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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
COAL BARoNs SCORED.
Mayor Gray I'm a Veto Pays His Re-
spects to the Trust.

Mayor Gray has vetoed the resolution
of the council awarding the contracts for
furnishing the city with fuel during the
coming year to the Pioneer Fuel company.
His honor's reasons for Withholding his
approval are set forth in a communication
to the council, in which the mayor de-
nounces the coal combine and advises the
city to use wood for fuel as far as posi-
BILE, as a measure of defense against the
coal combine.
The indications are that the veto will
be sustained, as it requires eighteen votes
to pass the resolution over the veto. 1t
is true the resolution received exactly
eighteen votes when it was adopted last
Friday night, but it will scarcely be able
to muster that number in the face Of the
veto.
Following is in part the communication
of the mayor setting forth his reasons for
refusing to approve the resolution:
THE bids submitted showed a remarka-
BILE unanimity of judgment on the part OF
the wholesale coal firms. Eight companies
submitted figures, which were Identical
except in one item, that of smokeless coal.
On this item the company to whom the
bid is given figured 10 cents lower than
the next highest. The evidence of an un-
Outstanding between the bidders is enough
to convince anyone The price bid on
anthracite coal, !, 1856 tons being called for,
Is exactly what the companies cndTSe LOT
a single ton at the present date, and it is
80 per cent higher than the same COM
pany bid last year.
1.-The threat is made that if the city
readVertiSeS it will be met with higher
bids. Such threats are the rankest kind
of notice that the original bids were put
up, that there was no competition, and
that there is an understanding among the
bidders to punish the council if it dares
to even try to obtain fairer prices, the at
titude of stand and deliver, differing in
form but not in substance from highway
robbery.
81 do not wish to be understood as
charging the initiative of this line of con-
duct upon the local dealers. The center
OF the coal trust IS not here, but 1t IS none
to break the combination because the
price paid by the city, to a great extent,
fixes the price to be paid by every con-
sumner. It is money in the pocket of every
householder if the city succeeds in break
ing down the combination"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
OPENS BRIBERY CASE
DECISION OF MONTANA COURT IN
THE WELCOME ACTION is
IMPORTANT
FACTS FOR THE U: S. SENATE

Evidence Brought Out May BE Made
the Basis of "A Contest of Mr..
CIark's Seat Before the Commit
tee on EIectiOns-Case to Be
Heard Without Intervention of 81
Referee-NOrthwest News.
HELENA, Mont, Aug. 3-(Special.l-Tt
is now realized by all interested that the
supreme court of this state made an i'm
portant decision when it ordered that
John B. Welcome, lawyer of Butte. mus+
plead in the action brought for his dis
barment for alleged bribery of the legis-
lature in the election of last January that
seated in the United States senate Will
lam A. Clark, muti-mililonaire of New
York and Butte.
Further, the court ordered that II will
hear the case without the Intervention of
a referee Welcomes lawyers asked for
an extension of time, on the ground that
he is not in the state. The court CURLY
decided that his answer must be filed in
ten days, and that it must be ''on merits
and not dilatory."
To make a case before the committee
on elections of the United States senate
those who accuse Welcome of bribery de-
cided that they must begin at home nv
having him disbarred.
Attorney General Nolan, who has been
outside of factions, greatly interested
himself in the case He did not go to the
lower courts at Helena, but at once to
the supreme court. Welcome is not rich.
but distinguished lawyers have defended
him, and they have fought the case inch
by inch. Now comes its decision. which
must interest every voter in the United
States.
It will be remembered that the legisla-
ture which elected Mr.. Clark to the Unit
ed States senate met on Jam q Rumors
of bribery flew thick and fast. On Jan.
the two houses appointed a joint COM
mittee to investigate the stories of birth
cry which were too persistent to be ig-
nored. Fred Whiteside, state senator
from Flathead county. had already in
vestigated them for himself. He testi-
fled before the committee and turned
over to them three. envelopes containing
$50, 900 in cash.
ITO learn all the facts I got in and
worked for Mr.. Clark Whiteside declar-
ed 'They thought me valuable man
and told me all that was being done.
OF the $4,000 in those envelopes s.. 600
was paid to me for Services 1 was to
have received $4,000 later on for nv
VOTE
The money was turned over to the state
treasurer to be reclaimed by it's owner.
1t has never been claimed
A grand jury of Helena men refused to
indi~t any one for bribery
Such is some of the testimony that will
be ia1o before the supreme court, and.
If John B. Welcome be debarred before
the committee on elections of the United
States senate
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
ORDINANCE is ACCEPTED.
Street Railway Company Tries to
Cut OFF Any Amendments.

