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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
IN FAVOR OF GOMEZ.
REVOLUTIONARY LEADER ELIGI-
BILE TO CUBAN PRESIDENCY.

HAVANA, Feb 1.-THE followers of
Gen. Maxine Gomez triumphed today in
the Cuban constitutional convention.
The cause making him eligible to the
presidency of the republic was adopted
by vote of Il to IA. There was no dis
cussion. Just before the question was
put to a vote, Senior GibcIa said he did
not think the convention was called upon
to recognize the revolutionary element
in the constitution, but this protest elicit
ed no reply. Senior Llorente, who is
claSsed with the anti Gomez faction, was
not present at todaY's session owing to
illness. Gen. Rivera absented h mself in
accordance with his wish not to take
part in this particular Giscussion Senior
Getancourt. who voted last week with
the opponents of Gen. Gomez to postpone
the discussion, cast his vote for Gomez,
making majority of one in favor of the
clause. The anti-Gomez faction took the
defeat calmly and almost good naturedly.
The session will continue tomorrow when
some changes will be made 1t is gen.
orally believed the convention VIII leave
out the clause referring to 'pernicious
foreigners
There Is also a growing disposition to
eradicate all radical clauses before sub
hitting the completed work to the United
States congress The editing committee
is going over the document with as little
delay as possible and it is thought the
final adoption will not be long postponed
The questions of relations to be sus-
tained between Cuba and the United
States will be left to a special COM
mittee. who will draw up a proposal tn
be submitted TO the convention.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
HUNDRED AND FIFTY REVOLVER
SHOTS FIRED BY THE
CONTESTANTS
ALMOST EVERY ONE HAD A GUN
TO MAKE UP ANY POSSIBLE DEFI-
CIENCIES SOME PULLED
TWO
FIGHT STARTED BY NEGROES
Election Judges, Detectives, Patrol
men and Ward HeeIers All Took
Hand in It-OnIy Three
Casualties.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. u-More than
$50 shots were fired, a sergeant of police
ana Two negroes were wounded and a
ballot box was stolen in the course of a
riot about the Second district polling
place of the Fourth ward at Twelfth
and Linden streets early this evening
1t was only after riot call had brought
Capt Kiely with forty policemen and
riot guns to the scene that a semblance
of order was restored. Even then the
streets were filled with negroes and
some white men, all of whom were
armed, many of them intoxicated and
looking for trouble
Not a ballot was cast there during
the day. The wounded were Sergea mt
of Police Quinlivan, George Monroe and
Fred Jones.
the trouble had been brewing az St
ernoon. When it came time to open I'D
the polls, the Tinker judges had not yet
arrived. Later the Tinker men disagreed
with the Wells men as to the advisability
OF opening the back door of the polling
place. One claimed that the other had
host of heelers in waiting and If the
back door was open these men would
press in to cause confusion and prevent
their opponents from voting
The Noonan crowd claimed that both
the other factions were jockeying to pre-
vent any voting whatever, because thew
said, the ward was overwhelmingly for
Noonan. The judges being unable to
agree, no voting was done.
That was the situation up to the time
of the riot
FUSILLADE OF SHOTS.
The first shot was fired on Twelfth
street just south of Linden. Rumor has
1t that the first man to draw a revolver
was negro named Arthur Gardiner AS
soon as the shot rang out the street
about the polling place became the scene
OF a fusillade. Every man drew one or
two reVolvers.
Judge John J. Ryan ran out from his
desk to the street and shot suuarelv
at negro advancing upon the booth,
gun in hand, There was no time to
make arrests, but the police, under Ser
geant Quinlivan, rushed upon the holder
rioters, attempting to disarm them
1t was while he was arresting George
Munroe, who had resisted the attempt
to disarm him, that Sergeant Quinlivan
was Shot
Detective McGrath ran to his assist
ance, disarmed the negro, and in the
midst Of scattering fire, wrapped a
handkerchief about the sergeants
Wounded leg to stop the flow of blood
from severed artery.
The policemen were on the spot within
a lew moments and succeeded in quelling
the riot and dispensing the 200 negroes
who had figured most prominently in the
ARRAY.
After order had been restored it was
found that the ballot box had been stolen
Every judge and clerk had been at the
windows or front door, holding the fort
Some one had slipped in the back way
and taken the box from behind them
The upshot was that no votes were
polled in the Second district Of the
Fourth ward.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
MRS. NATION A FROST.
People Won't Settle to Hear the Sa-
loon SmaSher Talk.

