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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
MANkATo LIGHT CONTRACT.
Many cornered Fight Over the Question
Is Finally Terminated.

Special to The Globe
MANKATO, Mimi, Sept. ga new
ten-year contract with the Mankato Gas
and Electric Light company for the
lighting of the city streets with electricity
has been granted by the city council Such
is the result of the many -cornered fight
over the lighting question that has been
Waged In this city during the past year.
On the one hand have stood the advocates
of municipal lighting plant, clamoring
against giving long term contract to
anybody. Against these have been the
street railway devotees, who, having wait
ed In vain for long time for Hard &
keator. of Chicago. to fulfill their prom
Use and make use of their franchise, have
been opposed to any municipal electric
lighting plant that is not to be combined
with an electric power house Then there
are those who, weary of the gasoline
lights that the American Development
Company of st. Paul has furnished on
our streets. have clamored for contract
with the old company that would restore
the electric arc lights we used to have.
AS sops thrown to the street railway and
municipal plant shouters, the old COM
pany has guaranteed to surrender its
lighting contract to any company desiring
to put in a combined lighting and power
system; also to give up it's contract to
the municipality whenever the city shall
decide to build lighting plant of its
own.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
CRIPPLE PROVES ATHLETIC.
Three Policemen Have Lively Tusse With
ST. Paul Mendicant

Three policemen were required to lock
up a supposed cripple who was begging
on Hennepin avenue yesterday afternoon,
and an angry crowd Of persons who be-
neved an unfortunate person was being
mistreated almost started a riot for his
release.
The man, who refused to give his name.
comes from st. Paul, and was working
sympathetic persons on Hennepin avenue,
near Third street, when Patrolman Dahl
took him in charge. He was provided
with a pair of crutches, and stretched out
on the sidewalk, his hat extended he was
reaping a rich harvest.
He walked down Hennepin to Washing
ton avenue without resistance, but MOTTO
ing the large crowd gathered at that
point began to fight. and exhibited an un-
suspected agility for a lame man. He
kicked, fought, bit and scratched until
Patrolmen Rooney and Nelson came to
DahPs aid and the three were required to
hold him down.
The patrol was summoned, but some
persons in the crowd, catching sight of
the clutches, decided the man was be-
ing roughly handled, and a riot was al
most -precipitated before the fellow was
locked up.
At the station it was found that he was
able bodied, putting up the disabled game
in order to gain a living for which he was
unwilling to work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
What's in a Name?

An Irish soldier in a local regiment
during the late war arrived at camp
late one night He was challenged
with the usual who goes there?"
After bordering few moments, and
the challenge being repeated. and
thinking he might avoid punishment.
he answered.:
Kitchener"
He was Immediately knocked down
with the butt end of rifle.
While he was on the ground rue
fully rubbing his head. the sentry ex-
claimed:
why, it's Callaghani What did We
say it was Kitchener for?"
"Shure," came the answer, when
We would do this to Kitchener phwat
would We do to Callaghan ?"-Pearson,s
Weekly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
COUNTY INSANE ASYLUM.
kinesbury, s. D., WIII.Try Plan That
Other Counties May Adopt.

Special to The Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, s. b.. Sept. 25.-The
county commissioners of Kingsbury coun-
ty have decided to make an interesting
experiment the result of when will be
watched with great interest by the peo-
pie of every other county in the state.
1t is proposed to erect a building on the
county poor farm for the purpose of pro-
yiding accommodations for such insane
persons living In the county as can be
cared for without the necessity of send
ing them to the state hospital for the
insane at Yankton. The crowded con-
dition of the latter and the expense to
the county of maintaining It's insane pa
tients at the state asylum are given as the
reasons for the proposed construction Of
a county asylum. III
In the past the county insane asylum
idea has been agitated in several coun-
ties. but this Is the first time the matter
has assumed definite form. If the plan
proves successful there Is no doubt that
other counties in the state will adopt 1t.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
ENGINEER is
FATALLY ASSAULTED
Mysterious Case of Man Employed by
Holland Submarine Boat Company.

NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-Frederick A.
Verdi, a consulting engineer of the HoI-
land Submarine Boat company, was MIR
9%sif4us ay., assaulted tonight in West
RI rIt mint street. His skull was fractur-
the time Of the assault Verdi was in
company with a private detective John
bh dnn ps.a with whom. it is said. he had
certain house in. the street for some nm
known purpose. Phillips, who also bore
marks of having been beaten, was detaine
ed as suspicious person, pending an in
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Verdu died at
2:3O o'clock this morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
SWIMMING in Skirts.

To settle the question whether skirts
were an impediment to swimmers two
young lady visitors, well known In VI
emma society circles, dived into the lake
at Geneva in complete summer toll
cts, with the exception of hat and boots.
Passersby, believing that the young la
dies intended committing suicide, put
out in boats to their assistance. The
ladies, however. refused all offers Of
aid. and with difficulty swan to the
shore, a distance of 100 yards. A car
riage was in waiting, which rapidly
conveyed them to their hotel.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
Affairs of the Northwest

Farmer. on the Omaha railroad, in the
eastern part of Hanson county, was rob-
taken, but stamp and money order funds
were carried away. A stranger who had
been hanging around Farmer several days
and whose actions Were suspicious, has
been arrested on charge OF duplication in
the robbery 1t is said his shoes fitted
tracks in the ground nearnwhere entrance
to the building was effected The prisoner
Will be brought to Sioux Falls tomorrow
for his preliminary examination.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
keffer Is Hanoed.

LANDER, Wyo., Sept. 25.--James Kef-
fer, the murderer of William Warren,
was hanged here today. 1.-THE condemned
man spent large part of his last night
on earth in singing, dancing and telling
stories to the death watch. The crime for,
which. ,Keffer was hanged was the muir
the Bander Rawlins Stage company, on
the Carmody ranch, near Bruce, Dec. Is,
1901. Keffer admitted having S. of War
having any knowledge of the crime
Keffer made a speech from the gaIIows,'
proclaiming his innocence. The drop fell
at 1913. Refers neck was broken by the
fall and he was pronounced dead eight
minutes later. f-es -s.rss-s !
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
Died at St. Cloud.

Special to The Globe.
: ST. CLOUD, Mimi. Sept 25.-William
Ziemer, contractor, died at st. RaphaePs
hospital after a long illness of cancer of
the stomach. He was fifty-two years of
many years. There are a widow and sew
en- children surviving. He was a member
of the German Friedens church, the Sons
former lodge carried $1,000 Insurance.
George Arold, veteran OF the Civil
war. is dead at his home in Luxemburg
town. He was born in Switzerland in 1886,
and though an alien at the outbreak Of
the war. promptly enlisted in the First
Minnesota regiment. being a member of
Company F. He is survived by widow,
four sons and three daughters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
RAILROAD BRIDGE coLLAPsEs.
Three Workmen Fall With II, but Escape
Serious Injury

A fifty foot span of the foot and wagon
bridge over the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railroad tracks at Third
street and Twenty-ninth avenue north
fell at noon yesterday.
Three workmen who were repairing the
bridge We're carried with the falling
timbers, but We're not seriously hurt
A box car that stood under the bridge
was somewhat damaged by the falling
debris: A freight train which had Just
passed under the bridge was not more
than fifty feet distant when the crash
came: The bridge has been closed to
travel, pending the repairs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
ON A STATUTORY CHARGE.
Man and Woman Drive Away Mortaaged
No Horses and Are Arrested.

Special to The Globe. sr
SIOUX FALLS, s. D., Sept. ,25.-Jake.
Lake township, Kingsbury county, who
were arrested some days ago on statu-
tory charge. have been held for appear
court in Kingsbury county. In default of
bonds they were lodged in jail until court
convenes. When a warrant was sworn
out for their arrest. they in some unac-
countable manner received information of
1t and fed. In their flight they drove
away a span of mortgaged horses. They
We're overhauled by officers and arrested
near Bradley, Clark county. Evidence
against the couple Will be furnished by
the children of the woman -, 3ll Z
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
BOOSTING Grand RanIds.

Special to The Globe. - 49,
Several citizens have organized Com
mercial club, which has Increased rapidly
in membership since its organization and
ing up the public interests of the town.
The club has movement on foot to or
ganize a building and loan association
which will encourage improvements along
different lines.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
FORA PROTECTORATE
Great Britain and Spain Agree
to Let France Into Morocco.

