Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 19, 1898, Page 6

endoi It is ten ha brigk 1€ Oce — In th iddlee hia Re ised ft “Why The Aievald--Review. Ly E. Kiley. MINNESOTA. RAPIDS - GRA Cupid has a snap when he encounters an idle brain, Bucket-shopping is about the only kind men indulge in. A true friend is one throws things up to you. who rever Some wives prepare for war by rifling their husbands’ pockets. Chauncey Depew denies the report that the peach crop is threatened, The stars on an officer’s coat often cause a girl to become a star-gazer. Any man who will enlist to get away from his wife’s mother is a coward. The average man is always willing to help you celebrate at your expense. Lots of friends are retained by not saying the smart things we might have said. It isn’t what a man gives, but the way he gives it, that shows his true character, France seems ready to admit that the Fashoda fuss was a sort of violation of British hospitality. The possibilities of a penitentiary sentence are about the only think that can add to the dangers of football. Mixing up the blue book of England and the yellow book of France may re- sult in the production of a Nile green. A man may be the moneyed factor during the engagement, but after mar- riage the woman always appoints her- self cashier. Senator Quay is the Little Jack Hor- ner of Pennsylvania politics, but he put in his thumb and pulled out a plum once too often. George Vanderbilt’s palace in North Carolina has cost him $10,000,000 and is_ called Biltmore, Perhaps George wish: | es he had built less. If Commissioner Peck goes on get- ting more ground for the United States at the Paris exposition, some of the displays from this side will have to be “spread on pretty thin.” Schemonajewskjoe, a village in the district of Smeinsk, Siberia, has been depopulated temporarily, 1,400 of fue inhabitants having been sent to jail for refusing to repair the highway. Admiral Sampson complains of Ad- miral Schley not being rapid. Of course Admiral Schley is not a Joe | Patchen, but he was rapid enough to give Cevera’s fleet a long look at the bitter end. In a report to the state department Consul McGinley, at Athens, Greece, states that there cannot be the least doubt of the necessity of a direct line | of steamships between -the United States and the Mediterranean ports, There is a wide field and large profits for a well-managed line, and it should be an American one, flying the stars and stripes, if possible. Many of the stores of Athens—all those that keep imported articles—exhibit American goods for sale as English goods, they having been imported from England. Greece, says the consul, imports nearly } all kinds of goods aid machinery, The Orleans family in France has always been famous for its small econ- | omies. King Louis Philippe was sneered at in ‘his time as a man “who counted his pennies.” His descend- ants also have the reputation of being penurious in-the use of their ample wealth. The head of-the house is the | Duc d’Orleans, who would be king if the monarchy were restored. His re- | cent manifesto respecting the Drey- | fus affair confirms the popular view of the family failing. Instead of send- ing it to the headquarters of his party | in Paris by a messenger empowered to have it printed as a poster and pla- carded where every ane could see it, | he put it in an ordinary envelope and posted it by mail at the expense of five cents without warning his agents by telegraph of his intentions. In consequence of his bad management the manifesto was only placarded in a few places, and was laughed at wherever it was read. He was ridi- culed by the boulevard wits as a pre- tender, who could not afford to spend more than a five-cent stamp even when a throne was in sight. There was the same kind of wit in Louis Philippe’s ‘time. The blind beggar, into whose hat the smallest French coin was thrown by a bystander, exclaimed: “That must have been an Oreans prince!” All Paris was stirred with merriment when the story was told in print. ——— Immediately after our title to the Philippines is made good it might not ‘be a bad idea to count them. Anyone who undertakes to find out how many there are by referring to the various reference books that deal with such subjects will readily cee that it never has been done. \ The proposition of many women otf | Ohio to have the word “obey” omitted from the marriage service contemplates , only half a reform. The word should { “not be omitted, but transferred to the snan's side of the transaction, { THE NEWS RESUME EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM, A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week From AN Parts of the Globe, Boiled! Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Washington Talk. The government has abandoned work on the sunken Spanish ships, but may let it out to private concerns, providing they guarantee success. ‘The postoffice department announces that the transport steamer St. Paul will sail from San Francisco direct for Manila Nov. 17, carrying the Christ- mas presents. As has been the custom for many years, the president reviewed the annu- al parade of the police and fire depart- ments of the District of Columbia from the reviewing stand on Pennsylvania avenue, directly in front of the White House, In President McKinley’s message to congress will be a very strong and urg- ent appeal for immediate legislative action for the construction of the Nic- aragua canal under government direc- tion. The president will point out that our new connections in the Pacifie and in the West Indies make it imperative for the United States to build and con- trol the great international waterway. Foreign Notes. Newspapers of St. Petersburg an- nounce the coming of ,Thomas A. Edi- son. The Westminster Gazette says the United States elections can give Spain little hope. The London Standard favors annexa- tion of the Philippines to the United States. The Greek cabinet has resigned, its members considering that the excep- tional circumstances under which they assumed office have expired. An American citizen, Mr. Gottfried, who is a merchant at Muanchaco, Peru, has presented to the government, through the United States minister, Ir- ving Dudley, a claim for compensation for outrages inflicted on himself and members of his family by a band of Peruvian marauders. : The Spanish government has been notified that two German warships, one of them having the emperor and empress on board, will arrive at Cadiz on Nov 30, but it is claimed it is not yet known whether the visit of their majesties is of a private or official character. Crimes and Criminals. Rey. R. E. Howell of Decatur, IIL, was found dead in the Avenue hotel at Olathe, Kas. He had committed sui- cide because, on reaching there to meet the woman with whom he eloped from Warrensburg, Me., last summer, he found her living with her husband. ‘Two prominent young men were with two women in the Alta building, at Cleveland, the other night, and the next morning the body of one of the women, Mamie Everslage, of Hunting- don, W. Va., was found in the bath tub, and there are sensational reports current about the case. An insurgent captain and lieutenant have been arrested at Guantanamo for holding up a man in the street and | taking away his machete, which they afterwards sold for $2.50. They denied that they were under any obligation to pay for it, and claimed exemption from trial and imprisonment on the ground of their rank ia the Cuban army. Wilhelm Lodtman, once a wealthy Jumber dealer of Bohemia, and later a lieutenant in the German army, is un- der arrest in Chicago, charged with swindling. Lodtman admits, it is said, having passed worthless checks and drafts in various parts of the country during the last three years: Sporting Notes. Tom Lansing and Charles Lawlor, the Chicago middleweight, have been matched for a twenty-round bout at the Louisville Athletic club on Noy. $. Jack Eyerhardt is going to New Or- Jeans, as he is sick. His match with George Kerwin has been declared off, , but a new one will be made in January. Joe Hopkins, the colored feather- weight, and Joe Maxwell of California, have signed articles for a twenty-five. round bout for a purse of $2,500, to be poe off in San Francisco in Decem- ir. Next season will likely see a number of electric pacing machines on Ameri- can tracks, They were tried, but not successfully, this season, owing to the crude shape in which the machines were exhibited. ‘ Jim Corbett has ended his theatrical engagement at Harlem, and from now until Noy. 22 will allow nothing to in terfere with his training for Tom Shar- key. Corbett is in great shape. He will do lots of road work from now on. Personal. Dewitt C. Creiger, founder of the first adequate system