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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
A SNAKE IN A LUMP OF COAL.
Fireman at LiyermOre, CAL, Makes
an Astonishing Discovery I'm His
FuRI.

OAKLAND, Cal, Feb. PETER
Isabella, fireman at the waterWorks ct
Livermore, while trying to shovel a
lump Of coal into the furnace made
an astonishing discovery The piece
he desired to place i'm the furnace was
by the side of a larger piece. He
tried to pick UP the smaller lump on
his shovel He succeeded in getting
the lump on the shovel several times
but every time he endeavored to toss
the lump toward the furnace door 1t
would roll off the shovel and back
to its original position, just as if there
was a string tied to it.
Zabella made several Intellectual eff
forts to get the coal into the furnace,
but each time it seemed to snap back
to its original position. At last the
man became frightened and came TO
the conclusion that the coal was be-
witched. Then he cooled down and
began systematic and eminently
practical investigation.
He began working at the lump of coal
with crowbar. The crowbar settled
the lump of coal and the creature that
inhabited it in very short time.
There was found imbedded in the
larger lump of coal a snake. The rep
tile had coiled its tail around the
smaller lump and that is what had pre-
vented Isabella from getting the small
lump away from the larger one.
The snake was alive when taken out
but lived only a short time after being
exposed to the air. This fact makes
those who inspected the curiosity hold
to the belief that the reptile had been
imbedded in the coal in the mine
The hole in which it was found was too
small at the opening to have allowed
snake of the size of the one discover
ed to have crawled in from the out
side. the men made careful measure
ments to satisfy themselves on this,
and all who saw 1t came to the con-
clusion that the reptile had been in the
coal when it was mined
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
Made Thompson Receiver.

The affairs of the Railway Building and
Loan association were disposed of with con-
siderable CELEBRITY by Judge Russell yesterday.
Application was made for a receiver last
ton which was followed Saturday by an as
signment for the benefit of creditors to
Charles Thompson, an assignment which took
place in the face of restraining order.
The applicants for a receiver resisted the as
signment although there was no objection
to the party selected as the assignee. The
hearing was not lengthy, and Judge Russell
promptly set aside the assignment, for the
reason that it had occurred while another ac-
ton was pending, and against the restraining
order.
is proper and fit person to discharge the
trust, for the equal benefit of all the creditors
and for that reason the court will appoint
him as the receiver
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
GLASS TRUST PROFITS.
Not Much Short of a Million for Last
Year.

Not Much Short of a Million for Last
Year.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Feb. 1.-The an
nual meeting Of the Pittsburg Plate
company, controlling the plate glass
Factories Of the country, is in session
here today. Great interest is manifest
ed in the meeting as there is bitter
fight being made for control During
the past year the net profits were $725,-
471.S9, which is IN per cent on the CAPT.
tai stock.
The result Of the election for officers can
not be known until tomorrow. There were
200 votes cast and both the Pitcairn and Ford
factions claim victory. The Pitcairn faction
favors an issue of $500, 900 five-year 6 per
cent debenture bonds to meet the payment Of
bonds falling due May l, and continue this
operation year after year until the entire
Indebtedness Of the company is liQuidated.
The Ford people want an issue at once of 81
100000 f1fteen-year per cert mortgage
bonds with a redemption clause with pre-
MUM Of per cent per annum for each year
of the unexpired term Of the bonds.
Late THIS afternoon, after adjournment had
been taken until o'clock for the tellers to
count the vote, a batch of proxies was re-
ceived, to be voted. On reassembling the
tellers asked whether or not to count the
later proxies. Pending a decision the meet
ing adjourned until tomorrow. The fight is
close and bitter, and will require the tellers'
count to decide the supremacy of either fac
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
Company BIS Annual.

Company held It's annual meeting and
election of officers at the Armory last even
ing, with nearly the entire membership pres
ent. The election of officers had the following
result: Lieutenant, F. B. Rowley, treasurer;
Sergt. Charles Law, financial secretary; Cor
poral Otto N. Raths, recording secretary; L.
K. Emory, librarian F. Bates, historian The
following committees were elected: Recruit
inc committee A. G. Hemphill, Charles Allen:
Emo: y, t. N. Raths; delinquency committee,
F. B. Rowley, II. E. Bradyn, R. w Had
dock. The reports Of the officers showed the
company to be in excellent standing, both as
far as finances and interest were concerned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
"SIOFT ANSWERS"
Of the Kind Which Do Not Turn
Away Wrath.

