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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-31
TO RECOVER HORSES.

This directed the city solicitor TO
take the necessary legal proceedings to
recover the six illegally sold horses
and recommended the continuance of
the special committee to act in con-
junction with him. This resolution was
also adopted without a bit of opposi-
ton, whereupon Mr.. Vaughan smiled
a smile of peace and joy.
Mayor Moir sent in communications
appointing three new permanent men
for the fire department as follows:
Franklins, Frank +. Hutchinson; ad-
ditional permanent man; Libertys,
Evan Simms, additional permanent
man; Niagaras, Grant Cutler, vice
William Edwards resigned. The ap-
pontments of all three were con-
firmed.
City Solicitor Vosburg sent in claim
of G. w. Mabey for 5000 damages,
which he contends were sustained by
him on account of his team and wagon
falling into a sewer ditch on North
Main avenue. there having been no
lights displayed.
Mr.. Roche moved that the damage
claim and all others in the hands
of select council committees be re-
ltlleu " llle city SOllCllOT WlIn IN
structions to have him advise council
as to the best disposition to make of
them. The motion was adopted.
The city solicitor also sent in a claim
of John Shriver, who agrees to settle
with the city for $1,000 for damages
caused his property by the overflow
of sewer. President Wagner sug-
gested that 1t might be wise to refer
the claim to the judiciary committee,
with instructions ito find out what
Mr.. Shriver would sell his property to
the city for" This caused a general
laugh and the claim was referred to the
committee and city solicitor
The fire committee presented a COM
municatiOn from Chief Zizlemann, of
the fire department, asking for au-
thority to have repairs made as fol-
lows: General oVerhauling of General
Phinney hose wagon, 5000; general
overhauling of Franklin wagon, $125;
general overhauling of Excelsior wag-
on, 800. Mr.. Lidstone offered a reso-
luton authorizing the chief to have
these repairs made and it was unani-
mously adopted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-31

GIFTS ACKNOWLEDGED-Th Lackawanna
hospital gratefully acknowledges, in response to
the recently published appeal the gift of cigh.
teen pair OF bed room slippers from Mrs Thomas
Dickson, and of ten pair from Mr.. Goodman, of
laCkawanna avenue. Also of four pair of wo-
mems stockings from ~ Friend" ana of fourteen
pair, some for men and some for women, from
Miss Cannon, of JCrmyn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-31

ATTEMPTED TO STEAL A HAT.--A man en-.
tered Rose, the hattcr'S store on Lackawanna
avenue yesterday afternoon, with the air of
prospective customer, ana after being in the
place SORT while made a sudden snatch at a
hat and was of for the door One of the clerks
caught him in the act and seized and seld him
until Patrclmen Conncry and Duggan arrived
the prisoner struggled hard to get away, but
was handed over to the blue coats and taken to
the Center street police station.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-12-28

amount interest An. . public Ose 1t
still further declared that every contract,
patent, or deed thereafter made by the
State or its authorized agents should con-
tain . provision expressly reserving all
mires or gold, silver, copper, lead. cinni-
bar, or other valuable mineral. that
may erise in such land, and disclaimed
for the State and its grantees any interest
in mineral lands selected by the State on
account Of any grant from the United
States.
Stats. 1887. .. l02; Com. Laws. 1900,
Secs 2Sl, 90.
The patent Issued to the appellant con-
tains the reservation provided for in the
act last cited; and without ente, ing upon
should ne placed upon the construction
Of the clause of the statute providing for
the reservation, it is sufficient to gay that
under the showing Of the record the
Hirsching lode was located, worked and
improved and known to exist before the
',atent Of the State was issued, ami il this
lause Of the statute is to be applied to
any case, it seems especially appropriate
that it should he made to apply to the
case "A. bar. IN other words, the State
lid not by lis patent canvay or attempt
to convey the IIirsching lode. It did not
terminate any rights of the respondent
TO The Possession Of the claim. 1t did
not. under The facts of the case, divest or
attempt lie divest the respondents of any
rights initiated by their location, work
and improvements made urOn the claim,
and il WAS proper III this action to set up
and have determined their rights under
these statutes. By the terms of the
statutes The respnn tents were lawfully in
the possession "f the mine and lawfully
entitled lo the possession thereof. This
right WAS nor sio!a:jve Of any of the
terms Of tie appellants contract to pur-
chase 1t does not conflict with any of
his rights under ',S patent AS defined by
the statutes. If these statutes cannot be
applied to the facts Of this case, then
they are nugatory. If they render I'M
stable and have tendency to unsettle
titles the remedy must be. if it can be
found in the Legislative department. We
do not make the laws. 1t is our duty to
constrne and apply them.
Error. based upon the giving and re-
flSal to give certain instructions, is not
properly before us. The instructions are
not in the statement. No objection was
made or exception taken to the action of
the court in this matter.
McGurn Y. McInnis. 24th New. 80.
The other questions, not waived. are
without merit.
The judgment and order appealed from
are. for the reasons given, affirmed
We concur: Bonnifield, c. J.
| Belknap, J.
Filed December ~, 1900.
EUGENE HOWELL.
| Secretary of State and Ex-otficio CLERK
| Of the Supreme Court.
! Filed with printer for publication
December "a, 1900
EUGENE HOWELL.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-12-28

