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The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03
MOCK MARRIAGE CEREMONY WAS REAL

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
CHICAGO, June IA full dress rehear-
sal of marriage ceremony at the First
Baptist church, in Oak Park, the other
day was SO well done that after It was
over the Rev. DR.. Conley said the couple
were married. beyond any question, and
that another cefemony was not necessary.
But the second ceremony was performed,
ana few of the guests knew that Miss
Eoythe Devonia Waterman was really
Mrs. James Closson Reifsnider when the
vows We're taken the second time.
Inc blunder was blamed on the minister
AT the rehearsal he went through the en-
tire marriage service without inserting
the custornaTysf not" in the passages ac-
companying the placing Of the ring on
the brides finger, and in the final pro-
nouncemeht the couple were married le-
gally. The public function therefore was
mere formality of fashion.
Luncheensi dinners and receptions for
the young people had been given in pro-
fusion during the last two weeks, and it
was at the close of one of these pleasant
functions that they were accidentally
united IN wedlock. The bridal party had
been entertained at dinner and then went
to the Baptist church to go through a
final rehearsal.
The clock struck $50 as Mr.. Eckhart
played the opening strains of the ''Lohen-
formed In the rear of the church audito-
rum, the bridesmaids marching up the
lett aisle to the altar and the ushers
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up the right. When they faced inward
and opened the line the maid Of honor,
preceding the bride, on the arm of her
father, walked slowly up The aisle. The
groom and his best man met the party
at the foot Of the rostrum
After few preliminary remarks and
not little joking among the attendants,
the minister began the service of the
church. He went through the introduce
ton and the charge to the fhrties to be
united. propounded and received the an
swers to the pledges Of obedience and pro-
lection in sickness and health from both
and allowed them to plight their troth
after the manner prescribed by the ritual.
ME groom then placed the wedding ring
on his fiancee's finger prayer was Of
fered and the minister pronounced the
couple man and wife Before the last
word had been spoken 1t suddenly dawned
upon those in attendance that a legal
marriage had been performed. Then there
was excitement and gossiping, question
Ing and confusion, and the party was not
comforted much when Dr. Conley said:
L haven't any doubt that these two
are man and wife. They are welded le-
gally, and the knot is tied hard and fast.
Let me be the first to offer congratuIa-
tions"
1t was some time before the bride and
groom had recovered sufficiently from
their surprise to comprehend the situa-
ton: They were thunderstruck for a mo-
ment, but finally were convinced that they
were man and wife, and received felicita-
lions from the bridal party and witnesses.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03
NEW YORK BELLE AS A CATTLE QUEEN

cattle are weak. It was a knowledge of
these facts that led Miss Howard to To-
cate her ranch buildings at bend IN the
stream where she can get view of miles
Of the river bed in each direction.
South of the river is the Rosebud In
dian reservation. In addition to looking
after the affairs of her ranch, Miss How
ard has established a store near her
dwelling where she dlsposes of goods to
her copper-colored neighborS south of the
river, ard to her neighboring ranchmen.
The most perfect order prevails about her
ranch and every building Is arranged
with a view to its relation to the whole.
The home of the cattle queen is indeed
a cosy place.
the ranch, and nicely laid and finished.
The superstructure is of the Gothic style
and the entire outside effect is one of
comfort. The inside is finished in nat
ural wood, oiled and polished, and by its
air Of elegance. gives the visitor the i'm
preston produced by the internal ar
rangement Of a government revenue cut
ter The walls are tastily decorated with
fine paintings, etchings and engravings,
while the polished floors are thickly COW
cred with the skins of wild animals which
have been trapped on the ranch.
Broad, cosy freplaces with the tradt-
tional aud1rons, take the place of the
modern stoves or furnaces. In the sit
tingroom are the latest magazines and
periodicals, while on a shelf in the broad
chimney corner, among other books, is a
neatly bound edition of Browning. In this
comfortable home one is drivensto forget
that Grace ranch is fifty miles from a
railroad, with an Indian reservation on
one side and miles of trackless prairie
on the other.
But Miss Howard has brought her
Eastern culture out to this home in the
West and preserves 1t here. The corrals
the ice house, the root houses and, In
fact. almost all the improvements are
made from timber cut from the ranch
itself. The view from the front Of the
house is a fine one. In the foreground
are the corrals, with their sheds, wind
mills, snubbing posts and the like, and
on the sides of the hills rising above
them were gathered numbers of cattle
all peacefully grazing toward the North
a picture Of contentment. and, incident
lily, of profit.
Miss Howard states that she has nc
desire to go back to the East to live, as
her health was much better here than
it had ever been in the East. The citi-
zens of Oacoma, the county seat Of Ly-
man county, which is situated on the
Missouri river, are preparing at present
to run a telephone line up the White
river to the bad lands. This line will
touch Grace ranch and place 1t in direct
communication with the long distance
telephones so that Miss Howard may
know each day what the market prices
are.
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Interesting Items From State Papers

