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"Washington. .nine 14.— Indications for I Wisconsin: Fair, preceded by light rata In eastern portion. Lower Michigan: Slightly cooler, winds becoming westerly. For Min- nesota and Dakota: Fair, preceded by light rain in southern portions; slightly warmer; variable winds. For Iowa: Fair, cooler, northerly winds. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. • " r~^ — Fl " a * ... L • >r m m b a* 2. 35 Place of ?£ fl KM»,pf teg. go Plßceof 55 p Plncepf |« 5 £ Obs'viuiou. 2° §=; Obs'vation. |° 5* I !*& 2 :S a : ? =L_ II St Paul.... 30.00 66 Helena ... 29.92 70 Duluth... 29.96 72 £«• Tl ?. ttcll - 30.12 -62 La Crosse. 29.92 70 Minnedosa 30.12 62 Huron 30.08 68 Minnedosa 29.96 t>o Moorhead. 30.08 70 Calgary.... -><- <- St. Vincent 30.00 70 Edmonton. 29.86 74 Bismarck. 30.12 ™ O'Appelle. 29.98 0- Ft. Buford. 30.10 GO Med.c c H. - 97W - - Ft. Custer.. 30.12 50 Winnipeg.. 00.0-t "*> Nice distinctions are drawn at Cin- cinnati. The amateur games of base ball are Interdicted, while the profes- sionals are permitted to have the field on Sunday. am \u25a0 Some of the lowa towns propose to add cows to the prohibitory catalogue, so far as to restrain their freedom in the streets. It will afford another chance \u25a0" to see if prohibition prohibits. Newspaper sentiment is emphatic that the California man went too far in shooting at his wife for reading Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poems to him. A poker is pronounced quite equal to the exigency. —*+. The Indian name that those Rosebud aborigines gave ex-Gov. Fostek was Young-Man-Proud-of-His-Tail. For use in Ohio it has been shortened to Peacock Charley. His early political title was Calico Charley. _ \u2666 A facetious Republican paper pre- sumes that Jeff Davis "willregister from the Southern Confederacy when he arrives on the other side." As the Confederacy has passed away from earth, perhaps he will have a reunion. I King Kalakaua, of the Sandwich islands, has been forced to abandon his proposed visit to the French exposition on account of sickness, and some are ill-natured enough to believe that his health would be good if he could borrow 10,000 for the tour. A veby large number of those lost In the Pennsylvania flood were English- men from Cornwall, many of them not long in the country. The \u25a0 fact that many foreign countries were represented in the disaster has made it a matter of more than usual interest in Europe. : .. One of the syndicates that have been buying up American breweries adver- tises in the London papers guarantee- ing 13 per cent dividends on its common stock for six years, with less figures on some other classes of securities. Those are attractive figures for English capi- tal. -mm* If the scheme of some of the Eastern manufacturers to make carpets out of the hair of cows proves as successful as anticipated, it may be of considerable advantage to the cattle growers. It is insisted that the process Is not expen- sive, and the product superior to the wool article. mm Those Paris editors in jail for saying hard things about the president of the French republic should imitate the example of the Democratic journals of this country. They feel a common in- terest with other citizens in the head of the government, and if they scratch the head a little it is only rubbing the com- mon nart. *^». — The Prince of Wales has on several occasions shown more political sense than his mother. He paid special-at- tention to Gladstone when the old lady snubbed him, and recently, when she would not allow any official recog- nition of the French exposition, he" took it in himself. Victoria apparently will neither abdicate nor die. _ 1 Bismarck is preparing to signalize the gathering of the state builders on the national independence day, by a celebration that will be worthy of the occasion and of the capital of the rising commonwealth of the North. All the people of the North, and "the rest of mankind," are solicited to share the festivities and join in the patriotic dis- play. - \u25a0There are those who doubt the divin- ity of Swinehubst, termed the Rock- ford Christ, and they suggest the scof- fers of 1,800 years ago who would have .the Savior cast himself down from an eminence as a test of supreme power. These modern people want the Rock- ford claimant to prove his alleged char- acter by testing the electrisal appliances devised to kill murderers. If he sur- vives it will be a splendid advertisement tor him. SBlfl As another instance of the disposi- tion of the president to please himself, he is reported to refuse to follow the practice of his predecessors for many years and sign the diplomas of the Washington law graduates. He alleges that he "hasn't time." It is a puzzle to a great many people who are trying to get his name to certain papers what he does with his time. They should find where he digs his bait to fish with. "... That Persian shah, having never had experience as a professional politician in this couutry, has a hard task to allow himself to be coddled by England and Russia without exciting the suspicion of either. - They both want favors and privileges in the Persian direction, and are intensely jealous of each other. Russia is reported to threaten to throw a big army into Persia if the shah con- cedes anything to England. It is not altogether a merry frolic when a king goes visiting in these times, especially when he has to keep the good will of a lion and a bear. c The developments in the Cronin trial in Chicago, and the suspicious at- titude it leaves Sullivan in, with the possible discomfort of Minister Pat Egan, are not calculated to • promote cheerfulness ' with Secretary Blame. It is making. trouble with his special friends. Sullivan was the close ma-; nipulator of the Blame- element of the ; Irish. The secret society so clouded by the investigations was tlie chief Repub- lican force with the Irish, and the in- fluence of Sullivan was employed to bring it to the Blame columns. lie named Egan for a foreign mission, and is likely to have to recall him. Tie named Tucker also for a conspicuous post, and altogether is not having the most cheerful time, even wheu Harri- son is out fishing. NEW STATE POLITICS. Very great anxiety is manifested by many of the Republican papers over the political complexion of Montana and the represenation it will come in with. Their tone indicates that they will re- gard it as an act of bad faith to come in as a Democratic ! state. The St. Louis lobe-Democrat anticipates that the Democratic majority in the constitu- tional convention will gerrymander the legislative districts in order to secure the United States senators. That shows the Republican solicitude on the sub- ject, and carries the assumption that for some reason Montana is rightfully Republican. It has habitually voted with the Democrats since the organiza- tion of the territory. Last fall, when it elected a Republican delegate, was about the only exception to the rule, and that %as a political freak due to dissatisfaction with certain federal appointments, . and perhaps some other local questions. As the convention doesn't meet till July, there can be no basis for the supposition that the Democrats will attempt any unfairness, other than the general fact that Republicans are likely to take such advantages. While it would, in their estimation, be an evi- dence of unfairness and corruption for the Democrats to continue