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VOL. XXV.—NO. 160. PLUNDERED AND SLAIN Tragic Fate of a "Blind Pig ger" at Bowdon, North Dakota FIVE MEN IN CUSTODY PROPERTY OF TUB MURJOERI3IJ SIAN FOUND ON THEIR. PERSONS" ONE IN BED, INTOXICATED Uewide Him Lay the Djinjj Man, Who»e Mnrder Was the Culmi nation of a \iclit of Caruanlng. Bpecial to the Globe. JAMESTOWN, N. D., June B.—The details of a shocking murder at Bow-' don have been received. Fritz Prillip, keeper of a "blind pig," was rubbed and beaten to death. The crime is charged to Thomas Davis, Thomas Carr, Albert Bowman, Harry Cullum and James O'Brien, transients. Prillip came from Uarner, lowa, three months ago, to Bowdon, and started a "blind pig." On th-^ night of the mur der there was a large crowd in his place, drinking and carousing, until finally only the live men now under ar rest were- left, and it is alleged they decided to rob Prillip. In the morning some citizens visited the place and found i'rillip and Davis in bed together. Davis was in a drunken Etupor and Prillip v.as nearly dead. He lived fifteen hours. A watch charm and coat belonging to Prillip, also a pair of skeleton keys, were found on the prisoners. A broken table leg and buggy spoke were picked up in the shack, blood upon them indi cating that they had been used in a fight. At the inquest it developed that death had been occasioned by blows on the bead and shoulders. Davis waived ex amination. The preliminary hearing in the case of the others is now going on at Fessenden. WILL IT BE ELKIN OR PENNYPACKER? Republican Gubernatorial Nomina tion in Pennsylvania Hanging: in the Balance. HARRISBURG, June B.—"The nomina tion of Judge Pennypacker Is as certain as it is that there will be a roll call Wednesday," said Insurance Commis sioner Durham tonight, speaking of the contest for the Republican nomination for governor. Secretary of the Commonwealth Griest, ■who is assisting In the management of the campaign for Attorney General El kin, said: "Mr. Elkin will be nominated on the first ballot. If there was ever any doubt as to the outcome of this contest, the result of yesterday's primary elections should remove that doubt." Judge Penny-packer and Judge Elkin are the leaders in the battle for gov ernor, and these statements are samples of the claims of each side. Friends of Ex-Lieut. Gov. Watres, who is also a candidate, claim he holds the balance of power, and that his chances are as gcod as either of his opponents. Judge Pennypacker's campaign is being conducted by Commissioner Durham and Senators Quay and Penrose. Elkin is managing his own campaign, with the assistance of State Chairman Reeder, Secretary Griest and other members of the state administration. The conven tion will be held Wednesday. TRACK JUMPED BY EXCURSION TRAIN One Man Killed and Forty-Si* In jured Xenr Aluena, Mich igan. ALPENA, Mich., June B.—A Detroit & Mackinaw excursion train jumped the trapk today at Black River. One man was killed and forty-six were Injured, several fatally. Thirty sustained slight bruises. August Grosinski was the one kiil ed. Following are those most seriously in jured: John McCarthy, left arm broken and eerious internal injuries, will probably die; Ernst Legatski, right leg broken and probably fatal internal injuries: Jacob Mondorff, probably fatal internal in juries; Otto Knowsky, head badly cut and breast injured; Louis Peppier, right thigh fractured; George Boyne, sprained back and face and neck bruised; Carl Beyer, right leg broken, three toes cut off and head seriously Injured; Ernest Dcs Jar dins, Joseph Swallow, Thomas Connors, Christian Wolff. Jerry Sherrette, John Beck. J. C. Rorison, Sylvester Klebba, Charles McDonald, Mrs. Charles McDon ald. The train consisted of one baggage car and twelve coaches, carried over 500 peo ple arid was running forty miles an hour. The excursion was under the auspices of the German Aid society, of Alpena. When the train reached Black River, the tender jumped the track. Engineer Hop per Instantly set the air brake and re- Versed his engine. The sudden stop threw the first three coacues of the train off the track and into the ditch. The first car was thrown half around and the next coaches plowed through it and cut it in two. August Grosinski, the only person killed, was seated In this coach with forty other excursionists. Ths eecajic of the others In the car was well nigh miraculous. - Must Answer