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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
DYNAMITE EXPLODES
AND BURNS CARS
Tremendous Force of Explosion-Five
Hundred Cars Destroyed.

CRESTLINE. Ohio, Nov. 1.-One
of the most disastrous explosions ever
known in railroading occurred here to-
night A car containing dynamite ex-
ploded from supposed collision or
Jar with another car, setting fire to
every car within radious of quarter
of mile and these in turn starting a
blaze to adjoining cars, until at least
500 loaded and empty freight cars
burned. The explosion occurred at the
west end of the immense Pennsylvania
yards in this city. A hole forty feet
deep was blown in the ground and the
track was wrenched into all kinds of
shapes for long distance. The shock
OF the explosion smashed thousands Of
window glass and made many people
sick because of the concussion. Rail-
road ties were blown quarter of a
mile.
Yardmaster Courtier and Clerk Gel
singer, who were at work in the yard
office a mile away, were seriously and
possibly fatally hurt by the destruc-
ton of the building in which they
were working 1t cannot be told until
daylight whether there has been loss
of life.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02

In the presence of an immense crowd,
which thronged Sixth and Exchange
streets for block around, st. PauPs
full quota of national guardsmen and
many prominent citizens, Gov. S. R.
Van SAINT laid the corner stone of ST.
Paurs new $15O,OO0 armory yesterday
afternoon.
The ceremonies, marked by that i'm
pressiveness which the military always
adds. were notable and one of the large
events in the history of the national
guard of st. Paul and Minnesota.
The corner stone, which is of red
sandstone, cut in the Lake Superior re-
gion, was set by Gov. Van SAINT after
it had been lowered into place by
derrick welded by the first sergeants
of the ST. Paul companies. The cere-
mony was very simple but impressive.
AS the governor performed the formal
ity the band played '"The Star Spangled
Banner" the companies presented arms
and the immense throng barred their
heads. AS the governor pronounced
the stone firmly set, a loud cheer from
the militiamen and the crowd went up.
Gov. Van SAINT made the main ad-
dress of the afternoon. There were
also speeches by Corporation Attorney
]. c.. Michael, as representative of the
city in the absence of Mayor Smith,
and Col. C. A. Van Duzee, president of
the armory construction board.
AS the members of the armory con-
struction board had very short notice
of the fact that the masons were ready
to have the corner stone set, no spe-
cial accommodations for the crowd
We're arranged. The people stood about
in the streets surrounding the building,
climbed upon piles of bricks or other
building material and filled the win
dows of the adjacent buildings and
residences.
Prominent Citizens Witness Ceremony.
The guests of honor stood about the
corner stone on the temporary floor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
CONEY is SCORCHED
Hundreds of Buildings on ISL
and Go, Loss Being a Million.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.--Coney Island
today was swept by the most disas-
trous fire in its history, about ESQ
buildings being destroyed, entailing a
loss estimated at not less than $1,0O0,-
600. Several person were seriously in
jured.
The fire started near the steeple-
chase park and swept along the Bow
cry district, which is filled with fiimsy
frame structures that burned like tin
der. The principal buildings destroyed
were Stauch's hotel and pavilion and
Henderson's theater, both brick
structures.
Two lives so far are reported to be
lost, one man mortally injured, score
of others hurt, three hundred buildings
destroyed and five hundred persons
made horAeless. How many more
dead are in the ruins is not known
tonight. The casualty list includes:
Lizzie Stein, six years old, and uni
Identified negro dead, and Albert Reu-
ben, dying in Kings county hospital.
The most severely injured include
six men and five women.
F. f. Henderson's music hall,
erected two years ago of steel and
brick, and costing $250,000, and Louis
Stauch's pavilion, valued at a like
sum, are among the buildings de-
stroyed
Two men, Frank Comfy, a salesman,
and Peter A. Skelley, a bartender, are
under arrest, suspected of knowing
the cause of the fire. They had been
seen passing in and out Of the frame
building in which the blaze was first
seen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
EVIDENCE OF FRAUD
WAS DESTROYED
Serious Charge Is Brought Against Bnger Hermann,
Former Commissioner of General Land Office-He Is
Saidto Have Destroyed Thirtysx Large Letter Books
and Matter Will Receive Attention in investigations