NOTICE
At the regular meeting of the State
Board Of Examiners held June 18th. 1898
the following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED. That the Board of Exam
liners shall meet on the third day of every
month, for the purpose of allowing
claims against the State, and all claims
not in the Office of the Secretary of State
on or before the third day in each month
shall not be considered or allowed by the
!.oard until the next meeting which will
be on the third Tuesday of each month
REINHoLD SADLER
EUGENE HOWELL
W. D. JONES.
Board of Examiners.
Attest:
ARTHUR MORRIS.
Clerk.
Carson City, Nevada. June 7, 1898.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-12-28

Apl cal from the District Court of the
State Of Nevada, in and for
Lincoln County. Hon.
G. F. Talbot, Judge.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-12-28
SUPREME COURT DECISION.

In the Supreme Court Of the State
Nevada. mo. 1850
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-12-28

Henry Rives,
For Appellant
Louis GOttschalk,
F. r. Mechanics,
For Respondents.
OPINION
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
Concession Is so Great That
Mules at the Mines Mouth
Are Killed.
CARS BLOWN FORTY FEET
One Man Blown in Two and
Bodies of the Others Hor-
ribIy Mutilated.
No Blame Can Be Attached to
the Officials Of the Coal
Company.

PHILIPPI, W. Va, Nov. 5.-One of
the greatest calamities in the history
Of Barbour county occurred at midnight
at the mines of the Southern Coal and
Transportation com pany at Berrys-
burg, six miles from this place.
AS a result these are dead: Ollie
Marx, pit boss; Andrew Blackwell,
Albert Brown, Lawrence Duncan,
Pack Adams and seven others whose
names are untainable.
The injured are: Will Marx and
James jackson, both of whom will die.
The explosion was so great that
mules were killed at the mouth of the
mine and cars were blown 40 feet from
the track. One man was blown in two
at the loins and his body thrown against
a pile of lumber at the mouth of the
mine.
The, night shift went on duty at 7
o'clock. Every thing went on smoothly
until about midnight, when the explo-
sion occurred. The dead were mutt
lated beyond description.
The explosion was probably the re-
suit of an accidental discharge of dyna-
mite, caused perhaps by the conclusion
of blast. The property loss is light
No blame can be attached to the Off
Gals of the company.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
Pinned Down by the Timbers
Of a Wrecked Car Which
Takes Fire.
HE BEGGED TO BE SHOT
Bystanders Were Powerless to
Give Any Assistance to the
Doomed Man.
His Lifeless Body Falls Into
the Fire and Is Entirely
Consumed.

