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MINNEAPOLIS AND THE NORTHWEST
OUT AFTER COUNTY PLUMS
SPIRITED CONTEST AMONG THE
HENNEPIN REPUBLICANS
Combination* Among the Candi
date* Make It Dlffieult to lMck
the Wlunem in the FlK"t That
"Will Be Brought to a Close With
the Convention Thin "Week The
News of Minneapolis
The campaign in Hennepln county
for places upon the county and legis
lative tickets will be closed at the con
ventions to be held next Thursday, July
1. The prospects now are that the bat
tles for these minor places will be
loughi out upon their own merits, and
that the bitterness resulting from the
state couvention will not en:er into the
matter.
The fight for nominations upon th«
Republican county ticket has narrow
ed down to the^offlces of register of
deeds, sheriff and county attorney, al
though there are several candidates for
couniy surveyor and coroner. For audi
tor, Harry Miner i>as no oppos.tlon as
yet and seems to oe sure of a renomi
nation. For treasurer no one seems
willing to content for the place with
A. W. HasUngs, the present Incumbent,
and Judge of Probate Harvey will a!su
be granted a renomination in all proba
bility.
Ii is believed by many that Register
of Deeds Metcalf and County Attorney
Peterson made a mistake when they
Indorsed the project for an early coun
ty convention. The opposing candi
dates were stirred to extraordinary en
deavors, and combinations h<ave been
formed among those who constitute the;
field which may sweep them out of of
fice at the expiiation of their first term.
Metcalf is a strong- candidate and ha&
three opponents to deal with. David
Gorham, Charles Robinson and John
W. Hernlund, the three candidates
against whom Metcalf has to pit him
self, are bound to go into the conven
tion with strength from widely scat
tered source?. Each will have votes
enough to warrant the belief that the
others should do the withdrawing.
With either of the three Metcalf would
be the natural second choice.
Mr. Peterson will benefit by the de
cision of the supreme court sustain
ing the sentence passed upon Aid.
Durnam. The field against him is made
up of Louis A. Reed, Albert H. Hall
and J. M. Pullia, and It is generally
believed that there is some sort of un
derstanding between the three. The
two weakest, it is said, may withdraw
and leave the field to the one showing
the most strength on the first ballot.
This will make a hard flght for Peter-
Eon.
Corner Q. E. Dennis has a lot of
opposition and it will be hard for him
to obtain a renomination in the face
of the pressure being brought to bear
Among those who wish to succeed him
are Dr. Henry S. Nelson, at present
first assistant, and a live political hust
ler; Dr. JomaF M. Kistler, Dr. C. H.
Ncrroid, Dr. AY. H. Hansoom and Dr.
A. N. Bessese^n.
County Surveyor E. T. Abbott has a
strong element working against him,
and it is possible he may fall by the
wayside. The candidates for his place
are George W. Cooley, P. M. Dahl and
Frank C. Deterly, the two latter well
known local civil engineers.
For the nomination for sheriff, as
it stands, it is now anybody's race,
with the chances against Loye, al
though he appears to have the lead,
so far as positive strength at the out
e^t is a factor. Loye was one of those
who sprung the early convention idea
with the rmpresslon that It w r ould dis
courage other candidates' from enter
ing the field, and he has been the one
to suffer the most thereby up to date.
The field is a large one and is made up
of Thomas Downs, Jamfs H. Ege, Phil
T. Meganrden. Frank S. Lane, Frank
W Farnftan. and Jay Phillips.
"With such a multiplicity of candl- !
dates it Is hard to say who will coma
under the wlr? a winner. Loye's friends
claim for him over 300 votes on the first j
ballot, In a convention of 565 delegates, j
but their claim is undoubtedly large.
It is not to be expected 'that he will
enter the convention with more than
200 votes, if as many as that. Of the
other candidates it is believed that
Downs, Metaartden, Ege and Mayhew,
follow in about the order named, while
■the strength of Lane and Farnham wili
probably not b? very great. It is there
fore a question of combinations, and
as the field is entirely hostile to Loye,
Ihere is little In it for him to hope
for. It is nopsible a new man may
be sprung who will be able to capture
the prize.
The primaries will be held the even-
Ing previous, July 6, at the usual hour.
At the caucuses delegates are to be
chosen, not only for attendance at- the
county, but for the legislative conven
tions as well. Of these legislative
conventions there are seven. These
conventions are to nominate seven
candidates for state senator, and six
teen candidates for legislative repre
sentatives, and each of the senatorial
districts will have a convention of its
own.
Mayor Robert A. Pratt will enter
the field actively as a candidate for
renomination. Friends of Aid. E. E.
Webster state that he will also aban
don his receptive attitude and put up
a fight for the nomination, and a
pretty contest will be the result. City
Comptroller W. G. Nye states that he
is not a cand.idate.for the mayoralty,
but will be satisfied to retain his pres
ent position, if the people so will it.
C. F. E. Peterson and Charles A.
Nimmocks are after the place now
occupied by -Mr. Nye.
DURHAM A PRISONER.
Tie Will Be Taken to Stillvrater
This Week.
