The San Francisco call., 1898-05-22
BANDIT AT BAY.
Minnesota Troops Have Taste of Uncle COIis'
 Met hO6S

No regiment will go to Manila better equipped or be better cared for after 1t lands at the Philippines than the Thir- teenth Minnesota, which arrived yester- day.
 Before starting on its long campaign the citizens of that State equipped the men throughout, including shoes, undercloth- ing and other necessaries. Even the tents are new, as well as all other camp equipage and blankets. Moreover, the regiment will have tidy sum to draw on for incidentaIs when 1t reaches its des- tination; James J. Hill, the president of the Great Northern road, has cabled to a Hongkong bank placing $7500 on deposit for the regiment, and the citizens of Min neapolis, when they learned of the rail- road mans splendid gift. duplicated the sum, so there is now S15,000 awaiting the Thirteenth in the Orient.
 During the Civil War Minnesota fur nished twelve regiments of volunteers, and when the call for troops came a few weeks ago and that State was required to furnish three regiments, instead of re- taining the numerical designations by which they were known as national guardsmen, the three bodies mustered into the volunteer service were renum- bered, continuing from the regiments fur nished during the Civil War. The Twelfth and Fourteenth regiments have been or dered to GAiekamauga- The. men in the Thirteenth were somewhat uneasy at first over their number, but they believe now that thirteen is their lucky number. It Is remarkable how that number is identi- fled with the regiment. It was ordered to San Francisco on Friday, May 13 and Colonel Reeves father formerly com handed the Thirteenth United States In- fantry. While on the road a cyclone swept between the third and fourth sec tions of the train, the third section barely escaping disaster. The regiment arrived here with thirteen men sick.
 he ir1RlnnaG prominent business and professional men in the State. Captain Carriston Is a lead ing attorney; Major Bean resigned the Shrievalty of St. Paul County to remain with the regiment, and the ranks are filled with men of means and high social stand ing. Company D won the prize for the best drilled company at the National Guard tournament at New Orleans, last year.
 At Ogden, the Minnesotans had their first bout with Southern Pacific minionS, and the encounter raised a vivid com parison between the generosity of Jim" Hill MinnesOta'S railroad magnate, and the brigandage of Uncle Collts. Attached to the section bearing Major Diggles> bat talion was a stock car containing the horses of the field and staff officers. Transportation had been contracted for right through to San Francisco but the outlaw who acts as agent for the com pany at Ogden presented a new contract to Major Diggles and demanded $50 addi- tional for the stock car. Major Diggles protested, but the agent was obdurate. Captain Carriston, the legal luminary of Minneapolis, quoted law in his innocence.
 It was the first time he had been in a hold-up, and he was not expected to know that footpads laugh at the law. The bandit merely reiterated his demand for the $50, backing it up with the threat that the train could not move until it was paid.
 Major Diggles refused to be robbed however, and finally ran a bluff which worked to a charm. TurD!ng to his order ly, he dispatched him for two men in the regiment whom he named. They soon appeared and the officer coolly informed the agent that they were experienced train men and would take charge of the train. Then he ordered the men to climb onto the engine and run the train through to interfere with you," he added, "kill him.
 The railroad official surrendered and promised to send the train through with out further delay. He kept his promise.
 Accompanying the regiment Is Mrs. Reeves. wife of the colonel, and several newspaper correspondents.