loon maSher Talk.
MUSCATINE, To-, Feb 11.-Mrs. Ma
ton arrived here at noon today and was
met at the train by 1900 PEOPLE. A
squad of police were on hand, at her
request, to escort her to the hotel. The
crowd, however, was peaceful and quiet
and evidently turned out through curios-
ity, for less than 500 people attended her
meeting at the Grand opera house to-
night. After the meeting closed and the
receipts Of the evening were counted the
financial manager of Mrs. Nation dis
solved partnership with her and with
four of the six women who accompany
her will return tonight to Kansas. He
said: MY management of Mrs. Nation
ends here. I return to Topeka tonight
and four of the six women go with me.
I have now closed up and am absolutely
free. The women will return to their
homes, and Mrs. Nation, 1 understand,
will proceed to Chicago
Mrs Nation said: Il am in the hands
Of the Lord, and will leave for Chicago
tomorrow morning at 1890. 1 will not
smash any saloons here tomorrow, al
though l will call on four or more places
in the morning. l will do no smashing
in Iowa or any other Etate until all the
hell holes in my own state, Kansas, are
wiped out of existence. Then [ will
organize a band who will smash all of
the saloons in the word. The Uni,e
States first, Europe next"
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Slagle. The substance of the examina-
ton appears in the following questions
and answers:
Miss Siagle, how long have you known
Mr. Hamilton"
Il first met him last July
when did You become acquainted with
Leonard Day?"
about the same time
Are you quite well acquainted with
Mr.. Hamilton"
Miss Slagle hesiiated, and then an
sweTed: Yes, fairly well''
Did you ever have a conversation with
Mr. Hamilton about Mr.. Day?"
yes, sir
"What did Hamilton say to you?"
And here the examination stopped.
Miss Slagle looked embarrassed
squirmed little in her seat and re-
sponded:
II have been advised that the COM
munica ton of Mr.. Hamilton was privi-
legged
The attorneys looked at each other and
the spectators exchanged significant
glarces.
The court was appealed to, and after
private conference between the court
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son to sign a contract drawn in legal
form to the effect that they would never
again sell liquor during their natural
lives and that the son agree to leave
Holton and remain away for a period
of ten years.
Later in the day Ahother mass meet
to destroy all of the liquor that had been
seized by the sheriff and stored at the
court house. A motion that this be done
was defeated, but after the meeting ad-
journed most of those in attendance
went to the court house and demanded
the liquor. The deputy in charge made
a tame effort to protect the property, but
without avail. The reformers emptied the
liquor into the gutter and taking the bar
fixtures outside burned them in the street,
making work of destruction COM
plete. ~.
Tonight the sheriff, accompanied by a
posse, raided a joint owned by Mrs.
HAST, taking possession of all liquors
found there and closing the place up.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
EXPLOSION OF A FAKE
MRS. MAVERICK NO NEARER PAR
DON THAN SITE EVER WAS.

DON THAN SHE EVER WAS.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE officials of the
home office say there is no foundation
whatever for the report that Mrs. Flor
ence Maybrick has been pardoned
An official Of the United States embas-
sy said to a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press: lit did not need the home
Office denial to prove the absolute base
lessness of the Maybrick story We
would be the first to be notified of any
such action or proposed action, by the
British government. Not a single fact
has arisen to give the slightest justifica-
ton to the story or to make the re-
lease OF Mrs. MaYbrick more probable
than heretofore.
The official denial of the pardoning of
Mrs Maybrick would have been issued
earlier but for the red tape rule of the
home office which alone of all the Brit
ish government departments requires
that press inquiries Shall be made in
writing and answered through the mails
The only exception known was made tbs
afternoon for the benefit of the Associat-
ed Press. After this was done the Of
ficials freely said the Maybrick story
was on a par with the recent epidemic
Of fakes published in the United
States, among them being the statement
that King Edward was suffering from
cancer, that there was friction between
Lord Salisbury and King Edward and
that Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood was going to
South Africa as a peace commissioner,
etc.
The Maybrck report was circulated free
ly here Sunday and Mr.. Choate, the
United States ambassador. told its au-
thors last night that it was untrue. But
this evidently had no weight with them,
and when it was published nothing re-
NAMED but to wait until the home Of
fee had made up its mind to break
through tradition and give the ouietus to
this latest of the utterly baseless re-
ports
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Minnesota-Fair Tuesday and Wednes-
day: warmer in western portion Tuesday;
able.
WlscCnsin-Fair Tuesday and Wednes-
day; fresh northwesterly winds.
1oWa-Fair Tuesday and probably
Wednesday; fresh northwesterly winds.
North Dakota-Fair and warmer Tues
Gay. "Wednesday fair; variable winds
South Dakota-Fair Tuesday aid
Wednesday; warmer in eastern por don
T9esday; variable winds.
Wednesday,; southwesterly winds.
st. Paul - Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, p F. Lyons observer, for
the twentyfour hours ended at o'clo tx
last pight.-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation: Highest tempera-
ture, 16; lowest temperature, G; average
temperature, II; daily range, 10; baromc-
ter S0.41: humidity, a; precipitation, 0; z
p M, temperature, ~; p. M, weather
clear; wind northwest.
Yesterdays temperatures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
MISS CAROLINE SLAGLE WAS ON
THE STAND YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON
HER EVIDENCE DISAPPOINTING
SHE REFUSED TO ANSWER CUES
TION ON WHICH GREATEST
INTEREST Conferred
NO WITNESS SAW THE KNIFE
Evidence of All Examined Yester-
day Was Marked by This Pc
cuIiarity-Vivid Account
of Fatal ARRAY.