an Old Account. '.CRIPPLE CREEK. Col., June Pus Ryan, said to have been the leader of a gang of desperadoes, who In a fight scv o.ral years ago with a posse, of Brecken ridge officers killed ono of tho latter. biu teen arrested here. Ryan' C3ca.?c«l *rom the Leadvi'.le Jail a v/eck ago with pever.il other prisoners. He will be triad for uiurder. f \st £t f mi flak DAY'S NEWS SUMMARIZED Weather for St. Paul and Vicinity- Fair and warmer; fair Tuesday. LOCAL— Italian laborers on West side shoot and seriously wound three men In a fight. Frank E. Searle, of Duluth, says he is willing to be nominated for congress in Eighth district Edward Depete, sixteen years of age, i 3 arrested, charged with attempting to mistreat Alice GustoTson, aged eleven. Professors of stati university will con duct special course in field geography for teachers this summer. Dr. James Wallace delivers the bac calaureate sermon at Macalester dollege. Maurice Steinberg, a German, commits suicide in the Rouleau hotel because he could not find work. Weather conditions favor farmers and unprecedentedly good display is expected in agricultural building of state fair. At the First Presbyterian church, D. R. Noyes discusses changes in articles of belief adopted by general assembly. DOMESTIC— An excursion train jumps the track at Black Hiver, Mich., killing one man and injuring nearly fifty others. Rev. Pr. George H. Hepworth dies in New York. Keeper of a "blind pig" at Bowdon, N. IX, is robbed and badly beaten. Feature of the coal miners' strike is the extreme scarcity of competent men that will work. The advisory board of the Federation of Catholic societies, sent a protest to President Roosevelt against what it calls discrimination against the Catholio church in the Philippines. Militia called out in Mississippi to pro tect a negro threatened with lynching. , Mississippi whites put down a negro uprising, whose object is to kill off the former. Wisconsin university student shc-ots and wounds one of those hazing him. A plague of ants destroys crops in Kansas and persecutes city dwellers. FOKEIGX— Plot to blow up the government build ings and Kitchener's residence in Preto ria is uiscovered. The ko;g and queen of England with much ado attend thanksgiving services in honor of peace in South Africa. A Canary Island engineer is said to have discovered a way to use electricity without chemicals or dynamos. WASHIXGTOX— "Railroad companies agree on all points involved in proposed amendment to the interstate commerce law except pooling. Mil XE APOLIS— Mrs. Mamie White is held up by a highwayman, severely beaten and rob-, bed of diamond ring and money. Nellie Shelby, of Leavenworth, Kan., is injured in a runaway accident. Special features of interest will be presented at the Elks' carnival this week. fcPOBTIXG— St. Paul team wins two games from Milwaukee. Scores: St. Paul, 10, 2; Milwaykee, 3, 0. Jockey Arthur Booker, injured at Gravesend Memorial day, dies in New York. Coach Courtney picks 'varsity and freshman crews for Cornell. SCHEDULED TO OCCUR. TODAY. Grand—"The Little Minister," 8:15. Star—Kings and Queens Burlesquers 2:30 and 8:15. Chamber of Commerce meets, 10 a. m. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS. Port. Arrived. Sailed. New York... Etruria. New York... Rotterdam. Hamburg ... Denderah. Bremen Corean. New York... Barbarossa. Liverpool ... Umbrla. Genoa Cambroman. Queenstown Campania. London Menominee. Moville Columbia. Moville Penn'a. Hamburg ... lonian. Moville Mongolian. Southampton Blucher NEGRO PROTECTED BY MISSISSIPPI MILITIA Mob Finds It Not So Easy to I,yne7i tbe Alleged Assailant of a Woman, - HATTIESBURG, Miss., June B.—An at tempt was made by a mob late last night to attack the county jail here in which was confined Walter Blankhead, a negro, charged with having attempted to assault Mrs. Garner, a white woman. A com pany of military ordered out by Gov. Longino, however, repulsed the mob, which dispersed. Further trouble is feared and additional troops have been dispatched to relieve the militate on duty. At the request of the governor a preliminary trial will be giveu to Blankhead tomorrow. HARRIMAN, Term., June B.—Last evening the wife of Jack Bailey, a well known farmer, was found dead at her house, having been brutally assaulted. Her head was crushed in several places. An inquest led to the suspicion that the crime was committed by George Robert, aged fourteen, a colored servant, who was arrested. Tonight a large crowd of angry men was gathering at the Emory riv»r bridge, bant ca lynching the negro, but the officers has just started to the King ston jail with him through the woods. 