to carry Montana, it is insisted that the Dakotas and Washington are absolutely certain for the Republicans. If they are, then, certain to have six out of the eight sen- ators, there would be no great magna- nimity in letting the Democrats have Montana, their own by virtue of more than twenty years' possession; pro- vided, of course, that the Republicans can't help themselves. But there is no occasion tor conceding the claims to the other new states. Even in South Da- kota there is a growing feeling of inde- pendence, and the conviction is obtain- ing more widely than heretofore . that under the protective policy the agricultural community is being needlessly burdened, that selfish inter- ests may fatten at its expense. The Farmers' Alliance has been an effective educator in this direction, and it may have strength enough to compel the selection of tariffreform senators, even if called Republicans. North Dakota and Washington have more than an av- erage proportion of men who do their own thinking, and like to vote the way they think, but do not always succeed when old-time prejudices are stirred. At heart both states are largely opposed to the protection absurdity. They, are good fighting ground for the Demo- crats, and no effort should be omitted to win them. It is the Republican scheme to create the impression that a contest would be waste powder for the Democrats. But, if the latter are wise, they will perfect a thorough organ- ization and make a courageous fight. Many a battle in politics has been won with far poorer chances. MINORITY VOTING. H. W. Lord, at Devil's Lake, is portly and popular. He was once a j Repub- lican congressman from Michigan, and until recently a land officer in Dakota. He is apparently the strongest man in the more northerly part of the new state for United States senator. He is re- garded as a very square man, who is above the use of money to secure office. Attention was called to Mr. Lord re- cently by his publication of a letter in support of the proposition to incorpo- rate the minority feature in the new constitution. He, however, apprehends that the poor device of the omnibus bill, so aggravating intcontemplation and in- nocuous :in practice, had provoked so much prejudice and confusion as to ren- der it difficult to secure a hearing of the real minority plan upon its merits. There is no doubt . something in this, although it is not at all complimentary to the parties covered by it. No one has attempted to answer the argument pre- sented by Mr. Lord in favor of the ap- plication of the minority principle to the popular branch of the legislature. There is no refutal possible without af- firming that minorities have no right to any share in legislation. The right of the majority, to rule is unquestioned. The proposed system does not interfere with the exercise of that right. The cumulative system has been in opera- . tion in Illinois eighteen years, and no one there even suggests change. There are no difficulties of detail in its ; opera- tion. County lines are no more cut than, under the ; old plan. The gist of the" matter is that, where the minority has one-third or more of the votes, it may elect one out of every three legislators. This is effected by the minority voter giving his three votes to one man in place of giving three men one each. If the question could be divested of all connection with party in the mind of the voter, its fairness would insure nearly an unanimous vote for it. - - mm \u25a0 THE JUDGE CARTOON. Many of the Republican papers have been unhappy of late over the noted cartoon of the Judge, the comic Repub- lican paper, in which Russell Har- rison is reputed to have an interest. The president stands in the midst of a group of lions and tigers that meekly hang their tails and exhibit a lamb-like demeanor in the presence of their.con- queror and master. They are all -labeled as such party chiefs as Allison, Platt, Alger, Sherman, Evarts, Edmunds and Wanamaker. Blame lies on his back, apparently exhausted in his attempts to assert his nature, and Morton appears at the presidential feet docile and suppliant, watching for crumbs. Harrison lias white.wings, a red sash, and the exultant air of a subduer of wild animals. In view of the presumed filial connection of the paper with the White house, it is viewed .as an insult to. the leaders of the party. It has not been noted that either Russell or.- Benjamin has ex- pressed any disapproval of it • \u25a0 -mmm FUTURES , ILLEGAL. A recent decision of the United States supreme court will have effect upon" the speculative system of dealing in futures. The decision is a reversal of the opinion of the circuit court that such contracts . are legitimate and can be enforced. According to this view of the highest court, there must be an in- tention to deliver the goods to make the; transaction legal. The "seller need not have the stock or grain ih his possession at the time of entering into the deal, . but he : must ; contemplate buying and delivering the article, making an actual transfer. The court says . the law will enforce the contract only when there was a mutual \u25a0 understanding that the delivery was to take place. :; In the common case of paying the difference ; I between the market . price and price agreed on, it becomes a gambling trans- action and will hot be 'countenanced by, the law. .;This decision will cut a good deal of figure in the transactions of brokers and boards. : OHIO POLITICS. ' Gov. Foraker will probably be the Republican candidate for governor ;in Ohio this fall, whatever the, rivalry for the place and affectation of discrimina- tion in the matter. The Democrats would a little prefer to see Foraker beaten to any other Republican. They, have strong confidence in their success, and the indications arc decidedly in that direction. Among the complica- tions in the way of the > Republicans is the disaffection, of tho colored voters, who have given them their majority for some time past. They claim that they have got less from Foraker than from the Democrats, and they have a general feeling that Harrison doesn't like them either . personally or politi- cally. A call Is being circulated for a state convention of their own to nomi- nate a ticket. If they carry out this scheme it will be the first colored state ticket in "the North. They can help make the Ohio idea entertaining this year. " _ BAD PROPHETS. In 1884 the spellbinders earned their stipends by lugubrious predictions that the election of Mr. Cleveland would close the workshops and ruin most of the industries of the country. They failed to alarm the voters sufficiently to defeat the Democratic candidate. It is not recorded that any valuable industry suffered from the administration of the past four years. The country was rather more prosperous than it had been, in fact. But the same class of party workers last year promised that the election of Harrison, on his pro- tection to everybody tariff, would stimu- late all the industries, and the toilers would get better wages and have more work to do. It is easy to see that as- prophets they were quite as great fail- ures in the latter case as in the former. Almost from the close of the November polls that gave assurance of the contin- uance of the protective policy, the re- duction of wages began and great strikes were inaugurated. The pro- tected industries have been on the down grade ever since. " : ;j; »m CONCERNING WOMEN. Female barbers are not having much success. Gentlemen will not go to them because they dislike to be cut by a lady. The marriage of the duke of Portland and Miss Dallas Yorke is finally fixed to take place at St. Paul's church, Knightsbridge, London, June 17. The duchess of Cleveland, who has just published the "Battle Abbey Roll," a work which is likely to prove of great historical value, does all in her power to add to the beauty of . her interesting property. She has herself painted , the little dell where King Harold fell with ferns and flowers, and made it as charm- ing a place as any wherein historic in- terest and natural beauty are allied. Mrs. Cleveland has consented to have her name used; by Mrs. Chapman, of Brooklyn, as a "patroness" of a fair to be given for the benefit of the Brooklyn home for consumptives. This "patron-, ess" business is quite the fad now. The supposition is that, when a society wo- man attaches her name to a charitable enterprise as a "patroness" the people who are not quite so fashionable will be moved. '\u25a0.?