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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
TWO LuMBERMEN KILLED.
Minneapolis Lumber Trade Invaded
In the List of the Dead.

Minneapolis Lumber Trade Invaded
In the List of the Dead.
Ernest L. Arnold, secretary and mana
ger of the Sawyer Il Arnold Lumber COM
pany, which has its headquarters at La
Crosse, New Paynesville and at other
points, who was killed In the wreck ut
Waterloo, resided at BIG Second avenue
SOUTH Minneapolis, and had been resi-
dent of that city for the past ten years.
He was widely known In lumber circles
and looked upon as an enterpristng and
rising young business man. Mr.. Arnold
was thirty-nine years of age and is sur
vived by wife. He was the son of j.
S. Arnold, land commissioner o. the 500
read, and previous to coming to Mime
~apolfs resided at La Crosse, Wis, where
the company has headquarters.
Mr.. Arnold had necessarily been on the
road great part OF the time, and left
home about one week ago for Southern
trip on the company business, and was
expected home yesterday morning. The
first information which Mrs Arnold re-
ceived was in the form IF telegram
tc Mrs. J. D. Lady, 3106 Second avenue
south, from her husband, who was also
passenger on the train The telegram
stated that there had been wreck, from
which Mr.. Laddy had escaped without
a scratch, but in which Mr.. Arnold had
D66n Killed. 1T suggested mat Ar
mold be first told that her husband was
dangerously injured, hut she at once di-
vined the truth and is we'll nigh crazy
with grief.
The remains will be brought to Mime
epolis for interment
w. A. Mclaughlin. another of the kill
ed was the head of the sa les department
of the Akeley Lumber company, having
been connected with the firm ever since
its formation. He came to Minneapolis
from Muskegon, Mich, where his father
and mother, sister and one brother still
reside. Another brother lives in Waverly,
MINI.
Mclaughlin was unmarried, and for
several years resided at the Nicoliet hotel.
Last week, however, he, together with
three friends, rented the Butler house,
on Second avenue south, near Franklin
avenue, and began housekeeping. He left
Minneapolis Friday night, accompanied
by W. A. Arnold, who is also fellow
member of the bachelors club, to go TO
Burlington on business. They expected
to return Sunday morning, and asked
that breakfast be waited until their ar
rival.
H. c. Akeley, when seen last evening,
said that Mclaughlin was man of much
more than the average ability, and of
undoubted integrity. He was. he said,
very popular with his friends, and in his
death the company felt a personal and
serious loss.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
PAwNBRoKERs IN JAPAN.
Curious Phase of Daily Life Among
the Poor of Toxic

Curious Phase OF Daily Life Among
the Poor of Toxic.
One of the bills introduced In the Jap
anese house of representatives illustrates
a curious phase of every day life among
the lower classes of Toxic. The pawn
brokers' law now in Force forbids pawn
broker to levy higher interest than 1
sen per month fol. g. loan not exceeding
Is sen. Thus a paWnbroker may obtain
IL sen a year for q loan Of 25 sen; or he
may even obtain Il sen a lear for loan
of II sen. Such charges seem high
enough, in all conscience. Nevertheless
the restrictions of the present law as
unduly limiting the pawnbrokers' gains,
and consequently lending 20 prevent the
people obtaining useful accommodation
Many folks, mem and women, who sub
sist by manual labor ms Toxic, find them
selves constantly without sufficient funds
to buy their dinner. They can pay for
their breakfast, butomoney to get dinner
Is wanting. 1t Is stheir habit then, to
put some of theiFs cooking utensils in
pawn, thus obtaining means to pay for
their dinner, and, Whe9bthey receive their
days wage in the evening. they are able
to redeem the pledged articles, and also
procure their supper that night and their
breakfast and bath the following morn
ing. The pawnbroksr, therefore, has to
perform thirty transactions monthly In
the nature of taking pledges and paying
and receiving money. The sum involved
each day is very small, and the interest.
as we have seen, may be ANYTHING from
100 to 4S per cent, but, on the other hand.
charge of / sen per mensem for suob
troublesome services is certainly not ex
orbitant.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
ELEPHANTS CUNNING.
How the Great Beast DissembIes It's
Hatred and .FerOcity.


