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The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18
Boycott Declared Illegal.

san FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE United
States Circuit Court of Appeals for the
Ninth district to-day affirmed the lille
gality of the boycott in the case Of C.
J. and l.. L. Hanchett VS.. John Chioto-
vich. The opinion was rendered By
Judge Ross and cOncurred in by Judges
Gilbert and Morrow Judge Ross saws:
1T is. in our judgment Il clear viola
ton Of the right appertaining to every
person engaged in an industrial enter
prise, for another person, through NAL
ice or revenge, to command or induce
other persons to withdraw or withhold
their custom from him. or otherwise
maliciously Interfere with his busj-
ness"
Chiotovich is n wholesale and retail
merchant in Silver Peak. Nevada. The
1Ianchetts employ about fifty men in
the same town. For some reason not
material to the issue. Chotovich incur
red the displeaSure of the Hanchetts
and they showed their disapproval by
posting bills around the town threat
cning their employees with discharge
should they continue to buy merchan-
disc from him. The merchant resisted
the boycott by filing suit in the Federal
Court and obtaining an injunction and
damages.
The Court Of Appeals affirmed the de-
cision of the lower court.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18
Germans Gobble Congo Territory

London. May 15.-Lionel Decle of
IL Cape-to-Cairo expedition. sends from
Uvila. north of Lake Tanganyika. the
following:
''The situation here is critical The
Germans have forcibly seized all the
Congo Free State territory up to Ruz-
izi river, occupying 800 square miles
of Congo territory with 1000 soldiers,
fifteen officers and cannon
THE Belgium officer withdrew from
his station under threat Of instant at
tack. The Germans burned the sta
ton. Their officers acted Oh instruc-
tons from Berlin"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18
Eight Years In Jail for Cole

Boston, May 14.-In the United
States court to-day Charles H. Cole,
former president of the now defunct
Globe National Bank of this city, who
recently pleaded guilty on several
counts of an indictment charging him
with misappropriatiOn of funds of the
institution, was sentenced to eight
years in Jail.
The district attorney stated that at
the time Coles misdeeds were dis
covered $1,1OO,OOO had been borrowed
by the president of the Globe bank in
the banks name and concealed by
means of false entries on the books OF
the institution. Although Cole had
made restitution. the district attorney
held that he was criminally respons-
ible for using the funds of the bank
unlawfully, and with the knowledge
that he was doing wrong. made the
false entries. The district attorney
stated that he did not believe Cole
pleaded guilty TO shield anyone else.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18
A NEST OF THIEVES.
Wide kamifca tions of the Plot to Steal at
Havana.

Havana. May 14.-The extent of
the postal frauds is far greater than
originally expected. Besides taking in
the postal department the frauds seem
to include the Havana office and vari-
GUS Others throughout the island and
also TO have eXtented to outside points.
which have been used for the sale Of
some of the old issues of stamps order
ed destroyed.
The result of the investigation at the
local poStOttice Is the suspension of
Postmaster Thompson AIoya and Ma
scnrO, stamp sellers in the main office.
have also been arrested and further
arrests are expected tomorrow. Six
others have been placed under close
supervision and will be arrested as
soon as their services can be spared.
If all We're to be suddenly relieved
of duty it would not be possible to
carry on the postal department of Ha-
vana.
Reeves and Reynolds, auditors of the
postal department. are still under ar
rest. All prisoners connected with the
frauds will be imprisoned soon.
To-day arrests and the suspension
of Mr.. Thompson did not take place
until after dark, consequently these
new features of the case are not gen
orally known. but there is Il perccpt-
ible excitement at the postOtfice. where
no one knows who may be arrested
next.
The frauds ramited in almost every
direction. Even the rented boxes have
been made Il source of illegitimate
gain.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18
Isa 'timore City Council Acta.

