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old pains again. He finally got worse,
and took some morphine to aliay the
terrible pain. It is not known just
when the abscesS broke. Mrs. Martha
Wheaton, the doctors aged mother,
did everything TO revive her dying son.
In a short time tne household be
came alarmed at the doctors condition,
and servants were sent in all directions
with messages, summOning the imme-
date friends OF the family. Dr.. Fultoo,
who has been treating Dr.. Wheaton,
with the assistance Of other physicians
who soCs. arrived, did his utmost for
the unconscious man. Frantic efforts
to revive him were made by some of
the most prominent members of the St
Paul medical profession.
The condition of DR.. Wheaton start
led the physic ans who had been called
1t was readily seen that he who had
been in the prime of manhood and in
the best of health but few short hours
before was in the throes of death.
An effort was made to find Mrs.
Wheaton, who had not returned from
her drive, and who was yet bli5sfully
ignCrant of the condition of her hus-
band. When she did arrive Mr. Wheat
on had already taken on the stupor
from which he never recovered.
Sadder incidents are seldom recorded
than that home coming of the grief
bands condition was broken to her as
gently as possible. But Dr. Wheaton
passed away without even recognizing
his WIFE, as all efforts to restore con-
scousness~ were futile.
Even the veteran physicians, accus-
toned to seeing the saddest incidents Of
life, were moved to tears as they saw
the life of their associate going out.
The relatives of the deceased are:
Mrs. Martha A. Wheaton, DR.. Whea-
tons mother; Mrs. T. T. Smith, a sis
ter; Mrs. John F. Fulton a sister; Mrs.
N. P. Langford. a sister, and DR.. Charles
A. Wheaton, a brother his associate in
the practice Of medicine.
DR.. Wheaton was thirty-four years.
and was right in the midst of ripe
manhood. During his six years prac-
ttce in the city he had established an
enviable reputation as one of the lead
ing practitioners in the Northwest.
He was very active in the various
medical organizations of the state He
was a member of the Ramsey County
Medical society and professor of minor
surgery at the state university. He
also was honored with a title in the
national guard when his appointment
as captain and assistant surgeon of the
militia was made. He was a member
Of the American Medical society, and
an active Mason.
Dr. Wheaton was born in Mortified,
Mimi, being one Of the thirteen chill
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Raleigh were Informed Of it's existence.
''The clerk in the employ Of Minister
de LONE saw no more Of the letter.
His memory-written abstracts were
forwarded to New York, and it was
quickly agreed that, could possession
of the letter be obtained and his state
ment proved to be true the letter would
be of incalculable value to the Cuban
cause as substantiating what Cuban
leaders maintained regarding autonomy
and the general Spanish policy, in Of
fetal circles, toward this country and
it's officers. Immediately words of
warning and urgings to be on the alert
We're sent to every Cuban who might
be in a position to obtain track Of or
intercept the much-sought-for miSSiVe.
"The Letter Reached Havana
five days after it's postmark in Wash
ington. An agent of the Cuban party
who is an employe of the Spanish post
office knew that the letter was on the
way, and when it came into his hands
it was carried from the postoffice and
a copy was made of it. Word to this
effect was sent to the Cuban leader in
Jacksonville. Fla, who at once asked
the secret Cuban junta in Havana to
secure the original letter-that a copy
was not what was desired. The Ha-
vana postoffice clerk was not willing
to do this at first, but afterward con-
Sented, as he was obliged to account
for a certain number of letters to other
employees of the department. The
original was then taken, several blank
sheets were substituted in place of the
paper upon which De Lone had writ
ten, and the letter finally postmarked
in the Havana office and sent on its
rival in the Havana office the sealed
envelope, properly addressed to Senor
Canalejas, was delivered at the Hotel
Inglaterra. Senior Canalejas did not re-
gard the matter seriously at the time,
although the hotel boy who brought the
letter and the postoffice employe who
had last charge of it were arrested. S }
also was the hotel employe who went
several times daily to the poStoffice for
the mails. All three were discharged
after an examination.
"Senor Canalejas communicated al
most Immediately with Minister de
Lone, and for several weeks letters
and cablegrams passed between the
two, but no trace of the letter could be
obtained. Canalejas shortly thereaf-
ter left Havana, going to Madrid.
