The Saint Paul globe., October 11, 1903, Image 1

About The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905

Image provided by: Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN

                
mi ami Hi
VOL. XXVI.—NO. 284.
ARTHUR C. PROBERT
TURNS UP AGAIN
New Charges Are Brought
Against the Multi-Banker
of Wisconsin.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.—Ten years ago
mayor of a Wisconsin city and pro
prietor of three banks, which collapsed
simultaneously, later a prisoner in the
Wisconsin penitentiary, "physician,"
broker and private banker, such "Is the
record of "Dr." Arthur C. Probert.
■wlrnse bank in Eau Claire, Mich., sus
pended on Saturday.
While the embarrassment of the Eau
Claire bank is said to have been tem
porary, in that it reopened today, other
troubles confront Probert. One is a
charge of fraudulent use of the mails,
which is scheduled to come up for in
vestigation before the federal grand
jury In Chicago this month.
Another is that two indictments are
pending against Probert in Marshall
county. Indiana, growing out of the
failure of a bank owned by him in
Bourbon. Another is the ousting of the
brokerage and banking firm of Probert,
Wood & Co. from the offices in the
Chamber of Commerce building.
Probert's title of banker is said to
have been well earned, but that of
••doctor" is said to have been conferred
upon him after a one-day attendance
Jn a Chicago "college." As a "physi
clan," he is paid to have been the head
of one hospital and a director in an
other, both of which have been set
down on the records of the Chicago
■ I society as "diploma mills."
It was in connection with one of these
Continued on Fifth Page.
PROFESSOR DECLARES
GOSPEL TUNES IMMORAL
Therefore Their Use Is Prohibited in the Institution Where
TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 10.—Prof. G. B.
Penny, of Washburn college, shocked
the students of that institution this
morning when he notified them that
singing from the gospel hymns will be
discontinued because the songs are im
moral.
"I do not menu that the words are
immoral,'" said the professor, "but the
NEGRO SHOOTS SHERIFF
AND ESCAPES A MOB
Colored Man Swears He WIN Not Be
Taken and Posse Is in Pursuit.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 10.—While
attempting to m;U<e an arrest at North
Birmingham tonight Deputy Sheriff
Strong was wounded by Sam Bailey, a
negro. After a desperate .struggle the
negro escaped wiili a mob of white men
in pursuit. The pursuing party fired as
they ran down tin street. The negro re
turned the lire, emptying two revolvers
into the crowd. No one was seriously
wound* d. The negro escaped. A posse
has been organized and is scouring the
woods. If sighted Bailey is almost sure
to be shot as he swears he will not be
taken alive. Excitement is intense.
THE NEWS INDEXED
PAGE I.
Great Flood at Paterson.
Mrs. Molineux's Next Marriage.
Government Crop Report.
Grout Will Work Against Low.
Prpbert Reappears.
Young Couple Twice Married.
PAGE 11.
May Rearrange City Offices.
PAGE 111.
Public Visits New Jail.
Ready for Horseshoers' Convention.
PAGE IV.
Result of Army Maneuvers.
Russo-Japanese Tension.
- PAGE V.
News of the Northwest.
Minneapolis Matters.
PAGE VI.
Pittsburg-Boston Game.
Races.
Bowling.
PAGE VII.
Minnesota Game.
Football.
PAGES VIII. AND IX.
Social.
PAGE X.
News of the Railroads.
Music.
PAGE XI.
Made Experiments With New Radium.
Americans See Bull Fights.
Girl Gang Leader Defiant.
PAGE XII.
Give Up Bloomers.
Making Champagne.
Can't Live in Cheese.
PAGE XIII.
"Fake" Relics of Shakespeare.
Marine Band Trouble Breeder.
Married in Libertyville Means Success.
PAGE XIV.
Big Battle With Birds.
Millionaire Does Business in Prison.
Trainmen's Signals.
PAGE XV.
Husbands Who Made Love.
Minnesota Volunteers,
PAGE XVI.
Conductor L. S. Bryant Kills Himself.
Presbyterian Synod Closes Session.
PAGE XVII.
Advertisement.
PAGE XVIII-
Chlmmie Fadden and Boston Swell.
