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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
WICKED KANSAS CITY
PROMINENT CITIZENS HELD UP IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT.

KANSAS CITY, Kan, March 10-Dr.
D. E. Chopper and DR.. B. j. Huckabout
were the victims of a daring hold-up
while the were driving in the western
They were confronted by two men with
drawn revolvers and forced to leave their
buggy and with the robbers to enter the
cellar of an unoccupied house. Here the
robbers securely bound the hands and
feet of their victims and robbed them
of $500 and a gold watch, after Which
they escaped, leaving the two doctors in
the cellar. Fifteen minutes later the 'ncn
were released by passer-by, who heard
their shouts for help. The robbers did
not take the horse and buggy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
LAYING PACIFIC CABLE
ENGLISH COMPANY CONNECTING
ASIA AND AMERICA.

SEATTLE, Wash, March 10-Work Of
the British trans-Pacific cable from a
point on the Chinese coast, via Yokohama
and the Aleutian islands to Barclay
Sound, the terminus on this side, is act
ually under way. While the talk over
the project has engaged attention, the
British government has gone to work,
and for several weeks the cable ship has
been engaged in laying the cable from
the Chinese coast terminus
An immense cable plant is to be es-
tablished at Barclay Sound and later the
British authorities will construct stations
probably at Yokohama, and also one
on the Aleutian islands
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11

Engineer Claussen practically turned the
office over to him last evening. Starkey
will be Mr.. Rundlett's assistant.
In the selection of j. S. erode as presi-
dent of the board of public works the
honor was a merited one. Mr.. erode has
been connected with this department for
number of years, and is thoroughly
conversant with the duties AS the only
Democrat on the former board his sphere
was naturally. limited, but this did not
prevent his being heard in a vigorous
manner in opposition to many of the un-
wise acts that the Republican majority
attempted and often did succeed in per-
petrating.
The duties Of a commissioner of the
board of public works are somewhat new
to Peter Van Hoven, but his acquaint-
ance with the city and it's people can
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
OCEAN LINERS.

Gibraltar-Arrived: Lain, New York.
zollern, from Genoa and Naples, New
York.
Liverpool-Arrived: George, New York;
Ultonia, Boston.
= L,ondon-Arrived; Glenshiel. Tacoma,
Antwerp-SafIed: iceland (not New
York;, to undergo repairs at British port
Hongkong--Sailed; Tacoma, Tacoma.
,E;a!eutta-Sailed: Ventnos, San Fran.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
BOARD is SWORN IN
MESSRS. VAN HOVEN AND MURPHY
NOW MEMBERS OF BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS
RUNDLETT rs ENGINEER TODAY
New Board Holds First Meeting and
Elects Mr.. erode President-En-
gineering Department Will
BE ReOrganized.

Following the oath of office, which was
administered by Assistant City Clerk Nc
Crea, the new board of public works, con-
sisting of ]. S. erode, Peter Van Hoven
and Edward Murphy assumed its duties
yesterday afternoon.
Organization of the board was effected
by naming Commissioner erode, the only
member reappointed, as president. The
selection of a clerk was not decided upon.
In the afternoon the regular business
meeting was held and a number of sewer
orders approved.
Today the engineering department,
which is really a part of the board of
public works, will be reorganized by the
appointment of L. w. Rundlett. City
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11

sell; Delaware, Ball; Illinois, Cannon:
Indiana, Overstreet Iowa, HUI; Kansas,
Miller; Maine. Burleigh; Massachusetts,
Lowering; Michigan, Corliss; Minnesota,
Heatwole: Missouri, Bartholdt: Nebraska.
Mercer; New Hampshire SullOway, New
Jersey, LOudenslager; New York Sher-
man; North Dakota, Marshall; Ohio. Van
Noorhis; Pennsylvania, Connell South
Dakota, Burke: Tennessee, Gibson: Utah,
Switzerland; Vermont Haskins: Wash
ington Jones: West Virginia, Dovenor;
Wisconsin, Babcock; Wyoming, MoudeH:
Oklahoma, Flynn; New Mexico Rodey.
The states not mentioned are yet to
name their members of the committee.
Representative BabcOck, Of Wisconsin,
will undoubtedly be chosen chairman.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11

not be put in the same class. Mayor
Smith considers him one of his most val
liable acquisitions
Mr.. Van Hoven is well known by rea-
son of his gallant run for sheriff two
years ago. He was unsuccessful, but this
by no means affected his popularity He
is a business man Of unquestioned in
tegrity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
HEATWOLE is CHOSEN
MINNEsOTA'S REPREsENTATIYE ON
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.

