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VOL. XX.— NO. 152.
BULLETIN OF
THE ST. PflrlX GI^OBE.
TUESDAY, JLKK I, I«tt7.
Weatlier for Today—
Showers and Warmer.
PAGE I.
Ejiriluiuiike iv the East.
Hawaii Refuses to Pay Japan.
Frosts and Ice In > or. hwest.
Indian Outbreak In Montana.
McKlnley's Dilemma as to Cuba.
Kaiser Playing a Bold Game.
The Divine Healer Mobbed.
Death for a Tally-110 Party.
Ton Arnold's Baroness Gets Back.
PAKE a.
"Work of "Mr. Ulller, of Denver."
Another Arrest for Forgery,
Day's Social Gossip.
Girl's Attempt at Suicide.
PAGE 3.
Mtnnenputlis Matters.
Stillwater Affairs.
PAGE 4.
Bdftorial.
"The Amarons" Reviewed.
Congressmen and M. P.'s Play Chess.
PAGE 5.
Phyle Wins Two for <he Saints.
Brewers t'npture a Couple. .
Millers Break Even With Detroit.
Hoosiers Take One From Blues.
Results In the National.
Mann Wins Brooklyn Handicap.
Day's Sporting Record.
PAGE O.
Duluth Boodllng Official Convicted.
Shooting Affair In a Lumber Camp.
Hews of the Northwest.
Fast Time ln Road Races.
Dull Day In Wall Street.
World's Markets Reviewed.
PAGE 7.
Memorial Observances In the East.
At the Tomb of Gen. Grant.
News of Washington.
Wonts of the People.
PAGE 8.
Claims Against Harvester Co.
News of the Courts.
State Council of Foresters.
EVENTS TODAY.
Met— The Amazons, B.IS.
Snelling — Guard Mount. 8.-15 a. m.
Battalion Parade, 6.48 p. m.
MOVEMENT OF STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK— Arrived: City of Rome,
Glasgow; Georgia, Liverpool.
HAMBURG— Arrived: Christiana, Balti
more.
May has gone — into cold storage.
What is more rare than a day in
June — on ice?
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Money talks, and it talks a volapuk
that is understood by all nations.
It was a serious oversight that no
Greek commander thought to enter his
war horse in the Brooklyn handicap.
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When a bank official gets to working
on an airship, it ls time to count the
cash. There is no extradition treaty
with the clouds.
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Crown Prince Constantine's reputa
tion is re-established. Maj. Gen. Nelson
A. Miles, U. S. A., has visited him and
taken lunch with him.
o
Four million bottles of champagne
being imported for the Victorian fes
tivities is evidence enough that it is
truly going to be a jubilee.
At Luchow a Chinese girl has reviv
ed an old custom by being married to
a red vase. In staying home evenings
her new husband ls a brick.
m
Hanna claims he hasn't heart failure
end then belies his words by hinting
that he has about decided not to enter
the senatorial contest in Ohio.
Old Mother Earth heaved a sigh of
relief yesterday when congress adjourn
ed over for a day, and all Washington
thought it was an earthquake.
There is nothing startling in the fact
that Minister Angell is persona non
grata to the Porte. It is queer, how
ever, that any angel would venture into
Turkey.
An item going the rounds is that
Speaker Reed is constitutionally unable
to spell correctly. That accounts for
bis taking such a spell in naming his
committees.
The Mandan man who was stealing a
hospital when the porch fell on him,
breaking his thigh, must have had a
premonition that he would soon need
it in his business.
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In the international chess contest it
remains to be seen whether the Ameri
can congressmen or the British M. P.'s
have had the greater experience in
working the wires.
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Another daughter of the Chinese
millionaire, Ah Fong, has captured an
American husband. Well, she ls wel
come to him. All the American girls
are after European titles.
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The "old boys" are not yet relegated
to a position where they have to take
the dust from the youngsters' wheels.
The winner of the Chicago road race
has passed the half-century mark.