There is soft answer" which does
not by any means turn away wrath"
on the contrary, it excites an impotent
rage all the more intense because it
cannot be expressed.
How very quiet and dull this winter
has been?' said Mrs. Highf1yer, who.
in her own estimation, was an i'm
portant member Of the smart set.
80, you won't find it dull or quiet
when you really know people," an
swered her friend and rival, sweetly.
You have a new gown" said the
wife Of one partner to the helpmeet of
another, whose smart friends gave the
former enemy secret pang of envy.
20, no." exclaimed the latter, who
did not wish to seem extravagant, II
have had it all winter"
But have never seen you wear it."
said the other, incredulously.
Il dare say not, dear" replied her
friend, goaded at last into the soft
answer" II have only worn it at the
C's and the Els"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
RRnEe of ArtilIprY.

The range of the modern artillery, by which
is meant the guns that have been constructed
within the last ten or fifteen years, would
astonish the artillerists of a generation ago
The artillerists of the war considered three
or four miles an extremely long range, and
few, indeed were the guns capable Of doina
execution at that distance. Now the lone
range artillery carry with ease a shot from
ten to twelve miles, while in a few cases
cannon Of exceptional construction have car
ried shot from eighteen to nineteen miles
1t Is possible with one of these long-range
guns for an artllerst at Gibraltar to bonn
bard the coast of Africa
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
Mink Captures PickereI

On Saturday when Warren Eastabrook ana
George Benson were fishing through the ice
IN the river at Lansboro they saw a mink
come up out of the water on the opposite side
OF the stream. 1t had a big pickerel In it's
mouth. When it drew itself out on the shore
the fishermen began shooting at it. This
frightened the mink, and it dropped the
pickerel and disappeared. The fishermen got
the fish. 1t was twenty inches long. While
the fishermen, an hour later, were on shore
building bonfire the mink stole up, grabbed
the pickerel and sneaked of in triumph
Susquehanna pa Cor. New York Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
NORTHERN TRUST ASSETS,
The Schedule Filed by the SUSPENDED
Company.

Schedules in the assignment of the North
ern Trust company show total assets of
500, 1886 and liabilities of the same figure
nom1naIly, of which $3.50, 200 is in capital stock
paid in. The other large amounts are in
diyidual deposits, S96,C51.43, swe.Ied by Ger
Sicafes to $1S7, 721. 03. There are $4,000 of
payable and $1,000 bills payable Of the as
sets, $4,000 is in mortgage loans; s100, 600
mortgage loans deposited with the state treas
lures. $4,000; real estate, s77, 600; bills dis
counted, $142, coo; bonds and stocks. etc
5000 taxes expenses and judgments and
Rront and loss, s22, 600: accrued interest
$4,000; cash on hand, $50, 000 of which s13, 900
Is in collapsed banks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
Winston Chosen President.

The executive committee of the Municipal
league met last evening at the board of trade
rooms and accepted the resignation Of Anthony
ton Of officers was then held, which resulted
as follows F. G. Winston, president; D. C.
Bell, vice president; Edwin Rtorkman, sec
rotary. The following were appointed to
I'LL vacancies on the executive committee:
Edward Savage, F. w. Reed, John T. Bax-
ter, John c. Burnett. +. A. White was
elected as a member of the executive com
mittee from the Eleventh ward. 1t was decid-
ed that all standing committees be reduced
to a membership Of five.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
Pennsylvania Chan ges,

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1.-The vacancy In
the management Of the Pennsylvania railroad,
caused by the death of President George B.
Roberts will be filled tomorrow at a special
meeting of the board of directors of the
company. 1t is understood that Vice Presd-
dent Frank Thomson will be given the unan-
imous vote Of the board. Whether the pro-
motions that will follow the election of Mr..
Thomson will be made at the meeting has
not been definitely settled.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
Adam Bede on Tools

