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MINNEAPOLIS.
CURRENT COMMENT.
For a gentleman without a "policy"
Mayor Pratt seems to be getting along
first-rate.
There are but fifty-seven prisoners
in the workhouse, but half the number
that were doing time at that insti
tution last January. Can it be that
Mayor Pratt's quiet methods are more
effective than the "grand stand plays"
of his predecessor?
The GLOBE'S crusade against the
ley sidewalks has already borne fruit,
or sand rather. The Syndicate block
sidewalk was yesterday morning cov
ered with a thick layer of the anti
dote, and the way pedestrians stretch
ed their legs thereon "was a cheering
Bight to see."
The attention of Mayor Pratt is re
spectfully called to a number of scoun
drels operating in this city who are
pleased to call themselves "private de
tectives." These rascals are up to
every sort of crookedness that can be
mentioned, ard ought to be in the work-,
house. Under the Eustis administra
tion they flourished unmolested, al
though their "work" was well known
to the police. These remarks are not
intended as a reflection on the few
reputable gentlemen engaged In the
business, gentlemen who do business
with gentlemen in a legitimate man
ner and who 'are employed by large
concerns and railroad corporations to
conserve their interests. But the sa
loon and brothel sleuths who have no
visible means of support, who beat
women and blackmail men, are the
curs that the mayor should talk to
Supt. Smith about.
Dean W. X. Sudduth ,of the uni
versity, has caused a man to sing
while in a hypnotic state who has no
ear for music. If the dean can do
such things why not have him make
the Hennepin delegation whistle to
keep up their courage, albeit they have
no heart for joy.
The police court was as empty as a
■campaign bar'l on the night of elec
tion yesterday morning. Not a vag,
not a drunk, not a thing. It is the first
time in ten years that a police judge in
."-meapolis has been thus slighted.
_fo Minneapolis ladies are quarrel
f over a social item in a local paper.
Jive the recent utterances of Mrs.
.Aran Stevens, of Gotham, aroused a
t/pirit of emulation in this town?
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.
The regular meeting of the Ladies'
Assemblage of the K. of L. was held
at 303 Hennepin avenue last evening.
An open meeting will be held on
Wednesday evening, Feb. 6, at the same
place, and a cordial invitation is ex
tended to all working women to be
present. A number of speeches willl
be made explanatory of the objects
which the organization hopes to at
tain. ' ' '
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
The following officers of the Junior
Ball association have been elected:
President, Clark Hemstead; secretary,
Alice Walker; treasurer, Austin Burt.
The executive board includes Clark
I Hemstead, Alice Robbins, Alice Webb,
Mary Van Cleve, Grace Tenant, Victor
Hugo, Adolph Eliason, Paul Higbee,
Herman Mattteson, Maynard Perkins
and Alfred Mayo. The auditing com
mittee are Edward Barton, Charles
Adams, Paul Higbee; committee on in
vitations, John Dalrymple, W. W. Pen
dergast, Thomas McDermott. -y ■■'
President Ccc, of the "U." Repub
lican club, announces that Lincoln's
birthday will be celebrated in an ap
propriate manner, Mayor Eustis /laving
promised to deliver an address on
that occasion, which will be held on
Feb. 12.
The contest, for .the selection of
speakers on the lowa-Minnesota joint
debate resulted In the choice of Ches
ter Gould and Milton Davies. The
third man will be chosen from the Law
Literary society.
Bishop Appointed Mnnnßcr.
As a result of the legal complica
tions in which the Penny Press is at
present enmeshed, a trustee and man
ager for that paper has been appoint
ed In the person of T. E. Bishop, of
this city. The appointment grew out
of a suit brought by the Rock Island
National bank against the Star Printing
W -company, and was made with a view
if saving the Penny Press from threat
ened litigation. It is understood that
Mr. Bishop will assume the active
business management of the paper at
an early date.
1..--!*-:! Jndsres Not Needed.
The report of the committee appoint
ed by the bar association of the Fourth
judicial district to consider the advis
ability of recommending the appoint
ment of two additional judges is com
pleted. The committee will oppose
any change in the existing arrange
ment, believing that the crowded
condition of the court, is but tem
porary and that when the justice ap
peal cases arc disposed of and the
working hours increased there will be
no necessity for extra judges. ! .
Green Cloth Donations.
J;ihn Baker and James Murnan were
arraigned before Judge Kerr yesterday
afternoon on the charge of running
gambling houses. Both men pleaded
guilty. and a fine of $75 or eighty days
was impost on each. Baker has been
connected with the house at 314 Hen
nepin avenue, and Murnan with the es
tablishment at 2.1 Hennepin avenue.
Capt. Jacob Hem swore out the com
plaints.
Revengeful Tenants.
Early yesterday morning, Emil Cop
py and Christ Budquist, formerly ten
ants of Fred Miller, of 2124 Second
street north, went to that gentleman's
residence and gave him and his wife a
severe beating. Coppy and Budquist
had been ejected from Mr. Miller's
home a few days ago and have since
been thirsting for revenge.
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as Pearline " — "good as Pearline."
Keep .kcenedge on your wits against
such. PEARLINE has no equal.
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leg Blemishes, Id 160 p. book for a stamp. »*!P>«
•John 11. Woodbury, 127 W. St., N. Y. Vr_l_Jr
Inventor oi Woodbury'. Facial Sou*. Spy
FOR LIFE OR DEATH.
Harry Hayward's f Trial for
Kate Ging's Murder Begun .
in Earnest.
MR. HALL'S FORCEFUL PLEA
Terrible Arraignment of the
Man Accused of Commit
ting the Crime.