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{With uprisings among the reds in
Montana and the convicts at San Quen
tin prison, California, it is demonstrat
ed that it is much more convenient to
% have the rioters well caged to begin
with.
m
Even New York hasn't learned to ap
preciate Uncle Russell Sage yet,
Gotham thinks the alleged nephew of
the millionaire, whose wife tried sui
cide and whose son died In the poor
house, would be a dime museum at
traction.
Fifty-four thousand five hundred and
four citizens of Brooklyn have signi
fied their intention of voting the Demo
cratic ticket at the next election by
signing the rogular Democracy roll.
This is the largest number ever so re
corded in Brooklyn.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE,*
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|NDIArN OUTBREAK.
Seriousness of the Trouble at
Lame Deer MliGh Exaggerated.
NO C/W/VLRY/V\EN KILLED.
Most SerioUs Phase of the Situation
Seems to Be a Glash Between Gapt.
StoUch and the Sheriff of GUster
County— Settlers flrlarmed.
HELENA, Mont., May 31.— Reports I
of the killing of several men by the
Cheyenne Indians at Lame Deer agency
are not verified. It is not believed that
any one was killed, except a sheep
herder named Hoover, whose murder
some time ago caused the excitement.
Settlers and cowboys determined to
avenge his death and give the Chey
ennes an object lesson to deter them
from similar acts in the future. They
sent all the women and children to
places of safety, armed themselves and
congregating near the agency demand
ed the surrender of the Indians accus
ed of murdering Hoover. The Indians
armed themselves and made threaten
ing demonstrations against the whites,
but no battle has been fought nor mas
sacres begun, so far as is known. Six
companies of United States troops are
at the agency. The Indians declare that
they do not want to fight with the
soldiers, but are anxious to have a
brush with the white settlers and cow
boys.
There is a conflict of authority be
tween Indian Agent Capt. Stouch and
the sheriff of Custer county. The sher
iff's deputies were ordered off the res
ervation by the agent. They returned
to Miles City and got warrants for the
arrest of the agent for interfering with
the officers and started back to arrest
him. Lame Deer is sixty miles from
a telegraph offlce, and the result of the
expedition is not known. The trouble
is due to the charges of settlers that
the Indians kill and steal their cattle
and countercharges of the Indians that
the settlers continually intrude on the
reservation.
Gov. Smith wired President McKinley
today, protesting against the action of
Capt. Stouch and asking that he be
directed not to Interfere with civil of
ficers. Stouch says he can and will ar
rest the murderers as soon as the ex
citement dies out.
While the soldiers and civil officers
will be prepared to crush any actual
outbreak, considerable anxiety ls man
ifested.
Two companies of colored cavalry
from Custer were ordered to the
agency Wednesday, and Saturday a
courier arrived from the agency with
information that George Walters, the
postmaster, and Lou Alderson, a stock
man, had been shot and killed; also
that the Indians had shot into the
cavalry and killed five and had sixty
armed cowboys surrounded. The cav
alry from Fort Keough and Company
E of the infantry left Saturday for the
Sheriff Gibbs and Coroner Bateman
have returned from Barrlnger's ranch,
ln the neighborhood of which the in
quest was held on the body of Hoover.
The verdict was that he came to his
death by two shots fired by Cheyenne
Indians. While the inquest was pro
ceeding, sixty men under Legislator
James Brown arrived on their way to
the agency. The sheriff pleaded with
them to return, and told them that
sixty of them against 400 or 600 Indians
armed and such fighters as the Chey
ennes are would be helpless. The sher
iff learned that the crime was commit
ted by three of the band led by White
Bull, who said a day or two previous
that his heart was bad; that he wanted
to eat white man's heart. The agent
said that he knew one of the murder
ers, and thought with a little more
time they could find the others,
and would arrest them, and turn
them over to the civil authorities
with what evidence they had. He had
requested a sufficient force of soldiers
to surround the Indians, and said he
would cut off rations until the murder
ers were turned over. The sheriff and
committee went back to the main
body, which had been augmented by
twenty men from the Rosebud, and
made report.
