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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
HELPS A BEATEN MAN
Woman Holds Him While He
Fires at His Assailants.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-While men
sought safety in flight or encouraged
the fight, a woman rescued c. w.
Potts, a nom union workingman, from
the sympathizers of the striking press
feeders His cries for assistance had
ceased and he was fast lapsing into in
sensibility when the woman broke
through the ring of spectators. Potts
was helped to his feet.
She supported the man while he
tremblingly fired at hfs assailants. She
led the few men who recalled their
manhood and vainly pursued the flee
ing trio. Then she disappeared. Yes
terday friends of Potts said they knew
the woman, but refused to disclose her
name.
The three men were vigorously rain
ing blows on Potts when she showed
one of them aside and seized the pros
trate man by the arm.
"Shooti Why don't you shoot!" she
shouted as she pulled Potts to his feet.
His face was covered with blood from
a dozen cuts, and his eyes were blinded
by the trickling streams as he drew a
revolver from his hip pocket. The
three men had turned and fed as the
woman lifted their victim to his feet.
AS she held the shaking man he fired
two shots at their retreating forms.
One of them stumbled. His two COM
panions seized his arms and the three
escaped from their pursuers in the
crowd
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
IN DIGNITY ROLE
MeIba Declines to Sing for Mrs.
Roosevelt.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-"Sorry, but I
cannot sing for Mrs. Roosevelt. as do
not know her."
This was Nine. Melba's answer to a
request that she appear at the White
house Jan. and sing for the entertain
ment of President and Mrs. Roosevelt
and their guests.
Nine. Melba is not advertising her
reason for refusing to sing for the
presidents wife. In fact, she denied
yesterday afternoon that she had re-
Roosevelt never had been formally pre-
sented. But that is the reason which
she gave c. A. Ellis, her manager.
The prinla donna was not in an ex-
ceptionally happy frame of mind when
she arrived in Chicago Thursday night.
Her train was five hours late and she
was hungry 1t was toward midnight
before she had a light supper, and
then she gave her attention to her cor
reSpOndence.
her eye was a telegram of 100 words
from Mr.. Ellis. He told her that Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt would enter
tain Jan. s. He added that many of the
great men and fine women of the coun-
try would be present. He told her Mrs.
Roosevelt wanted her to sing. Mr.. Ell
lis wanted an answer at once. He had
to wait only three hours.
But instead Of accepting the invita-
tion Nine. Melba declined 1t. Her tele-
gram was short and to the point.
Sorry, but I cannot sing for Mrs.
Roosevelt, as I do not know her"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
GRIM RELICS OF 18TH
CENTURY PIONEERS
Skeletons Found Near Fair
Grounds Believed to Be Those
of Men Killed In Battle.

The fifteen skeletons which have
been unearthed during the past week
by laborers employed in grading along
Langford avenue at the state fair
grounds, are now believed to be the re-
mains of members OF some party OF
early pioneers, who entered Minnesota
at the close of the eighteenth century
or early in the nineteenth, on a trading
or exploring expedition and were killed
in battle with the Indians.
All signs point to the fact that the
bodies were buried after a battle, as
they lay in trenches and were not COW
cred by more than two feet of ground
There are no signs that they were in
tered in coffins, and one of the skulls
show signs of wounds believed to have
been inflicted by the tomahawks Of the
red men.
There Is no record of any, battle on
the site of the fair grounds, but it is
thought that the battle was fought be-
fore white men began to settle in this
district. Many parties of adventurous
Frenchmen from st. Louis and Amer
lean trappers and hunters from Illi-
nois are known to have made trips uI
along the Mississippi shortly after the
close of the Revolutionary war in
search of furs and other wealth.
Some of these parties returned and
others did not. Those who did not
generally were killed or taken captive
by the Indians.
Secretary Randall, of the state fair
association, believes that some party OF
explorers or traders wandering through
L. Il I'll, I.
what is now the city of st. Paul, were
attacked by the Indians and defended
themselves in a desperate battle near
where the cattle barns of the state fair
now stand. Having repelled the enc
my, it is surmised, the remaining white
men stopped long enough to bury their
own dead and those left on the field
by the Indians.
When the bodies were first discover
ed, it was thought that an old potter's
field Of the city or an early cemetery
had been unearthed. A search of the
county and city records, however, re-
veals no record of any such cemetery
Later the theory was advanced that
an Indian burying ground had been
uncovered, but the discovery by Coro-
ner Miller of pieces of metal, one OF
two buttons, and some little pieces OF
cloth attached to the molding bones
blasted this theory, as the bodies were
buried so long ago, that it hardly seems
possible for Indians in this region al
that time to have such articles in thei1
possession.
Some of the skeletons, it is believed
are those of Indians, and this, Secretary
Randall thinks, adds much to the theory
that the bodies were those of white
men and Indians slain in battle.
Two more skeletons were discovered
yesterday in the trench. AS the mys-
terry concerning the bodies is causing
a good deal of interest, the coroner
may be asked to permit scientists tc
examine the skulls of the last two
bodies found in order to try and deter
mine something concerning the kind OF
men they belonged to.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
THEY WE'D TOO FAST
District Cannot Be Kept Sup.
piled With Women Teachers.