H1NcKLEY, Mimi, Nov. A fatal
wreck occurred on the Northern Pacific
one mile south of the depot during the
afternoon. Passenger train No. 4 had
just left for St. Paul when it collided
with an extra freight standing on. the
sidetrack, striking the caboose and
causing the death of William Rapp,
rear brakeman on the train. The ca
boose and two box cars were COM
pletely destroyed, and engine No. SOL,
drawing the passenger train, was badly
demolished. An opon switch was the
cause of the wreck.
Brakeman Rapp met a most horrible
death and suffered excruciating agony.
He was occupying seat in the "look-
out" in the caboose when the collision
occurred. Without moment to reflect
upon a possible means of escape he was
pitched headlong into the debris of the
wrecked cars. Twenty gallons of coal
oil are said to have been in the caboose
and when the fire from the engine
leaped from the giant structure it
licked up the oil, thus causing con.
flagration that was impossible to check.
Poor Rapp was pinched by heavy
beam and claimed as victim Of the
fatal flames.
Bystanders Powerless.
He cried for help as the fire laid its
fiendish grasp upon him, and several
passengers, who were on the other train,
attempted to brave the impending dan
ger, hoping to relieve him at least of
death. Their efforts, if persisted in,
would simply have meant death to
them as well, and all hope of rescuing
the perishing man had to be abandoned.
Almost enveloped by the red tongues
Of the raging fire, his flesh actually siz-
cling with the heat and blood gushing
from his nostrils, the poor man cried
out in bitter walls, imploring to be
shot.
He succumbed to his awful fate with
the plaintive plea: "For Gods sake
shoot me-" on his lips. When life was
extinct he fell forward into the hottest
of the burning debris, where his body
was reduced to mere ashes. There was
not fragment of his remains discov-
cred. Rapp's piteous appeals to be shot
would doubtless have been answered
had anyone present had revolver in
his possession.
The unfortunate man was a resident
of Forest Lake, Mimi
1t was almost miraculous that nc
other lives were lost by the accident.
Engineer Hank Gage and Fireman
Robert Gilmo4e both had very narrow
escapes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09

state that the expenditures for the
year in question were $641, 696. 4S.
In this wide variance of figures there
is nothing which in the least refutes
the figures given by Auditor Dunn
from his books. In fact they stand
as a strong condemnation of the un-
business like methods of Gov Lind s
prison officials But this is not all.
The Pioneer Press calls attention to
another weakness in their figures. 1t
says:
ga similar discrepancy in the
amount of sisal hemp purchased by the
prison authorities is also observable
in the report of the board of prison
managers Mr.. Dunn stated that the
amount was 6, 1914, eli pounds of fiber,
and his figures were taken from the
bills and statements presented by the
prison Irvine plant managers, while
the books in the state auditors and
treasurer's Office show that $3.50. 215. 76
was actually paid out of the state
treasury for fiber during the year end
ing July 81, 1900. The board in it's re-
port says only 6, 461, 80 pounds of fiber
was bought, for which it paid
1853, SOL. 10.
"There are discrepancies in the
amount of fiber bought and in the
amount of money paid therefor-that
is, the prison board fails to charge it.
self with 432, S61 pounds of fiber bought
and does not charge itself with that
number of pounds at 8 2-3 cents per
pound, which was the purchase price.
This alone would convert the suppose
tious profit" in years business of
$40, Oil. 81 claimed in the statement
into a loss of $40, 900, a loss which
would be increased by the addition of
charges for freight from New York
to Saltwater. which at one-quarter of
cent pound would amount to SO,
36S, while the board only charges it.
self with $2O6.11.
Add to this the erroneous state
ment that the expenses of the Irvine
plant were from $16, 594 to $50, 500 less
than they actually were, making a
total discrepancy of from $3S, S4S to
$54, 750 between their figures and the
actual figures as shown by the audi
tors books, and it will be seen by what
loose, if not Intentionally dishonest
methods of accounting they figure out
a profit on their management of the
state prison. And we are afraid that
such as these are not due wholly to
financial incompetency. They have
very much the appearance of deliber-
ate fabrications to conceal the losses
which have resulted from their mis-
management.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
RAISED THE RED FLAG.
sociaIist-Labor Party Orators Start Riot
Chica0o.

