Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 28, 1900, Page 6

— oo TE The Herald--Review. EB, C. Kiley T J. Austed, KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Publishers. MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS, - As an evidence of blind credulity the faction of the South Chicago workmen who have accepted the story that in this age and generation men are lock- ed in a mill and forced to labor against their will is assuredly unsurpassed. They would believe anything, even the weird tales of witches and hobgoblins. Youth and age seem to be on even terms in politics. Mr. Morgan of Ala- bama and Mr. Gear of Iowa have just been re-elected to the Senate, although both of them have passed their three- score years and ten by half a decade. Mr. Beveridge of Indiana, on the other hand, is hardly more than half the age of either of them, and yet he is not the youngest man in the upper house, Mrs. Mary Bryan Cobb, W. J. Bry- an’s great-grandmother, is alive, and has just celebrated her ninety-seventh birthday. She is the eldest of the surviving daughters of the revolution, her father having been Major Daniel Gano, a colonial artillery commanuaer, and her grandfather was the famous “fighting chaplain,” the Rev. John Gano, who was brigade chaplain of the revolutionary struggle. Her husband was a hero of the war of 1812. The iron-handed suppression of the bread riots in Milan, just two years ago, together with the severe punish- ment meted out to the deputies and others convicted of participation in them, has borne its inevitable fruit in the increased return of Socialists to the Italian chamber at the recent elec- tions. The Socialist party has in- creased from seventy to ninety, and in a chamber of 508 members ninety is a very formidable proportions. at is the duration of a wink? Ww The time occupied by the several phases of the movement has _ been measured, and it is found that the mean duration of the descent of the lid is from seventy-five to ninety-one thousandths of a second. The interval while the eye is shut was in one case only fifteen-hundredths of a second, ‘The rising of the lid occupied seven- teen-hundredths of a second. A spe- cially arranged photographic appar- atus was used. The colloquial phrase that something is done “quicker than a wink” is therefore expressive to a degree that may be stated in fractions of a second. While laughing at a joke, George McCabe was seized with a coughing fit and choked to death in New York. McCabe went into a restaurant at No, 114 Park Row one evening last week and ordered a beef stew. He found a collar button in the dish and showed it to the cashier. ‘Well, do you want a shirt, with collar and cuffs attached, with a ten-cent stew?” was’ the cash- ier’s rejoinder. McCabe began to laugh, then suddenly coughed, choked and fell to the floor unconscious. He was dead in a few minutes. Dr. Smith, of the Hudson street hospital, said Mc- Cabe probably died of heart disease. If the ideas of A. N. Arckae,a Syrian, should be adopted, the picturesque cowboy of the western prairies would give way to the still more picturesque Syricn horseman. Mr. Arckae has evolved the plan in his journey across the country. The other day he was at the Union station at Denver, waiting for an east-bound train to take him back to New York, after a visit in the interest of business to San Francisco. “The problem of finding suitable occu- pation for my people who are coming to the United States has been long a serious one to me,” said Mr, Arckae, “and it struck me when I saw the great cattle ranges over which the herds roamed, that the Syrian, who is by nature a horseman, is exactly suit- ed to the work done by the cowboys.” A Scotsman from the Balmoral es- tate recently came to this country with his wife, where he found a situation which necessitated his becoming a naturalized American. In company with his wife, he attended the court to go through the necessary formality. “You must renounce allegiance to all foreign princes, potentates and sover- eigns, and especially Queen Victoria,” said the official. Sandie’s jaw drop- ped, for he was loyal to, and an ex- tenant of the queen. “Dinna dae it, Sandie!” cried his wife. “Remember the black silk dress her majesty gave me!” Sandie scratched his head in perplexity. “An’ the braw’ kilt ye had frae her Sandie!” screamed his wife. Sandie thought of the situation. Fif- ty shillings a week! “Your ain cousin, only six times removed, was piper tae her, Sandie!” shrieked Elepsth. San- die eyed the Bible on the official's desk. “An’ she pinned the Victoria cross On your ain faither’s breast, Sandie,” wailed the wife. “No!” roar- ed Sandie, his mind made up; “I’ll no forswear the auld leddy; I maun find another job!” Detroit mycologists are elated over the discovery near Pontiac of the so- called fly mushroom, whicn is very rare in that part of the country. This mushroom gets its name by killing flies which light upon it. It is about three inches in diameter, has white gills