13 the crowd discovers they have gone It is feared they wil overtake them and nothing cau prevent a lynching:. MONTGOMERY, lAJa., June B.—Gov. Jelks today pardoned George Howard, Martin Fuller and John Strength, three of the four white men convicted in El more county of lynching the negro Rabin White, and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. The case is famous as the only instance in Alabama where a white man has been convicted of lynching a negro. The men had served one year. mm** , MEXICAN WRESTLER THROWS A WILD BULL Romuhii Introduces Kit Innovation in r.ovinr righting Below • the Rln Grande* ' ' -- LAItEDO,, Ter.. J'.ina S.—A bull .fight given In: Plaza de Toros of Hacva, today, Hie unique '"feature c" wbich was the successful performance oC Romulus, the famous Mexis^tt ■wrestler, who threw 1 a Tvild bull frora:hc. S;ui Luts Potosl ranch. P.omulus grapple'l the bull and threw hi;Ti S.L the first atitirpC. Oil's bviil ' vrdis -' killed, but no" horses hurt in thb fisht. MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1902. ROYALTY IN CHURCH Thanksgiving Services in- London in Token of .Re turn of Peace GAUDY BUT NOT NOISY Ostentatious Procession From Pn?. ace to Cathedral, Nobility, States men and Generals Attend ing the Ceremonies. LONDON, June B.—The-noisy jubila tion with which London has resounded for the last week was succeeded today by more subdued although not less im pressive public demonstrations of thank fulness for the return of peace in South Africa. The thanksgiving services held in Lon don today were typical of the services held throughout the empire, but the presence of King Edward and other members of the royal family at the principal devotional services in London and the progress of the royal personages to and from St. Paul's cathedral through cheering thousands of British subjects and visitors in London, gave thanksgiv ing day in the metropolis the added fea ture of a notable historic occasion. In a Common l.anilaa. King Edward and Queen Alexandra rode to St. Paul's in an ordinary landau drawn by four horses, accompanied by postilions and outriders clad in scarlet tunics. Only those members of the roy al family who reside in Buckingham palace accompanl-jd their majesties. The Prince and Princess of Wales and oth- '_..'.■ ' ■ . ■ '"■' ■: '' ■ .■..'"' ' ' - -•.'•■■; ■ ■' ers proceeded to St. Paul's separately but by the same route. The king and queen were joined at the cathedral by the Prince and Princess of Wales, and many other distinguished personages. The streets from the palace to the cathedral were thickly lined with people who bared their heads and cheered as the royal family passed. King Edward, who wore the uniform of a field mar shal, was greeted with enthusiasm, and the Prince of \v ales and the other princes were kept busy acknowledging salutations from the crowd. Lord Rob erts, who drove with his wife and daugh ters, was one of the figures most con spicuously greeted with cheers. Presented Sword of the City. The royal personages were driven down the Mall to Trafalgar ; square, and through the Strand and Fleet street. At Temple Bar, officials of the city of London, for the first time since the jubilee of the late Queen Victoria, awaited the sovereign in state. The king's carriage was stopped when it reached the city officials and the lord mayor of London, Sir Joseph C. Dlms dale, presented the sword of the city to his majesty and uttered a formal welcome. The king returned the sword, smiled, bowed, and simply remarked, "Thank you very much." The streets leading to St. Paul's ca thedral were densely crowded with peo ple, and a number of persons fainted in the crush outside the barriers, { which had been erected within the cathedral. Received by Bishops. * King Edward and Queen Alexandra alighted at the west entrance of St. Paul's. Hers they were received by the bishops of Stepney and London, and con ducted by them to their seats, which were under the dome of the building and directly in front of the pulpit. The seats in the choir stalls were occupied by the members of the present and former cabinets, These gentlemen, in their dark clothes, formed a somber group In the great gathering in which the uni forms of officials the costumes of ladies and( whits surplices were conspicuous features. - -'--'J' : ; Members of the house of lords - and members of the house of commons were seated on'opposlto sides under the dome. Detachments of the Royal Fusiliers, tho horse and foot guards, and other reg. iments were present. Their majesties entered the cathedral to the accompanl lment of the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers," by the organ and choir;: and the throng of worshipers rose and join ed In the singing. The cathedral organ was reinforced with horns and instru ments. ■ :■■■'.