robert F.
Woelffer, the former collection clerk and cor
respondent of the bank. Mr.. Woelffer has
past five years. He was engaged during the
last few weeks preparing new certificates,
and had expected to- continue in his old
place after the bank again opened. He was
surprised to learn Saturday afternoon last
that his services would not be required after
Monday, the opening day of the bank.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
GREAT WESTERN DIVIDEND.
Vice President Oppenheim Says Pre-
ferred VIII Draw IT.

Chicago telegram says Vice President
Oppenheim, of the Chicago Great Western,
is authority for the assertion that the holders
Of preferred "a stock will receive dividend
this year, and that the holders of all pre-
ferred stock will be receiving dividends in
the not distant future
All-rail rates on -four and grain products
between st. Paul and Minneapolis and New
York will be advanced to 221a cents per 100
pounds Sept 1. This is an advance of five
cents per 1OO pounds from the present tariff
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
FELL THROUGH THE SIDE.
Another Unusual Form of Trolley
Accident Found.

Willie Hendrick, a boy four and
Rice and Concord street car at Seventh
and Wabasha streets. He was thrown
from his feet by the starting of the
car and rolled out of the opening under
the seats to the pavement. He was ac-
ccmpanied by his mother, who took
him to his home, 613 Congress street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
wisconsin Centrars G. A. r.. Train.

The Wisconsin Central people will send
out their Grand Army special train Sunday
evening, with veterans board not only
from st. Paul and Minneapolis, but from
Anoka Litchfeld Crookston and other
points in the state. The old settlers will go
through via the Wabash.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

tailor shop of Peter Becker, 29S Rice street
waived examination in the police court yes
terday and was held to the grand jury in the
sum of $1,000 He was unable to furnish
bail, and was committed to the county Jail.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, DEATHS,
MARRIAGE LICENSES

MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Ernest Rowe Annie
CharIes E. Danforth. .. .Eleonora r Lind
BIRTHS.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Andersen. pou
Mr. and Mrs. Carl johnson. ... Bo3,
M M and Mrs. Frank E. Eldridge. ........,Boy
MI ana MRS. Leon j. McCallar .....Boy
DEATHS
Lyman l;yaa s: Cotton 654 Laurel avenue. .65 VI,
Geo ereelcK a. Dohm. Y Leech street 80 yrs
oeoise McCallar, $50 Selby avenue. - hrs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Heads are peculiar, some hats won't
fit them-hurt somewhere. Try Cor
don.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

The Gordon Hat for women. Don't
fail to see it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
WILL DISCUSS 1T TODAY.
New Street Railway Ordinance He
fore the. Cnmmitfaa

The committee on streets from the board
council chamber this afternoon at 2 o'c,onl,
to consider and discuss the new street rail
way ordinance. The session will be a pub
TIC one, and citizens interested either in favor
of or opposed to the measure. as If now
stands, are invited to be present.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Mrs Albert Shunemanl entertained in
formally Wednesday afternoon at her
home on Portland avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Mrs. J. w. White, of Portland ave-
nue., gave an informal afternoon tea
yesterday afternoon for Miss Hawley,
of Minneapolis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Joseph Gray Bound Over.
Joseph Gray. arrested for burglarizing the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
Hosiery and Underwear.
Drapery Department. F Ffoat

Special for Friday-and Friday
only-1O dozen choice styles and
colorlngs in Silka1ine O. IN
q Comforts, actual value sDI.ly
Sl.oo each, Special. ...... YA"A/
1914 Gray Blankets. .S11n
ia Gray Blankets. ........$1.3s
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Mailer gave a
sailing party at White Bear lake last
evening, followed by dinner at their
summer home at the lake. for Mrs.
]. T. Martin and Mrs Carl CUTLERY,
of Washington, D. G.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Mrs. W. A Hardenbergh gave an in
formal luncheon yesterday afternoon
at her summer home at White Bear
lake. Covers were laid for twelve at
tables decorated with ferns and sweet
peas
The herald., 1897-09-12
Romance and Tragedy of a
ThraSher'S Life Related
by a Veteran.
TOM FIELDER'S PLUCKY BRIDE.
Horse Power DayS-EXpertS With
the Whip-Arms and Legs
at a Big Discount.