Baltimore. Md. May 15.-By a
vote of 13 to 10 the first branch Of
the city council tonight declined to
adopt resolution sustaining the opin-
ion given by the city solicitor to that
body last week to the effect that the
School Board had acted Illegally in
selecting Professor Van Sickle. late of
the Denver schools, as superintendent
of public instruction. President Pack
ard of the School Board presented a
forceful lecture argument in defense
of and explanatory of the boards
right and reason in so acting.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

The enlargement Of church at
Quincy, Mich. and Its recent rededi-
cation testify anew to the power one
person may exert in a community.
Thirty years ago Quincy was but q
hamlet, and the Presbyterian church
being reduced to single member, the
presbytery dissolved the church and
sent a committee to get the minutes.
Mrs. Patter refused either to give up
the minutes or to be dissolved"
What the presbytery should do," was
her plucky answer. "is to send us a
minister" Her advice was taken, and
today the church is happy, hopeful and
dourishing. 1t lived simply because
one earnest Christian woman would
not let 1t die.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18
BULLER is MOVING.
Has Started to Drive Boers Hack From


Natal.
London, May 15.-Once more the can
non have begun to speak In earnest in
north Natal. News reached London
yesterday that General Butler had
moved out in force from Ladysmith
and won an important victory by driv-
ing the Beers from the strong positions
in the rugged mountains of the Big
garsberg range.
General Buffers turning of the Big
garsberg position was made by Il bold
movement. The Beers had evacuated
Helpmaakar, but We're making a stand
Monday evening at Bleskoplaagte,
seven miles from Dundee. The corps
on the spot regarded this as a rear
treat Of the army.
AT the same. time General Hilyard
took Indoba, and it is reported that the
Beers withdrew in disorder.
General Butler, who seems to be em-
ploying his full strength, is expected to
push on. His first marches were forty
miles in three days. He Is thus break
ing into British territory which had
been administered for six months by the
Transvaalers as though it We're part of
the republic, they holding courts and
levying taxes His success. therefore,
has political as well as military conse-
quences.
While Lord Roberts infantry are
concentrating at Kroonstad, where
they will rest for day or two. his
horsemen have penetrated eighteen
miles northward. In the squadron
which cut the railway fifteen miles be-
yOnd krOonstad was the American
scout. Frederick Burnham. Two hum
dred Beers who had hidden in the river
jungles near Kr0onstad to escape SER
vices have surrendered to the British
and taken the oath of allegiance.
East of Bloemfontein. General Rum
die is advancing toward Ladybrand.
His troops and those of General Bra
hant are stretched over distance of
thirty miles. The Beers are described
as quite disorganized and as retreating
northward. President Steyn's lieuten-
ants are trying to rally them.
The latest supposition concerning
General Hunter is that possibly he Is
marching up the north bank Of the
Faal with force sufficient in co-Opera
tion with Lord Roberts. to render Boer
defense of the Vaal frontier impractical
BILE.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

In one of the statistical divisions OF
the Department of Agriculture In
Washington may be seen machine
resembling a typewriter, which multi
plies and divides with unerring accu-
racy and with great rapidity. Give its
operator a multiplicand Of six figures
and a multiplier as large, and he will
write them out as upon a typewriter:
then he turns handle a few times,
and before the onlooker knows what Is
going on, the product is written out
before him. The machine performs
examples in division with equal ease.
Does any one Of our young readers
fancy that he sees in this invention an
emancipation Of boys Of the twentieth
century from the vexation of the null
tfplicatSon table? Alas! that Is too
much for him to hope.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18
Asking an American Protectorate

New York, May 14.-In Il letter from
Pretoria from special correspondent
giving Boer news dated March %. he
says:
Il have the highest authority for the
statement that rather than see their
country conquered by England the
Boer peace commissioners who are now
due here are empowered to ask the.
United States to assume a prOtectorate
over both republics, this protectOrate
to tend. If desired, toward eventual an
neXatiop."
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

the men will return to work tomorrow
morning. On just what basis the
strike was settled could not be learned
tonight, but it can be positively stated
that the union received full recognition.
In many quarters it is figured that
the settlement of the strike on the
Suburban presages an adjustment OF
the difficulties between the Transit
company and its 5000 striking employ
es in the near future.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

Admiral Dewey recently appeared
before the house pensions committee
and eloquently advocated the passage
of several bills granting pensions to
the widows Of officers who served with
him in the battle of Manila Bay. The
measure now pending provides for
pensions for the widow of Captain
Charles v. Gridley Of the Olympia at
the rate Of $500 a month; the widow
Of Commander d. B. Wood Of the
Petrol, at 500 q month; the mother of
Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumley, the
Admiral's Flag Lieutenant, at $50 q
month, and the widow Of Captain
Henry q. Nichols Of the Monadnock at
500 q month.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18
Prospect for Settling strike.