terror department. Secretary Hitch
cock figures out that, according to this
statement, Mr. Hermann must have
written an average of ten personal
letters every day during his incum-
bency of the office of commissioner OF
the general land office.
The manner in which the letter
books We're destroyed aroused suspi-
cion at the interior department Mr..
Hermann, just before he left the Of
flee, directed minor employe of his
office to tear from the thirty-six let
ter books the right-hand half of each
page and to return the stubs to him.
By this method the addresses on each
letter were reserved on the fractions of
the pages which were returned to Mr..
Hitchcock.
1t is believed that Secretary Hitch
cock will spring some sensational sur
priseS in connection with the forest
land prosecutions. The evidence in his
possession incriminate persons of con-
siderable Importance, and the names
of at least two or three of the per-
sons believed to be guilty are known
from one end of the country to the
other.
There Is not much doubt that the
letter book incident will be we'll aired
in connection with the coming trials
of land grafters.
Walter E. Clark.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
HIS OPINION is
RATHER MIXED
Denounoes Alaska Decision but Praises
American Members of the Board.

BOSTON, Mass, Nov. IA. D.
Aylesworth, one Of the Canadian mem
bers Of the Alaska boundary commits
sion, arrived here today from Liver
pool. Speaking of the decision, he
said:
Il think the decision was unjust and
unfair to give all to the United States
and nothing to Canada. Sir Louis
Jette and myself had the opinion that
the decision was wrong. while the 9TH
ers held that 1t was right. I want
to say right here that your commits
sioners, Senators Turner and Lodge
and Secretary of War Root, are grand
men. They were extremely kind and
courteous during the entire hearing"
When asked what effect he thought
the decision would have on Canada's
future, Mr.. Aylesworth said:
81 don't think 1t will have any po-
litical effect. The French Canadian
people are the most loyal subjects that
England has in Canada. There is no
more loyal British subject in Great
Britain than Sir Louis Jette."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02

ing. Among them were nearly all the
members of the governors staff in full
uniform, prominent national guard Of
fcers from st. Paul and Minneapolis
state officials, members of the city
council, city officials, county officials
and delegations from the Commercial
club, Chamber of Commerce other bus
mess organizations of the city and
many prominent residents, and the
group which gathered about the gov
ernor as he set the stone was notable
one.
The corner stone is located to the
right of the main entrance to the new
building, facing on Exchange street. 1t
is set several feet above the ground
at the base of the second floor.
Companies G., D and E of the First
regiment, Company E of the Third
infantry, Battery A and the company
of engineers formed at the temporary
quarters on Wabasha street, and, head
ed by band, marched to the new
building. Maj. c. T. Spear was in com
mand of the infantry and Maj. George
C. Lambert, of the artillerymen and
engineers. The soldier boys were CIV
en- the place of honor in front of the
crowd just below the corner stone.
Attorney Michael's Address.
Corporation Attorney j. c. Michael
spoke in behalf of the city, as Mayor
Smith is in North Dakota. He paid
a high tribute to the national guard
He said in part:
The national guard has always been re-
garded by the people of this country as
very important organization Important
in one sense, that it is an organized dis
ciplined body of men in all thickly settled
communities, which will act quickly in re-
storing peace and good order 1t is an
organization which can quiet all local dis
turbances much more quickly and sue
ceSsfully than the members of the regular
army because the guardsmen live among
the people they have to deal with; they
know their ways and tempers and can
deal with them with less harshness and
cause less hard feeling
The national guard forms the nucleus
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
VISIT GRAVES M
FAMOUS MUSICIANS
Thousands of viennese Celebrate the
Feast of All Saints.

VIENNA. Nov. To-day being the
feast of All Saints. thousands of
Viennese made the customary pilgrim
age to the graves of relatives and
friends. BY far. the greater number OF
pilgrims went to the Friedhof eeme-
terry, where more than 100000 persons
are buried.
From early morning till almost dusk
the roads leading to the various ceme-
teries were thronged with vehicles and
pedestrians, the former almost entire
ly hidden under the masses of flowers
and wreaths and the latter carrying
lighted candles which were placed
on the graves and which, when dark
ness came on, lent weird aspect to
the burial grounds.
The monuments to Mozart, Beetho-
ven, Schubert and Gluck and the com
mon grave Of 600 victims of the Ring
theater fire attracted many visitors.
The pilgrimages will continue tomor-
row, All Souls day.i Many wreaths are
being sent by members of the imperial
family and a number Of wreaths have
been placed on the tombs of the En-
press Elizabeth, and Crown Prince Ru-
dolph in the HapsBurg burial place un-
der the Capucin church
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
POLECAT IN WHEAT
Nearly a Thousand Bushels of
Grain Is Spoiled for Milling.

