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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
MAY HAVE NIGHT SESSIONS
AFTER WEDNESDAY THE APPRO-
PRIATION BILLS MAY GET A
LIVING CHANCE
PROGRAMME IN THE HOUSE
Completion OF the Postofiice Appro-
priation Ri.l Comes First, Then
the Consular, Diplomatic
and Sundry Civil.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The senate
will continue it's discussion Of the ship
subsidy bill during the first half Of the
present week with probable Interruptions
during the morning hour of each day
There probably will be movement to
secure night sessions on the part Of the
friends OF the shipping bill Monday or
Tuesday and other strenuous efforts will
be made to secure vote upon the bill
If 1t should appear probable that the
end of the discussion Is still not in sight,
Senator Allison on Wednesday, will ask
the senate to take up the bill making ap-
propria tons for the District Of Columbia
for the next fiscal year. This approprta-
tIon bill will be debated for several days,
and when its considera ton is concluded,
there will be other appropriation b Is
requiring attention
The early part Of the day, Monday, will
be given to ceremonies in honor of the
memory of Chief Justice Marshall and
Senator Bacon, giving notice that he will
ask the attention of the senate to some
remarks of his upon the resolution in
tTo6uced by himself. regarding the right
of the senate to demand and receive all
papers on file in different departments.
He will speak at length upon that ques-
ton, and if he should conclude during he
day, he will be followed by several ex-
tended speeches on the subsidy bill, which
are still held in reserve. Senator Tar
ner IS counted upon for another speech,
and in case of night session Monday,
probably will undertake to talk the seg-
sion out. 1t is Understood Senator CAT
ferry will talk Tuesday. The Democf a; S
do not hesitate to say in case night ses-
sions are held they will demand that a
quorum be maintained. On Saturday
eulogies will be delivered in honor of the
late Representative Harmer, Of Pennsyl-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
ATE DocroRED PORK.
Entire Family of Pittsburgers POis-
Oned by Spare Ribs.

Entire Family of Pittsburgers POis-
Oned by Spare Ribs.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 3-As result Of
eating pork, supposed to have been doc
tored' with some sort of preservative,
a whole family was poisoned last even
ing. One member is dead and five others
are seriously i'll.
The Dead
Mrs. Ann Fox, widow of a former we'll
known coal operator.
Seriously Ill
MIS-. Ellen Cuddy, a widowed daughter
of Mrs. Fox.
Ella Mccartney, granddaughter CT
Mrs. Fox.
Thomas Cuddy, a grandson.
James T. Fox, a son.
Harry, a son of James Fox.
The family, who lived at No. Lanark
street, West end, all ate of spare ribs
for supper last night, and within a short
time afterward all were writhing in
agony. Prompt medical attention saved
all except Mrs. Fox who died during the
night. The others may recover
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
AFTER FIGHT GoERs.
Chicago Pastor Will Stir Things
Up in Pittsburg.

Brown, of Chicago, chairman of the Fed
Grafton of Young Peoples Societies of
America, who came here recently to cen
duct an anti-cigarette crusade, has taken
UP the cudgel against prize fighting. He
has made Information, and warrants will
be served tomorrow on all the principals
and their assistants who took part in
the Kennedy -Kenney fight at Millvale
last night. The informations are made
under the act Of 1867. which makes the
spectators equally liable with the prin-
cipals, and Prof. Brown accordingly las
included a long list of spectators in his
infermations. No names will be given
out until the warrants are served, but
it is said quito a number of prominent
people are included In the roundup.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for st. Paul:
Fair; Northeast Winds.


Fair; Northeast Winds.
1-CongressiOnaI Forecast.
Dave Hill Out of Politics.
Queens Interment Today.
blame Rests on Congress.
BOer Victory.
2-Mrs. Potts Laid at Rest.
Found Dead In a Saloon,
Well Known In st. Paul.
In Memory of the Queen.
minneapolis News.
8-Why King Didn't Land.
Northwestern Lawmakers.
News of the Northwest.
4-Editorial.
Markham's Poem on Victoria.
6-WeekIy Market Review.
Sporting News.
6-0Rcia1 Advertisements.
7-OficiaI Advertisements.
s-OmciaI Advertisements.
9-Omcia1 Advertisements.
1O@Fhe Golden Idol (stOry).
To he Tried for Treason.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
RELIEF COLUMN WAS TOO LATE
KITCHENER MAKES OFFICIAL RE-
PORT OF ANOTHER REVERSE
TO BRITISH ARMS
ON PORTUGUESE TERRIT1RY
Commando of Two Thousand Doers
Has Invaded Portuguese East =
Africa to Rescue Their
CompatrIOts.

