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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
ADRIFT ON RIVER,
ICE CAKE HIS RAFT
With Rope Tied About Him,
Drowning Man Is Dragged
From Harlem'S Waters.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Hundreds OF
persons on the Third avenue bridge
over the Harlem river, and scores more
in elevated road trains on the Second
avenue bridge, late yesterday afternoon
watched man floating down the river
on large cake of ice. There was a
rope about 200 feet long tied to the
man. The other end Of the rope was
held on shore by a man who tried to
pull the other in.
The man on the cake Of ice was
Henry Bullinger, captain of the tug
boat Austin, moored between Third and
Lincoln avenues. He had slipped on an
Icy gangplank as he was trying to
board his tug and fallen into the water
The river was half filled with ice and
Bullinger was hit by pieces of it as the
strong tide swept him along. He was
becoming exhausted, when John Kelly.
a tender on the Third avenue bridge.
threw rope to him. The captain
grasped 1t and fastened it about him
self and Kelly tried to pull him in.
Kelly, found, however, that he was un-
able to do this and ran with the rope in
his hand down to the embankment
Then Buflinger was bumped against
large cake of ice and climbed onto 1t.
he was chilled and nearly overcome.
tug happened along and the crew
sent out small boat with two men,
but they could not get within some
yards of the captain, and as they rowed
the boat into the mass of ice they
showed the ice ahead against Bullin-
gers ice cake so that the jolt shot the
cake from under him and he slid again
into the water.
The crowd watching cried out in hor-
ror.
Bullinger rose to the surface, but did
not struggle, and he was seen to be un-
conscious. BY this time Kelly had aid
and several men helped him pull the
heavy rope In with Bullinger at the end
OF 1T. They had to drag him through
the ice, and he was half the time under
water. He was half dead when they got
him to shore. He was taken to q hos
pital, suffering from shock and possi-
BILE internal injuries
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
GIRL A FIRE HEROINE
Miss BeuIah Stevenson Res
cues SchOoImates From a
Blazing Seminary.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Brooklyn
Heights society learned yesterday that
one Of its members, Miss Beulah E.
Stevenson, is fire heroine.
Miss Stevenson Is completing her
art studies at the Bloomsbury (Pa.)
seminary, after having won first prize
for drawing and fencing at the Pratt
institute three years ago. Last Thurs
day afternoon fire destroyed portion
Of the Bloomsbury seminary. The
flames were discovered in a teachers
room on the second floor of a three
story brick building used as a dormi-
tory and music conservatory.
A dozen young women were taking
their music lessons in various rooms.
The noise of the many pianos drowned
the cries of fire which resounded
through the building, and it was not
until clouds of suffocating smoke be-
gan to sweep through the hallway
that the students realized that the
building was on fire.
Miss Stevenson was engaged on
canvas in the studio when the first
alarm was sounded. She was the first
to appreciate the danger. Standing at
the end of the hallway near the head
of the stairs her cries of: This way,
girls; the stairway is clear" guided
the panic-stricken young women to the
only exit from that floor.
After the last student had left the
second floor Miss Stevenson feared that
there might be some one left in one OF
the music rooms. She ran down the
hallway, opening every closed door I'M
til she was satisfied that all had es-
capped. By this time the flames had
broken through the wall Of the room
where they originated, and one end Of
the hall was roaring furnace.
Risks Her Life.
Miss Stevenson suddenly remember
ed that she had seen one of the stu
dents, Miss May Gardner, going up
stairs to her room on the third floor
short time before the fire was discov-
cred. Almost cheked by the smoke,
Miss Stevenson ran up the stairs and
along the entire length Of the hallway
on the third floor.
Miss Gardeners room was at the ex-
treme end Of the building. Miss Ste
venson found the girl still occupied in
copying some music scores and obliv-
ious to the danger which threatened.
Miss Stevenson shouted to her that
the building was on fire, and Miss
Gardner at once became hysterical.
The flames We're then coming up the
main stairway, and the only exit from
the dor1nitory floor was down a spiral
stairway at the rear of the building.
To this stairway the plucky young
woman half led and half carried her
fainting companion. The flames were
already breaking through the windows
of the third floor when Miss Steven
son was seen coming from a rear door
supporting Miss Gardner. Both girls
collapsed upon reaching the outside air
and were hurried to the seminary hos
pital.
Miss Stevenson's parents are at PRES
ent taking a winter trip through the
Adirondaeks and have not yet heard of
their daughters hereism.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
PISTOL WON HIM I.
WEDDING OUTFIT
9~-F N-F n -
Desperate Binds, Clerk, Who
Delivered ClottiiDa and Esq
capes in Stolen Rig.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 20.-Harry Fish
er, a handsome young desperate, who
has given the police of the Northwest
good deal of work in the last two
years, turned a neat trick here under
the very eyes of the authorities that are
on the lookout for him. He took an
apartment in a lodging house In an
aristocratic neighborhood and then
went to the leading rlothier and haber-
dasher in the city.
I'm going to be married in q few
days and want to buy my wedding out
fit" he said. MY name is Fisher and
I'm a deputy United States marshal at
Guthrie, Okla"
The clerk sold his customer a COM
plete outfit of clothing and fine linen.
the bill FOR which amounted to $172.
He was instructed to send the goods to
the lodging house C. o. D. Another
clerk took the package q little later and
went to the house to deliver II. He
went to the apartments occupied by
Fisher, who met him at the door.
"Come right in" said the desperate,
'and I'll give you the money"
No sooner had the clerk stepped in
side the door than he found himself
looking into the muzzle of a big six
shooter.
Now. drop that package and do just
as I tell you if you want to get out of
here with whole skim" commanded
Fisher. "Sit down in that chair and
make yourself quite at home"
The clerk obeyed, and in about a
minute he found himself securely bound
in the chair with a piece OF rawhide
lariat and a gag in his mouth. Then
Fisher proceeded to change his clothing
and don the new outfit.
81 look rather swell in these togs,
don't you think?" quoth the desperate.
Think I'll make something Of an i'm
preston on my bride. Good-by. old
chap" he added, as he started out Of
the house.
Outside a runabout and horse was
waiting for him. He had hired 1t an
hour before. He drove away and. got
an hours start of the police before
the clerk could give the alarm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
GIANT TIMBER RAFT
Made Up on Colu mbia River
and Hauled to Frisco.