\u25a0 y.-y \u25a0 A London letter says: "The wife of the marquis of Lome is an undoubted artist. I have seen busts -and other works in sculpture which showed that ifshe had chosen plastic art as a ; pro- fession she would have succeeded at it. Her sketches of Canadian scenery are downright clever. The portrait at the Grosvenor is more than that; it is mas- terly. The armor in which, for ( pictur- esque reasons, the warrior is incased, is finely painted, and there is real power of modeling in color in the flesh." HINTS ABOUT SHAVING. ' i: The moment you leave your bed (or bath) is the best time to shave. Never use warm water, which makes the face (of shavers) tender. A piece of soft plate leather- should always be kept with razors to wipe them with. , In cold weather place : your razor (closed of course) in your , pocket or under your arm to warm it. Always wipe your razor clean and strop it before putting it away: and al- ways put your shaving brush away with the lather on \t.Wt\\m If you only once put away • your razor without stropping it, or otherwise per- fectly cleaning the edge, you must not longer expect to shave well : and easy, the soap and damp so soon rust the fine teeth and edge. The -razor, being only a fine saw, should be moved in a sloping or sawing direction, and held nearly flat to the face, care being taken to draw the skin as tight as possible with the left hand, so as to present an even surface and throw out the beard. The practice of pressing on the edge of the razor in stropping it soon rounds it; the pressure should be directed to the back, which should never be raised from the strop. If you shave from heel to point of razor, strop it from point to heel, but if you begin with the point in shaving, then strop it from heel to point. :^.s:'yy COPPER-SKINNED STATISTICS. The Indian agencies are sixty-one in number. BffHßj The number of houses • occupied by Indians is 21.232. The estimated number of Indians in Alaska is 30,000. 4 ,-..;\u25a0 The number of Indians living on and cultivating lands is 0,612. The total Indian population of the United States is 247,761. ' -;* . The number of Indian church mem- bers in the United States is 28,663. There are ten Indian training schools located in different parts of the Union. The number of Indians in the United States who wear citizens' dress is 81,621 .• The number ot Indians in the United States who can read English is but 23.495. The number of Indians in the United States who can read Indian languages is 10,027. \u25a0'.-\u25a0. . . ' — -mm — — - Devoted to Art, "Are you fond of music?" • "Yes; passionately. I never go to bed without playing one of Beethoven's glorious sonatas on my comb and tissue paper— never." . CUPID'S ARROW. Young Cupid went storming to Vulcan one. day, •-\u25a0>''\u25a0'\u25a0-.':\u25a0:\u25a0 And besought him to look at bis arrow. : " 'Tis useless,'.' he cried, "you must mend it, Isay! \u25a0 ' \u25a0 'Tisn't tit to let fly at a sparrow. . There's something that's wrong in the shaft or the dart. • a iiqw*i nfl^fHMBW For it flutters quite false to my aim : ~ 'Tis an age since it fairly went home to the heart, ". - ' - \u25a0 \u25a0 '".'"....•\u25a0..' And the world really jests at my name. "I have straightened, I've bent, I've tried all, I declare; -\u25a0".'. I've perfumed it with sweetest of sighs: 'Tis feathered with ringlets my mother might .'\u25a0 wear, ' - And the barb gleams with light from " ; ™ young eyes ; But it falls without touching— break it I aiE^vow^Jg^aßßaßWfgaMNmWUMHffißHM • '.For there's Hymen beginning to pout, lie's complaining bis torch burns so dull and \u25a0 so low . : . : . "; That Zephyr might puff it right out." ; Little Cupid went on with his pitiful tale ' \u25a0-- Till Vulcan the weapon restored. •'\u25a0 \u25a0• "There, take it, young sir; try it now ifit fail '....\u25a0 •.\u25a0 I will ask neither fee nor reward." . The urchin shot out and rare havoc he made ;' The wounded and the dead were untold; But no wonder the rogue had such slaughter- '".'::-\u25a0'. ing trade, For the arrow was laden with gold. --";. ". •'\u25a0 \u25a0'-.\u25a0'.•— Nebraska State Journal. ; EXONERATE BOWERS Report of the Grand Jury on the Killing:of Taylor - * Combs. • Dr. Bowers and His Associ- ates Not Considered Re- sponsible, But Adjudged Guilty of Neg- lect in Omitting: to Make a Report. Coroner Mosse Also Relieved ': of Censure and Fully Vin- dicated. Special to the Globe. .' Rochester, Minn., June 14.— any one is of the impression that Southern Minnesota is retrograding, a visit to Rochester will undeceive him. . It is just three years ago when I last visited this queenly little : metropolis of the Zumbro valley in company with ; the members of the St. Paul chamber of commerce, who came down to celebrate the opening of the Minnesota & Worth- western road, which brought Rochester within six hours' travel of ; St. Paul. To-day they go from Rochester to St. Paul by way of the new road to Red Wing in three hours and forty minutes, and without change of cars. That does not look like retrogression. But, ; more than that, the growing good qualities of the town are perceptible in the ; many new buildings of modern design and elegant finish, the new town hall and county jail being fair samples of what has been done in the way of improve- ments within the three years since 1 was last here. By the way, 1 am in- clined to think if the Ramsey county commissioners could be induced to come down here and take a look at the new' Olmsted county jail they would be so disjusted with that miserable excuse for a jailthat we have in St. Paul, they would go back home and order the old eyesore to be torn down immediately and a new one built on the style of the Rochester prison. Even if it was re-located on the present jail site it would be an orna- ment to the city. The exterior of the jail here presents the appearance of an elegant private residence without any- thing on the outside to suggest that it is a prison house. Unlike most West- ern towns Rochester, pins its faith to brick and mortar. They have a good brick clay in - this locality and they use it. Consequently the city presents an exceptionally solid appearance. Although it is an old town, one of the oldest in the. state, and was once swept by a cyclone, there are no traces of dilapidation, such as is so frequently seen in towns ! that boast of their antiquity. There is a delicious air of freshness "everywhere, and encour- aging symptoms of enterprise which in- dicate that the city still has a wide- awake population. Rochester makes no pretension to being a manufacturing city beyond the product of her roller mill, and wagon and carriage factories. It is essentially a commercial town, and the banking center of one of the richest agricultural districts to be found in the world. This Zumbro valley is a very Eden of fertility and loveliness, and Rochester is its metropolis. The retail trade in this town is , : • - something phenomenal. By actual count I saw in the streets to-day over 500 ; wagons and carriages belonging to the farmers that had come to town to trade, many 'of them bring- ing their families with them, and yet the merchants told me that it was not an extraordinary good day for. trade: either. Saturday is the great . trading day for the farmers of the Zumbro val- ley, and it must be. a show wirth seeing to'drop into Rochester on the last day of the week. . Repeated failures of the wheat crop in this section - encouraged the farmers to engage more extensively in the dairy and live stock : business. Their wisdom in giving their atten- tion to these new industries has already been amply demonstrated. As a mar- ket for fine horses Rochester now- has a reputation equal to the leading Kentucky towns, and the Zumbro valley farmers are ; now getting prices for these colts that would have seemed fabulous ten years ago. The famous creameries and cheese factories in' this region afford the farmers tbe means of deriving a great profit from their rich pasture fields. And what a county these people have. -As 1 stood this afternoon on an eminence in the rear of Attorney Wilson's residence and cast my eye up and down the Zumbro valley, it occurred to me that Nature must have tried : ;3&idl&|Bfe§sS23| . HER APPRENTICE HAND . on other parts of the earth and have re- served her master stroke in the finish- ing touches of creation for this charm- . ing spot. Human eye never rested on a lovelier . landscape, nor human hand never tilled more fertile soil. It seems to me a mistake that Rochester was not named Zumbro city, after the river that flows through this valley. am told that it was named by a New Yorker, who was an early settler here, -and because the falls in the river re- minded him of the stream which runs by his native city he thought it was the proper thing to call it after the old town of Rochester in York state. Zumbro is an abbreviation of the name the old voyagers gave to the stream, which sig- nified "the embarrassed river," so named because of the number of boul- ders in the bed of the stream which in- terrupted the flow of the waters. Any one who has an ambition to become a gold digger / can satisfy it any day by scratching away the rocks in the bed of the Zumbro. There is gold in every ledge, but it is in such small quantity as to discourage human cupidity. By a steady week's work a person can probably gather enough of the precious dust to make a dollar gold piece. There is a lady in this city : whose wedding ring was made from gold taken from the Zumbro, and others have small sou- venirs of the river's wealth. Like all of our Minnesota towns, Rochester has its old settlers, who still live to tell rem- iniscences of THE DAYS OP '55, when the town was first blocked out and only one house, and a very small one at that, stood inside of the corpora- tion limits. These reminiscences of the old settlers are so much alike in quality and quantity and have been related so 'often one hesitates to give an additional repetition: But I heard one to-day of & Rochester pioneer that struck me as be- ing somewhat exceptional, so I will ven- ture to ; speak of it. His name - was Lowry, a \u25a0. frank, courageous, open- hearted old fellow, and like every true son of Ireland was ; ever ready . for a light and always the champion of the weaker side. There were no ; Prohibi- tionists in those days and every man could take his grog under his own vine and fig tree with none to molest or to make him "- afraid, and thus it was that this brave . old pioneer could gft gentlemanly drunk whenever he had ! a mind to. The Methodist ? preacher has always, been in the vanguard of American civilization, and it so hap- pened that one lighted on Rochester in its early settlement. . : One night at a re- vival meeting the preacher announced that if there were any friends of Jesus , in the house he wished them"to-st*ud up. After a considerable wait, and ;no one arising,' old man -Long finally stag- gered to his feet, and steadying himself as best he could • by holding to the back of a bench, said: I don't know the gentleman - you; have just " named, but I- :\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0- ' i : WILL STAND UP FOB HIM :or for any ' other man who 7 has as few friends as he seems to have in this crowd ; and I will lick the first: man that says a word agin him."- Rochester has been having a sensational; advertising lately '. that has been 'about as undesirable to the people here as it was unjust to the management of the insane asy- lum which ; la ;' located : y at this place. People at a distance from here who have been reading - the sensational stories published in the leading-Repub- lican papers ot St. Paul and Minneapo- lis would . imagine that the Rochester asylum was a den of iniquity, and that barbarities which would put a savage to shame were of every day occurrence. i.Tlie effect \ has been ttWereate a preju- dice : against . the institution, and to ! cause apprehension among the ; friends of the patients here that they were not properly cared for. To all wno , experi- ence this \u25a0 feeling I can say most em-; phatically there is nothing to justify ithe prejudice, nor is '= there the least -ground for apprehension. I came here on behalf of the Globe to give the mat-' ter a : ' : v --•..-. > ;Y, . thorough and IMPARTIAL investigation in order that our readers may know the exact condition of affairs, and after making such an investigation ,I am convinced that many of . the most sensational statements that have ;been : published were not warranted by. the facts. A simple and truthful statement is that the patient Combs \ was roughly and cruelly handled by two attendants, i and the probabilities aie that .- he : died from the effect of his rough treatment. There is nothing to justify the state- ment -'\u25a0 that the treatment Combs re- ceived was common in the institution or that the officers ever encouraged, or even tolerated such conduct on the part of the attendants. The reverse is true; and whenever it was discovered that an attendant was inhuman or unnecessa- rily harsh in his management of the patients he was invariably discharged. The hospital is kept in the > best . order that is possible with the resources at hand, for whatever is lacking in its equipment is due more to the PARSIMONY OF THE LEGISLATURE ' than to the inefficiency of the manage- ment. I made a visit to the institution at an early hour in the morning when I was not looked for, and consequently there could have been no preparation for my visit. A thorough inspection of all the wards and every department of the institution revealed the most orderly and systematic arrangement. The wards were as neat, comfortable and homelike in all their appoint- ments as it was -possible to make them. Every provision was made for the com- fort and security of the patients, and I know that these