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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25
ALTON WRECK.
Several People Reported as Injured
i'm Collision,

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 24-It is
reported here that a west-bound pas
senger train collided with freight
train on the Chicago & Alton road at
o'clock this evening at MAYHEM, La
fayette county, y-eight miles east
of Kansas City. Several cars We're
wrecked, and it is reported that a.
number of persons were hurt. The Chi
cago & Alton officials here state that
no one was killed, but refuse to give
out the details of the wreck.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25
BULLETIN OF
TIE ST. PRUL. GLOBE
THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1907.
weather for Today
Threateningy Colder.

PAGE 4.
Sensations in Prison Inquiry.
Austrian Statesmen Again Battle.
siIverites Have Il Place for Dubois.
Plans for "a Pacific Cable.
PAGE 2.
BickeI Jury All Secured.
Thanksgiving Day Events.
PAGE 3.
Minneapolis Matters.
Trial of Attorney Num-.
Mrs. Mack in Court.
Irish Question Up Again.
Demonstration in Chinese Waters
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
Iron Range Road to Extend.
McKinIey's Currency Reform Plan.
PAGE 3.
Days Sporting News.
Testimony In Lowering Case Ended.
Cornell to Play Pennsylvania.
PAGE @.
Railway Stocks Strong.
Bar Silver, 5S 1-2c.
Cash Wheat in Chicago, 05 7-Sc.
Worlds Markets Reviewed.
PAGE z.
A Thanksgiving Vignette.
Favorable N. p. Statement.
Railway Gossip.
Wants of the People. ;
PAGE 8.
MinnesOta's Railway Business.
Supreme Court Decisions.
Social Events of the Day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25
TESTIMONY OF SIX.
Several Witnesses Were Examined
at Yesterdays Session.


When the investigators began work
in the morning, the first witness called
was a Minneapolis man who had serv-
ed time in the prison from April 1,
1896. to Nov. 5, 1897, and who formerly
ran an elevator in the prison shoe fac
tory. He was a federal prisoner, hav-
ing been sent up for counterfeiting.
"pid you eyer know q eenyicts being in;
timidated or Unnecessarily punished?" asked
Mr.. Penney. "Colligan walked up to a new
man in the ranks and said to him: You want
gazing at me ever since you left t6S shop shop.
You've GOT to quit that or I'll break your
Ibid you ever have any experience with
him of a similar nature?''
cell and asked him if he wanted to go to
church He replied: 'No, sir"
why don't you answer?" retorted Colli-
gan, and left him locked UP after the other
conYicts had gone to dinner.
Another time Colligan was trying to un-
lock the witness cell, but the key did not
work. Witness called Coligan's attention to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25
United States and Hawaii
Will Be Connected by
Wire Within Two Years.

pany and the Western Union Telegraph
company in it's organization, but 1t Is
stated that those companies will have
close business relations with it. 1t will
require over 5000 miles of cable to con-
meet the United States with the Ha-
waiian islands, Japan, China and Aus
tralaSia
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

The meanest man has finally been
located. He is warden of Mexican
prison. He has placed a phonograph in
the prison yard which repeats, to the
convicts the charges made against
them in the voices Of their victims.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Gov. Pingree, of Michigan, admits
that his Thanksgiving proclamation
was stolen, but says his secretary did
IT, At that, he is a pretty mean gov
enor who will turn over to his secretary
the writing of his Thanksgiving procla-
nations,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