George A. Durnam Is no longer alderman
of the Ti-ird ward, but a prisoner of Sheriff
Philips. -According to law, his term of office
expired when the supreme court pasß2d upen
his convlet'on, and now the Third ward is
minus one aldtrman.
The clerk of rourts handed the sheriff a
ecmraitmen't yesterday morning, and he went
after Mr. Uurman at his residence. The pris
oner accompanied Deputy Sheriff Callaghan
to the court house and city hall, to await de
velopments. The sheriff finally decided not
to Imprison the convicted man at once. It
was shown that he had some important busi
ness matters to straighten up, his wife was
IK, and he has some race horses at Rochester,
which are to race July 4, and perhaps may
make him some money. He Is hard up, his
trial having used up most of his monpy, and
the sheriff thought it best to give him an op
portunity of clearing something for his fam
ily, if possible.
Durnam will not go to St'.llwater until per
haps Thursday next. He will run the races
and aatend to his business with a deputy In
attendance upon h's movements, and when
everything has been finished, he will co to
Stillwater.
No action has been taken In regard to sup
plying his place in the city council The
Third ward will probably have only one al
derman for the balance of the year as an
electron is expensive, and the city elect'ons
take place In November, when another aldtr
man will be selected. If there is a com
plaint by some of the Third ward politicians,
perhaps the city council may be moved to
secure an election, but it is hardly probable.
If the council had done as it should when he
•waa convicted and had declared the offlca
vacant, an elJc.tion could have been had long
ago, and the present complications need not
have ocenrred.
FRAUD FOVND.
Verdict for Defendant In the Ca»e of
the Automatic I.inlit Company.
Judge Elliott has filed his d«:UIon in the
case of the American Automatic Light com
pany against Hill & Crawford, in which he
decides for the defendant.
In his findings he shows that the plaintiff
made a sale of the Minnesota right to manu
facture and put up a ceitain light d?v oa
which plaintiff had patented, under the repra.
I sentatlon that it was a nett scheme, and that
the defendant wtuld have the sole rieht to use
it. These representations the court finds wera
false and fraudulent. The defendant gave
notes in part payment for ths contract, and
the court voids the notes, and gives the
defendant judgment.
Rc»!Hted the Oflleer.
Officer John E. Ryan, of the Third rre?.!nct,
had a desrerate fight with au Intoxicated man
yesterday afternoon. He met the fellow at
Tenth avenue south and Fifth street. The
man, who was of fine physique, was creating
trouble and insulting people on the strict.
Officer Ryan placed him under arrest nntt
the prisoner immediately showed fight. The
two had a hard struggle. A crowd s o.\
gathered, but they all refused to lend a hand
to the policeman. Once when the policeman
found it necessary to use his c'.ub, the crowd
became threatening and almost toolt the man
away. Three different citizens were dis
patched to get the patrol wagon, bu' tV.ey
delayed and in consequence it was neary hall!
an hour tefore help arrived. The man was
charged with drunkenness at the South side
station. He would not give hU name.
Hixhon Joyce Return*.
Bishop Isaac William Joyce, of tha Metho
dist Episcopal church, who left Minneapolis
two years ago. when assigned to the West,
arrived in the city yesterday. He is accom
panied by Mrs. Joyce and they are guests of |
the'.r son. Frank M. Joyce. 19 Highland aye- ]
j nu3. Bishop Joyce has been in Japan, Corea
j and China since leaving Minneapolis. He has I
I presided twice at a.l the conferences in ihosj
| countries. Altogether, he traveled 22,000 miles,
including 2,000 up the Yangtze river, in Chi
na. He enjoyed the trip very much. Mrs.
Joyce was with him all of the time exespt on
a 300-ml>e chair ride. The bishop says that
he does not see how the war could bave been
avoided.
Hid His Sealen.
A. C. Walker, owner of the grrc ry store
at Nicollet avenue and Thirty- hlrd street,
yesterday pleaded guilty in the municipal
» court to the charge of resisting a public of
ficer, and was fined $o.
Walker was arrc«:ed on ccmp'aimt cf A. G.
Mother, sealer of weights and measures for
the city of Minnea^polis. Mr. Mosher visited
the grocery Friday to inspect the weights
and measures there. He claimed that Walk
er would not let him get at the dry uuasurei,
and that when Walker saw him coming ha
hid a scale that was on the counter.
As all the scales and measures that Mosher
did examine were found almost corrcc L , and
as Walker claimed that he did net inten
tionally resist the inspector, Judge Hot let
him off with the light fine of $5.
Dlnvley Bill to Blame.
Henri Ducollet, representing a firm of
Paris fan makers, was at the We t yesterday.
In the opinion of 11. Ducollet, the Dingey
bill Is to be blamed for nicwt of the Eu
| rop^an dislike of America. The rates of
I duty are so high that there is no profit In
exporting goods to America, and fcha pro
visions of the bill are so rigid thai rich
American travelers on the continent cannot
now buy valuable goods to be taken back
with them duty free.
Hopes of a Fortune.
