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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
SAW SNAKES AFTER ALL.
Cargo That Customs OmciaI DIdn't
Care to Inspect Closely.

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Care to Inspect Closely.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
In the gray of yesterday morning lit
tie Portuguese bark came numbering
slowly up the river and made fast to the
wharf at the head of Washington street.
The diminutive vessel was the Atlantico,
hailing from Peru, Brazil, and while Or
dinarily such a craft would attract no
especial attention, her advent has been
the subject of anxious discussion on the
part of the entire inspection corps of the
New Orleans custom house.
The reason for such unusual solicitude
was the fact that the cargo of the Allan
tico is composed almost entirely OF
snakes. According to the manifest she
carried 46 assorted serpents, ranging
in size from small tropical garter snakes
to large adult boa constructors, all be-
ing the property of one Jose Renhi and
Mime. Marie Renhi, his wife, professional
reptile charmers, late of Paris.
The surprising informatino reached the
city shortly after the first of the month,
when the Atlantico arrived at Quaran-
tine. According to a vague and horrify-
Ing story, which subsequently, drifted
up through official channels, one of the
quarantine corps had clambered over the
side Of the bark, and was proceeding aft
when six or seven feet of boa constructor
rose suddenly out of an open crate and
protruded tongue that looked like a
red tcastfng fork. The quarantine agent
emitted shrek that was audible as far
as the jump, and was out of the ladder
in exactly two bounds. The report that
he leaped overheard and signed the
pledge Immediately after reaching the
station has since been denied, but he
withdrew very abruptly, and at once
spread the news that ship full of
snakes was lying in the channel
The master of the bark was a swarthy
Spaniard named Adoipho Palao, and
with considerable difficulty, he informed
the inspectors that Renhi and his wife
had preceded the vessel to the city by
rail. Meantime the couple had found
their way to the custom house, where
they were seen by reporter and their
story obtained.
Renhi is a dark-skinned, excitable little
man, and his wife is a small sturdy
woman of the South American type. Ac-
cording to their narrative they have been
collecting snakes for exhibition purposes
for the last twenty years. and have per-
formed with them on the stage all over
Europe. The reptiles on board the At
lantico were caught In the forests of
Brazil, and include almost every varie-
ty known to the tropics The largest of
the lot is boa constructor, which Renhi
declares is as large around as his waist
and ten inches long. As a metre is a
little under thirty-nine and one-half
Inches. the monster would measure about
thirty-three feet. This was the beas:
that startled the officer at the quarantine
station.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
nLOBE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
- 20 WA SHINGTON Az. SOUTH.
Advertising Subscriptions
Tel. 2796 il. Tel 2790 IA

The Minnesota Bankers association will
West hotel today and tomorrow. 1t is
expected that over $50 delegates will be
present The local entertainment COM
mittee composed of Perry Harrison, c.
Il. 5affray, Fred A Smith and H H.
Thu Yer, has prepared sufficient relaxation
from the cares of business. This evening
has been set apart for huge trolley par
ty. Special cars have been chartered
and, starting from the West hotel, Como
and Harriet will be visited. Comic opera
will be on at the latter resort and seats
have been reserved for all the visitors.
70 Tomorrow noon there will be a lunch
for the delegates at the Minneapolis club.
At o'clock carriages will be furnished
the delegates and their ladies for a drive
about the city. The points of interest
visited will include the new Minikahda
club at Lake Calhoun
The proceedings of the business session
will open with prayer by Rev. l.. H. Hal
lcck, of Plymouth church, after which
addresses of welcome will be made by
Mayor Gray on behalf of the city and
]. L. Wyman on the part of the Mime
apolis bankers. H. d. Brown,of Albert
Lea, president of the association, will
respond There will be reports and rou-
tine business, and then Prof. w. w. Fol-
well, of the state university, will deliver
an address on THE Study of Economy
and Finance for the Education of Bank
officials and Clerks" This address is
expected to be the feature OF the morn
ing session. Following il will be an adj
dress by A. 0. Eliason, of Montevideo, on
1.-The Beginning of Commercial Banking
in the United States"
In the afternoon there will be an adj
dress on Bills of Lading and Warehouse
Receipts as Collateral and Their Risks"
By J. w. Lusk, president of the National
German-American Bank of st. Paul, and
one on Ethics of Banking" by E. D.
Hubert, vice president of the Merchants
Loan and Trust Company of Chicago. J.
J. Hill will close the afternoon with an
address upon a subject of his own Sc
lection.
for an address upon 1.-The Banker by
w. T. Fenton, vice president of the Ma
tionaI Bank of the Republic of Chicago,
and a discussion of the following topics:
Uniform Statements from Borrowers,
led by F. ]. Hopkins, vice president of
the National Association Of Credit Men;
State Bank Organization" led by. E.
M Pope, public examiner; Farm Mort
cages and Correct Estimate of Land
Values as Basis of Real Estate Loans
Reports of committees and election of
officers will conclude the proceedings.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
BUFFALO STRIKE SITUATION.
Men VIII Present an UItimatum To-
day, and Expect a Refusal.