Filipino Boy Military Genius.
The Only Democratic Newspaper of General Circulation in the Northwest. -
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE.
GMT WILL WORK
AGAINST MAYOR LOW
Gotham's Comptroller Promises
to Give His Undivided Sup
port to McCleifan.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—The sensa
tion of the day in politics was the dec
laration made by Comptroller Grout, in
reference to his formal notification of
nomination by Tammany Hall that he
would oppose the election of Mayor
Low and give his undivided support to
GoL McClellan. The majority of the
Kings county Democratic organization
absented themselves from the notifica
tion ceremonies and sent a letter of
protest, giving adhesion to the nomi
nation of McClellan and bitterly de
nouncing the nominations of Grout and
Fornes. Their action is taken to pre
sage a bitter war between the Demo
cratic factions in Brooklyn. Charles
F. Murphy took steps to carry the
fight into Hugh McLaughlin's territory
by preparing to open Tammany head
quarters in Brooklyn.
The fusion campaign was opened in
Brooklyn to night. Mayor Low, Bor
ough President Swanstrom, City
Chamberlain Gould and Frederick W.
Hinrichs, nominee for comptroller,
were the principal speakers. Mr. Low
said that the present contest for mu
nicipal control would not be consid
ered lightly, for it involved "uncom
promising hostility to Tammany Hall."
"Aptly did George Wilham Curtis
years ago publicly characterize the
Tammany organization as 'an organ
ized appetite.' And more recently it
was referred to as 'a stench in the nos-
Continued on Fifth Page.
He Holds Forth.
music is very much so. I find upon
examining the book that at least twen
ty-live tunes are immoral. Six of these
are waltz tunes, two are two-steps, and
seventeen are polkas. March tunes are
unobjectionable.'
There will be no more singing at
Washburn until new books are pro
vided.
STREET CAR STRIKE IS
PROMISED CHICAGO
Employes of Surface Lines Now Voting
on Question of .Going Out.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.—Employes of the
Chicago City railway, which operates
the surface lines on the South side of the
city, took a vote tonight to determine
the advisability of striking. The vote
was in progress all night and it is not
probable that the result will be known
before some time Sunday morning.
Some time ago the conductors and mo
tormen on the electric lines demanded an
increase of 4 cents an hour and the em
ployment of none but union men. Tht
employes on the cable lines made no de
mand for increased wages, but joined in
the demand for recognition of the union.
PAGE XIX.
Advertisement.
PAGE XX.
Queen Alexandra and Her Dogs.
Living on Potato Parings.
American Clothes Invade England.
PAGE XXI.
Dowie and His New York Mission.
Ritual of the Kuklux.
Fire Terror in Adirondacks.
PAGE XXII.
Actors Perform for Camera Only.
American Men Growing Larger.
PAGE XXIII.
Just the Page for Women.
PAGE XXIV.
Editorial Comment.
PAGE XXV.
Dramatic Resume.
PAGE XXVI.
Searchlight Seeks Loving Couples.
How the Torpedo Works.
PAGE XXVII.
Steel Burglar-Proof Coffins.
PAGE XXVIII.
Family Forum.
PAGE XXIX.
Market Record.
PAGE XXX.
Real Estate Opportunities.
PAGE XXXI.
Globe Popular Wants.
PAGE XXXM.
Work of St. Paul's Women's Organiza
tions.
Wonderful Afong Girls.
COLE YOUNGER SAFE
Missouri County Attorney Re
fuses to Prosecute Case.
NEVADA, Mo.. Oct. 10.— J. M. Hull
prosecuting attorney of this county, re
fused to file information against Cole
Younger in the circuit court, on the
charge of embezzlement, made against
him by a Wild West show with which
he had been associated, and the cases
against Younger were dismissed by
Judge Simmonds today. The prosecut
ing attorney's reason for failing to file
information in the oases is that the
cases could not be successfully prose
cuted and would be a useless expense
•> the county.
SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER It, 1903.-THIRTY-TWO PAGES
they marry twice
for good luck
New York Bride Joins Her Actor
Husband and the Two
Visit Minister.
