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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30

under the rapid notwithstanding of
the states attorney, Luetgert may
make admissions or be led into state
ments that will spoil much of the inn
portant evidence given in his behalf.
The crush of humanity at the GRIM
inal court building today was greater
than upon any other occasion for the
past two weeks. A report spread that
Luetgert himself would be called to
the witness stand today to tell his
story to the jury. People by the hun
dreds struggled to gain admission to
the court room. Manys got into the
building by telling the officers on duty
at the entrance that they We're called
as witnesses in other court rooms.
Then they made frantic but unsuc-
cessful efforts to reach the second
floor, upon which Judge Tuthill's
court room is located. kCourt bailiffs
shut the throng off at ethe0Astairways
leading to the court 8corridor. and
those who sought to reach the court
room by means of the elevator were
shot up to the sixth f1opr by the ele-
vator man and landed high above the
goal of their ambition. There was
much profanity over this ruse on the
part of the male victims. while the
women and girls stood at the elevator
shafts and scolded till they were
hOarSe
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
Railway Notes.

Traffic Manager Clark, of the Omaha is in
Chicago.
City Ticket Agent j. P Elmer, of the Chi
cago Great Western is in Chicago.
Travelling PASSENGER Agent Bowe, of the
Nickel Plate, at Dubuque was in St. Paul
yesterday.
General Freight Agent somers, of the Great
Northern, viii be home today from a trip
over the line.
of the Missouri Kansas { Texas lire, was
about town yesterday afternoon.
J. T. Conley assistant general passenger
and ticket agent CT the Milwaukee, is eX-
rected home from Chicago today or tomor-
row.
Word was received ffom Chicago yesterday
that at a meeting of the traffic offic. ais, 1t
had been agreed to restore normal commits
sions on business in this and the Western
territory.
Robert A. Kay, who for some time has
been connected with the Milwaukee freight
department, has been appointed commercial
agent OF the road with headquarters at Min
-neapo!is. The change is effective Oct. l. Mr..
Kay succeeds Frank Otis in the new position.
Robert Farrar, who was for some time in
the office of President Winter, Of the North
where he will be connected with the Western
freight department of the road under AS
sistant General Freight Agent Fulton.
w. s. Chadwick, excursion manager CT the
Union Pacific, is in the Twin Cites shaking
hands with old friends and looking after the
interests of his company He will leave
Thursday evening with a car full of Cali
fornia eXcurs!onists. Between this point and
Omaha the Omaha line viii take the car.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
MAsToD0N's TUsK DUG UP.
Discovery of Scientific Interest
Made Near Batavia. N. v

BATAVIA. n. Y, Sept. PA strange dis
covery has been made in Batavia and fur
ther excavating, it is believed, may result
IN nj the unearthing CT the bones CT a prehis-
tor1c monster The discovery was made IN a
rscui:ar way valuable colt belonging t.
Philip and George Baker who are dairymen
and operate .arge farm about a mile south
Of Batavia, died. 1t was while digging a
grave for the animal Just south and west Of
the farm house that the remains CT the mon
ster were found
The men had Dug down to depth of
three feet when the shovels struck an cb-
struction which in being pr;ed up with a rail
vas broken. 1T turned out to be an ivory
tusk and in splendid state of preservation.
From Its condition it has evidently been in
that spot fer hundreds of years. The tusk
is OF ivory. but portion of it is of the con-
sistency of chalk owing to the fact that it
had been in soil which is of the nature of
quieksand and saturated with. water. One
end of it, however. was not injured and was
CT solid ivory. 1t was ABOUT FIVE feet in
length, about FIVE inches inS diameter at the
widest end and at the poi95s aboRt two and
half inches.
With the tusk portion ORA rib, was taken
cut, which was broken. This was about thir-
ty-siX inches i'll length, several inches wide
on the fiat surface and from ene-ha.f to three
Quarters of an inch thick. HtWheh the tusk
had been broken in taking ittfronA the ground
several of the small pieces were secured
and taken to the Office of DR., #. E. Snow
who has travelled widely In ! Africa. The
physician at once pronounced theosamp,es to
be pure livery and stated othat Rfrom their
condition, in his estimation. it Whad taken
thousands of years to bring them to that
state. He gave as his opinian that the tusk
was that of a mastodon. Hez said he had
seen ivory in Africa which mad Been buried
for hundreds of years which wasi in as fine
q state of preservation as when Arst buried
The tusk and rib were fnuRd ON high land
where there would be a light accumulation
which accounts fer the low depth at which
they were found. When the tusk was pried
I'D it snapped from something which in all
probability was the head of the monster. No
further excavations have been made.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30

