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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21

Three hundred well-fattened tur-
keys under sentence of execution,
made a successful dash for liberty yes
terday afternoon from their place Of
confinement at r. E. Cobb's commits
sion house on East Third street.
The turkeys were in a big coop,
where they were being prepared for
market, but an unmanageable truck
team backed wagon into the coop and
300 Of the condemned birds, sought
safety in flight. Less than half
dozen Of the number were recaptured;
at least no more were returned to the
commission house.
Last night the turkeys were we'll
scattered over the downtown district
and there was scarcely building
which did not furnish a roosting place
for one or more of the gobble birds.
The news of the wholesale delivery
Of the stall-fed turkeys spread rap
idly, however and dozens of men and
boys were out searching for the tur-
keys last night in anticipation of a
Thanksgiving dinner.
The smashing of the large coop and
the escape of the turkeys was the
cause of much confusion on commits
sion row yesterday afternoon. The
turkeys ran or flew in every direc-
ton, and the efforts of the half hum
dred men to catch them were in vain.
They sought safety by flying to the
tops Of tall buildings, and while a few
were being recaptured almost the en-
tire number succeeded in getting away.
The turkeys were to have furnished
st. Paul families with Thanksgiving
dinners, and while it is probable that
many of them will serve this purpose,
the commission house which lost them
will not profit by it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21

Of the murder, and a bloody handker-
chief. which has on it the initials "a.
c. which correspond with those of the
suspected murderer, Antonio Calderone.
= post mortem examination was held
yesterday which resulted in the finding of
twenty-four stab wounds on the body of
Batallia instead Of twenty-one as pre-
heart. The inquest is to be held Mon
day.
Batallias funeral is set for this aft
ernoon., His body lies at his brother s
home, 1908 Western avenue.
The two knives were found by detec-
tives yesterday morning at the opposite
end of the Franklin avenue bridge in the
to have been committed. One was a
bowie knife, the blade of which was
broken off about two inches from the
handle. It is supposed to have belonged
to the dead man, as it could not have
inflicted the wounds found upon his body.
1t was discovered among some leaves
near the east end of the bridge. The
handle is Smeared with blood.
The other knife is a stiletto, or dagger,
with "a blade. nine inches long, the point
Of which is broken off. This was found
lying near the rivers edge beneath the
western end of the bridge. 1t, too, was
despatched, and there were stains on
the bridge above that would Indicate
that it had been flung away by some
bloody hand.
1t was these stains that caused the de-
tectives to go below the bridge and look
to see what the dripping Of blood might
point to. 1t is presumed that the dagger
was thrown away by Batallia's murderer
when he fled in the direction of st. Paul.
and 1t is significant that it answers to the
description given Of knife that Cal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
WAITS OF THE WIRES.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov "a cele-
brated painting by the French artist
Charltan. representing the signing Of the
protocol of peace between the United
States and Spain, has been presented to
the United States government by II. G.
Frick, Of Pittsburg
ROCHESTER,, N Y, Nov 20.-The
convention of the National Grange came
to a close today. Resolutions were adopt
ed favoring the establishment Of county
and district agricultural high schools.
The 1904 convention will be held at Port
land, Or.
BERLIN, Nov. 2O.-The governor of
Windhoek, German Southwest Africa,
kilograms that Lieut.. Jobst and Sergeant
Gray have been killed in a battle with
the Bondelzwarts tribesmen, whose chlet
also was killed. The governor adds that
the rebellion is ended.
LISBON, Nov. 2G.-Several persons were
killed and many others belonging to the
highest families, including the Duchess Of
Pamela, chief woman in waiting Of the
queens bed chamber, were severely in
jured In a railway accident today on the
Cascaes line.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Nov. 20-The selling
price of crude oil was advanced 5 cents
a barrel today by the Standard and indie
pendent pipe lines. The price quoted to-
day IS $1.S2, as against SLIT yesterday.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20-In a speech at
the banquet Of the Society Of Naval Ar
chitects tonight Senator Hanna advocated
the ship subsidy bill
GIBRALTAR, Nov. 20.-The Columbia,
the sailing boat, nineteen feet long, IN
which Capt. Eisenbraun left Boston Aug.
II alone for Marseiles, has arrived here.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
THINK IT MURDER
Man Charged With Killing One
Thought to Be a Suicide.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
LARIMORE, N. D., Nov. 20.-John
H. Keenan, was arrested tonight on the
charge of the murder of William Muir
tagh. Mr.. Murtagh was found dead six
weeks ago, and the coroner's jury rem
dered a verdict of suicide.
Murtaugh was Keenan's partner in
the livery business on Sept. %. The
arrest was one of the most sensational
ever made in the county. Murtaugh
was found bleeding and unconscious
in room in the keenan, home on the
date named, and he died within a few
hours from the effects Of a revolver
wound in the head, never regaining
consciousness.
Detectives claim to have discovered
facts sufficient to base charge of
murder against Keenan,. Murtaugh had
occupied a room in the Keenan, resi-
dence and had gone there to change
his clothing. He was wanted on a
business matter, but Mrs. Keenan, said
that he had left the country. Later
he was found there as stated. Mrs.
keenan, said that her husband had not
been in the house, and that she had
heard no shooting. Murtaugh was a
single man, whose home was near
Creemor, Ont.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
HEAR THE CALL OF THE WILD
Three Hundred Thanksgiving Turkeys Fly the Coop and
Pet Bear Makes Dash for Liberty