The Twin City Rapid Transit company
has accepted the ordinance giving it the
right to operate express cars on it's inter
urban line and charge Is cents fare on
such cars. The acceptance was filed in
the city clerks office at Minneapolis yes
terday afternoon. 1t bears the signatures
of Thomas Lowry, president, and John F.
Calderwood, secretary of the Twin City
Rapid Transit company.
The action of the Twin City RAPID Tran
sit company in accepting the ordinance
was decided upon last Tuesday at a spe-
cial meeting of the board of directors of
the company held for that purpose.
That this action will have any effect
upon the amended ordinance of Aid.
Powers, which had it's first reading at the
last meeting, very few believe. 1t has
been generally predicted that the council
would never adopt Aid Powers amend
ments, especially that reducing the fare
on the express cars from Is to 10 cents
However, the acceptance of the original
ordinance by the street car company does
not, so the city clerk says prevent the
council from amending the ordinance as it
may see fit,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
EL0BE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE.
20 WASHINGTON AK SOUTH
Advertising Subscriptions-
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A jury was sworn in yesterday after
noon by Voroner Nelson to ascertain
the cause of the death of Frank Millman.
OF Minneapolis, whose body was found
near Wayzata Tuesday. The witnesses
were Drs. Cotton and Erdmann, who de-
scribed the position of the body when
1cund and the location of the bullet as
taken from the head of the man by them
Inc lmpossibility of suicide was develop-
ed by the fact as submitted by the ex-
aiming physicians, that the right hand
and arm on which side the wound was
made were paralyzed and had been for
long time entirely stiff and drawn IN
close to the side. The hair about the
wound was stnged, apparently, as if made
by a discharge about ten feet distant
otherwise, say the DOCTORS the powder
would be blown into the wound and the
skin would be burnt underneath the hair
The bullet had passed entirely through
the brain and fractured the temporaI
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
FLOOD AT PRESTON.
Water Higher There Than 1t Has
Been Since 1871

PRESTON, Mimi, Aug. 3-Citizens to-
day witnessed the highest water mark
here since 1857. AT $3.50 there were no
signs of high water, but at o'clock the
water covered the entire lower portion Of
the town.
The damage is very heavy in the vii
lage. All crossings and sidewalks be-
low Main street are gone. The turntable
is washed out of it's pit, the narrow gauge
cars blocked, the timbers and the lumber
yards one mass of sidewalk lumber new
lumber and timbers Of all kinds, together
with shocks of grain. A continual stream
OF grain in bundles have passed down the
river since the water came up. Conkey
Bros mill dam is greatly damaged for
the fourth time this summer their mill
was also struck by lightning. damaging
1t greatly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
INSPIRED in BERLIN
EXCLUSION OF BEEF SLAUGH-
TERED IN BELGIUM FROM THE
GERMAN PROVINCES
ACTION AIMED At AMERICA
ent Hand in the Steps Taken, but
the Belief Is That the German
Government Has Adopted That
Course to Shut Out American Beef
Fear of Texas Fever Alleged.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3-Of1cial let
ters received here from the official repre-
sentatives of the United States bring
many details concerning the recent ac-
ton in that country looking to the ex-
clusion of beef slaughtered in Belgium
from the German markets. and leave lit
tie room for doubt that this is done for
the purpose of preventing the indirect
introduction of an American product
The letters state that proclamations have
been issued by the authorities of the
Prussian provinces of Aarchen, Dussel-
dorf, Osnabruck, Luneburg, SchIeswig,
DanZig and Gumbinnen and also in the
grand duchies of Oldenburg and Neck
lenburg, and by the ministry of Alsace-
Lorraine against the admission of beef
slaughtered in Belgium These SUBJ
divisions of territory cover the entire
Belgian frontier of Germany and render
it impracticable to introduce any Bel,
GUM beef into the empire.
While the central government of Ger
many takes no official action in the
premises, it is pointed out here that the
course of the subordinate governments
is inspired from Berlin, and some of the
proclamations set forth that the action
is taken at the instance of the inn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
DROWNED FROM A BALLOON.
Fate of AerOnaut East, Who Fell
Into Leech Lake.