St. Louis, May 14.-There were i'm
portant developments in the street car
strike situation to-day. AT a conference
held between the officials Of the Subur-
ban company. the only system not con-
trolled by the st. Louis Transit Com
pany. and on which the strike was in
augurated ten days before that declar-
ed on the Transit system, and the Off
cials Of the employees of that road, an
amicable adjustment was effected and
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

John D. Rockefeller has offered to
give Denison university 10000 II the
trustees will secure other subscriptions
amounting to $3.50 before the close
OF the present term. What fun it
must be for Mr.. Rockefeller to see
college trustees and presidents hus-
tie.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

Senator Vest recently sent a news
paper item to be read to the house.
The secretary had the wrong side of
the clipping, and instead of an edi-
torial on the money question, began:
Ridiculous! We are giving away
these goods at half price!" "The other
side!" cried Mr.. Vest
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

Even at the present time there is
enough fighting in the Central Ameri-
can republics to Justify the United
States in fortifying the Nicaraguan
canal.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

Admiral Dewey will do we'll to keep
his sea legs on II Kentucky city has
sent him twelve bottles of the blue
grass product. l.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

The almighty dollar resembles some
men; 1t talks without saying any
thing.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

The truth that occupies a nutshell
finds some minds too narrow to give 1t
room.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

A mans conscience is either his best
friend or his worst enemy.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-18

1t 10 useless to advertise for . lost
opportunity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12
Wells BLOWING OUT AIR
STRANGE FREAK OF A PORTION OF
sAUK PRAIRIE, NEAR BAR
ABOO, WIS.
IT MYsTIFIEs THE FARMERS
Current Rushing Up or Down Water
Pipes All the Timc-An
Air Chamber be-
meath.

Here and there on a portion of Sank
prairie there is curious phenomenon
known as the blowing wells,'' writes d
Baraboo CWis.) correspondent of the Chi
cago Record. The wells are continually
forcing great volumes of air upward or,
like huge monster, are drawing into
the interior of the earth no small amount
of the zephyrs as they come and CO.
The operators who have excavated great
holes into the sand and gravel as well
as the husbandman upon whose farms
the wells are found seem to be mystified
as to the causes which surround this I'M
usual freak of nature. The blowing wells
re SO peculiar that sources of water
supply with such unusual characteristics
are not believed to exist elsewhere on
the continent.
The matter has created considerable
discussion in the neighborhood of the
wells and City Engineer Kirchoffer, Of
Baraboo, determined to investigate the
causes which produce the remarkable eff
fects.
The prairie is just south of the Bara-
boo range of quartzite bluffs and just
west of the Wisconsin river as it flows
to the southwest. From the river the
level, treeless tract of land extends to
the west until its identity is lost in the
ascending hills along the Boney creek
valley. Strange to say the wells are To-
Gated in the sands of the terminal mo-
raine of the Green bay lobe of the great
glacier which wrought havoc with the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12

er valve is reached, which is only few
feet below the surface. In otheraca SEES
during the winter it is found necessary
to build a double platform abonta fl,s
sand or SawduSt. Unless great care is
exercised to close all openings the sand
or bits of wood will be blown away in
a short time.
and ice will sometimes adhere to the
material protecting the spump and AT
other times will all melt away. The
farmers have sometimes retired at night
when there was a thick coat Of ice and
snow about the pump and, in the morn
ing when they arose It woud be entirely
melted away, when the snow a few feat
away remains unmelted
After making a series of in1,astioc,
lions and examinations the concIus"n
has been reached that about sixty feet
below the surface of the earth thara is
Il field of coarse gravel and that durinG
glacial times this was flied with water.
Herhaps there was an underground
stream there which carried away q nor
ton of the vast volume of wate,. rybinh
resulted from the melting of Tho i'm
mense quantities of ice during the clos
Ing years of the reign of the ice king
Alter the water disappeared the smaii
crevlces or openings between the Stones
and air and this immense region h
low Is not unlike the air chamber on a
force pump. AS Indicated NV 49,
meter when the air becomes Hc1to,,
above the compressed air below, u-iii 20 80.
pand and being forced out nroduras y
current. When the atmosphere ahoxIe,Fhes
comes heavier or when it exerts o rrot
er downward pressure the Air iS o,SI,S a.
INTO the little air spaces below IN ~ -
leased again when the pendulum, sJ,Ji,3esc
toward the other extreme. On acnomSf
>of these constant changes q ho1,o ~ e1iiI
ether current downward or unE7ar -.
varying with the barometric nr,oc<ipp r " cru
the surface of the earth :"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12
FIRED FIRST GUN FOR DEWEY.
Death of Lieutenant Commander
Morgan, a Hero of Manila Bay.

