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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15

up to date, and at least 1900 persons a
day study it with varying interest Mr..
Darling is from New England, and one
OF his fancies is good, old-fashioned
doughnuts, which he insists on having
on hand at all times, fresh crisp, and
prime. Any housewife will tell you that
1t takes good flour to make nice dough-
nuts, and when a manufacturer of flour
can sell Mr.. Darling a big lot of one
brand of flour he generally advertises the
fact if he is at all enterprising
The Savoy, the Netherland, the Ma
jestic, and all of the rest of the Fitta
avenue and Broadway hotels make some
speciality of this or that thirg to eat, and
it is the stewards place. whether it be
his idea or not, to see that the stand
ard is kept up, and it frequently proves
very monotonous, if profitable, task
j. p. Cadagan, of the Hoffman house,
who insists on buying ell meats used in
the hotel, in speaking of these special
ties, said it is orly natu IL that any
place where they have things to ca.
should have a speciality. Now, I make
speciality of steaks he said. 81 believe
I furnish the best steak in the Hoffman
house that grows, and winter or sum-
mer l can figure to within five pounds
of what I need day by day, although
buy my beef but twice month, on the
1st and on the 18th In the summer
time more meat in the shape of cold
cuts is consumed than in steaks, as a
matter of course. Then there is the lob
ster. Almost every one is fond of lob
ster in some shape or other, and those
that don't want lobster want fish, and it
keeps US guessing sometimes to keep an
attractive and proper stock of fish, owing
to the variations of the fish itself, both
in quality and quantity"
Mr.. Cadagan was asked to give in some
definite way the amounts of several of
the more important staple articles used
in hotel like the Hoffman
house, where, it may be noted, that $50
people are employed and have to be
served three meals day These alone
consume about 800 pounds of meat of va
rious kinds, 20 pounds of tea and cof-
fee, so gallons of milk, Y barrel of SUI
gar and barrels of potatoes, besides mi
nor vegetables and pastry.
For the guests the average service is
about 10 short loins cut up days, 6
sides of beef for roasting, 10 turkeys, 80
pairs of chickens, dozen each of duck
hngs and squab and about 400 pounds
of salmon, bluefsh, Spanish mackere
pompano, and other kinds of fish. We
also use about rs gallons of cream is
gallons of milk $50 pounds of ham and
bacon, 1900 CLAIMS, 200 Holsters, 4 crates
of peaches, 5 crates of berries-when they
are in season-and 10 barrels of melons
and miscellaneous fruits"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15

barreled up in fish casks in the hold or
buried amid the salt for curing the cod,
of which the craft is ostensibly in quest
very daring offender once smuggled
twenty-five gallons of the finest French
brandy into st. Johns under the very
noses of the customs authorities He fill
ed with the liquor the trawl kegs for
buoying his fishing lines. These kegs
carry long staffs with a flag on the end,
and as the casks were set along the deck
with the stats dashed to the rigging not
suspicion was aroused. Some years ago
the coastal steamer touched at St Pierre
and it was said that she smuggled large
quantities of liquor here, having a tank
fitted up near her engine room for the
purpose. On her arrival here after one
trip prying. detective visited her, and
made his way into the engine room test
ing the cocks and valves for the taps
that led the liquor off. He eventually re-
leased steam gauge and nearly scaIded
himself to death After that there was
no further tampering with her machinery.
Along our south coast, which is thick
ly populated. and within a few hours
sail of st. Pierre, smuggling flourishes
apace. There are 1,4C0 vessels in our
local fishing fleet, slxiffs, decked boats and
schooners. 1t is safe to say that hair
of them do a bit of smuggling in more
or less persistent manner. 1t was com
monty charged against one of our local
assemblymen that he sent new schooner
to st. Pierre with a suit of old sails, bor-
roWed from neighbor fitted her out
with every requisite there, and then
brought her back and obtained the
colonial bounty on her outfit. Admitted
ly every schooner passing the place puts
in there and replen:shes her stores. every
thing being SO much cheaper there than
at home, whe~e the duties are high If
homeward bound the crew do not usually
stop at that, but supply themselves with
materials for the whole harbor the said
goods being landed in some sheltered
cove and hidden in the brushwood until
they can be removed with safety Some
times the smugglers are reduced to even
more daring eXpedients to save their
spoil. One party hid ten casks of whisky
in the porch of a chapel for a night.
the coastguard being too ingenious and
superstftious to seek there for it. Another,
with tears in his eyes showed the rev.
enue detectives a mound near his house.
which he explained was the last resting
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15

