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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
] measure of economy and not move e

a measure of economy and not move
having retrenchment as its object.
Inc reads claim to be doing a rec
ord breaking business, both in passen-
ger and freight traffic, and if the cost
OF LABOR and material were reasonable
the work or construction and improve
Hent would be carried on for an in
definite period.
II was Tor the purpose of removing
the impression which prevailed when
the wholesale discharge of employees
was announced that the railroads were
racing financial crisis that the execu-
tive heads decided to state their posi-
tlon- SO far as the Southern Pacific,
New York Central, Lake Shore, Erie
and Santa Fe are concerned the reduc-
ton in the pay rolls has been ordered
only IN the repair and construction de-
partments. The operating force re-
mains the same as heretofore.
The significance of this is that the
men are not laid off because OF shrink
ing business, but Because the railroads
have now almost caught up with the
demand upon tteTnss which has been
constantly growing. for several years
past. els
For several years the railroads have
exerted every effort to meet the traffic
demands made upon them and during
this period much construction was done
In their own shops! The time has now
come when these efforts are showing
permanent results and there is no need
for SO large a force'o of employees in GER
tain departments F9
The discharge oftfully 1900 men by
the Pennsylvania was confined princi-
pally to shop and track men, and most
of these, 1t is said, We're taken on as ex-
ira hands and on the condition that
their employment was to be temporary.
The Rock Island IS Said to be contem-
plating the discharge of several hun
dred employees in the shops, and the
Gould lines are expected to make SINH
lar reductions in their working force in
the near future.
The officials Of the Santa Fe deny
that they contemplate any sweeping
reduction in the opera ting forces of
that system for the reason that the
business in sight precludes any posi-
biiity of reduction for long time to
come. ~ si3us.5
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
CURES WEAK MEN FREE.
Insures Love and a Hannv Home for Al

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fanny a most generous offer, and the fol-
lowing extracts taken from their daily
erasit show what mSh think of their gen
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Dear Sirs-Yours was received and I
had no trouble in making use of the re-
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IL IS a boon to weak men. i am greatly
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All correspondence is strictly confiden-
tiai, mailed in plain sealed envelope: The
receipt is free for the asking. and they
want every man to have it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
NORTHERN PACIFIC
OFFICIALS RESIGN
Three Members of the Land
Commissioners Staff viii
Quit Nov. 4.

Three officials in the Northern Pa
cific land commissioners department
have resigned and will leave the COM
pany's employ Nov. 1, according to a
well authenticated rumor which was in
circulation yesterday.
The officials who have rendered their
designations are: F. w. Wilsey. as
sistant land commissioner: John b.
McNamee. land attorney. and Karl
Simmons, land examiner and sales
agent.
Ofhcials of the Northern Pacific
would not discuss the designations yes
terday Land Commissioner Phipps
when interviewed, said that no resigna-
tons had been presented. but admitted
that there would be some changes
made. in the department.
II do not care to discuss the natter
said Mr.. Phipps, when asked if the off,
Gals had resigned.
But it is generally known that there
is to be some changes in the land de-
partment." it was suggested to the
commissioner.
Eyes, that is So" he said. "but II
may be several weeks before the
changes are made. 1 tell you 1 have
received no designations" This was
all that Mr.. Phipps would say con-
corning the matter.
Positions May Be Abolished.
1t is understood that the positions OF
the three officials. who will leave Nov
1. will not be filed, for the present at
least, and it is very likely that the
work will be done by other members
of the land department, and the three
positions be permanently abolished.
For some time the executive depart
ment of the road has had under con-
sideration several plans for the cur
tailment of expenses in the land de-
partment. The resignation of the three
officials makes an opening for the re-
trenchment policy. The work in the
land department has been growing less
in the past few years. as much Of the
company's property has been disposed
Of to settlers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18

