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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE of sr. paul. VOL. XXIV.-NO. 162. ISliiiEll M'KINUKY'S CABINET WAS SUM MONEIJ UAST I3VEINING IN MYS TERIOUS CONCLAVE 3STO HINT AS TO ITS MEANING CONDITION OF ! MRIS>. M'KINLEY IS SOW STATED TO BE STEAD ILY IMPROVING ARMY OFFICERS ARE NAMED WASHINGTON, June 10.—In response to messages from the president-late this evening, after an hour's talk with the secretary of state, all the members of the cabinet now in the city assembled at the While house at 8 o'clock this evening. There were five of them present. They came in evening dress. Secretary Long was accompanied by his little boy. The object of the gathering was not known to the members of the cabinet, as the in vitations to them simply asked them to call at 8 o'clock. Several of the members said the call was simply to pay their re spects. The meeting was called suddenly late this afternoon,by messages sent the va ■■ iious cabinet members from the White house. The president and Secretary luong had been out driving, the secretary being especially sent for by the president to join him in the drive. When the pres - _ dent returned ho found Secretary Hay awaiting him, and ..the two spent a half hour together, the secretary leaving later on a night train for Buffalo. It was immediately after this call that the cab inet was asked to assemble, ami they arrived within a few minutes of each other, about 8 o'clock, none of them be ing advised in advance of the object. Secretary Long brought his young son. Secretaries Long, Gage, Hitchcock and Wilson, Attorney General Knox and Post master General Smith were those present. Secretary Root is in Buffalo while Secre tary Hay left for the same place. The cabinet immediately repaired to the cabi net room, where they remained less than an hour. They took occasion to express their gratification at the continued lm -2 provement in Mrs. McKinley's condition and also discussed another subject which none of them would divulge, each mem ber saying it was a personal matter, and some of them giving out the negative in formation that the meeting had no rela tion to Cuba, China, the Philippines, the Porto Ricans, the supreme court decision, the Boer war or any. other important public question. The personal Injunction on . each member to say nothing about the matter prevented any information on the subject being had. Several cabinet oSJcers said their calls had something to Co with Mrs. McKinley's continued im provement Some said the matter was either of a social or personal nature and chiefly concerned those present. MRS. M'KINLEY BETTER. Dr. Rixey, when he loft the White at 10:15 tonight said: Everything Is encouraging. Mrs Me. ■ v is doing very nicely. She Is gain teadily. Sho sat up in a rocking fh.-Ur several times today, aggregating probably in hour. We aro very much en couraged by the steady improvement." Surgeon General Sternaerg made his usual visit to the White house and on Ing saW that Mrs. McKinley con tinued to improve and is doing very well. Although President McKinley has been compelled to abandon his visit to the Buffalo exposition next Thursday by reason of the serious illness of Mrs. Mc- Kinley. the programme arranged for that •lay. which has been designated as President's day, will be carried out so far as possible In his absence. A num bi r of off-cials from thia city will par ticipate. Including Admiral Dewfey and LJeut. Ge-n. Miles. It is understood that Miles will deliver an address at the exposition on the celebration of Flag day text Friday. NAMED BY M'KINLEY. The president appointed the following officers of the Porto PJco provisional ngrinient of Infantry: Lieutenant-Colonel — James A. Bu chanan. Majors—William E. Almy, Eben Swift Captains—Louis E. Bennett, Christian Briand, William P. Butler, Charles H Almond, Osman Latrobe, Thomas F. Ma ginnis, James T. Ord, Allen D Ray mond. First Lieut<?nants — William W Bal lard Jr., William W. Bessell, Harry L. Cooper, Morris E. Locke, Walter F. Mar tin, Bias Nadal, John O. Steerer O Owen Seaman, Orval P. Townsend, Jacob E. Wykc. Second Lieutenants—George C. Broome Terence Hamil, Charles B. Kerney, Jean B. Oaks, Eben Swift Jr., Paul Wuttke Assistant Surgeon, Rank of Captain— Jose Lugo-Vina. Also the following In the regular serv ice: Cavalry, Second Lieutenant—Eugene J J'-li", Clarence Laninjrer, c. Tatum. • a cood lieutenants of Infantry—David ... Henkes. Edward K. Massee, S~heibv C measure. Pat M. Stevens, William" .ST.' Uttl«. Second Lieutenants. Artillery Corps— liartman 1U Batler, Frank T. Thornton, R. Musgrove. Surgeon of VolunteTS, Rank of Major— I rank R Artaud. WASHINGTON NOTES. Eight claims were filed with the Span ish claims commission, the aggregate sued for being $317,0C<>. The largest claim -n the list was for $165,96S for property losses, and was filed by Christobal Al fonso. The comptroller of the currency has de chared dividends In favor of the creditors 01 insolvent national banks as follows -15 per cent, First National Bank of Nile*' *sSjj;; 10 per cent. Citizens National banl; of Niles. Mich.; 5 per cent, First National •bank, of Helena, Mont.; 5 per cent, Grand j.<orks National bank, Grand Forks N IX; 5 per cent, Farmers' National Bank of Portsmouth. Oho. The comptroller of the currency has an r-ounced that within the next two weeks a dividend of 40 per cent will he declared to the creditors of the First National bank, of Vancouver, Wash., whlcll failed bevcral weeks ago; -• < rf r^.[ ' The navy department has received a •gram announcing that Admiral Re iiu-y aboard the Brooklyn, who was in vited by the New Zealand authorities to extend his stay in Australian waters, so • w ,?■ I"elude a viit to their island left WellLwrtßu yesterday for Sydney. N. S. W. -.The -; admiral will -shortly . sail for ( uvito, and resume active ; command ' of the Asiatic station. The vacancies in the staff of Lieut Gen. Miles, commanding the army, caus. ad l.v the death of Lieut. Col. Francis Michler, and the transfer to the inspec tor general's department of Lieut. Col H. K. Bailey, have been filled by the assignment of Li eut . OoK Samuel Reoer a^siSenf ffSS SPSS The former president of Honduras r>r the representatlvesi of Cental American countries. -Dr. Soto' la traveltnjc n?i vately. and will go from M , to 111 The gunboat Concord has left Yoko hama for Unalaska, where she Is to as . cist in enforcing the liquor laws in, that section and otherwise take up the dutie ß - formerly performed by the gunboat "W heeling, which wm ricently Jut oSt of cornn)!o«{on. * " Ul ->~ s. _-. III^^IW BULLETIN OF IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY Weather Forecast for St. "Paul Local Rains; Easterly Winds. I—Cabinet Holds Night Session. \ Wholesale Forjrer Aj-retrted. Dr. linger Guilty of Fraud, Stern Commits Suicide. _ Colored Men Want to Join,. . 2—Futal Accident in St. Paul. School BidH Exceed Estimate*. School, Consolidation Opposed. Price of Potatoes Goes Up. Bishop Cotter 111. , Bishop Cretin Celebration. 3Woodmen Convention (Contin'd). 4—Editorial Comment. — Kidjnapera .. Beat Saints. GnmeH in the Big; LeaKuea, - Sporting- News. Battle Over Dr. Tnbbs. 6—Filling in River. News cf the Railroad*. Condition of Crops. Doctors Disagree. Globe Popular Wants. 7—Markets of the World. July Wheat, 72 3-4 c. Bar Silver. SO 3-4e. Stockist Stronger. 8— Gypsy* ( 'harm Worked Weil. News of the Northwest. WEATHEEJFOR TODAY. Minnesota^-Local rains Tuesdayv and probably Wednesday; cooler in northern and western portions Tuesday; fresh easterly winds. Wisconsin—Local rains Tuesday and probably Wednesday; light to fresh east to southeast winds. lowa—Local rains Tuesday with cooler in central and -western portions; proo ably showers Wednesday; variable win.ls. South Dakota— Local rains Tuesday and Wednesday, variable winds. Montana—Partly cloudy Tuesday, with warmer in western portion. WednesJay fair and warmer; variable winds. St. Paul — Yesterday's observations, taken by the United States weather bu reau, St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for the twcnty-foar hours ended at 7 o'clock last night—Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation: Highest temper ature. 76; lowest, temperature, 59; average temperature, 68; daily r;*ge, 18; barome ter, 29.%; humidity, 74; precipitation, t>; 7 p. m., temperat-ur*»~73; 7 p. m., wind, southeast; weather, cloudy. Yesterday's Temperatures— ♦spmlligh *SpmHi{rn Battleford 5(3 CO Grand Haven .C 472 Duluth 52 62 Green Bay 61) <iS Havre CO 04 Jacksonville ...-76 84 Helena ._4tJ 51 Kansas City ..»!> 94 Huron i"2 \2 Marquette KO 61 Medicine Hat...60 02 Montgomery ...88 92 Pr. Albert 52 ss! Montreal 64 72 Qu'Appelle 62 61 Nashville 80 80 S. Current 58 00 New Orleans ..8.) 