Special to The Globe.
CROOKSTON, Mimi, Nov. MAN
ager Edmunds, of the Peavey elevator
at Durdal, Mimi, several miles south
of this city, yesterday had an expe-
rience which for uniQueness distances
any elevator story heard this fall. Ed
munds, with few assistants, was
loading car of wheat for shipment
to Minneapolis, when he noticed a
black and white spotted animal re-
sembling a cat under the elevator. A
short while afterwards the men had
to leave their work because of pow
erful odor which emanated from the
building and which nearly stified them
1t was found that the supposed cat
was polecat which had climbed into
a bin of wheat and unable to keep
above the surface had been suffocated
The bin of wheat wherein the unfor-
tunate animal met death contained
nearly a thousand bushels of prime
wheat which will be rendered unfit for
milling.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
TWENTY-FIVE
VICTIMS OF FIRE
New York Tenement Disaster
Proves Worse Than at First
Reported.

NEW YORK, Nov. Twenty one
men, three women and ten-months-
old babe were burned to death or suf-
focated in the fire that started early
this morning in the House of All Ma
tions, a five-story tenement house al
No. 426 Eleventh avenue, and which
the police and coroner believe to have
been of incendiary origin.
Some of the peculiar features of the
disaster are that the fire was prac-
tically extinguished in twenty minutes
that the police could learn of but one
person being injured, other than those
who lost their lives, and that the
property loss was only $1,000.
The dead, who are mostly Italians
are:
GIUSEPPE ROSSI, 1S years old.
ANTONIO ROSSI 20 years old.
JUSTINE ROSSI, 81 years old.
NICHOLAS NoGAL, 25 years old.
ANTONIO BROCERA. "a years old.
MUCULETA VINGIGUERRO, wife Of
Deresi.
PHILoMENA DEREsI. babe.
ANTONIO VILLMO, 27 years
FRANCES VILLMO, 81 years, his wife
SARAH O'TOOLE. 4S years.
ANIONIO II ANGEIO, Az years,
PAsQuALE -MARoTTo, Al years.
FRANK MASTRENIO, "a years.
MATTIO VENDRANO, 40 years.
JOSE MUSTRIM. or Mustiolo, 20 years
PIETRO DONYSKI, 80 years. ~
JOSEPH ZOROWITCH. "a years.,
FRANK DELMONIO. 20 years.
ANTONIO UCILINI, % years
GIUSEPPE CAPPELLI, 35 years.
THREE UNIDENTIFIED ITALIAN
LABORERS.
The only person injured, as far as
can be learned. was Mary Jane Quinn
forty-seven years old, who was badly
burned and severely bruised by leap
Ing from the second floor.
In several apartments in the tene-
ment Halloween parties were in prog
ress and the guests at these added
greatly to the number of persons in the
house and made the crush and jam tc
escape more than it would ordinarily
have been.
At the windows, front and rear, bod.
les Of men and women were jammed
showing that desperate struggle te
get free had resulted in the complete
choking of these exits to the fire es-
capes and had been the cause Of g
number of the inmates being suffo-
Gated.
One fireman climbed to the fourth
floor, where a window was filled with
mass of people, jammed in and fight
ing to get out. He struck the heads
of all the men he could see with his
fist, and they fell back. He theI
handed down to the firemen on lad
ders below three women and baby
Another firemen performed similar
feat and rescued two girls from the
fourth floor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
THE NEWS iNDExED.
PAGE |.

PAGE I.
Evidence of Land Frauds Destroyed.
New Armory Dedicated.
Fire In the Vatican.
Deadly Indian Outbreak.
Suit Against Schwab Recommended.
New York Tenement Horror.
Reoccupation of Mukden.
PAGE II.
Despondent Young Man Ends His Life.
Laboring People and the Church.
Predicts Big Gain for Democrats in
Iowa.
Rev. Boyle Discusses Marriage and
Divorce.
Japan Prefers Drummers to Mission.
aries.
Young Man Badly Injured by Fall.
Minneapolis Matters.
PAGE Ill.
Review of Otter Tail County.
News of the Northwest.
PAGE w.
Editorial Comment.
PAGE v.
Attempt to Discharge Hitchcock.
PAGE VI.
Northwestern Public Land Record.
Globe Popular Wants.
PAGE Vii.
Market Record.
PAGE VIII.
Book Reviews.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
DIRELICT is FOUND
ON LAKE MICHIGAN
Steamer Is Unknown and Her Crew
Probably Lost.