and,-when fully expanded, some- what resembles an umbrella blown in- side out. Most mycologists are of the opinion that this mushroom is deadly poison, It is said that Russian pea- sants use it very much as Chinese use opium APPEAL FROM CHINA PRESIDENT ASKED TO MEDIATE IN THE PRESENT DIFFICULTY. , Asked to Use His Good Offices to Ex- tricate Chinese Government From the Difficulty in Which It Is Placed by the Boxer Uprising and the Coas:quent Hostile Attitude of the Powers—Chinese Legation im London Announces That Com- munication With Peking will Soon Be Reopened. i Washington, July 24. — President McKinley has received what purports to be a direct appeal from the Chinese imperial government to use his good offices to extricate the government from the difficulty and dangerous po- sition in which it has been placed as 4 result of the Boxer uprising and the ensuing hostile attitude of the great powers. Although the exact text of the appeal made by the emperor of China to France, as outlined in the cable dispatches of yesterday, has not Vice Admiral Seymour, R. N. British commander-in-chief on the China naval station, who, with Vice Admiral Alexieff, commander of the Russian squadron, may fight the greatest naval battle of the century with the Chinese fieet. ee eee been made known here, it is believed that the address to the president is similar in terms to that communica- tion. In our case The Communication was made through Minister Wu to the state department. Thus far a final answer has not been returned. The French government answered at once, but that answer will not serve us. The United States government is conscien- tiously proceeding upon an entirely dif- ferent line of policy in the treatment of the cese. Unfortunately the state department finds itself alone in this, but, nevertheless, it fs conyinced that its plan is the best, and it has behind it the consoling assurance that at pres- RRR eee Vice Admiral Alexieff. Commander of the Russian Squadron at Taku. Oe eee ent all of the European powers have tacitly admitted that an errom was made in the beginning in not following the common sense advice of the Unit- oe States naval commander at Taku. ie Point of Difference between the state department and the Buropean governments is that the lat- ter are proceeding upon the belief that all the foreign ministers and mission- aries and guards at Peking have been killed and insist upon dealing with the Chinese government upon that basis, thereby assuming a hostile at- | titude that tends to destroy the last chance of availing of whatever friend- ly sentiment may exist among the powerful Chinese viceroys and the im- perial government itself. Thus the Maj. Gen. Sir Francis Grenfel. _ the British forces in Will command : Ohina. French reply sets an impossible task for the imperial government in its present straits, and tends to drive it atonce — To Malie Terms with the Boxers and Prince Tuan’s party. On the other hand our goyern- ment, while not guaranteeing the truth of the advices from the Chinese government as to the safety of the foreign ministers, is willing to accept the statements temporarily, in the meantime remitting none of its efforts te aat sacess to Mr. Conger shrough ‘the use of military foree if need be. It is the intention of the administra- tion to withdraw our forces, military and naval, after the Americans in Pe- king have been relieved, hands of ‘Chinese affairs, looking only to the preservation of such privileges as it has a right to retain for Ameri- cans. Message From Kempf. A brief cablegram was received by Secretary Long yesterday, from Rear Admiral Kempff, at Taku. He an- nounced that the Newark was going over to Nagasaki to be docked and cleaned. Although he did not say so, it is assumed that he is going with her, as she is his flagship. Five hundred United States marines started from this city yesterday direct for China. They were placed on a special train bound for San Francisco, where they will cros sthe Pacific on an army transport. This is the largest body of marines that has yet been dis. patched to the East, and the depart- ure was made conspicuous by the pres- ence of Gen. Heywood, the com- mandant of marines, and the full ma- rine band. Maj. Dickens commands the detachment. EXPECTED ANY MINUTE. Reopening of Communication With Peking. London, July 24.