The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-23
HAS ARMY and NAVY
NICK HERJES MAKES WAR WITH
GERMANY A MATTER OF ABSO-
Lutte IMPossIBILITY
DOGS OF 3 WAR IN LEASH

l va 9Gt W@AAs Ian IXI14S4A
John Weish,l of the Warship BaIti-
more, and oIe Charles OIeson, of
RooseyeItys Rough Riders, Cut Or
From Their Base of Supplies by
Jailer Herjes-Rough Rider Is
Charged with Riding a Bicycle.
There will be ND war with Germany.
Nick Herjes. county .jailer. has made
such depiorable event an absolute i'm
possibility. .Hs has the American army
and navy surrounded in the little stone
building baclsc 1.-THE court house, and
though the former found his way up San
Juan hill. and the latter cut the cable
at Manila. went down with the Trenton
at Apia landed and put down riot at
Valparaiso and prevented Won Diedrichs
from landing provisions at Manila. Nick
Herjes has them hard and fast. and will
keep them under lock and key until there
is no longer possibility OF a disturbance
with Germany---or, at least. until one pair
OF pants and one bicycle are returned to
their respective owners.
'@ THE ARMY.
Back In the ''bull PEN in the county
jail sits and broods the hours away the
representative Of the American army
now held by the German. His name is
/ Ole CHARLES Oleson. and he Is in for
purloining bicycle. What will make
| 1t go all the harder for Oleson Is that
| he was one of the Roosevelt rough riders.
Nick Herjes canont reconcile the PROPOSE
ton of rough rider being satisfied with
as tame a steed as bicycle. Oleson
stoutly maintains that he was in a trance
when he took the wheel. He thought he
heard the cry of Roosevelt to charge the
hated Spaniard.' The bicycle was the only
horse in sight. Oleson siezed it and start
| ed up San Paul hill. He thought 1T was
San Juan. Just then Capt. Pottgieser
| enf1laded Oleson. who depioyed into a
blind alley and was compelled to haul
| down his colors. The rough rider Is in
consolable. He maintains that mis- motives
| are misunderstood. He says he would
rather storm the a3ElI of San Juan than
try to purloin a bicycle in. St. Paul.
Oleson claims, to have Joined the rough
riders from Wyoming, though Minnesota
| is his adopted state. Pottgieser says he
| does not know the rough rider and did
not arrest him. Oleson insists that it Is
! all plot Of the Germans to disarm Amer
lea and prevent possible war with Ger
! many.
EHEsNAVY.
Marine John Welsh is the representative
| of the Amerieans Iiavy who is held by
| his enemy, Nick5aerjes. He is the man
| who went down with the Trenton in the
| awful storm Of Apia, who cut the cable
| at Manila. who landed at Valparaiso and
/ Quelled the riot in which American lives
were threatened, and who heard Admiral
| Dewey order the sdecks cleared for ac-
| ton when Admiral Ven Diedrichs "acted
up" at Manila. = = -. -;.l;@--'
"Pottgeiser and Herjes" whispered
| Welsh to a representative of the G 10 b
who called to investigate the story OF the
capture of the American army and navy
| by the Germans. THAT ought to be suf-
dcient. Why; those fellows heard what
/ 4 had said to ailreporter over5in Mime
apolfs and they sailed down upon me Tin
line formation and raked me fore and aft
before could clear decks for: action.
Here i am, held by the enemy. Did I
| see Dewey capture and destroy the Span
:ish fleet at Manila?1 Did L? Well I
should say did. And helped clear decks
for .aetienIwhen Won Diedrichs started the
| trouble With Dewey. We had the Ger
mans then.s They have us now They say
/ stole; a pair Of pants But didn't You
| see, /. had an extra allowance of grog,
| ladled out;1n Minneapolis, and 1t sort of
caused me to- list to the st. Paul side.
L sailed into lodging house under full
I head of steam, and; I@presune, fired a
few thlrteen-ineiIers into the place. and
the Germans heard of my having defied
Won Diedrichs and swooped down upon
me when 1 was short Of ammunition
and, here / am. Dewey is on the high
seas, Coghlan out Of commission and the
Germans can do, with me as they elect
My only regret now is that we did not
chance. >" q
WELSH'S STORY.
Welsh asserts that he did not steal
pair of pants from guest at the Maple
Leaf. He says that he was on his way
to Pueblo Col, where he has sister, and
that he fell by the wayside in Minneape-
lis, where he looked upon the wine when
1t was almost any color. He came to ST.
Paul and drifted into a lodging house,
where he paid for bed, and was ar
rested while asReep.A
The authorities Say that Welsh is
wanted in Minneapolis.
Welsh's claim that he has been a sailor
Is undoubtedly truce He was also in the
army, and his discharge papers are now
in the safe at the county jail Welsh tells
the story of the battle of Manila bay as
it happened. He. scouts the talk of a wild
time with the Germans there, and says
Won Diedrichs attempted to land provi-
sions when Admiral Dewey had said no.
Then 1t was Admiral Dewey warned the
German Admiral to, not get between him
and the enemy
What did Admiral Diedrichs do then?"
Wesh was asked .
What did he dor Why he just kept
out Of the way
Did Dewey mean business?"
L guess he did. Decks were cleared for
action, and the men were at the guns
There would have been fight if the Ger
man ships had tried to pass And. the
Englishmen would have taken hand in
It, Welsh added.
Then there was a chance for f1ght?'
Yes, and a big one said Welsh s"The
Germans would have had no chance to
get out ofiit with a ship. With our fleet
and the British warships there would
have been briefer battle than the one
IN which the Spaniards were SO soundiy
thrashed. What Capt. Coghlan said was
true, but he said too much. He must
have been taking some of that stuff like
got in Minneapolis
MADE QUITE A HIT.