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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
ENGINEERING WORK IN INDIA.
Course of a River Diverted for the
Purpose of Irrigation.

The triumphs Of modern engineers
over natural obstacles know no limit.
The latest achievement which has been
brought into public notice is the diver
sion of the river Periyar from it's nat
tural outlet in the Indian ocean to the
bed of the Vaigai, which flows east
ward into the Bay of Bengal.
The district round Madura, in the
Madras presidency, has long suffered
from want Of water for Irrigation, and
II was decided some years ago to re.
leVe 1T in the manner described. The
work involved the construction Of an
enormous dam, 178 feet in height inn
pounding the waters of Periyar and
forming a lake which, when at its
highest level, will, have an area of
7'454 acres, or nearly twelve square
miles. An open cutting over a mile in
length and tWenty-one feet wide, fol-
lowed by a tunnel Of about the same
length and with a sectional area of
ninety square feet, conveys the stream
across the watershed to the Vaigat.
Eighty miles lower down It is distribut-
ed by artificial canals in the Madura
district.
To provide for floods, which at times
area very severe, an overflow Saddle
has been provided in the watershed
separating the two districts, so that
when the level rises thirty-one feet
above the cutting it shall escape by
the means. The difficulty of the work
may be imagined when 1t Is stated
that 1t was carried on In an unin.
habited jungle, twenty miles from the
nearest cultivated land and eighty
miles from a railway station, and that
owing to the unhealthiness Of the cli-
mate at certain seasons and the pre-
Valence Of floods, the engineers could
only work for three months Of the
year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
A COUNTERFEITER CAUGHT.
The Police of Syracuse Make an I'M
pOrtant Capture.

On Monday the 18th, Harold Mar
quisee, of Utica, n. Y, was arrested in
Syracuse, N. Y, on a warrant sworn
cut by the DR.. Williams Medicine Co.,
charging him with forgery. On the
18th of December Marquisee visited q
photo-engraver in Syracuse, saying he
was the representative of the DR.. Will
lianls' Medicine Co., and arranged for
the making Of a full set of plates for
the direction sheets, labels, etc. of the
famous DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. News of this reached
the home office, and no time was lost
in arranging for his arrest when he
should return for the plates. He re-
turned on the 18th and was accord
ingly arrested and is now in jail in
Syracuse awaiting examination, which
occurs shortly.
This arrest proves to be an impor-
tant one. In addition to various plum
der, such as medical books, typewrit-
ers, rugs, etc, found in Marquisee's
trunk when arrested, the police also
found counterfeit coin both in the trunk
and on his person; and in a search of
his apartments at Utica found a COM
plete outfit for counterfeiting consist
ing of crucibles, bellows, nickel, lead,
biSmuth, anthony, a small blacksmith
forge, a charcoal furnace, and several
plaster of-paris nolds. The United
States marshals want him just as soon
as the DR.. Williams Medicine Co. are
through with him, and, no doubt, he
will be sentenced for long period.
In selecting DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for his counterfeiting operations, he
showed his knowledge of the proprie
tory medicine business; for these pills
are in such great demand that they
are easily sold at any drug store In
the United States. His scheme was to
work the country druggists and sell
his limitations at a discount Of from 2
per cent. TO per cent, explaining the
reduced price by the fact that he had
picked them UP in small lots and at
discount from dealers who were over
stocked. BY working fast and making
long Jumps, he would have secured
many hundreds Of dollars in a short
time. The proprietors Of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are most fortunate to have
caught the rogue, before he had fairly
started, and to have thus kept these
spurious goods out Of the Market.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
SECOND STORY SHOW WINDOWS.
One of the Effects of the Elevated
Loop on Down Town Stores.