—Cheh Lo-fang, the Chinese minister in England, took the unusual step yesterday of paying a Sunday call at the foreign office, As Lord Salisbury was absent the visit was without special result, but its im- portence may be gathered from an in- terview with the secretary of the Chinese legation, Sir Halliday Ma- Cartney, in which the legation officials seem to have assumed to some respect personal responsibility. Sir Halliday said that communication would soon be reopened with Peking and that the messages from Sir Claude MacDonald and the other ministers might be ex- pected at any time. He hoped the trouble would soon be over, as the Chinese government was doing its ut- most to « Overcome the Difficulty and control the lawless element. In his opinien the Americans had taken the most common sense view of the situation, and he insisted that China ought not to be misjudged. Against the supposition that Li Hung Chang had anything but a sincere pacific ob- ject in view he protested warmly, as- serting that all stories about the pet- fidy and treachery of Ear] Li were ab- solutely baseless. ‘Thus, according to the secretary of the Chinese legation, a few days more should bring a solu- tion of the great mystery. Neverthe- less no one in England believes that the alleged dispatches and edicts are Anything but Subterfuges to hide the real situation as long as possible and to avert retribution by sowing discord among the powers. From Shanghai comes a report that the empress dowager and the court are moving to Hsianfu, in the prov- inee of Shang-si, to which large stores of rice are being sent, and that, when these arrangements are completed, the ren:aining viceroys will declare against foreigners. According to the Chefu correspondent of the Daily Mail the fall of Tien-tsin has so disheart- ened the Chinese that they are seek- ing terms of peace. Li Hung Chang's visit to Shanghai seems to be a com- plete failure. Except the customs of- ficials no one has visited him. Emperor Was Alive July 9. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times says: The United States government has communicated to the Russian government for its informa- tion ‘that Emperor Kwang Hsu was living and in full possession of his im- perial functions on July 9. As soon as the Russian general, Linevitch, (re- ported from Vladivostock to be march- ing to the’ scene of hostilities with an army corps and a complete artillery brigade) arrives at Tien-tsin, the ad- vance on Peking will begin. Korea Moving Troops. Yokohama, July 24. — The Korean government continues to send troops to the front, a collision with intruding Chinese having already occurred. The Japanese papers express sympathy with the unfortunate emperor of -China, but are unanimous and em- phatie in declaring that an alliance between China and Japan is quite im- possible. ‘ FILIPINOS KILLED. Macarthur Reports Recent Engage- 6 ments. ‘ Manila, July 24.—It is officially stat- ed that last week 200 insurgents were killed and 130 surrendered or were captured. One hundred rifles were taken. Twelve Americans were killed and eleven were wounded. This includes the casualties of Col. William E. Birk- heimer’s engagement with a force of the T'wenty-eighth volnuteer infantry, who attacked 200 insurgent rifies in- trenched two miles east of Tal, killing thirty-eight. A detachment of the signal corps, while repairing wires, was twice am- bushed. Capt. Charles D. Roberts of the Thir- | ty-lifth volunteer infantry, who was captured by the Filipinos last May, has arrived here on parole. He will not return to captivity. Senor Buencanimo) last Thursday | sent to Aguinaldo, by means of Agui- naldo’s mother, the amnesty resolu- tions adopted by the meeting of rep- resentative Filipinos here on June 21, together with Gen. MacArthur's an- swer to them, and other documents bearing upon the restoration of peace. It is urferstood that Aguinaldo will summon his advisers and that a reply may be expected within a month. Filipinos here will give a banquet next Saturday in celebration of Presi- dent McKinley’s order of amnesty. During the recent windstorm at Hu- ron the wind blew at the rate of sixty: nine miles an hour. New York, July 24.—Capt. Burg, of the Savannah line steamer City of Birmingham, reports that when pass ing Sandy Hook shortly after noon Friday, bound in, a shell which was fired from the Sandy Hook proving grounds, struck the water between his vessel and the shore, about 150 feet from the, vessel, and, ricochetting over his vessel about midships. There was great excitement aboard the vessel at what was considered 4 very narrow escape, and many of the passengers were very much ned PRESIDENT WILLING and wash its | TO MEDIATE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE POWERS. But Only Upon Conditions Which First Must Be Met by the Chi- nese Government—Exact Nature of the Terms Not Yet Made Public —Chinese Minister to England Says Foreign Ministers Were Alive July 1S—Attempt Will Be Mude to Send Them to Tien-tsin Under Escort. Washington, July 25.