LONDON. Sept. 26.-The Paris cor
respondent of the Daily Mail asserts on
unimpeachable authority that Great
Britain and Spain have agreed to the
establishment of a French protectorate
over Morocco. A strip of land along
the coast will be declared neutral in
oroer to avoid international complica-
tons over fortified ports.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
JURY FINDS NEGRO GUILTY.

James Haynes Convicted of Burglary In
the First Degree.
The jury in the trial of James Hayes,
the colored man, indicted for burglary, be-
cause of his enterance into a house at
night in his endeavor to commit a
felonious assault upon Ruby Steele a
thirteen year old white girl. returned a
verdict of guilty IN the first degree at
$3.50 o'clock last evening, having been
out about an hour.
Hayes. himself. was on the stand yes
terday and swore he had never entered
girl He said he was in st. Paul the
night of Aug. %, watching a game of
craps in a saloon. and walked home at
O'Clock in the morning. He was stupid
and did not even know his own age This
was all there was to the defense.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
GRAND Eorks ExposItIon.

Special to The Globe.
GRAND FORKS, NJ Sept. 25-The
exposition was visited on the second day
by 10000 people. and the prospects are
The weather was little bad this after
noon. There was a cold wind and a 1it-
tie rain fell. The rain stopped thousands
of people from coming into the city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26

LUDINGTON, Mich, ifs Sept. 25.-An
equinoxial gale is raging here tonight with
a wind velocity of fifty miles an hour
No lake craft are moving except the big
Pere Marquette car ferry rs. The steam
er Pere Marquette g, which failed to make
Manistee. has arrived at Iudington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
Wanted for Nom Support.

Special to The Globe - = -. J
WINoNA. MINI, Sept. 25.-Deputy
Sheriff Johnson, of ST. Paul, was in WI,
mona today to secure Al Packer, who was
arrested at st, Charles some time ago on
the charge of non-support preferred by
his wife 1t was later alleged that he was
married to another woman. Mary ].
Bowen. who is now at Elba, Iowa. Packer
has been taken to st. Paul by Mr.. john
son. - =
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
Was There Eouf Play?

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Sept. 25.-With a
cash in the side and bruises about the
face and head and entirely destitute of
clothing with the exception Of one stock
ing. the body of an unknown man. sup-
posed to be Jay Kelly. an enploye on
car ferry No. Is. was found floating in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
Only One Mill Ground Flour.
Quite obIIvlous.

fsIt is her proud boast that she has
never heard an opera in her life.'
"You must be mistaken. She isn't a
Puritan at all. but quite gay society
girl
That's just it. She never goes to the
opera except as one of a box party. =
Philadelphia Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
pIphtherIa Closes Schools

Special to The Globe.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mimi. Sent. 25-
Twenty eight cases of diphtheria have
been reported in the city, and the schools
nave been closed on account of 1t. There
has been one death
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26

the river here today. Whether or not the
man was the victim of foul play will not
De known until after a post mortem ex-
ANIMATION. Kelly disappeared from the
boat Monday night.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
Fires From Spontaneous COMBUSTION.

There We're two fires in Easements yes
terday, supposedly from spontaneous
combustion. that destroyed considerable
quantities of coal. At IS Spruce street
ESQ tons of coal were burned, and at 1903
Hennepin, 200 tons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
Rand After the Great Western.

AT a meeting of the city council last
night Aid. Rand declared that the Great
Western railroad is trying to gobble the
next meeting he would introduce an or
dinance to. repeal the ordinance passed
some months ago allowing the road To
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26

Street Commission Opens Wrong Alley.
1t has been discovered that instead of
opening blind alley on Thirty fourth
nues, as ordered, the street opening com
mission, by mistake opened an alley in
the next block, between Columbus and
chicago avenues. Both alleys are needed,
ratified.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
HIS SHOES FIT THE TRACKS.

South Dakota Man Arrested on Suspicion
of Robbns Postoffice.
Special to The Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Sept. 25.-
United States authorities of this city
were today notified that the postoffice at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
LESS IRON ORE.

