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The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
The Pennsy,s Depot Fire.

Philadelphia, March 22.-The officials
of the Pennsylvania railroad state that
the fire at the Jersey City station was
not so serious as first reports would in
dicate The main damage was the de-
,struction of the waiting room and res
taurant. None of the ferry slips were
injured, and there was but slight inter
ruption of traffic. The lobby has been
fitted up for a ticket Office and waiting
rooms and the passageways to all the
slips are in use. The train shed is prac-
tically intact. The total loss win not
exceed ST., 600
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
CABINET TALKS WAR.
The President and His Advisers Said to
Favor Intervention.


Washington, March 23.-Secretary
Long authorizes the statement that the
report of the Maine court of inquiry
VIII reach Washington on Thursday
or Friday; that it is very voluminous,
and that its publication and transmits
sion to congress will not occur until
next Monday or Tuesday, as the presi-
dent will require that much time to
give the document the mature consid-
GRAFTON its nomentous character re-
quires. Other cabinet officers state that
the general plan includes the sending Of
a presidential message with the report
stating that Spain has been called upon
to make suitable response to the case
presented by the court of inquiry. While
the cabinet associates of the president
maintained their usual reserve as to
the exact character Of their delibera-
tons, yet it is conceded that they are
now proceeding on the theory that the
coming report Will show that the
Maine explosion was not the result Of
an accident, but was due to an external
cause.
There is no doubt that substantial
unanimity exists on the part Of the
president and all his cabinet both as
TO the Maine question and the general
subject of Cuba. The possibility of a
recourse TO Intervention in case Spain
should decline to make suitable re-
sponse to the representations this coun-
try viii make after receiving the Maine
reporS has been fully discussed, al
though necessarily 1t has been an abb
straet discussion thus far, and no con-
clusion has been reached or is possible
until the vital question as to the courts
findings is before the president and cab
met.
At the Same time there is a very evil
dent intention to consider all eventuali-
ties, including The recourse to inter-
vention, the recognition Of independence
and other methods which appear to
suitably meet the requirements Of such
a condition. 1t is believed to be the
intention of the president, however, to
bring about very material and satis~
factory condition in Cuba by what shall
seem to be The best and most practica-
gble method of obtaining this end. 1t is
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
howard Gould TENDERS His Yacht.

New York, March 19.-Howard Gould
has made formal offer without cost of
his new ocean going steam yacht Nj
agara to Commander J. w. Miller Of
the state naval reserves, and the offer
mas been accepted by Commander Mil
.er in the name Of the governor of New
York, who has thanked Mr.. Gould very
heartily and has said all manner of
handsome things to him concerning his
patriotism and generosity. The yacht is
now nearing completion at the yard of
the Harlan & Hollingsworth company,
wilmington, Del.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

any one or all these things and II So.
how far is another question. / am not in
favor of annexation, not because i would
apprehend any particular trouble from it,,
but because it is not wise policy to take
in any people Of foreign tongue and train
element. The fear that If free the p-osle
Of Cuba would be revolutionary is nyt So
well founded as has been supposed. A.ld
the conditions for self governme Mt are far
more favorable. The large nunbsr Of ecn-
Gated and patriotic men, the great sac1l-
fees they have endured, the i.saceabie
temperament of the people. whites ard
blacks; the wonderful prosperity that would
surely come with peace and good home
English immigration and money would al
be strong factors for stable institutions
But it is not my purpose at this time nor
any plan I merely speak of the symptoms
as l saw them but do not undertake TO
prescribe Such remedial steps gs may be
REQUIRED may safely be left to an American
president and the American people
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
MANY BANKS CAUGHT
THE EXTENSIVE FRAUDULENT sOFEE
ATIoNs or soUTHALL.