BOSTON, Nov. 11-Lieutenant Com
mander Stokeley Morgan, u s. N,
retired, whose death occurred this morn
ing, had the distinction Of firing the first
gun at the Spanish fleet in the battle of
Manila bay
AS lieutenant he had command of the
forward turret of the flagship Olympia,
and received his orders from Capt Grid
ley. During the action Lieut. Morgan
was repeatedly knocked down by the
conclusion of the rapid firing guns, and
this is said to have been the direct
cause of partial paralysis, which cul-
minated i'll his death.
On the day after the big naval battle,
under orders from Capt. GridIey, ne took
force Of forty armed men on shore and
destroyed the remaining magazines and
guns on Cavite fort and arsenal With
aid of gun cotton he directed the blowing
up of all the ammunition stores, SO that
they would not fall again into the hands
of the Spanish army. This task proved
very dangerous duty, and it was per-
formed by Lieut.. Morgan and his men
with the greatest satisfaction to the com
handing officers.
Lieut. Morgan was also on duty at the
taking the city of Manila, Aug. 13. in
command of his division. Soon after that
his health failed him and he was sent
home in charge of the transport Brutus
He had to his credit twelve years and six
months of sea service and ten years and
two months of shore duty. He had never
been on sick leave until his final illn us
He was born in 1859, in Mount Holly,
Ark, and entered the naval academy in
1876 He leaves a widow and son in Bos-
ton. where the funeral will be held Mon
day,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12
! He PROPRIETORS OF
| Warmers Safe Cure
will send to any person request
ing same, free sample of Warmers Safe
Cure. Mention this paper, Send today.

examinations will also be required In
reading and writing, spelling, punctua-
ton and capitals. English grammar, oe-
scriptive geography, particularly of our
own country, United States history, arlth-
metic, algebra, plane geometry.
Bishop Cotter of Winona has ordered
a change of priests for Minnieska and
Elba. The former pastor, Rev. f. x.
Mueller, preached his farewell sermon at
st. Charles last Sunday.
The past few nights of hard freezing
have about quelled the fly instruction,
says the Shakopee Tribune and their
pesky allies, the mosquitoes, have also
ceased from troubling, and the weary
are at rest.
1t is up to the oldest inhabitant to
tell us of another such season as the
one just closing, when flies and mos
quitoes continued so late as the 1st Of
November to poster Minnesota resi-
dents.
John Law, a cruiser from Duluth,
while up above Lake Itasca, about forty
miles north, split his ankle bone with
an ak and afterwards broke it. He was
brought to the Park Rapids hospital. DR..
Stone set the ankle.
Bert Harmon, the eldest son of Charles
Harmon, of English Grove, was acct
IDENTIFY killed yesterday afternoon. They
were tearing down an old straw shed
and Bert was standing under 1t When
the whole roof fell on him, crushing his
skull and causing instant death. The
funeral was held today at 3 o'clock
Willard Enterprise.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12
To profit hx EIection.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 11.-(spe-
iaL)-The South Dakota Children's
home, in this city, is tC receive a benefit
from Wagers made on the result of tie
recent election. The man who had prob
ably the most at stake on the election of
lin, of Deadwood, a well known banker.
catleman and mine owner A letter re-
ceived here from Miss Alice Jewell, as
s1stant Superintendent of the Children
home. who resides in Deadwood, conveys
the information that Mr.. Franklin has
decided to donate a portion of his win
nipgs 10 the fund fer maintaining lie
children'S home
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12
It Is 4 GENEROUS Gift
EX-GOV. PILLSBURY WILL BUILD
BRANCH LII
BRARY
WILL BE PUT UP NEXT YEAR
Side and VIII Cost Between
$4,000 and $780,
900.
WILL BE PUT UP NEXT YEAR