of water supply ever given to Chicago, and mayor of the city in 1889-91, is dead. Mrs. A. S. Winslow, a well known resident of Cincinnati, died suddenly at the Gilsey house, New York, of apo- plexy, aged seventy-four years. * George N. Babbiut, general superin- tendent of the Northern New England division of the American Express com- pany, died at Bellow Falls, Vt., agéd seventy years. Commander G. A. Ricknell has been ordered to command the Monocacy at Woosung, China, relieving Commander . W. Farenholt, ordered home on waiting orders. Dr. Christopher C. Sharpe, a - sician well knowh in Cincinnati, Pen ington and Indianapolis, where he had lived, died a tNew York of pneumonia, aged seventy-seven years. Emile Bourlier, widely known throughout the United States in theat- vical and sporting circles, died sud- denly at his home in Lonisville of par- alysis of the heart, Accidental Happenings. The cruiser Baffalo, which sailed last Saturday for Manila to join Admiral Dewey’s squadron, put in at Newport, R. L, with her machinery broken down. . x George Dulaney of Worcester, Mass.. fullback for the Baltimore Medical team, was probably fatally injured in 4 football game between his team and the Maryland Athletic club. It was a fierce game, and there were numerous accidents on both sides. 3 A special to the Detroit Journal from Pelee Island, Ont. says: Charles Barnes and Hugh Hooker and their two sisters were drowned yesterday from a sailboat between Kingsville and Pelee Island. Barnes’ body has been recovered, A fellow clerk dropped a toy snake over the shoulder of Miss Carrie Swi- hert, who was writing at Warsaw, Ind. She was startled into insensibil- ity, and is now very low with nervous prostration. Thomas Port, president of the Port Glass Manufacturing company, was killed by a Big Four passenger train at Muncie, Ind., while returning from a fire. Mr. Port was slightly deaf, and he did not hear his companions shout- ing for him to step off the track. The terribly-mangled body of the twelfth victim of the theater collapse was taken from the ruins of Wonder- land theater at Detroit. It was that of Charles Mielke, a laborer, who was dis- covered in the corner of the top gal- lery, nearly covered with wreckage. A gas explosion in Schookey mine, near West Pittston, Pa., seriously in- jured four men. The explosion was caused by the ignition of an unknown body of gas in a chamber which two of the men were exploring, previous to locating a new breast. Two of the in- Jured men may not survive. An engine on the Baltimore & Ohio train No. 8 ran off the rails at Mount Vernon, Ohio, turning over on its side. Engineer Moore was seriously injured. H. Upham, clerk to the master mechan- ic, was slightly injured. ‘No passen- gers were injured. Jayed about two hours, The Chinese consul at San Francisco is convinced that at least thirteen Mon- golians were drowned in the forward cabin of the wrecked steamer J. D. Peters, which now lies fast on the mud flats at Sausalito. Several of the Mon- golians are known to have had consid- erable money. An effort will be made to recover their bodies. General. Houston (Tex. authorities nave quar- antined against all of Mexico north of Satillo. The United States training ship Ad- ; amis will, on or before Dec. 1, start on a seven-months’ cruise. Mrs. Leslie Carter is bankrupt. bilities, $63,773; assets, $200. The fortifications and barracks at Halifax are being overhauled, in antici- pation of war. Moonshiners in Arkansas are making a vigorous war on informers in Cle- burn county. Window glass cutters’ wages at Syra- cuse will be advanced between 3 and 4 rer cent. A recount will probably be asked by Joseph H. Walker (Rep.) in the Third Massachusetts congressional distric.. Over $1,500,000 will be circulated in San Francisco, Cal., by the returning whaling fleet. The torpedo boats Porter, Winslow and Cushing have been put out of com- mission at New York. The national grain dealers will at- tempt to reform the rules grading grain. When the troops en route for Manila arrive there, Gen. Otis will have under his command approximately 17,000 men, During a recent week, no less than 7,352,000 bushels of American wheat, and 5,485,000 bushels of corn were shipped to Europe. St. Louis has projected a world’s fair for 1903 in celebration of the centen- nial anniversary of the purchase of the Yerritory of Louisiana by the United