DR.. W. H. Airport, professor OF de-
scriptive and comparative anatomy in
the Northwestern university. He de-
clared in the most positive manner that
the femur was that of hog and that
there was no chance of his being mis-
taken in the matter. Dr. Dorsey, who
proved for the state that the femur
was that of woman, was in the court
room when Dr. Airport was on the
stand, and his face flushed when the
expert for the defense declared that
the bone came from a hog He will
take the stand when the time comes
for the state to offer it's evidence in
rebuttal and prove to the jury that the
femur is not that of a hog, but of a
human being, of a woman and a wo-
man of delicate physical organization.
The declaration of DR.. Airport clear
ly defines an issue between himself
and Prof Dorsey. They are the re-
spective leading experts Of the defense
and the prosecution. Both pride them
selves upon their regulations and a
battle royal will be the result. DR.. All
port drew pictures of what he said
represented a human femur and a
hogs femur and explained to the jury
the difference between them The diff.
ference was principally in the socket
of the hip joint, according to the wit
ness. He declared that the knob OF
joint end of the femur in evidence was
much Smalle" than that of the average
person, and that undoubtedly the bone
was the femur of small boned hog.
Tomorrow DR.. Airport will be cross-ex-
an.ined, after he has testified further
concerning metacarpal, seamoid and
temporal bones.
Previous to DR.. Allport's testimony.
Prof. J. A. Weisener gave evidence in
support of Dr. Riese's testimony in
connection with the experiments with
human bodies made in the watts in the
Luetgert factory early in the present
month. His testimony was of a cor
roborative character
States Attorney Deneen smilingly
declared tonight that Prof Dorsey
would settle the question as to the
identity of the bones beyond question.
Luetgert ard his lawyers were well
satisfied with the showing made and
eX-Judge Vincent said he could rot see
the necessity of Luetgert going on the
witness stand. There is nothing for
him to deny" remarked ex-Judge Vim
cent.
RARE GOOD HUMOR.
Luetgert was in rare good humor to-
day. He is recovering from the injury
to his right leg and the assistance of
erutch is scarcely necessary as an
aid to his locomotion now The tes-
timeny in his behalf recently has had
a reTiving effect upon his spirits and
the scowl which characterized his
features for a month past has given
way to, a decidedly cheerful expression.
Luetgert again expressed his earnest
desire this morning to go on the jury
stand. He is DESTROYS to talk to the
jury" as he expresses it. His law
years, ex-Judge Vincent and ATTORNEY
Phalen apparently feel somewhat
nervous about putting Luetgert on the
stand. The big sausagemaker, how
ever, is as restless as an Indian in his
demands to be called. He wants to
'tget even" with the police and some
" the people who have lied about him,
IS he declares. Luetgert's counsel
have a great deal of respect for States
Attorney Deneen's ability as a cross
examiner. They appeal, to fear that
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Ta4gAf5 gpgary "a Vyfl-ss

with them quantity of brass filings
went quietly to the bank of the creek
and sailed the gravel literally with
the yellow metal. Later in the day
party f'1the- picnickers went for
stroll along the creek. Plageman was
with the party. Suddenly he appeared
to have his attention attracted by
some gravel he had kicked with his
foot, and STOPPING picked up a lot of
1t, gathered in his handkerchief and
showed his companions the bright
grains of metal giittering in the gravel
They picked up a quantity of dirt"
and all went back to the camp to tell
of their find. There was a crowding
around the table upon which the
gravel was spread and a craning of
neckS. The news spread at once that
another Klondike had been discovered
on Paper Mill creek and every one
of the picnickers hurried to the creek,
carrying empty coal oil cans, tomato
ears, tin pals. buckets andI whatever
else they could grab that would hold
the gold-bearing gravel. They all
brought loads of it to the city. Ar
rangements were made to form a COM
pany, with the discoverer as president,
the officers of the society to be direc-
tors and all the members sharehold-
eTS.
Ex-Judge julius Reimer4 has drawn
up articles of Incorporation and had
an appointment with the owner of the
land to make arrangements that the
company may prospect and work the
rich gravel claims Some members are
dissatisfied with the few shares appor-
toned to them. Espe ciallyswas Moshe
Zacharias loud in his complaint be-
cause he was to receive <only two
shares, he being one of the oldest
members, when Judge Reimers portion
was to be 500 shares as one of the To-
Gators and legal advisers of the cor
pcration.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
SITUATION GETTING WORSE.
Western Roads Unable to Get To-
gether ON Passenger Business.