would bring his revolver to the next
sitting.
By this time the disorder was of
such q nature that even the public IN
the galleries cried shame upon the
fighting, swearing and insult-exchang-
ing deputies. A Polish member. Herr
POlacz, rushed upon another member,
Herr Pfereche, and was nearly strangl-
ing him when Pfereche, on the implse
Of the moment, drew penknife from
his pocket and opened it, but he was
disarmed by a colleague before any
further harm was done Herr Pfereche
was by this time so exhausted by the
choaking he had received at the hands
Of Herr Polacz and overcome with
excitement that he tainted, still further
adding to the sensation.
AT this moment President Abraha-
movies returned to the house but after
repeated and vain efforts 10 quelI the
disorder prevailing, he closed the sit
ting Of the house. In so doing, the
president said: In view Of the acts
Of violence which have occurred In the
house today, 1 consider IT my duty to
close this sitting. VIII those members
who are willing to give me the names
of the violent members please come to
my Officer"
Several members of the house accept
ed the invitation of the president, and.
as result, it is believed that Herreu
Schoenerer, Wolff and Pfereche will be
arrested upon the charge of fighting
in public. The house will meet again
tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

VIENNA, Nov. 24.-The members Of
the lower house of the reichsrath today
excelled themselves in producing the
most disgraceful scene yet witnessed
in that branch Of parliament. The tur-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Nov.
24.-The premier, Sir John Seddon, pro-
poses tosubsidize an alternate fort
nightly mail service between yelling
ton and San Francisco and Vancouver,
B. c., passage between Wellington and
San Francisco not to exceed nineteen
days, and passages between Yelling
ton and Vancouver not to exceed twen-
tv-One d3ys
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Indiana has a tramp genius. He
didn't saw the wood, neither did he
split it, but he posted this sign on the
wood pile: "Just tell them that you
saw me. but you didn't see me saw"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25
EVENTS TODAY.

Met-ManteII, 2.3O, s.15.
Grand-WOmnn in Black, 2.3O, $40.
Lexington Park-FOOtbaH, 3.
Peoples Church-COncert, 8.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Prof. Falb, an Austrian astronomer,
predicts that the earth will be smash
ed by comet Nov. 13, 1899. The most
dangerous looking thing about it all Is
that thirteen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

What have women to be thankful
1or?'' asks the Chicago Times-Herald.
Chiefly that they don't have to spend
the whole Of but one Thanksgiving
day in a year in the kitchen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson says
there never was so much cause for
Thanksgiving. Come to think of it, Mr..
Wilson is drawing bigger salary than
he ever did before.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

The New York Tribune says Cuba
and the currency will be the leading
topics of the presidents message. Is
William the Great going to overlook
liberal pensions?"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

The Northern Pacific is going to ship
two carloads Of dogs to Alaska If
this thing keeps up, dogs will SO ap-
preciate in price that they will be
worth the license annually paid on
them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Kansas has offered to send New York
and Washington each carload of rab-
bits. Can you not also send a carload
of rabbits feet to Lincoln, Neb.?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

A Devils Lake, N. D., Indian has
svapped his broncho for a bicycle. The
red man, more indolent than intellec-
+ual. will soon regret his exchange.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25
James Maresch, Convict at Saltwater, Drenched
Himself With Gasoline
Crying Madly for Matches
to End His Career
on Earth.
And Then Dashed
Into the Yard,
One More Assault on Nels Heen.

1t Is Developed by the Testimony of Yesterday in
the Prison Inquiry Each Days Testimony
Stronger-Queer Idea of Discipline, This-Deputy
Warden Lemon Said to Have Told Convicts What
Guard Had Told Him of Them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Washington dispatch: Assistant
Secretary Day has gone to Canton, o.,
for Thanksgiving" Is that where it is
located?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25
Interior of the Austrian Unterhaus Turned
Into ar Inferno
knife
Drawn.
Showers
of Insults.
Cabinet Council at Late Hour Discussing
the Situation.