FIRST OF THE EVIDENCE.
Witness Erhart Tells of Find
ing the Body on Excel
sior Road.
The Hayward murder trial has be
gun in dead earnest. - For hours
yesterday Albert H. Hall, assistant
county attorney, told of the cold
blooded murder of Catherine Ging.
No detail of the awful tragedy with
which the " public is familiar was
omitted, and much that astounded
even those who have an intimate
acquaintance with the case was
poured into the ears of the jurors
and the gaping throng in attend
ance. Mr. Hall spoke without notes.
He knew his story well, and had no
need of them. Since the night of
Dec. 3 he has scarcely thought of
anything else. His opening address
was for the most part dispassion
ately delivered. But at intervals
he turned to Hayward and heaped
denunciations upon him.
A breathless silence ensued when
Mr. Hall arose to speak. There was
a flutter of expectancy, and then
every eye was strained towards the
state's attorney. He began slowly,
but as the mass of links in the
chain of evidence which he has
woven about Harry Hayward fresh
ened in his mind he spoke rapidly,
and at times with much feeling.
Hayward watched him furtively,
and his face wore an expression of
curiosity and caution. It must be
confessed that Hayward's deport
ment since the trial began has
savored more of the cheap brag
gadocio variety than anything else.
He is impressed with nothing. As
the attorney narrated the sickening
details of the murder, and described
the bruised and battered face of the
murdered woman, whose life seemed
bound up in that of the prisoner, he
betrayed no more emotion than a
Sioux Indian. All he deigned to do
was to simper and smile, and look
confidingly at his attorney. A more
brutal and exasperating exhibition of
heartlessness was never witnessed in
a court of justice.
A careful perusal of Mr. Hall's ad
dress which follows will throw light
on many obscure points in the case.
It will be seen that Hayward was in
sanely anxious about the matter of
Miss Ging's insurance, and threw
caution to the winds in his eagerness
to obtain information in regard to
insurance policies issued to women.
The effect of Hayward's terrible
arraignment on the crowd was quite
manifest. The ladies wept and trem
bled with excitement, and many of
the men were visibly affected.'. Some
sat aghast at the awful recital, the
very horror of the crime forcing into
their faces a look of mingled fear
and incredulity.
At times, when the torrent of facts
which the attorney said he could
prove were thundered in the face
of the prisoner, he shifted his eyes
and looked as if he was not alto
gether the man most to be envied
in the world.
The work of securing the twelfth
juror consumed but a little time.
He is John Dunn, of Dayton, a farm
er, and a native of Nova Scotia.
The twelve men who are to decide
upon the law and evidence are:
Lindsey Webb, insurance agent,
1015 Thirteenth avenue southeast.
Caleb S. Philbrick, lumberman, re
tired, 814 University avenue south
east.
John Smith, blacksmith, 1527 East
Franklin avenue.
B. H. Timberlake, life insurance
agent, 1015 Eighth street southeast.
John Kimball, farmer, Champlin,
Minn.
. Neal McNeal, farmer, Dayton,
Minn.
B. F. Dickey, millwright, 326 Sixth
avenue southeast.
Charles Fribble, farmer, Champ
lin, Minn.
John Denny, carpenter, 4503 First
avenue south.
S. N. Dyer, boat builder, Excel
sior.
Michael Eckes, farmer, of Brook
lyn.
John Dunn, farmer, of Dayton.
Sir. Kail's Address.
■' A synopsis of the address made by
Attorney Hall to the jury for the
state in opening the case is given be
low :
Gentlemen of the jury: With all
the care and caution that the coun
sel of the defense can employ you
have been selected out of "-_ more
than 200 to try this case. You,
and each of you, have satisfied the
state and the defense that you were
honest, thoughtful "men.without bias
or opinion. You have solemnly
sworn that you would well . and
truly try this case, and true deliver
ance make of your verdict in this
case. To you is intrusted not only
the life or death of a citizen, but
in a wider sense is intrusted to you
the perpetuity of safety and con
fidence in this country.
"The crime on which you. have
been called to sit is an especially
heinous one, and peculiarly startling
and horrible. If, in comparison
with the awful responsibility which
rests upon you, I should think of
the responsibility which rests upon
me. I should hesitate to undertake
this address. The verdict you
must render is not on any one man.
It is the combined opinion of twelve
me/i, and must stand before God
and humanity as a righteous ver
dict. The actual and the veritable
truth that lies at the bottom of this
case you must drain and render
strict account to the state and the
defense
Justice, Nothing More.
"As for myself, I have no other
object than to secure justice, and
merely that. I knew the defendant
here, although our circles of ac
quaintance were not the same. I al
ways looked upon him as a young
-man with a bright future. His
father and brother I knew better
than him, and I surely have no mal
ice" toward them. I will say, how
THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1896.
' ever, that I am moved by a solici
tude that in this state nothing will
■occur by which justice shall mis
carry. I am satisfied that the guilt
of this defendant will be demon
strated to you with an absolute cer
tainty. I am mindful of this, that,
if any overzealousness appears on
the part of the state it will be more
than overmatched by. the shrewd
and careful genius of the attorneys
who have charge of the defense. I
am glad that this defendant is able
to bring counsel who is so able to
defend his every interest. All that
money and pains can do will be
done. *
"The honored court in this case,
who will instruct you in the law, sits
above all prejudice and tumult in
the case, and 'will prevent any bias.
As to the defendant, I am satisfied
that the awful load which is on his
soul will have but one desire, that
the fatal- noose shall expiate his
horrible crime. If he has not
learned in the past that God is
mocked, I think ere this trial is fin
ished he will learn that as he has
•sown so shall he reap."