WASHINGTON, March 1O.-A 5oint
caucus of senate and house Republicans
was held in the hall of the house Of
representatives tonight for the selection
of members of the Republican congress
sional committee to conduct the coming
congressional campaign. The meeting
was brief and was confined to the nom
mating of members from the several
states as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
Grand jury at work Acain

and took UP the cases awaiting DISPOSE
ton, which were sixteen in number One
of the cases considered at the session OF
yesterday was that of Frank Pollock. ac-
son, an employe of the street railway
company. There are a number of minor
jail cases for the jury still to consider,
and it will probably be in session for
several days longer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
CONSPIRACY NOT PROVED.
Judge Lewis Dismisses Lentsch's
Suit Against Cigar Box Company.

Judge Lewis yesterday decided that
Stephen I-entsch had not been made the
victim of q conspiracy on the part of
cigar box manufacturers to prevent him
from selling his goods and therefore dis
missed Lentsch's damage suit against the
Wilson Box company. George B. Thera
and John L. Hertz.
Lentsch, who is a manufacturer of ci-
case that the defendants. who are ali
shoNmakers, had refused to sell him ci-
gar boxes in which to pack his goods
and ascribed their refusal to a conspir-
acy among them to injure him in bust
ness. In support of this averment it was
SHOWN by the plaintiff that he had owed
a plil OF $35 to one of the defendants
"hlch mad been eXpunged by reason Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
other Man walked the Floor.

Does your husband worry about the
grocery bills9" asked the nagged-lookins
woman.
Law, no. said the woman with the new
silk skirt and patent leather shoes. I'VE
let the grocer do all that.''-Exchange.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
SICK MANS WILD JUMP
LEAPS FROM SECOND STORY WIN
DOW OF CITY HOSPITAL.

John Wyman, a patient at the city hos
pital, jumped from a second-story win
dow at that institution last night, clad
only in a nightgown and with a bed
blanket wrapped around him. He wan
dered down town and was discovered by
Officer Casserly at Fifth and Wabasha
and returned to the hospital.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11