chewed the. sleeves from four fine shirts
that hung on the line.
Melbourne, To-, has the closest living
man. He got married to a home girl to
save expenses, walked around a block
for his wedding tour, bought his wife a
sack Of peanuts for a wedding present
and then made her save them for the
children. That may smack of the extra
economical. but it's better than hiring
garments for the wedding. and still bet
ter than renting swa1lowtails for recep-
tionS.
Oshkosh Times: Sunday Humane
Agent Will1ie found a eleven-year-old
girl at work in brick yard near Apple
ton holding a mans position and attired
in male clothing. Since the age of eight
years this child has Iabored amongst the
men and piled bricks instead of by edu-
cation and association being fitted for
UomannOOd. The girls name Is Lizzie
Boettcher, and she is the daughter Of
Henry Boettcher proprietor of a b:ick
yard near the line of Winnebago and
Outagamie counties, and not far from
the interurban line between Appleton
and Neenah. The father has been ar
rested, and unless ne agrees to give the
daughter proper schooling he will be
prosecuted on the charge of employing a
child under the age of fourteen years.
and also for requiring her to masquerade
in male attire.
Austin Herald: Honest, faithful A. c.
Mollson Is thrown eff the police force.
Mr.. Mollison has been a faithful officer.
! He made one mistake in his trouble with
O. NJ. Drake, the East side baker, but
he could always be found when wanted.
Hcrses were not allowed to stand at
night on his beat, when the mercury
was ten below zero. He knew the Ioca-
ton Of the fire boxes on his beat and he
never lost half an hours time looking
for one when every minute was Of value,
He never allowed a burglar to walk out
OF jail to get package of cigarettes and
in unsophiSticated wisdom expected the
man to return behind the bars No. Al
did none of these things He served his
country faithfully and we'll throughout
the Civil war; he made a record then
that he can be proud of all his DAYS ard
his children after him. He was a good
| citizen. made a good officer, but is turned
down because he would not bend the
! knee to the uncrowned king of Austin.
Morris Tribune: An old man from the
country south of Fisher would not he
lieve he could hear his wife talk twelve
miles by telephone. His wife went to
tfcokston for weeks visit and tie old
man went to town to satisfy himself by
an experiment with the telephone. He
went to the telephone exchange office on
Thursday about the time the lightning
blew the butcher shop to pieces and
told them he wanted to talk with his
wife. They explained how to operate the
phone and the old gentleman walked
boldly UP and exclaimed. Hello Janer'
At that instant the lightning struck the
telephone wire and knocked the old gen
| tleman down. and as he scrambled to his
feet he excitedly exclaimed: That's
Jane, by gosh"
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03
Special Correspondence of the Globe.

