Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 6, 1897, Page 3

WORK OF CONGRESS. Condensed Proceedings of the Na Uenal Law Mill, Washington, Jan. 28. — A crisis in the ¢ te on the Nicaragua canal bill Was reached in the senate. It brought out an energetic statement from Sen- ator Sherman in which he foreshad- owed a new treaty by which the Unit- ed States could build the canal with- out the intermediation of a private concession. The senator declared that this governmental execution of the pro- ject was the only feasible one and that all private efforts in that direction had Vroved failures. Mr. Vilas followed with a motion to recommit the canal bill to the committee on ‘foreign rela- tions. The motion was changed so as to make the recomimittal to the special committee of which Mr. Morgan ts chairman. The senate adjourned be- fore a vote taken and the Vilas motion to recommit is pending. The military academy appropriation bill 1g approximately $479,000, was ed after the defeat of the amend- for participation of the West ment Point cadets in the inauguration cere- mony. The hours, adopted the conference report on the immigration bill by a vote of house, after a debate of four 131 to 118. The principal criticism of the measure agreed on by the con- ferees in debate was based upon the extension of the educational test to female as well as male immigrants on the ground that it might divide fami- lies and to the limitation to the ability of an immigrant to read and write the English language or the language of. their native country or residence. Wasbington, Jan. —The open ses- Si ; the senate was comparatively un half the day doors. oil for an internation- conference was debated, diler speaki in favor of it . Stewart of Nevada against. ndler’s speech was in the na- ture of a statement of the attitude of the Republi s of the chamber on the bill, Mr. art, although criti- lor futile, stated ose the measure, s more tha spent 1 open ses 1 oneta a y in the day a lively debate occurred over Mr. Allen’s resolution questioning the president's . to foreclose against the Pacific ads. The res on went over h by Mr. Thurston of Ne- braska to-mo: The house ed the Indian appro- priation bill and entered into the con- sideration of the agricultural, appro- Dp ion bill, but all interest in these two measures were ov dowed by remarkable speeches, ope made by Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio attacking ex-Goy. Altgeld of [linois, and the other by Mr. Dearmond of Missouri, heaping ridicule on Secret rton for the et entitled the ance.” Among as to pensicn idow of Maj. W. D. fth UMnois infantry, at per month. of amendments to the In- dian approp tion bill were made be- fore it passe The salaries and ex- penses of the Dawes commission were reduced from $50,000 to $43,000. recent issue of a pampl “Farmer: the Interest in passed bills A number Washington, Jan. 30. — By the de- cisive vote of 46 to 4 the senate passed bill for the app s to an inte The clo ght out several closing During the day Mr. Morgan 1o secure an agreement for a vote on the Nicaraguan canal bill—an- nounced that it would be urged to con- clusion Monday. The senate ad- journed until Monday. The house witnessed another excit- ing and somewh ional episod At the end of an acrimonious debate on the conference report on the bili to confer the ri and franchises of the Atlantic & Pacifie railroad on the purchasers under the mortgage fore- r. Powers of Vermont and Burrett of Massachusetts ex- The report was rejected by an overwhelming majority —71 to 148—and the conferees were in- structed to insist on the house amend- ments. Just before adjournment Mr. Hardy, Rep., Ind., who was refused unani- mous consent to continue a political speech he making, declared that he would staliate by objecting to every request for unanimous consent for the rem der of the session. The remainder of the di was spent in the di ssion of the agricultural ap. propriation bill. ntment of commi ional moneta Mr. changed broadside Washington, comm Feb. 1. — The senate ttee on foreign relations has ed to report favorably on the ar- y with amendments, All amendments are e of the two which out the clause provid selection of King Oscar re when one is consid- ered nec? . The other in.pertant amendment is an addition to > 1 of the treaty i : “No question s the foreign or domestic policy of either of the contracting parties or the relations of either with state or power, by treaty or other all be subject to arbitra. tion under this treaty, except by spe- cial agreement.” The amendment eliminating the tmpire clause was agreed to by a vote of 9 to 1. The vote in opposition is understood to have been cast by Senator Gray of Delaware. The vote on the motion to report the treaty favorably as amend- ed was 6 to 4 An amendment declaring in explicit terzgs that the Alaskan boundary question should not be included in the agreement for arbitration, was voted down as being unnecessary. The chairman was instructed to ask the senate to give the treaty considera- tion at as early a day as practicable. It is expected that when taken up it wiil lead to a protracted and animated debate in executive session. , Washington, Feb. 2.