PORTLAND, Or, Feb 20.-The raft
points and San Francisco Is fast be-
coming prominent. In the fall of 1902
monster raft 700 feet long, So feet
wide, drawing 221a feet Of water, and
IL feet from the waters edge to the
top, was safely towed TOO miles to the
Golden Gate. The logs, which were
for piling, telegraph poles, etc., were
100 feet long and from IL to 20 inches
in diameter. In all, there were 1000
pieces, valued at 100000.
To build these RATS a great cradle"
of heavy timbers is built on a slough
connected with the Columbia river. A
row of piling is driven in deep water.
The frame Of the cradle floats up and
down on this row Of piling and Is held
in place by 1t. A large scow with
derrick on 1t is anchored beside the
cradle.
Log booms of small RATS are towed
to it, and one by one the logs are lifted
by the derrick into the cradle, where
men fasten them securely with heavy
chains and cables. From 80 to 100 tons
of chain are used on one raft. When
the raft is finished the keys that held
the parts of the cradle together are
drawn, engines pull away the side Of
the cradle opposite the piIing, and the
raft floats out on the water, Tugs
then go steaming with 1t to the river,
down the Columbia, and out on the
ocean. Occasionally RATS have been
towed south by one steamer, but usu-
ally they are conveyed by two tugs,
one at each end.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
KIDNAPPED INFANT
FOUND ABANDONED
Woman Who Stole Little Irene
O'Brien Posed Among Stran.
gers as Her Mother.