The immense gathering at the Hamil-
ton trial yesterday afternoon heard what
it most wanted to hear-the evidence Of
Miss Caroline Slagle, the woman in the
case" Her evidence was disappointing
because she coolly refused to answer the
one question every one was dying to
hear her reply to. Excitement was at
fever heat when the county attorney
called:
Miss Caroline Slagle."
brunette, attired in a black velvet
jacket and gown that displayed her lis
some figure to advantage and wearing q
Gainshorough hat from which waved
black ostrich plumes, glided noiselessIy
up to the clerks desk. Raising her
gloved hand, she promised to tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, an. ascending to the witness
chair, she faced the hundreds of eager
spectators and seated herself with per-
feet composure.
The state didn't elicit much from Miss
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
MILLION FOR BRIDES.
CHARGES MADE AGAINST NEW
ENGLAND Gas AND COKE co.

BOSTON, Feb. Representative Nc
Pherson, of Framingpam, was exam
ined by the house committee on rules
today, relative to the allegation he made
at hearing last week, that $1,000, 600
had been set aside on the books
of the New England Gas and Coke com
pany for legislative purposes and also
that many securities of doubtful nature
had been sold to banks in this state.
Mr.. Mcpherson repeated his charges,
somewhat modified in details
Thomas w. Lawson was called uron
to substantiate the statement and made
a violent attack on Henry M Whitney,
president Of the company, for which he
was called to order by the chairman of
the committee
lone of the directors" Mr.. Lawson
said, told me that the money had been
so voted and he had been appointed one
of committee to see that l got it,
Mr.. Lawson refused to give the name
of the director who had given him his
information. In answer to further ques-
tons Mr. Lawson said the amount in
volved in the charges before the COM
mittee had been laid aside since the in
vestigation of last year.
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and counsel on both sides, which was
inaudible to others. Judge Brooks said
The question is proper one, but the
witness may refuse to answer it, if such
answer might tend to criminate her"
Il refuse to answer quickly exclaimed
Miss Slagle.
And that was all the jury heard from
the fair witness, who stepped down and
quietly made her way through the center
aisle and out of the court room, follow
ed by the eyes of the inquisitive specta-
tors.
EARLIER EVIDENCE.
Rapid progress was made yesterday in
the presentation of the states case in
the Hamilton murder trial and it is OK
nected that the defense will commence
this afternoon if a sitting is held
curious feature of the evidence of
all the witnesses examined yesterday is
that none of them saw the fatal blow
struck or caught a glimpse of the knife
used to infiict It 1t seems 10 be clear
that Day emerged unhurt from MS first
encounter with Hamilton, and how the
latter could have inflicted the 1--WE wounds
In the second onslaught without being
observed by some of the men standing
around is very puzzling. Nothing new
was developed yesterday on any of the
more important points, and the pro-
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
EVERY CAR DERAILED.
BAD RAILWAY sMAsHUP, BUT ONLY
-FOUR INJURED.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. 1.-THE
Chesapeake & Ohio fast passenger train,
east bound, was wrecked tonight six
miles east of here and four people We're
Slightly injured. Every car was derailed.
The baggage car and day coach were
thrown down a forty-foot embankment
The mail car ran Into a station and was
smashed. The dining car was thrown
from the track, bat the occupants of this
and the two Pullmans were unhurt.
Lee Massie, of Goldsboro, O.; L. NJ.
Smith, Knoxville, Tenn, had their Shout
ders disloc2ted and were otherwise in
jured. Charles Southwick, the baggage
man, OF Huntington, w. Va, received
a scalp wound. The cause of the acci-
dent was an open switch.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY

Weather Forecast for st, Paul:
Fair; Warmer. -.
I-HamiltOn Murder Trial.
Bloody ST. Louis Riot.
Topeka High and Dry.
Lively Session of House.
2-COmmittee Fights NicOlin.
Prizes for Buttermakers.
Annals of Pioneer Days.
S-Tams Bixby as Ajax.
DOings of Legislatures.
Senatorial Contests May End.
News of the Northwest.
4-EdltOrlaI Page.
The Golden Idol.
5-SpOrting News.
- Cincinnati Fight Case.
6-News of the Railroads.
Popular Wants.
7-Markcts of the World.
Chicago May Wheat, Is I-4C.
Bar Silver, 81 I-Sc.
Stocks Less Active.
Settlements Must Do Time.
And the Cat Came Back.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
WITH ROYAL POMP.
PROGRAMME FOR CoRNwALL,s
VISIT TO AUSTR ALA

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE departure OF
the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and
York for Australia will be the occasion
of great naval display, at which the
king and queen will be present. The
British channel squadron will escort the
heir apparent on H. M. S. Ophir as far
as Gibraltar. The Ophfr will pass On
from squadron to squadron until Aus
tralia is reached.
The continued speculation as to the
visit of their royal highneases to Germany
has brought out an official utte~auce that
it is not even certain any visit will ne
made
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
ONE YEAR FOR CONTEMPT.
Receiver Mckenzie, of Nome, Goes
to Jail-Judge Noyes Censured,


SAN FRANCISCO, Feb lin the con-
tempt proceedings against Receiver Alex
arder Mckenzie, Of Nome City, IN the
United States circuit court of appeals
today, Mckenzie was sentenced to serve
one years imprisonment on two counts,
and Judge Noyes, who appointed ME-
kenzie to his office. was severely censur-
ed by the court for alleged completely
in the scandal.
The decision was rendered by Judges
Ross. Gilbert and Morrow in the cases
of John Tornazes VS.. L. F. Melsing CT
al, and William Aklgman VS. Henry Rog-
ers: These are two of the cases in
which Mckenzie declined to obey the
row directing him. as receiver, TO turn
over money and gold dust in his possess
ion to the, owner. Much testimony has
been heard in the Nome cases and trey
have been pending before the United
States court for months. The evidence
tended to prove that a conspiracy exist.
ed between the officials at Nome to Sc
cure claims.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12

him from Kansas, L T., to a distillery
near Maysville, Ark, where they sur
founded him and when he attempted to
escape he was commanded to halt,
%hereupon ne fired on the officers and
a general fight followed, Beck falling
dead, the bullets having pierced his head
His horse was killed with him. Beck
shot a man at the last Cherokee election
and has killed several people during his
career
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
GOBBLED BY THE BEAR
MONGOLIA AND MANCHURIA AN
NEXED BY RUSSIA.

BERLIN, Feb 1.-THE Berliner 7,o.a
platt publishes dispatch from CORE
spondent IN Siberia who cites evidence
going to show that Russia considers her
recent acts have annexed Manchuria and
Mongolia. For instance, the new R3s-
sian governor, Lieut.. Gen. Mathsvsskv
passed through Kiakhta, on the Mon.
golian frontier, for Urga, in Mongolia
Dec. 22 to assume the administration. and
the Russo-Chinese bank and it's branches
have been officially notified that from
Jan. the Russian protectorate has been
in effect
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
NINE STRIKE IN SIGHT.
UNITED MIME WORKERS EXECU-
TIVE BOARD IN SESSION.

COLUMBUS, O.. Feb. 1.-THE national
executive board of the United Mine
Workers met here today in secret SEES
sion. They refused to give out anything
for publication, but it is known that
the Jackson county inside labor question
was under consideration. The operators
are paying only $165 for inside work, the
scale calling for $2.10. A conference is
being arranged and If a settlement is not
reached a big strike will be declared.
The miners say they will insist on the
scale being paid
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
OCEAN LINERS.