'It is not explained why the letter
was kept by the Cubans for several
weeks before it was given out for pub
lication. An informant, other than the
person who gave the foregoing, but
who is on the inside in Cuban official
circles, declares that the delay was oc>
.casioned by a desire on the part Of the
junta to be assured absolutely that the
writing was that Of the Spanish min
lister, so that he might not have any
chance to deny its authorship and
thus cause q. reaction, which undoubt-
edly would have been the result Of the
propagation of a fake"
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"BOB" WHEATON TAKEN
THE POPULAR PHYSICIAN DIES AL
MOST WITHOUT WARNING
ST. Paul Is Shocked by the Sudden
Demise of One of Its Most Promi-
nent Medical Practitioners-His
Passing Away Was Peculiarly
Pathetic.

Not in years has ST. Paul been shock
ed by the death so unexpected, of one
so prominent, as it was last night in
the passing away OF DR.. Robert A.
wheaton, among the foremost mem
bers Of the local medical profession.
Attending in the forenoon to his prac-
ttce as usual, and to all but his init
mates apparently in the best of health,
few knew of the long-standing ailment
which had recently assumed a more ag-
gravated shape, and which snatched
him from the bosom of his family with
the warning of scarcely an hour.
From the family residence at 24S Day
ton avenue the news spread to the re-
motest parts of the city as on the wings
OF the wind. host of friends besieg-
ed the bereaved home, as we'll as the
newspaper offices, to confirm or refute
the tragic rumOr of his death.
But in every case the answer came
only too true.
His sad and sudden demise was caus-
ed by the breaking of an abscess in the
ear. The abscess had been forming
for several years. and DR.. Wheaton's
trouble with it dates back as far as
his early youth. The location of the
abscess was on the base of the parti-
tion between the middle ear and the
brain. When the break occurred yes
terday afternoon, the matter rapidly
absorbed d into the brain, causing septic
mening gifts.
II less than an hour he passed into
a comatOse condition from which he
never recovered. Everything that
| could be was done to save the afflicted
mans life, but to no avail. The three
or four doctors present tried artificial
respiration, but to 10 effect, and DR.
Wheaton died a few minutes after Z
o'c'ock
! Up to o'clock DR. Wheaton was ap-
pareEtly in the bcet of health, and just
three hours later he lay cold in death
Around the dying man We're gathered
the immediate relatives and few close
friends who We're hastily summoned
when it became known that the afiiic-
ticn might be fatal. Those at his bed
side We're Dr. and Ms. Charles Greene
DR.. Herbert Davis, DR.. and Mrs. c. A.
Wheaton. DR.. and Mrs. John F. Fulton
and Brooks Henderson.
Shortly after the family had finished
their nner. DR.. Wheaton sienified his
intention of accompanying his wife and
little girl for a ride over the city The
carriage was ordered, and at the last
moment DIR. Wheaton decided not to
go. He. however, insisted that his wife
and little girl take advantage of the
/ beautiful afternoon.
Dr. Wheaton went to his library to
| seek quiet afternoon, as his practice
had quite worn him out. Later in the
! afternoon he began to experience the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-14
MET AN AWFUL DEATH.
New York Woman Crushed in the
Holland House Elevator

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-N1rs Arthur Levy
wife of member Of the wholesale firm OF
Hays, Goldberg & Co., was instantly killed
tonight in an elevator at the Holland hotel. A
party of ladies, of which Mrs Levy was one
had accepted an invitation of II. C. Marks. a
st. Louis merchant, to go to the Holland
house, where he guest. and look at a
display of photographs which he had gath
cred Reaching the Holland house Mr.. Marks
escorted the ladies to the elevator and gave
orders to have them shown to the parlor, he
returning to the hotel clerk.
On entering the elevator Mrs. Levy placed
her hand upon her forehead and complained
of dizziness to her companions. Before they
could reply the elevator boy had closed the
door OF the shaft, gripped his lever and the
car shot upward with bound. Almost at the
same moment Mrs. Levy reeled and fell with
her head out of the door. The elevator was
about an inch and half from the walls OF
the shaft, and far as the solid walls would
permit, her head extended out. There was
| crash, and the boy, with a dexterous move,
brought his car to stop at the first floor.
II was too late Mrs. Levy lay lifeless
the bottom OF the elevator, her head crushed
in as if by a heavy bludgeon. 1t had been
struck by the slight projection Of the first
floor into the elevator shaft.
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SAFELY AWAY FOR CUBA.
FiIibustcr Gives Spanish Spies at
Tampa, Fla, the
Slim.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. ia
special to the Times Union and Citizen
from Tampa, Fla, says: Almost under
the nose of Edward Gaylor, superin-
tendent of the Spanish spies, large
Cuban expedition left Tampa last night
and tonight sailed from that point on
Pease river.