—The Nicaragua ‘canal bill occupied the attention of the senate most of the day but no progress was made toward a final vote. Mr. Morgan, in charge of the measure, sought to secure an agreement for a yote to-morrow or Thursday but the opponents of the measure, led by Mr. Vilas and Mr. Daniel, resisted any ae of the de- | 28S | more C j fire. agreement. Shortly after the opening the senate went into executive session. The arbitration treaty was presented with «amendments and briefly dis- cussed. The senate ratified the Jap- anese treaty with reference to trade marks, When the open session was resumed a resolution by Mr. Stewart (Pop., Nev.) was agreed .to, requesting the secretary of the interior for informa- tion as to the progress of the survey in Alaska. Mr. Chandler (Rep., N. H.) offered a resolution directing the sen- ate committee on privileges and elec- tions to inquire into all the circum- stances of the recent Delaware elec- tion. Another brief executive session was held and the senate adjourned. The house had a busy,day. An un- usually large number of bills were passed but few of them were of any lerable importance. It was sus- on day; and the usual obstructive tactics were unavailing.. About 4 p. m. the diplomatic and consular appro. tion bill was taken up and fair pro; ‘s made before the hour of ad- journment. Washington, Feb. 3.—The feature of the senate was a very spirited debate on the conference report on the im- migration bill. Mr. Gibson of Mary- land opposed the report and Mr. Lodge’ defended After two hours’ strug- gle the report went over and the Nic- aragua canal bill was taken up, Mr. Vilas continuing his remarks. Mr. Teller of Colorado also entered in the debate in opposition to the measure. The bill was passed pensioning the surviving members of Gray’s battalion of Arkansas volunteers. ‘The day in the house was very dull, the whole day being devoted to debate on appropriation buls. The diplomat- ie and consular bill was passed and considerable progress made with the District of Columbia bill. The bill as passed carries $1,673,708. Resolutions arranging for the formal canvassing of the electoral vote of the last presi- dential election on Wednesday, Feb. 10, were adopted. THE MARK) Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock go, Feb. 4.—¥ . 3 do, T8a8: No. 3 do, G68a72e; T7a8oe; d 0. No. 3, 20a — Cash ENG No. 2, 16 1-2c¢; No. 3, 15217e. Chicago. slow ar light, $3.30a¢ mixed, heavy, a 3.40; rough, and stead and heifer at.15; steckers Cattle quiet xXas steers, feeders, $3.10a ¢, Feb. #—Ilour quiet and neat unsettled; No. 2 spring, 1 Northern, 773-4c; May, Corn quiet and steady; No. 3, Oats steady; No. 2 white, No. 2, 32¢; » firm and higher; is lower. —Wheat—Febru- ; May opened at at 73 3-4ce; July ad 3 1-4c and closed at 743-8e. 1 hard. 73 Se; No. 1 No. orthern, Wheat — No. 1 No. 2. North- ‘orn—No. 3 yellow, 19 18a19c. Oats—No. 3 . 1 flax, 1.20 1-4e; clover € calves, $3.30a3.50; 9a8.40; steers, $3.50a3.85; Old Couple Burned. Lima, Ohio, Feb. 3.—At North Balti- arles T. Russell, seventy years old, ard his wife, si -five years old, were burned to death. They lived alone, and some time before midnight their house was discovered to be on Russell managed to get out of the heuse but ran back after some money he had secreted and was over- come by the heat and cremated, his dead bey with the charred money in his hand being found at the door. Mrs. Russel! was in bed and was burned to a crisp. REIGN OF TERROR. Life and Liberty Very Uncertain w at. Constantinople. Marseilles, Feb. 4. — Tewtik Pasha, until recently Turkish minister of for- eign affairs, has arrived here. He states that a reign of terror prevails among the entourage of the sultan. He is fearful as to the fate of his family, whom he was compelled to leave behind him at Constantinople under the protection of the foreign embassies. Visits Mrs. Cleveland. gion, Feb. 3.—Ex-Queen Lili- da visit to Mrs. Cleveland. sent a note to Mrs. Cleveland ask- ing the privilege of calling upon her. As she had been prevented from meeting Liliuokalani, by reason of ber absence upon the occasion of her call upon tie president last week, Mrs. Clevelard rssented to the request. Ac- cordins)y ‘he ex-queen came to the White |:o se about 4:45, the hour be- ing set by Mrs. Cleveland. Uxtraet of Horse. Chicago, Feb. 3. — The medical pro- fession is thoroughly aroused over the development that immense quanti- ties of alleged extract of beef, put up in jars and with labels that are an exact fac simile of the French impor- tation, but which is in reality made out of horseficsh almost in the heart of the city, has been put on the market during the past year. Sun Spots Visible. Geneva, N. Y., Feb. 3.