gethcr ON Passengers Business.
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-The meeting of
the Western lines, called for the pur-
pose of re-establishing confidence In
the passenger situation, has ADJOURNED
without accomplishing much OF any
thing. The resolution introduced at
the session yesterday, providing for the
withdrawal of all excessive commits
SionS, was passed in a modified form,
and no effort will be made to stop the
large COMMISSIONS that are being paid
on North Pacific coast traffic. 1t was
agreed that the excessive commissions
in the eastern part of the Western
Passenger association territory should
be withdrawn at once, beginning to-
mcrrow. 1t was felt that, with the
existing complications between the
Union Pacific and the Oregon Short
Line and with none of the transcon-
tinental roads represented at the
meeting, with the exception of the
Santa Fe, it would be useless to at
tempt to take any action regarding the
transcontinental traffic. The decision
reached today regarding commissions
will, in q measure, simplify the rate
situation between Chicago and St.Paul
and Minneapolis, which has been in a
state Of decentralization for so long
time The effort made yesterday by
the association roads to induce the
Wisconsin Central and the Great West
ern to become members of the associa-
ton was renewed today, but with no
better success.
Notwithstanding the agreement of
the Western lines on commissions to-
day the general situation between ST.
Paul and Chicago took on a turn for
the worse. 1t is said that tickets at
the reduced rate made for the conven-
ton of underwriters in Chicago is be-
| ing kept up,although the time in which
the reduced rates we're to prevail has
passed. There seems to be a mutual
| lack of confidence between the roads
which are members of the Western
| Passenger association and those which
are outside that organization which
keeps the trouble en- the surface all OF
the time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
LY DEFINED In THE LUET-
CERT CASE.
HOG OR HUMAN FEMUR?
TWO EMINENT PSYCHOLOGISTS
TAKE VIEWS THAT ARE DIA-
EIETRICALLY OPPOSED.
DEFENDANT MAY NOT TESTIFY.
Nothing Left Now for Him to Deny,
Says the Attorney for the
Sausage Maker.

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Hog or human.
That is the issue in the Luetgert case
at present and according to the view
of the case adopted by the jury is the
fate of the defendant likely to be. If
hog, he will in all proba bility go free;
If human. -s''ere is no telling what will
happen to him, or rather what may
not happen to him The defense prov
ed today that the bone which DIR. Dor
sey, the PSYCHOLOGIST of the Columbian
museum, declared was the femur of
human being, of a woman, ,sand of
woman of delicate physical structure.
as was Mrs. Luetgert, is nothing but
the bone of hog. It came from a hog
of delicate organization, so said the
expert for the defense, but he was
nothing but hog for all that the fe-
muir was rather small for the usual
run of hogs, but this was small-bon-
ed hog, and there is no doubt OF the
origin of the bone. The witness who
declared all this for the defense was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
he hivES ITS LOOKS
PRESIDENT MELLEN PilNAsED
WIFI CONDITION OF NORTH
ERN PACIFIC.
HAS SEEN OVER THE LINE.
Brc aNsCoNTlNENTAL IN GOOD
SHAPE TO HANDLE THE
BUSINESS.
SizLw AUNEE GETS a BIG PARTY
Fy Giving Rate That Has Caused
COmmOtion Among other
Roads.