After this opening Mr. Hall took
up the indictment and slowly and
effectively read that paper to r the
jury., ypy^p. p'
"If there is either one of the two
more guilty than the other,"said he,
. "I think you will find that the de
fendant here is more guilty than the
red-handed murderer who struck
the fatal blow.
"Now let us see who Catherine
Ging was. She had dressmaking
parlors in the Syndicate block, and
among her patrons were the better
class of people. She was ambitious
to rise. The ladder by which she
sought to rise to social position was
paved with gold. In some way he
gained ' her confidence. He was a
gambler then. He has been a gam
bler ever since.
Won KatherineJs Confidence.
"He did win her confidence to such
an extent that little by little the
bulk of her earnings, $100 by $100,
was given to him. We know not all
the steps, but certain it is that little
by little he secured all she had. It
will be shown you that last August
Harry Hayward and his brother
went to Hamel to try to get the
mortgage at the mill paid. It was in
some way ascertained that the mill
was not insured. Harry Hayward
then said he would have Miss Ging's
agents 'jacked up.' The mill burned,
according to Hayward's lucky star,
and he secured all but $1,000 of that
money.
"The Ist of November the balance,
which had been placed on another
mortgage, was cashed in at a dis
count, and Hayward took that money
to Chicago, and claimed to have lost
it Nov. 3. It will be shown to you
that not one cent did Hayward lose
in Chicago through gambling. He
came back to Minneapolis in reality
with a wad of money in his pocket
which he was careful to show.
"Catherine Ging was an honorable
woman, but was enticed along the
road he traveled through her desire
to gain wealth. It seems a pitiful
thing. ;_ '""*
"At about 8:30 in this city a be
lated workman, going home, alighted
from a car at the road which turns
from Lake street at the summit of
the hill and goes out toward Minne
tonka. He passes a buggy going
rapidly by him. He goes farther on
where the road goes through a tam
arack swamp; he finds the body of a
woman. There, but a moment before,
.the spirit of Catherine Ging had left
her body." V P-yypy'^'.Py?
With this beginning Mr. Hall de
scribed the finding of the body and
its return to the city. The appear
ance of the body was described
minutely. It was thought that death
was the result of an accident, and
that the runaway horse was re-,
sponsible. Up to 11 o'clock that
was believed. At that time Coroner
Spring reached the morgue, and, tak
ing out the protruding eye, found the
bit of lead behind it. Turning the
head the singed hair was found. -*.
"It will be shown you, however,"
continued Mr. Hall, "that at least
one man had known about it. Harry
Hayward had gone to the theater
that night. It was 1 o'clock when he
got to the Ozark flats. The livery
man had gone to the flats to tell him
that the horse and buggy had come
home. When Harry was told of it,
the first thing he said was: 'Why,
that's Miss Ging. She's been mur
dered. She's been murdered for her
money. Some one's been trying to do
me up.'
"Instead of expressing any sympa
thy, the first thing that passed his
lips was actuated by the selfish and
sordid motives of the man. 'Mur
dered for her money;' 'trying to do
me up.'
Mr. Hull Is Impressive.
Mr. Hall then adverted to the hor
rible physical condition of the mur
dered woman, the brutal blows of
which her face gave witness as she
lay in death's embrace in the county
morgue. It had been claimed that
the tell-tale marks had been made
by a fall from the buggy in which
she took her — rode to her death.
Evidence would be submitted to ob
literate every vestige of such a the
ory.
"Gentlemen," continued the attor
ney, with great deliberation, "we will
convince you that Harry Hayward
made the remarks imputed .to him
On that fatal night that he began
then and there to inquire in regard
to Catherine Ging's life insurance.".
He dwelt at length on the circum
stance of Hayward's eagerness to
throw off suspicion on the night of
Dec. 3, and said that every move
ment of the suspected man was a
part of a long-devised plan. Mr.
Hall believed that Hayward had in
duced her, by some means, to make
remarks which would tend to de
ceive her niece.
"Now, gentlemen," continued Mr.
Hall, "it will appear to you here that
not only did Harry Hayward make
the remarks imputed to him that
fatal night, but he began then and
there to inquire as to the life insur
ance. We shall show you the habits
of Catherine Ging, showing you that
the preceding Saturday night she
had gone riding alone in a livery
buggy, going and returning alone.
On Dec. 3, the night of the murder,
at about 7:10, the livery man deliv
ered to her at the entrance of the
West hotel the horse and buggy.
This r was a part of a long-devised
plan, as I shall show you, by which
Harry Hayward endeavored to throw
suspicion away from him, and on
some one else. In some manner, as
we believe, he induced her to give out
certain remarks tending to show
that she was going out with some
one else, and didn't want him to
know. ; ,/. .' • .'?;'-~"'. .
That Insurance Policy.
"Before the state had any 'evi
dence as to who had committed the
crime, the next morning Harry Hay
ward asked about his -life insurance.
We shall ; show you .that, before this >
occurrence, for " weeks and weeks ;
Harry Hayward was a close "student
of life insurance, finding out what
companies took risks on the lives of
women. He discovered that the
New York Life Insurance company
took/ women as risks, and some
time later went with Catherine Ging
and made an application for a pol
icy. The first talk was for $7,000. •
We shall show you the various steps"
that were taken, and how later an i
accident policy was secured, how
that was the motive for the murder.