place of his deceased wife. One of the
officers, knowing him to be unmarried,
had the grave opened, to find that it con-
tanned twelve cases of hollands, a drink
affected by many of the coast people.
Everything thus found is, naturally,
confiscated. Sometimes the smugglers
will not allow this without a struggle,
and once in while a customs officer
will be thrown over a vessels side into
the water, to be picked up by his mates.
AT other times he will be overpowered,
put ashore aboard a rowboat and allowed
to make his way to land as best he can
The fogs which prevail along our south
coast assist the smugglers greatly in
making the trip from st. Pierre to their
own homes, and in the countless shelter
ed harbors are innumerable landing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15

leave without opium, liquors and rfumes
in greater or less quantities.
With Quebec province there is but the
one traffic that in struggled liquor.
Much of this is vile connection COM
posed of methylated mixtures and dos
ed with sulphuric acid to give it a
sting for the palates of the Quebeck-
ers. 1t is known as ''St. Peters rum
and is shipped away by the cargo. It
is worth about N.20 a gallon, sells TO
the Gaspe dealers for SO and is retailed
in the villages in the province of QUE
bee at the rate of &C. It's circulation
among the habitants is the bane of the
there, and Canada maintains three rev.
enue cruisers in the gulf waters in
vain endeavor to hunt down and Stang
out the illicit traffic.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
HOW TO CATCH THE POLAR BEAR.
Chicago Record-Herald

Chicago Record-Herald.
1 listened attentively the other night to
gentleman who gave me a great deal
of valuable information concerning these
interesting regions. He knew I was a
tenderfoot and a newspaper reporter,
and felt at liberty therefore to talk
freely, so I got a lot of yarns about po-
lar bears and walruses and other crea-
lures, large and small, which are not
related in natural histories. 1 believe it
was one of the advisers of Alice in
Wonderland who suggested that the best
way to catch rabbit is to get behind
stump and make noise like a car
rot. and | learned with great satisfac-
ton that the easiest way to catch po-
lar bear is to hide behind an iceberg
and make a noise like the aurora bore
ais. Polar bears are very tame, and,
like newspaper reporters and some other
people, are gifted with inquiring minds.
When stranger comes out on the ice
they greet him cordially and show a JUS
tifiable curiosity as to his business and
intentions. which causes them to fall an
easy prey to the parlor rug trust.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
Row He Learned.

BROOKLYN Eagle.
She (receiving cycle lesson, naively)-I
suppose you learked how to teach girls to
ride while your seven sisters were learn
ing?
He with arms around her)-Oh, yes I
saw how their fellows taught theml
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
Suffered somewhat.

Philadelphia Record.
Doctor-Do you ever have ringing
scundsvkn your ears?
Patieht-C Certainly. I'm a telephone girl.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-09-06
A Terrible Lesson

John, the thirteen year old son of
Henry Wills, had narrow escape
from instant death last night shortly
after six o'clock.
1t seems that the Wills boy and.
another boy named Martin Jensen
were playing about the railroad
yards, riding OH cars. A switch ell
CINE was passing and when it
stopped for switch to be thrown,
the boys jumped OH the foot board
with the intention Of riding to the
lower end of the yards in front of
the engine with the switch crew.
The boys both agree in the statement
that one Of the men asked the boys
to get on and ride up the yards a
little ways and take chunk Of ice
home for hlm. After the boys got
on, the engine men began to douse
them with water, and the Wills boy
either fell off, or attempted to get
off and fell directly in front of the
engine which passed entirely over
his body. His right foot caught
under the wheels and was crushed
almost completely off just above the
ankle, the mangled foot just holding
to the leg by mere thread of flesh.
The boy was taken into the switch
shanty and DIR. StecleY called. He
gave the leg a temporary dressing
and had him removed to his home,
where, assisted by DIR. Galbraith and
DR.. Castle, he amputated the leg
about two inches below the knee
Pocatello Advance.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-09-06
Cosmopolitan's high standard of
The Onty Big Show Coming