]. Adam Bede, Of st. Paul, the young man
whose eloquence in favor of sound money
the past political campaign, gave his lecture
on Fools in Paradise at the futile Uni
versaiist church. Blaisdell avenue and Twenty
seventh streets south, last evening. Mr.. Bede
began by announcing that he was glad to
speak in a UniversaIist church. The times
were hard and he found it difficult to prop
erly clothe his thoughts, but he understood
that the Universalsts would at least give a
man a chance for his life
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03

It Is somewhat melancholy to think OF
the present Sir Robert Peel the owner of
such an historic name. Among other good
things money is scarce with him and the
court OF chancery has just appointed an Of
hcial whose duty it will be to see that the
family plate and pictures. which were set
the Peels' country seat, Drayton manor
London Letter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
Let Us Have Peas

On one of the panels for the room Of seals
in the new congressional library building, in
Washington, is an inscription which came
within an ace of being a practical joke on the
United States. 1.-THE agricultural interest OF
the country is connected with every other
and superior in Importance to them all. Let
us have peas" That is the way one Of the
made peace" and when we come to think OF
it, peas would be appropriate But the
Joke was nailed.-New York Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03

Heinrich Gatke, who In fleeing from Prus-
sian political prosecution in 1S48, was wrecked
on Heligoland, and spent the rest of his life
views and watching the flights of birds over
the island, has just died at the age of
ghty-three. His collection Of migratory
He held the place Of government secretary
until the English gave up Heligoland.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
McMfchReI Re-eIecfeJ.

NEW YORK, Feb. AT the annual meet
ing of the Chicago Northwestern Telegraph
company today the following directors were
Scully, Daniel T. Manning, John B. Man
ming, A. R. Brewer, of this city, and l. Nc
Michael, Of Minneapolis. At subsequent
meeting Thomas P. Scully was elected presi-
dent; A. R. Brewer, secretary, and Daniel
T. Manning, treasurer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
Hardwood Lumbermen Mset

The Northwestern Hardwood Lumbermen's
association held its annual meeting yester
day afternoon at o'clock. Delegates and
visitors were present from different parts
of the state and from the Wisconsin Hard
wood Lumbermen's association. The bust
ness CT the session consisted of the re-elec-
ton of the old officers and the hearing Of
reports of officers. Several Communicates
were received and acted upon.
Last evening the association, together with
invited guests, sat down to a banquet at the
West hotel Following the menu the usual
toasts were given. President w. C. Bailey
presided
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03

Why don't you stop the taking Of
nausea ting, useless drugs. There are
thousands of quacks-soulless impos-
tors-waXing fat off your Affections,
and what do you get from them2
Blasted hopes, disappointments, and,
If you don't quit them, an early grave.
Begin asserting your manhood today
by cutting away from them, and let
me explain to you g. new, rational
treatment by Electricity. In all weak
ness of men the trouble is due to a
lack Of nerve or vital force, drained
from the system by abuses or excuses.
Electricity Is this force, and my treat
ment supplies it. The most scientific
as well as common sense way OF ap-
plying the current Is direct to the seat
of weakness through a genuine battery
in the form of a belt, which can be
used night or day with ease and COM
fort, and thus enveIoping all the Or
gans In a steady, soothings but power
full current. This treatment is so thor
oug,hly scientific that it cannot fail,
as thirty years experience and many
thousands Of cures have convinced me.
Every young, middle-aged or old man
suffering any weakness who does not
investigate this treatment is throwing
health and happiness away. My new
hook, Three Glasses Of Men," explains
fully, and Is sent sealed upon appldea-
ton.
GALL OR ADDRESS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
Peoples Party Club.

In accordance with q call Issued by the
central committee Of the Peoples party,
gathering took place in the office of The
Representative Monday evening, resulting in
the organization Of what is to be known as
the Hennepin County Peoples Party club with
the following officers: President, H. ]. O.
Reed; vice president, William Kackler; sec
rotary, Johannes Hansen treasurer, o. c.
Holt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
DupOnt's Finish.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The senate COM
mittee on privileges and elections decided
today not to attempt to reopen the claim
OF Col: H. A. Dupont to seat in the senate
from Delaware on the ground that it was
res adjudicata. The decision was reached By
a unanimous vote.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
CARRIED BY CLOSURE.
BaIfOur School Resolution 4
Through the Commons.