For, gentlemen, the money to be se
cured was the only motive for the
horrid crime. -There was, perhaps,"
another motive, . for we shall show
you that their relations had grown '
. so intimate between them that mar- .
riage had been talked of, and he
feared that some one would show,
her how she had been gulled by
that unnatural influence. :?~"-A-.~
"Finally, canvassing among the
companies, «Hayward finally picked .
on the Travelers' for $5,000. The
policy has a clause, however, which
says that the company will not.be
responsible for any intentional in
juries. The last time that Harry
Hayward says' he spoke to Cath
erine Ging was between 11 and 12
o'clock, Dec. 3. -Then she placed in
his hand a slip . she had just re
ceived from the Travelers' Insur
ance ■ company. - . That waived the
clause referring to intentional in
juries, in so far as they were re
ceived from thieves, robbers, or
pickpockets, or received while de
fending the life of the insured from
them. That day the slip was at
tached to the policy, and that night
Catherine Ging lost her life."
The Afternoon Session.
At this point court adjourned till
2 p. m. Before the afternoon ses
sion began there was considerable
trouble in seating the ladies who had
flocked in crowds to hear the terri
ble tale anew. After a brief resume
of his late remarks, Mr. Hall con
tinued. YYYv* .
"In the course of Harry Hay
ward's investigations regarding in
surance, he had ascertained that, in
order to recover insurance on the
life of Catherine Ging, it would be
necessary to show that he had an
insurable interest. Could he show
that they were affianced or married,
that would do. He .was also in
formed that, could he show a note
of even date, that would be prima
facie evidence of such an insurable
interest. ■ .
. "Now gentlemen, the evidence I
have showed to you will show the
external evidences of Hayward's
plans. The existence of an apparent
loan of $9,500 to Catherine Ging,
and the relations existing between j
him and Catherine Ging, and be
tween him and Claus Blixt would be
enough of themselves to show the ,
case. There was not a human being l
on the face of the earth, besides ,
Harry Hayward, who had any in
terest in the death of Catherine J
Ging. 1.
"But, gentlemen, you shall look b_- '
fore the close of this -trial into the
heart of Harry Hayward, where this '
deed was planned. ' Claus A. Blixt
was the tool he used; a man, mild, '■'
shrinking and almost gentle in his
manner, full of love for his wife.
You shall hear his story from his
own lips. His own manner on the
stand will be the best, exponent to
interpret his testimony' to you. He' '
will appear before you on the stand.
Blixt has no expectations for the
future. His soul, overburdened with 1 ;
the awful knowledge of his crime,
gave his confession freely and vol
untarily to the world. Were there
no other testimony in the case, that
would be sufficient on which to base
my judgment.
"But who was Claus A. Blixt?
Harry Hayward knew from the first
time he set eyes on the man that
he would not readily succumb to
his desires. It as not long after
Blixt first entered Hayward's em
ploy that Harry began by suggestion I
to test the man's temper. The evi
dence will show that Harry asked
Blixt if he didn't want to make
money and do it easy. Of course he
did. Harry told Blixt that he owed
a man in Chicago $400. He would
go to Chicago to pay it."
... At this point Erwin arose and
said:
. "May it please the court, we object
to the introduction of any testimony
or talk relating to crimes actual or
contemplated not connected with
, this crime."
"~ Wl.nt Hall Expects to Prove. -
In reply to the objection, Mr. Hall
said he expected to show that there
were four or five different acts sug
gested, the last one of which includ
ed the dupe Blixt. Judge Smith re
served his decision as to the admis
sion of such testimony, and sug
gested to Mr. Hall that he keep his
remarks . close to the immediate
case. Mr. Hall resumed, but in a
few moments asserted that Blixt
had been induced to poison a dog.
Mr. Erwin . immediately objected,
and, after being again admonished
by the court, Mr. Hall said:
"Harry next asked Blixt if he
would be willing to kill a woman.
Horror-stricken, Blixt recoiled from
such a proposition. Harry said it
was easy to do; a moment and it
was all over. He showed him where
to shoot, and told him that a shot
.forward from behind the ear was
sure death. It was very easy. First
he asked Blixt if he would do it for
a fifth of the stake, and then fori
$2,000. Suggestion followed sugges-
tion, and then he outlined his plan
to Blixt, how he had her life in-_
sured, and would plan to make him"
rich and powerful. Blixt will tell
you all these particulars himself. ' J
"On the Wednesday night preceding!,
the murder Harry began that series of,
rides which ended.in . Catherine Ging's!
murder, and Blixt,; knowing it, still re
fused to do the deed. Harry then asked"
Blixt if he would be willing to start the. -0
elevator when be and Miss Ging were in:'
it. He would then strike her on the'
head and folks would think it was an ac- 5 !
cident." V* V" -J
Hall then described the cutting of the
piece of T rail, and told the jury that
Harry had told Blixt that he would get
a runaway horse, take Miss Ging out
riding, strike the fatal blow, leave the
girl with her head near a manhole, and
then let tlie horse run away so that
folks would think the runaway had
caused the accident. All day Saturday
and Sunday Harry was with Miss Ging,
a trusted .friend. Monday Harry was
with Blixt till noon. .He then went out,
and in the evening he returned with a
bottle.
"What was in that bottle the public
will never know," said Hall. "Biixtwill
never Know. Harry asked him to drink
it. He did take half of It, and later the
other half. Then it was .that. Harry
told I him, -'I want t you to do that to
night. * Get on your coat and hat. Meet
me at the Kenwood boulevard.' .Blixt
went there aud m a moment heard the
• whistle. .There war*Hay ward talking '
with : the occupant. Miss Gins. Blixt
was hustled into the buggy. o'fast,luV,
deed, that his hat fell off ; and was put
on his head. He turned the -'.horse
■round, and Harry ? aid he'd meet them
the other side of the lake with a two
hors. rig. Miss Ging nskea If Harry
was going out for green goods. Blixt
didn't know. Miss Ging saw him fum
bling with something and asked him
what it was." - *■.■■■* •*'**■ YYY.YV
"He said that it was a revolver and
.Ji^t Harry had said he'd better take it.as
he plight meet a footpad. A. few mo
ments later Blixt placed tho buffalo
over Miss Ging's knees. She leaned
out to look back and see if Harry was
. coining, in some way.Blixt doesn't know
how, he fired the shot. "Miss Ging's
head fell forward. Protecting himself
with the robe from the blood, Blixt
drove on a little further .and threw the
..hotly, out of tie °* buggy. The wheel
passed over her body. The horse jumped
-forward and the deed was done." :
Blixt's drive back "to the city after
committing the murderous deed war de
scribed Iv a graphic manner, after
which the attorney turned to a narra
tion of Adry Hay ward's horrible con
fession. •• ■'}'. -■*"•• v.'";.:.-;--* :■
"You will hear from his brother's
lips the steps by which Harry Hayward
sought to make his brother a partner in
his|Kuilt. .* "
Mr. Hall then went into the details ot
Hayward's scheming to maKe a Iront by
flashing money. He bad persuaded
Adry to tell Albert Johnson that he,
Hairy, 17,000, and that he was going
into the millinery business. '■•'■•.
Sometime near Thanksgiving.*: day
Harry had gone to Adry and said:
"What do you think of the fool? She
only got a £5,0.0 poller. I'll kill her for
that."
Adry had replied, "You can't mean
that, if you do, you'll hang for it."
Mr. Hall attempted to tell of the Elder
Stewart incident, but an objection by
Mr. Erwin was sustained. Harry's ap
pearance at Adry's residence, where he
tola him of the murder, was next nar
rated, and other detail. . such as the
cleaning of the revolver, were gone
over. ■•'•"■V ; ..-V'. V
It was now nearly 4 o'clock, and after,
a short dissertation oa the terrible evils
of gambling, which' he was compelled
to curtail because of Mr. Erwin's ob
jections, the speaker said in closing:
- "If. when this case ends, there shall
be the least vestige of doubt among
you, let that one who doubts take this
case into the jury room before the great
high court of conscience. Then, as you
honor your wives, mothers, daughters
and sisters, you will have done your
duty." YY
At the close of Mr. Hall's address Mr.
Erwin informed the court that the pe
tition for securing testimony of wit
nesses in Illinois was ready. When
this matter was disposed of
The Groat Trial Began.
J. H. Ellison, deputy county surveyor,
was called. He submitted two plats
which were entered as exhibits. Wit
ness was briefly cross-examined by
John Day Smith in relation to the plats,
his questions being mostly of a techni
cal nature. ■ ,V
William Erhart, the Soo line bag
gagemanwho found the body on the lone-
Excelsior road, was next called. Mr.
Erhart'. testimony was easterly de
voured by the large crowd that waited
so long for something tangible. He told
at length of the finding of the
body. How he went for assist
ance and returned with his
. brother-in-law carrying a lantern,
"It was about 8:30 when he got off the
car. A horse and buggy passed him,
' but turned out as it met him. The horse
was running. He thought the occupant
of the buggy was driving very fast.
After Mr. Erwin had asked ihe wit
ness a great many questions of a trivial
i nature, court adjourned until 10 o'clock
this morning.
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j THE INNER EYE. .
Oculists Have Xot Yet Saccec«l
--* cd in the Effort to. Photogrniil*
SI '
It.
New York Sun. : *■*' '—:.'.'<-'. '■'".'
Some of the oculists interested in the
; effort to photograph the interior of the
hitman eye are looking to chemistry for
the next relief from the adverse condi
tion with which they are confronted.
The efforts to photograph in colors are
likely, if successful, to aid materially
in' the work of securing a picture of the
interior of the eye by producing a pho
tographic plate sensitive to the red
rays of light. Apparently the latest
paper written on the general subject
of photographing the human eye is
one by Dr. Lucien Howe, of j Buffalo,
N. Y. It is published in .the record
of the fourteenth session of the Oph
| thalmological Society of the United
Kingdom, which ended in July.
Dr. Howe calls attention to the ease
with which, theoretically, such a pho
tograph can be made, which has led
,to the making of many attempts to
secure one. But the attempts, from the
earliest to the latest, have been mainly
useful in showing the difficulties in the
way of their accomplishment. Dr.
Howe mentions one by Dr. "Rosbrugh,
of Toronto, who secured a picture of
the interior of a cat's eye, but it
. merely shows an indefinite ontline of
some objects at the base of the globe
.of the eye. Even the outline of optic
"nerves can not be distinguished. Some
lines appear radiating from the center,
and give to the picture so blurred an
appearance that Dr. Howe says it
would hardly be recognized as a pho
tograph of the interior of the eye
unless one knew beforehand what was
to be looked at. These lines he as
cribes to the corneal reflex.
Although for fifteen years little of
note was done along this line, many
attempts have been made in the last
five years. In IS9O Dr. A. Eugene Fick,
of Zurich, got a picture of the fundus
or base of the eye of an albino rabbt,
but, although two or three vessels
can be seen, there is no distinct out
line of the optic nerve. In IS9I Dr. Os
wald Gerloff, to obviate the corneal
reflex, covered that part of the eye,
and, although he did away with the re
f flex, the vessels were hardly more ap
parent than in Dr. Pick's picture. Dr.