Montpelier Monday Sept. g.
Frank Z. Griswold's mammoth
productian of Uncle Toms Cabin,
under waterproof pavilion with
complete stage and carload Of
special scenery. Few companies,
carry the amount of scenery this,
show does; on account of opera
houses being too small to accom-
modate or handle it. Mr.. Girls
wolds company only plays at the.
opera house of the larger cities IN
the winter and uses his own tent in
the summer and we can guarantee
the. finest production ever seen in
this or any other country.
The price of admission to Uncle
TOMS Cabin has been placed at IS
cents for adults, children 10. cents.
All children under years, when
accompanied by their parents, will
be admitted free.
We can afford this scale of prices
as we show in q tent and can ac-
commodate 1900 people. So a
father can come and bring his whole
family.
One of the biggest amusement en-
terprises ever attempted in late years
is the production of Uncle Toms
CABIN on an elaborate scale, with
special scenery, their own SPECIAL
stage, and all produced under can.
yass. You will see it played in full
without being cut short on account
of small hall aud na-seenerx.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-09-06
Late Literary News.

Fourteen noted writers were sent
by The Cosmopolitan Magazine to
the Pan-American Exposition to
study the most interesting features
with view to preparing the most
beautiful souvenir Of any Exposf
tlon ever made, from both literary
and an artistic standpoint. Ito
"Mr. Dooley" was committed the
ease of the Midway. Judge Roberb
Grant went from Boston TO give a
bird's-eye view of the Exposition in
his own delightful style. Albert
Shaw and Nicholas Murray Butler
studied the value of the Exposition,
and ITS educational influence.
Charles Y. Turner, to whom was
committed the color-scheme of the
Pan-Amerlcan explains the methods
by which he has produced such
marvellous results. Arthur Bns-
bane, III his own Incompatible way,
takes the Incubator Baby and
Niagara Falls for his subject.
Director-Ceneral Buchanan contrl b.
utes very interesting paper on the
organization of the Exposition
Professor Pupil, Col. David Porter
Heap, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, LaVinia
Hart, Julian Hawthorne and Johr
Brisben Walker are among Others
who consider the various phase o.
the Exposition.
Under the direction of the editerl
of the Cosmopolitan, los photo
graphs were prepared showing ever.
variety of architecture and ever,
phase of life, not neglecting th'
Midway, at the Pan-Amerlcan
These are engraved and printed in
style never surpassed even III Tn
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-09-06
Located a Townsite.

Z Messrs. George Allen, J w.
lWedel and Chas. Schmid have To-
Gated what is to be a townsite at the
spring close to the Duke mine. The
new town IS to be known as Allen
town and it is sptendidly situated
for convenience to the mines of the
Montpelier- Copper Mining q smelt-
.1ng Co.%It IS the intention TO lay
off lots shortly and before spring it
is expected that many business
houses will be built in the new town.
The locators have faith that the
mines will be employing large
force of men by spring, which will
Justify the building up of lively
place. ----.-----------...
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-09-06
Notice to Dog Owners.

Chief of Police Gee desires the
EXAMINER to serve notice on all
owners Of dogs in Montpelier that
the day of dog tax paying is at hand,
and all CANNES found at large must
be provided with tag or receive a
chunk of cold lead<5The Chief
inezns-businrgs SO its up to the own
ers to dig up or deliver up their
dogs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-09-06

The school year for the various
districts will open shortly and it
behooves the parents to keep a
close watch on the results of this
years work. There are some dis
tricts that have not been getting
the service that they are entitled to
and the patrons of the school
should see that this abuse is corr
rected.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
CASTRO LOSES TREASURE SHIP.
Hard Blow for the President of venezu.
ella in /. Suspicious Wreck.