San Francisco Examiner
Few more impressive condolences can
be impaired MIN than2 that in which a
Hindoo describes how he knows his ele-
plant intends TO destroy him. 1t is all
SO seemingly trivial, and yet in reality
of such deadly significance. His story IS
so full of details that prove the man s
profoundest understanding of what he is
talking about that Ole. remains equally
amazed at the brute's power to dissem-
BILE and it's intended Victims insight into
the Would-be-murderer'5 character And
yet, from the psychological standpoint an
elephant never gives any other such in
dicatiOn of mental p,,Wer az Is exhibited
in its revenge That patient, watchful
implacable hatred, often provoked sim
ply because Il man lis in attendance upon
another animal (fors 1t is the rule with
fuskers to detest their next neighbors),
speaks more conclusiyely of a high intel
lectual guide than allt stories, false Or
true Of concentration s'and fixedness Of
purpose, such careful, uprelaXed vigil
lance, such perfect and consistent pre-
tense, and, when the time comes, such
desperate, unhesitatfng energy as homi-
cidal animals exhibit, are impossible
without a very considerable, although in
this instance very Irregular, develop
inent.
is great at all, its greatness shows itself
in it's crimes. These have caused it to be
worshiped in the East where ruen ven
crate nothing but mereiless, irresponsible
force, and where an exhibition of those
qualities and traits described fully ac-
counts for the formula, My lord, the
elephant /"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
HER MAJEsTY's CANES.
One Room In Victoria's Suite Filled
With Walking Sticks.

New York Herald.
Since the infirmities of Queen Victoria,
of England, made it necessary for her to
use walking stick she has been the re-
cipient of many canes. Her friends, rela-
tives and subjects have seized upon every
possible occasion to present her with
new cane. One entire room of her pri-
vate suite is stocked with these special
gifts. Whenever she expresses her In
tention Of attending a function, like
royal wedding or christening, the inter
ested parties consider it fitting to send
her another cane. Every anniversary she
is forced to acknowledge score or so
more.
Hers is a collection Of priceless value.
There are solid gold sticks, silver sticks,
eXquisitely carved; sticks that are a
marvel of the carver's art, and sticks that
contain Jewels that would move even a
New York opera patron to envy.
Queen Victoria has leaned more heavily
on her stick Of late years, using it to
cross the room even, instead of only on
long walks about Windsor castle, and
after long, tiresome ceremony. She al
ways places 1t against her chair, and
when she rises it is the duty of the high
est court official to hand 1t to her.
The story of the prank played upon her
by the son. of the Duke of York has never
appeared in print before. The Queen,
who is not very fond of court ceremonies
when she is in retirement, was at Wind
sor and had dismissed her attendants,
who had withdrawn to an arbor nearby.
She was very much interested in her
favorite pastime, knitting socks for the
Prince of Wales, when that small en-
bodiment of mischief, her great-grand-
son, slipped away with her cane and
played horsey with it over the lawn.
He had to be captured before the
queen could enter the house. Then her
majesty proceeded to teach him that even
the future king of England cannot tam
per with the dignity of the present
powers that be.
Of recent years her subjects have hoped
in vain to see her use their gifts. She
has used only one cane. 1t is of great
historic value, having been presented to
King Charles II. by one of his merry
court. Very properly 1t is cut from an
oak tree When Charles accepted the
gift it had a plain gold head, which was
apt to turn around and hurt the hand
II the cane was called upon to support
much weight.
1t was whispered about the court re-
Gently that her majesty used no longer
the historic stick. This is not true; only
the top has been changed An idol, which
graced the temple of an Inflated Indian
prince, has been added for a handle. This
is an exquisitely wrought affair in ivory
ON an infinitesimal pedestal of alabaster
The eyes and forehead are jeweled and on
the tongue is the rarest of rubites.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
SALTWATER.
Day Is to BE Observed
With Appropriate Exercises.

Memorial Day Is to BE Observed
With Appropriate Exercises.
The Clyde cleared yesterday with a
raft of logs for the Standard Lumber
company, Dubuque. The Ravenna cleared
with a raft from the foot of the lake for
Zimmerman & Ives, Gutenberg.
Mrs Frederikka Borkhart, residing on
West Oak street. died Saturday evening
from a blood clot in the brain. She was
68 years of age. -
Frank Hefty, whose. skull was fractur-
ed by William Foote on Friday, was
slightly improved yesterday, but is still
in a precarious condition.
The Modern Woodmen camp in this
city attended memorial services at the
Methodist Episcopal. &. church yesterday
morning and the Grand Army posts and
Ladies' Auxiliary attended memorial
services In the evening, at Ascension Epis-
copal church.
Up to Saturday evening the st. Croix
boom crew had turned9out 80,000,e00 feet of
logs thus far this season. About 10000
600 feet remain in Nevers' dam and new
logs are arriving daily.
Memorial day will be observed in Still
water with appropriate exercises in the
opera house, where an address will be de-
lvered by Hon. J. N. Searles. Appropri-
ate exercises will also be held at the
prison.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
SERMON BY FATHER LAwLER.
Address to the Graduating Glass o
the MOorhead Normal.