sociaIist-Labor Party Orators Start Riot
in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Socialist. Labor
orators raised the red flag in State
street and were driven off the thor.
oughfare by the police, who were com.
PEELED to interfere to stop riot. 1t
was Socialist Labor night and the
speakers used half a dozen wagons to
speak from along the street. There
were frequent clashes between the
speakers and the big crowds who gath.
cred around the stands Shortly after
midnight the Socialists became holder
and red flags were raised on every
wagon. The red flag was very large
and in contrast hung a flag of the
United States of small dimensions
The crowd took all this good naturally
until some of the speakers began
kicking at the American flag. In a
moment there was confusion and along
the street several of the orators were
dragged from their wagons and roughly
handled. The police appeared on the
scene and the Socialist wagons were es-
corted away, followed by police
patrol. A mob of 1000 people followed
them until they disappeared in the
shades of Lake street
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
LORD ROBERTS, APPEAL,

Objects to Drunken Orgies in Welcoming
Returning Soldiers.
LONDON, Nov. 5.-Lord Roberts sends
from Pretoria striking appeal to his
countrymen to refrain from turning
the welcome of the homecoming troops
into drum ken orgy. He expresses the
sincere hope that the welcome will not
take the form of treating to stimulants
and ''thus lead to excuses that will
tend to degrade those whom the ma
ton delights to honor and lower the
soldiers of the queen in the eyes of the
world which has watched with undis-
guised admiration the grand work they
have performed for their sovereign and
country"
II therefore beg earnestly" says
Lord Roberts, "that the public will re-
frain from tempting my gallant COM
rades, but will rather aid them to up.
hold the splendid reputation they have
won for the imperial army"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
DOWIEITES MUST GO.
Vigilance COMMITTEES Runs q Couple Out
of Mansfield.

Vigilance Committee Runs Couple Out
of Mansfield.
MANSFIELD. o., Nov. ga vigilance
committee of men and boys captured a
Duwie elder, Mark Loblaw of Chicago,
accompanied by woman, presumably
his wife, in the eastern port of the city
about noon. E. H. Leiby a local
Dowieite, who was with them was
chased to swamp and made his es-
cape. Loblaw and the woman were
taken to the Erie depot, no officers be-
ing in sight, and after being held there
for two hours they were compelled to
buy tickets for Gallon. In the mean
time another elder who refused to give
his name was also brought in by citi-
zen and deported on the same train.
Both men were kicked and cuffed by
the crowd which numbered several
hundred before the train arrived.
While the unknown elder endeavored
to make speech from the rear plat
form of the train he was pelted with
stones and gravel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
Nov. 2-9-l6 1900,

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth. In Probate Court-Special term
October 18th, 1900.
In the matter of the guardianship of Agnes
j. Meagher minor.
On reading and filing the petition of H. E.
Swan. guardian of the person and property of
Agnes j. Meagher, minor for license to sell
the undivided one-ifth of the middle one-third
of lot four (D in block nineteen 40 in the town
(now city of MankatO, according to Burners
plat therhof. said tract of land being twenty
two (20 feet in width, fronting on Front street,
in said city, and extending to the alley in the
of said lOt,and situate in the county of Blue
Earth and State of Minnesota, being the real es-
appearing from said petition that it is neces-
sary and would be beneficial to said wards and
all persons interested therein that said real es-
tate, or part thereof should be sold,
1t is ordered, That the next of the kin of the
said ward, and all persons interested in the es-
tate of said ward, shall appear before said pro-
bate court at the probate office in the city of
Mank alto, in the county of Blue Earth afore-
said On the 24th day of November, A. D. 1900, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause why
license should not be granted for the sale of
said real estate.
And it is further ordered That notice of
in said estate by publication of this order for
three successive weeks prior to said hearing in
che MankatO Free Press, a weekly newspaper
printed and publ shed at the city of Mankato,
in said Blue Earth county, Minnesota.
Dated Oct. 18th, 1900.
By the Court,
probate Seal. WIN F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
B. G. Taylor, Attorney for Guardian,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
GARRISON THE TOWNS.
Lord Kitchener Will Stop the Pursuit o
COmmandOes.

Lord Kitchener Will Stop the Pursuit of
Commanders.
LONDON, Nov. 5.-Lord Roberts, &C.
cording to dispatches from Cape Town,
has taken his sick daughter to johannes
burg and Lord Kitchener is chief in
command. 1t seems probable that he
will have plenty of work General
Dewet is reported to have made his ap-
pearance near Frankfort in the north
western corner of Orange River colony,
and small bodies of Beers are harassing
the British. It is said Lord Kitchener
intends to stop the pursuit of COM
mandoes and to try to settle the col
onies by garrisoning and organizing
the towns for rapid raids with mount
ed troops.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
HEAVY FIGHTING.