8j Williston 66 68"New York ....72 VC Winnipeg 74 78 Norfolk 70 la AJpena 51 S4 North Platte ..ft) (50 Bismarck .......70 72'Omahu i.O SO Buffalo 64 70' Philadelphia ..72 78 Boston '(0 7-1 Pittsburg 70 74 Cheyenne 56 58 San Francisco.sß d 2 Chicago 76 78 St. Louis 86 90 Cincinnati 74 70 Salt Lake 60 62 Cleveland 72 74 Ste. Marie Ci 72 Davenport 82 84, Washington ...7u S5 Detroit 6S 74' •Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). River Bulletin- . Danger Gauge Change in Stations. Line. Reading. 24 Hours. St. Paul .14 ."4.1 -0.1 ; Davenport .. ...,.15 . 3.(5 ci . La Crosse .10 ' 4.4' . *0.1 •St. Louis 30 , 13.0. . .. —Fall. *Rise. _ . , .... River forecast till 8 p. m. Tuesday: The Mississippi will change but little in the vicinity of St. Paul. .. OCEAN "iJWERS. New York.—'Arrived: South Ant werp; Grosser -Kurfurst, Bremen; Trave, Naples; Manitou, London. Liverpool—Arrived: -, Ivernia, -, Boston; Lancastrian, Boston; Northwestern,' Chi cago. ; ■: - ■ ■■■■ ••■■ - Greenock—Arrived: City of Rome, New York. -. "• - - - -• = •»• Antwerp— Kensington, New York. ...- : :-l- :: :'■'■ ;:.—--•■ Gibraltar—Arrived: Aller, New York, for Naples and Genoa. Sailed: Werra (from Genoa and Naples), New York.' Naples—: BelgTavia, New York. London—Arrived: Minnehaha, New York. .;--••. Browhead—Passed: Nomadic, New York, for Liverpool. Glasgow—Arrived: Arcadian, Montreal. AT NEW YORK HOTELS. NEW YORK, June 10.—(Special.)—Fol lowing are Northwesterners registering at New York hotels: St. Paul—Mark J. • Magnum, O. Morris, St. Denis; F. S. Bloom, William Lang more, Herald Square; C. H. McGill and wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Kirk, Gilsey;. R. F. Hersey, Holland: D. R. Hevener,- L. W. Wolterstoff, 'Cadillac. . Minneapolis—John Erishon, Broadway I Central: Mrs. H. H. ; Kimball, Herald ! Square;. J. F. Cole, Murray Hill; R. Ft. Rose and wife, Manhattan; F. C. Thomp son. St. Denis; H. Vongeli and wife, Im perial; P. Gibson, F. Gibson, Gilsey. Duluth—W. A. Cleveland, Ashland; J. Kinsley and wife, Manhattan. •■ South-Dakota—A. ■L. Parmley, Conti nental. ;? -■-. _ MMM. ■ • HAN AND WIFE BOTH DEAD DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT THE GREAT XORTHEIRX HOTEL, CHICAGO. CHICAGO, June 10.—Side by Bide, each ■ with a bullet wound in the temple, the ■ ! dead bodies of L. Hartman and his wile j were found in their bed at the Great i Northern hotel this evening. The room ! showed no evidence of a struggle, both i lifeless forms were composed, the c»v --| ering of the bed well tucked about them, j but the revolver clutched in the right | hand of the husband told the story of the I double tragedy. I - Of the pair that courted death so sue- I cessfully nothing; la known by the man | agers of the hotel beyond : a report that | the man has wealthy connections in New: I , York, and that - the woman apparently j was once an actress under the stage i name of Rose Violet. From information I given by a woman who inquired for them this morning- if is supposed that the case . : is one of a runaway marriage, with death as the result of despondency over the obduracy of an unforgiving father. Hartman and his.wife registered at the hotel June 6, giving as their address New York. Both were stylishly dressed, and appeared to be persona or means. They did not mingle with the other guests and spent most of the time in their rooms i They were reserved in manner, but from i £n"e evidences of affection they displayed it was surmised by attaohes of the hctei that they were on their wedding trip. Early Sunday night they retired to their apartments, and - nothing ; was seen of them until this evening^ when they were found dead •In bed. ; The chambermaid tried to gain entrance to the room in the forenoon, but v.-as unable to. do 30. i Later in the day she repeated the attempt, with tho sara« result.: ' Repeated" knock! failed to obtain an answer and, the hotel office being: notified, 'the room was brok en into tonight, • and . the discovery was rr-ade of the double tragedy. - At midnight it was learned that the dead woman was Roue Leeebre, a variety actress. The father of the dead man is said to be a wealthy tobacco dealer In buein«?s in New York city. m TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1901. mjEi m CHICAGO DETECTIVES have THEIR HANDS FVIX IX ARRESTING AN AL.L,K«E!I> CRIMINAL. BADLY WANTED EY POLICE CHARGED WITH HAVING . COMMIT TED MAW WHOIJ3.SAI.E FOR-, GKRI IX MAXV CITIES IS SON' OF A BOSTON BANKER — CHICAGO. June "10.—Melville Chester Jr. ia under arrest on a charge of forgery .