—Prof. Brooks, director. of Smith observatory an- nounces that the great sun spot of January, after its passage around the sun has again come into view by rota- tion, and can now be seen with the naked eye through a smoked glass. Schools for Little Reds. Chamberlain, S. D., Feb. 3.—Work on the new Indian schools at this place and Rapid City will be commenced as early in the spring as the weather will permit, the Indian bureau having just given notice that it is prepared to re- ceive bids. ‘THE LEGISLATURE. Grind of the Minnesota Law Mill. The St. Paul, Jan. 29. — The Dunn-Day senatorial contest was called into ac- tive being in the senate by Senator Cole, who moved a reconsideration of the vote by which Frank A. Day’s seat was declared vacant. Senator Cole voted with the majority in that memor- able contest. He stated that there was serious doubts in the minds of many as to the effect of the vacation of Mr. Day’s seat, to date from Jan. 31, 1895, would have on the legality of the An- derson land tax bill and other senate measures that became laws after that date. Debate followed during which it was shown that Senator Cole's mo- tion was intended to pave the way for the introduction of a resolution in which the date of the vacancy of Day’s seat will be left open. : President Gibbs then ruled that no motion would be entertained that car- ried with it the question of H. H. Dunn’s right to the seat. Senator Cole asserted that no such intention at- tached to the resolution. In order fo give the senators ample time to con- sider the matter, however, the motion was tabled for a day by a viva voce vote. Senator Wyman introduced a resolu. tion favoring the Anglo-American treaty, which, after much debate, was carried. Among the important bills introduced were the following: ss To provide for the establishment of another sub-experiment station. To authorize corporations to increase the number of trustees. To amend the tax laws. To amend the penal code relating to larceny. To appropriate $28,000 for the state ‘air, i 'To create a board of pardons and de- fining its duties; substitute for S. F. 76, introduced by Knatvold. In the House. Mr. Cray introduced a bill providing that all municipal elections in this state shall be held during the months of February, March, April or May, of each odd-numbered year. By request Mr. Snodgrass offered a bill proposing a constitutional amendment to allow women to vote in municipal elections. Mr. Feig introduced a bill appropriat- ing $25,000 for the construction of a girl’s dormitory at the state agricultur- al college. Mr. Brusletten proposed an amendment to the law relative to the annual school meetings in common school districts. Mr. McDonald pro- posed another bill requiring the inspec- tion of cattle, sheep and swine desig- nated for slaughter for human food. Mr. Donnelly offerred a resolution call- ing on the state auditor for informa- tion as to the cost of printing the of- ficial state ballots and the amount of fees charged against candidates for office. The calendar was taken up and three pills given their third reading and passed. They were Mr. Smith’s bill exempting a typewriter from execu- tion; the judiciary committee’s bill al- lowing district courts to issue writs of repleyin, and Mr. Schmidt’s bill to le- galize certain acknowledgments. Mr. Heimerdinger called up his resolution calling for a special committee of sev- en to prepare a bill reducing state, county and legislative salaries, and naming 20 per cent as about the proper average reduction. The resolution was amended by strikisg out the 20 per cent limitation and all reference as to where the knife should be laid. After considerable discussion the resolution was adopted as amended. St. Paul, Jan. 30.—The senate put in a very busy day. What with general orders, taken up for the first time and flooded with bills released from the judiciary and other committees, any number of new bills, resolutions, etc., the senators had their hands full and an all-day session was the result. Sey- eral bills were passed. Among them and most important, just at present, vas the board of pardons bill, over which was a Jengthy debate in com- mittee of the whole while it was being considered under the head of general orders. While pursuing its devious and somewhat perilous course through general orders it was quite severely amended by taking away from the board the authority to appoint a clerk at a salary and directing that the cler- ical work shall be done by the clerk of the