An interesting romance in the lives
of Louis Morrell, a member of the
"Sis Hopkins" company, and a pretty
New York girl, who, before her mar
riage to Mr. Morrell, was Miss Alvina
Arment, the daughter of a well known
New York lawyer, came to light in St.
Paul yesterday, when Mr. and Mrs.
Morrell announced to their friends that
they had been married an hour before
by Rev. Benjamin Longley, pastor of
the Central Park M. E. church.
"Miss Arment" arrived in St. Paul
yesterday morning direct from New
York. She reached the city at 9 o'clock,
and was met at the depot by Mr. Mor
rell. An hour later the couple's mar
riage was solemnized by the Rev. Mr.
Longley.
Arriving at the theater yesterday
afternoon, Mr. Morrell announced his
marriage and introduced his wife to th?
members of the company. The an
nouncement came as a surprise to the
friends of Mr. Morrell, who did not
even know that he was engaged, so
closely had he guarded his love affair.
It appears, however, upon investiga
tion, that the couple were more to each
other than betrothed lovers even be
fore Miss Arment arrived in St. Paul,
for the story goes that they were se
cretly married by a justice in New-
York last summer, after a courtship
which was not without its troubles.
How It Leaked Out.
The secret of the marriage had been
so well guarded by the couple that
even the parents of the girl never
learned of it, and it probably would
never have come to light had It not
been for the fact that, while the an
nouncement was made yesterday of
the marriage of the couple in St. Paul,
there was no record of the couple hav
ing secured a marriage license.
It appeared rather strange that a
couple would be permitted to wed
without a marriage license, especially
when the ceremony was performed by
a minister, and an investigation re
sulted in bringing to light the story of
the young couple's romance.
Last summer Mr. Morrell was spend
ing his vacation at his home In New
York, where he met and fell in love
with Miss Arment, to whom he was
introduced one evening at private the
atricals in which she took part. The
friendship rapidly ripened into love,
and it was agreed between the lovers
that they would wed.
There was a strenuous objection to
any plan of this kind on the part of
Miss Arment's parents, who threatened
to disinherit her if she married the
young actor.
Love found a way, however, and
the couple were secretly married. The
Continued on Seventh Page.
THE EVIDENCE ALL IN
Witnesses In Tillman Case
Conclude Their Testimony.
LEXINGTON, S. C, Oct. 10.—The
last witness to be heard in the trial of
James H. Tillman, charged with the
murder of N. G. Gonzales, left the stand
at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
On Monday and Tuesday, counsel
will address the jury, seven hours be
ing alloted each side. On Wednesday
the judge will deliver his charge. The
court announced this arrangement to
day. Never was a case more closely
contested in this state.
The state in rebuttal put up upwards
of twenty witnesses to testify to the
good character of.R. H. Hollenbeck.
one of their witnesses, who testified
relating to the shooting.
The last day of the second week of
the trial of James H. Tillman was en
tered upon when court convened to
day. Character witnesses were placed
on the stand by the state attacking
the veracity of two of the wit
nesses for the defense who testified as
to statements made by Mr. Gonzales.
Argument by counsel ensued over the
proposed introduction of certain rec
ords of Columbia Street Railway com
pany, for which A. J. Flowers, a wit
ness for the defense, was employed as
a conductor, the court ruling that they
were admissible.
W. Ager, a traveling representative
for the State, testified that he did
Continued on Fourth Page.
.*** . '■ #■' TH6 Bui w«S BOSV IN w**Hirt«TON . . ,' .. .. Vi. - * ■■ . . .
-•-'--•-" ■-. ' ~LJ:' k'iT wCfK 'I T<f"CMT ■■'^7 r*"."*!^ J»ue«.<M' TmC ba'hoit ;au»iwev> '„...■ si>Z~S~~,,*r
S (VoiifEMfthJj W^^k] ~ \ If" ' "\
A FARMED PURCHASE sow>lk iy
HI«M ART TOr,soK.«<.
/I 1 :—--' - * ■"--" -'■-;-'- - -:■••--- Sh»Ti,ptoih ; fAOEi « W AV *~ * .'. .- Tenßiait ,im«ci/xaov si**v«rrf nT*»t"' «§•■«*» t -v.nV -
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK AS3SEEN BY THE CARTOONIST.