Mrs. Charles W. Gite3, wife or a bxrber
residing at 2115 Crystal Lake avenue, has
received notice of the death of an uncle In
England. The deceased relative was Immense
ly wealthy, leaving property and money esti
mated at $3,500.0(10. The uncle was a bachelor
and it is supposed that a considerable amount
of the money is in New York. Mrs. Gates is
one of the nearest relatives and she expects
that a considerable portion of the fortune
will fall to her.
Knott's Cane Continued.
The case against John Knott. the United
States soldier who shot Miss Emma Oakland
several weeks ago, was continued until July
12 by Judge Holt yesterday morning on ac
count of the condition of Miss Oakland. The
hospital authorities believe s.ie will be suf
ficiently recovered by that time to appear in
court.
Prof. Kt<-lii.> Resigns.
Ait an adjourned meeting- of the board of re
gents of the university Prof. D. L. Klehie re
signed from the secretaryship. As secretary
or regent he has been connected with the
board for seventeen years.
Flag Raised.
It was a solemn, yet inspiring scene, which
oc^irred at 6 o'clock lan evening at the South
blue police station. Amid speeches of patriots
imoprt Old Glory was raised to the breez
above the station and the blue coats save vent
to hearty cheers.
NEGRO DEMOCRATS.
Ca.ll for National Convention of
Their Leagrnc Ik 1.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 2.— A. E. Man
ning, of this city, president of the Negro
National Democratic league, today issued a
cull for the national conventlcn of the leagus
to meet in New York city the second Tues
day in August at noon. "The delegates "
says the call, "must be elected early to p r
mit the secretary of the stats convention to
forward their names to the president, A E
'Manning. Indianapolis, Ind., not later .haii
Saturday, July 23. Where there is no stats
organization, any well-known negro Democrat
| may call a meeting to select delegates in ac
crrdunco with their congressional apportion
ment, or one delegate from each congres
sional district. All territories, including tha
District of Columbia; will be entitled to on«
delegate each. No proxies will be allowed a"
vote In the convention wi:hout the consent o'
at least two-thirds of the delegates present
in the convention.
RELIC OF THE WAR.
Denver Mmenni Receives Valnahle
Ones From Leadville.
| From the Denver Times.
Cecila Deane, custodian of the war relics
at the state house, received valuable acqui
j slttons to the collection last we?k from Judge
N. Rollins, of Leadville, who was a captain
| during the rebellion in the Second Wisconsin
| infantry.
'Among these are a photograph of Col. B.
j IS. JMswortn and three war maps of the three
days fighting at Gettysburg. The pnotograph
of Elsworth has particular historical ir.te-
est from the fact that it was taken ju t '
R rio f $? ,, hi 3 <Jeath and waa Presented to
Capt. Rollins by him, the two being warm
; personal friends. Col. Elsworth's autograph
is below the old print.
Elsworth was to the Civil war wliat Bag
ley is to this— the first commis?ioned officer !
I to fall from a hostile bullet, and his deith !'
j was a shock to the whole North, he being one i
of the greatest favorites snd most conspcu- '
I ous of the younger contingent of officers en- !
gaged on the Union side. He fell on May
: £4. 1861, at the old Marshall h-mse, vihlSii Is !
i still standing at Alexandria, Va. The man
I who shot him, Jackson, fell a rmmfnt later,
I shot by one of Elsworth's zouaves. The
] story leading up to this tragtdy, whioh ap
' prised every one that war was not play, and
! brought forth more bitterness by its mere j
I recital than the entire course of events pre
ceding it hud done, is that Col. Elswor'h !
in command of the Elsv.-orth Ziuavea had
bees sent to Alexandria by Gen. Scott to <5o ;
, patrol and provost duty. Over the Marshall
: house was waving a rebel flag, which Els
worth immediately went up &:ai;s to brlr.g
down. He succeeded, but as he was coming
; down the last flight Jackson, the proprietor j
■ of the house, fired at him. and the colonel |
1 fell mortally wounded. One of Elsworch's
men then shot Jackson.
The mapi which Judze Rollins gave the
: state bear especial historical significance from
j the fact that they were compiled from the
i official surveys and Information by the en
: gineers' department of the army, and ba
j cause there are no others in the state of Col
orado. Judge Rollins obtained them from the
• war department in 1892.
The maps cover a territory twelve miles
; square and show every contour of the c;un
, try; each hill, valley, brook, grove, bridge
> fence, farm house, farm and the location of
! every body of troops engaged in this most
sanguinary battle of the Civil war.
Early in the first day's flght Capt. Ro'.lins
was captured by the Confederates, together
with 2,700 other officers and soldiers, and wa3
placed by his captors where he had a mac
; nifk-ent view of the whole panorama of the
I battle ground. Ho saw the successive charges
i and counter charges of the second day, and
I watched with aching eyes the movements of
I Plckett's division across the mile of living
[ death, and saw the gallant repulse by the
| Army of the Potomac as the long, thin gray
j line attempted to breast the heights of Ceme
tery Ridge; he saw •the gray line falter, break
and fly. The next day he and his comrades
In distress were hurried southward to Rich
mond, where they stayed In prison until re
i leased by exchange. Custodian Dean consid
ers his latest .acquisitions to be among the
most precious from a historical standDoin*
that are in the collection.
Demand for Actual Money.