supreme court without compensa- tion. The following bills were passed: To amend the laws relating to the organization of cemetery associations. Joint memorial to congress relating to the classification of railway mail lize the issuance of bonds for the city of Moorhead. The following bills were introduced: To provide for assistance in the of- fice of public examiner. To prohibit the desecration of Dec- oration day. To provide compensation for county surveyors. To reorganize the faculty of the state agricultural school and university. To provide a constitutional amend- ment relative to the taxation of rail- roads. To regulate the election of delegates to political conventions. In the House. The house devoted most of two ses- sions to the discussion of the arbitra- tion treaty, pending before the United States senate. That is to say, the dis- cussion was based upon resolutions expressive of legislative opinion as to the treaty, but during an hour and a quarter of the debate in the forenoon, occupied by Mr. Donnelly it wandered very wide of the mark. During the afternoon session something was said about the treaty, and the final result of it all was that the adoption of the senate resolution, favoring arbitration in general, but carefully and explicit. ly refraining from an indorsement of the treaty, with an amendment offered by Mr. Douglas, expressive of oppo- sition to the treaty unless the Monroe doctrine was specifically guarded. Mr. Feig, from the committee on towns and counties, reported favorably the following bills: To require town- ships to maintain guide posts; to re- enact section 1, chapter 176, Laws of 1889, relating to towns; to repeal chap- ter 298, Laws of 1895, for the enlarge- ment of organized counties. Mr. McDonald, from the committee on state library, reported the bill for traveling libraries favorably. Mr. Lit- tleton reported several bills from the committee on crimes and punishment. The McDonald bill, giving the pelice power to “vag” criminals of reputation . was reported for indefinite postpone- ment. St. Paul, Jan, 30.—The senate calen. dar was taken up yesterday and ten bills -were passed. Other useless meas- ures haye been killed, and the upper house is now in a fair way of acquit- ting itself commendably in the matter of rapid and careful legislation. The senate concurred in the house amend- ment to Senator Wyman’s arbitration treaty resolution. A communication was received from the governor stating that he had with- drawn the appointment of Knute one on the state board of equaliza- jon, Senator Potter introduced a bill to provide for the loaning of the perma- nent school and university funds to counties. Senator Knatvoid introduced a Dill to repeal the laws relating to bounties for the arrest of horse thieves. The following bills were passed: A bill relating to property exempt from taxation. A bill relating to cemetery associa- tions. A bill for an act fixing the fees to be paid by applicants for certificates of declaration of intention to become cit- izens of the United States, and for cer- tificates of full citizenship. A bill in regard to the powers of the district court; may issue writs of cer- tiarari. A bill for an act to prevent the furnishing of impure water and pre- scribing punishment therefor. The senate adjourned until 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. In the House. The house spent the greater part of the day in committee of the whole con- sidering bills, several of which were disposed of. Mr. Hayter’s bill proposing a con- stitutional amendment to make the governor ineligible for the office of United States senator excited the most gencral discussion. The commit- tee of the whole recommended the bill for indefinite postponement and the house indorsed the action. The following bills were introduced: Relating to actions against co-part- nerships. Relating to limitations of appropria- tions to certain institutions. To provide for the creation of a de- partment of anthropology in the state university. Relating to the renewal of judgments of the courts of this state. Relating to the organization of an- nuity, safety deposit and trust com- panies. To provide for further publicity as to the financial condition of banks doing business in this state. St. Paul, Feb. 1—In the house the speaker preseuted a communication from the governor transmitting the various veports on the question of the location of the new insane asylum. There were three reports, a majority report, 2 minority report and a sup- plemental majority report. A motion that the reports should be printed was adopted as was also a resolution call- ing on the governor for:the minutes of the commission’s meetings. Mr. Feig’s resolution opposing the pill now pending in congress for na- tioual grain inspection was adopted. The following