NEW YORK. Feb. 20.-Bereft of her
little white cap and shawl. and with
cheeks stained by the tears OF three
nights grief among strangers, Irene
O'Brien. the seven months' old baby
who was kidnapped from her home at
No. zoe Harrison avenue. williams
burg, last Monday afternoon by a
woman and two men, was restored to
the arms Of her frantic mother yes
terday morning in the Clymer street
police station. Detectives had found
the baby earlier in the morning in a
furnished room house at No. 20 Mad
ison street, Manhattan, where she had
been left by her kidnapers to the
tender mercies of strangers.
Capt. HOLMAN and four of his de-
tectives are looking for Mrs. Stella
Dickey. the wife of a williamsburg
truck driver, and two men companions,
who are believed to know of the kid
naping. 1t is said the stealing OF the
baby was a Matchmaking scheme.
Mrs. O'Brien, who is a laundress,
n
Monday afternoon, her little girl being
left in the care Of two elder brothers.
Late in the afternoon two well dressed
men called at the home and told the
boys they wanted to take little Irene
out and buy her a new cloak They
wrapped the baby up and departed
with her. The brothers following, saw
them meet a woman and disappear
with the baby.
The description of the woman who
had taken the baby tailed with that of
woman under suspicion, and the de-
tectives began search. The trail led
to the house in Madison street late
Wednesday afternoon, and the detect
ives watched the place all night, hop
ing to take the kidnapers when en-
tering. Yesterday morning it was de-
cided to make a search and the miss
ing baby was found in one of, the up
per rooms in the care of a Mrs. Ellen
Warren, a lodger.
Mrs. Emma Lynch, the janitress,
was rented from her on Sunday after
noon by we'll dressed man and Wom-
an. On Monday evening the pair ar
rived with the baby. The man, who
said he was the chifd's father, left
the house early Tuesday morning and
returned on Wednesday afternoon with
another man. Soon after the men had
left the woman asked Mrs. Warfens'to
care for the baby while she went for
lunch. Mrs. Warren nursed the child
all night and was tired out from loss
Of sleep when the detectives appeared.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
SQUIRM UNDER WHIP
WronydOers Get a Dose of Della.
ware Discipline.

WILMINGTON, Del, Feb 20.-James
Fondeville and Thomas Holly, negroes.
convicted of burglary, stood in the pill
Tory for an hour today and were then
whipped. Chief Warden Meserve, Of
the Newcastle county workhouse, had
intended to place the pillory outside
and cover the men with blankets, but
the weather was so cold that the ward
en- had the stocks erected in the engine
room of the workhouse.
The first man placed In the whipping
post was Samuel Bird, convicted Of
larceny. He took ten lashes without a
murmur.
William Smith, also convicted Of lar
ceny took ten Iashes and said nothing
until the ninth one fell. when he cried
and tried to squirm away from the
tenth one.
William Brown. big negro, came to
the post with a charm about his neck
and chew of tobacco in his mouth. He
took twenty lashes for burglary with
out word. They appeared to have lit
tie effect on him beyond marking his
back. Next Saturday he will get ten
additional lashes for another burglary.
Holly cried and prayed while twenty
lashes were shoWered on his back. He
danced from the second lash until the
punishment was completed.
Fondeville was the last man whipped.
He squirmed and did all kinds of
dances. making it difficult for the ward
en- to find him with the lash.
Harry Brown was also to have been
whipped today, but he was so i'll that
Gov. HUM RENTED the lashes until
his case can be considered by the board
of pardons.
The number OF people at the whip
ping today was smaller than usual on
account Of the cold. All of the men
shivered when they were stripped for
the punishment, but they were quickly
warmed up.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
WILD ENGINE BUMPS
TIES FOR A MILE
Locomotive Behaves in an Orderly
Manner on Steep Grade.

WnKESBARRE, Pa, Feb. 20.-An
engine on the Ithaca division of the
Lehigh Valley railroad yesterday was
dashing down a heavy grade pulling a
long train when the first car broke
from the engine. The air brakes on
the train set and held it. but broke on
the locomotive.
At a curve the fast speeding locomo-
tive Jumped from the track. but main
tained its upright position and kept on
plunging and humping over the ties for
a mile.
The engine was badly damaged, all
the rail plates for the distance were
destroyed. several hundred bolt heads
were smashed and the rails were dis
5IsM usuIeIg puB I99uESua 5qL .pa9eTd
unin1ured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
SMILES THROUGH PAIN.

1.-The Windows lovely character
To me is ever plain,
For she let's in floods OF sunshine
In spite of all her pane"
SO spake the Grand Piano,
His manner free from guile,
AS he showed his row OF worries
In one unchanging smile.
New York Globe and Comm Ad-
YertiSer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
BODY is EMBEDDED I'M
A BIG CAKE OF ICE
Corpse Of Missing Man Discovered
Frozen in Erie Canal.

SYRACUSE. N. z, Feb. 2o.-Ice cut
tiers working on the Erie canal at
Grouse avenue. turned over a large
cake Of ice and were amazed to see
extending from the under side a pair
of feet. A mans body was frozen
solidly into the cake. The corpse was
not released fully until 1t was taken
to the North Salina street morgue and
the ice carefully thawed and removed.
The body was later identified as that
of George Manning, who disappeared
on Nov. 20, and for whom the family
and police had been searchcing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
Sarcastic.

she-He's awfully sharp witted.
isn't he?
He-Yes. His points are SO fine
can't see them at all.-Detroit Free
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dria, Va, for almost "a half century.
Fugitivesj on the Canal.