IN the country near Covedale, back of
Price Hill. She is in her seventies. In
her daily pilgrimage to the monument
she walks to the end of the Elberon
avenue line, boards a car and comes
to the city. She knew Garfield when
the latter was a struggling young
lawyer. She married early in life and
the two families became quite init
mate. 1t was but little favor that
Garfield did for her and her husband
that won for him the everlasting graft
tude Of the wife. Mrs. Martson's hus-
band became financially embarrassed
and to retrieve his losses and start
anew he mortgaged his home for a few
hundred dollars. 1t was a humble
home at it's best.
The mortgage became due and the
Martsons were in a fair way to be
turned out into the cold world, as the
holder of the mortgage insisted on pay
ment. 1t was then. when everything
looked it's blacklist, that Garfield paid
off the mortgage and gave the Mart
sons receipt in full. He turned over
the house to his friends and told them
to live in 1T the rest of their lives, as
1T was theirs again. Shortly after this
incident the war broke out. Garfield
gained fame in Kentucky when he de-
feated Humphrey Marshall. Martson
also enlisted and he was killed in one
VI me pdllIeS around Chattanooga.
The widow was compelled to leave the
old home and come to this city, where
she has resided for years. She watch
ed the triumphant progress of her
great and good friend Garfield, and
When he was elected president her cup
of happiness was filled to the brim
Then occurred his atrocious assassina-
ton, and in the declining years of her
life she pays reverence to the friend
of her youth by praying at the foot
of his monument
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
ONLY ONE CHECK FORGED.
Milwaukee Road is Not the Victim of
a Gigantic Steal.

Special to The Globe.
MILWAUKEE,, Oct 17.-'"The re-
port that the Milwaukee has been sub
1ected to an extensive series of for
geries is untrue" Paymaster George
G. Scott, of the Milwaukee Railroad
company, said today. 1--WE have come
across some small Irregularities in our
work, but that is all. They will be in
vestigated. but they are practically
nothing. We have exactly such trou-
bic every month. With any large cor
poration it is impossible not to have
them.
Nearly every month we have cases
where checks have been raised or
forged. All such instances are prompt
ly investigated. lThe-check in question
came to us from Western city. There
is no ground, to suppose that it marks
systematic attempt of forgers to
buneo the company"
1t was reported that the Milwaukee
was the victim of forging gang which
had perpetrated one of the most Sc
rious frauds the company has had to
meet. 1t was in regard to this that Mr..
Scott spoke in explaining affairs of the.
paymaSter'S office
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
TOOK A STRAW VOTE.
interesting Experiment in a Restaurant.

interesting Experiment In a Restaurant.
An advertising agent, representing a
prominent New York magazine, while on
recent Western trip, was dining one
evening in Pittsbure restaurant.
While waiting for his order he glanced
tisement of a well known dyspepsia prep
paration, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets; as
he himself was regular user of the
tablets, he began specializing as to how
many of the other travelling men in the
dining room were also friends of the pop
ular remedy for Indigestion.
He says: 1 counted twenty-three men
at the tables and in the hotel office 1 took
the trouble to interview them and was
surprised to learn that nine of the twenty
three made a practice of taking one or two
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after each
meal.
One of them told me ne had suffered SO
much from stomach trouble that at one
time he had been obliged to quit the road,
but since using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
had been entirely free from indigestion,
but he continued their use, especially
while travelling, on account OF irregularity
in meals and because like all travelling
men he was often obliged TO eat what he
could get and not always what he wanted.
Another, who looked the picture of
taking Stuart Tablet afterward because
he could eat what he pleased and when
he pleased without fear of a sleepless
night or any other trouble.
Still another used them because he was
subject to gas on stomach, causing pres
sure on heart and lungs, shortness of
breath and distress in chest, which he no
longer experienced since using the tab
lets regularly
Another claimed that Stuart's Dyspep-
STA. Tablets was the only safe remedy he
had ever found for sour stomach and acid
fly He had formerly used common soda.
to relieve the trouble, but the tablets
were much better and safer to use.
After smoking, drinking or other. ex-
Ill. ~
nothing restores the stomach to a heal
thy, wholesome condition so effectually as
Stuart's Tablets.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contain the
natural digestive. pepsin, diastase, which
every weak stomach lacks, as well as nux
| hydrastin and yellow parilla, and can be
safely relied on as radical cure for every
form of poor digestion. Sold by druggists
everywhere-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18