The men, about seventy in number
walked through the streets of Tampa
about 2 o'clock this morning and board
ed Especial train which quickly bore
them to a pointnear where they were
to embark, and there they remained in
hiding until tonight when a tug took
them cut to the steamer which bore
the to Cuba. Col. Emilio Nunez was in
charge of the steamer. 1t is said Gen.
Sanguilly is the real commander, and
Color in giving this rumor by the fact
thet when the men left here they were
in charge of Col. Lechuga, who was
first lieutenant of the personal staff
selected by Sanguilly when he failed to
get away from Jacksonville. Superin-
tendent Gaylor, his son and another
man have been here looking for San
gully, they believing he was some
where near. 1t is alleged that the Gu
bans have sent Sanguilly away on this
trip to get rid of him in the United
States. The detectives are totally ig-
ne rant Of the departure of this expedi-
IicH IL 10 uiluCIS SlOOu O,cUo IlHSS, O,UUU
pounds of dynamite, 100000 rounds Of
cartridges and a heavy lot of supplies
made up the cargo.
Orange Gets the College.
MANCHESTER. N. H, Feb 13.-At the
session Of the Swedish Lutheran conference it
was voted to permit the trustees of Upsala
college; Brooklyn. N. Y, to do they
pleased in the matter Of it's removal This
means that the college will be moved to New
Orange, N. j., where land valued at sec, ,OOO
and en- endowment fund of S100 600, has been
offered to it, conditioned upon the change
The opposition in the conference wanted the
Brooklyn college abandoned, holding that
Augustana college at Rock Island Ill, was
sufficient for all the needs of the conference
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the city had more or warmer friends.
Two years ago he was married to
Miss Jane Moore, the marriage being
a conspicuous event in society.
The arrangements for the funeral
will be announced today. The various
orga nizations Of which the deceased
was member will probably attend the
funeral as such.
The bursting of the abscess, which
caused death. was the same ahiction
which carried Roscoe Conking off.
Septic meningitis is not at all uncom-
mon, and death invariably results
within few hours.
DR.. Wheaton had made arrangements
and engaged a room in St Luke's hos
pital for next Thursday, when he was
to have been operated upon by a num-
her of local surgeons. The operation
was to have taken place last Thurs
day, but owing to demands of his prac-
tice he postponed the operation one
week. Several consultations were held.
which resulted in the decision that an
operation would be necessary.
The Ramsey County Medical society
will hold special meeting at its head
quarters in the Lowry arcade building
at 1890 o'clock today, to take suitable
action concerning DR.. Wheaton's death.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-14
BADGER STATE TIMBER
WiSCONSiN'S RESOURCES BEING RAPID
LY WASTED BY LOGGERS
Pine Forests Disappearing and MANY
Large Mills in the Northern Part
OF the State Compelled to Shut
DOrvn-Steps for Preservation of
Remaining Resources.
Washington Bureau st. Paul Globe,
COYcordn BuIdinq.

Special to The st. Paul Globe
WASHINGTON, Feb. Estate after
state has of late been waking I'D to an
intelligent interest in the outstanding
OF her forest resources Last summer
the forestry commission appointed by
the governor Of Wisconsin to formulate
legislation for that state called the for
eStry division of the United States de-
partment of agriculture into consulta-
ton on the subject. There was no
money for the commission to spend for
the forest reconnaissance, which was,
of course, a first preliminary, so the
state geological and natural history
survey, charged with the duty of in
curing into the natural resources of
wisconsin, made an approp .iatiOn frc m
its own fund, and DR.. FernoW detailed
Mr. Roth, one of his most competent
assistants, to cooperate with the COM
mission. In a three months tour twen-
ty-seVen counties were visited, COM
prising some 1880, 900 acres, or a little
mere than half the area of the state.
