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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-31

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could have no motive In being guilty oi
treason. He said:-
!" I am Innocent. In three years my In.
nocence will be acknowledged. The Min
lister knows It well. He told Du Patty dc
Clam to tell me so, some days ago, In
my cell. He knows that If communi-
Gated documents to Germany they were
| Of no Importance and it was to obtain
more serious and more important docu-
ments.
The witness added that Captain Dattel
was present when the statement was
made.
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soon as four artillery men, commanded
by a corporal came to take the prisoner
to the court yard for the ceremony of
| degradation, the witness left tho office
az was Immediately surrounded by several
officers, to whom he repeated Dreyfus' s
remarks. He also repeated them at the
/ Captains Mess of the Republican Guard.
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IN regard to the confession, Captain Le-
prun-Renault said
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what Dreyfus mad SAID ana tnen tolo me
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captain orul,fSehauit--7i Weh' 'iei0
for that purpose.
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nothing on the SUBJECT.
Captain Lebrun- -Renault-'l had no time
10 speak OF IT,
The PRESIDENT, however, seemed mucn
more concerned about airemark by prey-
fus concerning the writing OF the border
eau, which had been published In
newspaper.
A Judge" Did the President know when
you came to the Elysee2''
Captain Lebrun-R -Renault-"The Presi-
sde1f was iIotfiiea rffstt was coming.
For my part, / was somewhat intiinidat-
ed, which is easily explained. l heard
myself described as a traitor canaille'
and cur That was not encouraging.p
NJ. Demange asked the witness if it was
really a conversation with Dreyfus or if
the prisoners remarks consisted of
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17


ton of stock trairs The conductor of
the first section had sxnildly insinuated to
Goss that the latter would have to hump
himself to keep up With him.
When Goss, with the second section,
arrived at Eagles Nest he found the
FIST section registered fifty minutes
ahead of him. Sc Goss toll his engineer
to throw her wide OPEN Zen miles be-
You'd Eagles Nest was a blind siding
around sharp curve. Suddenly Con-
ductor GOss heard a whistle for brakes
and he began twisting for all there was
in 1t. Directly after this ioss found him
self shooting up through the cupola of
the cabocSe He still carries q slight
scar on his nose.
This is what mad happened: It was
early dawn. An hour and halfs run
would have taken section No. into Man-
DAN whore the crew could have had d
good breakfast. But the conductor had
good appetite and. as he wis fifty
minutes ahead of No. section he
decided to wait and have the section boss
wife cook breakfast He did So To this
proposition the OWNER OF the stock aboard
the train seriouslYsObjectei and remained
in the caboose. This resulted in his be-
ing considerably, but not dangerously,
injured. A big Mo3dl engine was pulling
Goss' train and it pIeagae1 through the
cSDooSe ana INTO the stock cars, denorn-
Ing ten head of cattle. Aside fran Goss
and the stock owner no one was In
5ured. There were seven empty cars be-
hind Goss' engine and they were split
wide OPEN. AS they acted as a buffer Of
fering resistance, and breaking the force
of the collision, they saved injury TO the
cattle on Goss' train. 1t is perhaps need
less to say that the conductor of the for
ward section Immediately rendered his
resignation.
J. DUDLEY CONDIT.
For nine years Ml.-Tondit has served
as chief conductor St. Paul Order Of
Railway Conductors No 40. At the an
nual election this afternoon he will, in
all probability, succeed himself Con-
ductor Condit is still a young man, and
his railway service has been confined eX-
cit sively to the West. In 1858 he began
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DeGraff The line had been surveyed
through Cummings farm, and he had
thrown a fence across the grading and
refused to permit the workmen to pro-
coed with the grade. This was in 1859.
Cummings recovered and lived for many
years afterward with the bullet in his
\ body The line has since passed into the
Northwestern system.
There is one thrilling incident in the
life of Mr.. Mallory which he will never
forget. He says that it made an impress
sion on him, from the effects of which he
did not recover for nearly year. In
1893 he was laying track west of Spokane
by machinery. Many have witnessed this
process, while to others the affair would
be a novelty. The machinery is carried
on fiat car, and dumps rails right and
left on to the ties. The train is followed up
by spikerS. When near Wenatehee, a.
crossing of the Columbia river, the track
laying train, of which Mallory was con-
ductor, came to a trestIe siXty-five feet
high. The engine was in the middle of
the train. A signal man, with flag
was on a tower on the front car. Con-
ductor Mallory was at the rear. On the
cars of the forward section were about
twenty men. When several of "a Sc cars
had passed on TO the treStle the middle
span went down, and with it several of
the cars, John Leonard and twelve other
men. William Mcdonald was the flag
man. The train broke in two near the
engine, and just aft of the signal car. A
singular and providential incident saved
the lives of a number of the spilling
crew. Just before the train pulled on to
the treste boy with basket of apples
for sale boarded the train ahead of the
engine. The spilIers began snatching the
apples, and to save his wares the boy
fled to the signal car followed by all
but thirteen of the men. But for this all
of the crew would have gone down into
the chasm.
Eight of the men, including John Leon
ard, died. The body of the latter was
brought to St. Paul by Conductor Mallory
and there was large funeral. This acct
dent occurred at SIS o'clock a. m.
NJ. N. GOSS.
NJ. N. Goss, at present secretary of
the Order of Railway Conductors and
chief of police of ST. Paul, commenced
railroading in Minnesota in 1877. running
from Fergus Falls on the old Mani
toba road He continued in the serv-
ice of this company until 1888, when he
entered that of the Northern Pacific and
remained in it until 1885.
1t was in 1882 that an affecting incl
dent occurred on a train then in his
charge. He was then with the Mani
toba road, and was in charge of train
loaded with railroad iron. 1t is a fact
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17
w. II. MONTY.