States. The controller of the currency has declared a 10 per cent dividend in fa- vor of the creditors of the insolvent Tacoma National Bank of Tacoma, Wash. There has been organized in Lexing- ton, Ky., a society which aims to be to the soldiers who enlisted for the Span ish-American war what the Grand Army of the Republic has been to the Federal army of the Civil war. The vote to adopt voting machines in Ohio may be contested. The majority of the votes cast on this question were in favor of the machine, but the law requires a majority of all votes cast. The real heir to the $75,000 estate left by the late Peter Christenson, the aged hermit who died a few months ago at Stockton, Cal., has been found. She is Catherine Christenson, sister of the deceased. She resides at Daven- port, Iowa. Mr. Paul Meyer, a New York publish- er, was selected by a combination of wealthy men to go to Paris and secure the services of Emile Zola as a lectur- er. He has just returned from there, and is quite certain that Zola will visit this country and lecture. The Ward line steamer Saratoga, from Nassau, N. P., brought te New York Capt. G. C. Bonner and five men of the crew of the schooner Jennie F. Wiley, which was stranded Oct. 23, at Walker's Cay, while bound from Jack- sonville for Martinique. The grand jury at Covington, Ky., returned indictments against fifty- three of the leading insurance compa- nies of the United States and England, on the ground that the companies have formed an unlawful pool to prevent free competition. The Barnard, Durfee, Flint, Mechan- ies, Shove, Stafford, Wampanog and Wetmeie mills at Fall River, Mass., are shut down this week under the agreement. The Granites, No. 1 and 2, will be closed three days and the Troy three days. 5 Miss Jane Adams of Hull House, Chicago, has accepted a place on the committee appointed to bring members of the Russian sect of Dhouknobortsi to this country and to Canada to estab- lish colonies. The Dhoukhobortsi are a sect similar to the Quakers—oppose: to war and fighting. ‘ Lia- Trains were de-, “DONS WILL TALK IT OVER HAVE NOT REFUSED ENTIRELY TO DISCUSS PHILIPPINE QUESTION. At the Next Meeting of the Joint Commission the Spaniards win | Present a Statement Dealing With the Rights of Either Commission to Discuss Spanish Sovereignty Over the Philippines and the American Contention Regarding the Retention of Public Moneys and Customs Collections at Paris, Nov. 13.—It is now generally understood that the joint session of the peace commissions which was ar- ranged for Saturday will be postponed until Monday. At the joint session of Wednesday it was agreed that the session fixed for Saturday might be postponed until Monday if the Span- ish commissioners found themselves unable to prepare a reply for presenta- tion on Saturday, and it now appears the Spaniards found it necessary to send to Madrid for certain records which cannot reach Paris before 10 o’clock this morning, and, therefore, their proper embodiment into the Spanish memorandum cannot be ac- complished before Monday. The next communication from the Spanish com- missioners will deal with the rights of either commission to discuss Spanish sovereignty over the Philippines and with the American contention that the retention of public moneys and cus- toms collections at Manila is justified by the fact of the military occupation of the place by the American forces and warranted by the protocol, even if faulty, as claimed by Spain because such action commenced after the sus- pension of hostilities. There is no truth in the statement printed here that the Spaniards have decided to re- fuse entirely at the next session to dis- cuss the cession of the Philippine is- lands. Judge Day, president of the American commission, is suffering from a cold and had a slight chill last night. The judge’s indisposition is in the nature of an attack of the grip, of which all the commissioners have suffered more or less, but he expects to be able to attend to business to-day. Madrid, Noy. 13. — The newspapers assert that the government of Spain is sending instructions to its commis- sioners at Paris not to yield on the question of Spanish sovereignty over the Philippines, which is asserted to be entirely outside of the protocol wherefore the commissioners are not authorized to discuss it. It is further asserted that the Spanish government will declare that it has not been au- thorized by the cortes to negotiate the cession of the Philippine islands. PHILIPPINES UNDISPOSED OF. Will Commission Adjourn Leaving Them in This Shape? Madrid, Nov. 13.