From the New York World.
Mr. Thomas G. Shearman, in a published
statement, expresses the fear that the two
cent stamp tax on bank checks will result
In a demand for actual money in all trans
actions of less than $20 in amount and ho
estimates that the increase in demand for
actual money on this account will amount to
at least $30,000,000/*. day. l 0
Jj%
He*- Crnelty.
From the YonkeriT Statesman.
Sue Brette — She's so tender-hearted- <sh«
would not hurt a bird. ' 8
Foote Light— Nonsense; I've seen her drown
them.
Sue Brette— Drown birds?
Foote Light— Yes; drown them in cold bot
tles
HE TOOK A HURRIED LEAVE
JAMES ROSS BROKE OUT OF
JAIL AT DULTJTH
Prtaoner Held to the Grand Jury
for Robbing? the House of a
Prietit, but Decided Hot to W-iK
Until the September Term
Locked the Jailor In and Made
Goml II In Eicnpe.
DULUTH, Minn., July 2.— (Special.)
— James Robs, bound over to the next
term of the grand jury for grand lar
ceny, broke Jail tonight and has, up
to the present, been successful in
avoiding arrest.
Ross some time ago robbed the resi
dence of Rev. Father Grandchamp of
$1,800, but soon after was caught and
bound over to the September grand
Jury. Ross was in his cell today, ap
parently secure, when the jailor en
tered to stop a water tap at the other
end of the corridor. Hearing a noise
after he passed Ross' cell, the jailor
turned and saw Ross bolting for the
outer door. The jailor gave chase, but
Ross, after getting out, bolted and
locked the door, imprisoning the jailor.
It was some time before the jailor's
cries were heard, and Ross made good
use of his chance. The escaped pris
oner is wajited for robbery in a num
ber of cases.
MIIXE LACS RESERVATION.
Instruction* From Washington Re
garding Land Entries.
ST. CLOUD, Minn., July 2.— The United
States land office has received a letter of
final instructions as to the opening of the
Mllle Laos Indian reservation to settlemen*.
The letter notifying the register and receiver
of the passcge of the Joint resolution declar
ing the lands open to settlement was re
ceived June 14, but no Instructions accom
panied the letter. The local office thereupon
wrote for further Instructions and received a
letter from F. W. Montelle. assistant com
missioner of the general land office, contain
ing instructions. The salient points of the
letter are as follows:
"You state that there are many applica
tions to make entry on these lands now pend
ing either in this office or before the secre
tary, on appeal from the decisions of our
office, and ask whether you are allowed to
give a preference right of entry to those per
sons whose applications are now pending over
those who may hereafter present applications.
"In reply you are advised that no entry can
be allowed by you, in any case, where an
application is now pending. All applications
now before this office will be returned to you
for appropriate action, so soon as they can be
reached. No action can be taken on cases
pending before the secretary until instructed
by him."
It will thus be seen that the department
wisely protects the actual settler on the res
ervation in his rights. Applications for en
try on lands on which there have been previ
ous filings are refused by the local land office,
and those who have applications pending will
receive notice from the local office that they
have thirty days in which to complete their
entries. This procedure wi:l greatly simplify
matters in opening the reservation to settle
ment, for applications will be received only
on lands on which there Is absolutely no
filing. There are some 1,200 acres filed upon
up to 2 o'clock today.
BIG BLAZE AT RACINE.
Thousands elf Tons of Coal Were
Threatened by the Flames.
RACINE, Wis., July 2.— Fire broke out in
the large coal sheds of William Pugh, cover
ing two blocks, shortly after 1 o'clock thii
afternoon. The fire was confined to the
coal yards. The loss will not reach over
$50,00(1. Several machines of the Case Manu
facturing company, which were standing in
the street, caught fire from the intense heat,
but the loss was not great. A southwest wind
saved the large Case plant.
Northwest Pensions.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— Minnesota pensions
were granted yesterday as follows:
Minnesota— Original: Charles C. Sessions,
Otsego, $6; Sebastian Rohrent. Morris, $10;
Simeon Middkton, South St. Paul, $6.
Wisconsin — Original: Alfred Suits, Milwau
kee, $8. Additional: William Laker, Shlocton,
$6; Henry Van Valkemburg, Oshkosh, J6 to
$8. Increase: Benjamin Brownell, Lloyd, ?8
to $10; August Niemeyer, West Bend, $10 to
$17. Widows: Sarah F. Willis, Platteville, $8;
Martha Colby, Ogdensburg, $8.
lowa— Original: Daniel S. Cable, Coon
Rapids, $8. Increase: Lee Thorp, West.
Liberty, $6 to $8; Noah French, Dcs Molnes.
$30 to $40.
Short on Stamps.
DULUTH, Minn., July 2.— Much difficulty is
experienced here today in the internal rev
enue matter by reason of the fact that the
country towns on the Iron Range have no
stamps. Merchants are sending In checks,
stating that it is impossible to get them. In
many cases they indorse checks "No stamps
obtainable," in which event banks accept
them, but in a majority of cases local mer
chants put on stamps, Indorsing them with
the Initials of the sender and date. This is
technically contrary to the law. Stamps are
very scarce ako locally.