WALKER, Mimi, Aug. 3.-(SpeciaI. y
Aeronaut E. M. East, who went up in a
balloon here, was drowned in Leech lake.
The balloon did. not go. high enough to
permit of the parachute jump and East
was forced to cling to the balloon until it
dropped into the water. When the
aeronauts danger was realized a steam
boat put out from the shore to his rescue,
but the balloon touched the water nearly
half an hour before the boat came up
with it. The trapeze was empty when the
balloon was recovered and no trace of
the aeronaut could be found. 1t is be-
lieved that East stuck to the balloon and
tried to keep af1Oat with the inflated bag
after it reached the water, but was forced
to release his hold, from exhaustion.
The young man was an amateur at the
balloon ascension business having been up
but four times. He made his first ascen-
sion at Brainerd July A. His home is
said to have been at Brainerd.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
HOT IN NEBRASKA.
Crops Endangered and Conditions
Rendered Uncomfortable

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 3.-Ths is the third
in series of very hot days in Nebras-
ka. The maximum temperature at Oma-
ha was 80 on Tuesday, SO yesterday and
50 today. High winds make the conditions
very uncomfortable. In the southern part
of the state even higher temperature is
reported. At Syracuse the thermometer
recorded maximum of l02 in the shade,
with only little less the two preceding
days. Wymore reports 107 in the shade
for today. The corn crop is now in a
critical condition and some damage is
likely to result If the extreme heat con-
tinues. Copious rains are reported from
the northern part of the state, with low
Ell temperatures.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
ALASKA BOUNDARY.
Government Said to Be Seeking the
Imaginary Line.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. s. According
to the statements of Philip Sheridan, for
merly crown prosecutor at Dawson. the
United States has had surveyors at work
the past two years locating the Alaskan
boundary line. He said:
I came out from Dawson with a man
named James Haines, or Haynes, who
for two years has been at work on a sur
vey extending from the southern bound
airy of Alaska to the Yukon river, and
have every reason to believe this work
was done under the direction of the Uni
ed States government.
Il learned from him that he has been
engaged for two years in making a top
ographical survey of the line in question,
and that ne came out on the Yukon at
Fort Cudahy''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
KILLED by Elevator.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Aug 3-John
Mcclellan, one of the original settlers of
the town of Sioux Falls who located
here in 1857 and one Of the most conspic-
uous characters of this section, was found
dead in the elevator in the Van Fps
block, where he roomed, this morning. 1t
is supposed that he entered the elevator
and tried to run 1t himself and in some
manner his head was caught between the
floor, of the elevator and the door casing
on the first floor He was found in that
position by the night police at Z o'clock
this morning, when they went off duty.
his head was badly crushed. He leaves
cOnSidera bla nrODarf1y
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
TURNED BY MR. HANNA.
Architects Lost Job Because OF
His Interference


NEW YORK, Aug 3.-The morning ses-
sion of the Mazet committee was largely
given over to the examination of Francis
T. Lantry, commissioner of correction,
as to the methods adopted by the now
famous architectural firm of Horgan &
Slattery in their dealings with the depart
ment of correction. Nothing sensational
was elected, although the interesting fact
was brought out that one of the wit
ness objections to the employment of
Withers & Dickson, the architects, was
that United States Senator Hanna had
written letters recommending an Ohio
iron company which they represented.
During the afternoon a number of the
members of the municipal council APP
peared before the Mazet committee and
explained their views upon questions re-
lating to the double municipal assembly.
There was a wide difference of opinion
among them as to the value of the second
house.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04

which is alleged to have been a little girl
was returned some time ago, but owing
to the doctors physical condition the case
could not be tried. Friends concluded
that he was insane. An affidavit was
therefore filed, setting this forth and ask
ing for an examination under the law.
Should the doctor recover, under the sta
utes he will have to be brought back to
stand trial for his alleged crime.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
MINNEAPOLIS BREVITIEs.