LIvERPOOL-Arri Ivernia. Boston.
via Queenstown.
GENoA -Arrived: Hohenzollern, New
York, via Naples.
LA GUAYRA-Arrived Primzessin Vic
toria Luise, New York, via Port au
Prince etc.
KALTAK-Arrived Auguste Victoria.
New York. Allen, New York, for Ma
Piles and Genoa and proceeded. Sailed:
Vera, from Genoa and Naples, New
York.
CHERBOURG- Sailed: Wonderland (from
Southampton, New York.
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Pearl newman, founded Up.

MOUNT STERLING, KY, Feb. IL
Pearl Newman, who killed Actor McCau-
ley; Ferry Pcyton, Thomas Mcintyre,
James Myers and Ben Higginbottom,
who escaped from the Huntington, w
Va, Jail late Wednesday, were arrested
at Indian Fields eight miles from here,
today. They agreed to return to West
Virginia without acquisitions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
MORE LIQUOR DESTROYED.
Temperance Crusaders NatiOnize
Town of HOItOn. Kan.

HOLTON, Kan, Feb. 1.-THE crusade
against the jointists which was COM
menced here Saturday was vigorously
continued today at a mass meeting held
in the Methodist church. A committee
was appointed to investigate the report
that the place owned by Mrs. Hicks,
which was raided Saturday, was open
again. The committee discovered that
the report was true and as result the
temperance workers again raided the
place and compelled Mrs Hicks and her
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
NOTED DESPERATE DEAD
DON BECK KILLED by UNITED
STATES MARSHAL'S POSSE.

VINITA, I. T, Feb. 11.-News has
reached here tonight of the killing OF
Don Beck, a noted Indian Territory
character, near Kansas, I. T., by Deputy
United States Marshal Frederick Sill and
a large posse The officers have been
after Beck for several days and trailed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
CIRCUMVENTED THE MOB.
Alleged AssaiIant of TweIve-Year-
Old Girl Hangs Himself.

CRESTED BUTTE, Col, Feb. II. =
While a mob was besteging the jail here
today and threatening TO lynch George
Buric. he committed Suicide by hanging
himself to a window bar in his cell with
an electric light wire. Buric was arrest
ed on a charge of having criminally as
saulted Kate Mulch, twelve years of age.
He declared that he was innocent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
LIQUOR DESTROYED.

Unknown Nationites Raid Railroad
Depot at Tekamah, Neb.
TEl<AMAFI, Neb., Feb. 1.-THE rail-
road depot in thisstewn was raided by
unknown. persons last night and eighty
five cases of HeFIeg, consigned to farmers
and others, valuedsat $401, was seized AMI
destroyed. TekaInah Is dry town
under the local option law.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
Topeka HIGH IND DRY
NOT A JOINT IN THE CITY WAS
OPEN FOR TRADE LAST
NIGHT
CITIZENS SAY IT GOES, TOO
ORGANIZED BODY OF A THOUSAND
MEN WILL ENFORCE
THE LAW
BAD DAYS FOR THE THIRSTY
SaIOOnkeepers Notified to Remove
Their Stocks and Fixtures From
the City by Friday
Noon Next.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 11.-An the
joints" of the city are closed tonight.
The citizens made the peremptory order
that the sales be discontinued by noon
today and as far as is known the order
was obeyed Early this morning Chief
of Police Stahl with some of his officers,
made the rounds of the joints and mott
ned the keepers to close at once. They
were in each case presented with a print
cd copy of the citizens ultimatum and
commanded in the interest of law and
good order to close at once. Chief Stahl
told the jointfsts that there was an army
Of l,0p men waiting to march on min
ute's notice to close the joints of the
city and that they were of a class that
would not be frightened out of perform
ing their duty as they interpreted it.
Notices were slipped in under the doors
of the closed places.
In only one place did the officers find
any liquor sold and this place agreed to
close at once.
EIGHTY JOINTS CLOSED.
Tonight Topeka is practically a dry
town so far as the joints are concerned,
Some of the drug stores are said to be
doing thriving business, but the con-
dition is much different from a week or
even a day ago, when there were about
-6-~S JO--'S NiiAiitiS oPSillS' Gil VI WHICH
were equipped with the finest fixtures.
The citizens committee has made all
the necessary arrangements for the en-
forcement of the law regarding joints and
will insist that the order be carried out
to the letter and that every drinking
place be closed and the stock and fixtures
removed from the city by next Friday
noon.
The condition of public sentiment in
Topeka tonight is something remarkable
There has never been anything here APP
preaching it. The vigilance committee is
ready to move on very short notice.
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washington time e p. m. st. Paul..
Below zero.
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