Though there was much dissatisfac
tion at the turn affairs had taken,
they agreed to disperse for two weeks
to allow* the agent time to make the
arrest. If not then done, the original
plan of attacking the Indians ls to be
carried out. The women have been
gathered at several ranches for protec
tion, under guard of ten or twelve men
in each instance. The sheriff left four
deputies at the agency, with Stock In
spector Smith as chief.
On the road down, Friday, a courier
overtook the sheriff and his deputies,
saying that White Bull's band had
during the night escaped from the
agency; that the force of settlers was
being reassembled; that two compan
ies of cavalry from Custer had been
sent over, and the Indians had killed
some of them, and that this band of
Indians was liable to do more damage
to ranchers while at large. Women
and children are being sent down the
Tongue river to more secure places.
The county attorney has received a
telegram from Stock Inspector Smith
that Agent Stouch had ordered the
deputies off the reservation.
Deputy Sheriffs W. D. Smith and Matt
Winters have arrived at Miles City,
after having been ordered off the
Cheyenne reservation by the military
agent, Capt. Stouch. They say that
when the negroes from Fort Custer
arrived at the reservation, the Indian
who admits doing the killing could
easily have been arrested, as he was
pointed out to the troops, who prepared
for action if necessary to make the ar
rest, but the agent did not desire the
arrest made at that time, and prevent
ed the officer in command of the troops
from exercising authority then. The
Indians were decked out in war paint,
and riding the ominous circle, waving
their blankets, displaying their Win
chesters and challenging the citizens
to come out and fight them. They
claimed they did not want to fight the
soldiers, but that they did want to
fight the citizens.
Capt. Stouch asked the citizens to
leave the agency. The deputy sheriffs
refused to go unless upon a written
order. This he gave them, stating their
presence might excite the Indians to
further deeds of violence. The deputies
that came to Miles -returned with
Sheriff Gibbs, having the warrant for
the arrest of Agent Stouch for interfer
ing with officers ln the discharge of
their duty and warrants for the Indian
known, and two John Doe warrants.
Orders were Riven to the ordnance
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1897.
I officer at Fort Keough to have 1,000
rounds of ammunition ready for issue.
It is supposed more troops are to go
to the agency. There are now here
six companies under command of Maj.
[ Mareill, of Fort Custer.
Settlers' wives and children from
the Tongue river country are arriving
at Miles City in all kinds of improvised
conveyances. Some have put up at
the hotels, and others have gone into
camp In the outskirts of the city.
All kinds of rumors are current, but
as news has to come for the most part
of the distance by courier, nothing de
finite is known as to those reported
killed. Mrs. Stephens, wife of the ex
agent, who was riding over to the
agency from their ranch for safety,
was attacked by young bucks, who
would have killed her but for the plead
ings of an old squaw. They, however,
spat in her face and offered other in
sults.
OFFICIAL. POINT OF VIEW.
No Serious Trouble Expected by the
War Department.
WASHINGTON, May 31.— The Indian
trouble in Southern Montana, reported
from Helena, was made known to the
authorities of the wiar department last
week, and, in the opinion of the of
ficials, is not likely to be followed by
serious results. The first news of the
affair came to the department in a
telegram from Col. Sheridan, the ad
jutant general of tftie department at
St. Paul. At present the department
has no commander, owing to the re
cent retirements among the major gen
erals and the brigadier generals, and
the delay in assigning the new com
mands among the colonels recently
promoted. So Secretary Alger himself
is responsible for the command, and
he is directing affairs through Adjt.
Gen. Ruggles. Col. Sheridan's telegram
was received last Friday, and simply
stated thiait a report toad come to head
quarters at Bt Paxil that two white
men, herders, had been killed near
Lame Deer reservation, in Southern
Montana. To guard against trouble,
two troops of asuvalry were ordered by
telegram from Fort Custer. They
started last Friday, and since then no
report has oome to the war depart
ment. The absence of further reports
from the troops satisfies the war de
partment officials that the trouble has
been quieted for they say they would
be sure to hear if anything so serious
as the killing of troops had occurred.