-"Twenty-five charges are said to have been muxi<> againslt. him ! Chester Jr. was arrested this afternoon ; by. Detective Sergeants Bock a-nd De -1 Sousa, of the central station, after - a ! chase oi over .-six blocks in the down | town district, and was finally captured I in the court yard of th« Auditorium An nex after he had given the detectives a desperate fight! . Two weeks ago Capt. ■ Colleran re ceived a message from the chief of police ■of Kansas City to" be on the lookout for Chester and to notify all banking; and Jewelry firms to bo careful, in dealing with a man answering Chester's "descrip tion. As the detectives were passing along Jackson boulevard today they saw a man emerge from* the store, 47 Jackson boule vard. The suspicions of the detectives were aroused and they decided to place the man under arrest. When Chester reached Wa.bash avenue he- became suspicious of the detective* and. ran. T)^ detectives lowed hint and pedestrians seeing the .trio running started in pursuit. Chester ran south In Waibash avenue to Harrison street, where he attempted to elude the detf.-c --tives by boarding a Cofttage Grove ave nue car. Jumping on the rear' platform Chester ran through the car, knocking a woman down as she was attempting t»> alight at Harrison street. Seeing the de tectives and the crowd in hot pursuit, Chester jumped from the car and ran east on .Harrison fclreet towards Michi gan avenue. ' ■ ',c FOUGHT FOR HIS FREEDOM. A number of cabmei; were standing at Harrison street and Michigan avenue and one of them, Frank Hydt, attempted to stop the prison* i-. but. was struck a blow in the face .that felled him to the pavement. Chester ran • north on Michi gan avenue to Jackson boulevard, then to . Wabash avenue. Almost exhausted from his long run, Chester turned into Van I'-unn street, crossing the street. ran through ..• small passageway t< the i rear of the Chicago club, and look refug* 1 in the courtyard In the. rear 01 the Audi ! torlum Annex. Detective's Bock and De | Souaa saw .Chester run between ,the: ; buildings and followed. Seeing Detective , DeSousa, Chester uttered an oath 'arm : sprang at' him. They grappled and ' wrestled, when Detective Bock assisted j ; In overpowering the man. ; At the central station Chester admitted. ' to Capt. Ccllenan that he was the man wanted by the police of several cities. Chester told Capt. Colleran lie was the son of Melville Chester, a banker of B >& ten, Mass., who is connected .with the banking linn of Baker, V.tun & Chester. , i He is said to have committed over sixty | forgeries In the last six months. He has been eagerly sought after by the police of. Memphis, Ttnn., Boston,. %an Fran- I cisco, Cincinnati, Louisville, Pltisburg, i New York, Galveston, liberty. Mo.;. i Bloomington, 111. Normal, 111.;. Guthrle, I Okla., 'and Kansas City. > HAS A BAD RECORD. Chester, it is declared, escaped from th« police In Kansas City, after a desperate ' tight in which he is said to have wound- j ed a policeman. in Gertrude. Okla., while r escaping he is said by the police to have ; shot and seriously wounded a policeman. : but not before the policeman had struck I him several times with the butt of h/s ' revolver, inflicting a deep cut in the back of Chester's head, and which' he showed i to the police tonight. Chester has been in Chicago but a few days, coining here from Memphis; Term., i but since his arrival here is said to have i forged. civ«( ks on over a dozen merchant-*.' j the amounts varying from $10 to $l£o! ! Yesterday Chester, it is charged, forged ; a check on R. a. Wrtghtmler, a gentle- I mans furnisher, at S3 Jackson boulevard, i to the amount of $00. j When searched at the central station, j Chester had a number of checks of the ' National Biscuit company in his pecktt, ', | which, he said, he filled out as toe used i them. . 1 ■ When told that he would go to th renl- !' ! tentiary, Chester said he knew it, but ; j he did not care. "Lam glad I am ar.e.t- ! , c<i." said he. 'I came of good peorle in | : Boston, where my father is In the bank- { . ing business. I could'live a good life If I only would do as. my father often re quested; but I. cannot content myself in one place long. i have no one to blame ; 'but myself, and.now that! am under ar rest 1 j will take my punishment like; a man." ." ''• » ; ': BALKS AT A GUARANTEE THE IVASHJXGTOX «OVEn\MK\ T'S STA-Xn OX CHINKSK ' INDEMNITY. WASHINGTON, June" 10.