bills were introduced: To provide for submission to the voters of each county, or any subdi- vision thereof, of the question of granting license for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors. To compel the publication cf the names and officers and stockholders of all banking institutions and the amount of stock held by each. To provide for the immediate en- forcement of the liability of the di- rectors and stockholders of banking institutions for the benefit of cred- itors. To amend se¢tion 1863, General Stat- utes of 1894, relating to obstruction of public highways. To prevent fraudulent dealing in cider, wine, maple molasses or syrup, maple sugar, jellies, olive oil, buck- wheat flour, the edible nuts, allspice, ginger. cipnamon, inace, cloves, black and red pepper and mustard. To provide for the election of in- spectors of mines by the people. Giving liens on logs and other forest products for the better security of material men and others. To encourage and promote immigra- tion. To provide for the recovery of legal expenses, brought by creditors of cor- porations to enforce the liability of its stockholders. Regulating the fees.of sheriffs on sale of land on execution. To amend section 31, chapter 36, General Statutes 1878, relating to hiring teachers for public schools. The house spent the remainder of the day in committee of the whole con- sidering bills. St. Paul, Feb. 2—The house took up Mr. Schmidt's bill to provide for a board, consisting of the governor, au- ditor and public examiner, to select de- positories for state funds, and spent most of the session wrangling over it. On the part of the opponents of the bill a good deal of the discussion wandered very far from the provis- ions of the bill, and they tried to read into the measure a number of things that did not belong there. Some of the country members seemed to think that it was intended as a blow at the country banks, and opposed it accord- ingly. When the bill was reached on general orders in committee of the whole, Mr. Anderson in the chair, Mr. Scott moved to refer the bill to the committee on banks and banking. This proposition finally prevailed, but not until a long discussion had occurred. Mr. Ferris offered an amendment, pro- viding that at least 2 per cent inter- est should be paid. Mr. McDonald of- fered another amendment providing that at least three of the five bonds- men shonld not be officers or directors of the bank upon whose bond they be. came sureties. Aside from the consideration of this question the session of the house was of a routine character. Mr. Olds pre- sented a petition from the grand jury of Yellow Medicine county praying for a modification of our grand jury sys- tem, so that criminals may be tried upon the presentment of the prosecut- ing officer of any county, and the grand jury may not be called except under extraordinary circumstances, Fosness’ bill repealing the horse thief bounty was passed with an amend- ment exempting pending claims. Mr. Littleton’s bill allowing certain cor- porations to amend or renew their ar- ticles at special meetings was also passed. A resolution’ allowing the Mountain Iron committee to audit the bills for the necessary expenses of the investigation, was adopted. The house spent some time in committee of the whole but considered no bill except the depository bill. Following bills were introduced: To provide for the employment of court reporters for the district courts af the state. Relating to interest on money and usury. To amend chapter 170, General Laws ef 1885, relating to the dissolution of independent school districts. To preserve the public safety by regulating the sale, storage and de- livery of benzine, gasoline or naptha. St. Paul, Feb. 3.—The state senate recommended to pass the bill to re- peal the struck jury law, and, after amending it considerably, the bill to prohibit the ‘esecration of Decoration day by the seeping open of saloons, games of baseball, etc. A number of new bills were introduced and more than the ordinary amount of routine business was transacted. The following bills were introduced: To regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors, To compel convicts to perform labor on highways, public work, ete. To provide a punishment for va- grants and defining the term vagrancy. To regulate the power of probate courts. ae regulate the sale of illuminating ous, To provide for the organization of life and casualty insurance companies. ‘fo amend the laws relative to hos- pitals for the insane. ‘To provide for the settlement of real property estates of people who have been dead five years. To amend the laws relative to sure- ty companies. To permit villages, situated in two or more townships, to separate into two or more villages. To provide for identification of real