Thirty-eight years In the railway ser
vice Is a record to be proud of. 1t is
borne by Conductor Monty and a re-
markable incident in connection with the
fact is that he began his career on 1.-The
line" in Minnesota. He saw the first
shovelfIl of dirt thrown on the old WI
mona & st. Peter road at Winona, along
In 1858. In 1851 he began firing on this
road, as it slowly pushed its way west
ward, and remained with 1t until it
reached st. Charles IN 1868, He then went
South, entering the service of the Nash
vile, Stevenson & Decatur road. where
he remained two years. From this line
be Went to Athens and joined the Mar
ietta, Cincinnati & Psrkersburg people.
running from Athens to Connorsville. Ind.
He also worked for the Cincinnati & In
didnappits Junction Railway company,
Y1tA which he. remained . year. He came
to Minnesota in 1858 and took an engine
on the old Minnesota Valley road, John
T, lincoln being at that time super1n-
tehdent, He sent for Conductor Monty
and had him come North. Monty ran an
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safe. Some Indians who were in one end,
and a school teacher in the other went
down and were killed. One of the men
left on the pier was an old gentleman
named Sawyer, quite prominent in Wis
copsin at that time His hair turned as
white as snow.
Meanwhile the weight of the train was
dragging the engine back into the river.
Although the fireman yelled to the engi-
neer to jump, neither of them did so, and
both went into the river and were drown
ed.
Conductor Gilboy is the oldest past
conductor in the St Paul Order of Rail-
way Conductors, having officiated as such
in 1885 At that time the order contained
forty-five members.
LEONARD AND MMANUs.
Thomas E. Leonard and ]. J. Nc
Manus are two old-time st. Paul con-
ductors who have been thrown together
frequently in the past and are now work.
ing harmoniously together as joint pro.
prietors OF the Montgomery dairy, out
near the end of the Mississippi street car
line. Away back in the fall of 1881 they
were thrown together in a manner
which neither one will forget to the end
of his days. Both at that time were
running freights, McManus on the North
ern Pacific, and Leonard on the st. Paul
& Duluth road. At Northern Pacific
Junction the St. Paul & Duluth is joined
by the Northern Pacific, and both roads
use one track from there in to Duluth
McManus and Leonard arrived at the
junction with their trains at about the
same time. Here they had a long and
unexpected wait, and when they pulled
away from the junction 1t was under
stood that the two trains would run in
to Duluth on the same time. Conduc-
tor Leonard was ahead
You must look out for me-" said
McManus, and Leonard replied that he
would try and keep out of his way
Leonard's train was light, while McMan-
US had middhng heavy load Every
thing went smoothly until McManus
came on with his train around short
curve and down grade near Spirit Lake
The first thing McManus saw of Leonard
he was on the track ahead of him, with
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braking on the La Crosse division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st Paul. running
cut from Milwaukee to Portage He re-
main2d with that company until 1870. He
came 70 the Omaha in 1872, and has
remained with that company ever since.
Conductor Condit has never been an
active participant IN wrecks, although at
one time he began to believe he was
hoodoo to others. Within three months
three of his brakenen were killed The
last one fell from the top Of a caboose,
and this accident nearly cost Conductor
Condit his. life. The man was Oh top of
the caboose looking down at Condit, who
was making the coupling The starting
up Of the train threw him off his balance
ard he fell on top of Condit and both
rolled under the ears The latter imIne-
diatelX threw himself out from under the
wheels, but the unfortunate brakeman
was caught and batll of his legs cut off
This was in 1884. at Eau Claire wis.
Conductor Condit says that for year
afterwards whenever he passed that spot
he could hear the cries Of the poor, dying
brakeman.
In 1874 Mr.. Condit was a clerk in the
paymaster,s Office, and resumed his duties
as conductor IN the spring OF 1875 Con-
ductor Condit has been elected delegate
to the biennial conventions of the broth
erhood at ST. Louis. Toledo, Atlanta,
Los Angeles and Detroit At the last
named city he worked faithfully for the
location of the next convention at st.
Paul, and was largely Instrumental in Sc
curing It. Conductor Condit duly appre-
ciates the high honors that have been
conferred on him by st. Paul Order of
Railway Conductors No. 40. He was at