SPRING WHEAT IS
NOT IN BAO SHAPE
Yield for Minnesota and North
Dakota but Little Less Than
in 1902.
. WASHINGTON. :D. C, Oct. 10.—The
monthly report of the chief of the bu
reau of statistics of the department of
agriculture witi ahow the i condition of
corn on ; Oct. 1 to have been 80.8, as
compared " with 80.1 one month ago,
79.6 on Oct. 1,\i902; [ 52.1 j at tin: corre
sponding date 1901, and a ten-year
average of 77.7. >' i>J^ "•_',;•>: . -
The preliminary estimate fof the av
erage yield per-acre of spring wheat
is 14.+ bushels, Subject to revision when
the final wheat estimate is made. The
following table, shows for the states
having 100,000 acres -or.*?.upwards in
spring wheat the average yield per
acre this year and the. final estimate
of average yield. of . 1902:. - „ ■ -
>*: 1903 1902
•, ": f bu. bu. .
Minnesota 13.1 13.9
North Dakota „..i.....i3.3 13.9
South Dak0ta. .'.. .;."...»..-;. 14 2 1° •>
Iowa" .....: .< ::........... 12.1 . :12!3
Nebraska. .'.-..;•.*,..:.•..........12.6 is.9
Washington ......':.'....'.... 20.5 20.8
Oregon .......•...^.......•....17.9 i 17.8
Wisconsin ... .i...".'.:....i..*. 14.6 18 1
Colorado ..;... . .V.. .26.6 18.0
Kansas ...;......;. 17.1 10.9
Utah .........."...;...;...'.. 22.6 21.2
Idaho .;t1...■;..'...2&.2 2 22.1
Totals, U. S 14.4 14.7
The average quality of spring wheat
is 85.5, as compared with 87.7 one year
ago.
The preliminary return* indicate an
oat crop of about 787,000,000 bushels,
or an average of 28.4 bushels per acre,
as compared with .34.5 bushels one year
ago, 25.1 in 1901, and a ten-year av
erage of 27.8. The average for quality
is 79.9, against 86.7 in 1902 and 83.7 in
1901.
The average condition of flax on Oct.
1 was 74, as compared with 80.5 one
month ago and 80.8 on Aug. 1, 1903.
The average condition <»f potatoes on
Oct. 1 was 74.6, against 54.3 one month
ago, 82.5 on Oct. 1, 1902, 54 at the cor
responding date in 1901, and a ten-year
average of 78.1.
WISCONSIN STILL
HAS STRAWBERRIES
Second Crop Supplies Sparta Home
Market, With Plertty to Send Away.
Special.to The GJobe.
SPARTA, Wis., Oct. 10.—Notwith
standing the cold weather and frosts,
strawberries continue to come in in
considerable quantities. Besides sup
plying the home market, from ten to
twenty cases per day are being shipped
by express. The berries are of excep
tionally fine flavor and bring about $5
per case in the cities.
DID HE KILL WIFE?
Two Former Wives of iowa Man
Died Suddenly.
Special to The Globe.
ELDORA. lowa, Oct. 10.— E. S. Bly
denburg, of this city, was arrested by
Sheriff Mitterer this evening on the
charge of murder In the first degree,
it being alleged that he poisoned his
wife May 29- He had been married
about seven months, and his alleged
victim was his third wife in four years.
It is alleged that the other two wives
died suddenly in Brooklyn, N. Y. Wife
No. 3 deeded to him some farm land
near Hubbard at the time of marriage
and still retained some valuable real
estate in her possession. The matter
will be brought before the grand jury
in Hardin county at the term of court
beginning Oct. 19.
Trapper Is Murdered.
SULPHUR SPRINGS. Col., Oct. 10.
—James Kelly, a hunter and trapper,
about sixty years of age, has been
found dead on Chipman creek with two
bullet wounds in his back. As the bul
lets were of different calibre, it Is sup
posed he was shot by two persons. It
is said he had incurred the enmity of
cattlemen by killing steers for bear
bait.