have found work in some obscure po-
sition in an out of the way place.
That is the hope of his family.
AS to his being in Europe, Mrs.
Whitwell regards that as highly i'm
probable for two reasons. First, be-
cause of his having been seen in Waco,
Tex, which would indicate that he
was drifting Westward, and. in the
second place, because he took no
money with him. At the most she
thinks he could have had only about
500.
Baffled at every point, the relatives
and friends of Whitwell are yet UNI
willing to abandon hope. They have,
however, given over following up every
wild theory or alleged clew, and SIM
ply turn letters over to the detectives
who are employed on the case Hun
dreds of them were received from per-
sons in this country and in Europe
who were positive that they had seen
the young man, but all proved without
foundation.
The case is all the more dramatic
and pathetic beeauses of the many al
Turing stories that have buoyed up
false hopes, only to cast the family
down again. s,-.....,.,- .-.-.z..sz.z.-.
For about Two months after Whit
well, who was then agseniorE at Har-
Vard, disappeared the search Tor MIN
was carried on secretly. He had left
, a letter to his roommate, Matthew
Hale, telling him that he, was leaving
on a Fall River boat and that he would
never be heard of again. The fear of
some day becoming insane, he wrote,
drove him to the rash deed. -
But he was heard of again, first in
New York city and later in Waco,
Tex. For almost six months now it
has been as If the grave had closed
over him, without the comfort that
such a certainty would bring.
He was not the kind of man that
one would suppose could be lost sight
of easily. A year ago, when he was
playing right guard on the Harvard
team, he looked veritable giant, 6 feet
in height and weighing 1876 pounds
1t has been suggested that the In
juries he received in the game with
Yale may have had something to do
with his breaking down, but those who
know him best lay it to his hard study
ing later in the year. He had had pre-
vious periods Of mental alteration,
twice in Harvard and once in Ger
many, but nothing so long continued
He was extremely popular and his
entire class has Joined in the effort to
find him, and may of them believe with
his mother that he will yet be restored
to them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
is HEA HERMIT NOW?
Missing Harvard Athlete Is
Thought to Have Come West.

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Mrs. Whit
well, the mother of William Scollay
Whitwell, the Harvard athlete who
disappeared on Feb. 26, said yester-
day that his double had been found, as
reported, in a Texas ranchman or a
California hermit. She does not be-
lieve him to be in Europe, where some
OF his Harvard classmates think he
has gone.
OF all the clews that have been fol-
lowed up only one seems to Mrs. Whit
well to have been genuine. In her
mind there is no doubt that he was in
Waco, Tex, where he was seen by two
reputable men, his photograph having
been identified by them. This was
about a month after he left Harvard,
and he stated to the men he talked
with that he was on his way to Cali
fornia. Somewhere in that state his
mother believes him to be. When he
comes to himself she expects to hear
from him, for, despite all the disap-
pointments that she has suffered, Mrs.
Whitwell thinks that her son is still
alive. She believes that he succumbed
to overwork and wandered away, not
realizing what he was doing, but obey
ing an instructive yearning for the
West.
He was born in California and lived
there up to the time he entered the
st. Marks school, at Southboro, Mass,
when he was fourteen years Of age
He has been West several times since
then, is familiar with ranch life in Call
ifornia and with the mining regions In
Idaho. At one time he was on the
California ranch Of Capt. French,
relative of Gen. French, of the British
army, for almost two years.
If young Whitwell did go to Cali
fornia, however, he has gone to none
of his friends, as all have been notified
and would have sent word to his fam
lily if they had seen him. He may
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
WANTS PARTY RATE.
Government Seeks Theatrical Discount
for Soldiers.