poor unfortunates are a great deal better off . here than they would be. in . their own homes. . Dr. Bowers has been the subject of severest censure, and after a careful inquiry into his connection with the Combs af- fair I arrive at the conclusion that a grievous injustice has been done the man. I say this all the more freely be- cause Dr. Bowers is a stranger to ; me, so there is nothing to prejudice me either for or against him. I never : saw him until to-day and we exchanged .no words on the subject which most con- cerns him, ana about which all the peo- ple of the state are talking. The worst that can be said of him truthfully is that possibly -y^y. HE HAS BEEN NEGLIGENT .. and may have been lacking in Judg- ment. And yet this is not certain, for atter a searching investigation the grand jury made a report to-day that pretty clearly exonerates him. I find but one sentiment here among the peo- ple of Rochester and that is voiced in the report of a grand jury. I never knew a case where serious charges were preferred against a public official and so much pain taken in the beginning to in- J flame and prejudice the public mind [against him that the people of the com- munity in which he lived so unanimous- ly and so cordially rallied together in vindication of his personal reputa- tion, as the people of Rochester '.have come up to the support • of. Dr. Bowers. : The very - fact that he so thoroughly enjoys the confi- dence of the entire people among whom he has lived, is to my mind the evidence ( that he has been unjustly, censured. ; .There can be no more trying or re- sponsible position than to be superin- tendent of an institution " like this, and s it is beyond the range of human possi- ; bility to prevent mistakes . being made some time. It is a misfortune ' that there are ..,.-\u25a0/ ""£ NO TBAINED NURSES \u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0 for service in insane asylums, and a superintendent is compelled to hire such help as he can get. It is but - logical that it should occur now and then that an unfit person should be employed, and the mistake cannot be discovered until there has \u25a0. been some overt act committed. The duties of a superin- tendent are so varied and on- erous, he is compelled to " rely .; a great deal upon his subordinates. I think it is an error that the law does not provide for a division of responsi- bilities in the management of these in- stitutions, and that the superintendent should be so far relieved of business cares as to be able. to devote his whole time to the treatment of patients, and to the study of each particular case.. The report made by the grand jury to-day, fully exonerates Dr. Bowers and his associate officials from all responsi- bility for the death of Taylor Combs, and certify that his death was caused by the use of unjustifiable force used upon him by the two attendants. The grand jury, however, find that in their opinion the , superintendent and . the other officials were guilty of a grave neglect of duty in omitting to report to the trustees or to the law officers of the county the facts j in their possession. But they say in addition: "While this is true we are satisfied and the evidence shows beyond reasonable controversy, that the : superintendent in omitting to report the case, acted. upon a CONSCIENTIOUS BUT MISTAKEN 5 sense of duty, and in accordance with what he believed to be for • the best in- terests of the hospital and : the public." Coroner Mosse is also relieved of cen- sure and fully vindicated. They are of the opinion that the number of attend- j ants should be increased, and some sys- \ tern adopted by which only competent attendants shall be employed. Ihe in- vestigation of the Knettle case confirmed the grand jury in the belief that the patient's death had been acceler- ated by cruel treatment, inflicted either by attendants or patients. Some of the supervisors .of the wards are censured for negligence and for compelling patients to perform menial service and assisting in handling other patients. - A = number of reforms are suggested that . will . be worthy the attention of the next legislature. The report . was favorably .received ' by the ', people* here. There will be a sensation at the asylum some ; day worth talking about, unless the legislature makes an appropriation for" remodeling and re- constructing the entire building. It is a fire trap at best, and was twisted out of shape by the cyclone several : years ago.' If it doesn't burn down or fall down within the next few years, kill- ing a lot of the patients, then I am no judge of ! architecture. It is a disgrace to the state to leave this building in its present condition. G. H. M. \u25a0 s THE STEWARD SPEAKS. Communication From Dr. Kerr, of ;o tbe Second Hospital. To the Editor of the Globe. . '^ Uhder a resolution of the board of trustees certain officers - of . the : second tyospjtal for insane have been ; sus- pended, myself among the number. ! A brief statement from • me seems appro- priate. In my long connection ; with the i hospitals yof ~. this state I have been very pronounced in this, and many nave heard me assert that such institutions should . have but one head. This I have always felt was for • the . best ' interests . and successful management of all concerned. As for myself, acting upon this conviction ever since I have been connected with the hospital as an officer, \ I "have never meddled with ;or • taken i any respon- sibility '-: beyond :my own depart- ment, - \u25a0 my duties' being , purely , financial. With the patients I have nothing to do, and it is but a lim- ited number that I even know, so with the attendants. I seldom see them save to settle with - them ,' on ; pay day. / In ; reference to the deplorable ; trouble pending, I was told that one Combs was dead ; was \u25a0 also informed jof the testi- mony before - the '< coroner and the con- flicting statements of the . two attend- ants : and » that ;;. of . John Date. [£ if i_ put on oath to-day I could not testify Vto -\u25a0 any of : . the facts charged, only upon hearsay.'; From my. standpoint I can not I bring myself to be ; or feel it to have been my duty to make any report of the matter; and I doubt if any one legally could be required to re- ; port a matter of which he is not person- ally cognizant. I.would : say with all due deference to the ; board of : trustees that : if '\u25a0\u25a0'. it ; : is • thought /to:. be ' tbe duty of an officer in one departmen to report matters on hearsay that have transpired in another department, that the by-laws should <so define. " The by- laws in substance, to be brief, read thus : : ' "The s superintendent shall \u25a0 re- port to the trustees," etc. the assistant physicians, steward and • other i officers shall report \u25a0?. to the ' superintendent, whose duty then is to act. Nowhere do they ' say the '.