Moreover, the agency where the men
are reported to have been killed, is in
charge of an army official, Capt.
Stouch, who, it ls said, has the entire
confidence of the Indians, and is capa
ble of dealing with them without fric
tion, if not Interfered with from outside
sources. There is a disposition at the
department to attribute the affair to
the encroachments of the wtoites living
ln the neighborhood, upon the Indians.
No intimation of any trouble among
the Cheyennes has reached the inte
rior department, and the Indian of
ficials are <at a loss to account for the
laok of advices, if any trouble has oc
curred or is apprehended. In view of
the lack of official advices, the fact that
the agency is in close telegraphic com
munication, and that the agency is in
charge of an experienced army officer,
no alarm or uneasiness as to the safe
ty of the people ln that section is felt.
No Incidents have been reported to the
department recently that would likely
lead to serious results, and the fiact
that reports date the trouble several
days back ls cited as significant. .
Hawaii Will Not Pay.
Claim of Japan for Indemnity Op
posed by President Dole.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 31.—
The following Hawaiian advices were
brought by the steamer Peru today:
The Hawaiian government in its re
ply to Japan on May 24, refused to co
incide with the views held by that
country on the sending back of 523
Japanese Immigrants, brought by the
Kiniani March 9. Official notice has
been given Japan that the immigration
laws of Hawaii are to be vigorously
upheld. The answer of Japan will
not be delivered to Jp>pan's Hawaiian
representative until this afternoon. It
was learned, however, that the view
taken by Japan is that while the right
of the government to pass reasonable
laws respecting immigration is not
denied, it is contended that if the con
tention of the Hawaiian officials were
correct, the immigration laws of the
country are in contravention of the
treaty existing between these coun
tries. Further, It was stated that
Japan says the action of the executive
ln returning the Japanese immigrants
was arbitrary and capriciously en
forced and that the decision of the
supreme court in the habeas corpus
cases was a denial of justice and for
that reason the Hawaiian government
is expected to recofnlze the principle
of indemnity in the cases of Kininanl
Maru immigrants presented to the gov
ernment
The empire of Japan also demands
assurance that a like action would not
be again taken with Japanese immi
grants coming into Hawaii. The posi
tion taken by the Hawaiian govern
ment is that the immigration laws ar*
a reasonable exercise of polioe power
of the state and that the administra
tion had impartially enforced them.
For this reason the Hawaiian govern
ment considers that the principle of in
demnity does not apply.
The Japanese papers have dropped
Hawaiian affairs for the present A
private dispatch states that another
war ship may be ordered to Honolulu.
It is likely, however, that the Naniwa
will remain in port subject to order of
the Japanese minister. The U. S. S.
Marion Is booked for an Indefinite stay
at Honolulu. When she was coming
into the bay her engines broke down
and it was necessary to signal for a
tug to pull her in. At the time it waa
stated that the injury was not serious,
but when the cruise to Samoa was
mentioned the condition of the vessel's
engines was viewed in a more serious
light. A board of officers appointed
by the admiral, examined the engines of
the Marion and recommended a new
bed be put in. The U. S. S. Adams
with a number of naval apprentices on
board reached here on the 19th inst.
She will leave for san Francisco in
about a week.
There was an earthquake in Ohio yesterday.
The one next .November will hit Marc Hanna.
Old Mother Earth Uneasy.
Quakes of Hore or Less Severity Reported From Ten of
the Central Southern States.
WASHINGTON. May 31.— A distinct
but slight earthquake was experienced
this afternoon throughout the South
Atlantic and Middle Southern states.
It is stated at the weather bureau that
the direction of the wave was from
south to north, but reports received
from various sections are conflicting.
In some localities it is stated the di
rection of the disturbance was in an
easterly to westerly direction, but the
records of the instruments here prob
ably are correct. The shock occurred
as nearly as has been estimated at 2
o'clock. In some localities the time Is
given as 1:58 and in others as late as
2:10. and its duration- was less than a
minute. As near as can be learned,
Savannah, Ga., was the furthest point
south at which the tremor was felt,
while the northern boundary of the
wave was middle Maryland. West it
was felt as far as Knoxville, Term. The
disturbance seems to have been most
severe in the Appalachian mountain
region.