estate. : In the House. The greater-part of the day was spent in committee of the whole, Mr. Grondahl’s bill relating to bicycle paths monopolizing the time. It was referred back to the author for amend- ment. The following bills were introduced: To establish municipal courts in in- corporated cities of less than 5,000 in- habitants. To amend chapter 80, General Laws 1879, relating to acquirement of prop- erty by railroads by eminent domain. Providing that every professional or habitual burglar, “con” man, pickpock- et, if he can show no regular employ- ment, be considered a vagrant. To license guides for hunting parties for big game animals. To provide for an appropriation of $5,000 for the purpose of mounting and preserving speciments of the fauna and flora of the state. Providing for a schedule of the prop- erty of sureties on official bonds. To amend sections 63 and 66, chap- ter 32, General Statutes 1878, relating to liens on logs and lumber. To amend chapter 207, General Laws. 1895, relating to licenses for non-resi- dent hunters. To prescribe when and under what circumstances an action may be brought by the state to vacate a grant made by letters patent, statute or otherwise, and amending section 4, chfipter 79, General Statutes 1878. To appropriate $500 to build a bridge in the town of Milton, Dodge county. To amend section 5134, General Statutes 1894, relating to statute of limitations. ‘To amend section 3, chapter.26, Gen- eral statutes 1878, relating to notaries publie. To appropriate $28,000 for the im- provement of the state fair grounds and the protection of the buildings thereon. AN EMBEZZLER CAUGHT. Thomas H. Stout Who Defrauded a Firm Some Years Ago. New York, Feb. 2.—Since the latter part of 1892 the police of this city have been_on the lookout for one ‘I. H. Stout, a defaulting bookkeeper for the brokerage firm of Jones, Kenneth &Hopkins, who decamped after hav- ing, it is alleged, defrauded that firm out of $16,000 on forged checks. On Friday the Cincinnati chief of police notified the police here that a man of the description of Stout had been ap- prehended in that city and asked that some one be sent to that place to identify the prisoner if possible. Mr. ©. A. Libaire, of the Holland ‘Trust company, where Stout is said to have secured the money he embezzled by forging the name of his firm to the checks he presented there, has identi- fied the prisoner, and it is said the latter will return to New York with- out requisition papers. Stout’s family is a most respectable one, living at present in this city. Mrs. Castle in ’Frisco. San Francisco, Feb. 9. — Walter E. Castle and wife arrived in this city on the oyerland train from Philadelphia. They were met at the Oakland pier by Arthur Castle, brother of Mr. Castle. Mrs. Castle is still suffering from the effects of several severe surgical ope- rations performed in Philadelphia. Indians for the Parade. Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 3. — Woodson, agent of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, has received a letter from Gen. Porter asking for a number of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians to march in the inaugural parade at Washington on March 4. A band of fifty reds will be sent to the capital as requested. Rescued by Firemen. Eau Claire, Wis., Feb. 2.—Hanson’s grocery store, on the North side, caught fire. A man named Peterson, with his wife, three daughters and a little boy, lived upstairs, and were hemmed in by the flames, but were rescued by firemen. Loss, $1,300. Suicide. Dubuque, Iowa, Feb. 2.—G. A. Thor- man, a prominent resident of this city, killed himself by putting a bullet into his brain. He had been engaged in the dairy business. Acquitted Because Insane. Paris, Feb. 2—Countess Rossi, a lady of American origin recently arrested on a charge of swindling, has been re- leased, insanity being given as the reason for her acquittal. MINNESOTA NEWS. Interesting Happenings in the North ; Star State. , Roseau county asks the legislature ' for an appropriation for drainage. Tom Wilkins, one of the Dassel safe- crackers, broke jail at Litchfield. St. Martin’s school, at Winona, was burglarized. Little of value was taken. No trace of the thieves. The state board of corrections and charities recommends certain reforms in its report to the legislature. N. V. R. Hunter was appointed re- ceiver of the Citizens’ Bank at Red- wood Falls, vice the Northern Trust company of Minneapolis, insolvent: Mrs. Eugberg, wife of Cashier Eug- berg of the Isanti County Bank, at Cambridge, is dead. She leaves a hus- band and five children. Jacob Schwab's house,barn, outbuild- ings and all their contents burned. Mr. Schwab lives in the town of Anoka and carried no insurance. The John H. Rich Sewer Pipe works, at Red Wing, employing a large