There Has Been overproductlon. So Min
ing Forces Are Reduced. ani
2. MARQUETTE, ich., Sept. g25--Orders
We're received at .Ishpeming today reduc-
ing the mining working forces. 400 men.
Section 16 mine will be closed. Similar
Instructions have been sent to nearly all
the trust mines in the Lake Superior re-
gion. The total reduction amounts to sew
eral thousand men, it Is said. Over
production of ore is said to be the cause
of curtailment. ~.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
Street Commission opens WRONG Ale

acquire more territory for its yards In
the vicinity of Second street. between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues south.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
Convinced by Printed testimony of

+ Convinced by Printed testimony of
the hundreds of the cured, Mrs. Benz,
OF AIS E. 9Th street, New York, who
was for years great sufferer from
Catarrh. procured two bottles of DR..
Agnew's Catarrhal Powder and 1t eff
fected an absolute cure in a very short
while. One puff through the blower
will clear the head and stop headache.
3.
Sold by Tichnor & Jaeger.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-02-26
Old Railway Time Table,
oxer Document Recently Discovered by Lsckaw,oo.
w. omeiab-Speed Not Requisite of Travel
il the Year 1888.

tered in the secretary's Office were
permitted to run on the road. Such
cars had to have certificate of fit
ness from the engineer. Cars not be.
longing to the company were hauled
on condition that they carry a way
bill of loading" and pay toll at the
gates at the rate of three cents per
ton per mile"
IL was no uncommon thing to see q
horse trader sitting in the last car
holding the halter of his horse, the
animal trotting along the track be.
mind. To-day the Lackawanna loco
motives are among the most powerful
IN the east. The rails of the early
days consisted of flat bars of iron, two
and one-half inches wide. five-eighths
of an inch thick and were laid on TIM
bers running lengthwise. Across the
car noor was an iron sheathing, to
prevent loosened rails from flying UP
and injuring passengers.
AS engines had no whistles, the only
warning the engineer could give was
to raise the safety valve balance and
let the steam blow off. Trains would
stop for passengers at any place along
the line; all the traveller had to do
was to stand by the rails and wave
his hand and often trains slowed down
to allow the fireman to jump off and
chase chickens from the track.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-02-26
'olo IN ALL LANGUAGES.

SIMILAR Story ls Known Al Over the
m World.
.ae story of the man with seven
NO VINO gave to each of them in
, ,ua bunch Of seven sticks with in
na.uons to break them, and each
la'ilng to break them as a whole,
,,,s eeoed In breaking, each. stick in
.aually, is one of the Oldest stories
ue world, and its lesson, Omitted
we strong. divided we are weak"
~ w. old as the story. An illustration
I. us general acceptance Of the story
g sven at the public evening school
,.s ae Morgan street chapel a few
'.ealngs since.
o mss >. Clark. the teacher. told the
n ~ ~ English to the class of some
s,,. foreigners who are learning to
s aa and to read the English Ian
~ ~, When several of the pupils said
We're familiar with It in their
}, wAsue and the lands from which
n s zane. Thereupon the story was
\, ~ ~ one pupil who had been in
"uatry from Palestine but q few
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-02-26
Why He Declined Office,
Alabama Negro Refuses Political Appointment Through
Considerations Of Friendship for the Widow
Of His Former Owner:

Not all the negroes of the South are
anxious to hold Office. There are some
among the more intelligent of the race
who cannot be prevailed upon to &C
cept such preferment. Among these
is A. D. Winds of Birmingham, a ne
gO Republican leader, who has been
offered and has declined the appoint
ment as deputy collector of internal
revenue. Behind that simple announce
ment is a narrative that will be read
with interest and appreciation by
every person who understands the
feeling that existed between the races
before the civil war.
Winds, it seems, is an ex-slave and
4 man Of considerable ability. Upon
becoming a free man he studied law,
and has won a position as an attorney
and counselor, and is now connected
with one of the most important legal
firms in his state. When he was ten
dered the federal job the firm, feeling
|ihat he was too valuable a man to
lose, Immediately increased his salary
by neat sum, on the condition that
he should not sever his connection
with it and should decline the appoint.
ment. He held this proposition in
abeyance. He felt that he owed it
10 himself to take the Office and thus
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-02-26