the fact that he had passed through
bankruptcy; and it was argued that the
refusal of the defendants to sell him
boXeS-eVen for caSh-was of the nature
ia boycott to coerce him into payment
OF that old Indebtedness. He demanded
damages of $4,000
After hearing the testimony for the
the defendants to dismiss the case on
the ground that conspiracy had not been
shown.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
VITAL STATISTICS.

~~~-N-~~~-N~-~-~~I~-~~O~ -~~-~-~~~-~-~-~-~~~~-~
Marriage Licenses.
Myron r. Gibbs. Nellie Finch.
Fred w. BeckendOrf, Mary a Luce
Births.
Mrs. Chas H. Griswold. 612 Carroll, boy.
Mrs. D. E. Conheim, 5S7 Olive, boy.
Mrs. James Starr, 1904 Selby, girl
Mrs. Velo Peacha SOS Agate girl.
Mrs. Herman Bauer, GAG Randolph, girl.
Mrs. Tony Wallace, James street, girl.
Mrs. John Shally, ITO Woodbridge, boy.
Mrs Archibald L. Law, 1924 Carroll girl.
Mrs Mike Haider, 1914 Woodbridge, boy.
Mrs James Cunningham, Coz Marion, girl.
Mrs. a. Wahlund. 1882 e. Seventh, girl.
Mrs. Chas BaTtelheim. n Tilton, boy
Mrs. Louis Zischka, 6S2 Butterrut, boy.
Deaths.
Wihelmina Friedl, st. Joseph's, 81 yrs.
Ernest Bandemer, 321 Bates, 40 yrs
Baby Barbara, % Upper LeVee. 1 mos
Andrew Webinger, East Side, s. yrs
Loretta Bettenburg, 253 Sherburne, 3 yra
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
$50. 80 to California

IIckets on sale every day during March
tourist sleeping, cars via Chicago Great
Western Railway. For information appIV
J; n. Storr, city ticket agt. cor. 5th and
Robert SITS. s. Paul. s-1
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
PRESIDENT is UNDECIDED

NOT READY TO SEND MESSAGE ON
CUBAN SITUATION.
WASHINGTON, March 10-Chairman
Payne, of the ways and means commit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
DEATHS.

~~-~-~~-~~~~-~-~---~-~~~-
MAKINSON-J w. Makinson, at family
residence, 3g1 Iglehart street March
10, 1:4O D. m. Notice of funeral later.
family residence, l19
East Colorado street, March IC, 1902
Mrs. Peter Boeringer, wife Of p. Beer
niger, deceased. Notice of funeral
hereafter
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
A USEFUL MEMBER,

Ed L.. Murphy Will Prove Such on
Board of Public Works.
The appointment of Ed T.. Murphy as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
Gets $500 From the N. p.

In the case of Allne A. Dixon, admin
istra trix of the estate Of Chauncey A.
Dixon, deceased, against the Northern
Pacific Railway company, Judge Lochren
filed an order yesterday granting judg-
ment for the plaintiff in the sum Of $5,-
500. The case was tried before the court
without a jury upon a stipulated condi-
ton of facts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
DISTINGUISHED TOURISTS.
Senator Platt and Alice Roosevelt
Sail for Havana.

TAMPA, Fla, March Ex-senator
Thomas c. Platt, of New York, arrived
here today, accompanied by Mrs. Gen.
Burney and Mrs. I. T. Janeway. of Wash
ington, en- route to Havana, Cuba. Miss
Alice Roosevelt also arrived here tonight.
and with her party will leave for Cuba
tomorrow, having passage reserved on
the steamer on which Senator Plat and
ladies will sail.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
Ever ChangefuI woman.

Rivers-I just saw a man running off
with your wife.
Brooks-He'd better run She changes
her mind every ten minutes.-The Smart
Set
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
FRESH FRUITS

At prices cut away down.
APPLES-Good Cooking, per peck
12c, 15c and l9c
Per bu ,;.....:...:...... doc, 55c and CSC
Fancy Ben Davis Apples, per peck.
Greenlng Apples per peck, 29c; per
~ ..............$1. 90
Wine Sap Apples, per peck CSC; per
pu ....-..-.---..-.... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ok
Jonathan Apples, per peck, soc; per
Uu ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Observation-Disclosures 81 In
ANGES-Blood, per dozen.
f7c, bee and 25c
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11

Prince Henry and his suite were much
impressed with the marvellous precision
and careful attention to detail with
which the party was handled by the Mil
waukee road last week from Chicago to
Milwaukee and return.
Not since President Mckinley and his
entire cabinet were carried 1900 miles
over the Milwaukee road, in October,
1899, were more elaborate preparations
made by railway company for the
transportation of a special party.
Prince Henry, who is careful OBJ
server, was quite struck on his Milwau-
kee trip, with the wonderful exhibition
Of up-to-date American railroad methods
made by that line ON that occasion
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
DISTRICT COURT NOTES.

Judge Jaggard has on trial in the
criminal branch of the district court the
case of the state against William ks
singer, accused of grand larceny 1t ts
alleged that Kissinger, with one Bert
Hasbfouck, in January last stole eleven
eve lambs of the value of $50 at New