WASHINGTON, May 31.— What Is
supposed to have been an earthquake
shock was felt here at 1:59. It lasted
about fifty seconds and caused chan
deliers to sway and floors to tremble
perceptibly. It was noticed at the cap
itol, in the telephqrie exchange and
several of the high buildings. In the
Associated Press offices in the Post
building the vibratiofis were felt very
distinctly. The weather bureau and
naval observatory, which have record
ing instruments, are closed on account
of Decoration day, but a watchman at
the observatory said that the shock
lasted nearly a minute, and that the
movement was from south to north.
CINCINNATI, May* 31.— Shortly after
1 o'clock an earthqiifcke was felt here
and in the suburbs. Occupants of
buildings were alarmed, and at Coney
Island, Chester Park, the zoological
gardens and elsewhere there was con
sternation among thfe holiday crowds.
At the lagoon on tse Kentucky side
there was a panic arrfbng several thou
sand people on the, grounds.
Zanesville, O, Majr 31.— An earth
quake shock was ffelt here at about 1
o'clock. The Courier building, four
stories, exhibited detlded vibrations. To
such an extent was this noticed and
experienced that ■eijaployes on the
fourth and third floors deserted, hurry
ing below greatly frightened. The mo
tion was from east to west and of a
swaying character.
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BALTIMORE, May 31.— A slight
earthquake was felt here shortly before
Kaiser Playing a Bold Game.
William Trying to Force the Hand of the Czar in the
Game of Diplomacy.
LONDON, June I.— The correspond
ent of the Standard jat Constantinople
says that the prevaleiFt opinion there
is that Germany is flaying a bold- game
in order to force Russia to declare
openly either for or against Turkey.
According to a dispatch to the Daily
News from Odessa, there is a revival
of the report that Hussia is negotiating
with Turkey tc get a port in the Medi
terranean. It is also rumored that
when peace between and Turkey
is concluded Russia w*H demand the
exclusive privilege oi free passage for
her fleet through tlje JJosphorus and
the Dardanelles.
The correspondent vt the Standard at
Athens says: The Gjreeks are greatly
encouraged by th» rumor that a navy
contractor named Kolla has received an
order to provision the British fleet of
forty men-of-war, to be concentrated
at Phalerum.
The Athens correspondent of the
Times urges the powers to make a
speedy and firm statement as to the
Cretan difficulty and to insist upon
Turkish evacuation, after which, he
says, the Cretan chiefs would be will
ing to accept autonomy. If, on the
contrary, Turkey is allowed to send
more troops to Crete, there will be a
renewal of the horrors of 1866-68.
2 o'clock this afternoon. It was not
noticeable except in the high buildings,
but In these distinct vibrations were
felt, lasting about five seconds*
WHEELING, W Va., May 31.— At 2
o'clock this afternoon a distinct earth
quake shock was felt all over Wheel
ing and in the surrounding towns. No
damage was done. The quake lasted
about thirty seconds and was violent
enough to shake brick buildings slight
ly.
Clarksburg, W. Va., May 31.— A se
vere shock of earthquake was felt in
this city at 2:02 p. m. today, lasting
about twelve seconds, followed by a
second shock, milder and of shorter
duration.
RICHMOND, Va, May 31.— An earth
quake shock which lasted a few sec
onds was experienced here about 1-30
p. m. today. It shook buildings and
rattled windows, but no damage was
done. The people in many buildings
were badly frightened.
PITTSBURG, Pa., May 31.-A slight
.earthquake shock was felt here ait 1:54
o'clock this afternoon. The tremeor
was quite perceptible in high build
ings and lasted nearly a minute.
WINSTON, N. C, May 31.— Three
severe shocks of earthquake were felt
here at 2 o'clock today. Wild excite
ment prevailed, but no damage was
done.