"I have a. very distinct recollection
Of the work Of the Underground, and
especially as it relates to the old. c.
g. O. canal, From, 1880 to 1860 our
coal trade: was heavy over the canal,
land and then loaded on vessels for
shipment to northern ports. The Tn
derground railreadi officials soon real
lied that this canal offered exceptional
north. These slaves We're brought in
from all. points 't5a4ong the canal on
boats and then. struggled on the big
vessels going north. SO frequently did
slaves disappear that in 1874 the legis-
lature passed ansasst Ipfoviding that all
vessels should be. searched by officers
appointed for .the pufpdse before they
left this port Afmaiority of; the. mas
siderable trouble with:them: can say,
too, that some Of these abolitionists
were abolitionists for revenue only.
They Struggled. away negroes and then
sold them again. / *. ..@~,,>
"Virginia dealt severely with aboli-
tionists Some of them were nothing
more than a lot of border rascals and
didn It care tinker's darn for the
poor negro. These. out-for-t he-revenue
abolitionists worked as a close corpo-
ration, and when negro crossed the
as to where to stop; was told just where
| and how to find the stations along the
! line thru Maryland and western Vir-
! ginia and into Pennsylvania, where he
would be safe. At the same time these
border abolitionists had things ar;
ranged so that the negroes would be
| captured by thelr-z co-Workers. The
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-09
PULLING CLIFF JEWELLERS
One Exhibit ut st. Louis Shows Repro
auctions of Their Dwellings.

Walter Williams in the Century.
Older even than China, the oldest eX-
listing nation, are the cliff dWellers OF
southwestern United States, homes of
race whose very name has persisted
from the earth. Explorers, puzzling thru
the Mancos and Casa Verde canyons Of
Arizona and New Mexico. have found the
houses of this strange people in the Wild
est and most inaccessible Of the noun
tain sides. Did the cliff jewellers ante
date the pyramids Of Egypt? Were they
of blood relation to the early inhabitants
of the land where the Nile Is god Some
students are prepared to answer both
questions affirmatively and to give what
Is to them abundant proof. The pottery
from their long wrecked homes suggests
Egypt and the few Inscriptions found
have similar suggestion. Mummies, bod
les wrapped in cloth, feathers from the
breast Of the turkey and the all-useful
yucca grass, have been dug from burial
places among the cliffs, and, in bone and
hair much unlike the Indian Of today,
have a hint of resemblance to more
oriental type. If the cliff dwellers left
any descendants, however remote, they
are doubtless the Moki and Zuni Indians,
Who resembling them in habits and APP
| pearance, are their closest kinsmen.
At st. Louis has been reproduced the
| dwellings from the canyons, with relics
| found in the abandoned houses. To lend
| a touch of life to the world scene where
houses have apparently been flung against
precipitous walls Of rock as pictured
homes upon stage canvas. have. been
placed Zuni and Moki Indians in native
costume. They work at pottery making
blanket weaving, basket making, silver
smelling and other primitive occupations
Thus the mode of life of the cliff dwell
er Is exhibited in an environment such
as this ancient people had. The mem
bers of these tribes are Of stronger build
handsomer and of brighter color than the
ordinary North American Indian, from
whom they hold themselves aloof viii
dignity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-09

genuine abolitionists, the earnest, faith
full workers in the cause, had a hard
tors. However, they managed to land
high and dry many a slave, by the old
canal route. We were so near the dead
line of freedom here that most Of our
shareholders were kept SO constantly
worried about their slaves that they
were really glad when the emancipa-
tion. proclamation was issued. It got
to that point where it was more trouble
than he or she was worth.'' ."- -~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-09
HOW SLAVES
WERE RESCUED
STORY OF THE OLD UNDER.
GROUND ROUTE IN OHIO.

How the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Was Utilized for Years by Abolition
lists in Bringing Refugees North
Some of, the Troubles Met with by
the People Who Tried to Help the
Black Man to Escape to Canada.
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QUICK RECOVERY.