Forest Reserve.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— Senator Kyle had
a long conference with the secretary of the
interior today, regarding the Black Hills
forest reserve. The sundry civil appropria
tion bill, which became a law last night, pro
vides that the secretary of the interior may
revoke any portion of the forest ressrve order
Issued by President Cleveland last year, and
Senator Kyle is endeavoring to releass the
lands in South Dakota now withheld from
settlement by reason of that order.
Grand Forks Cniionscs.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., July 2.— (Special.)—
Tl!* Republican caucuses were he'd in Grand
Forks county tonight. The contest was be
tween George B. Winship, for governor, and
L. K. Hassell. for state treasurer. Winship
carried two wards of the city, to four for
Hassell. The county at large will show a
good majority for Winship.
Wholesale Theft.
ABERDEEN, S. D., July 2.— (Special.)— The
sheriff of Clark county arrived here this
afternoon with a prisoner named Cole, ar
rested at Tacoma Park, charged with stealing
ihree horses, a cow and seven sets of harness,
in the vicinity of Bradley, S. D. The prop
erly was all recovered.
New Pclstnin.sters.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— The following
Minnesota postmasters were commissionel to
day: Frank M. Rea, Fairfax; EJiel Peck,
Kimball; Sieveren Swanson, Moose Lake;
Robert W. Taylor, Havelock.
Northwest Pensions.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— Northwestern pen
sions were granted today as follows:
UNCLE SAM— "Hail Columbia!*
COLUMBIA— "HaiI Uncle Sam!"
THE EAGLE— "HaiI UNCLE SAM'S
MONOGRAM WHISKEY, and fill 'cm up
again! We judges of Whiskey appreciate
the lack of fusel oil in it 1"
Monogram
Is a very palatable medium-priced
drinking whiskey, absolutely free
from fusel oil. It is recommended
by physicians and user! in hospitals
For sale by druggists and dealers, In
FULL PINTS or QUARTS, and by Geo.
Bern & Bons, St. Paul & Minneapolis.
THE ST. PAUG GI,OBE SUNDAY JULY 3, 1898.
Minnesota — Original: Charles C. Sessions
Otsego, $6; Sebastian Rohrent, Morris $10-
Simeon Mlddleton, South Bt. Paul, $G. '
HANGED WHEN TRAIN CAME IN
It Was Abend of I'liaeand Entrlneer
Had an Anxious Two Ml nates.
Prom the Chicago Record.,
There is a branch of the Burlington rail
road which runs down into the southwestern
part of Nebraska, and alGng which are strung
several county seat towns,. At the time to
which reference is made a man named Bruce
Matting'.y was awaiting execution in the Jail
of one of these towns.' he 'having committed
a homicide which, aoordlng to the theory of
the jury, merited death.- H^ was a pretty had
man. but, as is frequently the case with
tough citizens, he had a strong circle of
friends who were disinc.incd to see Ma:tin-ly
snuffed out at the end of a rope They In
terceded with the governor after the regular
channel of law courts of appeal had been run
fruitlessly but Mattlngry's reputation was
against him, and the governor would not
definitely promise to grant the de3ired re
spite. The sheriff of the county had an
nounced that he would wait until 8 o'clock
In the morning for any gubernatorial Interfer
ence, and promptly at that hour in the ab
sence of a notice to stay, he would launch
Mr. .MaKingly Into tho elsewhere
On the morning of the day set for the «r
ecution the conductor of Burlington No 3
was instructed by the trainmas er to pick v
at this county seat town the state fish com
missioner's private car, which had been there
for some days, and carry it on to the terminal?
The engineer, when told of the order sue
gested that it would be best for Mm to ran
n a few minutes ahead of card time, so as
to be sure to have enough time to eet away
on the schedule, for there was a strong lorn
petition in the matter of promptness on °'™
run and for over three years the train had
not been behind. So. being due at 8 o'clock
the engineer of No. 3 rushed things a little
and got in at 7:56, thus having four min
utes' leeway to rick up the commissioner's
car. As they pulled up at the platform a
sound of whistling and the ringing of bells
rose in the town, and from th? high board
stockade around one wing of the county jail
which was just across from the depot a red
flag fluttered as somebody hauled Tt up on
U pole. The engineer asked what
"Just hung Mattingly." crled ama t
that moment, breaking forth from the stock
ade. 'Hung him prcmipt at 8 o'clock Bill
was afraid a order might come from the
gov nor, an as soon as it was 8 he let him
go."
"But it isn't 8," said the engineer. "It's
three minutes to it."
"No, it isn't. It's 8. Ain't No. 3 in, an'
don t she git here at 8 to the dot?"
The engineer's heart jumped and then fell
down into a deep well.
"Do you mean to say you hung a man by
No. S's time Instead of by watches or
clocks?" he gasped.
"Of course. Why, watches an' clocks
varies. Take any dozen watches among the
crowd In that jail right now an' I'll bet there
am t no two alike in pointin' out the %'.
But No. 3—" and the men looked at the
engineer In eloquent silence which wa3 im
mensely expressive. The latter leaned
against the tank and pulled his own watch
and fastened his eyes devouringly upan it.