MRS. MOLINEUX WILL
MARRY HER LAWYER
Circumstantial Evidence Tends
to Show the Groom Will Be
a Sioux Falls Man.
Special to The Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Oct. 10.—The
discussion as to whether or not Mrs.
Roland B. Molineux had in reality se
cured a South Dakota divorce, as
claimed by herself and her local at
torneys, had an interesting sequel here
tonight, when one of her local attor
neys stated that within the next few
weeks it will be demonstarted to the
satisfaction of everybody that the de
cree was granted here.
In other words, the attorney admits
that Mrs. Molineux is preparing to
again assume the bonds of matrimony,
and curiosity will once more be
aroused as to the identity of the man
who will be her new husband. Who
ever she marries, one thing is certain,
and that is that the marriage will take
place in South Dakota, as this would,
in case of necessity, compel the courts
of other states to recognize the legality
of her divorce as well as her remar
riage.
Notwithstanding denials, it is be
lieved here that one of her Sioux Falls
attorneys, whose name has recently
been used in connection with that of
Mrs. Molineux, will lead her to the
altar.
During her residence here, and
especially after she gave up her hotel
apartments and engaged a cottage, he
was almost constantly in attendance
upon her. Many quiet summer after
noons were spent by the couple in
various beautiful retreats along the
Big Sioux river, a hammock and other
picnic paraphernalia being a part of
their equipment. The attorney was,
in fact, so devoted to Mrs. Molineux
that on several occasions he was seen
pushing a lawnmower over her lawn.
A newly-married couple could not have
appeared more devoted to each other.
He was, so far as known, her only
caller, and was extremely diligent in
entertaining her and thus varying the
monotony of her residence in Sioux
Falls. The attorney recently returned
from a visit with Mrs. Molineux in
New York, and rumors were in cir
culation here that they already had
been secretly married. This, however,
has been denied by the attorney's
closest friends.
It cannot be denied, though, that the
attorney is having a handsome and
costly dwelling house erected in the
most artistocratic portion of Sioux
Falls. The prevailing opinion is that
the attorney and Mrs. Molineux will
be married in the near future and take
up their residence in the new house.
In support of this theory, it is claimed
that during the time Mrs. Molineux
resided in Sioux Falls she took a deep
interest in the new house, going over
the plans repeatedly, and that, in fart,
the arrangement of the rooms, etc., is
in reality the product of her brain.
A WINGED MONSTER
Creature Emitting a Dazzling
Light Terrifies Hawkeyes.
DES MOINES, lowa, Oct. 10. — The
town of Van Meter, containing 1.000
persons, is terribly wrought up by what
Is described as a horrible monster. Ev
ery man, woman and child in the town
Is in a state of terror, and fully half
of them fail to close their eyes in slum
ber except in broad daylight.
The monster put in its appearance
Monday night. U. G. Griffith, an im
plement dealer, drove into town at 1 a.
m. and saw what seemed to be an elec
tric searchlight on Maher & Grigg's
store. While he gazed it sailed across
to another building and then disap
peared.
His story was not believed next day.
But the following night Dr. A. C. Ol
cott, who sleeps in his office on the
principal street, was awakened by a
bright light shining in his face.
He grabbed a shotgun and ran out
side the building, where he saw a mon
ster, seemingly half human and half
beast, with great bat-like wings. A
dazzling light that fairly blinded him
came from a blunt, horn-like protuber
ance in the middle of the animal's fore
head, and it gave off a stupefying odor
that almost overcame him. The doctor
discharged his weapon and fled into
his office, barring doors and windows
and remained there in abject terror
until morning.
Continued on Fourth Page.
GREAT CALAMITY
MENACES PATERSON
New Jersey Town May Furnish Parallel of the Johns
town Ftood Horror—Bridges of the City Give Way
One by One, Throwing the People Into Panic-Loss
Already Sustained Is Two Million Dollars.
PATERSOX. N. J.. Oct. 10.—The sit
uation tonight is very grave. The wa
ter at Garfleld avenue is higher by fifty
inches than the point reached in 1902
The damage to the city is estimated
to amount to over $2,000,000. Crowds
of men are guarding the gate house at
the mill race, and at the first intima
tion that the gate will break away at
Spruce street the gate house will be
blown up with dynamite, so as to turn
the water into the chasm of the Pas
saic fulls. The people are expecting
the dam to go at any minute, and a
gun was fired at 10 o'clock to give the
signal of extreme danger to the
stricken population. The dam expected
to collapse is the great Dundee.