Charlotte, N. C, May 31.— At 1:45 to
day a distinct earthquake shock was
felt in this city. The shock did no
damage, but created much excitement
Asheville, N. C, May 31.— At 1:39 this
afternoon an earthquake shock per
ceptibly shook Asheville. Hundreds of
occupants of buildings ran into the
streets. No damage was done.
ATLANTA, Ga, May 31.— A shock of
earthquake was clearly felt here at 1
o'clock this afternoon. Trembling was
not severe and there was no excite
ment.
CHATTANOOGA, May 31.— A slight
earthquake shock was felt about 1:30
p. m. today throughout east Tennessee
from Bristol to Chattanooga. No dam
age is reported, but the shock was
very perceptible.
Knoxville, May 31.— An earthquake
shock was felt here about 1:15 p. m.
Several chimneys were shaken down.
A report from Jonesboro states that
the shock was quite severe.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31. — At 1
o'clock a slight earthquake shock was
felt here. The shock was most notice
able in the fire tower and high build
ings.
SPARTANSBURG, S. O, May 31.— A
distinct earthquake, shaking buildings
and rattling windows was felt here at
1:55 p. m. It was as severe as that
of August, 1886.
ATHENS, May 31.— The ephemris to
day demands the immediate prosecution
of the leaders of the Ethnike Hetara for
recent illegal acts. It states that M.
Mellas, a former mayor of Athens, is
president of the governing body of the
brotherhood, which includes also the
legal adviser of the ministry of finance,
two professors of the University of
Athens and seven officers of the Greek
Army.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 81.— An
irade has just been issued and com
municated to the representatives of
the powers, by which the sultan agrees
to an armistice of a fortnight, beginning
May 30. Fresh instructions, conse
quently, will be sent to Edhem Pasha,
the Turkish commander in Thessaly.
The Turkish government has replied
to the collective note presented by the
ambassadors to the Porte on Saturday
last. The ambassadors then announced
that they did not object to the conclu
sion ot a military armistice, which the
Turkish government insisted must be*
signed between the military comman
ders ln the field, after which the Porte
will negotiate the peace conditions with
the ambassadors, the treaty to be sign
ed by the Turkish and Greek plenipo
tentiaries in Thessaly. In this latest
note the Porte Insists upon an armis
tice of a fortnight, which can be re
newed in the event the peace negoti
ations are not finished. The Porte,
however, desires that peace be conclud
ed as soon M possible.
PRICE TWO CEN*»yftsW«B?r
ft F/VT/VU PIONIG.
Five Members of a Brooklyn
Tally-tto Party Killed.
FIFTEEN OTHERS INJURED
Long Island Engine Crashed Into the
CoaGh on a Grade Crossing With No
Time Given the Merry Party to So
MUGh as Arttempt to EsGape.
NEW YORK, May 31.— Five young
people were killed and a number of
others seriously injured ln an accident
which occurred this afternoon at Val
ley Spring, Long Island. A tally-ho,
with a party of twenty-one excursion
ists from the Green Avenue Baptist
church, Brooklyn, which started out for
a day's outing through Long Island,
was struck by a train on the Long
Island railroad at the Merrick boule
vard crossing, and these were instantly
killed:
GEORGE F. FASHLBY Jr., 824 Halsey
street, Brooklyn.
WM. GIIiCHJEUST Jr., 233 Rutledge street,
Brooklyn.
WINSLOW LEWIS. De Kalb avenue, Brook
lyn.
LESTER E. ROBERTS, Monroe street,
Brooklyn.
MISS DORA BURTSCH, Stuyvosant avenue,
Brooklyn.
The injured were: ESmina Bruge, skull frac
tured; Clara Stuart, skull fractured; Mrs.
Anrne Andrews, both legs broken; Lawrence
Barnes, scalp wound: Walter Wellbrock, both
thighs fractured; John Lewis, bruises; Ed
ward McCormick, driver of coach, badly in
jured; Earl Barnee, slightly injured; Miss
Pashley, back broken; Tillie Horn, severe
shock; Edna Bulger, severe shock; Richard
Bates, scalp wound; Bessie Gilson, scaip
wound: Miss Detftetts, leg broken and head
injured; Miss Ray Stlllman, badly injured.