CHICAGO, Nov. IA report was re-
ceived at the photographic Office here
today from the lighthouse keeper at
Frankfort, Mich, stating that the cap
tain of the schooner Vega had sighted
an upturned hull, apparently that of
a vessel 200 feet in length, floating in
Lake Michigan about thirty-five miles
south of Frankfort. There was moth
in the vicinity to give any clew as to
the derelict's identity. From the de-
scription of the wreck, the vessel is
believed to have been a schooner en-
gagged in the lumber trade between
Chicago and lower Lake Michigan
points. Vessels of this class carry
crews of about seven men and it is be-
lieved that all of the crew were lost.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
Strike on Exposition Grounds.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. lit is
reported here tonight on information
received from the national headquar-
ters of the Brotherhood Of Carpenters
and Joiners that between 1000 and
5000 men affiliated with the structural
building trades alliance and employed
at the st. Louis Exposition grounds
will strike tomorrow. The trouble
arises from a three -cornered fight be-
tween the exposition officials, the
plumbers and steamftters unions. The
difficulty grows out Of question of
whether the plumbers or steamfitters
should work on the piping of the cas-
cade.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
Globe Special Washington Service.
1417 G Street.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 1.-Evi-
dence of great significance in connec-
ton with the land fraud prosecution
Is believed to have been destroyed by
Binger Hermann, when he left the Of
flee of commissioner of the general
land office last year. Mr.. Hermann is
now member of congress from Ore
gon, but he left the service of the in
terror department in such i'll favor with
Secretary Hitchcock, it is believed he
will not transact much business for his
constituents with the secretary of the
interior.
1t has been discovered that when Mr..
Hermann, under stress of Mr.. Hitch
cocks opposition to him, left the gen.
eral land Office, he destroyed no less
than thirty-six large letter books con-
tanning copies of letters written to va
rious persons during his term of Of
flee. 1t has been reckoned that these
books contained full 5000 copies of let
ters. Mr.. Hermann has been confront
ed with the charge that he destroyed
the books and does not deny having
done so. He does say, however, that
the letters were personal ones, and did
not pertain to the business of the in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
THE CROW INDIANS DO DEADLY WORK
in Wyoming Deputies
Number Being

the trouble and may order troops from
Newcastle, Douglas or Buffalo to as
sist the authorities in running down
the murderers.
Sheriff Miller and his deputies left
Newcastle twelve days ago to arrest
the Indians, who were in one band to
the number of twenty five or thirty.
The Indians were trailed to near the
head of Beaver creek, where they had
camped All of, the. men, save a few
old bucks, were out on the plains hunt
ing game. Sheriff Miller took possess
sion of the camp, loaded the equipage
on five wagons and sent the outfit back
to Newcastle in charge of Lieut. Hill
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
MOMMSEN EXPIRES
Distinguished German Histo.
rian Died Yesterday.

BERLIN, Nov. 1.-Prof. Theodor
Mommsen, the historian, died at Char
lottenburg at BIAS o'clock this morn
ing. He passed away without regain
Ing consciousness, the change from life
to death being observed only by his
attending physician, who watched all
night long with the family. Emperor
William and various of the lesser Ger
man sovereigns have sent their con-
dolences to the Mommsen family.
Christian Matthias Theodor, Mommsen
was born In Garding, Schleswig, Nov. 80.
1917. He studied at Altoona and Kiel was
aided by the Berlin academy in his archeo-
logical explorations in France and Italy
0844-O, and in 1S4S was attached to tho
staff of the Schleswig- -Holsteinsche Eel
tung. For participation in the revolutions
ary movement of 1889 Prof. Mommsen
was removed from the chair of jurispru-
dence at Leipsic, which he had filed for
two years. From 1852 to 1854 he was
professor at Zurich. from 1854 to 1853 at
Breslau, and from that time till February,
1874, professor of Roman archaeology in
the University of Berlin. when he was
reappointed professor OF Jurisprudence at
Leipsic and made rector of the university.
He has since served in the reichstag. Prof.
Mommsen was the author Of a dozen
works, mostly historical
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02