Anglo-German Force Engages the Chi.
nesa in the Shan-Si Mountains.
LONDON, Nov. 5.-The Pail Mall Ga
zette publishes dispatch from Ichow,
dated Oct. %, which says heavy fight
ing has occurred in the mountains on
the Shan-Si frontier. An Anglo-Ger-
man force of 1900 men, commanded
by Colonel Won Norman, stormed
Tzching-Kung pass. The Chinese &C.
cupied strong position on the crest
and stubbornly resisted. They poured
a hot enfilading fire on the advance
party of so Germans, under Major Won
Forester, but the British Bengal cav
airy and mounted Sappers dismount-
ing, scaled the heights, turned the en-
emy's flank and relieved the Germans
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-As a result OF
a conference between George Gould
and his sister Helen at Irvington it was
decided that he should go to Paris as
soon as some important meetings, at
which his presence is imperative, are
held, and take charge of the financial
effairs of the Countess de Castellane.
These meetings are scheduled for the
next few weeks A close friend of the
Gould family said after the conference:
Don't be at all surprised if. when
Mr. Gould returns from his contem-
plated visit to Paris, he is accompanied
by his sister, the countess. The Cas-
tellane debts will be settled and the
count will be left to shift for him self
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09

Ladies have you seen the famous
'Musser' saxony knit hose? Will
wear as well as home knit and costs
less. Ask to see them at Brett's.
Engelbert Schorn, formerly in the
meat business with his brother, has
purchased A. L. Williams feed store
at 214 North Front street
Ed Ore suffered stroke of paralysis
at Sioux City Friday morning, where
he had gone in company with Geo.
Fl. Hoerr to buy carload of horses.
Mr.. Hoerr brought him home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
WANTS COALING STATION.
America VIII Try to Get q Site on shor
of Chiriqui Lagoon.

America Will Try to Get Site Shore
of Chiriqui Lagoon.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Gin view of
the award by the president of France
in the boundary dispute between Co.
lombia and Costa RIGA, it is likely that
renewed efforts will be made by this
government to induce the United
States of Colombia to cede site on the
shores of'the Chiriqui lagoon, where a
coaling station can be established.
Rear Admiral R. B. Bradford, chief
of the bureau of equipment, has strong
ly urged the acquisition of such site.
and it is due to his efforts that negotia-
tons were initiated some months ago
to obtain it. The Colombian govern
ment was disposed to grant the Ameri-
can request, presenting reasons based
upon the fact that the territory was in
dispute
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
SECURED NEARLY $4,000.

Robbers Dynamite a Bank Safe at jack
son Center, q.
BELLEFoNTAINE, o., Nov. ga band
of masked men dynamited the safe of
the Farmers and Merchants bank at
jackson Center. It is stated that they
secured nearly $4,000. The bank build.
ing was wrecked and timbers were
blown through the windows of the
buildings opposite.
Citizens aroused by the explosion
poured into the streets, but were
driven to cover by the robbers, who Sc
cured handcar and escaped on the
Ohio Southern railway, without firing
shot. 1t is believed the band is the
same that recently robbed the banks
at Roundhead and East Liberty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-09
RAILROADS RESPONSIBLE.
BIust See to Safety of Passengers While
They Are in the Depots.

BIust See to Safety of Passengers While
They Are in the Depots.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-According to q
decision handed down by the United
States circuit court of appeals in the
case Of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad company against Nancy
A. Wood, railroads are responsible for
the safety of their passengers while in
their stations for. reasonable time
after descending from trains and the
relations of carrier, and passenger con-
tinue until a passenger quits station
or depot.
Suit was brought by Mrs. Wood in
the lower United States circuit court to
recover damages for bodily injuries she
received while in a station belonging to
the Rock Island railroad just after
leaving train. She won the suit in
the lower court and an appeal was
taken on a writ of error.