Ranking Institutions All Over the Coun.
,,-a,.a e.,,,..,,4 ca,necticut IsanIx 4
c..,. =.
'H''i''-77
sued Bogus Time Checks'
G. -, .1ara,, % Taroee a so,,tb-
9e aui, - ~ f3s.tts5 e,+,+as ~.
aii' S'iie' az ,af.t ~ .,,,s,.., ,,,tit
si.iesl ,s.e, has .onfassed "a the
d le" ~ g t9s,,1 s,,ly tl,at he
p - -. ,,..1ss a,,d inai.
"a ~ ,ta,,t ,,f aa,.l,1 saoo 900
sis.pS''9 at - Eo ha,,l[s s,e Interested
WI s.lssn' - -, 1s,;se Ct pam
nan = y1.4e.1 ..,d rtl,a.s al over the
,l,,,,,t-,r f,.,,,, Sas Nqoi,,ae f. Boston.
ono Ct PAM man holds $40 900 OF
Southalls discounted paper. 1t is stated
that the losses of st. Paul banks will
not aggregate more than $4,000 Coun-
ty banks in this state and in Wisconsin
will. lose $4,000
Southall operated wholly by means OF
hypothecating time checks, and he ap-
pears to have carried on a scheme Of
this kind nearly the whole Rf the 10
years he worked for the government,
Local banks which first became inter-
ested through some Hartford holders OF
the paper began an Investigation three
weeks ago and became satisfied from
what we're considered reliabis sources
that the amount of checks ce.t was far
in excess of the money appre 2f,; ted by
the government for the work o. te ap-
per Mississippi river.
Proceeding with their invest sstae1
in behalf of themselves and their Ger
respondents out of the city, the iosel
bankers called upon Southall for al
explanation. After several interviews
in which it is said he tried very hard
to prove there was nothing in the
claims he finally admitted that fully
20 per cent of the checks now outstand-
ing are worthless.
southalI Asked to Explain
As all the checks are alike and the
worthless ones merely contain fictitious
names. it is impossible to tell which are
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

Boston, March ga bill to regulate
inhiction of the death penalty providing
that all executions shall be at the state
prison and that death by electricity be
for hanging, was passed, to
be engrossed in the lower branch Of the
legislature. The same body also en-
crossed the bill prohibiting the manu-
facture or sale in this commonwealth
of cigarettes covered in whole or in
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
Date r1xed For Adjournment.

Albany, March 23-The state senate
Monday amended the assembly's con-
current resolution fixing March % as
the date for final adjournment by max
ing the time March 81. The assembly
has agreed to the change. The Weekes
bill, permitting nonprofessional games
or sports ON Sunday, was among the
bills advanced in the assembly.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

GENERAL WILLIAM M. GRAHAM.
under thorough consideration. While
the army administration is thus prose-
cutting vigorously the preparations for
offensive operations in the field. the
means for defending the country, es-
pecially on the eastern and southern
coasts, still go on. Plans for fortifica-
tfons in several localities were discussed
in a conference of the secretary of war
and engineer officers of the army, and
bids for supplying projectiles for sea-
coast guns We're opened in the bureau
Of ordnance. Fifteen firms submitted
proposals to manufacture 9S7 10-inch
500 pound solid shot, $40 12-inch sos
pound mortar shells and 800 12-inch
1000 pound mortar shells. The figures
indicate that the lowest bid is that OF
the Petersburg iron works, which Of
fered 10-inch solid shot at S12.66 each,
12-inch 800 pound mortar shells at $21. .2S.
and 12-inch 1000 pound shells at $23.97,
but as the bidders had to give the time
when they could deliver the projectiles
the award may not be made according
to the lowest figures. This concern Of
fers to have one-haIf of the solid shot
ready in 40 days and the remainder in
70 davs
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

Omaha. March 21.-Judge Slabaugh
has sentenced Charles Hendricks to IS
years Imprisonment at hard labor for
highway robbery. The prisoner held up
three men, shot two and got 10 cents.
He was captured by his third victim.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

Johannesburg. March 21.The Stand
ard and Diggersf News, in seemingly
Inspired article SAYS; War is almcst
Inevitable unless Eng and abandons her
claim to suzerainty
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

Hudson, n. r., March 2.-Charles i.
Barton, proprietor of the United States
hotel at valatie, died suddenly here.
For many years he was proprietor OF
the Chatham House at Chatham.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

General Veazey was born in Rocking
ham county, N. H.. Dec. ;, 1895, and
there passed his esc.y life. He was
graduate Of Dartmouth college and was
admitted to the bar in Vermont in lsSO,
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
I,elmont oTers His Yacht.