-.'■•'.. • . _•; -. A Sullivan Composition. A notable , feature of the musical ser ( ouliiiuid on Third Pace, DANGER IN DUCKING THIS STUDENT Hazing- at the University of Wiscon sin. Nets a Bnllet for One of the Hazers. Special to The Globe. MADISON, Wis., June B.—As the re sult of a hazing early this morning a university student named Kopplin is nursing a bullet wound in the calf of one of his legs, which came from a revol ver in the hands of Henry A. Herman, of New London, also a student and the chief victim of the hazera. The shooting' occurred after Herman had been ducked in Lake Mendota the second time. He turned on the crowd wftich followed him, with the revolver in his hands. Not believing he would ehcot, the crowd rushed for him, the revolver went off, the bullet taking ef fect in the leg of Kopplln, who is said to have been only a spectator. Another student, Charles N. Hanson, of Milwaukee, was also ducked in the lake. There have been no arrests. CATHOLIC PROTEST TO THE PRESIDENT Advisory Board of Federated Socle ties Says Its Church Is Discrim inated Against In Philippines. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June B.—The ad visory board of the Federation of Catho lic societies met in this city tcday to nx. the date for the next annual meeting, and other matters. Chicago, Aug. 5, was the place and date named. Those present were T. B. Minehan, Henry J. Fries, Anthony Matre, George W. Gib bons, M. P Mooney and Rt. Rev. Bish ops MeFaul, of Trenton, N. J., and Mes mer, of Green Bay, Wig. A resolution Teas adopted at the xaset- THE RESULT OF VISITING ROOSEVELT. ing, and which will be sent to Preslri-jrit Roosevelt, embodies a protest against th« conduct of the Philippine school system, the claim being -nade that it is a i:roj.» ly^izing system, which seeks to wean Catholic children from their faith. The charge is made that Catholicism la being deliberately discriminated against in favor of Protestantism, and that con sidering the fact that the Filipinos are a Catholic peopie, but scant recognition has been given representatives of th:>.t church in the appointment of teachers, and our methods used in teaching tho Fiiiciinoa. MISSISSIPPI BLACKS WOULD KILL OFF WHITES The I/itttrr Arm Them»elve« and Uy Intimidation Pat Mown the Uprising. ' MERIDIAN, Miss., June The threat ened uprising of the negroaa, which so alarmed the people of Meridian, has bc*>n frustrated by the determined stand of the whites, who Armed themsf-v-.'s and placed the leaders of the gang; Groen Johnson ai*i Nate Moore, unit;- iirrest. A call for the negroes to band them selves against the whites was addressed to Nate Moore and was sisntid by a ne gro Baptist preacher named Ruffin. The letter said bands of negroes would form at El Rio, Kemper county ,twenty-five miles northeast : of Meridian, p.nd inarch to Green Johnscn'd house, and' from there start through the country, kill all the whites, destroy their farms and burn their houses. . - - As soon as the whites learned o* the purpose of the negroes, wlio outnuutbar-" ed the whites two to one, they armed themselves with Winchester rifles and so intimidated the negroes that it is nOTJr thought the uprising is at an end. * The people of- the threatened districts, however, are alarmed and will bo ou the alert. EOLLS" FAME IS IN.CEEASED. New York Jndpe I* Received by Ifee German Emperor, ... BERLIN, June B.—Judge. F. " W. Holl* •f - N«w York, formerly secretary to the American delegation to the t peace coo ference at Trie Hagae, was : received* t>y Emperor William today. The emperor discussed American- affairs and interna tional problems with him. His majesty - showed great cordiality, tcward hig visitor and manifested a feel ing of, keen interest in everything apper taining to the I'nited States, as weil as a most accurate knowledge of the details of American afXairs. , " PLOT AT PRETORIA Design to Blow Dp Govern ment Buildngs and Kitch ener's Residence SIXTY ARRESTS MADE Lawyers, Merchants and Boer anil Dntch Prisoners on Parole the Ones Said to Be Implicated. LONDON, June 9.