—A report continues to circulate persistently that the Paris commission will conclude its work without having come to any definite ‘conclusion as regards the Philippines, The Spanish government is much oc- cupied with the attitude of England in the Philippine question, although Senor Sagasta denied that his govern- ment was about to send to the pow- ers prostesting against the action of the United States. As regards the Philippines, it is stated in well in- formed circles that the Spanish gov- ernment has unofficially taken the opinion of several governments con- cerning the American dcmands and also that the result—which is quite unofficial—is that Spain considers she can count upon a certain amount of moral support from at least three pow- ers in the sense that they would use what influence they could in order that the sovereignty of Spain may continue in the Philippines. POWDERLY’S ANNUAL, Some Statistics From the Immigra- tion Bureau. Washington, Noy. 13.—Commission- er General T. V. Powderly, of the im- migration bureau, in his annual report to the secretary of the treasury, gives the total number of immigrants who arrived in the United States during the last fiscal year as 229,259, a de- crease as compared with the fiscal year 1897 of 1,533. of the whole num- ber 135,775 were males and 93,524 fe- males; 105,730, came into the United States through Canada. During the year 3,033 were debarred, and of this number there were 12 insane, 1 idiot, 2,261 paupers or persons likely to be- come a public charge; 258 diseased persons, 2 convicts, 79 assisted emi- grants and 41 contract laborers. MME. DREYFUS, TURNED DOWN. Request to Send Clothing to Her Husband Refused Paris, Noy. 13.—Mme. Dreyfus, it is said, applied at the office of the colonial minister yesterday for per- mission to send her husband some warm clothing for his return home. Her reuest was refused on the ground that the government would do what- ever was necessary. At the same time the authorities read to her a letter from her husband to the effect that, having for five months addressed ap- peals for a revision to Gen. de Bois- ceffre without getting any reply and being wearied and exhausted by his useless appeals, he would write no more to his family or to anybody. He described himself as ill and dying. MURDER IN COREA. George Leake, an American Store- keeper, Is Killed. San Francisco, Noy. 13.—The steam- ship Belgic brings news of a murder which occurred in Corea, just before she sailed for Yokohama. George Leake, an American, was a storekeep- er at Chemulpo. He was found dead with an ugly hole in his skull. A long blade with a heavy weight at the end of it was found by the side of the body. 5 THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Nov. 12. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 683@64c; No. 2 Northern, 61 @62c.. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 31 1-2@32c; No. 3, 831@811-2c. ats—No. 8 white, 25@25 1-2c; No. 3, 24£1-2@25c. Barley and Rye—Sample barley, 34@10c; No. 2 rye, 48@481-2c; No. 3 rye, 47@ 47 1-2c. ' Duluth, Nov. 12—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 69 3-4c; No. 1 Northern, 66 1-4c: No. 2 Northern, 63 3-4¢e) No. 3 spring, 69 1+4¢; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 693-4¢e; No. 1 Northern, 661-2c; December, No. 1 hard, 65c; No. 1 Northern, 63¢; May, No. 1 hard, 66 1- No. 1 Northern, 65 1-2c; oats, 25@25 1-2c; rye, to arrive, Ble; barley, 36@42c; flax, to arrive, 983-4c; December, 961-2c; cora, 281-2. Minneapolis, Noy. 12.—Wheat — No- vember closed at 63c; December opened at 63c and closed at 631-8e; May opened at 641-4¢ and closed at 641-8c. On track—No. 1 hard, 643-4c; No. 1 Northern, 63 3-4¢; No. 2 North- ern. 62 3-4c, (0, Nov. 12.—Wheat—No. 2 red, 6Te; No. 3, 65@66c; No. 2 hard winter, 63 1-2¢; No. 3, 61@68c; No. 1 Northern spring, 4 U' No. 3, 61@65e. ; S2e; D 31e. Oats—No. 2, 25@251-4c; No. 3, 2414 @25e. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 12.—Ilour is dull. G7 1-2¢ . 2 dull at 25 344G . Rye eas 1, 52c. Barley dull; No. 2, sample, 39@47c. Chicago, Nov. i 3.25@3.70; mixed, $3.3 80; rough, $3.55@3.60. Cattle—Be: cows and heifers, $1.75 steers, $2.75@3.90; We sand feed tives, $2.60G lambs, $3.75 St. Paul, Nov. 12. $2a3. $3.50@4. $2.60@4; feeders, $3; oxen, § ; bulls, $3; stags, $2; calves, $4. Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 12. — Hogs — $3.20@3.60. Cattle — Beeves, $4.60@ 4.80; canners, $2; cows, $: heife $ 3.30; bulls, $2.75@3.! $3.60@3.85; yearlings, calves, $4@4.25. Sheep, $3.50@5. A CRIME AGAINST HEALTH. The Use of Alum in Food. Recent investigation shows that the stores are largely stocked with baking powders which contain alum, the in- jurious ingredient which the Iowa and Minnesota State Boards of Health have so strongly condemned. England, Germany and France have laws pro- hibiting the use of alum in bread, and the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin forbid baking powder containing alvin to be put upon the market unless the words “this baking powder contains alum” are printed upon the label of every package offered for sale. This is the danger signal which the law throws out for the protection of the people. These alum powders are fre- quently labeled “pure,” “best in the world,” “none so good,” or with some other equally misleading catch phrase. Below will be found a partial list cf tke baking powders sold in this market that have been examined and found to contain alum: CALUMET. - - Contains Alum. (Calumet Baking Powder Co., Chicago.) ATLAS. = - Contains Alum. (Reid, Murdock & Co., Chicago.) BENGAL. - - Contains Alum, (Griggs, Cooper & Co., St, Paul.) CAMEO. Contains Alum. (Cameo Baking Powder Co,, Chicago.) tele tl re ES Contain Alum. CHICAGO YEAST. F “(Chapman & Smith Co., Chicago.) CROWN. = Contains Alum. (J.’P. Dieter Co., Chicago.) DELICATESSE - Contains Alum. (Delicatesse Baking Powder Co., York.) GLOBE. - - Contains Alum. (Langum & Payne Co., Minneapolis.) GOLD MEDAL. - Contains Alum. (Phoenix Baking Powder Co., Ch’cago.) Soren agate Contain Alum. New (Grant Chemical Co., Chicago.) HATCHET. = Contains Alum. (W, M. Hoyt Co., Chicago.) es - - - - Contain Alum. i (Jaques Mfg. Co., Ch'cago.) PRIMROSE. i< Contains Alum. (Bengal Coffee and Spice Co., Chicago.) PURITAN. a Contains Alum. (Puritan Baking Powder Co., Cleveland.) UNRIVALED. - _ Contains Alum. (Sprague, Warner & Co., Chicago.) WHITE CROSS. - Contains Alum. (J. Schneider & Co., Cleveland.) ZIPP’S CRYSTAL. - Contains Alum. (Zipp & Chorndorfer, Cleveland.) COLUMBIA. - - Contains Alum. ECHO. - Contains Alum. GOVERNMENT. - Contains Alum. HOMW. ers A= Contains Alum. LOYAL. - - - Contains Alum. PALACE. - + Contains Alum, PERFECTION. - Contains Alum. RELIABLE. - - Contains Alum. SNOW BALL. = Contains Alum. WHITE LILY. - Contains Alum. WHITE ROSE. - Contains Alum. In addition to this list, all brands sold with a prize or for 25 cents or less a pound are sure to be made of alum. At the World’s Fair the same au- thorities that condemned alum pow- ders as unfit for human food, declared Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder the purest, strongest and best and awarded it the highest medal. MUTINY OF SPANIARDS. Havara, Nov. 12.—There was a nar- row escape of a serious clash between the Spanish and the insurgent forces at Navajos, near Matanzas. The Spanish, because of the illness of their men, had temporarily abandoned two block houses near the track, which were taken possession of by the insur- gerts under Dontin. Hearing of this Gen. Molinas sent a captain with sev- enty men to recapture the houses. The Cubans prepared to resist and the good judgment of the Spanish officer alone | prevented bloodshed. ROBBERS ARE» CAPTURED SIX TOUGH CUSTOMERS ARRESTED AT MOORHEAD. Believed That They Are the Wem ‘Who Held Up the Great Northern Express Near Fergus Falls—Dyna- mite and Burglar Tools of All De- scriptions Found in Their Pos- session—Police Nab Them While Asleep—Suspected of Other Crimes “Attempt to Escape by Sawing the Bars of Their Cells. 2 paste ibs Moorhead, Minn., Noy. 13.