Address to the Graduating Glass of
the MOOrhead Normal.
MOORHEAD, Mimi, May 2S.-(Special.)
The commencement exercises at the
normal school began tonight with the
class sermon delivered by the Rev. John
j. Lawler, pastor of the Cathedral st.
Paul. A large number of people braved
the storm and the audience was repre-
sentative of Moorhead and Fargo, the
churches having suspended their regular
services for the occasion.
After dwelling on the various things
which are sometimes sought as the ends
of human existence and showing how
they fail to lead to perfect happiness
here and thereafter, Father Lawler urged
that all earthly employments should be
made subservient stepping stones to the
higher life. Among the things which
work for success, untiring labor and per-
severance were emphasized. In his clos
ing remarks to the graduates Father
Lawler embodied the principles enun-
ciated in the sermon.
The music this evening was under the
direction of Miss Morrisey, who also
sang the solo, "Redeemer Divine"
Tomorrow evening the senior recital,
presentation of the Merchant of Ven
ice," will be given.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
CUBANS ARE LESS COY
OVER ONE HUNDRED APPLY FOB
SHARE OF THE THREE
MILLIONS
ROLLS VERY UNRELIABLE

Evidence to Show That They Were
Deliberately DOctOred to Cnst
Diseredit Upon the Whole Pro-
ceeding - Names of Many Were
Found Who Are Known to Be
Dead-Some Arms Are Turned In.
HAVANA, May 2S.-There were 1O1 ap-
plicants today for shares in the $1,000. OOO
which the United States has offered TO
the Cuban troops. Thirty men were given
STE each. The others were not on the
rolls although they had guns which they
were ready to turn in and certificates of
service.
The United States military authori-
ties consider that the rolls are very I'M
reliable. Indeed, the opinion is freely
expressed that large proportion of the
names are fictitious and that the rolls
omit majority of the names of those
rightly entitled to share in the division.
The object of. this, apparently, is to dis
credit the entire proceeding and to show
the Cuban public that large number
of the troops refused to take American
money.
Lieut.. Col. George NJ. Randall, of the
Eighth United States infantry the COM
missioner experimenting the distribution
here, went carefully over the rolls of one
battalion with it's commandant He point
ed out thirty-four of the men who are
dead and names of others who had not
been heard of outside the rolls.
OF those present today twenty-five
turned in arms-Mausers, Remingtons
and carbines. The other five showed re-
ceeipts vouehing for the delivery Of their
arms.
The payment will continue until noon
tomorrow in Havana city; but Col. Ran
dali believes it will be necessary to have
additional days after a while here and
extra pay rolls for men who have I'M
doubtedly seen service. He also believes
that were the payment to be continued
in Havana for the next three days at
least niney-n per cent of those en-
titled to apply would do so.
Most of those who appeared today as
serted that they had only heard by acct
dent that the distribution was now ac-
tually taking place.
The first payment outside OF Havana
will be made on Tuesday at Santiago de
las Vegas, whittier Col. Randall, the
: the paymaster.
Gen. Carpenter, military governor of
the department of Puerto Principe, ar
rived today to attend the meeting of mil
itary governors summoned by Gen.
Brooke for Thursday next. He reports
that affairs in that province are in good
condition.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29

and women on the train were more or
less injured. The train was running
over iowlands when the track began 10
settle and the train was derailed. Nearly
all OF the passengers in the sleepers were
undressed in their berths when the wreck
occurred. The rain was coming down
furtously; lightning was flashing and
thunder pealing. The porter was crushed
to death at the forward end Of the first
sleeper
E. w. Scribner, who occupied a COM
partment in one of the Pullman sleepers.
said: II was awakened by loud crash
and lurch. Then I felt the coach T
was in slide over to one side dressed
as rapidly as possible, but was unable
to opend the door to my state room. so
/ got out of window. 1t was raining
hard and the lightning showed that the
entire train was wrecked. Several women
were rescued in their night clothes"
The passengers were brought to Oelwein
and well cared for, most of them taking
the first train out.
The damage to the railroad COMPANY
will be heavy, as the train was an ele-
CANT one and the coaches and locomotive
are almost q total loss.
The names of the injured are:
il. Bishop, engineer, Minneapolis
Mrs. Brandy Berry, Montpelier, o.
c. F. Fuller. fireman, Minneapolis
c. c. -eniger, conductor, Minneapolis.
o. d. Neese. express messenger, st.
Paul.
The Chicago Great Western limited,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29