VIENNA, Nov. 24.-Iate tonight the
cabinet council is discussing the situa-
ton; and 1t is believed that dissolu-
ton Is the only practical outcome
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

If Brother Anson comes into the
Western league, all it's umpires will
1oin some other league.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Where stands David B. Hill? Mr..
Croker says he recognizes Senator
Murphy as the Democratic leader in
New York state.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Adam and Eve, then, are the first
people to come under the head OF Chi
nese puzzles.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Little by little we are forced to put
down Lyman w. Gage-fine old gen.
tleman-as a very light weight in pub
lie life.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

The Chicago police force is fit for
almost anything more than for police
duty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Before another Thanksgiving rolls
round Mayor Doran will be private
citizen Just like the rest of us.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

London's great conflagration result
ed in a roast for the fire brigade.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

The weather clerk promises for to
day crisp, cold weather. Thanks!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Horrible thought! Perhaps Pingree
also stole the Pingree potato patch
idea.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

LONDON, Nov. 25.-The correspond
ent of London paper. describing the
scene. says: Herr Wolff received the
worst treatment. He was struck in
the head a dozen times. Blows rained
upon his face; the bell was thrown at
him; his clothes were torn. AS often
as he got up he was knocked of his
feet Suddenly during the melee &
fierce Shrek was heard and knife
was seen flying towards the Leftists.
1t fell upon DR.. Gessoann, whose band
was wounded. 1t was wrested from
Herr Pfersche by Herr Lemisch, who
threw it across the heads of the depu-
ties. Another scream ran through the
house. Herr Pfersche had been seized
by the throat. Count Won der Lilo
emptied glasses of water over the com
batants, with view of separating
them. The police commisslone", with
fifteen men summoned by the oresi-
dent, appeared just as the president
was closing the sitting.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

Continued on Eighth Page.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-25
The Presidents Flag.

1t has been the custom for many
years to denote the Presidents pres
ance in the city by flying from the
White House the American flag. When
the President was out of the city the
flag was taken down. The Presidents
own flag is never used except when he
goes on board naval vessel The
Presidents flag Is about the size Of the
regulation ensign. The body of the
flag Is blue. In the centre is an eagle,
exactly like that on half dollar. The
eagle is embroidered in white. The
arrows and olive branch are worked
in similar material, and the stars are
arranged above the bird. The shield
ON the breast of the eagle is worked
In red, thus giving the national colors
red, white, and blue-and forming
a beautiful fiag.-St Louis Globe Jour
nal
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-25
Wireless Electricity.

The theory that electricity can be
sent from one given point to another
given point through air, wood, brick.
stone, ETC., without the use of a wire
has been practically demonstrated in a
Philadelphia physicians laboratory
Houston G. Kennedy, consulting engin-
GERS. have a private laboratory at
Forty-first street ad Elm avenue. in
that city. where they, singly and to-
gether, solve all the physical problems
Of the day, which have been announced
as solved abroad; and also do a vast
deal Of experimental work in a orig.
inal manner, and on their own account
Their laboratory is q building several
stories in height, and they have been
able to send an effective wave of elec-
trc energy from battery in the cellar
let us say though several floors to the
garret without using any wire. This
achievement has been demonstrated by
the fact that a concentrated local elec-
trio disturbance occurs in the garret
following the generation of the force in
the cellar. This disturbance in the gar
ret may consist of firing a pistol, ring
ng bell or receiving a telegraph mess
age there in the shape of the usual
signals applied in the Morse alphabet
In an interview DR.. Kennedy said:
I'VE have confined our experiments
to the limits of one building, the centre
from which the experiments have been
made being our laboratory, but in a
short time We will try experiments to
other distances. We have no doubt
whatever that Marionis system is an
operative system. The only question
is how far such messages can be sent
The discovery is still in its infancy
but l believe when completed it will
revolutionize present day message dis
patching and prove of inestimable val
ue to the general community"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-25
AN ELEPHANTS FOOT.