ella IN IL suspicious wreck.
Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Oct.
2o.-A fishing schooner just arrived
from Aruba Island, northwest of Gu
racao, brings the story that the
Arends, Venezuelan schooner, bound
from La Guayra for Maracaibo, car
rying a sum of money from the gov
eminent destined to pay the troops
on the frontier-the amount being
variously estimated at from $25 1000 to
100000 encountered heavy weather
last Sunday night off Aruba Island
and foundered in deep water, the en-
tire sum being lost. The crew, ac-,
cording to the story, reached the
island in boat.
The money is supposed to have been
part of the sum raised in Caracas a
fortnight ago from the Bank of Ven
ezuela by President Castro. If it is,
the government has sustained heavy
blow.
The sinking of the schooner was at
tended with certain suspicious cir
cumstances. The weather Sunday
night was calm and the captain of the
Arends resided on Aruba Island.
There are other minor details point
ing to the possibility of collision with
outsiders to secure possession of the
manev
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
story CITY Brick Block to.,apses.

Sioux City, Oct. 21.-Workmen have
for several days been busy eNcavating
in the rear of the east wing of S. r.
Corneliussen & Co.'S large brick store
building preparatory to building a
fifty foot addition to the same. Sat.
urday night, after the men had quit
work, the rear wall began to slide
into the excavation, and in five min
utes the whole building, with the
exception of the front wall, lay a
mass of ruins. The lower floor was
occupied by Krohn & Erickson, mil
liners; A. Idese, jewelry, and s. r.
Corneliussen & Co.'s clothing store
The second floor was occupied by the
knights of Pythias and the club. All
is one mass of ruins in the cellar
now. A frame building owned by
George Virgins, standing three or
four feet away on the east, was
knocked off it's foundations and
wrenched cut of shape. Luckily the
accident happened when the inmates
of the building were at supper or
there would undoubtedly have been
several people killed. The loss is
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000,
with no available insurance,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
NEW SET BACK in SAMAR
Ten rlembers of the Ninth Regiment
Are Killed

Manila, Oct. 19.-Five hundred bolo-
men attacked detachment of forty
six men of the Ninth infantry at
BangaJon, on the Gandara river, isl
and of Samar, yesterday, killing ten
and wounding six. The remainder
OF the company arrived on the scene
IN time to prevent further slaugh-
ter, and routed the enemy, killing
over hundred of them.
1t is believed that the enemy only
retired for reinforcements. AS soon.
as the news was received at Catha-
logan two gunboats We're dispatch
ed, General Smith going in person
to the scene.
ing brief cablegram was received
from General Chatfee reporting the
fight of the Ninth infantry in Samar
Wednesday was received at the war
department. this afternoons:
manila, Oct. 1S.-Corbin, Adjutant
General, Washington: Forty-six
men, Company E, Ninth regiment.
Ninth United States infantry, under
First Lieutenant George w. Wallace
in field, lower Candara, Camar, were
attacked by 400 bolomen October 16.
Our loss: Ten killed, six wounded;
names not received. Eighty-one of
the enemy left dead on the field. En-
envy beaten off. (SigneD Chaffce."
Inspection of the disposition made
OF the troops on the island of Samar
shows that before the Balangiga fight
there were no less than thirty eight
separate posts. These were so dis
posed that supplies could be con-
Veyed to the troops by water. Gem
eral Hughes has left Samar and gone
to the island of Cebu to recuperate,
which accounts for the assumption
of command on Samar by General
Smith. General Hughes was worn
out and suffered from the effects of
severe fall received while chasing
insurrectionists in the mountains of
Samar
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
COURT mrs TAX popc1Na.
Juggling of Books Cannot Prevent As
ReSSmenls