num- ber of men, has closed on account of overproduction. Mail service will be established on the Mantorville branch of the Great Northern railroad, leaving in the morn- ing and arriving in the evening. Phillip Hoffman was found not guilty of the charge of murder in the second degree, as charged by the grand jury, of Benton county. Peter Knorr of Red Wing was thrown from his sleigh when three miles from his home and instantly, killed. Fire broke out in the high school building at Slayton, having caught from hot air pipes. It was extinguished by the fire company. Loss, $2,000. Manslaughter in the first degree was the verdict returned at Winona against Adelbert Lawson, who was indicted for murder in the first degree. At one of the old camps of the Ma- honing Ore company, near Hibbing, the body of Henry Taylor, a Frenchman, was found recently, he having hanged himself. Oscar Klanrud of Galesville, Wis., broke his thigh in attempting to make a high jump on snow shoes at Winona. One of his shoes caught and tripped him. ‘The farm house of Mrs. Knute Smith, a widow living a mile southeast of Nel- son station, in Alexandria, burned. It caught from the kitchen pipe. It was insured for a small sum, and most of the contents were saved. While Mantorville has not had any- thing of a boom ,it has had a very healthy growth. Improvements for the season of 1896 amounted to $38,000, which is a very good showing for this year. At Stillwater, Peter Roes, a boarder at the Chicago house, tried to end his own life by the strychnine route. He was found lying in bed unconscious, and was taken to the city hospital. No reason is known for the attempt. W. W.Washburn, in the grocery busi- ness at Spring Valley, has assigned to H. T. Cummings. Mr. Washburn is a member of the city council, and has been in the grocery business there for twenty years. Jask Hoeffler, manager of the Man- kato theater, has established a theatri- cal circuit of six cities, including Man- kato, Faribdult, Owatonna, Mason City, Charles City and Decorah. He will control all six. The result will be better shows. If Mrs. Hannah Behrs lives for an- other year Winona can boast of having a centenarian. She celebrated her ninety-ninth birthday on Saturday, and is still in the enjoyment of good health, although she has to get about on crutches. One of the oldest settlers of Norwe- gian Grove, Evon Evonson, has been buried. He died at the advanced age of seventy-six. He had been a life-long member of the Lutheran church, and leaves a family of grown-up sons and daughters. The store of Daniels & Co., at Sta- ples was broken into. The burglars took a warm cap and a lot of handker- chiefs and fell asleep. He did not wake up until Mr. Daniels had opened up inthe morning. He was locked up. He gave his name as James Donnelly, from Montana. A traveling salesman for an art book company was at Little Falls, and made an unsuccessful attempt to sell to W. McRae. He returned when McRae was out, and after telling the clerk a story, succeeded in selling the books at $2 each. The fellow was caught as he was about to leave town, and was let go after refunding the money. Miss Christine Sample, milliner of Redwood Falls, has brought an action for $3,000 for malicious attachmeat against I. C. Ackerman and H. G. Sshmahl. The complaint alleges that the defendants have attached the same goods four different times, and for the purpose of harrassing and oppressing plaintiff, with a desire to break up her business. Word has been received at Alexand- ria of the sudden death of Mrs. Martin Holt, living on a farm north of Osakis. Report says that when her husband built the fire Friday morning she re- mained in bed, and when he went to call her he found her dead. The cor- oner was notified, but could not reach the place because of the impassibilty, of the road, and his services were not considered necessary. Albert Blanz was sentenced from Stearnes county in 1888 for life, for murder in the second degree. His term was commuted by Gov. Nelson. He was released on parole in June, 1895. He broke his parole by skipping from the state in October of that year, and all efforts to apprehend him were futile. Several days ago Warden Wol- fer received a letter from him from New Orleans, in which Blanz ex- pressed sorrow at his past conduct and offered to return to prison of his own accord, Fire destroyed the large stock barn owned by Simon Tenney and Charles Kelley, located on the Wisconsin side, opposite Wabasha. All of its contents, including twenty-nine head of cows, three horses, a drove of hogs and sev- eral hundred chickens, were consumed. The poultry house is connected with the barn, and when closed up it is quite dark. A lantern was placed in this, that the fowls might have light. It is likely the fire was caused by the lantern being overturned.