Louis with the body of the deceased,
which will be inferred in the family lot
there. Frank Halo left last night for
Waterloo.
r. H. Schweppe, of Alton, ILL.,, who was
among the killed, was the son of H. M
Schweppe, a prominent merchant of
Alton. He was on his way to Mime
apolis to visit his fianee when killed.
BEFORE his death he directed that a
telegram be sent, informing her that he
had been injured. Mr.. Schweppe was %
years of age and last summer and until
early in the present year he had been en-
ployed by the Northwestern Telephone
exchange company. An accident to his
eye compelled him to go to a hospital
and later he went home to Alton. Man
ager j. p. Cassidy, of the Western Union
Telegraph company at Minneapolis, spoke
very highly of him, as did H. G. Webster,
manager of the telephone exchange. The
remains will be returned to Alton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
BEAUTIFUL SCRIPT
Written by an Old Penman I'm the
PennsyIvania Mountains.

Pennsylvania Mountains.
New York Sun.
You would not take that old German
sitting there" said the landlord of the
country inn, Ito be one of the most ex-
pert penmen in the country, but all the
same he is. He travels from farm house
to farm house all over this part of the
state, and mas all the work he can do
His name is George FrancKe and his age
about fifty. When he wants to take a
rest he comes here and lays off.
Sat the farm house he takes the family
Bible and writes down the marriages,
births and deaths of the family in Ger
man or English script, so well dcne that
1t resembles the finest engraving. He
transcribes marriage certificates almost
equal TO the best bank note lettering. He
is rugged and brown and his fingers
rough and knotty, but he turns out work
that is simply wonderful. He is so expert
that he has the annual job CT lettering
the diplomas of oll the graduates at sew
eral big normal schools in the state He
has worked for weeks at Ii time at one
farm house writing or printing family
histories, wills, certificates of baptism,
church combinations, ETC., and the pen
manship invariably resembles copper
plate. He charges about SO cents day
and his board, but where he has only
small jobs his rates are higher. He
does not work fast, but takes his time,
and 1t is simply marvellous to sec what he
does with a fine steel pen.
HE would not undertake to make a
bank note with a pen, but there is no
question that he could do It, He has
written invitations 20 weddings and fu-
nerals that could hardly be told at first
glance from engraving. He has turned
out as many as fifty brief invitations IN
two days work, and when they were fin
ished all were alike, and you could not
tell two apart. He has taught severn
CT the backswoods country farmer boys
to become quite expert with the pen, and
some of their work locks exactly like first
class engraving.
"Francke was born in Germany, drifted
to this country many years ago, and has
lived an easy, happy-go-lucky life ever
since, earning all the money he needs
with his pen. 1 have seen city sharps at
country fairs, or on street corners at a
store box, writing visiting cards with a
great deal of flourish. but these experts
writing looks like penwork, but Francke's
is like copperplate engraving. He car
ries good assortment Of blank cards
with him. and In this way the city Wis
tiers to backwoods farm houses are fire.
questly surprised upon coming across
mountain girls who have beautiful Wis
iting cards They get theirs from the
travelling penman. He has his regular
route each week and gets around once a
year to the various farmers he knows, his
territory covering some thirty miles in
each direction.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
IT'S LARGEST CLASS YET.
Twenty-Five New Priests Ordained
at st. Paul Seminary.