LONDON, Feb. I'm the house of
commons today the resolution of A.
J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury,
providing state aid for the voluntary
schools, was carried under closure by a
vote Of 1926 to ITO. The plan proposed
is that the schools shall be relieved
from the local rates and by grants of
five shillings for each child 1t is esti-
mated that this will require a yearly
appropriation Of $3,025, 000
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
PRINCE CHlMAY FREE.

Granted a Divorce From His Rum
away Wife.
CHARLERIO, Belgium, Feb. 1.-The
Prince de Chimay was today granted a
divorce from his wife. the Princess dc
Chimay, formerly Miss Clara Ward, of
Detroit, on account Of her misconduct
with Janos Rigo, a Hungarian gypsy
musician, with whom she eloped last
summer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
The EagIe,s Dtmeps,or.

The American eagle is about SO inches In
1t Is this wonderful wing power which gives
the bird not only his feetness, but enables
him to remain In the air an indefinite length
OF time. -Se~n
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03

London, Feb. 2.-William Lorn Sand
hurst governor of Bombay, has sent
a cable message to the effect that the
bubonic plague patients patronize the
hospitals more freely than at the time
Of the first outbreak. In the section
where the disease had it's strongest
hold IN the beginning 1T is now being
suppressed, but it appears to be ex-
tending to the new portions Of the
Hombay presidency. In places most
recently infected the mortality is evil
IDENTIFY not so great. In the city of
Bombay the number of deaths dimin-
ished during the week ending Jan. 29,
and the feeling at that place is one
Of greater hopefulness.
In the city of Poonah, f1fty-eight
indigenous cases were reported, but
late account is to the effect that
forty-eight cases were announced in a
single quarter of the town. Gov. Sand
hurst reports that the number Of
deaths from the plague at Karachi
reached 20S for the week ending Jan.
20, diminishing to IT'S for the week end
ing Jan. 20, decreasing in the two worst
quarters Of the town, but increasing
in the two sections formerly least in
fected by the epidemic. 1t is estimated
that one-fourth of the total popula-
ton Of the city has left Karachi on
account Of the plague
The only deaths reported from the
plague reported from Sind, just out
side Karachi, are said to be those Of
travellers. Generally speaking, this
same thing may be said to be true Of
other towns Of the Bombay presidency,
besides the cities Of Bombay and Poo
nah, with the exception Of the towns
of Baroda and Goorla and their sub
urban villages and the unhealthy
places of Bhiwandi, in the Thana dis
trict.
According to the cabled reports Of
Gov. Sandhurst, the inspection of trav-
elers along the main lines is very ef-
fective. Many cases of the plague
have been detected in this way and the
travellers taken Immediately to special
hospitals arranged for their reception
All the ocean liners, as we'll as the
ships hailing from foreign ports, are
thoroughly inspected before leaving
Bombay. According to an order issue1
Monday, all of the pilgrim ships have
been prohibited from leaving the port
OF Bombay.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
The WRSn'a Size

The wasp Is about an inch in length, with
a wing spread of IL inches It's singer has
never been measured, but some reliable per-
sons affirm that it is about seven feet long.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
ON the score OF Taste.

They say that cholera never attacks an old
smoker" -
Then something good can be said Of the
cholera microbe."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
CALL OR ADDRESS
SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT co.
235 NlcolIet AV., Minneapolis, MINI.

Office Hours a. m. to s p. m.
Sundays. 2 to p. m.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
DYING OF HUNGER
FAMINE SITUATION VERY GRAVE IN
THE COUNTRY ADJACENT TO
KAIPUR.
CENTER OF RICE INDUSTRY.
A. TOTAL LACK OF FOOD
STUFF.
POOR REDUCED TO LAST STAGES.
The Aid the Government Is Able to
Give Barely Enough to Sustain
Life.