BUFFALO, N. Y. June 1S-Nothing
developed today affecting the dock sit
uation. The freight handlers held a
largely attended meeting, and those pres
ent exhibited a determination to stay
out until the railways agree to pay them
20 cents an hour for overtime. They ex-
pect the other dock workers to stand by
them. On good authority it was stated
that the railway people will absolutely
refuse to change the rate of wages they
are paying to the men, The superintend-
ents at the different freight houses say
that if the present demand of the men Is
granted there is a strong probability that
another excuse for a strike will be
found in a few days. Therefore they
have decided to fight it out with the men
now.
There are a number of vessels in the
harbor loaded with package freight and
grain. In order to get at the grain the
grain shovelers have been unloading the
freight. The freight handlers protested
against this, and the scoopers have been
instructed not to lift any more freight.
A committee representing the striking
freight handlers is to wait upon the diff
ferent railroad companies tomorrow
morning and present an ultimatum.
Members of the committee seen today
say they expect a fiat refusal and are
prepared for 1T.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
TAKING EXERCISE.
How the Ameer of Afghanistnn Fol-
lows His Doctors Orders,

now the Ameer OF AfShantStan Fol-
lows His Doctors Orders.
The Ameer Of Afghanistan has been or
dered by his doctors to take exercise.
and he has probably discovered the cas-
lest way of taking 1t that was ever
thought of. The Ameer is getting fat,
and has been suffering from indigestion
and that is why he has got to take ex-
ercise.
He has ordered from a famous car
riage-making firm of Oxford street a pc
culiar vehicle, for exercising purposes.
The carriage has light body, and is pro-
PEELED by an arrangement of bicycIe
wheels from the rear. Two stalwart AZ
ghans sit on saddles over these wheels
and pedal with all their might to drive
the fat king over the terrible roads of
Afghanistan. When the Ameer feels in
clined to take exercise a little more vio-
lent than merely sitting down in the
carriage, he does so by pushing two ped
ais arranged in front of him. In thia
way he can add about half small bows
power to the efforts Of the stalwart At
ghanS pedalling away behind him The
carriage is handsome one, and the BODY
Is patterned like an old English Georgian
phaeton. 1t is fitted with silk cushions
rather luXuriouSly.
Besides the carriage for his personal
use the Amer has had another built for
the use of members of his harem The
carriages have cost $1,000 each, and are
capable of maintaining speed of twelve
miles an hour
1t will be relief to everybody at Ca
bull, the capital of the Arghanistans IL
the Ameer's health should improve. In
his present state of ill-temper he is very
apt to cut off peoples heads. He was
great soldier in his day and is a very
capable monarch but his temper has
lately been very uncertain Some time
ago he had bad toothache and the
English dentist who accepted an inyi-
tation to go to Cabul and pull 1t out felt
very nervous until he had secured the
tooth and got out of the country.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
BIG DEALS In GOLD
PROPERTIES IN THE RAINY LAKE
REGION SOLD TO ENGLISH
INVESTORS
EIGHT MILLIONS INVOLVED
Mines Along the Seine River Are to
BE Developed, and I'm Two Places
Stamp Mills of Large Capacity
Large Transactions snid to BE
Pending.