LONDON, Feb 4-The war Office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, commander-.h-chi i'll
South Africa:
Pretoria, Feb. 2.-Our post at Med
derfontein, on the Gatearand. south
west of Krugersdorp, was attackei by
1,OoG Beers. The relief co:Lmns sent
out from Krugersdorp failed 10 pre-
vent the fall of the post. No details
yet at hand, but officers and men cap
tured at the post are arriving at We
reenigfng.
LOURENZO MARQUES, Feb. 3-There
is a commando of 1900 Beers on Portu-
guese territory. 1t is supposed that their
intention is to rescue the Beers there.
The Portuguese have decided to remove
10 Madras such Boer refugees as decline
to surrender to the British
BLOEMFONTEIN, Feb. 2-The British
nave reoccupied Petersburg
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
BURNED TO THE GROUND.
National Wire Company Suffers q
S325,OOO Fire Loss.


NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 3-Fire
from an unknown source destroyed the
large plant of the National Wire com
rany, at Fair Haven, early this morning,
entalling property loss estimated at
$S25 900.
The plant consisted of two one-story
buildings, which covered about five
acres of ground space, and all except the
wire nail department was reduced to
ruins through the lack of facilities for
fighting the flames.
The Fair Haven hose company found
itself unable to cope with the situation,
and call was sent to New Haven for
help.
This the local department refused, ex-
cept for the sending of one steamer and
a hose cart, on the ground that the wire
works, situated outside the city limits,
were not entitled to protection from New
Haven. The plant was formerly the New
Haven Wire company, and empl yed
about 500 hands.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
OBITUARY.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. 3.-Wil-
liam Chapman Baker, philanthropist and
capitalist, formerly a leading citizen of
Mo.ristown, N j., died at the home of
his daughter-in-law here last night, aged
ninety-two. He was the oldest surviy-
sonal acquaintance with Gen. Lafayette.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
MEXICAN INDIANS LJNRULY
DEFEATED RY Federal. TROOPS
IN BATTLE IN OAxACA.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. IA special 10 the
Glcbe Democrat from oaxaca, Mex,
says: The military authorities have been
advised OF another engagement which
took place between the government
troops and large force of Maya Indians.
The battle took place about nine miles
from Santa Cruz, the stronghold of the
rebels, resulting In a victory for the
government forces. The casualties on the
rebel side was heavy, it being estimated
they lest 300 killed and wounded. Several
hundred reinforcenlents nave joined Gen.
Brava's column 1t is asserted there are
sixty white men among the, officers of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
Law Is Now working Full Time in


ANACONDA, Mont, Feb. S.-In ac-
cordance with the bill establishing the
eight-hour law, which passed the Mon
tana legislature Friday, and was signed
by Gov. Toole Saturday, the Anaconda
Copper Mining company today gave or
ders to introduce the system immedi
ately in its smelters in Montana. This
will require the employment Of several
hundred additional men. The eight hour
system had already been in use in the
Butte mines of the company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
BOOMING KANSAS CITY.
Special Train Sent Out by CONNER
ciaI Club to Catch Trade.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. Sixty mem
bers of the Commercial club, Including
the principal manufacturers and Johbers
OF Kansas City, started tonight on a
homa ard Indian Territory and North
ern Texas. The party went on a special
train and carried hundreds of pounds of
literature expoupding Kansas City ad:
vantages as a trading point Speeches
and hsrouets have been arranged by 1 he
citizens of the towns and cities where
stops viii be made. At Oklahoma City
an elaborate banquet has been planned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
CORNWALL is BETTER.

Heir to Britain's Throne Reported
...-......... Improving.
: LONDON Feb. 3.-The Court Ci;crlai
this .eve1i,,g announces that the Duke oi
Cornwall and York is progressing salts
factorily toward convalesence.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04

Mayas forces. They are believed to he
Englishmen from British Honduras,
which country borders on the Maya terri
tory
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
RAILWAY REBUILT.