Special to The Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. IA
condition and not a theory confronts
the school board of the White Owl dis
trict, in Meade county. The district is
in the heart of rich cattle country,
and the young rsnchers Of the region
have become accustomed to marrying
the young women school teachers
about as fast as the school board sue
ceeds In securing them. Women
teachers from the East have been i'm
ported, but there was q great demand
among the ranchmen for them as
wives as there was for the native Da-
kota maidens 1t Is said that practi-
cally every ranch house in that region,
except those occupied by single men,
has an ex-school teacher as its mis-
treSS.
The whole-souled sociability of the
residents of the range captivates the
women teachers who arrive from the
East, and along comes Cupid with
big bundle of darts, and before the
school board is aware OF the new
teachers intentions there is a wedding
and q resulting vacancy In the schools.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
DESIRE FOR LOAN
|NSURES PEACE
Russo-Japanese Negotiations
Approach Successful Con-
cIusion.

BERLIN, Nov. THE negotiations
between Russia and Japan have so far
advanced that the announcement of a
settlement may be expected soon.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. IF the
Russo japanese negotiations end sat
isfactorily, as is now expected, it will
be due in great measure to the Brit
ish governments pledge Of it's good
faith toward raising another large
Japanese loan in London. It appears
that the question of finance has been
almost deciding factor in the dra-
matte chapter of recent events in the
far East. The understanding arrived
at between M. Delcasse, the French
foreign minister, and Lord Lansdowne,
the British foreign secretary, prior to
the signing OF the Anglo-French ar
bitration treaty, regarding their re-
spective far Eastern allies, apparently
had even a more important material
basis than was indicated when that
understanding was first announced.
Russia and Japan, between whom
rumor made war imminent, were ne
gotiating for more money, Japan in
London and Russia in Paris. Using this
as a lever, Lord Lansdowne and M.
Delcasse were able to go with Count
Lamsdorff, Russian foreign minister,
in this direction for the sake of avert
ing war which would seriously en-
danger the newly formed Anglo
French entente. There is no doubt
that Sir Ernest Satow, the British min
lister to Japan, at Lord Lansdowne's S
instigation, threatened Japan that
Great Britain would not give her any
financial help should she unnecessar-
lily precipitate hostilities.
The result Of this interesting chap
ter In diplomacy is that in the event
of satisfactory conclusion of the
Russo Japanese negotiations, Japan
will, shortly after signing treaty. en-
deavor to float another loan in Lon
don, having the full unofficial support
of the British government.
The chief interest which st. Peters,
burg now seems to take in the far
Eastern situation is in regard to the
attitude of the United States. There
is a growing belief that American
sentiment is distinctly unfriendly. This
feeling in the official world undoubted-
ly extends to business circles. Amer
leans here are constantly asked if it is
true that America is the enemy of Rus
sia This sentiment is undoubtedly at
tributable chiefly to the American at
titude as given by the English news
papers, but the publication of Secre-
tary Hays reply to the B'Nai BIRTH
petition added thereto.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
DECIDES FOR CLARK
Great Timber SultAgainst Mon.
tana Senator Fails.

BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 1.-THE great
timber suit brought by the United
States against Senator w. A. Clark, in
volying timber lands in the Bitter
Creek valley, Western Montana, to the
value of $2,OOO,OOO, was settled today
by Judge Knowles, of the United
States district court, in favor Of the
defendant, Clark. Judge Knowles finds
that the defendant was guiltless of ir-
regular purchase of the lands and in
nocent of the Illegal registration OF the
same If such Irregularities existed. In
his decision Judge Knowles criticises
the testimony of Witness Griswold, for
the government, whose reputation, the
decision says, is none of the best and
whom many other witnesses testified
had approached them on behalf of the
government. The case is the most fa-
nous timber-land action ever tried In
the West. The reading of the testi-
mony consumed forty days.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
THE NEWS lNDEXED

PAGE XIV.
Career of F. Augustus Heinze.
Man Who Picks the Winner.
Horse, Condemned, Refused to Die.
PAGE XVI.
May Build $5oo,ooo High School.
School Board Fixes Budget.
PAGE XVII.
Big Game of Minnesota.
Duluth Has Largest Dog Living.
PAGE XVIII.
Bangs and the Duke of Acres.
PAGE XIX.
Advertisement.
PAGE Xxx.
Civilized Men Pirates at Heart.
Queer Chinese Kites.
PAGE XXI.
international Club for Literary Women
PAGE XXI.
Most Deadly of Torpedoes.
PAGE XIII.
Page of New Ideas for Women.
PAGE XIV.
Editorial Opinion.
PAGE XIV.
With the New Books.
PAGE XVI.
Review of Stageland.
PAGE XXVil.
How St. Paul Treats Neglected Chill
dren.
PAGE XVIII.
Market Record.
PAGE xxx.
Good Things in Real Estate.
PAGE xxx.
Globe Popular Wants.
PAGE XXX.
The Mischievous Sun Spots.
PAGE XxxiI.
Announcement of Importance to Globe
Readers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
CLEVELAND SUMS
ELECTIONS Up
Ex-PresidentSees ThereinMuch
Encouragement for the
Democracy.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Nov. Z. = The World
says: In response to the Worlds re-
quest for statement Of his views upon
the result of last Tuesdays elections,
ex-President Cleveland said today:
Passing by minor results ac-
complished and viewing conse-
quences in the largest sense. the out
come seems to indicate a long step in
the direction of sane Democracy and
party unity.
with these fully secured, I believe
that all those who love our party for
the sake of it's principles may look for
renewed party triumphs with such
hope and confidence as has not been
justified during the years of our wan
dering and forgetfulness of party integ-
rity."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
CONGRESSMEN HOLD
PARTY CAUCUSES
Joseph G. Cannon Is DuIyNominated by the Republicans
of the House for Speaker and Offers Advice Regard
inq Legislation The Democrats Choose John S.
Williams, of Mississippi, as Their Leader.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. AT
the caucus of the Republican members
of the house of representatives in the
hall of the house tonight Representa-
tive Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, was
unanimously chosen as the candidate
of the majority for speaker of the
house This action assures his election
Monday.
Representative Hepburn, Of Iowa,
was elected presiding officer Of the
caucus, and Representative Louden-
slayer, of New Jersey, secretary. The
roll call showed $50 members present.
Representative DalZell, of Pennsylva-
MIA, placed Mr.. Cannon in nomination.
After Representative Sherman, of New
York, had seconded it, the selection was
made. A committee consisting of Repre-
sentative Hemenway Qnd.), Sherman
IN " and Mann Qll.), appointed by the
chairman, notified Mr.. Cannon of the
action of the caucus. He was escorted
into the chamber, where he was greeted
with applause.
Mr.. Cannon, addressing the caucus,
expressed gratitude for it's action and
said:
1T is not strange that compara-
lively small number of people should
seek to overcapitaliZe the machinery of
production and exchange. But the re-
fusal of the multitude to invest it's saw
ings in such overcapitaliZation has de-
stroyed fictitious values and the recov-
cry from local indigestion arising from
consumption of wind and water is as
sured.
I'm my judgment, our policy should
be to consider and enact proper legis-
1ation covering the convention for re-
ciprocal trade between the United
States and Cuba; to make generous,
not extravagant, appropriations at the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
MEN TRY TO BLOW
UP 500 CANAL
Dynamite Is Found at the Gates
Where Two Suspicious Men
Are Seen.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont, Nov. T.
The man on guard at the head gates Of
the water power canal at the American
500 last night saw two men acting
suspiciously near the gates. He fred
at them when they refused to halt.
They escaped. The police found three
sticks of dynamite near the gates and
this morning three more sticks We're
found.
The destruction Of the head gates
would be a terrible catastrophe, as the
canal is built through the town and the
rush of water that would follow the
blasting of the gates would do tre-
mendous damage. 1t is supposed that
men who were discharged at the clos
ing of the 500 works in September and
who have not yet received their back
money may have intended the outrage
for revenge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