DULUTH, Mimi, June 1S.-(Special.)-
In the, last few days there have been
closed three deals with British capital
lists, amounting to $s.OOOOOO, in the Rainy
lake district of Western Ontario, and
large transactions are now pending for
the sale of other mines In the region to
England.
OF the three deals, the first to be closed
was the organization of the Ontario Gold
Mining company, which was organized
with capital of $1,5OO,0O0 for the pur-
chase and development of the ''Alcoa"
mine, Seine river. The company has
made arrangements for opening the mine
on a large scale, and for installing
mill with a capacity for reducing $50 tons
of rock daily.
The second was the consolidation of
three mines in the Sawbill district into
one company, and the arrangement to
install mill of 140 stamps at the prop
erty run by electricity generated by wa
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19

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will be in operation. The committee was
in session the greater part OF this aft
ernoon, and on adjournment issued the
following statement to the public:
The committee has, according to it's
best judgment, furthered the opening of
negotiations between the smelter man
ayers and their men with view to an
early resumption of work, and the COM
mittee believes that progress has been
made which in few days may culmi-
nate in the reopening of the smelters
In Denver and Pueblo"
1t Is learned that the president OF the
Smelling and Refining company will
probably arrive In Denver next Wednes-
day, when mutually satisfactory scale
of wages may be agreed upon between
the managers and the men. In the mean
time the committee will offer its serv-
ices to- help bring about so desirable a
result"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
SOAP sPoILs BEER.
Two Ounces of 1t VIII Ruin a
Million Dollars Worth of Lager.

Million Dollars Worth of Lager.
DO you know that 100000 worth of
beer could be utterly spoiled by two
ounces of soap?" said Madison ave-
nue. saloonist to on Enquirer man. well.
It's fact A little pellet of soap-any
kind of soap-dropped into a cask con-
tanning hundreds of gallons would knock
the life out of 1t quicker than YOU could
say Jack Robinson. The I've and the
grease in the soap simply stops the fer
mentation of the beer, and il loses its
effervescence at once. Some years ago
prominent brewing company of this
town had 10000 gallons of a particularly
fine brew stored in its cellars. One day a
member of the firm tapped one of the
casks, and subsequently others, and dis
covered that they had 10000 gallons of
fluid that wasn't worth as much as so
much water. Every gallon of 1t was as
lifeless as. canal aqua pura. brew
master who had short time previous
lost his position with the firm was sus-
pected of the job, in revenge for his dis
missal, but the brewing company had no
proof, and, besides, the man might have
been innocent. But there was every
evidence that soap had been used"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
SIZE OF THE OCEAN.
Few Statistics About How Much WI
ter There To

Few Statistics About How Much Wa
ter There Is.
An observant man once remarked that
most men seem to be as ignorant about
the size OF the sea as they are of the
distance between the heavenly planets.
Here are a few facts. The Pacific covers
6S,ooo,OOO miles, the. Atlantic, 80 0OO. 600.
and the Indian ocean, Arctic and, Antarc
tic, AZ, 900. To stow away the contents
OF the Pacific it would be necessary to
I'LL tank one mile long, one mile wide
and one mile deep every day for $40 wears.
Put In figures, the Pacific holds in weight
94S, oOO, 100000, 600 COCO tons. The Atlantic
averages depth of not quite three miles.
Its waters weight 325, 600 600 900, 600 600 tons.
ana tank to contain it, would have each
OF Its sides 400 miles long. The figures
OF the other ocans are in the same start
ling proportions. 1t would take all the
sea water in the world 100000 years to
now over Niagara. A tank to hold IT
would have to measure nearly LOCO miles
long each of it's Sides,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
programme of chorus and orchestra al
of fouIAbrief speeches 80
HOUSE SERVANTS
Shake Dice for an Annuity Left by
One of Theirs Vocation.

Chicago Record.
: They have a curious custom at Gull
ford, Eng. On Easter Monday all of the
maid servants in ST. Pauls parish meet
at the vestry room and throw dice for
fund of a12 IFS. which is the interest upon
legacy left by a. wetnan as long ago
as the earlier part. of the seventeenth
century. She was herself a housemaid,
and saved her earnings, which at the
time of her death amouRted to a consid-
cradle sum and were invested in con-
soils. 1t was intrusted 70 the vestry of
that parish as a permanent fund, and
she provided in her will that all of the
hcusemaids in the parish who had serv-
ed five years or more I'M the same house,
hold and had never In their lives been
employed in inns, alehouses, or drink
Ing places and we're Of good character
and repute, should meet on Easter Mon
day and cast lots for the money. The
girl throwing the highest number re-
ceives two-thirds of the whole, and the
second highest receives the other third
and If there should be q tie the money
is divided. g
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
MURDER OF MISSIONARIES.
Death of Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips and
Miss Sears Confirmed.

