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THE TIN TROBRNDTR Man,. **s** .S ******
He Owns Steamboats, Now and CANDLES No More.


d'Alene.' I believe the Occur d'Alene'
is the biggest institution of it's kind in
this country. You can get anything
you want there-a shave, q meal,
drink, a lodging, or a fortune, if you
have the luck. The faro bank is the
mainstay of the house. The game is
on the level, and it has several times
been cracked pretty hard by profess
SIGNALS who journeyed from Denver
and Cheyenne for the purpose. But the
'Couer d'Alene' faro box had never been
turned until Joe Gilbert made them
turn it. The rule of the house was
that when the tiger had been baited
to the extent of 100000 the box should
be turned and play cease for the night.
This rule had never been put into prac-
tice until the night; two years ago this
fall. when Joe Gilbert struck Spokane
with what gamblers call hunch' and
a bad light in his eye.
There are several faro iayouts at
the Occur d'Alene'-tables for the
.chubbers who sweat short stacks, lose
hard, and then go up against it for
meal tickets, and two or three tables
for the big play men. who. slap stacks
of blues and yeli0WS all over the cards.
Gilbert picked out the swell table of
the lot on this night. He took two
stacks of yellows for the 5000 he had
brought along. He was one of those
players who never use pencil or paper,
and he had as much use for systems
as he had for hoboes on the blind bag
gage. He split his stacks and planted
them on the first case cards to show
In the box on this night and tks luck
was his from the fall of the nag.
never saw such absolutely unbeatable
luck. When the deal had gone on for
fully half an hour, with scarcely a
WORD being spoken at the table, the
man in the blue uniform had lost only
six bets in the whole play, and he was
nearly $4,000 ahead of the bank The
dealer became mighty uneasy. He
changed the deck half a dozen times.
and switched the lookout twice. But
it was no so. Gilbert kept right on
winning, all the time playing what any
sane man would consider the most Ut
-terly fool faro that could be studied
out by a mathematician. One minute
he would copper about all the cards on
the table and the next he would brush
all the coppers off and play the whole
table wide open. Yet he couldn't lose.
The other players made bets only here
and there. they were so absorbed in
the conductors play, and It looked Ike
q deal for Gilbert alone.
Finally Gilbert asked the dealer to
open the 800 limit. The lookout gave
the word and play was resumed. With
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try to get him into a poker game ne
simply smiles in their teeth.
" Not any, thank YOU says Joe l
don't make any bets on cards as long
as | live. It's too wearing. Besides,
there's nothing in it..
ITO get back to the Cour dAlene in
Spokane, I've seen some queer plays
and players in that institution during
the eight years it has been running.
Four years ago a United States army
soldier came down to Spokane from
Fort Sherman. He was an Irishman,
Denny Hannegan He had been ser
geant in his outfit and had just been
paid off at the end of a three-year en-
Hstment. His pay amounted to $60U,
and he brought the roll along With MIN
to Spokane. He walked straight to the
Cour d'Alene from the station and ask
ed for the boss. Jake GOetZ came out
of his office and asked the soldier what
he wanted.
Ct want an even show to double the
$500 that I've got on me- said the Irish
sergeant in his brogue. If L cant
double it | want to go broke and 90
it on one play. l don't want to hit up
your tiger, nor your red and black, nor
your wheel, nor anything else; but II
you want to give your bank percent
age the go-by for once, I'll flip up, or
er you take my $500 or l get $500 OF
your money. l want to take trip to
the old country to see the old folks, and
l want to do it in style. Six hundreds
not enough to do it, but 81, 200 would be.
Is it go?'
Now, Jake Geetz would bet on the
speed of turnblebug climbing Mount
Hood. He replied by pulling half
dollar out of his pocket.
:" Heads tails said he. and the
coin was in the air.
Tails, said, flanagan.
Tails loses said Jake, as the half
rolled heads up on the green cloth, and
flanagan handed over his $500 bundle
without a gulp. The nIrishman went
back to Fort Sherman, re-enlisted,
saved another $500; and year ago he
turned up at the tCouf d'Alene again
with the same proposition: Jake flip
ped up with him again, and lost.
Want to make it doubles or quits?'
said Jake to the Irish sergeant.
Yes, said Hannegan, and he took
81, 400 along with him on his voyage to
the old sod
"a female relative oeof one of my
herders, Jim TrueIbve,Iass died back East
here a few years asp and left the
young fellow 5000 in cash. When
Truelove got his draft The turned it all
into gold, and then came to me.
" I guess I'll run upIto Spokane and
double the size of this bag, boss, said
he to me.
mot while there's a half-inch lasso
loose around this ranch, you won't,
said I. But he went all the same, and
Jake Goetz told me later what hap
pened.