New York. March 17.-Hon. Perry
Belmont has generously placed his
steam yacht Satanella at the disposal
Of the navy in case of war with Spain.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
GENERAL vEAzEY DEAD.
Former Commander In Chief of the G.
A. r. Expires In Mashington.

washington, March q. = General
Wheelock G. Veazey of Vermont, ex-
commander in chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic and formerly member
of the interstate commerce commission,
died here last night at s o'clock.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

William e. Gladstone arrived at Ha-
warden, having borne the journey well.
Six officers and one hundred men Of
French expedition in Madagascar are
said to have been killed by natives.
The canal investigating commission.
organized in Albany and asked the
New York state legislature to extend
it's time for one month.
John Donaldson, Jr.. accused of hav-
ing swindled jewelers. in Maiden lane.
New York, was caught in Boston after
a chase of three years,
Henry Braun. a pugilist, died in st.
Francis hospital, Trenton, the result of
a blow inflicted by Jack Smith at the
Palace Sporting club, in that city.
A tornado and blizzard ragged in the
south and west A man was fatally
hurt in Missouri. The mercury dropped
40 degrees in Kansas and Nebraska.
Cattle and winter wheat viii suffer se-
yerely.
The Paulist Fathers of New York ac-
lcused the officials of Roosevelt hospital
LOT discriminating against them, insult
ing them when they go to the institu-
tion and of compelling one priest to
leave the hospital as he was adminis-
teriila the last sacrament to a dying
Patient.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

Prospective Mobilization of Infantry ane
Cavalry on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
Army omcers Studying the Topography
Of Cuba-Large Orders For Munitions
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-21
NEW ELEMENTS IN AIR.
Wonderful Discoveries Made by En-.
GI;sh Scientists.

wonderful Discoveries Made by En-.
gl;sh Scientists.
From the New York Sun.
Another interesting communication
has been made by Prof. Ramsey and
Mr. Travers, indicating the presence in
the atmosphere of a variety Of hitherto
unknown substances, probably all the
elements existing in various minute
proportions. Since the discovery of
argon 1t has been a question whether
1t was really a single uniform s,1b-
stance. This was very difficult to set
ne, owing to the impossibility of ap-
Eiylng any ordinary chemical test. but
Prof. Ramsey and Mr.. Trayers an
nounced to the Royal society tonight
the result Of experiments that NAV thus
be briefly summarized:
They prepared a large quantity of
argon from atmospheric nitrogen.
separating the latter gas by means of
cooling 1T with liquid air, they then
fractionally distilled the product The
first portion, consisting Of less than
100 cubic centimetres distilled off from
the liquid obtained by condensing eigh
teen litres of argon, was found to have
a density Of about thirteen instead of
twenty, which is that Of argon, and it's
spectrum ulnGTGu from that of tho
known gases. The yellow line was Iess
refrangible than those characteristic of
helium and crypton, being especially
prominent.
On continuing the distillation, after
nearly the whole of the liquid argon
had been evaporated. a solid was OBJ
tanned which only slowly volatilized.
me gas into which this solid was con-
verted was found to be practicaIlv of
the same density as argon, but its spec
trum was altogether different and pecu-
liar, consisting for the most part of
hands, not lines
1t is proposed to call the lighter eIe-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-21
NEW CAPITOL FOR THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA.
Proposals to Purchase Certificates
of Indebtedness