one time travelling passenger agent for
the Omaha.
GEORGE HtNsAKER
On Friday afternoon, Dec. 5. there
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not generally known outside of railway
circles that a fiat car loaded with long
timbers and rails is a source of consid-
cradle danger TO the inexperienced. The
rails or timbers project over the ends of
the cars and meet before the bumpers.
or coupling heads, of two cars connect
Conductor Goss had one brakeman
with him who was new in the business.
He had, however been cautioned of the
danger of moving around between cars
so loaded. When the train slowed up at
Grand Forks this new brakeman was
caught between two cars of railroad iron
Conductor Goss heard a smothered yell
and looking up, saw the condition of
the man. He was pnioned about mid
way of his body. A signal was made to
the engineer who Immediately pulled
ahead and in spite OF his frightful in
juries the unfortunate man actually
stepped out from between the cars on
to the station platform
When asked if he was hurt, he replied
that he was. These were the last words
spoken by him. He was laid on to the
platform. gave a gasp, and expired i'm
mediately.
ANOTHER INCIDENT.
In 1881 Conductor Goss took out one
Of the first emigrant trains from Fergus
Falls, going north up into the Manitoba
country. This was along in early spring,
February or March, and the weather
was cool and hazy. Division Superin-
tendent Wheeler told Goss to ''whoop
things up and make the cinders fly"
AT Crookston another train had pulled
out south. 1t was a heavy haul, and on
arriving at a station near Borup the
engineer complained that he could not
pull the train. Accordingly, six or seven
fiat cars were thrown onto the lower end
of a siding, and, thus lightened, the
train rolled away to the southwark.
Meanwhile some smart alexis of switch
men, including the yard master, were do
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at the upper end of the switch, enough
to fill the whole siding, OF course this
pushed the cars set in by the south
bound train out on to the main track.
Speeding up from the south came Con-
ductor Goss. just at the darkest hour
before dawn, and In hazy weather.
There were no warning signals, no red
lights, no semaphore. The first thing
Conductor Goss knew splinters were fly
ing all around him and his engine was
cutting its way through. the low fiat cars
on the main track. II was a veritable
case of push and Goss' train wass right
in the push. The yardmaster and all his
switchmen were Immediately discharged.
TOSSED THROUGH A CABoosE.
A certain conductor who got hungry
one morning and stopped for breakfast
caused Conductor Goss a heap of trouble
In the fell of 1891 The latter was then
running on the Missouri division of the
Northern Pacific. The scene of the ac-
Gle ent was near Eagles Nest. Conductor
G SIS had pulled out with me second Sec
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flag and about six car lengths behind
his train, which was stationary on the
track, and Leonard running back and
waving his red flag to beat the band.
ENGINEER WELL NAMED.
But it was too late The heavy train
of McManus' could not be checked in that
short distance, and it telescoped Leon
ards caboose and went through four
empty cars.
MY engineers name was Ketchum,"
said McManus, land think it was very
appropriate to the occasion"
Fortunately no one was injured, and a
Wrecklng crew soon afterwards set things
right. The explanation Of this wreck
is as follows: Conductor Leonard, of
the st. Paul & Duluth freight. was burn
ing wood for fuel. The engine of Nc
Manus burned coal. On this sharp curve
and near the bottom of the "hilI" Leon
ards engineer had run out of wood and
was compelled to stop. Conductor Leon
ard had not time to get any further back
with his flag than the six-car lengths.
Conductor Leonard entered the serv
ice Of the St. Paul & Duluth April "a
1880, and retired In March, 1899 During
his nineteen years of service he never
had wreck nor an employee under him
injured. Both Conductors McManus
and Leonard are still young men, about
the same age, and bearing enough resem-
blance to each other to be taken fon
brothers.
HUGH MALLORY.
Conductor Hugh Mallory, now retiredl
and conducting cigar store on East
Fourth street, was in railway service in
Minnesota as early as 1897 At one time
he was on the old ST. Paul, Minneapolis
& Manitoba road and ran from ST. Paul
to Willmar. He spiked from Mankato to
Waseca on the Winona & st, Peter. This
was one Of the first lines, If not the first,
built in the state. While it was being
rnings was shot by contractor under
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17