—ln a letter from Pretoria, dated May 18, the correspond ent of the Daily Mail says that the previous Thursday sixty arrests were made there as the result of the discovery of an extensive plot to blow up the gov ernment buildings and Lord Kitchener's residence, and to spike the guns in the artillery barracks. % The parties concarned in this plot, ac cording to the correspondent, were law yers, merchants, and Boer and Dutch prisoners on parole. FORMLALITIES OF SURRENDER. Dargliera In Line Hear Complimen tary British Speeches. LONDON, June B.—The war office has received the following message from Lord Kitchener, under today's date: "The disarmament of the Boers is pro ceeding satisfactorily and satisfaction expressed everywhere. Up to yeslerda"y 4,622 ritles had been received." Dispatches from Pretoria say that the whole staff of the late Transvaal g'jv- eminent, with a bodyguard of sixty men, surrendered last Saturday. The following formalities are observed when Gen. Botha, Gen. Dewet, or any of the Boer commanders accompany the British officers who are detailed to re ceive surrenders: The Boer leader goes out to meet a commando and returns at its head. The Boers who come in are generally dress ed in dilapidated clothing, but have a smart and soldierly bearing. Those who are to surrender ara assembled and th© Boer 'leader delivers an address to his men, urging them to listen to the Brit ish officer who has been detailed to do this work. The British officer then makes a speech to the men of the commando, in which he informs them of the admiration of King Edward and the British nation for the Boer resistance and the bravery of their people, and that the authorities will do their utmost to enable them to settle on their farms. A meal is pro vided for the Boers, after which tha formal surrenders occur. In many such instances the Boers have cheered King Edward, and they have sometimes ex pressed surprise that no army was sent out to receive their surrenders. The Boers are allowed to retain their horses and saddles. The majority of them ap pears to be glad that the war Is at an end and that they will now be able to join their families. Among the men who surrendered to the British authorities at Balmoral, Cape Colony, were four Americans, who will be granted free passage to Delagoa bay. A few of the Boer women still Inveigh against surrender, but general feeling among them is in favor of making the best of the situation. Throughout the dominions of the Brit ish empire, and especially in all the principal towns of South Africa, thanks giving services for the return of peace were held today. Lord Kitchener" at tended a thanksgiving service at Pre toria, at which 6,000 British troops were present. Kroger Will Xot Leave Holland. BRUSSELS. June B.—Mr. Kruger de clares that he will end his days in Hol land. ATTACK BY LAND AND SEA. Expedition Starts Ont Against tn«» Colombian Iniargent*. •—/ '■ COLON, Colombia, June 8:—All tne gov ernment troops who were stationed here, numbering over 1,200 men. left for Pana ma this morning. At Panama they will join ■ forces with the government troops at that port, who number several thou sand, and ! the combined army will start immediately to attack the Colombian in surgents by land and sea. Gen. Pompilio Gutierrez will be in chief command of the expedition. PRICE TWO CEi\TS-.{^ cE n^. LIFE PRESERVER OPERATES ON LAND Aeronaut In 'Wisconsin Saved in Un expected Manner From Death or Serious Injury. Special to The Globe. OSHKOSH, Wis., June 8.-A marine life preserver undoubtedly saved Prof. Harmen, an aeronaut, from being crush ed to death, or at least severely injured today. One of the features of the formal open- Ing of Electric park, south of the city, was a balloon ascension. As the balloon was freed from its moorings a gust of wind swept it along and the aeronaut and parachute appliance were hurled against an oak tree. Harman struck one of the limbs, and though it was four or five inches in diameter, it was snapped off. The trapeze and parachute and the lower rigging of the balloon were torn off, but Harman was left in the tree. The balloon proper sailed on, turned bottonv side up and collapsed not far away. Harman