1t was in the Genesee Valley that
wonderfully fertile belt that stretches
from the Pennsylvania line northward
across the state of New York TO the
shore of Lake Ontario. that | met the
veteran thrasher the other day for the
first time in two decades. ! remembered
him as man of fifty who looked under
forty l found him a man of seventy
Who seemed not a day over fifty. His
raven hair and Hackensack bunch of
whsker had turned to snow; the great
broad shoulders, though as sturdy as
ever. were trifle bent, and he had three
less fingers on the right hand; but there
was the same set, pushing look on the
ruddy face, and the voice was as far
reaching and insistent as ever. l noticed
also. in the conversation following our
greeting. that there had been no diminu-
tion of the fluent stream of good humor-
ed profanity that of old had welled as
freely as a limpid woodland spring from
his tobacco laden mouth.
PERILS OF A FEEDERS LIFE.
"How did lose them fingers? Why,
feeding of course" he said in answer
to my question concerning the mutilat-
ed. hand. you remember that the
grain on the straw has to be showed
head first into what we call the cylin-
der of the machine, and that we call it
feeding Before the feeder takes the
grain it passes through the hands of
the cutter, who slashes the straw
bound bundles open. Wal, one day.
when I was feeding at Deacon Silver
nails. the band cutter let his knife slip
out of his hand and it flew over in front
of me and seemed likely to go through
the machine. I knowed if it went
through there'd be lot of broken cyl
inder teeth, and so I reached for it. I
got the dingle-batted knife all right, all
right, but I had to stretch out my hand
l-e-e-tle too far, and, zip, rip. zip.
my three fingers were gone!
THAT band cutter-Zene Henderson
his name was-was always careless with
his knife, and once he cut a feeders
hand most off. He claimed 1t was an
accident. but some other folks thought
twas spite; the two men had felt bad
towards one another for a long time
about some girl, and shouldn't wonder
If that was right. In my opinion, there's
no job in the world more likely to help
along a mans mean feelings, if he has
any, than working around thrashing
machine. The everlasting skrumming
noise of the cylinder the fine black dust
that tries to choke you every minute,
and the knowledge that if you don't
hold yourself just right you'll be shy
some one of your several parts all add
to any crooked notions that may have
got into your noddle.
"Of course, I've been almighty lucky.
I never got a scratch, even, but the
once. You remember poor Pete Ills
worth? Wal. he was killed when feed
ing one day, almost as quick's a humble
bee can flap its wings. Something went
wrong, and without signaling anybody
to stop the power, he jumped up onto
the separator just over the cylinder to
reach something; the machine continu-
ing to run. When Pete stepped back he
slipped and both feet went in. BY the
The herald., 1897-09-12
That is another reason why half
America may become Italianized.

That is another reason why half
America may become Italianized.
A STRONG. PROLIFIC RACE.
The Italians leave home in such num-
bers, with the tacit approval Of their
government, because they are so prolific
that there isn't room for them all at
home, and the government understands
it. They are the same sturdy fellows
that overran the world once, and in the
Middle Ages showed such marvellous
powers.
1t is not thirty years since Italy be-
came a nation. and already it feels con-
strained in it's narrow limits. 1t is a
virile stock, like the English. The pop
ulation, no longer kept under by starva-
ton, pestilence, misgovernment, little
wars and the vendetta, multiplies fast.
Early marriages and a high regard for
marital virtue cause rapid increase in
population, as they did in Ireland before
the famine. The peasants have large
families. They are grandfathers and
grandmothers at forty. And wherever
they go, they retain these qualities.
Where an unprolific and a prolific
people dwell side by side there can be
but one result.
The Mediterranean was "a French
lake" in Napoleons day. French firms
still own superior transportation lines,
because France has abundant capital;
but the men who man the ships are
usually Italian, the Genoese traffic is
growing rapidly and Italian residents
are numerous in all the regions on the
Mediterranean shore.
COLONISTS VS.. EMIGRANTS.
| French colonies are an absurdity A
rich race which has ceased to multiply
| has plenty of room at home If the soil
be fertile and the climate good. And
there is no fairer land than France.
| Italian emigration is an insistent
necessity urged by overpopulation.
The government understands this It's
disastrous attempts to conquer provinces
in Africa have been due to a desire to
retain control of the people who must
leave home.
| The Erythrean colonies have turned
out as ill as the American emigrants
| have done well. This is not the first
case to prove that free emigration is a
better specific than forced colonization.
italian emigrants go to South Amer
ica, get land for nothing and prosper;
Italian soldiers and colonists try to take
land in Africa from it's rightful owners
and make botch of the job.
But the Italians cannot all stay al
home With better times they will surely
turn their faces in greater numbers to-
ward the United States. And they will
keep on peopling South America.
At present there is apparently no civil.
lied race multiplying In number quite
The herald., 1897-09-12

time the engine could be stopped his
legs were mince meat and he bled to
death before we could get him out.
When you come down to it, don't know
anybody that's fed very long that hasn't
been pretty badly done up one way or
other
"Thrashing machines run by horse
power are pretty scarce nowadays, but
twenty-five years ago the steam ma
chimes were mighty few and far be-
tween. When fails first went out and
machines came in we used to get power
by working horses in tread mills. MY
old daddy lost hand working around
one of them. He was putting the belt
on the big driving pully, and, being
green and clumsy, he didn't get his
hand away soon enough. The horses
started up and he couldn't get loose
till the wheel had gone pretty nearly
once round. But the worst horse power
accidents happened while the six, eight
and ten horse powers were in use.
Power was carried from them to the
machine, or separator as we called It,
in two ways-by belt and by tumbling
rod. Some held there was more acci-
dents with tumbling rods than with
driving pulley and belt, and some held
the other way; but so far as was able
to see 1t was about even. Men would
be careless and get wound up in a
tumbllng-rod, and again they'd get
caught in a belt. In either case they
often had leg or an arm pulled off,
and, If they lived at all after such an
experience 1t was to cuss the day they
The herald., 1897-09-12