WithinCtNe next year the East side will
be the beneficiary of former Gov. ]. S.
Pillsbury's Morality in the shape of a
branch library.
tt will be elected at the southwest cor
ner of Seventh street and Second avenue
southeast, and the building will be hand
some and of the most up-to-date style,
embracing all the conveniences and ac-
commodations which the best expert
knowledge can devise.
Its cost probably will be from $4,000 to
100000, Plans for modern library build
ing have been drawn by Architect Char, es
r.. Aldrich at the request Of Mr.. Pills
bury, and while it has not been definitely
decided that they will be followed, the
prospects are that they will.
Governor Pillsbury has for some time
past contemplated the gift to the city of
a library building in that division IN
which his home is situated which here
tOfoPe has not had anything Of the sort
There is a branch library in the vicinity,
p but ii is a small affair in rented quar-
ters, and the people of the East side
have been cut off to a great extent from
the Use Of a library, as the central build
ing s too far away for many of them
use, and the PilIsbury library will
present advantages that viii be of great
service to the residents of that section.
The former governor looked about for a
site and finally decided on the piece of
property at the above mentioned corner
He purchased it from Alderman j. H.
Lane. The lot has been for some time
used for a wood yard, and recently Or
ders were given to clear away the
wood so as to prepare for building oper-
atoms. The intention originally was 10
erect the building this year, but the be-
ginning of the work was delayed.
When asked yesterday as to the project,
former Governor Pillsbury said that
nothing would be done about erecting the
building this year, but he indicated that
the library would be built in 1901. When
completed it will be presented to the
CITY
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12
MOTHER DID NOT OBJECT.
Her Enterprise Won Her a Wealthy
SOn-in-LaVv.


NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Having adver-
tised in paper for wife, Perkins Will
Jams sat down. to receive proposals Mr.
Williams is a prosperous farmer and lives
two miles south of Cortland When, he
had received 100 favorable communication
he selected the choicest few and opened
negotiations None had been finally
closed today when an elderly woman and
two younger ones drove up to Mr.. Will.
1ams' front door and inquired for him.
The elderly woman announced that sine
mad come on a business matter and
would stay to dinner Mr. Williams en-
tertained his guests sumptuously. When
1t was over the elderly woman pushed
back her chair and. waving her hand to-
ward the two girls, said,' briskly:
Now, Mr.. Williams. l have read your
advertisement. You seem very comfort
able here. These two girls are my
daughters, Ethel and Marion Bodkin
They are willing to marry. Take your
pick
Mr.. Williams looked them over, includ-
irg Mrs. Bodkin, and then decided on
Ethel The wedding day was set for
Thanksgiving, and the Bodkin family
drove back to their home, where Perkins
Williams will present himself for his bride
at the appointed time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12
MINNESOTA MENTION.

Pat Daily, who left this city a couple
pr three years ago, says the Kittson
County Enterprise, in search of fortune
IN the new Eldorado of Alaska, returned
yesterday. Mr.. Daily looked well and
carried an apparently heavy grip. AS
to whether this was full of gold dust or
nuggets we do not know, but anyway. he
looks as though he HAD been enjoying
high living.
There will be held at Mortified ne.a
Thursday, Nov. 10, at 1890 a. M, a com
petitive examination for selection Of can
dldate for appointment as cadet at the
United States naval academy at Annap-
Oils Md, from the Third congressional
district. Candidates must be residents
Of the Third congressional dis rct of Min
nesota; between the ages of fifteen and
twenty at the time of admission to the
academy which would be sometime next
spring or summer. Each candidate will
be given a thorough physical examina-
ton, and must be physically sound, well
formed and of robust constitution.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12
Denver Wants Irrigation Bill.

DENVER, Nov. 1.-THE Denver Cham
per or Commerce has called a mass meet
purpose of considering the irrigation
storage question. The national .irriga-
II ton congress is to meet in Chicago Nov.
ment aid in building storage reservoirs
III the West is to come up. The last
session of congress appropriated 100000
TO make surveys, and a number of plans
december. The West Is in favor of
going to congress with a request for an
appropriation Of $15,OOo0OO as a starter
ton to Chicago to boom this idea. The
idea is to have the government conserve
the waters near the heads of streams,
ana IeaYe the distribution to private cap
ltaI George H, Maxwell chairman of
the National Irrigation association, will
De mere Monday to address the meeting.