'Truelove was addicted to the stud
poker habit, and that was the game
he edged up to when he got to the
Cour d'Alene. There were four other
men in the game besides this herder OF
mine, and none of them had ever
rounded up sheep for a living, either,
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out winking an eye the $50 a month
man piled his 800 stacks all around
the layout. Every deal for three solid
hours saw his row of chips swelled by
several stacks. In less than that time
he had all the yelloWs out, then the
blues and finally made inroadS upon
the larger number of whites. He won
ten bets where he lost two. New deal
ers, more new cards, different lookouts.
other deal boXes-the house tried
everything, but all of the schemes
failed to break the spell of Gilberts
phenomenal luck. The conductor tossed
IS chips to the fellows standing around
who had chubbed in their last two-bit
pieces, and, oddly enough, nearly every
man whom he so favored picked up a
good roll at one of the other games.
''At o'clock in the morning, after
Joe had been at it for just five hours,
the dealer turned over the box and
announced the game closed for the
night-all the checks out and the bank
broken wide open. The house paid
Joe his $4,000 without counting the
chips. Gilbert handed me the money
and asked me to keep it for him until
he'd had a nights sleep and chance
to think.
j" You'll sleep just about thirty
nights before you get centavo of this
roll back, Joe,' said I, and I meant it.
But when Gilbert came around the
next day and told me that he must
have the $1O000-that he still had his
bunch with him and couldn't afford
to neglect i'll handed it out to him.
You'll be broke in twenty-four
hours said 1.
Not much, I won't he replied.
Come down on the Portland with me.
81 wanted to go to Portland on bust
ness. anyhow, and so 1 went along with
Gilbert, feeling that he would need a
friends consolation when he dropped
his pile down there. l wanted to boot
him when he sent his resignation as a
conductor to the Omaha office of the
line. but he wouldn't talk to me about
it.
wait was all he said in reply.
1.-The night we reached Portland Gill
bert went right down to the Arion club
without taking time to eat.
''Well, I said to him in disgust, if
you're not an easy money juniper I'll
eat all the pelts on my ranch
Wait he replied.
"Well, to cut it off, Gilbert had pre-
cisely the same sort of luck at the
Arion club that he had back in Spo-
kane. and it took him exactly the same
number of hours to get the Arion's
nightly limit of 10000. After the box
had been turned and Joe had got his
money l took him out into the night
air and told him that if he put another
nickel on a card as long as he lived I'd
have him put into lunatic asylum.
Easy my boy, said he. I know
when I've got enough, and I'm no hog.
Watch me-
"Wen, Gilbert went up to the Puget
sound country, bought a frst-rate eX-
cursion steamboat with his $4,000, and
began to make more money than he
could count He owns three steam
| boats on the sound now, has a corking
big bank account and when the boys
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waited in the heart of the hill and lay
directly in the path of the proposed
aqueduct
If this assumption is correct it ought
to be easy to locate the exact spot in
the hill at which it would be necessary
to eXcavate in order to reach the last
resting place of David, Solomon and
most of their successors. Many search
es have been made for the entrance to
this tomb, but hitherto without sue
cess apparently for the reason that
those searching have expected to find
at the entrance a monumental gate or
barrier. Now, however, the opinion
prevails that there is a simple open
ing or mouth at the entrance, and that
through this access to the tomb can
easily be gained 1t is certain that
most of the old tombs in Phoenicia and
Egypt had a simple opening of this
kind at the entrance. The great his
torian, Josephus, refers to this fact,
but his exact meaning was not under
stood until NJ. Clermont-Ganneau be-
gan to study the subject.
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so that the boy was $4,000 out OF
pocket at the end of two hours. Then
a queer deal came along. Not man
of the five made a bet until all the
cards were dished by the dealer. 1t
was to be a case of betting on the cards
in the hole. Only two of the men had
anything promising showing. One of
them was. Spokane real estate man
named HUMPHREYS, who has since
ruined himself at cards. HUMPHREYS
had a tray, four, five, and six of clubs
face up. Truelove had in sight four,
five, six and seven of diamonds. The
other three men, with small pairs or
nothing, dropped out when they saw
the possibilities of these hands. Then
it was between HUMPHREYS and my
herder.
1.-Two thousand said this fool boy
herder of mine. The $4,000 bet tapped
him.
1.-TWO thousand more said Humph-
ries
"'Say, watch this layout for me
just minute, will your said Truelove
to a bystander. 'Waitll I find Jake
Goetz.'
HE found GoetZ, and caln,y asked
him for loan Of $1,000 Cor three min
utes. Jake told me the gall of the re-
quest almost knocked him down.
What have you got in the holo?'
Jake asked him.
g The eight of diamonds, and it's a
straight flush replied Truelove.
There can't be two Of those out in one
deal, you know
81 let the boy have the $1,000 said
Jake to me, because I didn't think
such everlasting damned nerve as he
had ought to be suppressed in the state
Of Washington.