MGR. IRELAND
AND CARDINALATE
Arguments For and Against st.
Paul and Philadelphia PreI-
ates Reach Rome.

ROME, Nov. Ton the eve Of Mon
days consistory runer is in circula-
tion here that in addition to the ap-
pointments of Mgrs. Merry del Val and
Callegari to the cardinalate, which it Is
already known will be made, other car
dinals will be named, The rumor has
it that the new cardinals will be Amer
leans, that Is, they will belong to the
American contingent.
The prevailing opinion is that one
will be from the u1.iseds States and an
other from Brazil, the latter country
having recently. again asked that she
be given cardinal. The pope theo-
retically, even In the consistory, can
propose new meinberss of the sacred
college, and it is still considered cer-
tain that at least one other cardinal
will be created Monday.
The situation as regards a new
American cardinal stands as follows:
After Pope Plus was elected he re-
eeived in audience a high American
prelate, who, before leaving the United
States, had dined with President
Roosevelt. The latter said he had often
been urged to manifest to the Vatican
a preference for the appointment Of an
other cardinal, and he had always an
swered that the constitution Of the
United States forbade such initiative
on account Of the complete separation
Of church and state; but he was not
unwilling to charge the prelate to say
conffdentially to. the, pope that the
comforting Of the red hat upon Arch
bishop Ireland would please a majority
of the people of the United States
even non-Catholics. Contemporane-
ously, higher American prelate who
was in Rome and was being consulted
by the pope on the best candidate for
the purple excluded the name of Arch
bishop Ireland because Of the dissen-
sion alleged to be always going on over
him, and supported instead Archbishop
Ryan as a pious, Jealous and generous
ecclesiastic, whose name would en-
counter no opposition and who would
be well accepted by the whole hier-
archy.
Since then the Vatican has received
arguments in favor of and opposing
both Archbishops Ireland and Ryan
those opposed to the latter saying that
his nomination would. merely mean
that of the archbishop of certain dio-
cese where a cardinal is less needed
Cardinal Gibbons being near, while the
appointment of Archbishop Ireland, be-
sides giving the United States car
dinal in the West, would add a mem
Der to the sacred college who would not
merely be an archbishop, but man OF
commanding influence and prestige
throughout the United States.
Thus the question now lies before the
pope, and it is considered very doubt
full If it will have a solution even al
the first consistory of 1904.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
CHICKEN HAS A S75
DIAMOND IN ITS CROf
Poor Widow Makes Profitable investment When She Buys
Her Sunday Dinner

it was announced that in the crop Of
the bird a diamond had been found.
The stone was sent to a jewelers. and
pronounced genuine. The butcher who
sold the chicken offered to buy the gem
for SIS. He said that the hen had been
raiseds on his farm at Worth. He says
he will kill and clean all the fowls he
sells after this time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
HAD A WOMAN'S
TEETH PULLED OUT