Some of the dead were frightfully
mangled. The body of Lester W.
Roberts was ground to pieces. The
body of Miss Burch was also badly
mangled. Winslow Lewis had his neck
broken, both legs were broken, his
No Government itt Cuba.
McKinley in a Dilemma as to How He Can Recognize
What Doesn't Exist.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 81.— In the
great bureau of diplomacy and secrecy
known as the department of state, one
of the oldest and most experienced
officials, standing in a spacious corri
dor, whispered this afternoon to the
Globe representative as follows:
"We all know that there is no organ
ized government of the insurgents. Tho
secretary of state knows it, and the
president knows it. We little fellows
who handle the correspondence know
it better than anybody. The dilemma
of the president is simply this. He
knows that the people of this country
are determined to stop the savage con
ditions in Cuba. He knows that he
must do something. He also knows
that there is no government in Cuba
which he ought to recognize. The in
surgents are guerrillas, such as Col.
Mosby led during our civil war. They
would make raids, and devastate the
country, killing a few detached Yankee
soldiers. Then, when a regiment was
sent after them, they would spur their
horses to the mountains, and scatter;
to meet at some designated point a
week or more later on. Gomez and
the other Insurgent leaders are carry
ing on that sort of warfare. It is sim
ply bushwhacking. It is an organized
banditti. But it Is a powerful com
bination. Nobody in the state depart
ment can see any diplomatic way out
May Is Frozen Out.
Month Closes With Ice and Frost— Slight Damage
to Crops.
Special to the Glofoe. I
FAIRFAX, Minn., May 31.— Garden |
truck presented a very dispirited ap
pearance this morning as the result
of a very heavy frost last night. Crops
are not supposed to be damaged to
any appreciable extent.
Special to the Globe.
HERON LAKE, Minn., May 31.—
This locality was visited last night by
a very hard frost. Garden truck was
badly damaged. Field- grain did not
suffer to any great extent. Watering
places had to have the ice broken be
fore the stock could drink this morn
ing.
Special to the Globe.
CALEDONIA, Minn., May 31.— Fruit
was badly damaged or ruined and
garden vegetables killed down by a
heavy frost last night. Ice was form
ed. It is as cold or colder tonight.
Special to the Globe.
ALBERT LEA, Minn., May 31.— The
temperature has been so cold here late
ly that freezing has been of almost
nightly occurrence. The last two nights
it has frozen so hard that small fruit
has been greatly damaged, if not en
tirely destroyed, while early corn, etc.,
has been much injured. Even apples
and plums are believed to have been
seriously affected.
Special to the Globe.
STEELE, N. D., May 31.— Froot last
night did damage to early barley and
some flax. Ice one-eighth of an inch
thick formed. It is cold tonight and
cloudy. There was a sun dog at 6.
Special to the Globe.
WATERTOWN, S. D., May 31.—
There was very heavy frost last night.
This is the third heavy frost this sea
son. Corn, flax and barley are dam
aged heavily, not much damage to
wheat.
PLAINFIELD, Wis., May 31.— Ice
formed last night severely injuring the
blueberry crop, corn, potatoes, fruit
and garden stuff.
BIRD ISLAND, Minn., May 81.—
head was badly gashed and he waa
severely cut about the body
Tlie crash came almost without warn
ing and the occupants of the coach had
no time to make any effort to escape.
Before the most of them knew of the
impending danger the train was upon
them, the coach was upset, the engine
pushing it along the rails, the dead
and injured being cut and mangled
beneath it The train that struck the
tally-ho waa bound east from Mineola.