WaIdereee Reports Trains Running
Between PeEin and Pao Ting Flu.
BERLIN, Feb. 2.-Tlie German war Of
flee has received a dispatch from Count
Won Waldersee, dated Pe1in, which an
nounces that railway communication has
been restored between Pekin, Feng-Tai
and Pao Ting Flu.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
PIa9ue I'm England.

CARDIFF. Feb. "a Cardiff workman
has been attacked by a disease which ~
diagnosed rs the 5ubonic plagGe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
DEATH IN IT'S WAKE.
Tornado Wrecks Houses In Delta
County, in Texas.

COOPER, Tex, Feb "A tornado last
night did great damage in the western
portion of Delta county. The home Of
and his fourteen-year-o daughter fa.
tally injured Ting Surrctt was killed
and two daughters seriously injured al
Rattan, where number of houses were
wrecked. AT Denton an old mill was
wrecked, but no one was hurt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
WEST POINTERS HAPPY.
Graduating Glass VIII lie Turned
Out This Mdntil.

WEST POINT. n Y.,s Feb. s.-offcial
orders were received by Col Mills yester-
day from Adjt. Gen. Corbin to take steps
to graduate the first class of cadets on
with delight by members of the lirst
class.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
PRINCES PAPER SUPPRESSED.
Despair of the Noble Editor Drove
Him to Attempted Suicide.


ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. S.--P.iace
Pariatinsky, The youthful publisher of t4a
Northern Courier, which was recenlN
gerous wound His parents have never
forgiven the marriage he made several
years ago with Mile Yavorskaya, an
actress, nor did they approve his news
paper enterprise, which absorbed the
bulk of the estate Of the prince. His
family rank among the highest Russian
nobility
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
IN THE HOUSE

The house will continue the considera-
ton Of appropriation bills this week
The postotftce appropriation bill is nat
yet completed. 1t will be followed by the
consular and diplomatic and the sund:y
civil bill, which last, will be reported
to the house tomorrow. The bills to
promote the efficiency OF the revenue
cutter service and to establish a national
standardizing bureau, and conference re-
ports VIII consume whatever time re-
mains. Tomorrow the exercises in con-
nection with the celebration Of the CEN
tenniai anniversary of John MARSHALL S
appointment as chief justice Of the Unit
ed States will be held in the house Of
representatives from 10 to l o'clock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-04
A8nnHiCh
*SpnHigh
AT ST. PAUL HOTELS.

washington time q D. m. st. Paul..
Below zero.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-07-26

A letter from Austin. Tex. to the New
Orleans Times-Democrat says: The more
superStitious Of the oil investors. as usual
in such times. have begun to seek fortune
tellers to inform them which way to
jump. One of this class visited for.
tune teller few days ago. who has
passed the century mark, and she coolly
informed him that after period Of close
confinement in consultation with the
mysteries and imps of her art, she had
learned the extent of the Texas oil field.
She says Texas is over an ocean of oil.
which ranges in depth from one hundred
to six thousand feet, and is as inexhaus-
tible as the water Of the gulf. In some
spots the oil is within 100 feet of the sur
face and in other spots 1000 feet deeper.
She claims there are millions of little
streams flowing from the extreme north
ern portions of Canada, which empty in
to the gulf in eighty-six different places.
She claims there is a spot within fifty
miles of the oil fields where the pressure
of the oil is so great that it is constantly
getting nearer the surface; that in course
of time it will burst through with the
fury of Vesuvius. She says we'll sunk
on this spot would produce gushe1
thirty inches in diameter. and would
flow faster than all the trains in Texas
could haul it off.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-07-26
Count Leo TOlstOi's Plans.