Ole Olson, laborer a resident of Mime
apoLs, was killed by a train a Merriam
junction yesterday morning.
w. P. JONES' the agent of Swift & Co.,
packers, in this city, who was arraigned
on charge of selling adulterated lard.
yesterday changed his plea to guilty and
was fined S25
Olaf Hoff has been offered the place of
bridge engineer with the New York Cen
trail railroad.
Alice Farnham, the young woman who
recently attempted to poison herself, and
who recovered at the city hospital has
been missing since Saturday. July o. and
1t is feared she has carried out her threat
to poison herself.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04

seat contest is now begun in earnest
DIVA and Bird Island circulating petit,
1ons. olivia has secured 1900 signers and
sra Island 300. Bird Island filed it's Pc
Ohvia will not file until Saturday, claim
ing 1t is illegal to do so before A meet
ing OF the commissioners is called for
aug. zS to act on the Bird Island petition,
promises to be even a hotter contest than
the one five years ago, when Olivia lost
the county seat on a technicality after
the case was carried to the supreme
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
Christian Convention.

ROCHESTER, Mimi, Aug. 9.-The an
nual state convention of the Christian
church is to be held in Rochester for one
week, commencing Wednesday, Aug. t.
There are about forty churches of this
denomination in the state, and represent
atIves from each will be present. About
$50 delegates are expected. This will be
the first meeting
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
w. G. II. U. Election.

REDWOOD FALLS, Mimi, Aug. AT
the annual meeting of the Women
CHRISTIAN Temperance Union of Redwood
county, Mrs. H. D. Brooke, of this city,
was elected president; Mrs. H. D. Wood
worth, corresponding secretary; Mrs
William Tiffany, recording secretary, and
Mrs. Henry GOOdacre. treasurer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
Northwest Pensions.

: WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Minnesota-
In increase, Charles Corey, Monticello, s. to
Slz; REISSUE and increase, Copeland Rich
and Children. minor of John Measor, Fair
South Observation-Disclosures and reissue.
benjamin r: Wagner dead, Perkins, $50.
Original widows and children. Elizabeth
I'll. Wagner, Perkins, ST.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
New Elevator.

The George c. Bradley Elevator com
pany secured a permit yesterday for the
erection of an ironclad grain elevator and
power house on the northwest corner of
Tenth avenue south and Twenty-ninth
street, Minneapolis. The structure will
cost $4,000 and the elevator will have a
capacity of $50, 600 bushels.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
Orders for Mai. winnie.

NJ MASH WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-Maj. Charles
M o.z paymaster, Y. S. A, has been
Paul as chief paymaster of the DEPART.
ment Of Dakota, to relieve Mai. Charles
n. Whipple. Maj. Whipple has been orr
to the paymaster general for dutY.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
is STILL A MYSTERY
LITTLE LIGHT THROWN ON THE
MILLMAN MURDER BY COR
ONER'S INQUEST
TWO CLUES HAVE DEVELOPED

Man Found Who Heard Three Shots
Fired Near Where the Body was
DiscOvered-Men Seen on the
of the Crime-News of the Mill
City.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
Killed by ExnInsion.

BARRON, Wis. Aug S-The report
was brought here today that farmer
village six miles west of here was this
morning blown 10 pieces by a charge of
dynamite
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
KEHR MURDER CASE.
Defene Charges That Death Was
Due to Doctors.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. AT the in
quest this morning conducted by Coroner
Theodore Mannstedt, under direction of
District Attorney Thomas Morris, it de-
veloped that the defense in the Kehr muir
der trial will be on the somewhat unusual
grounds that Kehr came to his death not
from ten stab wounds, inflicted by John
Miller and his three associates, but from
the fact that the wounds were not prop
erly dressed and treated by the physi-
clans to whom Kehr was turned over.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
Army EnIistments.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3-The number
of enlistments yesterday was 1884 making
a total of 1858. Col. Bells regiment, the
IWenty-seVenth, at Camp Meade. is now
ABOVE its quota, making two regiments
complete.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
DR.. Hemin Insane.