Tho circumference Proved to lie Nearly
Half the Animals Height.
Any one who has even glanced at
the foot of an elephant must be awar.
that it is ponderous piece of anatomy.
but its actual size is best illustrated
by an anecdote.
Two men in the Central Park Zoo on
New York were speaking on this sub
iect, and one of them thought the cir.
conference of the foot must measure
at least four feet.
His friend laughed at this, but the
younger man, after a second time guag'
ing the size, insisted that his guess was
correct.
Nonsense - quite impossible!" ex.
claimed his friend.
And then, as the younger man still
claimed that he was right, they laid q
wager and referred the matter to the
keeper.
what is the circumference Of the
fore foot of that big elephant?" they
asked
"The circumference Of an e1ephant'a
foot is very nearly half the animal's
height" replied the keeper.
will you be so good as to measure
it?" asked the amazed visitor.
And the keeper got long cord and
went in beside the monster, Bazsle,
who stands eight feet, five inches in
height.
'Of course l measure while the ami
NAL is standing squarely on all fours,
he said. IF l were to take the foot up
from the floor, 1t would not be quite
30 large a small part of that size is
caused by the spreading out of the soft
matter of the foot by the pressure OF
the animals own weight"
He drew the cord around the monster
foot, held it up, and measured it with
a tape line. The figures showed four
feet, two inches.
The man who had lost the bet paid It.
with the remark that he did not think
he was paying too dearly for that Gu
rious bit of neutrality-suspicious. Days.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-25
Humbugging the Ruralist.

All people enjoy being humbugged
apparently ihe hard headed, practical
farmer better than anybody else. He
likes to hear of extraordinary new
vegetable growths that will make him
a fortune in year or two without any
more culture than planting the seed
He might know from his common
sense, however, that when the story
of some new plant or grain reads like
fairy tale it is humbug. Such
stories originate in two ways. In the
one case they emanate from the brain
of the space writer for the newspaper,
a person who will concoct any lie,
however impossible, for the sake Of
getting his So or SIS a column. In the
other case the fake story comes from
unscrupulous seedsmen and seed
agents who want TO trap the agrlcultu'
rist into buying their stuff. Little they
care whether the thing grows at all or
if it does grow whether it may not be
a noxious weed that will be a pest to
the universe. 1t is a pity that among
SO many honest and worthy seedsmen
there are some Of that kind. One Of
the fake stories that went the rounds
was about the fortunes to be made IN
chilli peppers. Another told OF the
extraordinary virtues of a Russian
weed called by some saghalien. Then
there is the Idaho pea, no doubt ek,
tremely useful in Its way, but 1t VIII
not grow everywhere, and 1t will moi
do all that is claimed for it.
Time after time the farmer has been
trapped with machines, with chemical
preparations and with plants only to
find when his money has been spent
that if one wishes to be successful
there is nothing like pegging away at
the work Immediately under your
nose, at the same time watching every
opportunity of bettering yourself that
comes your way.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-25
The Canary Bird Trade.

For more than century the breed
fng of canaries has been a thriving
industry in parts of Germay. In 1850
the German dealers began to ship the
birds to New York, and then to South
America and Australia. The profits
are small, but the industry is godsend
to the poor, who make the small wood
en- cages. 1t Is estimated that about
two hundred and fifty thousand canary
birds are raised every year in Germany.
The most important market is the
United States which takes about one
hundred thousand birds per annum.
When the birds are shipped to this
country they are always accompanied
by an attendant. On the return voyge
these attedats take American birds
and animals to Europe
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-25
HOODOO ENGINES.
Strange stories Told by the Men in the
Illinois Central Shops.