-, subordinate officers shall report to the trustees; hence I . have very grave doubts as to the legality of my suspension. I may prop- erly, add' that Dr. Bowers, during our long years of intimate relationship, has shown himself :an earnest, generous, kindly-hearted- man, ever watchful, ever active, devotedly and untiringly working for the best interests of ; the hospital and the welfare of the patients. A. H. Kebb. SAINT ' PAUL. BUILD YOUR OWN RAILWAY. A St. Paul Capitalist Offers Some Good Suggestions to Property Owners. ; In discussing the proposition of . real estate men and property owners to give the City Railway company a bonus , of $100,000 to extend the cable line to Fair- view avenue, a capitalist, for busi- ness reasons will not permit the use of his name, said yesterday v "Basing my proposition on a state- ment made in the St. Paul Globe some few days ago that a line of cable rail- road, with equipments, would average a cost of $100,000 per mile, I am of the opinioß that by taking, say, for instance, a district of seven streets, in width, three streets on each side of the street on which the line is >'. to •' be x built, assessing each lot owner on both sides of the seven streets, making four- teen sets of lot owners, a pro rata share : per foot of the cost of construction and equipment of such cable line, a paying investment would result. Thus you will see, there being 5,280 feet to the mile, the cost of construction per run- ning front foot would be $18.98. That sum divided among the property holders on- the seven streets, as before ex- plained (being the street on which the cable line is to be built, and three streets on each side thereof), there being lots fronting on each side of each of said streets, making fourteen sets of property owners, as before stated, among whom the assessment of $18.98 per run- ning front foot is to be divided, would make it (if divided evenly between the fourteen sets of lot owners) about $1.36 per running front foot, or $54.40 for a lot forty feet in width. In regard co the mode of di- viding - the cost of construction, etc., between the fourteen sets of lot owners it may not be right to divide evenly on account of the disadvantage or decrease of property on the cable line street, but my idea is only to make the matter clear, and therefore I make each of the fourteen sets of lot owners share equally in the cost of construction and also to share equally in the dividends' according to their number of front feet. As to the rule to be fol- lowed in dividing the cost, etc., of con- struction between the different streets, that could be arranged by mutual agreement or some ~ standard. The line, then, being constructed and in running order at • a cost of 81.36 per running front foot, or $54.40 to a forty-foot lot on each of the seven streets, could be controlled by a board of directors, who are -to ap- point the different officers, etc. Now, it seems to me if another corpora- tion can make money out of a line of cable railroad that also this line would pay its projectors a-haudsome profit, more so than the other. corporation for these property owners, knowing, that they have an interest in this line of cable railroad, and a pro rata share in its dividends, according to the number of feet of their property on each of said streets, will be apt to ride oftener than before, thereby making the profits larger, and, perhaps, having their money, • * paid in fares, returned . to them in dividends received from the company out of its Erofits. Such a:\u25a0 cable line could be uilt on Marshall, down Nelson, across Summit, down Sixth to the Ryan hotel, or to the end of Sixth street. Such a line completed to Minneapolis would greatly divide the travel on the short line trains, it not being necessary to ride to the union or some of the other depots in order to get off or on, but may be boarded at any street crossing. ; In case of the sale of any of these lots this cable line privilege would also be sold as an improvement on the property. A line run in this manner could not help being profitable, as the people on those streets would all patronize their own line, thereby making it profitable. Keep your $100,000 bonus, instead of giving it to Tom Lowry or any one else, and build your own cable line, and you will be the owner of the line and receive the benefit of its dividends and the increase of your property resulting from its con- struction." - ;__ AN UNSAVORY CASE. Petition for a Receiver for the St. Paul Sanitation Company- Court Callings. William A. Van Slyke and Charles Friend petition the district court to ap- point a receiver for the St. Paul Sanita- tion company to declare it insolvent and' have such receiver take \u25a0 charge of the assets of the company and sell the same for the benefit of the creditors. It is alleged that Cyrus Ritchie has brought a pretended suit against the company and that it does not intend to offer any defense .whatever, but will allow the case to goagainstit by default, enabling Ritchie to obtain judgment and levy upon its wares, etc.- The petitioners ask that the officers of the company be restrained from disposing of . the com- pany's property and that Ritchie's suit be enjoined from execution. NEW SUITS. Frederick Nelson, an attorney, sues Olaf Johnson and Erick Hogberg to re- cover for services rendered. ,-- --• George Benz & Co. sue B. F. Hartley and others to recover $147 on a promis- sory note. \u25a0'•'.\u25a0•. -."...\u25a0-..'"\u25a0 In the case of Edgar Snyder against W. C. Braedenhager, Judge Kerr grants Braedenhager motion to set aside the order for a new trial. Cairie Anderson. . sues for divorce from Nels Anderson, and charges that he committed; adultery with one Anna Carlson at his own home— sls East Firth street. Lizzie Kehl sues the Pioneer Press company to recover $25,000 for alleged libel. " . yy.y:s Julius Weitzel sues Albert Spangen- berg to recover $200 alleged to be due as commission for ; the • sale of Spangen- berg's real estate. LEGAL MISCELLANY. The case of John Wood Jr. against The St. Paul City Railway company, an action to enforce a lien for material fur- nished,' was tried ; before Judge Vilas and decided In favor of Wood yesterday. The case of John J. Dewey, as execu- tor/ against T. F. and William F. Bir- mingham is now on trial before Judge : Kerr. \u25a0\u25a0- . \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0"\u25a0 '-. ';'•'\u25a0' — ": ; Catherine Kohlman was yesterday ex- amined before the probate court for in-' sanity '\u25a0 and . discharged. She- is half- witted aud incorrigible, but not insane enough ,to become the charge of the . In the " case of ' Danner and Falster against August R. ; Capehart :. the court grants an order staying proceedings. - r. : When court ; opened yesterday morn- ing Judge Kerr called Ralph E. Watson up, and, speaking to the \u25a0;. attorneys on both sides, in . the case of McAfee; against Graham and others, said: "With respect to the testimony of -Watson. on .Thursday I think- that the allegations are not sufficiently clear and plain on the part of the witness to justify a com- mitment.for perjury \u25a0in the technical: significance of the word ; \u25a0'- but ' the trend of the testimony manifests an intent on the part of the witness to convey the idea to the court t and jury that $1,000 had been paid to him on this deal by i the t plaintiff. In my judgment such manner of testimony on the part of the witness is more contemptible than per- jury." Ralph E. Watson, formerly of Clark & : Watson, a real estate firm of : this city, . was brought into court yesterday morn- ing to either go to 'jail for perjury, or hear a severe reprimand from the court for his effort on the previous day to de- ceive the court as to the ? value of cert- ain testimony which he was giving in behalf of the plaintiff in the case of A. J. McAfee against George Graham et al. While Watson narrowly escaped a prison cell, he suffered a most humil- iating rebuke administered by Judge Kerr In open court and before a large audience. Attorney O'Brien had moved on the day previous that Watson be ar- rested for perjuring . himself while on the stand. The court had instructed the stenographer to prepare and submit a copy of Watson's testimony, and if upon examination, it was found that the evidence was conflicting, the witness should oertainly be punished. .SUPREME COURT ROUTINE. The routine of the supreme court yesterday was: Argued and submitted —Victor M. -Watkins, appellant, vs. Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing company et al, respondents; E. L. Hospes & Co., plaintiffs, vs. N. W. Manufacturing & Co., defendant; Charles L. Harding! et al, appellants, . vs. Minnesota Thresher company, re- spondent; F. P. Strong, asignee, etc. appellant, vs. P. D. Brown, sheriff, res- spondent; George R. Hungerford, re- spondent, vs. Chicago, Minneapolis & St. Paul Railway company, appellant; P. J. Smalley, respondent, vs. Ole Isaacsen, appellant— appeal from clerk's' taxation; clerk's taxation af- firmed. CURRENT COMMENT. The cable cars running on Seventh street last evening caused a wild sensa- tion among the small boy element. It was Tom Lowry's treat, and as they could ride as his guests they seized the opportunity, regarding it as the only one they would ever ; have. In conse- quence, the cars were .crowded to their utmost capacity by a gang of gamins, yelling, cheering and howling, and ap- parently having a glorious time. ** * That summer has at last come, was was exemplified yesterday by a practi- cal illustration of r the old saw that "cleanliness is next to godliness." A small boy, in fact, a microscopically small boy, dressed In a smile and a frock six: inches long, was toddling down Mississippi street. A sprinkler came along with every faucet squirting away for all it was worth. Our ju- ; venile and scantily clad friend gazed at the fountains of water for awhile and then ran out into the middle of the road, lifted his little frock up under his armpits and walked for several blocks in the spray of the sprinkler. The gushing streams dashed against his lit- tle round stomach and ran in riverlete down his minute legs. From the ex- pression oh his little pink face he \u25a0 was evidently enjoying his bath immensely. * *\u25a0 Hon. Albert Scheffer and Maj. Postle- thwaite are both well acquainted with the Indians on the Mille Lacs reserva- tion. The former said yesterday, that on one occasion he and a party of friends went up there to shoot. They hired some of the Indians as guides, and had a good time. Shortly after- wards Mr. Scheffer took another party up fdr the same purpose, cou la not get an Indian to come within ten miles of him. He sent his cook, who spoke the Chippewa language perfectly, to ascer- tain the cause. On his return, he re- sponded tbat those Indians who had acted as their guides on the previous occasion had been so ridiculed and blackguarded by the others that $100 a day would not hire them to act again in that capacity. * m Maj. Postlethwaite says he knows the chief very well, and is confident that had the chief been around, nothing dis- astrous would have happened. The chief, however, lives up at the north end of the reservation, and the outbreak, if such it can be called, occurred at the extreme south end. "The chief," said the major, "is a . first-rate fellow and for an Indian very intelligent. 1 sat, on one occasion, and smoked the pipe ofpeace with him, and had a ' long talk. He seemed to me to have a good deal of common sense, and not at all the sort of man who would encourage an outbreak. Ten men could have gone up there and he would have surren- . dered the murderers at once.". * — : *• The attention of Dennis Ryan was called to the state of the sidewalk in front of the Ryan hotel. In frout of P. T. van ash's office and in front of the bar and cafe the stone is crumbling j away very rapidly at every place where two stones come together; but under the porch itremains intact. "1 thought," said Mr. Ryan, "when I put that side- walk down that 1 was putting down the finest and most durable sidewalk In St. Paul, but the weather seems to have affected it far more than I expected." SAY WARD'S SAYINGS. The Secretary of the National Builders' Association Gives St. Paul Contractors Some Advice. "You don't know what an exchange is. You have not begun to realize. You have got a little bit of the association idea, and you are fumbling round with that." <ft rpiHlfVBWTi "Bf* W. h. Sayward, secretary of the Na- -1 tional Builders' association, Boston, was the speaker, and his auditors were the members of the St. Paul builders' and contractors' board of trade. The meeting was held' in the chamber of commerce, and was presided over by T. A. Abbott, president of the board. Mr. Sayward is making his annual tour' among the organizations affiliated with the national association. He had a good reception from the fraternity of this city, and urged them to form a builders' ex- change. The object of " this exchange was for the members to make it the ren- dezvous for meeting his business ac- quaintances. A builder could have his exchange hour at say 11 to 12 or 12 to 1. At that hour he should make it his duty to be at the exchange, where the archi- tect, carpenter, plasterer, ironmonger, steamfitter aud owners ' of\ buildings in construction would be certain to meet him and conduct : their business. A great saving of time was in consequence made. The exchange would also ena- ble them to work together in their labor troubles, and by combining they must necessarily raise their status in the community. There was a tendency to look down upon builders and con- tractors, and this was particularly ob- servable on the part of architects. He claimed that the architect and builder were one; there should be no line of de- marcation between them. Builders should see to this, and they could only do so by combination and intelligent action. Mr. ; Sayward" was warmly thanked for his address, the meeting dispersing without any action upon the question of establishing an exchange, as the matter . will be taken up at a future gathering. • PERSONALS. L. Biomherg left for Butte yesterday. A. K. Wilcox left for Butte yesterday. J. M. Miller left for Tacoma yesterday. . W. H. Frink left for Chicago yesterday. Col. Bobleter left yesterday for New Ulm. J. H. Tuttle, of Saranna, 111., is at the Clif- . ton. > -.:-. Prof. C. H. White left for . Chicago yester- day. , - ?%t33teg3^M@s£BpMß&fcaßißoßS E T. Martin, of Toronto, Canada, is at the Ryan. \u25a0.:\u25a0\u25a0. \u25a0\u25a0...\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0: yy v \u25a0\u25a0 Mrs. W. L. Beamish left for Portland yes- terday. . ... - . ; B. 3. Hoyt, of Portland, Me., is at the Mer- chants'. 2' r tfSEN?**W~X&, \u25a0\u25a0 W. S. Aldridge, of Rochester, is at the Mer- chants'. -;- -. . Prof. W. 'W. Pendergast, ; principal of the agricultural college, H. -W. Brewster,- assist- a nt principal of the agricultural. Miss S. IS. Sprague, of Minneapolis. President , P. B, Abbott, of Albert Lea college, were ; callei< ye sterday at the Mate department of public instruction. W. H. Harris, of Caledonia, is at the Met. chants': . . '". : • -* s N. M. Shepard, of Winona, Is at the Me»- chants'. Edward J. Crosby, of Helena, Mont., to at the Ityau. ' E. R. Persons and wife, of Chicago, are at the Ryan. A. F. Whiting, of Shreveport, La., is at the Merchants'. Mrs. Darwin S. Hall, of Stewart, is at the Merchants'. Herbert B. Blundell, of Tulworth,England, Is at the Ryan. Mrs. J. D. Thompson, of Philadelphia, Is at the Ryan ... W. T. Buckley, wife and son, of New York, are at the Ryan. Mrs. F. H. Thome has returned home from a visit in Chicago. Mrs. Richard Topham, of Washington. D. C, is at the Ryan. • W. A. Burleigh and family, of Montana.are at the Merchants'. Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Brooks left yesterday for Atlantic City, N. J. 11. B. Whipple, of Faribault, was at the Merchants' yesterday. Mrs. L. F. Newman and C. A. Black, of De- troit, are at the Ryao. Allan Wheeler and Miss Wheeler, of New York, are at the Merchants'. , Finn H. Frishee and George 0. Howe, oi Duluth. are at the Ryan. Capt. Hobart, U. S. A., of Fort Snelling, left for Milwaukee yesterday. E. H. Hunter and F. S. Goodison, of Japan , were at the Ryan yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. Byford and Mrs. Byford left yesterday for Sitka, Alaska. J. F. Lansing, wife and daughter, of Lin- coln, Neb., are at the Merchants'. T. E. Dawson and wife and 3* Ross and wife, of Chicago, are at the Clifton. W. W. Junkiu and wife and H. L. Junkia of Fairfield, 10., are at the Merchants'. W. A. Robinson and J. B. Wheatley left yesterday for the Yellowstone National hark. . George H. Webster, two children and Miss Emily P. Webster,, of Chicago, are at the Ryan. Mrs. C. P. McDougall. J. C. McDougall and Miss M. A. Morrison, of Duluth, are at th< Merchants'. •;'X. McPhiilips, M. D., and Dr. A. B. Stew, art. of Winnipeg, are at the Ryan on theii way to Sioux City. Misses Sherman, Hull and Heald, who have been attending the seminary at Northfield, left for Chicago yesterday. Mr. and .Mrs. Winthrop Adams, of Brattle- borro, Vt., has been spending the past week with J S Hughes, of the state capitol. L.Lamb, wife and maid: D. K. Hill, wife and child; J. A. Bingham and wife and Miss Edith Bingham, of Chicago, are at the Ryan. Capt. W. H. Harries, attorney of Caledonia, \u25a0Cant. B. A. Man. attorney of Winona. Hon. G. F. Potter, of La Crescent, were callers yes- ' terday upon State Auditor Braden. S. B. Thompson, manager of the grocery busiuess of the Minnesota Mercantile com* pany at Missoula, Mont., and George Briggs, post-trader at Fort Missoula, are thegueitf of Mrs. E. Briggs, ot 815 Hague avenue. WITH FLYING COLORS. The a moan Agreement Signed, and the Cnited States Gets All She Asked For. . Berlin, June 14.—The Samoan agree- ment has been signed. The American delegates having withdrawn the princi- pal objections they had raised to the agreement previously reached, it was only necessary for the pleni- potentiaries to make 'some unimport- ant modifications in the wording of the draft of the treaty, before it was ready to receive the signatures of the dele- gates of the contracting nations. The treaty guarantees an autonomous ad- ministration to the Samoan islands under the joint control of Germany and America with England acting as a de- liberator in the event of in- terferences arising between the joint controlling powers. The The Samoans are to elect their own king and viceroy and are to be repre- sented in a senate composed of the . principal chiefs and a chamber of rep- resentatives to be elected by all the people. The government so consti- tuted will have the right .of levying duties of every kind. The treaty also provides that the Germans whose -. property was destroyed during the recent conflicts on the island shall be indemnified by the Samoan govern- ment for their losses. A special court is to be appoited to take cognizance of - the land question on the islands. The American adhesion to the agreement signed to-day is made conditionally, and will only become absolute upon the ratification "of the treaty by the United States senate. In view of this necessary delay the plenipotentia- *" ries have reached an ° understanding that until December next the status quo shall be maintained. . Count Herbert Bismarck leaves to-night for a three weeks' holiday at Koenigstein. among the Taunus mountains, and William Walter Phelps sails for New York, from Bremen, to-morrow,- taking the treaty with him. THE GIST OF IT. • London, June 14.— The Times' Berll* special says that the gist of the Samoan agreement is that King Malietoa is to be reinstated, and the control of affairs on the islands is to be left mainly to the Samoans themselves. On all questions, however, affecting the life or property of a subject of a foreign government, there will lie an appeal to a resident judge to be appointed hereafter aud who will be either an American, a Ger* man or a British subject. The importa- tion of liquor and firearms is to be re- - stricted. The Americans have un- doubtedly emerged from the Samoan conference with flying colors. Ger- many has to content herself with ' much \u25a0 less political predom- inance in Samoan than she claimed at Washington two years ago. This result is much more due to the firm and inexorable attitude of Mr. Blame than to any politic leanings of England toward the power which it Is her highest aim to conciliate." The Post's Berlin correspondent says: The Samoan treaty arranges for the restora- tion of Malietoa and' for the appoint- ment of German and American advisers to the king, with an |English counselor to adjust a balance. The Times, in an editorial on the Samoan agreement; says: "Perhaps it is as well that Prince Bismarck has been made to realize that where American interests are con- cerned the American government is very little affected by many of those considerations which restrain the action of those European governments with which he is more accustomed to deal. It is easy to see there might be many reasons why it would be inexpedient for England to follow the line of policy in regard to German action in Samoa which it is natural and necessary for America to pursue, It is not less plain that even Germany must think twice or thrice before provoking a collision with America over such a question. There- fore, we rejoice at the influence of America so moderetely and effectually exerted." ".-.'-. \.'..' '..,'. . . "—*', : — Too Tough for the Alligator. Atlanta Constitution. There are several turtles and a seven foot alligator in the fountain near the railway station in Albany, Ga. Some oi the men have been amusing .them- selves by throwing the turtles in its ca- pacious mouth." It would crush down upon them, but itfailed to make a mash, as it only squeezed down upon the hard shells which encase the terrapin like a coat of mail. It would press down for a while upon them, and then, finding that they. would not collapse, it would lazily open its mouth, and. turning its "head to one side, would let the tort If drop out. »m Killed in Twenty . Minutes. Athens Special to Atlanta Constitution. News reached Athens to-day of th* death of a little child in Madison county yesterday ; from the effects of a snake bite. The little boy was the nine-year- old child of Dr. Mathews, living near Helicon Springs, and was playing with . his little brother in a brush heap near their house. He stepped upon a rotten log and a large rattlesnake buried ft» fangs in the calf of his leg. . The child . ran to the house, which was about 200 yards away, but nothing could relieve him. He died in about twenty minutes. . The snake was never found, but waft supposed to have been very large. -m*m «".._nished houses you can gat /*»" if wou advertise, you be*.
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