He afterwards said he lived" a lifetime in
waiting for the two ''remaining minuter to
pass so that the hour ;<woul<f really he 8. Ev
ery Instant he expected- toi-spe the operator
corae flying out wi;h?an cwrd;r to re.ay the
hanging, and, knowing th'afhs had given the
signal to execute the ai4n four minutes ahead
of time he felt that W a»y}euch notice w<re
to come before 8 he wgijlfi Ite a kind of mur
derer. At last— it seemed*, aftsr years-ttae
hands indicated the actual arriving of No
3 and with a great ga3p ojt relief the engineer
climbed into the cab:, arid,' went about the
work of hooking on the commissioner's car.
It was some time before that engineer got
around to a state of niipd, where he eou'd
speak lightly of the Incident, and to this
day he has never run so much as four sec
onds ahead of time. He says it isn't condu
cive to a man's peace of mind out in tlia'
country, where they hang people by railroad
time card.
AZTEC MINES.
Important Results Expected From
William MtchN Exploration*.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The discovery of William Niven, of this
city, of important evidences of the past civ
ilization of the Aztecs and related tribes has
been verifies on the arrival of the explorer
in the capital of Mexico. He found a num
ber of prehistoric ruins and a sealed ossuary
containing skeletons. He has incidentally
found new silver mines 'and promising plac
ers, the latter, perhaps, a rediscovery of dig
gings from which the Aztecs drew the'r
wealth. It needs that , only half which is
on record of the Aztecs In Montezuma's time
be true to indicate that gold was the com
monest of their metals. They did not hold
it in the value that Europeans gave to It,
and this fact enabled Cortez and his followei-3 '■
to rob these people in a royal fashion.
Shields, helmets, cups, bracelets and nuggets
were delivered in exchange for promises and
friendships that were as empty as the
promises of Spain have ever been. After en
riching Cortez, the natives found themselves
at his mercy; their emperor a captive, their
temples despoiled, strange images set up In
public places, before which they were com
pelled to bow and worship, and In the end
the Spaniard possessed the land.
In Peru and adjacent states similar dra
mas were enacted, and the white man
gained his power by the copious shedding
of blood. It is not improbable that when
the greed of the invaders for the yellow
metal was discovered the Aztecs and other
native tribes desisted from the mining of it,
hoping by representations that the supply
was exhausted to keep the troops, with their
swords and thundering cannon, from any
further advance into .their country. It does
not take long In a tropical country for erod
ed banks to clothe themselves afresh in vege
tation; hence in a few years the tokens of
placer mining would . have , disappeared, and
after the people had been, driven to other
parts of the country, or. had been occupied
in the general defense, these beds of gold
bearing gravel would be forgotten. Their dis
covery, if such It is. ' may prove to be im
portant—not so much so as the Klondike,
probably, for much has already been taken
from them, yet not insignificant, since mod
ern methods insure a larger return for labor
than picking of nuggets from the stream beds.
American capital will probably develop these
mines, and we may have a need of gold in
the next few years.
"PHOSSY JAW."
Remarkable Mortality From Phoa
pliorons Poisoning-.
From the New York Evening Post.
A recent coroner's inquest in London has
directed public attention once more to the
subject of phosphorus poisoning In match
factories. The victim, In thiß ess©, was em
ployed by Bryant & May. He died of what
is known as "phossy jaw," and the investi
gation which followed resulted in the discov
ery that other deaths from similar causes
had been concealed from the authorities. In
consequence of tills the firm was sentenced
to pay a fine, and the whole subject has been
under discussion in the press. In t'leir own
defense the manufacturers say that every
possible precaution has been adopted by
them, and that as a matter of fact only 47
cases of phosphorus necrosis have occurred
among the 50.000 work people employed by
them during the last twenty years. They are
as anxious as anybody, they say, to stop even
this low rate of mortality, but do not know
how to do it and make the ordinary "etrlke
anywhere" match at the same time. No ex
periments, they claim, have succeeded in
finding any satisfactory substitute for phos
phorus, and the greater part of the public
refuses absolutely to have anything to do
with the safety matches which "strike only
on the box." The great masses of working
men and women reject witn scorn a match
that cannot be lighted unless It is applied to
some particular substance. This Etatement Is
practically verified by tho manager of the
Salvation Army Match Works, at Bow, where
no phosphorus is used.a nd dnly safety match
es are made. He says thaj their factory is
conducted for philanthropic reasons, at great
disadvantage, inasmuch as their matches cost
more to make and are more difficult to sell.
In other words, the public wants a match
that is cheap and easily ignited, and will not
buy others out of mere sympathy for opera
tives. The on'.y solution, it seems, Is in the
discovery of a cheap and effe«tlve substitute
for phosphorus.
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A DAKOTA PHENOMENON
EXCITES THE INDIANS TO THE
VERGE OF FRENZY
linmenae Bottomlcaa Pit Suddenly
Appear* and Emit* Snlphuruna
Odora Frozen Ground Bursts
With a. Reitort That In Heard All
Over Slaaeton Reaervatlon.
Forman (N. D.) Cor. Chicago Chronicle.