Juggling OF Books Cannot Prevent As
sessmenls.
Des Moines, Oct. 21.-Ihe supreme
court has rendered a decision in
case involving the assessment and
be OF interest to every banker of the
state and to the assessors. The court
set it's foot down on the juggling OF
the books so as to shift the assess
able value of property from one place
to another. The case decided was
that OF the Farmers Loan and Trust
company of Sioux City, which has fif-
teen OF twenty branch banks in Iowa
and Nebraska, and the appeal came
from Pocahontas county on account
of trouble over the assessment in
Fonda. The assessor did not get
satisfactory statement from the Off
GERS of the branch bank, but finally
assessed the property at $4,000. He
included about $4,000 of notes which
had been taken in at the bank in the
ordinary course of business. A short
time before the assessor came around
these notes were taken to Sioux City
and afterward transferred to Pemsen
to the credit of the branch bank
there. The bankers claimed the bank
at Fonda should not be taxed on this
$4,000. The supreme court decided
the assessor did right in including
this property which had been sent to
Pemsen, as the only effect of the
transfer was to leave the Fonda
branch bank with smaller amount
OF notes on hand and a larger credit
at the parent bank. ''The state" says
the court, evidently contemplates
the assessment of branch bank with
reference to the capital which the
parent institution invests and uses
in running such bank and such other
moneys and credits as the branch
may have accumulated in it's business.
Whatever may be the form of the as
sets of the branch bank they are to
be subject to taxation as the prop
erty of a private banker would be-"
The lower court added a penalty of
100 per cent to the assessable value
of the bank property for the refusal
of the bank to make proper return of
its assets, and this penalty will stand.
But the lower court went further and
raised the assessment, which the SUI
preme court decides is all wrong, and
with the assessment as fixed by the
assessor the case is affirmed. The
original assessment was for 100000
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
THE NEWS IN IOWA
TOOK BED FROM UNDER SICK CHILD

TOOK BED FROM UNDER SICK CHILD
And Jury Says He Must Pay $4,000 for
Loss of Life.
Des Moines, Oct. 19.-The celebrat-
ed Observation-Disclosures case, which has
been in the district and supreme
courts for the past six years, has
been terminated by a verdict for the
plaintiff in the sum of $4,000. Six
years ago last September little Geor-
gia Frazier, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Frazier, residing near Polk
CITY. died from the effects of measles
augmented by exposure to cold Sep
TENDER wind and rain. At the time
of her death it was charged by the
parents that j. w. Frazier, grand
father of the child, had forcibly
elected her from the premises, re-
moved the stove and other furniture
from the house and thrown her bed
into the yard. The little girl grew,
rapidly worse from exposure to rain,
dying nine days after the ejectment,
Suit was brought in the Polk county
district court by Charles Bradshaw,
administrator of the estate, who de-
manded of j. w. Frazier the sum of
$4,000 damages, the plaintiff charg-
ing the grandfather with the indi-
rect responsibility for her death. The
case went to the supreme court and
after six years, during which time
several decisions We're rendered on
different phases of the case, it was
procenendoed back to the district
court for new trial on the grounds
of an error in the Judgment of the
lower court. The case was tried be-
fore Judge Bishop, the plaintiff in
PRODUCING witnesses to prove that
Frazier, accompanied by am officer,
came to the sick chamber and re-
moved every article of furniture, in
Guiding the bed on which the sick girl
lay. This is said to have been against
the entreaties of the child's parents,
who testified that they called atten-
ton to the condition of the little girl
and begged that she be not disturbed.
The verdict just rendered, it is
thought, will determine the matter,
the defendant having expressed him
self as opposed to another appeal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
A GOLD DEMOCRAT GETS A PLACE
President sRo osevelt Gives South Caro-
linans u Surprise

ltnans II Surprise.
Washington, Oct. 22.-The president
yesterday appointed George L. Koes-
ter collector of internal revenue for
the district of South Caronila, to sue
coed w. L. Webster, deceased. With
the appointment the following state
ment was issued:
"Mr. Rooster is a prominent gold
democrat and has been recommends
ed for the position by a large num-
Der of influential business men and
citizens, not only of South Carolina,
but of North Carolina and else
where"
The appointment of Mr.. Koester
terminates controversy which be-
gan upon Mr.. Roosevelts accession
TO the presidency. 1t was in connec-
ton with this appointment and that
of former Governor Jones to a fed
eral judgship in Alabama that the
president announced that his policy
in regard to southern appointments
would be to name suitable republic
cans, if they could be found, and if
not, to appoint democrats. Mr.. Bla-
lock, who has long been identified
with the republican party in South
Carolina, at first was understood to
be slated for this position, but the
president later decided not to appoint
him. subsequently, Senator McLau-
rim, whom the president consulted
with about the matter, suggested the
name of Mr.. Rooster, who is known
in the south as an independent demo-
crat. The president had a personal
interview with Mr.. Rooster before
making the appointment.