Strange stories Told by the Men I'm the
Illinois Central Shops.
Every engine that comes for repairs
to the great shops of the Illinois Cen
trail at Burnside has a story of inter-
est to tell.
Sometimes the engine is an old 'lun-
ker" that looks as If it might have
served as ballast for Noah's ark. and
its recital of injuries may be the COM
monplace relation of a pig on the track
and humping over ties to the dam
age of frame and rivets. Again, II
may be the shapeless remains of what
once pulled the finest vestibuled ex-
press on the road, and its story may
be mutely, but not the less graphically
told on the footboard by the stain that
was once the blood of the brave engi-
neer or fireman.
Few engines as well as few engi-
neers serve very long on the road with
out going through an accident" said
man who had worked his way
through various positions to one of the
most responsible posts in the great
shop. Some of the engines come in
here as wrecks any number of times
/ guess there is no fabrication about
the stories one hears of hoodooed en-.
gines. There are q few on every road
They cause more losses of pay and
position among the engineers than all
the rest of the rolling stock. including
hand cars. Thev seem infected with
evil spirits. They will start backward
or forward when there is nobody near
the throttle, or so l have heard repu-
| table engineers swear with tears in
their eyes. OF course. the company
doesn't believe it. and the engineer, II
he has not already lost an arm or a
leg. loses a few weeks pay or his DO.
sition in consequence of something
which he could not help. These hoo.
doc engines cut strange capers when
they break loose. If they can't man.
age to knock the underpinning ou,
from viaduct or bridge they will turn
three or four somersaults into a creek
instead of smashing things in an or
| dinary way. They generally damage
themselves very little and we have tc
keep patching them up and sendins
them out time and time again. II
they would only destroy themselves all
the engineers would be glad.
Other engines only come to the
shop once, but then they come to stay
l remember one engine that had gone
remarkably long time without
smashup of any kind. 1t was run By
one of the oldest engineers on the
road. He was about sixty-elght year.
old and had spent most of his life a.
an engineer. yet he had never been In
wreck. One day, just before h,
pulled out, he said to the boys that II
would be his last run. as he was coins
to retire from the road the next day
and spend the remainder Of his life ir
peace and comfort. He spoke truly il
part for it was his last run. He wa.
going fifty miles an hour when he me
a freight coming head on. The engi
neer was instantly killed and there
was not much more than enough O.
that engine left to make a good sizet
hsh sinker 1t was the first acciden
and the last run for both the engine
and it's driver. Chicago Times Her
aid.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-25
Colder Weather Help to Retail Trade.
Next Year Expected BY Business Men To
Sc Better Than This One.

R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review
of trade says:
All markets and all industries are
working toward the period of Thanks
giving, of stock taking and of holi-
days. Colder weather has done much
to accelerate retail trade, SO greatly
delayed in many lines by unusually
mild and open weather. The pro-
ducing force increases on the whole,
and many manufacturers are unable
to take all the orders offered, while
others are committed as far ahead as
they are willing to be.
The output in several great indus
tries is considerably the largest ever
known and confidence in yet greater
business next year is unabated. Hest
tation in speculative markets is in
part because an immense capital has
been turned from them to investment
in productive enterprises.
Wheat has advanced a cent during
the week, and small fluctuations have
been due to reports about Argentina
rather than to the heaviest exports
ever known.
Iron products have changed but
slightly in price, with wire nails a
shade lower, and the consumption oi
pig is the largest ever known. There
is less activity in bars at the east, but
healthy demand at the west for
manufacturing, car building and other
uses, and rails are in larger demand
there, while some eastern works have
recently taken orders for months
ahead.
The wooden market is embarrassed
by the delay of winter weather, which
retards orders from clothiers, although
most works have enough work for
some time, and though cold weather
would quickly bring change, prices
of wool are SO high that some mills
have stopped part of their looms.
Cases are mentioned of mills which
could realize profit of $aoo,ooo to
100000 by selling the wool they
hold, but can expect none by manu-
featuring at current prices.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-25
POISONED BY SWALLOWING SPIDERS
A Minister Died from the Effects of One
Concealed in His Food.

A Minister Died from the Effects of One
Concealed in His Food.
Some remarkable cases of internal
poisoning from the bites of spiders, ac-
cidentally swallowed, have been re-
ported recently in Kentucky. A Meth
odist minister, the Rev. Silas Spurrier,
swallowed a small spider which had
been concealed in an apple dumpling.
The inflammation from the bites of
the concealed enemy rapidly increased
and the patient died before relief could
be given. The case has attracted es-
pecial attention from the rumor that q
woman had purposely placed the spider
in the dumpling. When Investigations
were made it was found that the per-
son suspected had left the country. A
woman in Frankfort named Mrs. Par
die also swallowed black water spider
by accident recently. The poison from
the bites spread itself through her sys-
tenn until her head and face were badly
swollen. She finally recovered.-New
York Tribune.