KAIPUR, Feb. 1.-The special cor
respondent of the Associated Press,
who is inquiring into the famine
ravages in this, the largest district of
the central province, having a popula,-
tion of 100000, finds the situation very
grave. This is the center of the rice
growing industry, which Is the only
crop grown, and as it has failed, there
is total lack of food stuff in this
locality, and real famine exists About
1900 villages are affected. The relief
works have given employment and the
means Of subsistence to $4,000 persons.
The worst part Of the district is
D'Harapara, thirty miles from here,
where lamentable conditions prevail
Many people have already died of hun
ger and many others are dying. The
staff employed in the work Of relieving
the sufferers is inadequate to cope
with the enormous area. If the work
Of relief had been properly arranged
earlier, the mortality would have been
less, as rains are increasing the spread
Of disease. 1t will take three good
years to recoup the district.
The pOorhOuses are a fair criterion
Of the condition of the people. Be
sides the professional beggars they are
crowded with labCrerS reduced to the
last stage of skeletons. Their bodies
are emaciated and the skin is hanging
in large folds. Others have swollen
stCmachs the sign Of acute priVation.
1t is found that the cattlemen and
field workers, usually lusty men, are
unable to do anything, and the women
are in the same condition. One woman,
who was lately confined, has been at
tackled with rheumatism and is para
lyzed. Her baby is horrible to look at.
It's limbs are about the size of pipe
stems and it's sunken eyes have most
piteous look. No provision has been
made for these cases. The minimum
dole of food is only enough to keep
body and soul together, it does not
suffice to build up the system again.
This is where private charity Is want
ed. It is useless to attempt to send
the natives to the hospitals. They pre-
fer to die.
Some horrible sights were witnessed.
The condition in this district Is the
worst yet seen. There is urgent need
of funds here. The correspondent hears
that in Jubbulpore the conditions are
even worse than here. If seed is not
sown the people will be utterly inca
pable of procuring food, and the condi-
lions next year will be too awful to
contemplate.
The government was late in realizing
the gravity of the situation. Had re-
lief measures been instituted early,
much of the distress existing could
have been averted. The food supply
in this district is scanty and will soon
be exhausted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03

o That Is, 1t Would De.
The average waist of woman is from q TO
rs inches.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
for Infants and Children.

Castoriaisso well adapted TO children that
frecommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me' Fl. A. ARCHER, NJ D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, n. z.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-13
CHANGE OF POLICY.

The policy of planting cotton exclusive ly, heretofore praet.ced by planters, has been due as much to the demand of the merchant as the planters own inclina- tion. The merchant would not advance supplies unless the planter embodied in the mortgage a clause obligating himself to plant so many acres of cotton. The merchants have charged their policy in this respect They TOW insist that the planter cultivate so many acres of.corn instead of cotton. The merchants have awoke to the fact that the planter cannot prosper unless he raises his supplies at home, and the prosperity of the merchant depends on that of the planter. The good effect of this enlightened policy has al- ready become apparent. The money that was once. sent west for corn and meat is now kept at home.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-13
PERSONAL.

MT. L. A. May of New York, is fin the city.
 Mr. W. V. Echols, of Huntsville, is in the city.
 MT Robert R. McDavid, of Montgom- cry, was in the city yesterday.
 MT. Ned R. McDavid, of New Orleans, is shaking hands with old friends.
 J. s. F. Stillwell, the clever representa- live of the Chicago Times-H Herald, is in the city in the interest of his paper.
 Fred H. Jones, the hustling district passenger agent for the Cotton Belt" With headquarters in Atlanta, Is in the city.
 Col. E. T. Shaw, the clever and hustling company, is in the ci.y in the interest of his firm.
 Dr. l.. T. Haskell very prominent dentist of Chicago, is in the city, to be present at the meeting of the Alabama Dental association.
 Mr. A. A. Oden. county treasurer, of Hartselle, spent yesterday in the city, on way home from Tuscaloosa, where he has been for several days.
 FIRE SALE-About $10.000 in these goods left that have not been touched by fire or water and are going at most any price T. C. King. 2026 First avenue.
 Alderman Pearce leaves this morning for east Alabama on a business trip. Among the many comprising Birfning hams alderma nie board, none enjoys more fully the confidence of the people than Mir. Pearce, who always keeps a weather eye on the city, ever wa atchful of her interests. During the past few days Alderman Pearce acted mayor. relieving Mayor Evans, who was constantly at the bedside of his lar1ented spouse, and the city was in safe hands.