Should this give way, it is feared
that there will be a repetition of the
Johnstown disaster. The bridges in
the city are giving way, one by one,
causing a panic among the people. Al
ready tonight five bridges have gone
down under the strain of the frightful
torrent. They are the Straight street
bridge, and the Hillman. Market. Mof
fatt and Broadway bridges.
At 10 o'clock tonight the water is
within three inches of the boiler in the
Edison electric light works. The
bridge of the company is washed away.
EXPECTS "GHOST" TO CLEAR
UP A MURDER MYSTERY
Washington Scientist Says Subjective Mind of Sauk Centre Man
Will Answer if Questionec.
Special to The Globe.
ST. CLOUD, Minn., Oct. 10.—The
ghost of Herman Neitzl, whose body
was found on the Great Northern
tracks, near Sauk Center, some weeks
ago, and which the section men aver
still walks, is attracting attention far
beyond the limited sphere about Sauk
Center. Prof. Louis H. Vath, of this
city, has an interesting letter apropos
of the subject from a gentleman resi
dent in Washington, who is evidently
a student of natural phenomenon. At
his suggestion Prof. Vath has promised
in reply to take a party of Sauk Center
friends to the scene of the ghost's noc
turnal operations, and ascertain, if pos
sible, from the wraith the manner of
poor Neitzl's death. A delegation of
prominent Sauk Center citizens will ac
company them to be sure that nothing
happens to the board of inquiry, head
ed by Prof. Vath. The letter from
"Washington, which is appended, will
be found to be interesting:
"Prof. Louis Vath, Sauk Center.—
FIGHT FOR CANTEEN
Administration Hopes to Have
It Re-established.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 10.—
Army circles are greatly interested in
the fight which it is proposed to make,
during the coming congress for the re
establishment of the army canteen or
post exchange. The plan in said to be
to attach a rider to the military appro
priation bill repealing the anti-canteen
law which was enacted two years ago
at the behest of the W. C. T. U. and
other similar societies and church or
ganizations.
Ever since the law abolishing the
canteen went into effect reports have
been pouring into the war department
from every garrison of United States
troops in this country, as well as In
our non-contiguous possessions, all of
them stating that drunkenness, crime,
insubordination and other violations of
military laws have increased many
fold. Every officer who has had charge
of troops has officially stated that his
men have become simply uncontrolla
ble; that they have, never lost an op
portunity to leave their posts of duty,
either with or without permission, and
that then they have visited low grog
shops, gambling dives and other dis
reputable resorts, where they almost
invariably became intoxicated and fre
quently committed crimes ranging from
larceny and fighting to murder.
The record has .been so uniformly
bad that administration officials have
been considering for a long time the
advisability of making a fight for the
re-establishment of the canteen, where
soldiers can drink a few glasses of
beer with associates, which will pre
vent their desire to leave the garrison
and frequent low saloons. The admin
istration realizes that a big fight will
develop from the situation. The offi
cials know that.the so-called temper
ance advocates will not surrender their
•'victory" without a struggle. Th»y
are prepared to meet every attack with
the official records of the great increase
of drunkenness and other form 3of vice
growing out of the soldiers' Inability
to get H drink without leaving the gov
ernment reservation.
With these facts in hand, the war
department hopes to stiffen up the
backs of members of congress who
have been prone to listen to the re-*
quests and threats of a bouv o f women
who are totally unfamiliar with mili
tary affairs. One officer said today that
upon the success or failure of their
plan to re-establish the canteen de
pended the welfare and glory or the
degradation and moral destruction of
the American army.
READ THE GLOBE*
The Only LIVE Hows
paper in St. Paul.
'' — —-—- ——— —:—<►
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
The large bridge use* by the Susque
nanna railroad is weakened. The com
pany abandoned running the trains
over it tonight. The passengers are
transferred to the other side of the
bridge. The women are carried over by
the employes.