—The govern ment v has formally communicated to the foreign powers the impossibility of join ing in a joint guarantee for the payment of the Chinese indemnity*. The difficul ties in the way of such an arrangement are set forth in the communication, par ticularly those-relating to the constitu tional restrictions on the president in making a joint guarantee of this char acter. In view of the determination of-the United States ' not to 'be a party ■ to a joint guaranty there is anxiety shown in diplomatic, oil cles as. to the \ outcome on the question of ; indemnities. > One view ' is that the majority of the powers being favorable to a joint guaranty will cxc- ' cute this joint instrument, and thereafter j earn on a concert of their own. In that ' event, it is «aid, the United States' would arrange directly -ith China as to the American "portion of the indemnity The representatives of most of the European powers do not believe that a resort to The Hague, tribunal, as proposed by the ' United States, will be acceptable to their governments. • . . HOURS OF FEMALE LABOR. Nebraska.^ Judge SawtaiiiM State's - Right to Regulate Them. OMAHA, June 10.-Judge Baker, in the. district court today, decided : {hat ; the etatute known as the female labor law j of Nebraska, prohibiting. owners of man ufacturing - - and mechanical concerns stores, and shops from working female employes for more than sixty Hours a week Is constitutional.' The case was one ! ■wherein William - Wenham, ;•a •- laundry- ; man, " was charged with overworking fe male labor. The"court held that it was ' necessary to limit '. the hours of -: female labor In order to protect public health. -." ' ■ -,'" . • ■ ' - "■ .' _ - --. ■ -. ■ . ■ . THE SAINTS LITTLE JOKE. Row, you know, yon mnmt be cnrelul. governor; for If the people np Northcott >on doin'janything oat of the way, it wouldn't take Ion» for Hie story to travel to Southern Illinois. II GUIUYvOF m END OR Oo«'si*!RAC'i? TRIAL FOL LOWING . : -MVSTl?i lß.lid:l.''S DEATH OK AIARIB DEPE\BACH | PLAYED FOR HIGH STAKES -' . ' , j• • • - - • . . . .Vow Dr. linger find Hik (.'oconxpira totm Will Go to Illinois I'cnl-"" . lentiar; —Canst? OS' Dentil , :. I'ti(let«-rm!iii-«i. CHICAGO, Junp 10— Dr. August M. Un- J ger and F. Wayland Brown fen trial for 1 conspiracy ■'_ to"- defraud " irisuraiico'.' com panicio through the death <■!' Miss Marie ■! Defenbach wert; this'evenhig .foun«\.guiltyr>j and sentenced to the penitentiary undor i the indeterminate act-> Frank H. i .Smiley, indicted with Unger and,Brown;/I [leaded guilty .'and turned state's cvi- ; dence. It is likely, that he will escape with a lig"ht ■ sentence. /. :. •■.-,■-,] The evidence. In the case showed that ! linger. Brown. . Smiley and. Miss Defen- ! bach entered into a conspiracy, by which ! .Smiley was to appear as the affianced ; husband of the woman. She was then to be ill^and.a.ppjarentiy dig, leaving the in sbranee, which "in'clWed^ one policy In ""a 'I stock company' and two in fraternal. or- i ganizations, the total aggregating $25,C0V.*t The woman in her will saM that, she ! desired her remains to be cremated, and j it is supposed that it -was the Intention ; to \ hurry her away': after her supposed I. death and cremate another body procur- ' ed from a hospital. ' '' j ACCIDENT OR .\U TRDKK? -"' j ' The woman became." ill a'ccordiag to j programme, but dr<t; not rally an I died, j Her body was; at prince .cremated.' An in- : quest was heid^by/Assistant Coroner John i B. Weckler; without h Miry, and Weckler ■ returned ta.the coroners office A verdict j that the ? woman had died of natural causes. " The "death dl the woman is ■ shroudied in'mystery, And physicians on j the stand differed wid'iy to the cause [ of 'death. The''state, -however, declared | that the woman vras murdered, although ! ii could not he positively proven. It was j shown that. all the {insurance carried by I the woman .was assigned ■' '.before her! death and that hep will. was ' drawn up j after these assi^rim'ents had been made, ; The will nad ho effect save in :the"clause ■- touching. rrt niKtion. .'and It is claimed l.y the state. that the will was prepared only [ to facilitate" tfie" disposition of the body! after death.. .'-.!tl v -' ''■ -•! /- '•*/." ," i CAUGHT IN -Vmm lip " . .- ;"'-' *-r;^::- }■' "- :■--' . ' . " HIAXV y.i.\ huh an v to BE EX . -TOMBKU vmvk. PORT ROYAL, Pa., jjine 10.— The Pitts- ! burg Coal and Coke company's shaft No. ! 