HONG KONG, June 19.-Rev. H. s.
Phillips, Mrs. Phillips and Miss Sears,
missionaries of the. Church Missionary
society, who with three native converts
were recently killed by rioters in the
province of Ngan-Hwei, had sought pro-
lection of the yamen at Kien-Yang. The
yamen, not being strong enough to pro-
tect them, sent the party under escort
to KEN Ming Fu, but the missionaries
were murdered on the way there. \. 1t is
reported that the natives destroyed also
the church parsonage at KEN Ming Flu.
. LONDON, June 19.-The missionary So
cieties here have received messages leav-
ing only the faintest hope of the escape
of Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips and Miss Sears
The messages announce, however, that
the Phillips baby and It's nurse, who
were sent to the seaside for the health
of the child, are safe.
Miss Sears had only recently arrived
at the mission sta ton from Australia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips were born in Eng
land.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
CLARK NOT CAPTURED.
WOuld-Be South Dakota Murderer
Has Made His Escape.

Has Made His Escape.
SIOUX FALLS, S. d, June 18.-(Special.)
Efforts to capture Stephen Clark, the
Hutchinson farmer who shot his wife and
f1fteen-year-old daughter, have to this
writing proved unsuccessful. 1t is report
ed that the fugitive was in the little town
of Ethan, Dawson county, all day Sun
day following his crime, but that none
of the. residents felt like taking the risk
of attempting to arrest him, as he still
retained the Winchester rife and two.
revolvers which he procured prior to his
fight. Clark reached Ethan early in the
morning and took breakfast at a private
house. He concealed himself about town
all lay, and in the evening left for the
north, following the Milwaukee railroad.
After going some miles north, Clark
changed his course and headed westward.
His trail was followed to the Missouri
river south of Chamberlain by posse
of officers, who ascertained that he cross
ed the stream on ferry boat, having
so great a start that he completely dis
appeared before the arrival of the Off
GERS at the river He Is probably now
somewhere in the interior of the eeded
Sioux lands lying between the Missouri
river and the Black Hills, with the in
tention of escaping to that region or to
Wyoming.
notwithstanding that the weapon used
was a 45-caliber revolver, the wife and
daughter are at this writing still alive.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
HILL DEFENDS HAIGHT
NEW YORK DEMOCRAT SCOUTS
THE STORY TOLD BY MIR.
LOCKWOOD
POLITICAL HISTORY REVIVED
No Immense Corruption Fund Was
Needed I'm 1896, Says Mr.. Hill, to
Elect the Entire Republican
T1ckef In New YOrk-Carrfed In
on the Tide of Political Events
80 Facts Stated.

Facts Stated.
ALBANY, N. Y, June 1S-Ex-Senator
and ex-Gov. David B. Hill, who was at
the head of the Democratic state ticket
the year that Judge Haight was elected
with the rest of the Republican state tick
OF, said tonight, concerning L. M Lock
WOODS testimony in relation to judge
Haights election, given before the in
dustrial commission:
Judge Haight was elected in the fall
or 1896. AT that election headed the
Democratic ticket for governor, heading a
Ioilorn hope, and personally reeolIect the
campaign very well. The Democrats had
to contend against the hard times The
silver panic. the Wilson tariff fiasco and
the disclosures of municipal corruption, as
well as divisions among the Democrats
themselves, and of course the result was
Republican cyclone, as everybody knew
1t would be-
The Republicans needed no immense
corruption fund, either from the Standard
OIL company or anybody else, to elect
their whole ticket. l recollect at the time
there was some criticism, principally by
coterie of Populists, of a decision which
Judge Haight once made as a supreme
court justice in Buffalo, but it attracted
no particular attention in the campaign
and was regarded by myself and by Dem
ocrats generally as unworthy of notice.
Al any rate, it cut no figure In the can
vass Judge Haight being elected by 12I,-
lSe plurality, over a most able and pop-
ular opponent, Jadge Haight receiving
81, 20s votes, while Gov. Morton received
only few more, to wit, 673,S1s
1T is absurd for a Pennsylvania at
this late day. for he can have no per-
sonal knowledge of what he assumes to
speak, to assert that Judge Haight was
either nominated or elected in New York
state through the contributions or eff
forts OF the Standard Oil company 1t
Verifles the old saying that One must go
away from home to get the news He
was elected because the tide of that year,
here as everywhere else, was with his
party, and he was nominated because of
his high personal character his efficient
Judicial ability and unquestioned integri-
ty, conceded by the whole bar and people
of the state, and, as a fair political oppo-
nent, 1T gives me pleasure to say this
much"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19

died within its walls and was buried In
Its church. somewhat similar cleo
ton custom existed at, Grimsby, a calf
being substituted for a SOW The bur-
gesses of Grimsby having chosen three
OF their number as eligible for the posi-
ton of mayor, the three were blindfold-
ed, punches of hay tied at their backs,
and then conducted to the common
pound, where calf awaited their com
lrg. He whose bunch of hay was first
eaten by the calf was pronounced most
worthy OF the mayoralty and installed
in office accordingly. -,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
VICTIMS OF DISASTER.
Bodies of Miners Recovered From
the Caledonia Buried.