were assembled in the pleasant rooms Of
Conductor Condit, in the Moore building,
three old-time railway passenger con-
ductors, J. Dudley Condit, George Hun
saker and Harry A. Baxter. All are
bachelors, and the unanimous query
among them is, why do the girls pass
us up?" Up to date the question remains
unanswered.
OF this trio Mr. Hunsaker is the oldest
in point of service, but has been on the
retired list of conductors for many years
He is a past chief conductor of Order
No. 40, having served IN 1886. He first
began railroading in 1866. on the old Gin
cinnati-Indianapolis Junction railway
Afterwards he was a shipping clerk and
operator IN Indiana. Mr.. Hunsaker came
to st. Paul in January, 1868. and en-
tered the service of the old Minnesota
Valley railway, afterwards the St Paul
& Sioux City. He remained in the serv-
Ice of the Omaha until April. 1882 when
he retired. Conductor Hunsaker never
had a passenger injured or an employe
killed during his term of service. He
ran the first passenger train from St.
Paul to Sioux City, Aug. II, 1872.
FIRST TRAIN INTO ST. PAUL.
Conductor Hunsaker ran the first train
which crossed the river into st. Paul In
1869. Up to that time all trains from the
South stopped on the other side of the
Mississippi river. This was on what ID
now the st. Paul g. SIOUX City division,
The dummy engine and one car, d pic
ture OF which Is given with this article.
was the train run by Conductof Hun.
sakef in 1868, called the ST. Paul 3 MID
neapolis accommodation, Via Mendoza,
Fort Smelling Rnd MnnehaAa Falls. The
first car was an epgine and coach COM
bined. Conductor Hunsaker Is represent
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ago he killed a deer eight miles from ST.
Paul, near where Newport now stands.
LEFT ON A PIER.
In 1877 Conductor Gilboy had an expert
ence similar to that related by Conductor
Mallory. He was running freight on the
Northern Pacific. His train was loaded
with steel. sixteen cars in all The en-
CINE made the bridge at the Mississippi
crossing at Brainerd, and gained the
other side. When the caboose was over
the center pier the bridge fell. The
caboose struck the pier. broke squarely in
two, and left two men, who were in the
center of the car, on the pier alive and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17