Chicago Tribune.
Agonized Youth-Oh, Miss Griselda don't tell
me there is hope for
Miss Griselda-There is absolutely none, poor
hoy. You mustn't think of it. Why didn't
you fall in love with my sister PAMELA? She
is much better fitted for you than I
Same Youth-Why, l thought she was en-
gagged to that prig of Spoonamore If it
isn't asking too much. Miss Griselda. won't you
please say a good word to her for me?
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TOO EASILY MOVED.

Philadelphia Public Ledger. -,
Newman, said the editor, Twill never do a!
critic.'
mop queried his assistant. --.
mo. l saw him last night at the premier
performance of that new comedy, and he actually
smiled three or four tines
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CORVALLIS was instructing his officers.
'When we rout the Americans" he was say
ing, "bring the first corps to the hotel and We'll
celebrate
MY lord.' said aid-decamp "there amt
goin' to be no corps
t. This was the origin of the expression. i,.,fH
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A COMPLICATION.

Detroit Free Press.
Veterinary-So your new bull pup is sick.
What seems to be the matter with him?
;Owner-A little of everything, 1 guess. While
We're away this afternoon he chewed up and
swallowed the dictionary.
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THE HEALTHY WEST.

IT used to know a who came here for
the good of his health. His name was Jones'
Yes; knew him; he dealt himself card
from the bottom of the deck one evening and
then he left for the good Of his health
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THINKS WITH RAINBOW TINTs.

.statisticians find that something like 1000
vessels Of all sorts disappear in the every
year, never to be heard from again, taking with
them y 900 human beings and involving money
loss Of $1000O00OO Still. we like to think the
world advances steadily toward the millennium.
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NOT THROWN, MERELY DISCOUNTED.

Boston Transcript.
Draper-They tell me your horse threw you
tother day.
Crupper-Nothing of the kind; the story arose
from little event that happened while I was
out riding. 1t in the nature Of coinci-
dence. At the very moment my horse kicked
| up his hind feet I dismounted over his head.
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UP IN THE AIR,

y Detroit Free Press.
Foreign Visitor-Are you one of the cliff
jewellers I've heard much about?
New Yorker-WeH, yes-that is, l live the
twenty-ffth story of fiat building.
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ALMOST INsULTED.

Pittsburg Post %"
: Hawkins--They tell me that Jawkins is a
cold-blooded scoundrel.
Dawkins-Yes; he's as cold -blooded a propo.
sition as yOu- 49, ..
Hawkins-What?
DaWkins-Ever saw.
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REFRESHING HIS MEMORY.

Chicago Tribune.
''I wonder" muttered Mr. Rewter looking
once more thru his pocketbook, where 1 laid
that $40 bill 1 had lest Saturday,
."Perhaps," suggested his wife, ''you laid 1t
on the Evanston team"
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SNIDE LIGHTS ON HISTORY.
Chicapn Journal

Longfellow had just written Excelsior"
eff l want to watt he unused, II might get
a big price for it as breakfast food poetry"
Heaving' a sigh he sent the proofs to the
printer TIEt = p. *"--'''"-- -: 49,
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Chicago Tribune
''Mordecai,'' said his wife, 'did you forget tc
register? You're perfect numskull!'
Il am glad, my dear responded Mr.. Meekus
perfect In something 4. ( !
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-20

CRUSHED IN A MILL
RiohfieId Young Man Meets a
Horrible Death While at
Work at De Lamar.

Richfeld June 19.-John u. Johnson
arrived from De Lamar Friday evening
bringing with him news of the acct
dental death Of his son Peter I'm a mill
az De Lamar. The father and son had
been working ou the crushers at the
mill together since last January. june
Is the son was changed to one OF the
sets of rollers. He had not been at che
new job more than forty minutes when.
iii endeavoring 10 clear the distributor
TO the rollers. which had been OBJ
structed with "a piece of ore. he lost his
balance and fell into the rollers. Al
though other WOrkmen i'm the min inn
mediateiy rushed TO the yOung mans
assistance. he was So badly ground up
THAT life was extinct before he could
be released, His legs and the lower
part Of his body We're ground into a
shapeless mass, and one side of his
head horribly crushed.
The mill company provided for and
conducted the funeral in q manner sas-
isfactOry to the father aud friends of
the young man. He was o wears o.
age and unmarried. He had lived here
with his parenls since coming TO this
country with Jhem frOrc Denmark in
lSeS. He was industrious and reliable