President MelIen, of the NoIthern
Pacific road, returned home Yesterday
morning accompanied by franc Mau-
ager Hannaford and General Manager
Kendrick, from his initial Inspection
trip on the property at the head OF
which he was lately placed. The party,
which left here two weeks ago on
special train. traVersed the entire main
line of the road and most of the branch
zines by daylight. In the West, where
some time was spent, all the coast
: branches were Travelled, save that
through the rich Palouse country,
south of Spokane. The private cars Of
the travelling officials were picked up
by the regular train west of here and
reached town early in the morning.
Seen later in the day in his office,
President Mellen expressed himself as
pleased with the physical condition of
the big property and the generally i'm
proved commercial conditions which
obtain in the country through which
the rails of the company are laid. The
road. he explains, he finds in first class
shape, and receiving a generous pat
ronage, which is on the increase from
day to day, not solely on account of
the big wheat crop in the West, but
owing to the legitimate increase in the
shipment of staple products. The feel
ing all through the Yves he found ma
terially improved, much wheat and
lumber and fruit are being shipped,
(che mills having orders on hand great
~ in excess of their capacity. Speak
eSng Of the Klondike excitement, Mr..
Mellen says there is every Indication
that q large volume of travel will find
its way to the coast and up to the
Alaskan gold fields in the spring. and
that this will be source of great rev.
enue to the Northern Pacific company.
In addition to this, the fever has slim
ulated business in the coast towns
especially Tacoma and Seattle.
The improvements inaugurated the
present year on the lines of the COM
pany, Mr.. Mellen says, are either fin
1shed or under way now, and the presi-
dent says the disposition is to allow
the benefits to be derived therefrom
, be enjoyed before others are made
me coming year there may be. and
Parobably will be needed, improvements
Smade, but it is thought that no rec
Communications or estimates will be sub
I united until after the first of the wear
I'm nutshell, Mr. MeDen says the road
IS great transcontinental system is
in good shape to handle what business
being cared for now, as we'll as that
"HlSf II viii be given for some time to
come ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
weird Hazins chan,ber.

Laborers at work on the excavations for tae
remodeling of one of the Bowdoin college
dormitories were astonished to find base
ment below the real cellar CT the structure.
The oldest attache Of the college he'd no
recollection of the existence of the place.
The basement was divided into several apart
ments with walls of masonry. The walls
were lined with somber black, that the
darkness was inky. To add to the weirdness
of the place there was array OF skulls and
skeletons arranged in fantastic disorder.
Some coffins lent their dismal presence ID the
atmosphere OF death. investigator developed
the fact that this chamber Of horrors was
connected with closets in the rooms of some
of the students in the dormitory by means Of
small passageway. College authorities gay
that the cavern NAV have been constructed
by the hazing men Of years ego.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
MILwAuKEE cor THE PARTY,
But the Rate Given was Almost Il
Record.

Yesterday morning there was a
strong smell of sulphur in the air
when it became known that a party
4 of Italians had been carried on the
H fast mail tr9' on the Milwaukee road
klfrom here to Chicago for $3.50 head
bThis rate caused some heart-burnings
EWhen it became known, and is the
elowest rate which has been quoted be-
ktween the two cities since about twelve
NyearS ago when the rate did get down
Ito ST. The whole thing appears to
have been case of Charley horse with
the Milwaukee on the small end and
properly buncoed
When these Italians who have been
doing railroad work on the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern lines come
here on their way to Chicago they al
ways make trouble. 1t used to be the
party rate cut and now it is some
thing else. The first batch reached
town Tuesday and promptly visited
every ticket office in the city. The
Omaha, Milwaukee and Burlington
roads entered into compact to let
the business alone and allow the weak
er lines to.t1ght for it. The latter got
together, ana as it is understood, the
Minneapolis 81 st. Louis was to be
given this batch of seventy-nine men
at 1915, which is just half the rate
The strong lines held off because their
ing TIC end the present passenger de-
liberalization. The Italians couldn't
hear $5.75, but would pay S525 or even
$3.50 Even some of the weaker lines
pulled off and refused to dicker longer
Finally one road did quote them a
rate which pleased them, when the
Milwaukee men got their talons in and
the whole gang was hustled off to the
Milwaukee ticket office. Telephone
messages for authority to go lower
were sent from four or five places.
and even several wires went to Chi
cago 1T was an answer to one of
these it is understood which sent the
N final rate so far down.
'b It appears that the Milwaukee peo-
A pie, to meet a rate said to have been
k,puoted to the leaders, set the figure at
i $3.50 a head. The runner for one of
Il the weaker lines put his head in the
ID office and shouted a rate of 81 fiat.
= when the doors of the Milwaukee
i ticket office were locked, and when
4 the gang emerged a deal had been
4 closed and the figure was handed about
\ as being $3.50. Assistant General
II Passenger and Ticket Agent Conlev
4 was in Chicago, and the people in the
office yesterday were reticent admit
ting only that the rate made was to
meet that made by a competitor If
the row was all over 1t would matter
but little. but there is no telling where
The thing viii go, as a second gang will
he here today, and somebody re-
marked there are others" The rival
\ strong lines here feel that they have
Nbeen done>up, and are naturally keen
+ about it. The weak lines have been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
BURLINGTON ROUTE EXCURSIONS.
Note the Offers ut Reduced Rates
Made by the Burlington.