—The at- tempted train robbery and its failure, with the prompt capture of the thieves proves hat Missouri methods do not succeed in Minnesota. Chief of Po- lice Murphy made a very clever cap- ture yesterday morning and has six desperate men in his custody. They are in all probability the train robbers and were loaded for any sort of deg perate work. They were arrested at the Exchange hotel and are held for a hearing. Four of the men registered at the Exchange hotel as H. S. Munot, city; Harry Morrison, J. Hall, A. Grant, Minneapolis. Shortly after they had been assigned to their rooms two other men came in and followed them up stairs. E. C. Tupper, night clerk at the hotel, was suspicious of the men, and when he learned from Dau McGovern, the Great Northern operator, the names the robbers had called each other at the time of the hold-up, he was sure they were the train robbers. A messenger was sent to Chief Murphy's house. The chief came down to the hotel and placed guards over the rooms of the men and gave them time to get fast asleep. About 10 o'clock Chief Murphy and Officer Elstad went to the hotel to bag their men. The chief went into the room where two of the men were sleping, and one of them reached for his gun that was lying on the bureau. The chief had him covered and as the “sleepers” not to move a muscle until he had their guns or he wou blow them in two. He pocketed thte guns and placed the men under arres}t. The other four men were also nabbejd, likewise four more revolvers and two kits of safeblowers’ tools and a dark lantern. They are a tugh-looking outfit, and are undpubtedly the same gang that robbed the elevator man down the country and blew the safe in War- field bank at Battle Lake. When searched at the station they had $173.25 in cash, three gold watches and two silver watches. The two kits of tools have drills, punches and skel- eton keys, besides dynamite sticks, fuses and nitro-glycerine. The men are old-timers and last night attempt- ed to saw the bars of the cells. They were searched again and seven fine saws were found sewed in the flap of a coat pocket. be oye. nea « THE VACANT CHAIR. The W. C. T. U. Feels Keenly Its Ir- reparable Loss. St. Paul, Nov. 13.—St. Paul is in pos- session of a throng of strange women, gathered from every state in the Union and even from the lands across the sea. The occasion is the twenty-fifth annual convention of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which held its first meeting in the People’s church. This temperance host has been gathering for nearly a week, and preparations for its enter- tainment have been going on for months. Only the revtine of organiza- tion was attended to yesterday mor ing, all the remaining time being giv- en to devotional exercises and the sol- emn and touching memorial service for the great departed leader, Frances E. Willard, and a number of her de- yoted and faithful co-workers, among the more notable of whom were Mrs. Mary T. Burt and Mrs. Ellen Louise Demorest of New York, and Mrs. H: A. Hobart of Minnesota. Notwith- standing the evidences of the deepest sorrow and sense of loss both to the organization and to individuals, the mourning had not the hopelessness of despair, for the convention is imbued with Miss Willard’s elasticity and hopefulness of spirit, and her optimis- tic outlook into the future. It is im- pressed with the responsibility and importance of its deliberations, but it has unshaken confidence in the future of the work. During the morning all thought of business was laid aside, and all the minds were centered on the! life, character and aspirations of Miss Willard as recalled by memory, or called to mind by those who had been closely associated with her in life.’ Victim of Epilepsy. Fisher, Minn., Nov. 13.—A man who gives his name as Libbe and claims to be traveling for a Chicago jewelry firm, came in on the train from Crookston. His strange actions at- tracted attention and the city authori- ties placed him in custody. Medical aid was summoned and he was pro- nounced an_ epileptic. He will be taken before the probate judge. Separator Burned. Morris, Minn., Noy. 13.—The Stinson Brothers have lost another separator by fire, arising from an unknown source three hours after quitting time. They lost an engine and separator by five a few weeks ago. Sax Brothers also lost a threshing outfit by fire on their farm lately; at the same time about 350 bushels of wheat burned. Paper to Suspend. Red Wing, Minn., Noy. 13. — The Nordstjernen, a Norwegian newspa- per, owned by the Red Wing Printing company and edited by Jens K. Gron- dahl, will suspend publication next week. It did not receive proper sup- port. Perished in a Fire, » New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 13.—Two persons perished in a tenement house fire in the mill district early this morning and four others were’ badly burned. two of whom will die. 4