The inquiry developed the fact that
the quantity Of saw timber standing in
the state apprOXimates:
Feet
Varieties. Board Meas.
rlne ;i'''' '''..''.''... 16 665 C0O @ eol
uendo entOch ''' ''''.'.. .''.'..'.. I6lO w gG0
IdTu"oCd .......... Is, ,SSS 0J0, ,UUO
wocdsmen Of hemlock ard still more of
hardwoods vary much more than those
of pine. Lack of experience IN hard
wood estimating, which also confines It
self mostly only to certain kinds, and
the "selectiveness" of the hardwood
markets, which consider only the bet +
sizes or qualities, have led to a great
variation in figures on yield. The gen
eral results above given are probably
very conservative for 10th hem!cck and
hardWoods in spite of the fact that they
represent rather the higher than the
average estimates. more correct
view of present supplies may be obtain
ed from q study Of the following fl cures
in which all the wood supplies are ar
ranged in three classes, a portion of
the hemlock not real saw timber being
thrown together with the cedar and
part Of tamarack and jack pine as a
second class. OF these figures it may
be said that of the 92,0G0O00 cords of
hardwood, fully 3O,OO0,0OO cords-the
equivalent of $4,000. 100000 feet beard
measure-might still be placed With
saw timber:
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Spain and the United States, or inter
rupt the negotiations for a commercial
treaty, will be made by Foreign Min
lister Gullon Immediately following the
gazetting of the royal decree accepting
Senor de Lome's resignation and ap-
pointing his successor as Spain's repre-
sentative at Washington.
On. the other hand the Washington
correspondent of the World says that
Spain has not disavoWed responsibility
for the utterances of Senor de LONE
and does not consider that any dis
claimer Of that character is necessary.
From Spain's point of view the Incl
dent is closed, not only as to De Lone $
reflections upon the president and the
American people, but as to his declara-
ton that autonomy is a mockery and
reciprocity a fraud.
Such is the unsatisfactory informa-
ton contained in the long expected
statement from Mr.. Woodford received
late last night.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-14
DE LONE WAS BETRAYED
SPIES OF THE CUBAN JUNTA AMONG
SPANISH OFFICIALS
Letter Which Has Caused the Span
1sh Minister So Much Trouble
Not Stolen From the United States
Mails, but Intercepted by a Ha-
Vuna Mail Clerk.


PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Feb 13.-The
Press viii print tomorrow what it as
serts to be the true version of the ac-
QUESTION and publication of the letter
from MIR. de Lone to Senor Canalejas.
Ihe authority cited for it's authenticity
is "a Cuban Of the highest standing in
the councils of his party" who receives
his information from headquarters in
New York"
The story proceeds to say: 'The
letter was not stolen from the United
States mails, but was secured by an
agent Of the Cuban junta in the post
office at Havana. Don Jose Canalejas,
to whom the letter was addressed,
never saw the original. He did not
know until eight days after the letter
reached Havana that such a letter
from Spain's representative in Wash
fngton had been written him.
DE LONE wrote the letter in his pri-
Vate residence in Washington, instead
of at the Spanish legation. The paper,
however, was marked with the official
type and read in the corner Legation
de Espana.' The same inscription was
upon the left-hand upper corner Of the
envelope
'Senor de Lone did not mail the let
ter from his house. In fact, he had not
quite completed 1t upon the morning
1t was written, and carried 1t to the
legation, where it was first seen and
noticed by a person who is in the en-
ploy of the embassy, acting in sub
official capacity. The letter lay upon
the desk of the minister in his inner
office, the outer office being his place
of reception to visitors. During an alb
sence of half an hour from the inner
office Of De LONE the clerk in question
saw the open letter and read some of
it.
THE next day this same person sent
word to his Cuban associates in Wash
ington to the effect that he had seen
a letter from De Lone to Canaleias in
which President Mckinley was vilified
and autonomy called a scheme. Sew
eral Of the Cuban leaders got together
and asked the employe of the embassy
TO secure the letter. They did not be-
lieve implicitly In his story, although he
urged them to come into public print
and make charges against De Lone.
Because they did not have the letter
In their possession the leaders refused
10 say anything about 1t. The employe
Of the legation was urged to use all
means In his power to secure the let
ter, although 1t was considered proba-
bile that the letter was already in the
mails when the Cuban's at the Hotel
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PRICE TWO CENTs-y e. Train.
The Globes Bulletin
MONDAY. FEBRUARY Il. 1898.
Light Snow-see Page 4, Col. 1.
Page L.

Page I.
Waste of Timber in Northwest.
De Lone was Betrayed.
DR.. Robert Wheaton Dead.
New England Strike Extends.
Spain Very Sorry.
PAGE 2.
The Wheat Market
Uniform Scale for Insane Hospitals.
Boy Mangled by a Dog.
Page B.
News Of the Northwest.
Special From Surrounding Cities.
Work for Good Roads.
EX-Premier Kalnoky Dead.
Page 4.
Editorial
De Lome's Successor.
Theatrical Reviews.
Page 5.
Twin City Topics.
Mime apoiis Matters.