expected to land ir. Lake "Winnebago and had life preservers strapped on. These received the force of the blow against the tree. Harman was bruised, but no bones were broken. NEW WAY FOR USE OF ELECTRICITY Spanish Inventor Thinks He li.ii Made a Discovery of Tremen ditiiM Importance. LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, June S. —A prominent engineer of this %>wn named Figueras claims to have discover ed a method of utilizing atmospheric electricity without chemicals or dynamos, ami that he is able to make practical application of his method without em ploying any motive force. Scnor Figueraa expects that his Inven tion will bring about a tremendous in dustrial revolution. WHERE RAG TIME WILL HAVE NO PLACE It Will De Barred From the Marine Band Programme in Concerts * In Washington. - Special to The Globe. WASHINGTON, June B—Rag time will b« barred from the programme of tho Marine band at their popular concerts at the White house ajid capitol this year. The announcement is made- by LAeirt Santnlman, director of the band, who eavs: "Raff time will not appear upon tha programme, and will be used exclusively for encores. Being the official band at the White house it Is In keeping with the dignify of the band, and I believe it Is the purpose of the authorities to have it a representative band In the education of tho tastes of the people." ANTS FULL OF FIGHT AND OF MISCHIEF Kaunas Crops Destroyed and Tovrn Life .\ot a. Thins to He Coveted. Special to The Globe. TOPEKA, Kan., June B.—A plague of ants has appeared In the northern cen tral counties of Kansas, and the insects are destroying the alfalfa and wheat crops. All vegetation within a radius of several feet of their hills Is killed. The ants are a larger variety than has ever been seen In the state before. They multiply very rapidly, and the farmers are using every means to exterminate them. The Insects have Invaded the cities and towns, and are making life miserable for the inhabitarts. They are very vicious, and do not hesitate to attack either per son or animal interfering with them. TWO ARRESTS ARE MADE IN ECUADOR One of Those Concerned In Vice Con. ■al General of the United States. GUYAQUIU Ecuador, June B.—A sen sation was caueed here today by the ar rest of Alfred F*;rmin, a partner in the old established export and banking house of Martin Roinberg & Co., which becama bankrupt last October, with, liabilities of over $1,000,000. An order has also been Issued for tho Arrest of Martin Reinberg, who for many years has been the vice consul general of the United States here. MUTILATED BODY OF YOUNG WOMAN FOUND It Had Been Baked or Boiled and Identification 'Was Im possible. LONDON, Jur.e S.—The remains of a young woman, sawed and chopped up Into a dozen pieces, have been found In an alley in the Lambeth district. The body had apparently been baked or boiled. The scalp had been torn o.T and the hands, feet and intestines were missing. It has been Impossible to Identify the remains, as the woman's; face was prac tically destroyed THEFT OF A BIBLE FOLLOWED BY KILLING Mliifloarl Man Arrested for Shooting His Urother-In-Lav», Whom He Had Accused. . CHIIXICOTHD, Mo, June B.— a street fight here Harvey Glbons wao shot and fatally wounded by bis brothe^-in , law, John Galvin, the r*3.?'.t of an old gTU<iKe. — Galvin recently secured Gibbons' arrest on the chaige of stealing a Blb.e from him. Guivin is under arritst. THREE SHOT IN A FIGHT Italians Use Shotgun With Serious Effect on West Side SEVENTEEN IN CUSTODY INJIRKD ARE DIM. I, 1t01t1.10.. I. AVAI WAV \M> M. M \ |{( v i OF MIM\BAI»OLIS ONE OF ASSAILANTS IS HUKT Tony Sentora and Lonii li-nlr.il.i Admit lalnK Kfrearmt—( <i n IH<-1 i u_j Account* of Trouble Are I'oltl — lunult* to Women Slurt Flitlit Tony Sentora and I»uls Ventrala, Italians employed bj the Great Western, yvau relay shot and severely Injured I-.