Count Leo Tolstoi has left Moscow and
removed to Iassnaia Poliana. The peas
school built by Count Tolstoi, and in
former years managed by him, can all
read and write, wished to offer the aged
poet an ovation in order to make protest
against his accommodation, but they
were prevented by the authorities. Count
Tolstoi's health has lately improved, and
he is able to devote the greater part of
the day to his literary work. The COM
pletion of the drama. The Corpse" he
has postponed indefinitely, but he is
working hard at the novel: 'Pater Ser
gius." which is to appear in a Moscow
review. During the last few days Count
Tolstoi has received the visits Of distin--
guished Russians, who, have been to
Yassnaia Poliana to express. their sym
pathy. His well-known disciple. Prince
Chilkoff, who has established Tolstoian
colonies in the government of Charkoff,
now proposes to found similar colonies in
the Caucasus. but it is seriously doubted
whether he will be allowed Some of the
metropolitans have already protested
against his activity.-London News Ber-
lin Toloprom
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-07-26

The Dublin Freeman's Journal calls
attention to very novel and somewhat
gruesome development of the collecting
1ad. a Ballyshannon gentleman has, it
states, made collection of sailors
corpse rings Seafaring men of most
nations possess in common the habit of
wearing thick silver ring on the little
niger These rings are engraved inside
with the owners name and port, and
serve to identify his body in the event
CT death by drowning The collection of
corpse rings" is a fairly large enc. and
every ring has, it is stated. been oh
tanned from the relatives or comrades OF
the drowned sailor. The fad Of q WELL
Nno"n statesman, no longer living for
me collection of false teeth is beaten in
IFS slngularity by this phase of the COL
Letting fever.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-07-26

Consul-General Guenther of Frankfort
SENDS to the state department the follow
ing account of experiments recently made
IN Germany for the purpose of deciding
on the best method Of preserving eggs.
-Four hundred fresh hen eggs were sinh
Jected to the action of different sub-
stances for period of eight months. Al
the expiration Of that time it was found
that the eggs which had been put into
salt brine were all spoiled; that those
which had been wrapped in paper were
~ per cent. bad, and that a like 'per.
centaee of those which had been i'm
mersed in mixture of glycerine and sail
cylic acid were unfit for use. OF the
eggs which had been rubbed with salt,
or imbedded in bran, or coated with
parafn. 10 per cent. were spoiled: of
those subjected to a coat of liquid glass,
collolon or varnish. 40 per cent. and of
those which had been placed in wood
ashes or permanganate of potash, only 20
per cent. were bad. Almost all the eggs
that had been coated with vaseline. Or
had been placed in limewater. or a solu-
ton of liquid glass, were in good condi-
tiQn -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-07-26
OIL IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Productive Belt 6upposed to Exist in
the Mossel Bay District.

Productive Belt Supposed to Exist in
the Mossel Bay District.
Consul General Stowe of Cape Town
transmits report from Mr.. Seavill, min
ing and land agent, of Kimberley, on the
discovery Of indications of mineral oil in
South Africa, with reports on said indi-
cations by geological and mining experts,
from which the following extracts have
been taken:
The supposed oil belt in South Africa
extends from the Ceres district across
the country to Mossel Bay on the coast,
$50 miles east of Cape Town. The geo
logical formation is the Devonian period
throughout, locally known as the Box
veldt beds The most important oil
fields Of the Western hemisphere belong
to the Carboniferous and Devonian Pc
RODS. The marked indications of the ex-
istence of petroleum in this belt are small
quantities of gas escaping near the con-
tact between the shales and sandstone;
iridescent, oily-looking patches Of film
upon the surface Of standing water near
these contacts; mysterious fires occurring
three months at a time. In the Mqssel
Bay district another evidence of the ex-
istence of petroleum is found in the shape
of the pitchy, bituminous substance be-
tween shales in the Gouritz river. The
geological and physical character and
condition Of the rocks in the Mossel dis
trict are favorable. The shales of the
tive in depth, while the sandstones. and
other beds of the table mountain sand
stone which accompany the shales are
well fitted by nature to act as reservoirs.
1.-Two small companies have been
formed in Kimberley for the purpose Of
securing prospective rights, and have OBJ
tanned some GO, 600 or 10000 acres a
berley, which has secured contracts COW
ering about two hundred farms in the
Mossel Bay district; but, beyond getting
reports and putting down a 3-inch bore
hole to 12O feet on Battles Cat. nothing
has been done in the way Of active pros
pecting. Neither the two Kimberley
companies nor the Mossel Bay syndicate
are in financial position to carry on
the work, nor are they, at present, able
to secure the necessary capital for the
purpose.
The difficulties surrounding prospecting
for petroleum in South Africa are yery
great, and may be stated as follows:
First, the urgent want Of experienced oil
prospectors competent to decide authori-
tatively on oil formations and conditions.
to locate proper spots for boring and to
conduct operations to- any necessary
depth: and, second, the want of capital.
The area Of country showing indications
is so great and the land so cheap, that
it might be worth the serious attention Of
Americans interested in the oil industry.
There are no laws in Cape Colony refer
ring to petroleum mining, and up to
quite recently the crown has claimed no
rights whatever, but the surveyor-general
has had such rights reserved in all re-
cent issues Of titles to crown lands.''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-07-26
Plague of the Prickly Pear.