DR.. Edgar H. Heffiin, once a promising
and well known young physician of Min
neapolis, was yesterday adjudged insane
and ordered committed to the ST. Peter
dictment for a serious crime. the victim Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
perial chancellor.

periaI chancellor. Others nroc1ain +bo+
the reason for the step is the fear of
introducing Texas fever through the
American beef cattle slaughtered in Bel
GUM. The exclusion orders went into
effect on the 18th of July.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
Roller Mills Burned.

TRACY, MINI, Aug. 3-The Tracy roll
er mills burned to the ground between 2
and O'Clock this morning. The fire,
such Roadway before discovered that the
fire company could not control it, and
turned its attention ito protecting adjacent
buildings. The rain of last evening prob
ABLY prevented large portion of the en-
tire block going up in smoke. The mill
was owned by Matiner & Mclean, and
the loss IS between $4,000 and $1,000; in
MES.
County Seat Contest.
FAIRFAX, Minn.s Aug 3.-The county
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
Two New Cases at santiaro.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 3-Two
new cases of yellow fever were officially
reported today and one death from the
disease,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04

please send me your Burlington Book,
price enclosed. 1 want to show II r.
those who come to my store, and mfr the
burlington little, for 1 think it affords
the finest trip from the Twin Cities to
chicago. H. L. Hubbard
1ronWood Mich
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
A Few words From the Peon,o

THE proof of the pudding is in the eat
tested the train service of the Burlington
ought to be good evidence that its adver-
tised claims are in accordance with the
facts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04
County Attorney, Detroit roi : MINI lin

1.-THE, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
from St. Paul to Chicago is delightfulIy
smooth, and | have seldom met with such
your line" ~ 0li
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04

II went to Clinton, To-, and I never be-
certainly stands ahead of any other for
passenger comforts, and 1 believe sustains
the claim of being the best on earth
Il N Trina
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-04

Mrs; A, L. Van Duyn,
Thief River Falls. MINI
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-04
GHOULISH HON0RS
Major McClave Wants to
Show Old Dewey How 1t
Feels to Be Dead.

Major S. Wood McClave. of E~dgewater,
a member of the Palisades Preservation
Commission, has a plan for improving
the programme for the reception of Adj
miral Dewey. In discussing 1t this morn
ing he said
Noticing the general tendency toe IL
Illuminate both sides of the Hudson River
on the return of Admira Dewey. ! would
suggest that Grants tomb be Illuminated
and tina at the same time a temporary
Dewey monument be erected for illumina-l
ton on the top of the Palisades directly.
opposite General Grants tomb, and that
both monuments be Illuminated stimuli
t~aneously.
'There can be no question that if this
is done the Palisades monument will at
tract mora attention than any other spot,
and that it will serve 10 direct attention
o the great need OF preserving the stately
Palisades. It will also emphasize the de-
STABILITY of locating on the Palisades a
permanent monument in honor of Ad-
miral Dewey.
sThe people of New Jersey are patri1
ot;e aud I feel sure hat they will see
the advantage Of having a permanent
monument TO Dewey within the bound
aries of the State"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-04
BROTHER AND SISTER FINED
Their Frss Fight Landed Thorn in
Court cad Cost Each 81.

Michael Smith and his wife Margaret
of No. 14s Eighth street, appeared before
Judge Potts in the First Criminal gourt
this morning on a charge of assault ana
battery on Mrs. Mary Fitzsimmons' q
sister Of Smith. who lives in an adloin-
ing house. Smith and his sisters nus
band were engaged in a fight on the side
walk a few days ago and the W. wives
went down to prevent trouble. Mrs.
Fitzsimmons tried to separate the two
men. Mrs. Smith said, Let them alone
to fight it out"
Mrs. Fitzsimmons alleges that her
brother Michael attacked her and saying
Now I've got you where I want you
threw her down and beat her, backing
her eyes. She also claimed that Mrs.
Smith pulled her hair.
Mrs. Hines. a disinterested witness, told
the Court that the complainant (Mrs,
Fitzsimmons) was the aggressor, and
after the fight on the sidewalk was ended
she followed Mrs. Smith upstairs and
tore off all her clothes. Michael Smith
and Mary Fitzsimmons were each found
guilty and ordered to pay 81 and costs.