Western Waterways National Asso-
citation, at Davenport, To-, Oct. and s.
Tickets on sale Oct. to 7, good to
return until Oct. 9. Rate, 1920 for the
round trip.
Mississippi valley Medical Associa-
ton, at Louisville, KY, Oct. to s.
Tickets on sale Oct. to 7, good to re-
turn until Oct. II. Rate, $500 for the
round trip.
National Fraternal Congress. at Port
Huron, Mich. Oct. 5 to 8. Tickets Oh
sale Oct 2, 8, 4. and 6, good to return
until Oct II. Rate $25.10 for the round
trip.
National Convention of Christian
Churches. at Indianapolis, Ind, Oct
IA to %. Tickets on sale Oct. II, Is an!
II, good to return until Oct. %. Rate,
$2O35 for the round trip.
Homeseekers' Excursion tickets will
be on sale the first and third Tuesdays
of October, good to return within
twenty-one days. Rate, one fare plus
$500 for the round trip. Apply at
ticket office, 400 Robert street (Hotel
Ryan. and Union Depot.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
Effected by the National Irrigation
Congress at Lincoln

Congress at Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 29.-Beginnins
this morning, with a short recess at
noon, and continuing until late tonight,
the delegates to the national irrigation
congress were surfeited with papers
on irrigation topics and discussions
which followed their presentations
The congress today took action LOOKING
to its indefinite continuance and pre-
viding for the Incorporation of the ma
tional association and adoption of d
constitution and bylaws. This action,
which was preached at the meeting al
Phoenix, Ar1z., year ago, has been
delayed through failure heretofore
to recognize the congress as a continu-
ing body or to keep intact a record OF
former proceedings. Ex-senator Carey.
Of Wyoming, who was honored by a
unanimous election to the presidency
emphasized the necessity of making
the association a distinct and perma-
nent organization. Interest in the sub
ject, he said, was growing each year,
and the enterprise itself was broaden
ing and so developing as to compel
recognition of the whole nation.
The sessions today were marked with
an increased attendance, and papers as
a rule were pointed and interesting
An extremely long dissertation On rain
making by local theorist had the eff
feet of crowding out of the programme
a number of papers, among them that
of ex-Secretary HeintZ, which, how
ever, was formally announced and will
form part of the printed report.
r. H Broat. of Minneapolis spoke
en- Irrigation in Minnesota and the
Two Dakotas."
The committee on credentials made
it's report this morning, after which
the following officers were elected by
reclamation: President, Joseph NJ
Carey, Cheyenne, Wyo.; first vice pres
ident, S. A. Cochran, South Dakota;
second vice president, L. W. Shurt-
life, Utah; third vice president, S. NJ
Knox, Princeton, Ill; secretary, Thorn
as E. frost, Minneapolis; minute clerk,
o. S. McCuteheon, Michigan; reading
clerk, Col H. D. Maxson, Reno, New.
file clerk, P. c. Erickson, Nebraska;
press reporter, R. ]. Colyer, Los Ange-
les, Cal. The selection of treasurer
will be left to the executive committee
The feature of the afternoon session
was an address by Hon. W. J. Bryan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-30
AUCTION SALES.
A. G. Johnxon

FINE FURNITURE, carpets, draperies. etc.
at auction. l will sell at public auction In
the warerooms, No. 419 and 421 jackson St,
on Saturday, Oct I'd, at 10 a. M, a large
ana very hne collection of household furni-
suits, fine parlor suits in silk tapestry, 20
Iancy and willow rockers oak sideboard.
handsome oak extension tables dining room
chairs, ladies' writing desks, combination
book case and desk; also a few very nice
pieces Of mahogany that must be seen to
be appreciated. iron beds, hair mattresses,
pillows, bedding, etc. Parties looking for bar
gains cannot afford to miss this sale. A.
G. johnson, auctioneer, office 419 and 491
jackson ct