2, ai this place, i.« -'a^in on fire, after ; steady tunning: for sf.'M'n'"years, and over ! thirty men are in tije " mines, many of i whom, it is feared, -will never be heard;) from again. ■...'.';- ; J -x, '-"_ j /.About 6 o'clock.smoke was seen to be ! issuing from shaft No; 2, which Is on the line of the IM*ttsburg & Lake Erie railroad. It ..is thought the;' fire started from an explosion, afifyshat six men were in the mine at the i, ,-c. of the explosion, the mien being Jock ;P.. »pl«sj Tony Stick ies, Frank' Oaveni^r*'.'.' -— Daly,. Law rence Setler and In Stakes. Stakes and : Setler were . 111. [^ueajrLthe.' place gin which the ' explosion: occurred, and : upon the arrival r of : a . rescue party; they were ' quickly, brought to tfife surface, after :be-. ' Ing 'nearly. overcome -I>> afterdamp." - They' could give no information -as to what had caused \- the fire,land ■ told the - rescue party that: four^-airHei*. men were.len-' tombed. About 7 /o'clock; Supt."' William McCune. of West "iNewton, general su perintendent of.this district Drtmls Wortley, pit boss .^of.: ths mine;.••Michael Roy,- foreman of r the F>ucl«i mirios/ ; and •several other bpsges -^ith:about twenty men went down-:: sh»»ff'!*X-oi^- 1, which is } Just- opposite ; on ;' L the;Maltlrnoi c_,& Ohio sidev of the r' vf.r,-J' and : iiave not' b&sjri heard from »ince.T, T ;A.boutj ; thrte hnuiy after the rescue" piify.-'Jj^^ been in^t!'.*; mine, two more \ ' heard. ! Meantime, the cro^a-rakf^diifl the a»>enliig- j of - the : shaft - had^i^^&^ed,; the crowd \ including I many jtijoUif^v.- wives a-: sis ters of the mm en.Vi.;'.-.1, " All sorts "of" plans -•■ have .been sus|fe- cte<3 for the res cue of the men. ■■*4. ■* ■'->!■-■-..••.■.-.■.:..,_■ : At 11 o'clock toniffht- four i men volun teered to go down >To. 2;and No. 3 and one man down No. 1, but up to this time it Is not known whether they have succeeded in making any rescue. ■£ Gas and stroke are i'snlfip -from the mines at ■ might, an<l~;or*r SDO men, women and children are/v, Taltih*t.for-some, news of relatives. Doctors^Heivv -been -called,' and assistance Is he!fig"'o£Es»re<l--oii»»>verv i m limit ■ FORRIER ST. PAI I. MAN KILLS UIM SKLP AT ITAMHEJIG, GERMANY i WAS FORMERLY A JOURNALIST . Gifted Wilh (Jr<a( Talents, He Wa» ■ Very Popular in This City — , • .. . Brooded. Over Fancied . Slight. RAMBBRG. Bavaria, June Louis | Stern, the former -United States com •v mc-rcial agent here, shot and killed him .j Belt today in the public gardens near the town. . ' • - I On inquiry hstre a representative of the i Associated Press ascertained (today that j Mr. Stern's consular services at. Earn r. berg yielded - excellent results. He pro * moted exports of roofing slate to the' . United States and he also secured for . Americans the contract for Bamberg ; Electric railway. lie had. suffered, how j 'ever, under' financial obligations incurred .'in St. Paul prior to his appointment. I This embarrassment greatly depressed j him, although it is understood the dim i ciilty was settled some time ago. ;. Ultimately he got into a morbid ana J gloomy;state of mind. He imagined that i ai; a' Hebrew his American colleagues In I frermany disliked him and also that his ■[■ Hebrew status prevented him from se , curing government promotion. On a cer i tain public occasion in Berlin a year ago, I Mr. Stern felt aggrieved at the tone of j speeches made by two prominent Ameri 1, cans who were present. He thought th© | speakers meant to belittle him as a He j brew, all of which was purely imaginary. : During the last . twelve months this !'morbidness had grown into a settled mel j ancholia and he entirely refused all work i except duties of a> purely routine char i acter This resulted about a month ago in his removal. . i From that', moment '-, his " mcresencss ; noticeably: increased;--but he lingered in I Ham' disregarding the advice of his I friends that he should return to the ■ United States, a responsible posi j tion was open to Mm. He, leaves a > widow, but no children. It Is understood I that his accounts are In a satisfactory j condition. : : i » The sad mws conveyed in the. above j cablegram came as a great shock to the j many friends of , Mr.? Stern in St. Paul, : T where he was well known and ' universal- ; :• ly' esteemed/ ; . " - : For a number of years Mr| Stem was i the efficient city editor of -Volkszeitung, ; the- daily German paper" in this city, 41 ' •'which, position : brought- him in/ contact ; Germans, especially, he was a great •with-.all classes, and among the educated ' "'favorite.