for Soldiers.
The question whether regular SOL
d1ers of the United States, travelling
In parties of ten or more, are entitled
to the party rates. given by railroad
companies to theatrical troupes and
other such organizations, was submit
ted to Judges GroSseup, Baker and
Bum in the United States circuit court
of appeals yesterday at Chicago.
Judge Kohlsaat ruled against the
government when the case was heard
IN the lower court, and entered judg-
ment in favor of the Chicago & North
Western for $113. the difference be-
tween the party and the regular rate
Tor carrying a number of soldiers in
1899. Assistant District ATTORNEY
Burton Peek, in arguing the case for
the government, contended that the
railroad company, by refusing to grant
party rates to soldiers was discrimi-
mating in favor of other citizens. and
thus violating the interstate commerce
law. Attorney A. W. Pulver, for the
railroad company, insisted that there
was no unfair discrimination, as the
federal government in the transporta-
ton OF soldiers does not compete WIKI
any of the organizations to which the
party rates are granted. 1t is proba-
bic that the case will be taken to the
supreme court.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
PREACHER Is ARRESTED
AS A PEEPlNG TOM
Rev. j. S. Diven Was UnspeakabIy En-
chanted by SINGER.

Rev. J. >. Owen Was Unspeakably En-
chanted by a Singer.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Caught peep
ing into window at 213 Franklin ave-
nue.. Brooklyn, Rev. John s. Diven, a
licensed minister of the Lutheran
church, explained in court today that
he simply could not resist the tempta-
tlon OF looking in to see Mrs. Helen
O'Donnell, singer, who had enchant-
ed him with her voice. II loved her
singing and / could see no harm in
peeping in at the window to get a
glimpse Of her. said the preacher.
The minister was arraigned in the
police court after being locked UP all
night on the charge of vagrancy. The
fair singer and her husband, Bernard
O'Donnell, who is a professor of music
in the Eastern district high school,
both refused to appear in court against
Dfven and he was discharged. 1--WE
were sorry for the poor fellow and
didn't want to prosecute him." said
Mr.. O'Donnell afterward.
Recently Rev. Mr.. Diven moved to
173 Spencer street, which is only a few
doors from 213 Franklin avenue. and
where he could see Mrs. O'DonnelI
every day. The O'Donnells knew moth
ing of his admiration for Mrs. O'Don-
nell and 1t was not until night before
last that they were appraised of the
pISdcHeTS QtLGnllOHS. MT. ana MIS-.
O'Donnen We're celebrating Mr.. O'Don-
nell's birthday with a dinner party
Mrs. O'Donnell was sitting facing the
window. over which hung a heavy lace
curtain.
The party was making merry when
at 8 O'Clock Detective Sergeant Brady,
passing the house, espied a figure
kneefing outside the basement window
and looking in. The detective watched
the stranger squirm about to get bet
ter views of the interior. Then the
pepper walked up the stoop. as il to
enter the house. the detective seized
him and asked him what he was do
ing The man replied: 81 really don't
know"
The detective rang the doorbell, call
ed for Mr.. O'DonneIl and asked if he
knew the peeeper. O'Donnel did not.
The prisoner said he was Rev. Mr..
Diven and that he had met Mrs.
O'Donnell at song recitals The de-
tective took the minister to the sta
ton and locked him IN
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
HAD ADVENTURE WITH
A MAN EATING CLAM
Sailor Is Captured and Held Prisoner
by a Giant MoIIusk.

sailor is Captured and Held Prisoner
by Giant MoIIusk.
NEW YORK, Oct. II. = Sailors are
proverbially fine romancers. One who
has just returned from a voyage in the
South Pacific tells this story Of a mar
row escape from death when caught in
living trap on, one of the little islands
there.
.t''The Ship said he, had stopped at
the island for water, and was walking
along the beach at low tide, looking for
shells and other sea curiosities.
reached rock which at high tide was
under water and started to climb
around it, without thought of danger
and without paying much attention to
the surroundings. As I turned the cor
ner of the rock I felt my foot slip on
something soft; there was a snap and
the next instant 1 discovered that / had
carelessly walked into one of the great
mollusks, or sea clans, which are to be
found at low tide along the coasts OF
those islands.
These CLAIMS are over three feet In
diameter and the muscles which hold
their great shells together are like steel
springs. When l stepped into the open
clam the two shells shut with a snap,
imprisoning me as in a wise.
The edges of the shell caught me
above the knee, and at first 1 thought
would faint from the pain. Then tried
to push the shells open.- l might as
well have tried to pry open the door of
a lock iron safe with my bare hands.
Il had a clasp knife and, drawing
this out, l attempted to cut the muscle
which held the shells together. But ]
couldn't quite reach it, and every time
l made a stab the shells would close
tighter than ever.
I'D sailed the seas "a good MANY
years and been in bad places before,
but never one where things looked SO
hopeless as they did then. There was
no use in calling for help. although, OF
course, did, for had wandered up the
beach nearly a mile from where the
rest We're ss ess
"But what at first looked like my
greatest peril proved my salvation in
the end. The tide was coming in, and
unless I could escape from this living
trap would be drowned, I thought. So
I redoubled my efforts with the knife
They were useless. The tide kept
creeping up. Then It finally reached
the part of the giant clam where was
the muscle which contracts and ex-
pands the two shells, To my surprise
and joy when the water reached this
muscle 1t relaxed, only a little to be
sure. but enough so that 1 could man
age to pull out my leg. 1t was the
highest squeeze I was ever in, you
may believe" ssss So -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
NATURAL APPEARING.

MMSE3 Fsresiain Filling saves badly de-
cayed teeth. Fine Gold Fillines
ees3$EkT Gold or Porcelain Crowns, Teeth
and Plates that look, fiji and
wear we'll Painless Extraction SOC Exsroina-
tion free. No students employed. No teeth SO ra5
] can't improve them.
DR.. B. c. Cornwell, Dentist.
4lo-4t2 Chamber, Of Commercs B,;:i;-s
Sixth and Robert.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18

owen says he is a graduate Of the
Lutheran seminary at Gettysburg, pa.
ana spent his life in the West until his
cnurch at Olney. ILL.,, was disrupted
yedr ago He came here to visit his
brother and left his wife and two cbi III
dren in Atchison, Kan. He worked in
book store in Brooklyn and preached
at mission in Atlantic avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
"FoNETIc'e SPELLING.

Fonetik spelling 7 abhor,
And nawt cam row. mi bile
Or rnffel up mfitenlper NOR
Than Izak Pitanan's style.
" iG
The Yankee '44Aatre' and such
Az folio in its tfane
Anoi mi gentl sole, so much
That I becofne Profane.
ans
A traveller witbfbfft wun '.l''
Will make me simply fome,
For folze hoo caarEot lern to spell
Had better sthpdat home.
ss TSi-
Wun needs to be no pedagog
To slun this horid boge;
Good he hoo rites down .'cat aiog''
Be other than e roge?
London Tattler.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-31
ARChER-WANN.

The nuptials of Miss Bessie f. Wanu,
youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
fl. Wann of Wilma, and Mr.. Theodore 5.
Archer were solemnized at Mountain
Christian Church on Wednesday evening
July 22nd. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. A. X. Calf, pastor of the church.
Mrs. Harry s. Pyle rendered the wedding
march. The bride entered on the arm of
the groom preceded by the ushers Messrs.
Benjamin F. Wann, brother of the bride,
Walter p. Bavington, cousin oftlle bride,
Joseph S. Archer and John Archer,
brothers of the groom. Hannah Wann
and Bessie Gibson were the flower girls.
The ribbon boys were Harold Standi-
ford and Charles Stevens. The bride
was gowned i'll white silk null with lace
and ribbon and carried white sweet peas.
The church presented beautiful appear
ance with its decorations fpotted plants
and flowers and daisies. 1t was filled to
its utmost capacity by relatives and
friends of the contracting parties.
a reception followed the ceremony,
which took place at the home of the
groom's parents. The only guests
present were the immediate families and
a few intimate friends. The bride is a
member of Harford's corps of teachers
and made many friends while i'll the dis
charge of her public duty. Mr.. and Mrs.
Archer were the recipients of numerous
presents including handsome silver, china
and bric-a brac.