—The president ; has listened to the appeal of the Chi- nese government as transmitted through Minister Wu, and has signi- fied his willingness to mediate between the imperial government and the pow- ers; but only upon conditions which first must be met by the Chinese gov- ernment. The exact nature of the terms proposed by the state depart- ment cannot be stated until to-day, when it is expected that publication will be made of the text of the Chinese appeal and of the president’s answer. It is known, however, that the answer is entirely consistent with the state- ment of principles laid down by Secre- tary Hay in his identical note to the powers, and, moreover, it accepts as truthful the Chinese statements Relative to the Safety of the foreign ministers at Peking. It would not, of course, be possible to take even the initial steps toward me- diation were either party to the nego- tiaticns to entertain openly distrust of the accuracy of the statements of the other. There must be confidence be- tween them. The United States’ an- swer does not go to the length of the French answer to a similar appeal in laying down conditions which the Chinese government could not meet even if so disposed, if it actually is struggling for its own existence. It does, however, look to the immediate relief of the foreign missionaries in Peking, and, moreover, to the Protection of All Foreigners, missionaries and traders in China and to the restoration of order. With that much accomplished the state depart- ment feels that it can properly ap- proach the powers with the Chinese propositions for a settlement for what has occurred. The Chinese appeal to Secretary Hay came through Minister Wu. The secretary promptly tele- graphed it to the president at Canton, and, after taking a full day for its con- sideration, the president's answer came yesterday afternoon to the state de- partrent. It was put in the proper diplomatic form and a copy delivered to Minister Wu, who is to forward it to his own government. The Imperial Edict made public yesterday at the state de- partment shows that the imperial gov- ernment already has taken the first steps toward doing what the United States government . requires as the principal condition for the exercise of its good offices, in enjoining the vice- roys, magistrates and leading men to stop the disorders and protect foreign- ers. Our government will await the result of this before proceeding fur- ther. Admiral Remey’s notification to the department that he had gone in person up the Pei ho from Taku to Tien-tsin, is attributed to the receipt by him of Secretary Long’s Urgent Message to hasten the efforts to get to Peking, and important news from him is ex- pected scon. The war department, it appears, un- derestimated the time that would he required for the Grant to arrive at Nagasaki. She sailed on the 1st, so she is not quite due at that point with Gen. Chaffee. The Goodnow cablegram reciting the message from Prince ‘Tuan as vouching for the safety of the foreign ministers on July 18 caused a riple of excitement for a time at the state department, but the officials soon concluded from the context and other circumstances surrounding the message that Yuan was meant instead of Tuan, so that the message lost the value it would have had if it had come from the re- douktable Boxer leader. WERE SAFE JULY 18. So Says the Chinese England. London, July 25—The Chinese minis- ter, Sir Chih Chen Lo-farfg Luh, has communicated to the press the follow- ing dispatch from Sheng, director gen- eral of Chinese railways and tele- graphs, and taotai of Shanghai, dated July 2 ¥ Information from Peking, dated July 18, says that the tsung li yamun depu- tied Wong Jui, an under secretary of the department, to see the foreign ministers, and he found every one well without any missing, the German ex- cepted. Gen. Yung. Lu is going to memorialize the throne to send them all, under escort, to Tien-tsin, in the hope that the military operations will then be stopped.” " Messengers Were Executed. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing July 23, says: “A letter from a Chinese official in Shangtung has been received by. a na- tive functionary here containing the following passage: ‘At the beginning of the month the foreign missionaries (2) made several attempts to send mes- sages gut of Peking, but thanks to the strict watch kept by the city, the bearers were all caught and executed. Minister to On the 4th inst. only 400 foreigners, much exhausted, were left alive in Pe- king, and one night when the big guns were ‘ ; Incessantly Fired. it was known that all the legations and foreigners were finished, although pre- poe telegrams contradict these ‘acts.’ ” In a private message from Shanghai jt is said that Li Hung Chang ayows that the object of his journey is to place the regular army in line with the allied troops pe ee shonreseion of the Boxers. es editorially sug- gests that Li Hung Chang Is playing the old game of the sublime porte by | putting forward proposals which will appear in different degrees and ways to different powers. According to the St. Petersburg cpr- respondent of the Times Gen. Kourapt- kin, the Russian minister of war, will probably become commander-in-chief of the Russian forces in China, and will, presumably, take command of all the allied troops. Officials More Hepefal, Washington, July 25, — Administra- tion officials are more hopeful over the situation in China as a result of the dispatches which have come in the last few days, and more particularly the European advices of last night assert- ing that the ministers are safe. If an answer is received to the second tele- gram which has been sent through the Chinese minister here to Mr. Conger, and that answer should bear internal evidence of genuineness, the situation will be materially improved and the government, with the additional infor- mation which Mr. Conger may be able to move intelligently toward the rescue of the beleagueréd foreigners. To Protect the Ministers. Paris, July 25.