- _ '.-...-•• .- Personally, he was small in stature, ! but possessed of great nervous and men ! tal vitality, and it was through hi» j ! ardent advocacy of _ Democratic principles j that lie secured his" appointment at Bam ! berg. -He was appointed consul by'Presi i dent Cleveland. Among his fellow news , paper men and co-workers he v.'as high.- I ly esteemed, and no adequate reason can , be ascribed for his rash act, aside from ! the theory that he must have been men-> I tally unbalanced. The Associated Press is in error as to his family" connections j as he. married a-n estimable young lady | of St. Paul, some years.ago. and he.is survive! 1> a widow and a thirteen-year old "daughter. .o» : ._ FOR IURDEROF W. M. RICE LAWYER ALBERT T. PATRICK AU- ! HAI<;\K.I> IV SEW YORK. . : NEW- YORK, June Albert T. Pat rick pleaded not guilty of the murder of Ham Marsh Rice, the Texas million \ a ire; j when arraigned: ■ before Judge Cow jir.tj'in the court of general sessions to (-tay. With him. were arraigned David ■!»;'. ; Short and Morris Meyer, charged-with j forgery ;in connection - with • the - case.'' They pleaded not guilty also. All' three ' were remanded back to: the tombs. No I application for ball was made/ The men were [arranged as a sequence to : the: dc ci.-ion rendered by Judge Foster last Mrl-; day,' s overruling • a • demurrer j entered ; by the/ attorneys" for the defendants. .' .' L.ater Moore" and Cantwell, attorneys for Patrick, Short and Meyers, made an application" to j Judge Cowing for bail for Short and Meyers. Assistant District; At torney S Garvin, - representing ; the .* people, asked " that bail ; be fixed" at $40,000. " Mr. Moore thought this amount was greatly excessive and asked that ball be fixed at £0,000. •: which he thought ft©© accused could secure. Judge Cowing named $25,000 in e*ck case as the tun he would require. price TWO BBPCTSU-j^l^g^ COLORED MEN WANT One of the Vital Issues of the Con '■-:: vention Will Be the Race Question. . Representative Negroes Formulate Plans—Basis of Insurance .'-; >'."..: May Undergo Change. Programme for Today. l-orenoon-Openln* «c«.„ O f .he Head Camp, uadrw. of v.eleom* 1 t uci re»pon*es. Awerahllng of niiiforiucd Forester i tennis. Afternoon—Parivde by Compaay C and Forester tenut«. BvcnloK-Graiul Historical Military Drill of Nation* at the Auditorium.' The color question, one that at Ul2 pres ent time s^ems to be the aa absorbing topic of interest at national conventions. particularly vi orders iiite the one now in tho city, will come up toda- iv for. th t . law committee of the .Modern Woodmen at a session to be held some ,im thi aft ernoon. Attorney Frederick L. McChee; -representing the colored people of St. Paul, wiM head a delegation wh'rh will visit the- law committee and a-rk thai orecl^roen be tliowed to join the organiza tion if they see fit. Attorney McGhee was seen relative to the matter last night, and he s Id he hoped the Woodmen at this conv< n'tion would give the quest! Nt :e earnest con sideration which it rr.trited. Jasp. r Oibbs. who conducts the restaurant in the Guar- HEAD CONSUL, W. A. NORTHCOTT. "Neighbor Wheelan's stories are the funniest 1 ever heard." anty Loan building In Minneapolis, ia alßo one of the leading spirits In the mo.e ment to have »he color line withdrawn from the laws governing the order. Both men are anxious that the question be presented in the right light. They assert that it is a matter of principle w. th them, that the Catholic Order of Foresters do s not draw a color line, that insurance com panies now recognize the fact that col ored men are as good risks as whitf men. When the order of Modern Woodmen was first organized, insurance companies all over the country charged higher ratiTi of assessment for nf groes. They dl . criminate, in other words, but the pass ing of years has changed things. Minne sota does not discriminate now. Almost all of the other states are in line, and a negro with a family In moderate circum stances is considered e\e-y whit as pood a risk as a white man. In fact the laws of the various states cornel the com panies to show no discrimination ana they muk act fairly. PURELY MATTKR OP PRINCIPLE. There are aboirt 6,000 negroes bi St. Paul and they are all anxious that the matter be now brought to an issue once for all. According to the laws .of