ton. The sheriff next day set out on
the trail. 1t is not known where the
chase led, but the Indians had evi-
IDENTIFY received warning of the ap-
proach of the officers and attempted to
get out of the country.
1t is thought an ambuscade was laid
for the officers on Lightning creek
The ranchmen are arming and taking
the field. Every one who can carry
a gun will join the chase after the In
dams. Reports from the Indian coun-
try Of late have indicated an unrest on
the part of the Indians and many be-
lieve that serious trouble cannot be
averted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
MISSING MILLIONAIRE
is HEARD FROM
Ransom of 100000 Is Demanded of the
Father of Wentz.

BRISTOL, Tenn, Nov. 1.-Robert L.
Brown, president of coal company
In Wise county, Virginia, is tonight
quoted as having said that on Friday
afternoon the Wentz family received
tidings Of Edward L. Wentz, the miss
ing young Philadelphia millionaire.
A shrewd looking young man, it is
stated, demanded of Wentz' father a
ransom of 100000. stating that Wents
was held in captivity in the Cumber-
land mountains. The emissary was
told to bring proofs. and departed to
the mountain country. Detectives are
keeping O sharp lookout.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
Special to The Gobe.

Special to The Gobe.
CHEYENNE, Wyo, Nov. 1.-Gov.
Chatterton was this evening advised of
a bloody battle that was fought yes
terday near the Cheyenne river, fifty
miles north of Lusk, Wyo., between a
band of rowing Crow Indians, who had
been slaughtering game, stealing
horses and committing other depreda-
tions, on the one hand, and resisting
arrest on the other Sheriff Miller and
his deputies are reported to have been
killed and one deputy wounded and
three Indians killed and several wound
ed. Gov Chatterton is investigating
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
BLOWN TO PIECES
Five Montana Men Killed by
Magazine Explosion.

KALISPELL, Mont, Nov. 1.-Coro-
ner Willoughby has received a tele-
gram from the justice of the peace at
Hayden saying that five men were
blown to pieces in an explosion at that
place today. How the explosion hap
pened and the names of the men
could not be learned. 1t is supposed
to have been the explosion of a maga-
zine belonging to grading contractors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
Favors sympathetIc strike.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor today declared In favor
of the sympathetic strike as basic prtn-
ciple of trades unionism and the local
can Federation Of Labor In Boston next
week was instructed to exert every effort
to have the national body adopt the reso-
luton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
BRINGS CHARGES AGAINST
KING OF BELGIUM
Missionary Morrison Says Slaves the Congo Punished by
Death and Mayhem

LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. 1.-Rev. DR..
w. M. Morrison, for six years mis-
sionary for the Southern Presbyterian
church in the Congo Free State, in an
address here tonight, charged that
King Leopold of Belgium, who holds
absolute sovereignty over the South
ern colony, violates the provisions of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
FOUR PERSONS KILLED AND
CORPSE 7ORNFROM COFFIN
Disaster Occurs the Railroad Track Womans Body
Flies Through Air

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Nov -Four
persons. all white, We're killed instant
ly and corpse was torn from It's cof-
fin by a locomotive of a passenger
train on the Southern railway, near
Concord, this morning. The dead are:
John Key, Benjamin Lippit, Daniel
Weaver and Miss Lulu Townsend.
The victims were In a wagon. with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02

the corpse Of Mrs. Kate Lewis and
were on their way to a neighboring
burial ground. Just before the train
was abreast of the wagon the mules
drawing the wagon became unmanage-
able and swerved, carrying the wagon
directly in front of the train. The
casket containing the corpse was brok-
en- to pieces and the corpse was hurled
through the air with the victims.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02

international treaty regarding slavery.
Native slaves who fail to bring in a
certain amount of ivory, ETC., are pun
ished,' he says, by death and mayhem.
DR.. Morrison is a member of the
committee which will meet in Wash
ington Tuesday to lay the matter be-
fore the president and the secretary
of state.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
LAYS CORNER STONE
OFTHE NEW ARMORY

Gov. Van Sant Assisted by Mlitiamen Performs the
FormaIity Which Marks Beginning of Construction OF
the Superstructure of CitizenSoIders New Quarters
Many Prominent Citizens Participate in Ceremony.
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