Proposals to Purchase Certificates
of Indebtedness.
Sealed proposals. in duplicate, will be re-
ceived at the Office of the Board of State
Building, st. Paul, Minnesota, at any time
prior to II o'clock a. m. June oath. 1898, and
at that time will be opened by the Board
for the purchase Of certificates of indebted
ness to the total amount Of 100000, to be
dated and issued July LIST. 1898. bearing 4
annually, at the office Of the State Treasurer,
600 July 1st 1901; $50, 600 July list. 1902: said
certificates being issued under the provisions
of Chapter So Of the General Laws of 1887
approved April Sd, 1897, fer the purpose Of
of the new Capitol for the State Of Mime
sofa. Proposals will be received for any por-
ton of said issue. Said certificates will he
issued in sums of so, 100. 500 and LOCO dol
lars, or upwards, and intending purchasers
are requested to designate their preference
Copies OF the act authorizing this issue
may be obtained, and specimen copy Of
said certificates may be SEEN on applica-
ton to the Secretary at the office Of the
Board.
The right is reserved to reject any and
tty in any bid. If 1t be deemed in the in
terest of the state to do so. Proposals re-
ceived after the time stated will be returned
to the bidders. Proposals must be enclosed
in envelopes. sealed and marked Proposals
for the purchase Of certificates of indebted
ness" and addressed to the Board of State
Capitol Commissioners.
For the Board of State Capitol Commits.
sioners.
CLAIMING sEABURY,
Vice President.
St. Paul. June 9Th. 1898.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-21
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made IN the condl-
tions OF certain mortgage bearing date Of
Fourteenth day Of November, one thousand
wife, mortgagors, to Mabel NJ BIaIn, mort
gage, and recorded in the Office of the Regis
ter of Deeds of Ramsey County, Minnesota
on the sixteenth day of November, one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-one, at II 80
O'Clock A. NJ, in Book "275 OF Mortgages, ON
page AZ. upon which mortgage there is now
due and payable the sum of Five Hundred
Eighty-Seven Dollars (s5S) authority to fore
close recorded In co. of Powers, Sid
Now, therefore, Notice Is hereby given, that
by virtue OF the power of sale IN the said
mortgage contained and the statute in such
case made and provided. che said mortgage
will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction.
to the highest bidder for cash, Of the premises
therein described, to be made by the Sheriff
of said Ramsey County, at the Cedar Street
entrance to the Ramsey County Court House,
in the City Of st. Paul, Ramsey County, Min
nesota, on Wednesday, July sixth, 1898 at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon, to satisfy the amount
which Will then be due upon the said mort
gage, the costs and disbursements of sale, and
attorneys fees stipulated to be paid in case
of foreclosure of the said mortgage
The premises described in the said mortgage
Of land lying and being in the County of
Ramsey and State of Minnesota described as
follows, to-wit: Lot numbered thirty nine
(39) Of A.. Vance Browns Subdivision of Block
Ramsey's Addition to St. Paul. according to
the recorded Plat thereof, on file In thu
office of the Register of Deeds, in and for
said County.
Dated at St. Paul, Minnesota. Nav % 1893
MABEL M. BLAIN.
Stringer & Seymour,
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Natl. Ger. Am. Bank Bldg,
st. Paul. Minnesota.
may2A-7t-iulyk
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-21
THE TERRIBLE KNOUT.
NOW Used Only as Punishment for
the Crime OF Murder.

Now Used Only as Punishment for
the Crime OF Murder.
From Bulletin Of American Geographical
Society.
F'logging by the Inout has bsen pro-
hlpited In Siberia. It is allowed only
on the island Of Sakhalin, and for mur-
der. No Russian civilian is allowed to
witness an execution Of that sort; GER
tainly no traveller You can look over
any book you like. even any romance
you like, and l think you will find that
no author ventures to say that he him
self saw case Of hogging.
Although the governor and 1 were so
so intimate. noticed for the first time
one day little constraint in him. I
met the DOCTOR, and said. you do NOT
look very WE'LL We'll" he said, II am
very unhappy. There is a case which
mas come into court for f1ogging for
murder. and l don't like it."
1t was not thing that I would like
to see, but l thought that somebody
who was competent should know what
this fiogging by the knout was. and.
lS,WeVer painful it might be to myself
1 had better see 1t for the purpose Of
truth. L saw very well that the COVER
nor was keeping something from me.
Here comes the advantage of being a.
doctor. The prison doctor went to the
governor and said that the prisoners
case was so critical that he could not
take the responsibility of deciding
whether he was fitted for the punish
ment, at the examination which must
take place four hours before, and he
asked that I might come in consu.ta-
tion with him. L afterward went and
saw the flogging. 1t took place in the
great yard Of the prison. in the pres
ence of the governor. the surgeon and
myself. The criminal was stretched out
on a table in the middle of the yard.
and behind him stood the executioner.
To the right was the man who kept the
tally, and counted aloud each blow
as it fell; one. two, three, and so on to
the end.
l have never seen anything which
was SO painful to witness. The knout
has large, thick handle; the strands
of the whip are divided into three by
Knots, and with hard end, and the
scourge descends like bird of prev
and picks out the piece.
The only pleasant thing about 1t is
the end. AS soon as it was over, and
the man was not dead, he was taken to
the hospital. and the DOCTOR who was
one of the best of men, cared for him
just as much as If he had been a sick
woman in New York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-21
MORTGAGE SALES,
Notice of MOrfcaro Sov

