The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-04
IS ALL DUE 70 WHISKY
GOV. LIND BLAMES RED LIQUOR
FOR THE INDIAN
SCARE
WILL SEARCH FOR SELLERS
People of kOOchiching, However,
Say the Trouble Was Started
by Indians Across
the Line.

! Evidently the war department has the
| geography of Minnesota somewhat mixed,
as it is apparent from a message re-
ceived by Gov. Lind from Secretary Root
yesterday that the Washington officials
believe Rainy lake is tributary
/ to Leech lake. Gov Lind wired
| Secretary Root at Washington of the
| threatened trouble around Rainy lake,
and received very promptly a message
from the secretary of war stating that
Gen. Wade had been dispatched to Leech
| lake to take such measures as would in
sure the safety and protection of the
lives and property of settlers. Gov. Lind
wired back that the trouble was not at
Leech lake, but on Rainy river and
Rainy lake. The governor gave express
sion in the correspondence over the wire
yesterday to the belief that the trouble
was all the result of liquor being dis
pensed to the Indians by INSCRIPTIONS
white men.
Adjt Gen. Lambert was at his desk
again yesterday morning, having come
down from Duluth on the night train. AT
Duluth he saw the troops safely aboard
the special over the Duluth & Iron
Range, and by this time the detachment
of forty picked men, under Capt Eva, are
in all probability at Koochiching, on the
Canadian border, very close to the scene
! of the Indian trouble.
While at Duluth, Gen. Lambert, with
| President ]. L. Greatsinger, of the Du-
luth & Iron Range, completed all ar
! engagements for the transportation OF the
! troops Few trains run on Sunday, and
| the passenger service is entirely sus-
pended. No one was around the general
office building, and Gen. Lambert en-
joyed the novelty of witnessing a rail-
road president with his own hand order
special train. Mr.. Greatsinger enjoys the
distinction of being one of the cleVerest
telegraph operators in the country as
well as being president of a very re-
markable road.
Officials and those having to do with
the reported Indian trouble believe that
It would in any event, be short lived, but
the presence of the troops will have a
very salutary effect and that no further
trouble will follow.
Gov. Lind received the following cor
respondence from County Attorney Phi
lips, of st. Louis county, and County
Attorney Donohue of Itasca county:
Iohn Lind ST. Paul-Dear Governor:
Your telegram Cf June 80 was received,
and [ proceeded to investigate at once
matters mentioned. cannot learn IhdI
any intoXicat ng liquors have been sofa
TO indians or others at or about Rainy
Lake. in St. Louis county, No liquor
licenses have been issued to parties in
that region The trouble seems to be
along Rainy river, and in 1tasca county:
[ think, however, l shall send the sheriff
or one of his deputies up into the north
ern part of the county to discover, If
possible, whether any Intoxicating liq-
uors have been sold there. At isolated
points so far away from the courts it IS
very probable that the law has been VIC
lated, and if so 1 hope to obtain the
evidence In that case proceedings will
be instituted against the offenders at
once. Yours truly,
w. B. Phillips.
Hon. John Lind, ST. Paul-Dear Sir:
Your telegram of June 30 received, and
contents noted Our deputy clerk of
court Mr. King, returned Saturday from
Koochiching, and says that the people
of the latter place deny the report that
the trouble started from the sale Of
whisky to the Indians, but that the trouble
arose with the Indians across the line.
However, l have instructed the deputy
sheriff at Koochiching to investigate and
arrest any and all offenders. and if tie
report is true the guilty will be punished.
j. B. Donahue,
County Attorney.