The Indians on the Sisseton reserva
tion, near here, are in such a state of
terror that the utmost diplomacy has
to be used to keep them within bounds.
The older Indians are counseling the
younger men to prepare for a mighty
war, and are declaring that the time
is near at hand when the white men i
are to be wiped off the earth and the
entire North American continent re
vert to the Indians.
The cause of the trouble is a huge
opening in the earth, about ten miles
north of the old government fort, from
which have been issuing terrible noises
— as though 10,000 demons were shout
ing at the top of their voices— and
from which comes a suffocating odor
of brimstone. This odor was not par
ticularly noticeable until two days ago,
but it is now so strong that no one
dare venture near the mouth of the
pit, and several wild animals which
have gone too close have been suffo
cated.
The crevice in the earth appeared
somewhat over a week ago, the fro
zen ground bursting asunder with a
report which was heard all over the
reservation and which rattled the
windows in every house for miles
around. The crack varies in width
from four to twenty feet, is about
three miles in length and of unknown
depth. Investigation soon after the
crevice appeared showed that in many
places it was only about fifteen feet
deep, while in others the bottom could
not be found, although a rope nearly
1,000 feet long was used.
At Mulit a Bine Flame
can be seen issuing from the hole, and
at the distance of a mile the heat is
sufficient to scorch a piece of white
paper. Crash after crash can be
heard in the bowels of the earth, and
in several places huge depressions
have appeared, as though the ground
were caving in. All the snow in the
vicinity of the crevice has disappeared,
and at a distance where the heat is
not so intense as to wither everything
the grass is springing up.
James Patterson, who was lowered
into the subterranean pit, reports hav
ing seen sticking from the sides of the
crack huge bones, the like of which he
has never before seen, and from the
description given by him the scientists
of these parts are Inclined to believe
that the bones are those of long-for
gotten mastodons. The shells of huge
turtles were also seen by Mr. Patter
son and he brought to the surface with
him curious objects believed to have
once been the shells of gigantic oysters
or clams.
These things have strengthened the
theory that this whole Western country
was once a vast sea, in which swam
fish larger than those now found in the
Atlantic or the Pacific, and on the bot
tom of which lay oysters of such for
midable size as to be beyond the imag
ination of the wise people of the pres
ent day. The huge bones seen by Mr.
Patterson would, ajjparently, indicate
that their possessors in life.
Mast Have Been Monsters
equally at home in the waters of the
sea or upon the land. As soon as posi
ble further investigations will be made,
after permission has ben secured from
the authorities at Washington, as white
men, outside of the reservation officials,
are not allowed upon the reserve with
out a special permit.
When the crack appeared in the earth
every Indian upon the reservation has
tened to the spot. They were stricken
with awe at the sight which confronted
them tind rushed with all speed" back to
the agercy, where they reported to the
agent's representative. Mr. Patterson.
The agent was absent at the time, so
Mr. Patterson determined to make an
investigation upon his own account.
Calling to his assistance several of the
Indian policemen, he visited the chasm
and found that what the frightened
children of the plains had told him was
not exaggerated in the least.
The crack begins at a point a trifle
over ten miles from the ruins of the
old fort and extends almost due west
for three miles, being widest and deep
est near the center. Par down in the
earth, faint and dim. comes the sound
of rushing waters, mingled in mad con
fusion with the pounding as of gigantic
waves upon a rocky shore. Now and
then, sharp and clear, can be heard the
sound of an explosion, as of a hundred
Bis Guns Blended Into One.
The Indian police, each one a victim
to the wildest superstititton, and firm
ly believing in the old tradition of the
tribe that deep in the earth dwells a
terrible demon, wanted to depart from
the place at once, but they were or
dered by Mr. Patterson to remain and
assist him in making an investigation.
One of the Indians was sent to the
agency for all the rope to be had, and
when he returned with his pony
heavily laden it was found that he had
brought back something like 1,000 feet
of cord of sufficient strength to sus
tain a heavy weight.
When Mr. Patterson and the Indians
were rigging a windlass — for Mr. Pa»
terson had determined to descend into
the unknown depths — one of the Tn
dian dogs, in peering over the edge of
the awful hole, lost his balance and
fell, yelping and howling in mortal ter
ror, into the yawning abyss. Fainter
and fainter grew the howls, ' and,
though they listened Intently and
could not hear a sound of the body
striking, the men concluded that tho
bottom must be many hundred feet
down. The body of the dog, crushed
and flattened as though passed under
a heavy steam roller, was found a day
or two later in a small spring less than
half a mile from the agency head
quarters, showing that the spring and
the chasm are connected by some sort
of an underground passageway.
I.invcrcil Into the Abyss.
When the windlass was fully rigged
the rope was wound upon it and Mr.
Patterson, after forming a seat from
a short piece of board, had himself
lowered gently into the crevice. Down,
down he went, until all the rope, prac
tically 1,000 feet, had been paid out. He
remained in the dismal chasm for near
ly an hour, not even the light from the
lantern he carried being visible from
above. Then came the signal to pull
up, and, after half an hour's hard wo:k,
tho adventurer was once more on terra
fiima, where he told a remarkable
stcry.