A new featuqses Of commercial enter
prise is the second story show window.
This is not only made possible, but
imperative on account OF the loop on
the elevated roads, and already many
of the downtown merchants are fitting
out their second story windows in re-
splendent style. AS the trains wheel
around the vast loop the eyes Of the
ladies are cheered and gladdened by
the sight Of handsome cloaks marked
down from $12 to $1199, and furs, rib
bons, bonnets, dresses and marvelously
beautiful wax women attired in queen
ly robes stare in on them from the
second story windows all along the
route.
This will eventually be more a branch
of downtown display than it is now
but even now the greatest care is being
taken to make the display as complete
as it is on the ground floors at present
A trip around the loop will soon be a
swing around the circle of what inter
ests the shopper and bargain hunters
and the downtown merchants on the
line Of the elevated who has no second
story show window display will have
no need Of clerks, for his store will be
deserted.
Stores are being remodeled on the
second story to admit Of better displays
and the second story show window has
come to stay with us in the utmost
splendor and sumptuousness.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
Railway Notes.

W; I. Herbert, contracting agent of the
Baltimore & Ohio railway at ro-edo, has re-
signed. w -
-, me rule of the American Railway associa-
tlon that no advertisement shall be placed on
us cars will be strictly enforced
oscar Murray, receiver Of the Baltimore q
ONO. denies that G. S. Wight freight traffic
manager is to resign The relations between
the two are of the most cordial character.
The Chicago & Northwestern has perfected
arrangements for through tourist sleeping car
service from Boston to California points be-
ginning with Wednesday, March 10, and each
Wednesday thereafter
Passenger Traffic Manager Mccormick. of
the Big Four, takes the ground that two
cent mile legislation, if it ever gains head
way in the Central or Western States can
only result in the wiping out of all low rates
Tor conventions or excursions abolition of
passes and inferior train service would be the
first effect of diminished earnings
Northwestern lines operating the rolling
mills creates an urgent demand for iron ore
consequently abroad running through ter
ritory in which iron mines exist will have
a greatly increased traffic. AS the North
western lines tap the richest mineral regions
OF Wisconsin and Northern Michigan that
system will be one Of the principal gamers
In that direction. A large increase In earn
1ngS is expected from this source
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
MAY BE sNow-BoUND AGAIN.
Roads Are Again Suffering From the
Storm.


Gen. Supt Russell Harding, OF the
Great Northern, who returned from a.
two weeks trip to the Pacific coast yes
terday, stretched his feet under the
dinner table at the Ryan last evening
in supreme content that he was back
in St Paul. Mr.. Harding believes ST.
Paul is pretty good place to live in
at this time Of the year, that is, when
one contemplates life further to the
Northwest
Snow, why you never saw anything
like It," said Mr. Harding to a reporter
for the G o b last evening. "I think
1 would be very conservative, indeed, to
estimate the snow as being three feet
on level on the plains. 1t is probably
nearer four feet on a level. Now that
is tremendous quantity when one
thinks Of the vast area it covers. And
it Is not all down yet, as kilograms re-
ceived this afternoon indicated another
snow storm. There will be plenty Of
water In the Northwest this summer"
Asked concerning the snow in the
mountains, Mr.. Harding said that it
had surpassed all previous records In
many places 1t was far over the tops
Of the telegraph poles, and so deep that
the rotary plow could do little better
than cut a tunnel rather than swath.
Mr.. Harding says the reports that the
Great Northern will build into tho
Kootenai country are not true.
There is a rumor that the road Is
contemplating the purchase of the Spo-
kane & Northern, % was suggested.
The r1rnor is not true, for the road
Is not for sale. Since the opening of
the Trail, .Rossland and Kaslo mines,
the road has had as much business as
1T can attend to, and as it has mo-
nopOly on the trade, there is no reason
for the sale Of the road"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07

the iron mileage at 2S,650 miles. A ma
jority. of the iron rails are on spurs,
sidings, ETC., and in many cases will not
be disturbed for years. When the iron
rail mileage was much greater than it
now is the number of pounds Of new
steel rails which a ton Of old iron rails
would bring was a very important fac
tor in railroad economies. When steel
rails were selling at $2S a ton last year
and old iron rails were worth $14 a ton
1t required two tons of old iron rails
to- secure one ton of new steel rails.
This proportion furnished very little
incentive to railroads to tear up old
iron rails. Today old iron rails are
quoted at $l4eto SIG per ton, while new
steel rails are quoted at $40 at the
Eastern mills. This ratio is likely to
lead to the change on an important
part of the old iron mileage that is in
constant use to steel
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
TO DRIVE AWAY MOSQUITOES.
British shipmaster Uses His Fog
Horns to Good Purpose.