Archie, the pet bear at the Harriet
island "zoo," had the Midway district
all to himself Thursday afternoon. He
had never enjoyed himself so hugely
since he left his native home in Mon
tana.
Archie was en- route with others of
the ZOO" to spend the winter at Min
neapolis, where is to be exhibited in
Mill City museum for so much per,
and the wagon carrying the packing
case in which was stored his bearship
was just crossing the line.
Wool" was the sound that greet
ed the ears of the startled driver as he
turned and espied a claw-equipped
paw sticking through a crack in the
packing case.
Next there was a splintering of
boards and Archie was free.
The driver didn't stop to investigate.
He bolted, and soon Archie, with
long strides, was clambering down the
wagon and hustling for the fields.
Prior avenue police station, with
all the reserves it could muster, was
put on the track of the liberty-loving
Archie, and for the next two hours
mounted officers did hurdle stunts and
ain-clothes men climbed trees and
lodged a bunch of playful claws in
an effort to corral the festive Archie.
Arches chain, fast in the forked limb
Of tree, finally brought his period of
liberty to an end, and with a patrol
in front, two mounted officers in the
rear, and wondering crowd Of young
sters and frightened adults at re-
spectful distance. Harriet islands
pride and glory was led back to his
cage, and the journey was resumed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
DEATHS OF THE DAY.

CENTERvILLE, Iowa, Nov. 2o.-Gen.
F. NJ. Drake, ex-governor of Iowa, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry
Goss, N this city. today. He was stricken
with diabetes several days ago. His son,
John A, ard his daughter, Mrs. J. L.
Sawyers. are on their way from New
York. His other three daughters, Mrs.
Henry Goss Mrs. George Sturdevant and
Mrs 7. A. Shonts, and another son, Frank
Drake, the latter two from Chicago. were
at the bedside The estate of Gen. Drake,
consisting of bank and railroad stocks
and farm land, is estimated to be worth
between $S,000,OO0 and $4,000 900. 1t Is
said Drake university, which institution
the ex-governor has already given $780,
900, will receive a share of the estate.
Gen. Francis Marion Drake was born in
Rushville. Schuyler county, Illinois, Dec.
80, 1880. He was elected governor Of Iowa
in 1895.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov 2O.-Hart
P. banks, a musical composer of ma
tional repute and formerly noted singer,
was found dead today in his boarding
house here. He was seventy-nine years
old. "Silver Threads Among the Gold''
was one of his compositions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21

derone, the missing suspect, was known
to have carried
Evidences of TWO AssaiIants.
Besides the bloody handkerchief found
near the trail which led in the direction of
st. Paul, piece of a bloody rag was also
found along third trail of blood, which
would indicate that there were two assaiI-
ants who attacked Battalia. This trail is
really a continuation of the dripping of
blood which was followed Thursday to
a meat market at 1904 Riverside, where
pool of blood was found inside a storm
door.
Yesterday the trail was picked up again
and led out Riverside to Fifth street, on
Fifth street to Eighth avenue south past
the morgue. and out Sixth avenue to
Ninth street, and then back into "Helfs
Second avenue south. to Fourth street,
where 1t was lost again. AT Sixth street
and Ninth avenue bloody rag was found,
which appeared to be piece of hand
kerch1ef which was marked with the let
ter CHI.
While the Italians of Minneapolis scout
the theory that the murder was the result
of the Malta, the penalty of an oath bound
society whom Battalia had offended, they
have offered no other motive for the
murder than that Battalia had quarreled
with Calderone and his brother Philippe
Battalia, and had argued with others over
his intention to forswear his allegiance
to his native country and to join the
MaSons.
A witness has been found who SAYS
that about o'clock Salvatore Battalia
came to the house at 1901 Western ave-
nue., and Antonio Calderone was there
Battalia said he was going to join a
Masonic lodge that night, and Calderone
attempted to dissuade him. Batallia left
the house, and Calderone went five min
utes later.
This bears out the theory that Cal
dorene joined Battalia and a third man,
composing the party of Italians who
boarded the Minnehaha car, who are re-
membered by Conductor Souci.
The finding of bloody trails leading
from the Franklin avenue bridge in the
direction of St. Paul and back to Mime
apolis fits in with the theory that two
men attacked and fought Battalia to his
death.
Struggled on the Bridge.
There are indications of struggle on
the bridge, in addition to the circurn-
stance that the blades Of both knives
found near the bridge are broken. There
are the marks of bloody fingers on one
of the supports Of the bridge.
Battalia's body and gave the alarm, says
that the lights were out, which ordinarily
burned, as he had noticed in crossing the
bridge nightly, and it is reasonable to
suppose that Battalia had been lured to
the bridge to be stabbed to death in the
darkness.
The blood found on the floor of the
bridge has been analysed and pronounced
to be arterial blood, and that it was
sprlnkled about so profusely would indi-:
cate struggle with more than one assail-
ant.
Calderone was about rs years old. and
a young man of large stature. He had
come to Minneapolis from Winnipeg in
March and had resided with several
Italians at 1901 Western avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21

stone acts. The irrigation fund will
not suffer. It's receipts from these
sources are not worth considering. But
the opportunity which they afford for
fraudulent appropriation of the very
lands that we are seeking to recover
must be taken away. These are the
areas that irrigation will make most
valuable, and their alienation must be
prevented.
There. is another phase of irrigation
that is too little understood. Men think
of it generally as the retaining of ac-
tually desert and unproductive land.
But an absolute control of the water
supply will enhance the productiveness
and increase the value of other lands.
Take North Dakota, for example. All
that she contributes to the fund could
be expended most profitably within her
boundaries. If land can be what is
called winter f1ooded;" that is, if it
can be saturated with water before it
freezes in the fall, then the moisture
is there when the seed is planted in the
spring, and there can be no fear of
drought. With bitches to carry off the
excess and irrigation canals to supply
deficiency, the productiveness and
the value Of North Dakota lands would
be increased at least fivefold."
Instances of General Benefit.
In answer to a question relating to
the direct interest of st. Paul business
men in these projects, Mr.. Maxwell re-
ferred to the experience of Los An
geles and Omaha. In the former city,
though the areas to be irrigated are
not directly tributary to it. the bust
ness men stated that the making Of
the surveys had so increased their
trade by the demand for supplies that
they had derived great benefit, and
that they therefore saw that the actual
construction work would add millions
to their commerce. Omaha also ex-
pected that her population would dou-
BILE in ten years and her business grow
correspondingly through the compile
ton of irrigation projects on the North
Platte. What" asked Mr.. Maxwell
may not the merchants Of st. Paul
reasonably expect. not only from the
carrying out of these gigantic plans,
but from the settlement of tens Of mil
lions of new people in the country
tributary to it commercially
Mr.. MaXwell's remarks were listened
to with great interest and received
with hearty and repeated applause. At
their close President Smith introduced
Prof Shaw, who spoke briefly of his
interest in irrigation projects, and their
value to the state and to the whole
Northwest. Mr. Beardsley spoke brief
ly on the interest manifested here in
irrigation, and the gentlemen present
afterward had an opportunity to meet
Mr.. Maxwell personally.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21

upon. Under the charter any official
who anticipates his fund is in danger
of losing his official head; in fact, his
act is considered criminal; but in this
case the health department. takes the
responsibility.
Where the health of a community is
at stake the power of the health officer
is considered almost supreme. If 1T is
necessary for him to act, the city must
pay the bill. There is no alternative.
DR.. Ohage says he thinks the present
filthy condition of the streets demands
his interference and he proposes to
back up the engineering department
in an attempt to remedy the evil. He
informed Mr.. Rundlett that while he
wanted the streets cleaned he would
not permit any sprinkling While the
thermometer lowered near the freez-,
ing point. He said it would make the
streets slippery and endanger the lives
of horses.
Criticses Miss Mayhem.
For Miss Stella Mayhem, of the
"Show Girl" company, and her street
cleaning stunt Thursday DR.. Ohage
had anything but approval.
ut is cheap advertising" said DR..
Ohage, "and am surprised that Miss
Mayhem would resort to such meth
DDS. For the notoriety, or advertising
if you want to call it, that she got, she
attempted to clean two blocks of street
and besmirched the fair name Of an
entire city.
"There is no city any cleaner or
healthier than st. Paul during the
months that the work can properly be
done. / have no fault to find with the
street cleaning department. 1t has not
had sufficient money with which to
properly attend to city the size of
this, and there you are. If our mer-
chants would have more pride and not
empty their store cleanings out into
the streets they would have a cleaner
town. I think will have a few words
to say about this matter at my lecture
at the Peoples church Sunday"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21

On invitation of Benjamin F. Boards
ley, sgeneEal secretary Of the National
Irrigation association, twenty-five bus
mess men We're entertained at lunch
con yesterday at the Commercial club,
to meet George H. Maxwell, executive
chairman of the association. Mr.. Max
well was passing through the city to
confer upon matters relating to the
work in North Dakota with Maj. Plum
ley, of that state, and advantage was
taken 8efS Che opportunity to have him
meet some of the people of st. Paul,
and tohaye them hear from him of the
import anes the progress and the fu--
ture ofxirfigation interests.
Mr.. EAIaxwell was introduced by
Presidstat Smith, of the Commercial
club, and spoke with great enthusiasm
and complete knowledge of his sub
-ject. He said in part:
= ST an3:gfad to comply with request
to interest the business men of this
city in irrigation efforts, to tell them
what Will be done and to show them
how deeply their own interests are in
volved. Great projects, as you all
know, are now under way. The irri
cation fund already amounts to $751;
100000, enough to carry out the plans
under way for perhaps two years to
come.
Funds Should Be Used Where Raised.
''By far the greatest contributors to
this fund. derived from the proceeds Of
public land sales, are the states Of
North Dakota and oregon. The big en-
terprises contemplated are outside Of
the limits of those states, and the peo-
pie Of North Dakota are in favor of a
practice that will permit the funds &C.
cumulating under the irrigation law to
be expended where they are raised.
You may suppose that, as one inter-
ested in the whole great irrigation
scheme, I would look upon this with
disfavor. On the contrary, it meets
with my hearty approval. The irriga-
ton projects to which the country is
wisely committed are of enormous
magnitude. In the valleys of the CO.
lunbia, the Yellowstone, the Snake, the
Sacramento and the Colorado there
are tens of millions of acres that may
be reclaimed by projects that will cost
from. $40, 100000 to $4,000, 900 each. An
underestimate, of the population which
these reclaimed lands will support is
100000 people. And the land so pre-
pared for cultivation will be worth i'm
mediately from 500 to $500 per acre.
"These great works will be carried
through eventually by a larger policy
on the part of the general government.
The proceeds of public land sales
would never be adequate. The govern
ment will prosecute them by the aid
Of direct appropriations, charged up
against the irrigation fund, and repaid
by charges upon the land so made
available We are scarcely yet at the
beginning of the great irrigation idea
and it's accomplishment.
:. Should Repeal Desert Land Act.
"The first effort of every friend of
irrigation should be to secure the re-
peal Of the existing desert land and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21

A street cleaning crew was at work
In the down town district last night
Health Commissioner Ohage was re-
sponsibIe.
Yesterday DR.. Ohage Informed City
Engineer RundIett that the streets in
the business district would be cleaned.
Mr.. RundIett demurred. He inform
ed DR.. ohaee that he did not have any
money with which to do the work.
81 order you to do it," said DR..
Ohaee. ~ demand that it be done for
sanitary reasons" he added. "The
health of the city Is involved and the
bills will have to be paid"
"But the charter-it will not permit
such an expenditure" expostuIated Mr..
Rundlett.
''Never mind the charter" answered
DR.. Ohage. 1--WE can't stand on for
maIities when good health is at stake.
Just remember order you to do itH
If you don't | WILL"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
CITY NEWS
The temperature at 2:3o a. m. was
81 degrees above zero, a rise OF TWO
degrees in six hours.