-ii Roberg, 556 Concord street; Fred Wayman, 556 Concord street, and Mitchell Marcott, living at 706 Ramsoy street, Minneapolis. Wayntan and Fo berg are in the city hospital with fair chances of recovery. Marcott was ablo to go to Minneapolis in a street car. Sen tora and Ventrala have acknowledged the shooting, and they, with fifteen other Italians, are under arrest In the. Central station, charged with assault with intent to kill. Joseph D. Dore, another Italian who was present, was badly beaten. lie is in the. city hospital and will lose an eye as a result. Tho shooting was done from the aband depot at i'oucord and Page streets on the West side. Thero are several stories told by those who claim to be cye-witnessts of the af fair, but placing all together, It ap pears that the Italians were under tho Impression that tho men they shot had been throwing stones at them, and tho shooting waa tho result. Fred Wayman, a packer employed witti Swift's, In South St. Paul; Dell Roberg, a steam fitter; Mrs. Hoberg, hla inother;-PhlKßoberg, hla brother, and Miss Emma Croft, of 231 Annapolis strett, were returning along Concord street from a fishing excursion shortly beforo 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. On the east side of the street thero Is an abandoned depot belonging to the Chi cago Great Western road, where somo twenty Italian laborers have been liv ing. The Italians had several kegs of beer, which they were drinking under neath some shade trees in the depot yard. Sentora was playing an accordion and some of the other Italians were dancing, all more or less Intoxicated. li.t.iilt.-<I by Italian*. Mrs. Roberg, Miss Croft and Mrs. Mar cott were walking in front of their es corta about six feet and they maintain that they were Insulted by the Italians, Who spoke to and made gestures at them. The ' women passed on, and when the men neared the spot where tho Italians were congregated, they had an argument. Mr. Marcott, when seen at his home in Minneapolis by a Globe representative last night. lie said that when he and tlie remainder of tho male members ot tho party got abreast the Italians, an Italian came out and accused them of throwing stones at them. All four men denied that they had anything to do with throwing stones, and informed the Ital ians that this was done by some boya. The Italians, according to Marcott, clus tered around, and then suddenly disap peared. Opened Fire on Them. As soor as the Italians had scattered slightly, two men la the doorway of th« depot opened fire on them. Roberx waa the first ehot. He stumbled once and then walked acros3 the street. Wayman was the next, an»l . Marcott cimo in turn. Both Roberg and Wayman were shoe with a single-barreled shotgun. Marcott ■was shot with a revolver. Sentora and Ventrala confessed to Chief O'Connor that they did the shooting. Sentora said that h- fired ono shot -with the iiotgun, and Ventraia admits having shot threo times with a revolver. The Italians tell a somewhat different story. Tell Different Vernloni. They claim that the Americans cams along and threw locks at those who were dancing. The Italians then asked ■what the matter was, and made other re marks which wer« answered with abusive profanity. Some of tho Italians went out on th- sidewalk to talk aUbut tho matter, and ono of the Americana fired a shot. Then Sentora and Ven trala claim they ran into the depot ■where they sleep and got the Bhotjun and revolver. George Karnstedt, a foreman employed at Swift & Co.'b, in South St. Paul, was directly acros3 the street wh«n tho shooting began. Karnstedt claims that the Italians 'insulted tho women, and. that Dell Roberg asked them what they meant. One of the Italians is sal<i to have come out on tho sldewalli with a shovel in his hand, threatening to hit Roberg. Roberg took the shovel away and then the Italian drew a knife and Roberg struck him. The Italians In the doorway opened lire. Karnstedt: maintains that none of the American party had a gun In. his hand. Ho claims that three shots were fired from the shotgun and five from th revolver. The place where th« shooting occur red Is on the edge of a marsh whi ox tends to the river. The depot sets back a few fet from the sidewalk, and wfaera • the men were shot from the- doorw i Is not mor-3 than eighteen feet. Italian* Dlaappeared. Before the smoke ha! cleared away the Italians, numbering about twenty, all disappeared from tho scene, running In every' direction. a watch worn by Wayman In his vest pocket wtas struck by some shot and stopped at 4:50. By midnight the police had seventeen of tha Italians under arrest, having brought bark six of them from South St. Paul. From a pollco standpoint the affair was handled In a remarkably short apaco of time. Phil Roberg. who was In the party that was fired iipcn. ran at the first shot and escaped all Injury. lie gave the news to the Ducas street police, who hurried the patrol wcgon to the scene. A call (untluoril oa l-'uurth I'age.