ever saw thrashing machine. There
was whole romance for one of you
writing fellows in the case of Tom
Fielders, who managed to lose his right
arm just above the elbow in tumbling-
rod accident.
''Tom was engaged to be married to
Mary Bliss, and the ceremony was to
take place as soon as the thrashing
season was over. He was counting on
furnishing his house with the profits of
that season. Wal, we all thought he'd
die, and so did he. Mary thought diff
ferent. She was sent for, and Tom
said to her as she stood by his bedside
that she'd have to find another man.
and that he was awful sorry to leave
her.
"'Pshaw,' says Mary, drying UP her
eyes in a jiffin and trying to be humor-
some like, you've got the blues, and
it's no wonder; but you're not going to
die, and I'm not going to look for an
other man. I'm going to marry you,
and today, too. and then I'm going to
nurse till you're WE'LL
"'But, Mary says Tom, I won't be
any use in the world with only one
arm.'
you'll be better than any two
armed man In the world, Tom she
said, and she had her way all right.
oval. she not only nursed him till
he began to get better, but then. as the
machine wasn't being run proper, she
took it's management into her own
hands. OF course she didn't work with
! it, but she hired a better man to run
The herald., 1897-09-12

and Campanians whom we get only
about twenty per cent. can so much as
sign their marriage contracts. OF the
Tuscans. Piedmontese, Emilians, Geno-
ese, Lombards and Venetians who go to
South America in droves five times as
numerous probably sixty-five per cent.
can sign their names.
WHY THE BEST CLASS OF ITAL-
IANS GO SOUTH.
The better people go South for several
reasons. The cost of passage is much
greater, thus turning in our direction
adventurers with little means. Thrifty
people go to South America and take
their families with them, instead of COM
ing here and making frequent visits
home. Some of the South American
states gives immigrants free land and
even temporary aid in building houses
and securing cattle and TOOLS
The Italians are splendid farmers at
home. If they get free land in a new
country where taxes are light they
thrive amazingly.
There is another reason for the Ital-
ian preference for South America Emil
the Spanish races, whose language and
ways are more like their own. They
harmonize at once. They do not get on
so well with the Portuguese element in
Brazil. but it is thought that the
troubles there are nearly over. The
Italian and Brazilian governments are
patching up their causes of quarrel. and
1t is likely that the former power will
soon be able to guard the interests of
emigrants as carefully in Brazil as in
Argentina-as carefully as Commenda-
tore Rossi's bureau guards over them
at Ellis Island.
THE SOUTHERN METROPOLIS
ITALIAN.
Because the Italians have gone to Ar
gentina so freely Buenos Ayres is now
the metropolis of South America, and
Rio Is back number.
Buenos Ayres has 1000, 900 inhabitants,
Of whom 100000, it is estimated, are Ital-
ian. Throughout Argentina they are
increasing in numbers, and effecting the
gradual, bloodless change of the finest
part of the southern continent to an
Italo- o-American stronghold.
For one thing, pure Spanish blood is
not SO plenty, in the nations to the
6outhward, as might be supposed The
language is spoken. but in the popula-
tdon negro and Indian races are very
strong element, and the mestijos, or
! half-breeds, perhaps strongest of ALL
The Spaniards are proud and master
fui race. but not recently very prolific
one. ana there is not much Spanish emil
gration to keep up their proportion in
~ South.
The herald., 1897-09-12

don to Edinburgh, and more than three
times as strong as the engine which
brings the mails from London to Holy
head. To put the matter in another way,
one Of these engines could haul as much
as ten ordinary elevated railway en-
gines or four of the average passenger
locomotives used in this country.
Coupled with. their extraordinary
strength these engines have remarka-
BILE capacity for high speed. One Of
them could pull at the rate of 60 miles
The herald., 1897-09-12
Spanish Stock Will Soon Be Outnumbered
by Immigrants From Dago-Land
is THIS THE RACE OF THE FUTURE?
Reverses in Africa More Than Made Good on This Con-
tinent--Qualities That Ensure Success.

"Greater Britain" is in North Amer
lea. South America is in way to be-
come Greater Italy.
We have seen in the United States
something of Italian emigration. For
time the tide set strongly in this direc-
ton. Then it turned, partly because
Of the wide comment made upon the
Malta troubles in New Orleans. but more
because of the reports of hard times here
which went home to Italy. In 1895 only
81, ,s51 people-accordng to italian figures
came here, while something like 100000
went to South America.
The best of the immigrants went south
and are still going in that direction. Of
the Sicilians, Calabrians, Abruzzians