A three-story house at Athenia,
three miles from here, was washed
away. There were eighteen people in
the building, who were rescued with
difficulty, in boats.
The only death reported today was
that of Morris Riley. a lineman. Riley
was on the top of a pole fixing some
wires when the flood undermined the
pole and it fell with a crash in the ba
sin of the fajls, sixty feet below, hurl
ing Riley to instant death.
It is estimated that at least fifty
houses have been swept away. As
darkness came on the city was without
light and the rescuing was abandoned'
The police and firemen will be on the
alert tonight to watch for serious acci
dents. They fear an outbreak of fire
by the collapsing of houses during the
night.
PORT JERVIS. N. T., Oct. 10.—Two
men whose names have- not yet been
Continued on Seventh Page.
Dear Sir: I saw in the Osakis Lake
Review an account of the supposed
ghost of Herman Neitzl. I am study
ing psychic phenomena and know that
this thing is possible, although it is no
spirit. If you will take a man with
you and wait to see this wraith and
ask it in an imperative way why it ap
pears and what it would tell, you may
solve the mystery of the crime—you
must believe that you will see it or you
will not see it. The reason I write
you is because I believe you too intelli
gent to believe In ghost or devil.
"If you are a student of psychology
you will understand me when I say
that the man Neitzl resolved that hla
subjective mind should revisit that spot
until the manner' of his violent death
should be disclosed. If his subjective
mind is powerful enough and a person
who visits the spot is en rapport with
his subjective mind, a vision is possi
ble. This may be a fake, but it is all
possible. See Hudson's 'Law of Psychic
Phenomena,' chapter on ghosts. If you
make this experiment, it will give me
very great satisfaction to get a thor
ough account of your work, if in any
way successful. Very respectfully,
«r> —"M. Madison!
Census Office, Washington, D. < '."
SEEKS MISSING HEIR
London Surgeon on a Long '
Search for His Son.
CHICAGO Oct. 10.-The succession
Vr ,a, flne. ol<l EneUsh estate and the
division of several thousand pounds of
English money are involved in the
search for a missing son of Dr. William
Cluff, a prominent surgeon of London.
England, who is in the city looking for
his boy. The doctor is accompanied by
his daughter Daisy and for the pa B t
three years the two have roamed about
the world searching for the son and
™ F've / eara ago the son James ?3.
Cluff, abandoned his studies at Oxford
university, where he was accounted
one of the most promising men In the
undergraduate department, and an
nounced to his family that he meant to
travel He was urged not to abandon
his college work and he returned to
the university town ostensibly to re
sume his studies. This he evidently
did not do, for no word reached his
family from the university and when
the matter was Investigated it was
learned that he had not returner]. From
that time Dr. Cluff and his daughter
have searched continuously for the
young man.
Clew after clew has been followed
successively, but without results. Al
most despairing that his son could be
alive Dr. Cluff learned that he had
come to this country. He again took
up the search. When he reached this
city he -was, informed that the young
man lived in Chicago for several
months three years ago and that his
name appeared in the Chicago city di
rectory for the year 1900. The directory,
showed that the young man v.as em
ployed by one of the packing firms of,
the city and roomed on Ashland boule
vard.
At this juncture Dr. duff was In
formed 'that his son had left Chicago at
the. outbreak of the Boer war and had
enlisted as a private In one of the
troops of the Canadian contingent and
had served through the South African
war. He visited Ottawa, Can., and
consulted the government records and
questioned members of the Canadian
troops who had seen service in the
Boer war. -
From these he learned that his son
had left Canada after he had been
mustered out of the volunteer "service
and presumably had returned to the
United States. Reasoning that ho would
In-all probability come again to Chi
cago and engage in business here Dr.
Cluff and; his daughter,decided to take •
up their quest in this city. .
For the past four days they have
been !n Chicago. Appeals to the police '
were, however, unavailing;-and adver
tisements In ."the, papers have 'thus far
revealed no tangible clews, Both Dr.:
Cluff and hie daughter, .however, have
not lost confidence ii; the.ultimate suc
cess of their effort* to find the missing ,
man."-";. ":' \ ',:':.,■■' ■ _. . ■