—M. Delcasse, minis- ter of foreign affairs, has received a telegram from the French consul at Chefu, dated July 21, saying: ‘The governor informs me that, according to reliable news from Peking, all the for- eign ministers are safe and the gov- ernment is taking all necessary steps to deliver and protect them. CUTS ROBERTS’ LINE. De Wet Captures a Train and 100 Highlanders. London, July 25.—fhe Boer general, De Wet, has cut Lord Roberts’ line of communication, captured 100 High-~ landers and a supply train. The story of the federal commander's bold raid comes in a telegram from Gen. Fores- tier-Walker, dated at Cape Town, July 22, forwarding a dispatch from Gen. Knox, as follows: “Kroonstad, July 22,—Following from Broadwood sent by dispatch rid- er to Honingspruit, wired thence to Kroonstadt: ve followed commando since July 16. Hard, sharp fighting at Pal- mietfontein July 19. Prevented from following laager by darkness. Bight hundred Boers found. Our casualiies five killed and seventy-six wounded. Reach Vaalkrantz to-day. DWnemy doubled its way. back through Paarde- kraal in darkness. Shall march to- morrow to Roodevaal station. Send supplies for 3,000 men and horses; also any, news of the enemy’s movements. I believe the commando consists of 2,000 men and four guns, and is ac- companied by President Steyn and both the De Wets.’” Gen. Knox continues; “The wire and main line of the rail- way north of Honingspruit have been cut and also the the telegraph to Pre- toria via Potchefstroom. According to my information De Wet has crossed the rail y and is going north.” Gen. Kelly-Kenny telegraphs from Bloemfontein under date of Sunday, July 22: “The railway has been cut north of Honingspruit and a supply train and a hundred Highlanders captured by the enemy. A report was received this morning that a large force of the enemy is moving on Honingspruit. All communication with Pretoria is cut off. The Second and Third caval- ry brigades are following the enemy.” The Daily Express has the follow- ing from Machadodorp, dated Monday, July 23: “There has been severe fighting dur- ing the last three days and the Boers have inflicted heavy losses upon the British at Derdeport. Six hundred women and children from Pretoria, in- eluding Mesdames Kruger, Botha and Meyer, have arrived at Barbertown.” NEGRO RAVISHER LYNCHED. Put to Death by « Mob Neur the Scene of His Crime. Huntsville, Ala., July 25. — Elijah Clark, a negro who assaulted Susan Priest, a thirteen-year-old_ girl, was taken from the jail yesterday in this city and lynched near the spet where his crime was committed. His body was riddled with bullets. Sheriff Ful- ham defended his prisoner to the last, but a dense smoke from a combination of tar, feathers and oil, fired by thé crazed mob, was too much for him and he was dragged from the jail and placed under a physician’s care. Will- iam Vining, who. attempted to rush through the crowd and up the jail — was shot and dangerously woun- Gans Wanis a Fight. New York, July 25.—Joe Gans, the Baltimore light-weight, yesterday de- posited with James J. Corbett $1,000 to bind a match with Frank Erne of Buf- falo, for the light-weight champion- ship, Gans not being satisfied with the last meeting, which he lost in the twelfth round. “If Erne will not ac- cept this challenge,” said Gans’ mana- ger, “I will let this thousand go as for feit for a match with Terry McGovern, and will agree to the same terms as the Hrne-McGovern match—that is that Gans will agree to stop McGovern in ten rounds; if not MeGoyern is to get the decision, The only concessions i ask is that McGovern will allow Gans to weigh in at the light-weight limit.’ Yaquis Good Fighters. City of Mexico, July 25—Gen. Torres, commanding the troops against the Yaquis, says, regarding the cam. paign: “Our troops behaved well throughout the campaign. The Ya- quis are good workmen and also good fighters, but they have always had au idea that they should be a separate nation, and have, of course, to be taught the benefits of good govern- ment. When this is done and they are brought in close touch with the rest of the republic they will no doubt make good and loyal citizens.” — Colombian Rebels Defeated. Washington, July 25. — Senor Mar} quez, the charge d'affaires of Colombia, who is stopping at Fair Rockaway, N Y., has received a cablegram*from Bo- gota, dated yesterday, stating th Cucuta, the headquarters of the has. been occupied by government forces. The. dispatch added that nu- merous prisoners and much war sup- plies had been captured. A dispatch from Caracas, Venez., says in conse- quence of the recent defeats sustained by the rebels the