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 7.-Cruel-
ty to charity patients in Missouri
state institutions was disclosed here
today at the annual conference of the
Missouri conference of Charities and
Corrections, by Prof C. A. Elwood, of
Columbia, Mo-, who has been investi-
eating the almshouses of the state.
Prof. Elwood recited one instance of a
woman patient in the insane ward Of
one of the almshouses who had bitten
the superintendent one day in a par
oxysm. The superintendent, he said,
had thereupon ordered all the woman's
teeth extracted. and this was done. An
investigation will probably result.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

PAGE /.
Congressional Caucuses.
Japan and Russia Won't Fight.
Senator Clark Wins in Big Timber Suit.
Cleveland on Elections.
Attempt to Blow Up 500 Locks.
ireland and Red Hat.
PAGE II.
News of the City.
PAGE Ill.
CounciImen Regret Rejection of light
ing Bids.
Minneapolis and St. Paul in Worlds
Fair Exhibit.
No Troops Needed at Leech Lake.
PAGE w.
William L. EIkins Dies.
PAGE v.
Minnesota Defeats Lawrence.
Harvard Beats Penn.
Other Football Scores.
Football Gossip.
PAGE VII.
Season of White Bear Yacht Club
y Reviewed.
PAGES Viii. AND TX.
Social.
PAGE x.
Music.
PAGE xI.
News of the Railroads.
Foreign Affairs.
PAGE XII.
Medical Scandal in ViennT.
Panama's New Deal.
PAGE XIII.
Utah Murderer Will Be Stot.
Experts Fabulous Salaries.
st. Louis a Spanish ViVliaee.
PAGE XIV.
Experiences of Twenty first infantry.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

Special to The Globe.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. T.
Alexander Ferguson, living eight miles
east of Alexandria, has just completed
his one hundred and sixteenth year
and is pretty smart boy yet, accord
ing to the statement of his wife, aged
ninety-six. Ferguson was born in
County Glare, Ireland, and does not
look to be over eighty years of age.
Two weeks ago he drove to Muncie, ten
miles from his home, and did not show
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
DEMOCRACY AND RED
LIQUOR PRESERVE HIM
oosier of 116 Attributes His Great Age to These and
to Tobacco.
to Tobacco.

any fatigue on his return. He has all
ways been Democrat, and ever since
he can remember has taken his toddy
three times day and has used tobacco
since early boyhood.
He attributes his long life and ex-
emption from disease to his Democracy
and his constant use of liquor He
comes of long-lived family and shows
record in Bible, where his sister,
Bette Carlton, died at the age Of one
hundred and twelve, and a brother at
the age of one hundred and fifteen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

regular session Of congress for the pub
lie service; then to adjourn and return
to our homes, and the people, setting
the seal of approval upon our action,
will do the remainder, working out
their own salvation"
A resolution was adopted making the
elective officers Of the house in the last
congress the nominees of the caucus
for the Fifty-eighth congress. They
are Alexander Mcdowell, clerk; Henry
Casson, sergeant t-at-arms; Frank B.
Lyon, doorkeeper; ]. G. McElroy, post
master, and Rev. Henry d. Couden,
chaplain. Representative Payne. OF
New York, moved that the rules of the
Fifty-seventh congress be adopted for
the fty-eighth. Representative Hep
burn, of Iowa, moved to amend so as
to make them the rules for forty days,
stating that that would give the new
members an opportunity to familiarize
themselves with the rules, so they
might vote knowingly on the govern
ment of the house. He said if that was
done he would make an effort to have
the rules amended in three or four
particulars. The amendement was lost
by vote of 103 to 21, when the original
motion was carried. It was decided
that fifty shall be the number neces-
'sary to call a caucus.
Democrats in Caucus.
The Democratic members of the
house, in caucus at the capitol today,
selected Representative John S. Will
liams, of Mississippi, as the unanimous
choice of the minority for speaker.
This action makes him the minority
leader for the coming session. Rep
resentative George B. .McClellan,mayor-
elect of New York, received an ovation
and was congratulated by his col
leagues on his victory.