While the British steamer Bellucia
was in the harbor of Buenos Ayres on
her last voyage to South America,
Capt. Nerison taught the people of that
city lesson which may be OF value
to people in many sections of this coun-
try The residents Of the city and the
other captains in the estuary of the
River Plata wondered why the English
vessels fog horn was footed every
evening. The echoes of the harsh,
braying Of the horn walked up the har-
Dor and caused a great deal Of com
ment. When the mystery was solved
the horns on other craft were blown
too. The explanation was very simple
Capt. Nerison, Of the Bellucia. was I'M
able to smoke his evening pipe on &C
count of the millions of South American
mosquitoes that made life on deck after
shutdown unbeaFable. He happened to
remember that mosquitoes cannot
stand the pulsations in the air caused
by sound waves. So on every dog
watch he detailed a. sailor to blow a
horn back of his chair on the quarter
deck, and thereafter smoked his pipe
undiSturbed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
LEAVES THE GREAT NORTHERN.
w. B. Heath Goes With WelIs-FargO
at Chicago.

W. B. Heath, of the Great Northern,
for several years an efficient employee
of the road, has resigned, the resigna-
ton taking effect March Is. Mr..
Heath has been assistant general book
keeper of the company, the duties Of
that department being very important,
and involving the daily report of earn
irgs which are sent to London and
New York each twenty-four hours, Mr..
Heath will go to Chicago as chief clerk
OF the Wells-Fargo Express company.
His predecessor, in the last named po-
sition, it is understood, will come to
be established in this City April 1, in
connection with the Great Western
railroad.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
ACCIDENT NEAR CRooKsTON.
j. Lamb, "a Fireman, Killed, Engineer
GOwennOch Injured.

Word was received at the Great
Northern headquarters yesterday of an
accident to Train No, 3, west-bound to
the coast. which occurred at Mallory,
not far Croolxston, The train left ST.
Paul at O'Clock Friday evening with
a good passenger list. AT Mallory two
engines were pulling the train through
the heavy snow drifts when the for
ward locomotive struck a broken rail
and turned over. The second engine
also left the track. Fireman J. Lamb,
of the forward engine, was killed, fall
ing under the overturned locomotive.
Engineer Gowennoch, of GAINESVILLE,
was probably fatally injured. The
train did not leave the track and none
Of the passengers were injured. The
accident occurred in the midst Of a
deep drift.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
STRIKE STILL ON.
Globe Ship Yards Refuses to- RecOg-
nize the Union.

CLEVELAND, O., March 6.-The attempt
to settle the strike at the Globe shipyards
strikers held a conference with the manager
Of the company lasting six hours It was
finally agreed to grant the increase in wages
asked for by the strikers and also to pay
but there was to be no recognition OF the
union. The committee reported to a meeting
OF the strikers, and after a discussion last
Ing two hours the proposition was rejected.
Some Of the speakers said the union must be
recognized, and they were willing to accept a
reduction rather than have the union ignored.
The company says It will never give in, and
telegram from the Cramps was posted at
the yards offering to furnish thousand ship
builders on twentyfour hours' notice. A long
and bitter struggle seems to be in prospect
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
Receipts, Shipments,


=, atlanta a Ca, March 6.-The application
81 u L. b. nelson, stakeholder, for a receiver
for the Atlanta G. West Point railway was
To-Day refused by Judge Lumpkin, Of the SUI
perior court, who, at the same time, granted
an lnJuncton to prevent the Atlantic & West
PENDANT corporations from carrying into effect
the provisions of the new charter, by which
the company Is authorized to borrow money
or cucumber the property.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
FRANK b. ROSS PROMOTED.
General Agent of the Duluth Al
That Place