the order any white man is eligible to join. A mati is considered whiu if h* ha 3 seven-eigrhths white blood in lijm. At torney McGhee states that nearly all men m^' EDITOR F. O. VAN GELDER, SYCA MORE, ILL. -r: "Please buy a paper." >- . . , who have one-eighth negro blood In them associate with the colored people and con sider themselves of their race. There la not one man In 10,000 who, under such circumstances does not. Therefore th-re must be many members of the order vho have negro" blood v in them and consider I thems«iv-s n<*ro«a. If negoes can Join OFFICIAL PAPER —OF THE GUTY OF ST. PAUL. a society like that of the Modern Woixl/ . men they will there have an opportunity j to show themselves as plain every ,i a I citizens Interested in the pursuits com-' mor. to the white race." .It is the luestlun of being allowed privileges that are theirs ■ by right. I . C. ' G. Leybourn, of Minneapolis, Ist | chairman of the law committee which I will he-ar the delegation this :ifterno'>:i. ; Ho could not be located lac*, night. Head j Consul Northcott wn < setn, however, ana ! askert as to what he- thought of the tiiß-s --j tlon which now seems to be sweeping ;iU over'the Northern states and some or the ttaie.s on the border line.' He said: NORTHCOTT IS DOUJBTFUL. j 'I'don't care to give any personal ex pression of opinion as to trharrthlnk <>< the matter, but I can gay with propriety*, that t I jdo not think the mat will coma to the attention of the head camp. Of course it ma;, if the lav. committee de cides to do anything, but this came ques tion ' has been up for com deration one or two times fore and was nipped In the bud. For thai reason I do not think it will g-o through this time. Please do not Insist upon any personal expression of opinion as to what I think of the movement. That is neither here nor there. The law committee, of course, has held two or three mi. tings the past -month,- and it has .is rtp-.rt about com pleted, but it la within the bounds of possibility that pom? recommendation wiil bo ' made to the head camp. That is a possibility, however, l do not want to say anything more," HEAD CLBRKHAWB.S TALKS. Head Clerk. C. W. Hawei was then seen, and- he talked in the same strain. He, mentioned the Indians, and said that they' would ' probably be a'mlttcl. Ho said the seven-eighths distinction was drawn* for the reason that any, nan with only one-eighth of negro blood in him could to all practical inUnts and i ur|,o«es l)« considered white. He would not give an expression of opinion as to what ha thought o<f the movement. Neither b« Hi' J. W. WHITE, GENERAL ATTORNEY, ROCK FALLS, ILL. "I couldn't really give yoj an opinion off-hand about St. Paul. It l^ks" all right." , ; '■.'■''''■ nor Head Consul Northeo.t, however, seemed much opposed, or prejudiced, rather, against the colond ;(o ie. At the close of the Interview, he said: "I agree with Mr. Xorf< it The mat ter has been killed once or twic.?, ana If It should come up for i on i deration before •th« law committee, foe memte b would probably see to it that-thru was as fa> as it got. They have cona:d.r..l.le lati tude, and if so disposed will not hesitate to use it. Negroes can be g^oj Woodmen, •all right. No one la denying that, but If a recommendation in n.a'lp 10 the head camp, the debates wi I fo'.low, and thtro is no telling what will happen. It is al ways a. difficult thing to bring such a matter before an organization of thin kind. Everyone realizes that r :ct." •: Jasper Gibbs. of Mlnnra,o!i3. came over to' St. .Paul last nls-ht to see Attorney McGhee about the Question wrich will be (brought up today. A long conference wan held at Fletcher'3 restaurant; on*. Cedar etr-fiet, and It was .unanimously decided that the question ought to be brought to an issue. .ere were about twenty other« pVesrnt at the inc. ting, and th. only dif ference of opinion was as" to when th« question should be borough! t > the atten tion of the Woodmen. ]t vos claimed at this meeting tliat the Catholic Order n* Foresters has many negroes, tnl the or der has never found cause lo regret that It did not draw a col >r line. The law committee wili met ut-tha Windsor hotel some time this afternoon. FIRST LOCAL >KSSIOV Woodmen Enjoy a Love 5> I*l lit Unudfiil.noli Hall. It was a happy idea that th. great convention of the Modern Woodmen of America, the formal opening of which, will occur today, tihoi id be; inaugurated .Con tin nod on TUI-d Poafe-