1.-Two thousand more than YOU
got back to the game.
See you and five hundred more
said HUMPHREYS.
Five hundred more than YOU
said Truelove, and the whole Of
the $4,000 he had got from Jake Goetz
was in the center Of the table.
"Humphries got pale, looked at the
boy for fully minute, and then
showed the yellow.
he managed to articulate. Take the
money
"Truelove raked in the money and
handed Jake Goetz, who was stand
ing behind his chair, the $1,000 he had
borrowed. Then he turned over the
card he had in the hole. 1t was the
king of spades. He had only a bob
flush. HUMPHREYS ground his teeth as
he turned over his blind card. 1t was
the seven of clubs, and his straight
flush was full. He had been bluffed
out of his money.
Why did you tell me you had the
eight of diamonds in the hole?' Goetz
asked my herder
Well, said the young fellow, with
a grin, needed the money. you
know
IF you've got any more fellows on
that ranch of yours with the nerve
and the lying ability of that young
chap, Jake said to me later, it's bet
ter than even money that they'll own
you and your ranch before a year."
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-"About one
man in 10000 is level-headed enough to
quit when he pulls big stake out of
some other fellows game" said Frank
McGonigle, an Idaho sheep man, to
party here the other night, including
New York Sun representative. THE
ten-thousandth man was out my way
a couple of years ago. He was Joe
Gilbert, conductor on the Spokane
Northern. Joe had the run between
Pendleton, Or, and Spokane. He
brought his train, the flyer of the line,
from Pendleton to Spokane every other
day. He always managed to dress and
eat and drink pretty we'll when of
duty, and he never lacked few dol
lars to go up against the Spokane tiger.
Up to the time 1 am going to tell you
about he never managed to dc much
more than hold his own at the game,
and it used to surprise his friends that
he even did as well as this, for he was
a reckless and erratic player
"Joe's game was faro, and he played
1t in Spokane at Goetz & Baer's Occur
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18

Special to the Globe.
LONDON, Oct 16.-How will the emf
grants from all parts of the world
make their way to the 'Klondike next
spring? That is the most important
question, that an answer has been re-
quired for in a long time. Every one
knows that the news of the Klondike
riches has reused hopes of fortunes in
the breasts of people in almost every
portion of the globe, and there are sure
to be some persons from each of these
sections OF the earth who will make
their way to what, indeed, seems to be
the new Eldorado. Now. how will they
go?
1t used to be that when a general
movement Of humanity was anticipated
people would talk of emigration from
the four quarters of the globe. Now a
glance at the accompanying map will
show that the tide sets in from every
where. The marvel of railway building
of the century, the Trans-Siberian rail-
way will carry it's portion of the mass
of humanity which is sure to move
Klondikewards. This is the railway
whose projectors mean that some day
it shall giTdle the earth, for it will real
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
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to think that the gold fields are in
British territory. Everybody thinks,
dreams and talks of the Klondike. Ev-
cry one who can will certainly go
there as soon as the season makes it
wise to do so from a climatic stand
point. Therefore, every possible route
by which one might travel to this now
famous land of riches has been placed
upon paper. The accompanying map,
which is a reproduction of what is
known as a geographer's map, shows
the routes as we understand them over
here, and as I am sure are absolutely
correct. The map might give you a
wrong impression, if you do not rec
ognize a few salient points that do
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Pacific coast, and thence by steamer
up the Yukon to the point of destina-
ton.
Naturally many persons will prefer
the old established combination route.
Passage has already been engaged by
number of parties from Berlin, Lon
don, Paris and various other European
points, by the steamships, which touch
at Southampton. The chances are that
next spring will see the Western record
broken as regards the passenger traffic.
Some of the tickets of these parties
read via the Canadian Pacific railway
10 the Western terminus of that line.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
Scientists Look With Disfavor on
the SeDulchre Assigned to Him.


the Sepulchre Assigned to Him.
Biblical scholars have long been anx-.
ious to find the exact location of
the tonbs of King; David and his sue
cessors, and their curiosity seems at
last about to be- satisfied, says the
New York Herald AT any rate, such
is the opinion of those who have heard
M. -Ganneau3s views on the
subject and who know how we'll quail
fled he is to speak thereon.
Hitherto it has been considered most
probable that the metropolis of the
kings of judah was located in the Ko-
bour- elMonlonk, to the north of Jeru-
salem M. de Sauley was a strenuous
advocate of this view, and he certainly
brought forward some apparently con-
elusive arguments in its favor. Re-
cent Investigations, however, seem to
show clearly that this famous sepuI-
chre is the last resting place, not of
David and his successors, but of Queen
Helen The sepuichre is sculptured in
Greco-Roman fashion, which alone is
a pretty convincing proof that no kings
of Judah are buried there. The French
government is now the owner of this
pompous monument, having acquired
it from the Pereira family, and French
scholars are naturally anxious that the
truth about it shall be known. They
would be delighted to have France own
the esepulchre of the kings of Judah,
but they do not want France to claim
the ownership of such sepulchre when
the kings of Judah are really buried
somewhere else ,.r,.5I -, -.