Brighton. A jury was secured yesterday,
and argument in the case was taken up.
The jury in the case of G. A. Froelicn
against c. A. Fleming returned a verdict
Yesterday awarding the plaintiff damag IS
of $3.50. The plaintiff demanded $500 by
reason of the fact, as alleged, that he
leased certain premises from the defend
ant and when he came to take posses
sion, he found them to be uninhabita Bile
by reason Of defective plumbing
A decree was filed by Judge Lochren
Yesterday in the case of the United States
of America against the Chicago, Milwau-
kee st. Paul Railway company, and
the. Southern Railway Company of Min
nesota ct al. in which the bill of COM
plant was dismissed.
Judge Lochren has discharged from
bankruptcy Albert J. La Chance, William
B. Montbriand and William j, Mahoney.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11

w. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes placed side
by side with $500 and $500 shoes of
other makes are found TO be just as good
in every way. They will outwear two
pairs Of ordinary $3.50 shoes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-22
rHssE ARE HIGH PRICE TINES.

These are the times in which about everything one
eats comes high and in which about everything one
wears is comparatively cheap The opposition is charg
ing the responsibility for the increased price Of pork
and beef corn hay and oats butter eggs potatoes and
fruits to the Republican party BY the sign they
must credit Republican policy with the low cost of
clothing OF course the in listening this high
price racket and in referring the market quotations
on pigs and corn on fodder and steers on chickens oats
and potatoes is expected to arise and howl for thus be
ing daily robbed How is it possible for farmer to live
with readmade suits selling at from s. up and hogs
81 and up per hundred with buggies ranging from $50
and up and big 5OOpounds steers only bringing from
slO5 to $40 each? OF course no economical farmer
afford butter when it is commanding to
thirty pound. be pauperized by consuming
with hogs bringing 81 per hundred in the rough
and spring chickens commanding from 81 to IS Dozen
With Democratic party in power he could
FL up on spare ribs cut from hogs worth 50 per hun
dred tencent butter and spring chickens worth four
quarter simply because these wouldn't pay haul
the market Yes these are high priced times the
farmer high protective tariff responsible, but
the the opposition bowls that the fewer
they viii among the farmers and the fewer the votes
among the merchants and manufacturers whom the
farmer with his high priced produce patronizes all the
more literally.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-22
TIE ERiAR LAND ouEsrlon-

The title OF the "friars' lands" in the Philippines is
largely vested in the church On the other hand there
are government lands in the islands upon which the re
igious orders have been permitted to erect buildings
for schools and charitable purposes As there must be
under American Jurisdiction separation church and
state ownership and management. Governor Tafts mis-
sion to Rome is to facilitate and lay the foundation
Congressional action by the church authorities as TO
terms Of purchase His mission is entirely matter Of
preliminary arrangement and not in any sense dipo-
matte It viii be for Congress to determine whether the
lands when purchased shall be reserved for native pur-
chasers and settlers flung open to entry by promo
ters and spectators.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-22
NOW you KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE AND IS.

When that which occurred at Cincinnati day before
yesterday, and which called cloud-burst happens
in Kansas it is called cyclone Down south it is called
twister On the ocean it is called vaterspout It
was neither It was not a hurricane 1t was tor
nado. There is such thing a cloudburst There is
nothing in the makeup of a cloud capable OF bursting
The precipitation from extra accumulation of cloud
stratas Of rain clouds may constitute such
downpour water as to assimate the result bursed
tank cistern, the like But cloud or accumulation
OF clouds only hold water in the form Of vapor which
must be condensed in order be precipated as rain
An accumulation of rains from redundant conclobaon
OF surcharged clouds constitutes downpour But
pours do twist out by the roots roofs
the like sailing through air. land pigs house
hold furniture and humanity promiscuous heap over
in the next township That Is the work Of a tornado
tornado but a big whirlwnd occurring usually on
the southeast rim CT a cyclone has terrific rotary
motion and generally moves in northeast direction
It IS of short duration never travelling more than
Dozen miles OF so before going to pieces It pulls the
clouds its is funnel-shaped It not
only pulls clouds down but pulls the feathers out OF
any chicken that may caught its whirl as also
