The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09
PEGLER is A PRIZE.
He Is Like George Washington BE.
cause Ne Is So Different

He Is Like George Washington BE-
cause lie Is So Different.
Everybody in newspaper circles Is laughing
at the holy show" Arthur Joshua Pegler
of the Minneapolis Journal, made of himself
around Walker. Although he didn't get
within a mile of a hostile Indian and didn't
see the fights of Wednesday and Thursday at
all (every correspondent at Walker win make
affidavit to this, he gave his paper full and
detailed description of all the fighting. and
the Journal swallowed the bait like a sun
fish in May. His matter, from his remark
THE Jorg is thing apart " to the end of
the chapter, has developed into the humor of
the campaign. The St. Cloud Times has
picked out few OF Pegler's gems. It says:
1.-The present Leech lake Indian war has
brought to the front another newspaper hero
He is the Minneapolis Journal correspondent.
and he goes by the euphonious name Of Peg
Ter Arthur J. Pegler ii you please who il
English, quite English, you know"
Pegler appears to be everywhere Indeed.
Judging from his specials to the Journal.
Pegler is ''de whole push" From Walker,
Peg.er sent specials to the Journal which con-
tained the following paragraphs
The Brainerd gang are going to kill In
dams. l expect Gus Beaulieu back with my
dispatch boat every minute. This man ought
to be Indian agent. I don't care hang for
the political end Of it.
THE temper of the soldiers here and at the
agency is something to make man gasp.
The Irishmen at the agency are walking about
whimpering to themselves like so many pun
ished children. If ever they are a. owed TO
get in this game, no officer on Gods green
earth VII be able to hold them.
"O'Connor had the tightest squeeze of his
life A Winchester ball passed under his arm
and burned the flesh. without cutting his
~ i
Tinker. the inspector. was ready to die with
heart failure and took refuge in the pilot
house.
The newspaper correspondents, Brill. Of
the Pioneer Press; Beaton, Of the Tribune.
and Knappen. of the Times. are still with the
troops" Out Pegler; ah, where was Pegler0
Immediately on my return from Bear island
I sent my chartered steamer with the re-
doubtable Gus Beaulieu aboard to pick the
boys up, if there is any such thing. Beaulieu
is absolutely fearless If he doesn't bring the
lads home, am going back with him again.
Unarmed, ill-clad, out of condition. without
food or drink, the press representatives with
Bacon are IN a desperate strait.
"Beaulieu and l will go back into the mid
die OF the hostile Indians this afternoon, IL
we can find them He says he can end the
war, and believe no can. II bringing in the
men wanted will do 1t.
rifle balls in the last forty-elght hours than
ever l care to meet again"
The Sleepy Eye Dispatch, a newspaper with
long memory, takes this wallop at thS
young man who uses truth ''siEgery" be-
cause there is so little of it around:
The Journals Mr.. Pegler is up ST Walker
Mimi, writing Indian war specials for his pa
per. Mr. Pegler is the enterprising journalist
to Redwood Falls the day preceding the date
of the hanging and who wired his paper from
here the full particulars of Q) an attack on
the prisoner at Sleepy Eye by IAN Infatuated
mob.' 90 full particulars of the hanging
with the dull thud' In the proper place. Mir.
Peglers special was all right except Cd there
was no attack on the prisoner at Sleepy Eye,
(2) the prisoner was not hanged. Except
these minor discrepancies fault could De
found with the repart.