Special Correspondence Of the Globe.
CHAMBERLAIN, s. D., June miss
Grace Howard, daughter Of Joe Howard
Jr., the New York journalist. has become
the recognized cattle queen Of South
Dakota. Miss Howard, former New
York belle, has demonstrated that women
as we'll as men can manage ranches sue
cessfully and make money freely.
Miss Howard, who is well known in
Washington and New York came to Da-
kota in 1887 and established an Indian
mission school seventeen miles north of
Chamberlain, on the Crow Creek and
Winnebago reservation. After the first
two years the school, which had been
named Grace Mission, in honor Of Miss
Howard, was transformed into a govern
ment contract school In the enlarging
and expanding of the schools influence
she always received every encourage
ment from the officials Of the Indian
bureau in Washington, and from the
agency authorities
Her contract with the government did
not expire until June 1897, but early in
that year she, at the solicitation Of
friends, decided to withdraw from the
management of the school. The bitter
fight waged in congress al that time
against contract schools had consider
able influence in her decision. She In
formed the Indian office that If the gov
ernment was willing to buy her school
she was willing to sell. Special Agent
Slater, of the Indian department was
sent to investigate and as the result of
his report the government paid Miss
Howard satisfactory price for her in
tereSt in the school. Shortly after retir-
ing from the management Of the school,
Miss Howard purchased a cattle ranch
on the White river, west of Chamberlain.
and has since been engaged in cattle
raising.
Her efforts are meeting with gratifying
success. The ranch has been named
Grace Ranch in honor of the owner 1t
is situated in Lyman county, which Is
larger than the state of Rhode Island,
Delaware or Maryland. In approaching
the ranch from the Missouri river it is
necessary to travel for thirty miles along
the table land or "diVide' between tht
White Scar river and American Crow
creek. Then the road turns toward the
brakes" to the south, and after crossing
the White river twice, Grace Ranch sud-
denly comes into view The White river
is a rapid stream flowing from the bad
lands to the Missouri river Ii runs like
a mill-race and makes some very abrupt
turns and crooks. The bed Is filled with
quicks and pockets.
The cowboys claim that It is not un-
common for the river. after thunder
showers along it, to rise two feet in
twenty minutes. 1t is the last two facts
that make 1t necessary for the Cow
punchers" to keep strict watch of the
river during the spring season when
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Waterville Advance: A postmaster of
q village, not far from this place, recent
ly received a package of Christian TEN.
Derancc circulars, thus addressed: '"To
the Postmaster: Please deliver to some
Christian" The postmaster rcvolved the
matter over in his mind ali day. One
after another of his daily stream Of
customers took their turn in his mental
e:xaminat ton, but finally in despair, III
defaced the original address and wrote:
None here; try Morristown."
Litchfeld Review: Kick open the barn
door in the morning. punmel the old
mare with a shovel, larrup the old COW
with the milk stool, throw the old broom
at the hens, and chase away the pig3
with the business end of the pitclf0lk
ana make everything about the stable
frightened and miserable and everything
will so wrong; but if YOU go to the stable
and open the door gently and salute tie
folks with pleasant words and gentle
manner everything will be easy. The
COW will give down." the hens will lay
the pigs VIII grunt in satisfaction, and
the Old mare Will be as gentle as a pet
lamb. But this will not york on mules.
Hutchinson Times: A real sassy lCok-
ing chap with a silk hat and silky tone
handed out a lot of silky talk on Main
street Saturday. and sold a number Of
electric belts to people who thought they
needed electric belts ard We're in q mood
to be separated from 81 or rs cents. The
poor man only took in about $4S in a few
minutes and then found he was out of
belts. SO he had to quit. But this COM
munity ought to improve in health at
once, and the fortunate owners of the
smooth mans electric belts are to be
congratulated upon their new possessions.
Sonle of them, however, are already say
ing things about the smooth man, ard
are studying the peculiaritieS of eieC-
tricity with a view to turning the cur
rent on the smooth man, if they can
and if they can't, they hope to, be alb e
to belt him proper, current or no current
The smooth man has gone away, how
ever, and so has the roll he made.
Hubbard County Enterprise: Did you
ever hear of a man who was too eco
nOmical to take his nome paper, but sent
his little boy to borrow copy taken by a
neighbor? In his haste the boy ran. over
s. stand of bees, and in two seconds
looked Eke q warty summer squash. His
cries reached his father, who came to
the rescue, and failing to notice a barbed
wire fence ran into that, breaking that
down, cutting handful Of fish bait out
of his anatomy, and running a 81 pair Of
pants The old cow took advantage of
the tap in the fence, got out ate 40 cents
worth of alfafa and died of a bloat
| Hearing the racket the wife ran out, up
set four-gallon churn of cream into a
basket of kittens and drowned the whole
| mess. In the hurry she dropped and
broke 81 worth Of false teeth. The baby.
left alone. crowded along the flood Of
cream into the parlor running a brand
new carpet. During the excitement the
Oldest daughter ran off with a book
agent. the dog broke up eleven setting
Of hens, and the calves got out and
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HAVE MADE HISTORY.