One of the nest serious difficulties in
the way of land settlements in some
parts of, Australia is said to be an OBJ
noxious plant called the prickly pear. As
a pest to the farmers it may be fairly
classed with the rabbits. 1t has taken
possession Of whole tracts of the coun-
try and the settler has to t1ght pitched
battle for every acre he, calls his own.
A single fruit brings forth thirty, sixty
productive seed: All heritage may droop.
die and disappear in the oven Of the
Australian drouth, but the pear sur
xases ana ea anS on its
with unconcern, in the fierce struggle
for life" when drouth is devastating
the land, this pest is living example
Of the survival Of the "unfittest.'' It was
brought to Australia, like the rabbit,
either for use or ornament, and it has
.!,ecomes 4: plague and a pestilenee Its
extermina ton in the. colony Of Queens
land, at least. is question Of national
importance.-Los Angeles Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-07-26

The American biograph," announced
Mr.: Wilkes, referring to his programme
Brilliant letters flashed onto the screen,
announcing that the first picture would
be The coronation procession
Mr.. Wilkes started, and darted a side
long glance at his wife.
The words brought back a rather pain
full event in his history, and the situation
was in no way relieved when Mrs.
ture was unfolding itself upon the screen:
Was it really like that, John? But
Mr.. Wilkes rose to the occasion with
brilliance.
Yes. exactly" he responded warmly,
and went on to lucidly explain various
points of the procession he had not SEEN
The next picture was announced, and
Mr. Wilkes began to feel distinctly I'M
comfortable.
The crowd after the procession, was
the title.
Mr.. Wilkes feelings during the next
ten minutes can be better imagined than
described. Suffice it so say that, in the
crowd depicted on that screen was a
stout little man. with face livid with
terror, turned directly toward the lens
of the camera, struggling vainy amid
a mass of humanity, hatless and collar
less.
Relentlessly he was pushed. kicked and
trampled on by the crowd. who turned an
apparently deaf ear to her heart-rending
entreaties.
The. picture was so intensely clear, so
terribly lifelike.
At last the climax was reached. when.
with one despairing effort-like a drown,
ing man clutching at a straw-thc little
man claspcd an elderly matron round the
waist. and the picture vanished amid
roars of unrestrained laughter.
Mrs. Wilkes did not laugh as she
turned to address her husband. "Oh,
Johnr' was all she said. and there was
q world Of meaning in those two words:
but she was addressing space. Mr..
Wilkes had suddenly discovered that !;
absolute Observation-Disclosures Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-07-26

Studies recently completed by we'll
known geologist confirm the belief that
the Bermuda islands are merely the rem
nant of one large island, which had an
area Of 300 to 400 square miles. The
present group has an area of only twenty
square miles. The subsistence within a
comparatively recent period has been
from ~ to 100 feet. The base is the
summit Of an ancient volcano, while the
surface is composed of shell sand drifted
into hills by the winds and consolidated
by lnhltration. 1t is only question ct
time, perhaps. when the entire group will
sink under the ocean.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-07-26

Interesting relics Of the Delaware In
dams are found almost daily on Burning
ton island, opposite Bristol, Pa. It was
the only island above Philadelphia in
habited by this tribe A number of stone
tools. arrowheads, ETC., were found by
John Braden, in 1855, and since that
time eXcursionists have often picked up
arrowheads. A few days ago a party
Of workmen who are engaged in beaut;-
flying the park dug up three skeletons in
perfect state of preservation. With
the skeletons were many ornaments, in
Guiding some beads.