It was not running fast when the acci
dent happened, and accounts differ as
to whether the whistle was blown. It
is also a matter of dispute whether the
bell was being rung. It is claimed by
some that it was, and that the merry
party on the coach was making so
much noise that the driver could not
hear the bell. The double team of the
tally-ho had crossed the track and had
the front wheels of the coach upon the
rails when the pilot of the engine was
seen by the driver. He gave the horses
a cut with the whip, but it was too late
and a moment later the crash came.
The heavy engine, driven forward by
the momentum, raised the coach and
its load of passengers from the ground
and hurled It forward. As the engine
came into sight the women of the party
uttered screams which were ended by
the crash, and then followed by ,
screams of agony. When the engine '
struck the coach the occupants were in
all positions, as they had started to
jump to their feet upon realizing their
danger. Some had gained their feet
while others had made an effort to
reach the side steps. Others were too
frightened to move, had clutched the
seats or the side rail and waited for
the crash.
of the difficulty. Not even Gen. Miles,
our great Indian fighter, could con
quer the scattered bands of Cuban In
surgents. Spain has done her best,
and that cannot be denied. How the
president can recognize the independ
ence of a government which does not
exist is a great problem. Nevertheless,
we all know that he is going to do
something. We know that official cor
respondence between the secretary and
the Spanish minister demonstrates that
the president has determined upon
some sort of autonomy for Cuba; but
the Spanish minister is vainly asking
what kind of autonomy, and he re
ceives no satisfactory answer. He ad
mits the condition of savagery on the
island, but repeatedly asks, 'What are
you going to do about it?' That ls
the situation of Cuba in diplomatic
life. Nobody here, not even S^oretary
Sherman, can tell what the president
intends to do. He is simply groping,
but he has determined to do something.
The people on the outside can guess
the policy of the president as well as
any one here can guess it. We think
that the president is a little in the
dark himself, except that he does not
want the congress to force him into a
diplomatic position of armed interven
tion, which he desires to delay, and
possibly avoid. The congress don't
know a thing about the situation.
There is lots of correspondence here
which it would be dangerous to make
public. The lives of our consuls would
be in danger, from both sides. Even
on the island, the consuls have diver
gent views. The Cuban case is dread
fully mixed."
There was a hard frost last night.
Corn, potatoes and garden stuff were
frozen to the ground. Barley, flax and
wheat were badly injured.
MONTEVIDEO. Minn., May 81.—
Severe frost did great damage to fruit
and vegetables last night.
SLEEPY EYE, Minn. May 31.— There
was a heavy tvcst last night. Garden
truck was severely injured. Grain not
much hurt, if any.
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn., May 31
—Heavy frost here last night badly
injured corn, potatoes and garden
crops.
MANKATO. Minn.. May 31.— A heavy
frost last night killed garden truck
and cut down vines, etc. It is not
thought field crops are injured. Ice
formed to the thickness of the six
teenth of an inch ln the open air and
the tbemometer registered from 28 to
83 degrees early this morning.
RENVILLE, Minn., May 81.— There
was a killing frost here last night: ice
gathered in vessels outdoors to the
thickness of a quarter of an inch. It
is feared it has been very disastrous
to potatoes, corn and all tender vege
tables that are above ground.
FARIBAULT. Minn.. May 31.— A
very damaging frost occurred here last
night. Potatoes and all vegetables are
frozen. Corn is badly damaged, and
fruit much Injured. Ice was formed.
DICKEY, N. D., May 31. Frost in
the James river valley this morning
did considerable damage to grain, espe
cially to oats, barley and flax. Some
wheat was cut to the ground, and the
damage is difficult to estimate. Hero
the temperature went 18 degrees below
freezing, and at Montpeller to 11 be
low. Ice formed a quarter of an inch
thick at Ypsilante, and nearly half an
inch on Sunday. Ash trees and srass
here were injured, but wheat is ten
days or two weeks later- than usual
The weather is cold and grain ls mak
ing little progress. There has been
very little rain since seeding.
CEDAR RAPIDS, 10.. May 31.— This
section of lowa was visited by a heavy
frost last night. At some points corn
and potatoes were badly damaged,
while more tender crops were de
stroyed. Much fear is entertained for
fruits.