PULLS everything up by the roots which happens be
its path including the bottoms Of wells and church
steepes tornado in addition grinding twisting
pnling propensies is charged with electricity pre-
smahy Of its generation which electricity is uti
lied twisting the bark OF and the epdernis
and hair of things generally The average tornado is
only few in diameter while cyclone is from three
five hundred miles in width tornado is full Of water
grit and destruction and differs from an ordinary hun
der storm disturbance only i- ifs veharspoe aud tl, e.
Of its axis beng vertical All of these distinctive features
Of tornado has been explained times without number
by editors innameable but With persistent insisteno
that is royosng the great majority Of people to go on
bumptiously calling il a cyclone or q cloud burst
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-22
has broken out in Emp0ria the Lawrence Journal pitt

has broken out Emporia the Lawrence Journal pitt
fully walls out the following:
bill White ought to come home even though be en-
danger his life by coming Eporia is going to the
devil even L his Satanic Majesty hasn't already secured
warranty deed for the place. Murders and suicides
and scandals Of every kind OF daily occurrence there
until there is apparently badness in about the
the town than there IS in al other Kansas towns
bined The latest scandal about doctor Who hyp
notices women, and who it is alleged has harem where
he keeps several ard arsenal with which he guards
them and stands eff whoever comes around olest the
inmates trouble him. is tough story, and It IS
not all to the crod Of Emporia that such things exist
If they dc exist-n the community. Emporia has long
prided herself the fact that saloons or joints
permitted N that this Is than al the joints
in Wichita Emporia ought to cut it out"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-22
BUT A wArgRED STOCK SCHEME.

According to the promoters of the great steamship
syndicate the business Of carrying freighs has
become unprohtabe and the sole aim Of the merger Of
American and English companies is to regulate the
business to put it on a profitable footing. But it
appears from frank statements on the other side
that besides restoring the profits Of transporting goods
and passengers the main object is TO much money
for the companies in the manipulation their shares
For example. the Leyland line which cost J. p Morgan
sS0ooG00 thereabouts is put into the syndicate at
nearly S120o0oo0 The stocks Of some the other lines
are more heavily wetered and by putting the business
on profitable basis IS expected to dividends at
the expense CT producers and shippers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-22
A calmE EPIDEMIC IN kansas.

In reading the respective newspapers Of the larger
towns Of kansas would be led believe that Wien
tia must fee lonesome in its comparative recude sober
decorum aud an around confluence. temperance evan
eens1 draws shocking picture the dissolucness Of
Leavenworth ard only day since. from a public
quarrel between the mayor and the exc,y marshal Of
Topeka the inhabitants Of that city may expect Bur
nets mound TO up and treat the place to shower
Of FIRE and birthstone Later comes harraisng stories
Of wckedness that closely borders cussedness at En-
poria town which has long posed as pattern CT So
briety. religion, virtue exceptional enlightenment
This Is all very sad FOR community ike wichita
whose people busy building church ediaces ana
turning an honest penny There times in which troa
bles Of every character SO in waves beconias
epidemic and it might be those q our people
contemplating trips east 70 take such railway lines As
do not touch the points complained Ct at least until they
ouaTantned Speaking the extra wiokedness which
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-22
Rails g. g galc
DON'T FAIL 70 SAMPLE WICHITA WATER.
M. M. MURDOCH. Editor.

DON'T FAIL TO SAMPLE WICHITA WATER.
The Eagle trusts that it viii not shock its hosts Of
Democratic admirers urging them to sample Wichita
water while sweating over Overmyer ard that farfech
ing problem of the significance Of independence in the
event Of Rooseyels defeat It's great stuff is Wichita
water Nothing ike the way OF drink for pellucd
diaphaneity can be any other in the state
It not only sparkes in tanspcous clearness but in its
cooling and antianimosity properties is specific that
beats the best brands Of beer out Of sight Should these
Democratic delegates consider disinteFested I'd
vice piece of impudence but stick to Wichita water
While resolving for resubmssion, they viii probably be
able TO nominate ticket which the people Of the state
won't hear the of before next November It's all
free both and advice and also inezhaus
tibe that is water, thousand Republican dele
gates viii be attesting By ingu-gtang demonstration
in the early hours OF the mornings Of next week