What the twenty-third Methodist gen.
eral conference has done since May 2:
Admitted lay delegates to equal repre-
sentatlOn in the general conferences Of
the church
Admitted women by lay delegates.
Adopted constitution.
Removed the privilege Of allowing blSh-
ops to select their residences and decided
to appoint them.
Elected two bishops and two mission
ary superintendent
Elected publishing agents, editors Of
church papers, and secretaries of beuey-
olent societies.
Abolished the time limit on pastorates.
Refused to alter the discipline prohibit
ing indulgence in dancing and kindred
amusements.
Refused to accept the majority report
Of the temperance committee scoring
President Mckinley and the administra-
ton. and adopted the minority declara-
tiOn instead.
Scored Bishop Walden for denying his
preachers the right of petition
Consolidated the secretaryships Of the
several benevolent societies Of the
church.
Established foreign episcopal residences
at Shanghai, China, and Zurich, SwitZer-
land.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03
THE ROYAL BAPTISM.
Queen Names The Infant Son of the
Duke of York.

Duke OF Grk.
London Express.
A brilliant congregation crowded the
queens small private chapel at Windsor
castle yesterday afternoon to witness the
christening OF the infant son OF the Duke
ana Duc.esS OF York
In addition 10 the queen the Prince and
Princess OF Wales, and Princess Victoria,
the Duke and Duchess of York, the Duke
and Duchess OF Fife, the Duke and
Duchess of C0nnaught Prince and Prin-
cess Christian, Princess Victoria Of
leswig-Holstein, Princess Hen y of Bat
tenbcrg and her children were present
Prince Aibrecht of Prussia came especial
ly from Germany to represent the kaiser
The bishop of Winchester, assisted by
the dean Of Windsor and Canon Dalton,
performed the service, which was fully
choral. The hymns, chosen by the queen
and sung by the choir of St Georges
chapel, were Savior, Who Thy Flock Art
Feeding" set to a tune by the prince
consort, and Hear Holy Father" writ
ten for the occasion by Mr.. A. c. Benson,
and composed by Princess Henry OF. Bat.
tenberg.
The young prince, who was named by
the queen Henry William Frederick Al
bert, submitted to the sprinkling of wa
ter from the Jordan without a murmur.
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water. Returning home she refused to
listen to the entreaties Of either of her
first lovers, but corresponded regularly
with her last, and as she feels, her only
true lover.
Then America and Crazy Bull started
out on still hunt Of their own, and
calling at the Iona postoffice asked for
and received a letter addressed to Miss
Crookedfoot, which they proceeded to
open and read. unmindfuI of the laws
Of Uncle Sam, which forbids such prac-
tice.
-Four days later the lady received the
letter from her absent lover, but encased
IN the same envelope were two other let
ters from her former suitors. This was
pressing their suit without giving her
absent lover an even chance, and the
young lady had them both arrested, and
now they feel the heavy hand Of the law
''just like white men"
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03
INDIANS In TROUBLE OVER A LOVE AFFAIR
Special Correspondence of the GIcbe

Special Correspondence Of the Glcbe.
SIOUX FALLS, June Indian youths
In South Dakota named Jonn America
and William Crazy Bull fell desperately
In love with the same dusky maiden who
bore the euphoneous name Of Julia Crook
edfoot, with the result that they had a
trial before Commissioner Tidrick, who
held them over to the next term of the
federal court, to be held in this city,
when they Will tell a jury how love of a
maiden got them into trouble, as it often
has their white-faced brother.
The two young men were equally en-
amored with the maiden, but in friend
~ way decided to leave their case in her
hands, when Miss Crookedfoot decided
TO visit friends in Rosebud.
All unmindful of the two young men
left sighing for her return, with the
fckleness of her sex, she met and fell in
love with a young brave named Rain
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The story was printed in one of the
local papers and today a letter was re-
ceiVed from reader of that paper in
Montana, who throws some light upon
the mysterious discovery. She claims
That the skeleton is that of an Indian
buried in the cemetery in the spring OF
81 or '6S having died of CONSUMPTION.
he was quarter-biood Chippewa.
since the receipt of this letter one party
mas been found here who remembers thx
incident and recalls it, corroborating the
woman's story.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03
FIND SKELETON NEARLY EIGHT FEET LONG