HALIFAX, N. s., June ia dispatch
from Glace Bay says dense volumes of
smoke are pouring from the Caledonia
pit and the hre is burning as fiercely as
ever, Notwithstanding tons of water being
poured into the mine Men attempted
TO enter the pit today, but got down only
forty feet and were compelled to retreat
Work is being rushed on the old Bridge
port mine to fill orders The BODY of one
of the victims, Martin, is yet undiscov-
cred, and is probably buried forever be-
meath thousands of tons of debris Work
men now say Underground Manager
Johnston was too rash in ordering the
men back into the mine on Friday Daniel
Martin. section man, was one of the
party Johnston met, but he refused to go
back and is alive today
The funerals of the victims of the dis
aster, whose bodies were recovered, took
place today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
Manila Casualties

WASHINGTON. IS has
department additional list casualties the soldiers
his command amounting killed wounded In
addition
deaths from Illness The cabled list follows:
June -
First IowaConpany Wagner. -
WOUNDS
June Gambie pvae Company C. Third T nsn Infantry
Mark D. Myno py COMPANY p snS ae john Ban
Company A.. infantry.
Ill
Typhoid FeyerMay Schultz
First artillery l2 private Company {.
From Diphtheria
teh infantry; L Madden Company
First ism a eanta
s slight June Company William D Atkinson thigh slight
Fourth an.1 1pntA5
uber h a sa sgh wam Gooper sg madepate Henry
pnoy Hasnsd thigh o Company William Curry arm
pany L. Arthur Franz William
ADAMS noqer sa
moderate Sergeant Avery E. Long forearm
sixth &reryNea Las pna Company nard ,t thigh
n ah George De- ao1d G G
DaytGn Brech hand slight Company arthur
MeHsn ratrsk hlu1vlhi
Lieu, Lieut. James II Boy.
Severe shk hsh severe 0sre
W vrs @ 5e9
49, a
thigh slight; Patrick Hougan wrist ight M nn
nna F aav Lieut. PacF % Ryn e mod Com
Twentythird Inantycompan L. Second Lieut.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19

Teachers National association which is
to- be held here June 81 to % inclusive,
has a programme indicating much more
than the usual attendance and interest.
An interesting feature will be the exhibit
ton for the first time in public of the
perfectly tuned piano, by the inventor,
DR.. s. A. Hageman, of Cincinnati. In
the three days large number of papers
will be read by members from all over the
country, followed by discussions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
TAMMANY AGAINST. TRUSTS.
keynote VIII BE Sounded at Fourth
of July Celebration

NEW YORK. June 19.-The World says:
Tammany is going to array itself against
the trusts. Its Fourth of July celebra-
ton this year will be mainly devoted to
sounding the antitrust war cry for the
campaign of next year.
The two principal speakers of the cele-
bration will devote their eloquence to
marking the line of battle in the national
fight They are j. J. Willard, ex-chair-
man Of the Democratic state committee
of Alabama, and Congressman CaruIh, Of
Kentucky. Both are men who are famed
in their respective states as orators, and
will talk about the evils of trusts.
W. ]. Bryan has been invited to attend
the celebration and make a speech. He
is not expected to come.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-19
MR.. ALGER's TRIP.
sunday Spent in Inspecting the

Sunday Spent in Inspecting the
Portage Lake improvements.
HOUGHTON, Mich. June 1S.-Secretary
of War Alger arrived here early today
and spent the entire day inspecting the
government improvements on the Portage
lake waterways. The entire channel from
Portage entry to the ship canal was trav-
ersed. He will spend tomorrow in view
ing this district.
Every possible argument is being Of
fered to induce him to cancel the propos-
ed transfer of Maj. c. B. Sears to Porto
Rico. The important marine interests of
Lake Superior are a unit in their desire
that he be retained here. in charge of the
work he has so successfully managed for
some years past.