Westminster Church Dedicated.
Congressional Forecast.
Wants of the People.
Page O.
How the Poor Live.
Letter and His Wheat.
A Postoffice Boycott.
News From the Orient.
Oiibway Joe Dead.
Woman Fights a Panther.
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dren of the venerable Charles A. Whea-
ton, for a generation or more editor
of the Rice County Journal. He re-
ceived his early education at Carleton
college. Previous to entering the Har-
ward Medical school, he was a student
III the preparatory year of the st. Paul
Medical school. He received high hon
ors at Harvard. After graduation he
spent two years in the Boston hospital.
He came to st. Paul in 1892 and be
came the junior member of the firm of
Wheaton & Wheaton. Since then his
success as a physician and surgeon has
been marked.
Dr. Wheaton was q great favorite,
both in society and business circles,
and it is doubtful if any physician in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-14
TowNE SCORES HANNA.
Declares He Is Buyer of Votes and
labor Crusher.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-A special to the
Chronicle from Los Angeles, Cal, says
Charles A. Towne. champion oliver Repub-
lican, who is stunping California and Ore
gon, says he was at Columbus all through
the Ohio senatorial contest He saws:
From what l know personally | am con-
vinced that Marcus A. Hanna purchased his
seat as senator 1 examined fully the larger
part OF the evidence taken in the invest ga
ton Of the Otis charges before the Ohio sen
ate committee. The facts adduced viii con-
vict Hanna Of attempted bribery before any
body of unprejudiced people
The incubus known as Hannaism has
fastened itself upon the Republican party.
and decent partisans are in revolt against
1t. Nothing in his makeup appeals h Amer
leans. His idea is that every man has his
price. He is a labor crusher. a disciple Of
the doctrine that competition in politics or
business must be smashed by fair means or
foul"
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FIRE TOO REALISTIC.
Nearly Caused Holocaust In the
Moline Opera House.

MOLINE, ILL.,, Feb. 13-The Auditorium
opera house with its contents was totally de-
stroyed by fire this evening. Adjoining store
buildings also suffered from fire and water.
The total loss is estimated at $50, 600. The
flames cut off egress from the auditorium
and there were several thrilling rescues by
ropes and ladders. The building contained
the large plant of the Porter printing COM
pany, Electric laundry, Commercial heating
plant, Postal Telegraph company, etc.
Arnold's Fun Makers troupe lost their en-
tire outfit. The loss is covered by insuancer.
Half a dozen persons were in the dormin-
tories of the building and narrowly escaped
burning to death, all the stairways having
been burned. Two men slid down a rope
from the third floor and two women and two
men were rescued by means of ladders. The
-uilding was a five-story brick and is total
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Orphans in n Panic.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Feb. 13.-FlTe this
evening broke out in the st. Aemilianus or
city, where 300 children are quartered. Most
of the children were playing outside at the
time. while the remainder were scattered in
of the children took fright and ran away
and late tonight several are rounded up IN
police stations in different sections of the
city. Those in the building were marshaled
out In safety. The damage TO the structure
was small.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-14
ASSAY UP TO $4,000.
Remarkable Richness of Gold Ore
SAMPLES From FIIoru Cnun

CHICAGO. Feb. 1S.-special to the Times
Herald from Colorado Springs, Col: Capt.
Davis prospec;or of thirty years experience
in mining camps is here with samples Of ore
from his lease on the Colonel Sellers mine
at EldOra, Colorado's new mining camp.
The assays on the samples range from SlI0OO
to $4,000 per ton.
"EldCra," remarked the captain "is the
most promising gold camp in my experience
and will undoubtedly have a population OF
- go by August. 1t Is surely destined to
make another Cripple Creek. People are
1ocking there, and real estate Is on a big
boom"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-14
CELESTIALS GET NO REST.
French Collect an Indemnity
England After New Treaty
Ports.

PEKIN, Feb. 14.-England is nego-
tiatiEg with China to open Yuen Chau
Flu, in the province of HUI Nan, as a
treaty port, and is negotiating also on
the subject Of the navigation of in
land waters.
The Chinese government has paid the
agreed indemnity of $4,000 ($20,00W to
M Lyaudet, the Frenchman kidnapped
by Tonquin pirates in 1895.
The New Years audience for the
foreign ministers has been fixed for
Feb. Is, and the banquet by the Tsung
Ii Yamen will be given the following
day Owing to the long delay, the
ministers had declined an audience, but
the Tsung Ii Yamen has now arrang-
ed the matter.