Special Correspondence of the Globe:
ST. CLOUD, June 2-The North Star
cemetery at this place contains the skele.
ton Of man which measures nearly
eight feet long. 1t was discovered In an
obscure corner of the graveyard last
week by the sexton. 1t has a beard
reaching to the waist and the bones
show comparatively good preservation,
being decayed but little. No one could be
found in this city who had any recolIec
ton Of such a person ever having been
buried there answering to this descrip-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03
RAISING ANGORA GOATS AS AN INDUSTRY

Special Correspondence of the Globe:
BAGLEY, Mimi, May 31.-The ordinary
goat that eats anything and everything
is likely to be supplanted shortly by a
species that is a little more fastidious in
his taste.
A. L. Morris, of Bagley on the Foss-
ton branch went to Kansas City last
week and returned with a shipment OF
100 Angora goats, which he turned out
on mis- farm at Bagley. They are valued
at from S to $25 per head the lower fig
ure being for kids. 1t has been demon
trated within the last few years that
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there is big money in raising Angoras In
the United States.
The industry Is comparatively new
here, and attention has been called to 1t
by the agricultural department at Wash
ington within the last year or two, with
the result that the number of goats is
rapidly increasing in this country. They
arc especially well suited to Minnesota,
as they are a great aid in clearing new
land. They are especially fond of the
foliage of small trees and underbrusf,
and will destroy all the twigs and leaves
within their reach.
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So that of the 10.000-horse power devel-
oDed by the turbines. the railway mo-
tors could not get $500 mechanical horse
power at highest efficiency. and not over
5,OOO-horse DOwer during ordinary opera
ton. Moreover. 80 per cent of all the
power delivered to the motors is spent
in acceleration. only to be destroyed ia
the same block by braking. The motor
tractive effort is very high. twenty-five
pounds per ton, compared with five pounds
per ton in steam railway service.
The cost of the entire power service
on this system IS but II per cent Of ths
total cost Of operation Of the system
The amount Of steam railroad business
in this country is not large. The Twin
City Rapid Transit COmpanYs passenger
service was 81. 800, 900 last year. while the
entire steam passenger service of tho
country during 1899 Is given by one au-
thority as $3.50 000 900. A far greater prob
lem for the engineers consideration is
the freight business. amounting to $780,
100000 Der annum.
The power might be generated by steam
or gas engines If water power was not
available. but the general plan Of the
station. the polyphase generators, the
transmission. the substation ard utiliza-
ton could be quite similar to the system
above described.
Many of the steam railroad systems IN
and radiating from the Twin Cities pre-
sent quite favorable conditions for The
substitution of electricity for steam. This
Is particularly true where the public ap-
Dreciates and will use batter trausporta-
ton facilities BY better. we mean fast
er service lower fares and more frequent
train service. Where these conditions
can be worked out. the motive power
can be changed from steam to electricity
with a resultant decrease in operating
expense per passenger carried.
The heavy service on lines in thickly
settled districts and between our cities
end towns will adopt electricity first:
after which the main trunk lines. with
their light passenger service. and later
the heavy fright trains will follow,
when the mana cement finds electric serv-
ice is satisfactory as a m tive power and
in financial results.
The first few years of the coming centu-
rv will see rapid progress along these
lines.
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near the station, so that we may say the
efficiency of the falls is IS. per cent.
Maximum. Ordinarily.
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power and two $50 horse power gener-
ators have been installed.
The generators are of two classes ~
types, we'll adapted to the work of dis
trlbution to be referred to later. Views
OF generators and their revolving arma-
The. power. after being converted into
electricity, is sent to the switchboard In
the gallery. where it may be controlled
and distributedc