Twenty-one young men took the final
vows and were solemnly ordained to the
Catholic priesthood at st. Paul's seminary
Saturday, the largest class that has ever
been ordained In the Northwest, and,
according to report one of the brightest
that ever went forth from st. Paul's.
The ceremony of ordination was per-
formed by Rt. Rev. James Trobec, bishop
of ST. Cloud, VINO was assisted by Rev.
P. r. Hebron, rector of the seminary,
and DIR. Schaefer as master of cere-
monies.
The following are the names of the
priests ordained and the dioceses to
which they have been assigned:
Joseph Schneider, Winona; William
Dobbin, st. Paul; Jacob Duffy, st. Paul :;
Daniel Lavery, Winona; Patrick Kenny,
ST. Paul; Emil Polasek, ST. Paul; Joseph
Mangen, Winona; Nicholas Stubinitzki,
McNally, San Francisco; Benedict Biz
kle, Sioux Falls; Patrick O'FIara, San
Francisco; Patrick Ryan, San Francisco;
lespie, Davenport; Francis Kottenstette.
Davenport; Charles Donahue, Daven-
port; William Shanahan, Davenport;
Richard Aidy, Davenport; Philip Walsh,
Peoria.
The order of deacon was conferred on
Jacob Watcher. The order of subdeacon
was conferred on:
John Parkinson, John Georgen, John
MikoIai, Robert Schlinkert, Matthias
Stukel, Francis Raat, Oliver Dolphin,
John Dunphy,. Edward Walsh, John
Walsh, Edward Looney.
These received minor orders:
Ignatius Schumacher, Cornelius Nc
Dewitt, John Kennedy, Ludwig Buchler.
Anton Kaesen, Augustus Vanden Heuvel,
Joseph Havorka, Michael O'Reilly,
Dionysius Bailey Thomas Flood, John
OSullivan, Joseph Raith, Henry Bruen-
agel.
Tonsure was conferred on the follow
ing:
Aloysius Ziskowski Hieronymus Dawz-
kowsli Vincent Havlicek, Peter Lang,
Francis English, Martin Griffith. Henry
Mccall. John Helmas, John Bartholome,
Hieronymus Hancik, Thomas Cullen,
Emf Emil Vanhoeneker, David Moran; Mar;
OReilly, Anton Kaesen, Henry 3 Fey,
Dionysius Bailey, John O'Sullivan,
Joseph Raith, Henry Bruenagel, Cor
nelius McDevitt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
DELICATE SCALES.
So Finely Adjusted That They Will
Weigh n Fly.

London Mail.
Berlin has. magic pair OF scales; they
have been using them on flies. The aver
age weight of the common fly is, roughly
speaking, 114-10O, 000ths Of an ounce; that
is to say, 14,000 flies would Just about bal
ance a one pound weight. The wing of
fly weighs 1-14th of its total weight,
and one leg but 1-315th. The instrument
which made these infinitesimal CAL
culations is a, large lever weigh
Is one of the wonders of the
age, for such gradadons as the 1-90Oth
part of milligram, or about 1-225, zoo, 000th
of pound, are registered by means of
it's magic.
Its accuracy is so terribly uncompro-
missing that If a hundred weight were
placed in each scale and a house fly
CHANGED to alight on one of them the
scale would Immediately turn by the mere
weight of that insect.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
REQUIRES BRAINS
To Deal With Women In an Easy.
Graceful, LdarftI Way.

Graceful, LiarfuI Way.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
IT have a very simple scheme for wr1g-
Cling out of trouble when my wife catches
me in fib," said a Perfect Brute last
evening to several congenial companions.
ION such occasions 1t issa great mistake,
for a man to attempt any explanation
The thing to do is merely to assume an
air of injured innocence. That attitude
will puzzle woman and shake her con-
fidence in your guilt. She will begin I'M
consciously to castIabout for some ex-
PLANTATION, some theory some cleW to the
mystery, and when she finds one, no mat
ter how preposterous, s-She will be so
pleased by her own clewerness that 1t is
easy to persuade her tocaccept 1t out of
hand. You see, I have, reduced the thing
to a science. To illustrate; told my wife
not long ago that i would be detained
over my books until past midnight. After
l left, some neighbers,' cenfound EN-, in
Vited her to the theater, and during the
last act she saw me, of course with some
Of the boys in the parquette. When l got
home there was an: explanation. I said
nothing. I simply looked at her, sadly,
wistfully, reproaehfully, Next day there
was another explosion. / resumed my
tactics. That, evening she said: Look
here Charley,1 want you to tell me
whether you really went to the theater to
see Col. Hawkins Then remembered
suddenly that Hawkins was seated at
my left, and also that she knew I had
been trying to close large-sized bust
ness deal with him. In the goodness Of
her heart the dear girl hads arrived ..at
the conclusion that Il must have gone to
the show to clineh that contract. I smil-
ed warlly. L would have thought, Mary
1 replied with great. tgentleness, that
something of the kind might have sug-
gested itself to yous-before.' That was
enough She wept copfously. 7 was not
a monster; Twas a martyr. Eventually,
forgaveUhe upon her solemn promise
never again to suspect me of an u1ltruth.
So you see how 1t is. If I had tried to
explain I would doubtless have, made
mess of 1t and planted lasting seeds, Of
distrust. AS 1t turned out, the episode re-
bounds to my credit. It's a great thing to
have brains, boys, when you're dealing
with women