NOTICE or Mortgage Sale
DEFAULT having been made in tho oord,
tons OF a certain mortgage, bearing date of
June second, one thousand eight hundred and Id
Cristine Hanson. his wife, mortga9ors af 10
Helen Cochran. mortgage, and Recorded -; IN
the office OF the Register of Deeds of Ramsey
County, Minnesota. on the second day Of iune
1880, at 1850 o'clock P. NJ, in Book s'2sS,' 81
Mortgages, on page 21S, upon which mortpa 90
there Is now ", due and payable the sum of Nine
amount includes the sum of Nineteen ana
6-l0o dollars Sl9.06) taxes of 1895; sixteen and
45-!Oo dollars &16. 40. taxes of 1897, and three
and LOO dollars &30D. City Assessment for
local improvements, paid By mortgages on tn.
property described in said mortgage: and
Whereas. the said Helen Cochran is now
tate of said Helen Cochran, deceased have
been duly issued to Elizabeth Cochran and
Agnes Cochran, who duly qualified as such ex-
ecutrioes, and now are the fully authorized
and acting executives of the last will and
testament of Helen Cochran, deceased and
authsnticated copies Of said letters testament
office Of the Register of Deeds in and for ths
County Of Ramsey and State of Minnesota. in
Be- 1884, e. Of Miscellaneous Records. on pages
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given tha,
by virtue OF the power, of sals-in the said
case made and provided. the said mort saea
will be foreclosed by a sale at pabio
aueOn to the highest bidder for cash Of
n ha
made by the Sheriff Of said RamseT
County. at the Cedar street entrance to the
Ramsey County court house, in the City of
st. Paul, Ramsey inns SS., County, Minnesota on
o'clock in the forenoon. to satisfy the amount
which will then be due upon the said mort
gage, the costs and disbursements of sale and
Fifty dollars attorneys fees, stipulated to be
paid in case of foreclosure of the said mort
gage.
The premises described in the said mort.
gage and SO to be sold are all that tract or par
eel of land in the County of Ramsey ana
State Of Minnesota described as follows. to-
wit: Lot number twenty-four GA, of Charlie.
Weides Subdivision of Black number thirty.
five (35), of Arlington Hills Addition to Sain,
Paul. according to the plat thereof on file and
of record in the office of the Register ~
Deeds in and for said County of Ramsey.
Dated at st. Paul, Minnesota, May IL. 1898.
ELIZABETH COCHRAN AND AGNES
COCHRAN
AS Executives of the Last Will and Tesla.
ment of Helen Cochran, Deceased, Mort
gage.
Stringer & Seymour
Attorneys for said Executrices
Natl. Ger.-Am. Bank Bldg
st. Paul. Minnesota.
7t-tues
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-21
Van SAINT STANDS TO WIN
HE HAS THE CALL OVER
EUSTIS In HENNEPIN
10th sides Are Making Claims, hut
Indications Are That the Home
Candidate Has Il Shade the Worst
OF the Situation 1t Stands ut
the Present Time - Minneapolis
News.

Tomorrow evening the Republican pri-
maries to select delegates to choose delega.
To the state convention. will be held in Hen
hepin county. In this county the probability
Is that the vote polled viii be of more than
ordinary magnitude, owing to the interest
which has developed in the contest between
TIE parusans of w. II. Eustis tie home can
cldate. and Capt S. X. Van SAINT, of Wi
mona.
The result will probably depend 10 a great
extent upon the number of voters who turn
cut at the primaries, the larger the vote the
better the chances of success for Eustis
Both sides are making bold Gains and ex-
press the utmost confidence but it would
seem that the Van SAINT forces having the
organization AID tie best party workers, had
somewhat the best of It. The Eustis men
are working hard and have put up a fight
winch hiss comp led the opposition to change
their estimates within the past few days al
simit that re would secure votes which at
hiSt they claimed Sol!dly Tor Van SAINT
The county convention will meet Thursday
ahc the delegates selected for the state con-
Ventlon: II the Eustis men win 1t is I: obal Ie
mat John II. Steele will be elected cnairman
o. the convention. Who the Van SAINT men
wili choose has not yet been limited at. In
the election of tho chairman of that con-
Nention will come the real test vote