Conductor Baxter began his railway
service in 1881, on the West Wisconsin,
now the Omaha. His run then was from
st. Paul to Elroy He remained IN this
service four months, and then went to
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road,
where he remained nine months, coming
to st. Paul and entering the service of
the Northern Pacific, where he now is, in
1882 Mr. Baxter says that ne can recall
no thrilling experiences in his railway
career.
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engine two years, and then took charge
of mixed freight train on the Mime
sofa Valley road, now merged into tho
Omaha system. He has been with this
company ever since, running passenger
train.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17
A. BAXTER.

ed standing in the door Of his combina
tion engine and car.
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ing business on their own account at the
upper end of the switch. Eight cars had,
the evening before been taken out of the
switch. Acting upon this hypothesis, the
yardmaster sent in long line Of cars
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17
ALWAYS BEEN. LUCKY.

Conductor Monty claims that he has
always been lucky, and has never had
the blood drawn on his person from any
railway accident. In September of last
ing the union depot, St. Paul, he was
thrown from the lower step of car,
grasped a railing and. saved himself from
being thrown under the wheels. This dis
located his shoulder Conductor Monty's
run is now from st. Paul to Sioux City.
For several weeks he has been on the
sick list. He is past chief conductor
of the st. Paul Order of Railway Con-
ductors No 40, His residence is No. 40
Ashland avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17
CHARLES A. TRAVIS.

This popular Omaha passenger cen-
ductor now runs what Is called the finest
train in the world the Northwestern
Limited. For SO young nan he has had
quite an experience in railway life hav-.
ing gone into the service of the Wabash
Railroad company In the spring of 1877.
He remained with this company until
1855. when he came TO Minnesota and
Joined the Omaha people, with whom he
has remained eyer since, Conductor
Travis has been extremely fortunate in
his career, was never hurt in the slight
est degree. never lost q passenger, and
aid not put back with his own crew. His
present run is from Minneapolis to Elroy,
-
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Continued on Page Thirty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17

GEURGE F1INSAKER.
On Friday afternoon, Dec. 5. there
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17
Some O1dHTipe Rai1Uay Conductors
Hotel

The annual election of officers of st.
Paul Division No 40, Order OF Railway
Conductors, will be held today in the
hall of the order in the Bowlby block,
corner of Sixth and Robert streets. In
the evening the new officers will be in
stalled and this ceremony will be fol-
lowed by the annual banquet. 1t has
been arranged to hold the banquet at the
Windsor hotel, beginning at o'clock
sharp in order that all members and Wis
itors who are obliged to go out on the
evening trains will have an opportunity
to participate. The grand chief con-
ductOr and other prominent members Of
the order will be in attendance on this
occasion.
Howard w. Field, chairman of the
executive committee of the order, is i'll
charge of the arrangements and this fact
guarantees a delightful time. Mr.. Field
is one of the old-time conductors of the
Northwest, having been in the service OF
the Omaha road for the past twenty
eight years.
Conductor Field, as chairman of tho
finance committee Of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors, has prepared the follow
Ing musical programme and menu Of the
banquet for this evening.
Part l.
March-"Thirteenth Minnesota" Swanson
OVerture-"Jolly Robbers .Suppe
"a "A Media
Woche ..Campanari
Mexican Dances-(b. "ChIoe" -. Parotta
&c. Placery Color
BerlZio
Medley-"Popular Songs Graham
Waltz" Impassioned Dreams ...... Rosas
March-"AIargerv' Daniels
Serenade ......::...::..........: Schubert
a Wishing Well From Jolly
Musketeer'' NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Edwards
b. GYPSY Serenade From For
Tune IelIer '.o;;''''..'..''....'''H erbert
Jntermezzo-"S alome' .Foraine
"A Rag Time Medley Jasper
Select solos. :......... Miss Eloise Kingsley
Quartette, Messrs. Myron, Smith, Wilson
and McCafferV
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17
Plated Knives,
Forks and Spoons.

We always have the genuine Rogers
Bros goods in these lines, but there are
so many frauds on the market that we
don't try 10 argue with people about it.
If you really want good silver-plateG
ware we trust you will look at ours.
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; TURNING LATHE and
}SAW COMBINED.

Some advertise this Companion
lathe at $500. We have it that way, If
ouwish.
We have sold these little tools for
years and they are as staple in the
Christmas market as turkeys are at
Thanksgiving.