The official announcement Of the ap-
pcintment OF Frank 3. Ross as general
agent of the st. Paul & Duluth railroad
at Duluth. vice Maj. G. NJ. Vance, de-
ceased, was made yesterday.
Vice President A. B. Plough, in speak
Ing Of the promotion Of Mr.. Ross, after
alluding In a touching manner TO HIS
old friend, Maj. Vance. said that it
gave him great pleasure to think that
he had two such able assistants at
that end Of the line as Messrs. Frank
B. Ross and David Williams for he
considered these two gentlemen as be-
ing most peculiarly well fitted for per-
forming the duties that would devolve
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
Ex-President of Chile.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, March 6.-vice Admiral
Don Gorge Montt, ex-president Of Chile, ar
rived here this morning to pay a visit Of in
spection to the naval academy. He was Of
fcially received with a salute and the bat
talon of cadets paraded as artillery, and all
the officers were in full uniform. After an
with Supt. Cooper, the admiral and his party
left on an afternoon train.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO.
Plans of Delegates to Railway Mail
Service Convention.

n
Service Convention.
The annual convention of the railway
Mail Service Mutual Benefit association
will be held at San Francisco, March
16, and the delegates from the Tenth
district will go in state. The Burling-
ton road has generously agreed to run
a. special train out Of Chicago, west as
far as Billings where connection will
be made with the Northern Pacific. AT
Portland, Or, the Southern Pacific road
will pull the train into San Francisco.
The delegates from, the Tenth divi-
sion who will attend the convention are
Edward NJ. Brown, of st. Paul; J. B.
Atkinson, Of Helena; w. S. Corning,
Of La Grange, ILL.,; G. H. Davies. Of
Dodgville, Wis; G. w. Duncan, Of
West Union, Mimi; H. c. Finch, of
Minneapolis; J. G. Kulzer, of Willmar;
E. Sipp, of Watertown, and II. w.
Stinson, of Minneapolis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
Georgia Ira gedy.

ATLANTA, Ga, March e-A special to the
Journal from McRae, Telfar county, says
that news has Just reached there Of a bloody
tragedy near Milan. John Morton engaged in
a row with the family of his neighbor, and,
drawing a revolver, killed Charlie Crumady
and his wife and badly wounded two others.
All the parties are negroes, the murdered
man and woman being his wife's parents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
REGULATING BRITISH ROADS.
Filming System That Is in Vogue Over
There.

Most Of the British railway companies
have established, under parliamentary
sanction, pension and prOvident and
superannuatiOn funds for their ser
wants. Three of them are now applying
to parliament for powers in this mat
ter, and Mr.. Hartford, the secretary
Of the Amalgamated Society of Rail
way Servants, has publicly stated that
he proposes to do his best to defeat
their applications on the ground that
such funds may be and are in fact used
to keep the men in subsection to their
officers. Mr.. Hartford's phrase is that
the men are chloroformed into sub
mission" Another new question has
arisen with reference to an act, known
as the truck act, which was passed at
the last session of parliament and came
into operation on the LIST Of January
This act is one of series that in its
origin had no connection whatever with
conditions OF railroad service, but was
iEtended to secure that workmen shall
receive in full their nominal wages, and
that these wages shall be In money,
not in possibly Inadequate equivalents
for it. 1t provides that no fines shall
be inflicted except in pursuance of a
contract which is either in writing sign
ed by the workman or publicly and con-
SpicuouSly posted in some place open
to him. Other provisions require the
offenses, which must be such as cause
damage to the employer or his bust
ness, to be specified, and also the
amount of the fine for each offense.
Further, the fine must be fair and
reasonable, and each time fine is i'm
posed particulars in writing stating the
Offense and the sum exacted as penalty
must be furnished to the defaulting
workman.
In order to comply with this act some
companies have recently required their
men to sign contracts, while others
have posted up notices of the fines they
have been in the habit of imposing,
and of their intention to reserve the
right to impose them in future. The
list is long, falling into three classes,
with fines not exceeding 5s, los and E1,
respectively. Glass 1 includes offenses
such as unpunctuality, insubordina-
ton and incivility to the public; class
comprises negligence or misconduct
leading to delay of trains or injury to
property, while in class 8 are placed
offenses risking human life.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
Uruguay Revolution.