M. Clermont- Ganneau insists that the
French government should act honest
ly in the matter, and should at once
abandon it's intention of placing over
the vestibule of the sepulchre the fol-
lowing inscriptions: Tomb of the
Kings of Judah" He says positively
that it is not the kings tomb. His
tory and tradition, he claims, teach
otherwise. His most convincing proof,
however he has obtained from min
ute study of a subterranean aqueduct,
more than 500 yards in length, which
was cut through the hill of Ophel In
the time of King HeZekiah, as is clear
ly proved by Hebraic inscription
which is engraved in Phoenician char
acters at the mouth of the aqueduct.
A genuine tunnel is this aqueduct, and
the remarkable fact about it is that
at one part Of it's course 1t describes an
abrupt and very large right angle, OF
which hitherto no explanation has been
forthcoming Now ifr. Clermont-Gan-
neau claims that this abrupt detour
was caused by the necessity of avoid
ing the royal tomb which was exca-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-18
Notice of Mortgage Sale.

DEFAULT HAVING OCCURRED IN THE
conditions of a certain mortgage, bearing
date of May twenty fifth, 1887, executed by
Frederick w. Richardson mortgagor, to ].
Homer Pierce. trustee, mortgage, and record
ed in the Office Of the Register of Deeds of
Ramsey County, Minnesota, on the twenty
eighth day Of May, 1887, at two o'clock p. M.
in Book '160" of Mortgages, on page 217;
which said mortgage duly assigned to
Samuel B. Pierce by an instrument in writ
ing bearing date of April second 1885, and
recorded in the office of said Register Of
Deeds on April thirteenth, 1883, in Book ''T''
of Assignments, on pages 24S to 251 inclusive;
which said mortgage was by instrument in
writing bearing date of June twenty fifth
1889, and recorded in the office of said Register
of Deeds on the seventh day of October, 1897.
in Book 49, of Assignments, on page 12S.
again duly assigned by said Samuel b. Pierce
to j. Homer Pierce and Charles H. Clark, as
they are trustees under deed from Samuel
B. Pierce and Hannah R. Pierce, his wife
(which deed is recorded in the office of SAID
Register of Deeds, in Book a. Of Mortgages,
on pages 1913 to 395 inclusive); and, whereas
there is due and payable on said mort
gage the full sum Of one thousand five humid
red seventy-eight and 9S-100 dollars (S1,5TS.93),
which said sum includes taxes assessed
against the mortgaged property for the years
1893 to 1896 Inclusive, amounting to the sum
OF eighty-Si and 52-100 dollars (SS6.52), which
have been paid by said last named assignees.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that's
by virtue of the power of sale in said mort
gage contained, and pursuant to the statute
in such provided the said mortgage will
be foreclosed by sale at pubic vendue, of
the premises therein described to be made
by the Sheriff of Ramsey County, at the
Cedar Street entrance to the Ramsey County
Court House, in the City of St. Paul County
of Ramsey, and State of Minnesota on Tues
day the thirtieth day of November, 1897. at
ten o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy the
amount which will then be due said mort
gage, the taxes, the costs and disbursements
of sale, and fifty dollars attorneys fees
stipulated in said mortgage to be paid in case
of foreclosure. -,7f.e s-os1op
The premises described in said mortgage
and SO to be sold all that tract or parcel
Of land, lying and being in the County of
Ramsey and State of Minnesota. and described
as follows, to-wit: Lot eight 81 in Block
one o. of Samuel B. Pierce's Enlargement
of Summit Park Addition to Saint Paul. ac-
cording to the recorded plat thereof on file
of record in the office of the Register of
Deeds Of Ramsey County, Minnesota ~
Dated st. Paul, Minnesota October 18th,
1897.
J. HOMER PIERCE and CHARLES H.
CLARK, AS They Are Trustees, -.tI5ut
Assignees of Mortgage.
Stringer & Seymour
Attorneys for Assignees, Nat Ger. Am
Bank Bldg, ST. Paul, Mimi. 'yrfcn
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ly encircle about three-quarters of the
globe, or rather the land surface there
Of
BY observing the map it will be seen
that the line has been constructed in
modern fashion; that is, work has been
begun at two different points, the two
forces engaged moving in their progress
toward a common center. Thus the
line is complete and in condition to
operate as far as Omsk, on one side,
and Irkutsk in Siberia, on the other.
1t is therefore possible that the line
will practically be in such shape by the
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