Gerloff 's picture was of a human eye
blind from atrophy. ■-*" Y'..t'..
By the use of orthochromatic or iso
chromatic plates, such as are made for
the efforts to take photographs in
colors and to be sensitive to red light
ray's, Dr. Howe took several pictures
of in artificial eye, and the outlines of
the ; vessels were as distinct as when
seen in a normal eye with the ophthal
moscope. But In a photograph he
took also with an isochromatic plate,
of a normal human eye with the pupil
widjely dilated, only the outline of the
-■"d*S=lc could be plainly seen, and three
n o?f four vessels could be traced to a
"... considerable distance. -This photo-
g raph, although imperfct, is called the
'.best one so far produced. . V
.jTpe examiners-- eye at the ophthal
: mpscope being merely a camera, it is
' theoretically one • of' the easiest things
. injajginable to replace it with a photo
graphic camera and let the pictures so
,clc4rly produced ;on the examiner's
'. jeliria be impressed on the , photo
graphic plate. But, in experiment, the
, result, seemingly natural and inevi
' table, does not come about. The light
reflected from the fundus oculi, or base
,of the globe of the eye, is red, and so
has little or no effect on the film of the
photographic plate just as red light
used in the photographer's dark room
does not effect j the; plates, he is de
veloping, which would be ruined by.
'white light. : So Dr. Howe thinks re
lief must come from the chemist. The
manufacturers have been making
plates somewhat sensitive to red rays,
arid ; Dr. - Howe looks to them for the
next advance in the experiments .of
photographing the eye's interior... He
suggests, too. that it is necessary that
the plates be exceedingly rapid. ... As
drawings to show conditions of the
eye 'are unreliable, photographs are
much ,to be desired,, and Dr. Howe's
paper was intended in the way of sug
gestion to other experimenters.
MEN WHO SELL PINE.
The Retail Lumber Dealers of
the Northwest Meet in
Convention.
MANY DELEGATES ATTEND.
General Satisfaction With the
Insurance Feature of the
Organization.
BOFFERDING SUIT AGAIN.
Judge Belden Overrules a De
murrer—General Mis
cellany.
The fifth annual convention of the
Northwestern Lumbermen's association
was called to order in Masonic Temple
yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
attendance for the first day was consid
ered very good, about 150 retail men
being present. It is expected that to
morrow's trains will bring as many
more delegates to the city; but, how
ever fast or thick they come, ample pro
visions for their wellare and entertain
ment have been made by well-organ
ized committees. As each delegate en
tered tho convention yesterday he was
presented with a ticket to the Grand
opera house for tonight's performance.
This little courtesy was due to the
generous consideration of the wholesale
dealers of Minneapolis, and engendered
any amount of good feeling.
The retailers, most of whom had just
come to town, were a trifle averse to
getting down to business, but once
started they managed 'to listen to some
good reports of themselves, as well as
transact considerable business.
President G. A, R. Simpson, of Min
neapolis, called the assembly to order,
and announced that it had been deemed
advisable to have tho meeting
of the Retail Lumbermen's In- |
snr nee association, which exists
within the other, transact its
business first. D. R. Ewing, of Dcs
Moines, then took the chair as president
of the insurance association. lie
opened with a short address, in which ,
ho congratulated the policy holders on
the success of their venture. The as
sociation had lived its first year in a
period of financial depression and dis
trust, and had written a quarter of a
million more insurance than the most
sanguine had expected.
The report of the secretary, W. G.
Hollis, of Minneapolis, described the
origin of the association in Minneapo
lis last year, and its rapid progress
since that time. The directors had
taken the precaution during the severe
drouth of reinsuring all large risks in a
reputable company, winch had made a
slight additional expense, but the
result of the first year had
shown that it was possible for even a
young mutual company to be solvent.
During the year policies have been
written to the extent of $1,225,000, a
large part being outside the limits of
the Northwestern Lumbermen's associa
tion. The associations of Missouri and
Kansas had come in line, and a large
number from those states had taken out
policies. HBsB
Tho report of the finance committee,
made by 0. E. Greef, of Eldora, 10..
showed receipts during the year of
$14,010.52, and disbursements 53.228.7-,
only $325 of it being chargeable to loss
by lire. The total assets Dec. 31 were
113,895.21, and the amount of insurance
in force at that date £1,055.500 on .Im
policies., ~-'-~.'-_._
Directors G, A. R. Simpson. Minneap
olis: N. W. Beebe, of Hampton, 10..
and F. M, Slagle, of Alton, 10., were re
elected on the board of directors by ac
clamation.
Amendments to the constitution,
recommended by the board of directors,
were then taken up {one by one. Each
was adopted practically as framed by
the directors. I The number of directors
was increased from nine to eleven, al
lowing the election of one director Irom
Missouri and one from Kanses, to be
chosen by the other directors as soon as
they could find who would bo accepta
ble to the state associations.
An important move was made here,
which caused considerable opposition
until it was lully understood. This
was
An Amendment to tbe Constitution
giving the board discretionary power to
issue policies iv states outside of the
Northwestern association to retail deal
ers not in the state association. This
was only to apply to states which did
not co-operate with the Northwestern
association, and would be used as a
means to force them into co-opera
tion. The amendment was op
posed as an injustice to
the Northwestern association, which
pays part of the expenses of the insur
ance association, but this objection was
met by an amendment requiring a fee
of ?5 to accompany each application,
and after a clear statement of the situa
tion by H. E. Bacon, of La Crosse, the
plan carried by a vote of 41 to 18, only
policy holders having a vote. The arti
cle relating to the reserve fund was
amended to ali-nv only 25 per cent of
the fund to be drawn out. and the term
"annual premium" was stricken out
wherever occurring, as not being cor
rect in speaking of a mutual associa
tion. E§§SH
The old finance committee was re
elected for another year. The commit
tee consists ot C. E. Greef, of Rev; &
Greef, Eldora, lo. ; A. F. Prudden. of
Dubuque, and A. R. Rogers, of the C
A. Smith Lumber company, Minneapo
lis.
This concluded the business of the
Insurance association, and after a short
recess, President Simpson called the
Northwestern Lumbermen's association
to order, and delivered his annual ad
dress, which proved to be a very Inter
esting paper.
Secretary Hollis in his annual report
reviewed the work of the year in greater
detail, reporting a membership nt pres
ent of 443, representing 058 yards, an
increase of forty-six members over last
! year. •' Y. .
There were 158 claims filed during the
year against dealers, of which 38 were
settled in full, 25 withdrawn, and others
variously disposed of, only three re
maining unsettled.
The dues were reduced in October,
from $10 to 65 by the board of directors.
As to membership, a more definite and
comprehensive definition was needed of
what constitutes a "retail dealer." For
disposal of claims, the board ot direc
tors had recommended a plan resolving
the a.sociatiou during the year into a
committee of the whole to pass on
claims, which would be reported by the
secretary from time to time in an "offi
cial bulletin." This practice, it was
thought, would correct careless whole
salers and captious retailers.
The association had taken a promi
nent part in the proceedings of -the Na
tional association at Denver, and Presi
dent G. A. R. Simpson, of Minneapolis,'
was there elected vice president for the
current year.
A. F. Frunden and C. E. Greef were
appointed a committee to examine the
books of the secretary and treasurer. A
committee was appointed to draft reso
lutions on deceased members, consist-
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5 The day's proceedings closed with the
reading by the secretary of proposed
changes in the constitution and by
laws, which will be taken up at the
opening ot today's session. Several
members 1 were anxious to hear them
before adjourning, so they could sleep
over them before votin?. An important
chance suggested is one defining a re
tail dealer as a seller of lumber carrying
at least five carloads in actual stock,
which is meant to shut out irresponsible
dealers without capital from the privi
leges of the association.
The association will convene again at
10 o'clock this morning. After tho
amendments to the constitution arc
passed officers wiil be selected for the
ensuing year, and the rest of tho day
will be occupied iv discussion aud read
ing of papers.
STILL $00,000 SHY.
Demurrer in the Bofferding Case
Overruled.
An order of considerable importance
to the heirs of Mathias J. Bofferding was
handed down by Judge Belden yester
day. It will be remembered that when
the estate was probated the Bank of
Minneapolis made a claim for the
amount of Philip M. Scheig's embezzle
ment. The bank recovered a little of
the money, but there remains'
a : balance ■ of §90,393.16 which
that . institution is anxious to
sacure. Tiie probate judge allowed
the claim, but the executors appealed
from the order of the court. The Bank
of Minneapolis brought an action, alleg
ing that the claim was for money
wrongfully taken from the bank while
Bofferding was cashier. It was also
alleged that Bofferding knew of
Scheig's peculations, and concealed the
fact from the bank officials.
The executors demurred to the com
plaint, and it is this demurrer that was
yesterday overruled by Judge Belden.
The case is set for trial during the pres
ent term of court.
PPpj. Liability of shippers.
A decision of great importance to
shippers and transfer companies was
handed down by Judges Elliott and i
Jamison yesterday in the case of 'ihe
J. J. Douglas Company vs. The Minne
sota Transfer Company. The plaintiff
is a Louisville whisky house, and in
October, 1802, shipped live barrels of
whisky to Butte, Mont. In due time
the consignment arrived at the Minne
sota transfer, where it was to have
been transferred to the Great North
ern railway, but whs instead
shipped via the Northern Pacific.
Before the whisky reached its des
tination, the Douglass company learned
that the consignee had become insol
vent, and sent au order not to deliver
the goods. The order was. of course,
received by tho Great Northern, and
was ineffectual iv holding the whisky
through the fault of the Minnesota
Transfer company. The latter was
liable for the loss to the plaintiffs, but
though the whisky worth S_43, it was
represented as being worth only $100 in
order to secure a low freight rate. In-,
stead of getting a judgment for the lull
value the plaintiffs secure a judgment
for only $100.
To Influence Legislators.
A committee of ladies and gentlemen,
. nterested in having the age of consent
changed from fourteen years to a more
mature age, met at the First Baptist
church last night. About forty persons
were present. Prof. Kielile presided,
and speeches were made by Prof.
Maria Sanford, Dr. Martha G. Ripley,
Rev. S. VV. Sample, F. N. Stacey, Rev.
Peter Clare. S. A. Stock well and others.
A committee of fifteen was appointed
to present the matter to the legislature.
Dirt Dealers Dine.
The local real estato men banqueted
at the Commercial club last evening.
A number of good speeches were marie,
the subject under discussion being the
vexed one of taxes.
•^District Court Briefs.
Katherine B. S.Appleby has begun an
action against JLafsren Bros, to have
canceled the ground lease on a parcel of
land on Washington avenue and Lock
up ailey. The ground is leased at $2,3.0
per year, payable quarterly, and the de
fendants arc iv default for the last quar
tered on thatcotun the cancellation of
the lease is desired.