Laundry Employees Dance.-The second
annual ball of the laundry employees was
held at Metropolitan hall last night.
viii Give Gard Party.-Tomorrow even
ing the Sisters of Peace Benevolent So
ciety will entertain at Zionist club rooms
Jury Calendar Competed.-The jury
calendar for the November term of court
was completed yesterday, and no more
cases will be tried until the first Tues
day in December
Given Divorce for Desertlon.-A divorce
was Yesterday granted to Nettie D. FIX
, ms from James D. Fillkins. They were
married in ST. Paul in 1890 and the hus-
band deserted five years later.
Five Hundred Served With Supper
The Ladies' Aid society Of ST. Sigfrld
church gave a very successful supper III
the church parlors Thursday evening
About five hundred people were served
Madam TsiIka's Lecture.-Mme. Kat
erina Tsilka will lecture in Park church
next Friday evening. Nine. Tsilka was
captured with Miss Stone by brigands and
held six months for ransom. She speaks
under the auspices of the Woman's Board
of Missions of the Interior.
Commercial Travellers Entertain-
Sanity City Council of the United Com
mercial Travellers Of America will give
its second ladies' party of the season at
the Council hall, Lowry arcade, this even
ing Progressive cinch and dancing Will
furnish amusement for those who attend.
@
Sues to Recover Poker Losses.-A suit
for the recovery of 1912 lost in poker
game in a room in the rear of Joseph
'BrendIs cigar store, located on Wabasha,
between Seventh and Eighth streets was
brought in the municipal court yesterday
by Charles Green.
Society of Colonial Wars SociaI.-The
first social court of the season of the
Society of Colonial Wars in the state of
Minnesota will be held at the residence
of Henry P. Upham, on Summit avenue.
Nov. 80. Mr.. Upham, an ex-governor of
the society," will be the host.
Mrs. S. E. Brace Dead.-Mrs. Sears e.
Brace died at her home in ST. Anthony
Park Thursday. She is survived by her
husband, who is president Of the st.
Anthony Furniture company and four
sons. The funeral will be held from the
residence, 923 Bayless avenue, st. An
thony Park, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
Airship Is Destroyed.

PARIS, Nov. 2O.-The Lebaudy air.
ship, on descending today near the ball
looming grounds at Meudon, struck a
tree and blew up. The whole airshiL
was completely destroyed, but the oc-
cupants, pilot and an engineer, were
uninjured. M. Lebaudy was not on
board. The airship, which was the one
that made the recent remarkable fight
from Moisson to Paris, assembled this
morning from the Champs de Mars
The airship Unanswered well and
moved against brisk wind toward
Meudon. When about to descend there
current of air drove the ship into a
tree top, the branches ripped an enor-
nous hole in one side of the balloon
and the latter collapsed, leaving the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
SAYS HE WAS LURED TO
SALOON AND POUNDED
Charles Lindstrom Is Roughly Used-Po-
lice Arrest Him and Alleged ASSISTANTS.

Pounded so severely that one of his
eyes was nearly gouged out, and with
strom told the police last night that he
had been lured to a saloon on the. upper
flats, near West Seventh street, by his
brother-in-law L. ]. Nutsman, with
whom he had had dispute.
He said that when he entered the sa-
loon he was struck by two men, and that
they had given him the worst of the
fight which ensued. Patrolman Mcclure
arrived he arrested Lindstrom and John
Blonek. L. j. Nutsman, brother law
of Lindstrom. later went, to the police
station and was placed under arrest. He
denied the charges made by Lindstrom.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-21
Those SapIent Anclents.

ZeuXis had painted his grapes so well
that the birds picked at them.
That's nothing" asserted his rival 81
painted some prunes so we'll that the peo-
pie in our boarding house wouldn't eat
them.''
Totally abashed, the great Grecian
skunk humbly back to his studio.
Raphael was painting away for dear
life.
Are you sure you will find a market
for all your work?" they asked.
Certainly" he replied; think of all
the apartment houses that will want old
masters in the entrance hail.
Redoubling his efforts, he FASTENED to
ill an order for the ST. Janitor Palace
New York Sun.