secure advancement. But then came
an appeal to him which he had not
the heart to refuse. For number of
years he had managed the property OF
his "old Mistress" the widow of his
former owner. Notwithstanding their
changed conditions, he has always re.
ferred to her as his "old mistress"
and devoted himself to her interests
and services with that loyalty and I'M
selfishness which characterized his
people in other days. When "old
mistress" declared that if Winds were
to cease to look out for her affairs she
would be much embarrassed and
wouldn't know to whom to turn, that
settled the matter with him. He
wouldn't have the job if it would cause
her pain or uneasiness. and his posi-
tive declination went forthwith to
Washington.
1t is such characteristics as Winds
displayed in this beautiful incident
that cemented the friendship between
the "old-time" negroes and whites Of
the South. Unfortunately such incl
dents are becoming fewer every year.
In the north, where blood runs cold.
Winds sacrifice for sentiment win
not be understood or appreciated. but
in the South the people will under.
stand it.-EXchange.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-02-26
The Scourge of Typhoid,
One of the Most Easily Preventable of An Ak-Ignorance
Carelessness Responsible for Its Dreadful
RaNages.
Ravages.

vi the ills that flesh is heir to ty-
anoid fever is among those most easily
aSoldable. Even in. the complete civil
aaon Of today it should be of rare oc-
currence and in that age of reason
smch the scientific world will recog-
lle as the true millennium, when COM
non sense shall prevail, it will no
"lser vex the human race. It may be
ny. =. with truth that every death from
alS dreadful malady is contribution
s'Iaer from ignorance or carelessness
% 'he graveyard. The former is in
eacasable; the latter little less than
criminal.
Ike death Of which dread specter
~ 100 often the forerunner, typhoid
sser is no respecter of persons, says
~ New York Sun. The barriers of So
sy 20 not stop 1t, nor is there
aev IN the isolation which wealth
lures. Its victims are among the
.sa and low, and in its wide sweep it
suers in the millionaire and the
aupef' Tor the chief distributor of it's
''a's the water we drink.
-. a! one period or another during
~ year it is not improbable that the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-02-26

- month the Lackawanna rail-
-. .,' Is entering the seventy-fifth year
~ :, ,ts existence. for in January, 1928,
~ J. ithaca and Owego railroad. now
~ .,rt Of the Lackawanna system. re-
.,, TO- its charter, says the New YORK
~ MINES The Lackawanna officials
,eeeptly recently came across an old
limo table, which is a queer-looking
~. If nrinted paper with a picture of
w old.fashioned locomotive with two
s - cars. 1t was published in July,
, 100 and announced new arrange
m ,o "while finishing the road"
usich proves that it took over ten
,o,rs to complete the first twenty
,ine miles, the length of the complet-
Cd ithaca and Oswego road.
The train was called "transporta-
linn train" and left Ithaca daily at
An. NJ, except Sundays. 1t stopped
=, "Howe's Turnout, Whitcomb and
Wilson'S Mills to take and discharge
nsding and receive cars" that might
ha "in readiness to join the train"
The train from Ithaca went only as
ar as Gridley's, where it arrived at
M. taking four hours for the trip.
Stom there another train left at 4 D.
N for Owego, arriving in that town
MAR N, Freight cars were called
;shurden cars" and only those regis
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-02-26

water supply of at least thrce-fourths
of the population of the United States
contains the germs of typhoid, and in
the late summer and autumn and early
winter months, the dryer seasons of
the year, when springs are low, so
much more prevalent is this scourge
that it might we'll be called ''the low
water fever" In one group OF 5000
tabulated cases one-half occurred in
the autumn months. 1,500 in the sum-
mer and 1,5O0 in the rest of the year.
While it is true that the germ Of
typhoid may find its way into the sys-
TEN from other sources than from
drinking water, careful scientific in
vestigations have demonstrated be-
yond the possibility of doubt that this
is the chief agent of infection. Streams
or lakes, along the shores Of which
dense populations exist, are more pol
luted, and therefore more poisonous.
than are the reservoirs from isolated
mountain streams or sparsely settled
water sheds, and yet the germs of a
single case of typhoid in any locality
may find their way into the sources of
supply and cause widespread dissem.
ination of the disease.