William Wiethoff claims thatthe firm
of Cosier and Burton owes him §025 for
brick, and, being unable to secure it,
has brought suit to recover the amount,
in another action Wiethoff sues for $.06*
and asks Unit the sum be decreed a lien
on a building on Cedar avenue and
Two-and-a-half street, owned by the
John Guild Brewing company.
Judge Belden granted William B.
Simmons a decree for divorce • from
Bessie Simmons yesterday morning on
the ground of desertion. The pair mar
ried and separated in New York.
Petition has been made In the pic
bate court for the appointment of Anson
Golden as administrator of the estate of
Andrew Rebman, consisting of personal
property to the value of 51,500.
The St. Paul White Lead and Oil com
pany has brought an action against Mc-
Donald & Delawater to collect a bill of
576.50 alleged to be due for merchandise
sold to defendant. '
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Done by South Dakota Solons.
Special to tbe Globe.
■.Piekue, S. D., Jan. 30.— 1n the house
today Mr. Reid, ot Campbell, introduced
a bill providing for the exemption from
taxation for live years of all lines of
railroads. In the senate Mr. Wright
introduced a bill raising the ace of con
sent to twenty-one years. Bill 85, peti
tioning > congress to admit set
tlers on the Sisseton and Wahpe
ton reservations to prove up under the
homestead act. Passed. Two measures
of considerable importance to the peo
ple of the Black Hills came up in the
legislature today. One was Mr. Hair's
bill requiring stockmen to advertise the
time and place of their spring rouud-up
for four weeks prior to the event. The
bill 'introduced by Mr. Ammermau. of
Pennington county, reducing the fees
of . the county commissioners ot Pen
nington and Custer from $5 to $3, was
reported back favorably by the commit
tee, and will unquestionably pass
• within a few days.
; The Office Hoy.
Detroit Free Press.
The cftice boy sat on a high stool
swinging his feet and jabbing a pen
in a. blotting pad, while a visitor, to
see his employer, sat over by the I
window waiting for him.
"I presume," he said very kindly,
noticing the boy's languid condi
tion, "that you have a great deal of
■ work to do?". -'.
."Not when the boss is out," con
fessed the boy frankly.
"Urn. You get well paid for it, I
presume?" ' :.;•■;
"I don't git as much as I wan
"Nobody gets as much as he
wants," remarked the visitor philo
sophically.
"I'd like to be nobody awhile,"
grinned the boy.
'.'Oh, well," laughed the " visitor,
"you will have to wait until you be
come a man, then you can have an
office boy of your own and pay him
what he thinks he ought to have for
his valuable services." _ ***'„-
"Can I?" he responded emphati
cally. . "Well, I guess not. You bet
I'm not going to . bankrupt my busi
ness, I ain't"— but the boss came in at
that moment, and just what import
ant communication the office boy was
going to present to the visitor was
•lost in the ■ rush of him off of the
stool. ;,.::.;.-.
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PEACE IN BROOKLYN.
FEW EVIDENCES OF A STItIKS
I!EMAI*y.
Strikers Begin Action In the
Courts Against the Co_n-}:Y_Y
Ay panics.
BnooKi.YX, Jan. 30.— Brooklyn looked'
more like itself today than at any ti me
since the strike commenced. With th«
exception of the soldiers at the dejots,.
the extra policemen along the lines, and
the special officers on the cars. there
was little to indicate the turmoil and
trouble that has been going on
for nearly three weeks. Before .8
o'clock this morning cars were running
on tho main lines of the various sys
tems and continued running thro ugh
out the day almost without interrupt
tion. Wire-cutting had been indulged*
in to- a considerable extent, but the*
breaks were quickly repaired.
For the first time in eleven days tho
car stables of the llalsey street line*
are without military protection, and
tonight a solitary policeman walked
up and down in front of the building.
Col. Eddy and four companies of
the Forty-seventh regiment were orv
dered to the Forty-seventh armory to
night to await orders, which will prob
ably be the disbanduient of the com-:
panics. There are in the field to meet
possible emergencies portions of the
Thirteenth; Fourteenth, Twenty-third,
and six companies of the Forty-seventh
regiment will be withdrawn tomorrow.
A warrant for the arrest of President
Benjamin F. Norton, of the Atlantic
Railway company, for violation of sec
tion 52*1 of the Laws of ISS7 was issued
today by Police Judge Walsh. The com
plainants, former employes of the At
lantic Avenue Railway company, at
lege that President Norton compelled
them to work over ten hours a day.
- An application for a peremptory writ
of mandamus upon the Atlantic avenue
railroad company to compel the running
of cars in a manner to meet the require
ments of the public was filed iv the
supreme court today.
The application alleges that the cor
poration is not prevented by natural
elements or by armed invasion from
operating its lines, but it is sacrificing
the interests and convenience ot the
public in prosecuting a war; with its/
former employes.
CUIITIS CON VK its
An Effort to Increase the Gold He
servo Will Be Made.
New York, Jan. 30.— W. E. Curtis,
assistant secretary of the treasury, came
to this city from Washington late this
evening. It was announced that the
chief object of his visit is 10 confer
with certain bankers of this city,
who, it is said, had signified their will
ingness to aid the. treasury department
in the task of increasing the gold re
serve. He said that he would call at
the subtreasury tomorrow, . and also
that he would meet with a number of
New York bankers, but that his confer
ence witu them would be largely in
formal.
Hudson and Witherle Win.
The seventh game of the whist tour
nament was played at the looms of the
St. Paul Chess, Checker and Whist
club last evening, the high score badges
being won by Hudson and Witherle.
The high score was 1,075 to 1,484.
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