LONDON, March "a dispatch to Lloyds
from Montevideo, Uruguay says that the
revolution has broken out in the interior of
that republic.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
GREAT NORTHERN EARNINGS.
They Hold Up Well Despite UnfavOr-
able Conditions.

Earnings Of the Great Northern for
February were 81, 021, 727, against $1,146,-
81S for the same month last year, q de-
crease of $125,091. From July l until
Feb. % the earnings of the road were
$13, ,257, against $13,S59,488 for the cor
responding period in the previous fiscal
year, a decrease Of $149,231.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07

statements Of receipts and shipments made.
OF OF, wheat at the ports of Boston. New York.
rtnliauelpnia and Baltimore, for the month
OI Feoruary, 1897, compared with same
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
ScOVEL'S CASE.
Correspondent to BE Released In a
Few Days.

HAVANA, March 6.-The correspond
ent of the Associated Press is informed
on the highest authority that the cases
Of Sylvester Scovel, correspondent Of
the New York World, and Charles II.
Scott, the two Americans imprisoned
in Cuba, will be settled in a satisfac-
tory manner in five or six days.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
Wheat Receipts and Shipments.

upon them. Mr.. Ross took charge In
his new position March l. ~ ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
IRON AND STEEL MILEAGE.

Figures as to the Amount In the
United States.
The steel rail mileage Of the United
States is estimated at 236, 1871 miles, and
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-22
BURIED UNDER
TONS OF COAL !
Remarkable Escape From Death in the
Turkey Run COlliery.
PATRICK MONAGHAN WAS LUCKY
There Were Tons OF Coal Above and Around
Him, But .he Arehing of Large
Pieces Saved Him From Being
Crushed to Death.

A breast in the Turkey Run colliery was
yesterday afternoon the scene of most re-
markable escape from death and the man
who had the experience, Patrick Monaghan
of West Oak street, and the father Of one of
the public school teachers, says he is at a
loss at times to understand how he escaped
alive, and practically uniniured from the
tons of coal which fell over the place in
which he was doubled up, almost like a ball.
Monaghan and John w Baker of South
Jaidin street, were engaged in robbing in
the breast and the former was about to dis
lodge some old props of wood when, like
flash, there was q great rush and fall Of coal.
Monaghan was the nearest to the fall and
was completely covered up. Baker escaped
the fall but small piece Of coal struck him
on the back of the head with such force as
to send him shooting like dart down the
chute. The man threw out his arms in the
descent and caught hold of a timber, which
enabled him to stop his flight aud pull him
self out of the way of another rush of coal
which would in all probability have crushed
bim to pulp Bakers cap and lamp were
lost and he was left IN darkness, but hearing
the groans of Monaghan above him he made
his way to the place where the unfortunate
man was covered as fast as the darku uess
would permit Meanwhile jack Fallop, a
miner working in an adjoining breast, was
attracted to he place by the great noise
caused by the rush and Bakers cries for
help. AL Schwindt the fire boss, aud Harry
Tempest also has.ened to the rescue and
Monaghan was soon taken from his terrible
position, but not a second too soon,
as he had barely been pulled from
beneath the coal when second and
still greater fall than the first took
place and filed the breast. When Monaghan
was found he was so doubled that his head
was forced down between his legs and it was
with great difficulty that be could breathe.
He was threatened with sutfocation. His re-
markable escape from being crushed to death
is accounted for by the manner in which the
coal fell. Tons of coal were around and
above the man, but some large pieces fell in
such position as to form an arch over his
body and prevented the great mass from
crushing him.
Mr.. Monaghan was seen at his home last
night resting comfortably on a lounge and
telling some friends of his experience. With
the exception of an ugly bruise
above the right eye there was moth
/ ing in his appearance to show that
that few hours before he had beeu buried
beneath tons of coal. He sustained other
the house for several days. His left hip was
badly gashed and his back severely cut and
bruised, but the worst effects will be soreness
/ for few days, Mr., Monaghan says it was
the closest call he ever had