As he passed down into the chasm
he saw hundreds of gigantic bones and
shells protruding from the sides of
the crevice, and some of the smaller
ones he secured, tying them with pieces
of cord to the rope by which he was
suspended. The walls of the cavern
were composed, he said, of layers of
sand, black loam, limestone, granite
and sandstone, through which in some
places, the water came gently oozing.
About half way down there was a
huge indentation in the wall of the
chasm, and in this indentation, which
sloped back, apparently, from the edge,
Patterson could see water— a large lake
-which reflected back 1.000 fold the
rays from his lant m. Fiom epashings
he heard and the black objects he saw
in this underground lake Patterson
says he. believes it contains a large
number of fish or water animals.
After PnasliiK Till* Lake
on the downward journey Mr. Patter
son was greeted by an odor of sul
phur, which grew stronger and stronger
the lower he went. The roaring at th->
bottom of the hole became louder and
louder, and crash after crash shook the
pool of what appeared to be water, uuti
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yet along the edges crept a thin line
of pink fire, gradually expanding and
stretching out, until it seemed to en
velope the entire surface of the pool.
The flame was also rapidly eating into
the walls of the crevice, arid the odor
of sulphur was thick and suffocating,
almost choking the Investigator.
For a time he stood it, but when ho
felt himself becoming faint and dizzy
he gave the signal to be hoisted, and
at once the Indian policemen at the
surface began to wind up the rope.
Nearly half an hour was consumed in
drawing Patterson to the top, where
he was warmly greeted by the Indians,
who had feared, they said, that they
would
Never See Him Alive Attain.
Another 100 feet down and Patterson
could plainly see a bubbling, seething
perpendicular walls of the crevice. By
means of a signal string Mr. Patterson
was enabled to tell the Indians above
when to lower and when to raise him,
and he was thus enabled to observe
all about him as he slowly sank into
the pit.
As he went lower and lower the light
from the mouth of the chasm became
dimmer and dimmer and finally faded
away altogether. The pit was in abso
lute darkness, except for the feeble
light shed by the lantern, and the man
suspended between the sky and he
knew not what dared not let himself
think of the fate that awaited him were
the rope to break or the Indian police
men to become frightened and desert
the windlass.
For a moment his courage deserted
him as the terrible possibilities of his
trip flashed over his mind, and be al
most gave the signal for tfie men above
to hoist away. Almost instantly, how
ever, his nerve returned, and he sig
nalled to be lowered still deeper into
the cavern. A moment later the rope
began to be paid out and once more
Patterson resumed his downward Jour
ney. Almost below him
Appeared tn a Pale Pink Glow,
as of fire shining through a thin silken
screen, and almost immediately Mr.
Patterson realized that breathing was
more difficult. The walls of the chasm
were of different material from that
which he had encounered at first, being
soft and crumbling to the touch.
It was now late in the afternoon, and
the men began preparing a meal before
their return to the ag?ncy. While thus
engaged smoke began anting from the
crevice, followed a short time later by
a buist of thin blue flame and a faint
pniell of sulphur. The heat was intense;
and soon drove the little party with
all speed to the reservation headquar?
tors, where Mr. Patierson made a re
port of the whole affair.
Without doubt the split in the ground
was caused by ar> explosion of gas
\.hich had accumulated in a cavity
in the earth In the immediate vicinity
of a large body of material resembling
sulphur to a certain extent. This ma
te rial, whatever it may be, has un
doubtedly caught fire and is now burn
ing- fiercely. Many people around this
section of North Dakota say the burn
ing substance is without doubt soft
coal, great beds of which have been
discovered in various portions of the
state at different times.
Deposits of a sulphurlike substanco I
have been found in many of the can- |
yons along the Missouri river and in 1
the Black hills, and it Is the belief of
lTany old residents that were the truth
known it would be found that
The Material Now Burning;
and creating terror among the Indians
of the Sisseton reservation is very simi
lar. The only thing that cannot be
explained is ths subterranean lake half
way down the crevice and how the dog
which fell into the chasm passed into
the spring near the agency headquar
ters, which is, of course, fed by under
ground streams.
Many of the older Indians claim that
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this cracking of the earth is a fore
runner of a great change soon to take
place, which will restore the entire
Northwest — if not the whole country —
to its original wlldness, wiping out of
existence the white men and their sky
scraping buildings, and leaving alive
only the Indians and the wild game,
the original inhabitants of the land.
But in the main the Indians are
greatly alarmed, and much difficulty
is experienced in keeping them upon
the reservation. In spite of the fact
that it is the winter season they would
depart, leaving behind all their belong
ings and the certainty of rations from
the government, were they not held in
check by the officials. As soon as pos
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chasm will be made, when interesting
discoveries are expected.
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Leading? Journal* Suspend Publica
tion for an Indefinite Period.
CHICAGO, Ju'.y 2.— The following news
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pending a settlement of the Btrike issue:
Times-Herald, Record, Tribune. Chronicle,
Inter Ocean. Evening Post, Dally News,
Evening Journal and the Dispatch.
A meeting of the publishers was held at
11 o'clock this morning to arrange a pian of
campaign, and to provide for the resuming of
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