Colombian revolution from being burned up. CAUSES BAD WRECK , PASSENGER TRAIN RUNS INTO A Engineer and Fireman Killed in the Worst Wreck That Has Occurred on the C, M. & St. P. in Fifteem i 4 Engineer Herolcallly 1 Stuck to His Post—Engine and Several Cars Completely De- stroyed — Express Messenger Has a Miraculous Uscape—Passengers Frem Wreeked Train Again Fh Shaken Uo. Years — night train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, running as No. 2, ‘ was wrecked yesterday morning at H 1:32, the cause being a large Jandslide = from the bluff on the right of the track in the cut a mile and a half below , King’s coolie. The engine, after strik- , ing the slide, shot to the left of the track, there striking a wall of rock which threw it into the air. It came j down on its side, stripping It entirely | of all fixtures and fittin, and eutire- L ly destroying it. The engine was fol- Lake City, Minn., July 25.—The mid- 3 i 2 : lowed by the tender, which was ; thrown up on its side. The expr : | car followed next. When the shoc' { came it was thrown into the air, light- ing upside down on the side of the engine. The } Bagenge Car Cut Loose t from the train, taking a shoot to the left, square i s the track. rhe above named ¢ were totally de- stroyed, the smoking car was slightly 1} ashed and the trucks were cw car, yet the car was pr cally all right. The other passenger car and sleeper were free from and were taken to e City o'clock. The engi , Charles Hath- av of Minneapol stuck nobly to his post, which act proved to be hi death warrant. Before death came shut the throttle off and put the verse lever on. When found after collision he was buried under a 1 of mud and stones, with one foot off. Minneapo! from appearance, Was Secalded to Death. When found his teeth were driven in, his nose smashed, his head and foot both had very severe cuts, and his right leg was broken below the kn He was found outside the cab. The = greatest miracle of the affair is how i John Allyn of Minneapolis, express- man, escaped death. The first finger on his right hand was smashed and le | i ent The fireman, Noble Thomas of received a cut on the right side of the head, but outside of these injuries and a shaking up. he escaped. He was if found in the overturned car between b the decor and the safe. It is the worst ; wreck ever had on this division within 4 the past fifteen yea Passengers Ag: Shaken. . Hastings, Minn., July —An engine and coach of the Red Wing local was sent down the line té bring up the pas- sengers from the wrecked train in or- der that they might be sent around ‘ by the Burlington line. Coming into . the yards a collision occurred with & switch engine, and both engines were considerably damaged, while the coach was shattered, and eight or ten of the thirty passengers in it sustained bruises and cuts from broken glass, none of them. however, being serious- ly injured. Engineer P. H. Wheeler of Minneapolis, who was running the local, had his right foot badly jammed. ESCAPED PROM THE PEN. A Convict Gets , Breathing Threateningy and Slaughter. Fargo, N. D., July 25.—The officials 2 here are on the lookout for William Donahue, who was sent to the state penitentiary from Fargo for a ten years’ sentence for aulting a little girl. Donahue is reported to have es- caped from the penitentiary Saturday | night, and is thought to have headed | this way, as he swore he would be re- venged on two Fargoans, whom he held responsible for his conviction. The prisoner is about fifty years of 4 age and claimed to have lived in Mil- waukee. HEIR TO $50,000. . Good Luck Comes to a Baraboo, ‘Wis., Woman. Baraboo, Wis., July 25.—Mrs. Aaron Teele of this city has recently fallen . heir to an estate in California valued ee at $300,000 by the death of her broth- | er. The deceased leaves a widow but no children, and, according to the laws of California, when no will is made, as in this case, the widow receives one-half of the property and the re- mainder goes to nearest relatives. Mrs. Teele’s share will be about $50,000. SANDBAGGED BY LIGHT. Bad Luck of Marshal Jake Hanscom at Willmar. Willmar, Minn., July 25. — Town . Marshal Jake Hanscom, while chasing suspected hobo thieves in the railroad yard, was sandbagged by eight men last night. He was unconscious for several hours, and is still in bad qpepmneinttiier ara shape. No arrests have been made. Narrowly Escaped Cremation. f ‘ Madison, Wis., July 25.—The family of John Loy in South Madison was saved from probable cremation by the explosion of a loaded shotgun early yesterday. A fire had broke out in their dwelling from some unknown cause at 3:80 o'clock and spread untit the flames enveloped the gun and ig- nited the powder it contained. The } discharge awoke the family of five members just in time to save them 7 L Contract Awarded. a: cussing the plans.am of the new dormitory and nt’s res- idence, the St. Olaf building commit- tee have let the contract for heating to , Allan Black & Co. of St. Paul, and the pe se to Bjorkm: