Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 4, 1900, Page 3

ONLY DE WETISLEFT REPORTED TO BE HELD AT BAY BY BROADWOSD. i i ——, eee Only Force of Any Consequence Still in Arms in the Colony—Mac- donald and Rundle Co-operated j in the Brillant Campaign Which ; Resulted the Surrender of Prinsloo, but Hunter Gets All the Credit — Force Surrendered Less - in to Hanter Numbers Than a Thousand Boers. New York, Aug. 1. — A dispatch to é the Tribune from London says: » #-f The surrender of the entire force under Gen. Prinsloo was _ brought : about after an exchange of letters. f Generals Clements, Macdonald and a Rundle co-operated in this arduous i | and brilliant campaign, but Gen. Hun- i] ter receives the credit for the capture of this large force, and will be one of the heroes of the war. Commandants Prinsloo, Rondfourie and Colbie are among the Boer leaders in the Orange River Colony who have surrendered. f Dewet’s is the only force of any im- portance still in arms in the colony, 4 and this is reported to be held at bay near R zourg by Col. Broadwood’s 1¢ troops, with Gen. Methuen marching from Potchefstroom to complete the investment. Net Five Thousand. London, Aug. 1. — A dispatch from Lord Roberts materially modifies yes- terday’s statement of the surrender of | t 5,000 retels winder Gen. Prinsloo. It now appears that Generals Prinsloo, Villiers and Crowther surrendered with 986 men, 1,432 horses, 955 rifles and a Krupp nine-pounder. Leaders in several parts of the hills hesitate to come in on the plea that they are in- dependent of Gen. Prinsloo. Lord Roberts adds that he has directed Gen. Hunter to resume hostilities forthwith and to listen to no excuses. Boers Preparing to Retreat. . The Lourenzo Marques correspon- dent of the Daily Express says: “The Boers are preparing to retreat from Watervalboven. Frank Pettigrew, son of United States Senator Pettigrew, has a ved there and has joined Com- { mandant General Botha’s stalf.” ’, oe } GEORGE DIXON DEFEATED. \) One-Time Inv to Tommy) f [ New York, Aug. 1.—Tha one time in- vincible George Dixon succumbed to Tommy Sullivan of Brooklyn at Coney Island last night in their battle at 122 pounds. The end came as the men shaped for the seventh round, when Tom O'Rourke, Dixon’s chief second, admitted defeat for his man and claim- ing his left arm was broken, refused to permit him to continue, which left \ no other alternative for the referee but to declare Sullivan the victor. Dixon was getting all the worst of 4 ii the body punching punishment each administering, and just before the of the sixth round was looking appealingly toward his corner. It { looked fully a case of youth being su- perior. As a matter of fact Dixon looked particularly big about the body. Sullivan was anxious to mix it up on the slightest provocation, and it was the concensus of opinion that Dixon was beaten and well beaten. It is a populJar victory and was greeted with \ wild cheering. The betting was 2 to 1 i on Dixon and considerable money | changed hands. KILLS ALL HIS RELATIVES. Indian in Canada Finishes Off His } Entire Family. Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 1.—News of mur- \ ders committed by an Indian at Lake Barrier has reached here from up the Gattineau. The alleged murderer, Teete-de-Loul, it is said, killed all his / relatives, bis uncle, his child and his # wife. Two years-ago in a rage, it is said, the man slew his old uncle with ! an ax. Ten months ago he and his ' wife and baby were out icrtirg beavers. The six-months’-old child raised a little cry of gladness which disturbed the beaver, the man became enraged and tore the child from its mother’s arms and held it under water until life was extinct. Then he hander it back to its mother. Then after a few months it is alleged he killed his wife. HORSES SCARCE, Good Mounts for Cavalry Needed in the Orient. San Francisco, Aug. 1.—The govern- ment is finding great difficulty in se- curing good cavalry horses for service in the Orient. Last week Col. Mar- shall, chief quartermaster of this de- partment, started on a horse buying trip, supposing that he could find all the animals required in the vicinity of Salinas, hitherto a good base of supply for the cavalry. Failing to make up anything like the needed number there, he so reported, and was ordered on to Hollister. A second dis- appointment met him there and he is now canvassing this state and Ne- vada. Agents of the German empire, who are buying up horses here for the German cavalry, are also finding their task not an easy one. TUG TEMPLAR BLOWN UP. | Two Men Were Killed Outright and L Several Injured. Baltimore, Aug. 1.—The boiler of the wooden tug Templar of Alexandria, \ Va., exploded in Canton Hollow, blow- \ ig the boat to splinters. Two men , were killed and several injured. American Coal in Rusdia. St. Petersburg, Aug. 1. — The first i cargo of American coal imported into W Russia has arrived at Reval for the ey use of the Warsaw railroad. Three thousand tons of New River coal has also reached Cronstadt. John Clark Ridpath Dend. New York, Aug. 1.—John Clark Rid- path, historian, died in the Presby- terian hospital at 5:30 last evening f from a complication of diseases. He e had been a patient -in the penta) since April 26. WITHDRAWAL OF TOWNE, The Question Is Stil termined On. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 1. — The with- drawal of Hon. Charles A. Towne from the Populist ticket as a vice- presidential candidate is still an un- determined question. Mr. Towne spent nearly all of yesterday in Lincoln and most of the time was with W. J. Bry- an, but just before he took the train for Chicago last night he stated to the Associated Press correspondent that he was not prepared to say whether he would remain on the ticket or would withdraw. Neither Mr. Bryan nor Mr. Towne would discuss the mission of the latter or the subject of their con- ference for publication. an Unde- STRUCK WITH A HATCHET. Minnesota Man Attacks an Towa Young Lady. % Rock Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 1. — A man giviné his name as Henry Bliss of Windom, Minn., came down to visit Martha May Randolph, to whom he claims to be engaged, and who lives with her sister, Mrs. Charles Hale. They had some quarrel and Bliss decoyed the girl out of the house. As soon as she opened the door he made a murderous at- tack with a hatchet. He dealt her four blows with the sharp edge, cutting tre- mendovus gashes, and though she ic still alive the doctor says she cannot live. Bliss at once came to this city and sur- rendered to the sheriff, who locked him up in the county jail. STATION AGENT ROBBED. He Is Bound, Gagged and Locked in a Refrigerator Car. La Crosse, Aug. 1. — The night op- erator at Isinours, Minn., one of the larg- est stations on the Southern Minnesota division of the Milwaukee road, was held up and robbed early this morning by two men, who approached the ticket window with a revolver in each hand, demanding that the operator hold up his hands. He did so, and was taken from the depot and bound and gagged and locked in a refrig- erator car. The men looted the cash of its contents, amounting to and escaped. After being in the car for three hours the operator attracted the atjention of passing trainmen, who released him. EXPENSIVE FREIGHT WRECK. An $18,000 Loss Sustained by the Chicago Great Western, Dodge Center, Minn., Aug. 1. — The regular northbound freight on the Chicago Great Western suffered a heavy wreck two miles south of here this afterr noon at 4:30. The truck of one of the freight cars broke while the train was in full motion, allowing the front end of the car to fall upon the roadbed, spread- inf the rails and digging into the grade until it was torn from the engine. Elev- en cars of wheat and one loaded with hardware were piled into a mass of ruins, The cars will be of no value. The loss is estimated at $18,000, ABOLISHING ROYALTIES, Canadian Gove uent to Introduce Klondi Reforms, Victoria, B. C. Aug. 1.— BE. C. Senkler, gold commissioner, of the Yukon territory, has received unof- ficial information that the Canadian government is about to introduce rad- ical reforms in the Klondike. The royalty system is to be done away with altogether, and a government as- say office is to be established at Daw- son and a compulsory fee of 3 per cent charged for assaying gold and ex- changing for drafts. The 3 per cent must be paid on all gold leaving the country, whether the government as- say office be patronized or not. $1,000 PER TON GOLD. Two Black Hills Indians Make Sur- prising Find, Rapid City, S. D., Aug. 1—Two In- dians arrived with rich gold ore and went to C. L. Lewis, an attorney, to ask bis opinion as to the value of it. An assay showed the ore worth $1,000 per ton gold, and it has created much excitement here. The Indians refuse to give the location of the find, but it is believed to be some place, in the Bad Lands. They offered to take Lewis to the place. The formation of the ore is different from that found in the Hills, DEPOT ROBBERY. Night Operator Attacked by a Tramp 2 locked in a Car. Preston, Minn., Aug. 1.—A tramp en- tered the depot at Isinours and robbed Night Operator Olson of $27 of com- pany money and $5 of his own money, after which Mr. Olson was locked in a refrigerator car and the tramp es- caped. CHILD EATEN BY SWINE. Wisconsin Infant Almost Totally De- voared Near Spring Valley, Spring Valley, Wis., Aug. 1—A re- port comes from El Paso, ten miles west, that the infant son of a man amed Grant fell into a pigpen near the house and was killed, his body be- ing almost totally devoured. Accidentally Drowned. Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 1.—Guy Jen- sen, ubout twelve years of age, was drowned in Covell’s lake. He, with a number of other boys, went in swim- ming. He was taken with cramps. Terminated His Career. Vermillion, S..D., Aug. 1—Will A. Dawson of Lodi, Clay county, com- mitted suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. He was suffering from consumption, Relieved of His Money. Two Harbors, Minn., Aug. 1.—John Woolenweber, of the liquor firm of Lingren & Woolenweber, was relieved of $500 by some unknown parties while asleep in the rear of his saloon with the money in his pocket. Fatally Injured by a Binder. Spring Valley, Wis., Aug. 1.—Yester- day Mrs. Henly Plumley tried'to stop a team running away with a binder. Both legs, both arms and her side were badly cut and her jaw was broken. She will probably die. ‘ i Rews of the Rorthwest THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and | Worst Tornado in the History of thi | Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, July 31. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 76 @ 77ce; No. 2 North- ern, 75@753-4c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 40@40 1-2c; No. 3, 391-2@40c. Oats— No. 2. white, 271-2@28e; No, 3, 27@ 27 14¢. Minneapolis, July 31. — Wheat — September opened at 75 3-Sc and closed at 75¢e. On track—No. 1 hard, 77 3-4 No. 1 Northern, 75 3-4¢e; No. 2 Nort ern, 741-2c; corn, 273-4c; oats, 25¢5 flax, $1.47. Duluth, July 31—Wheat—September opened at 77 1-2c and closed at 78 1-8¢ bid; No. 1 hard, 803-8c bid; No. 1 Northern, 78 3-4¢ bid; No. 2 Northern, 76 5-8c bid; No. 3 Northern, 73 3-8e bi No. 1 hard, to arrive, 801-2c bid; No. 1 Northern, to arrive, 78 1-2c bid; corn, 88 3-4e. bid; oats, 25¢ bid; flax, $1.73. Chicago, July 31—Cash Wheat—No. 2 red, TI@77T No. 3 red, 72@76c; No.¢2 hafd winter, 72@74c; No. 3 hard winter, 70@73c; No. 1 Northern spring, 76c; No, 2 Northern spring, 73@75¢c; No. 3 spring, 70@74e. Corn— No. 2, 38 1-2@391-2c; No. 3, 38@39c. Oats—No. 2, 23 1-2@24¢; No. 3. 23. Milwaukee, Wis., July 31. — Flour is dull. Wheat lower; No. 1 Northern, 76 14c; No. 2 Northern,74 14@75e. Rye lower; No. 1, 54@55c. Barley steady; No. 2, 47@48c; sample, #0@47c. Oats quiet; No. 2 white, 26 1-2@26 3-4c. Sioux City, Iowa, July 31.—Cattle— Beeves, $5.10@5.17 1-2; cows, bulls and mixed. $2 @ 4; stockers and feed- ers, $3.50@4; calves and yearlings, $3.50@4.50. Hogs, $4.90@5.05; bulk, $4.95@5.02 1-2. Chicago, July 31.—Cattle — Good to prime steers, $5.25@5.85; poor to medi- um, $4.50@5.10; stockers and feeders, $3@3.85; cows and heifers, $3@5.15; Texas-fed steers, $3.40@5.20. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $5.17 1-2@5.30; good to choice, $5.12 1-2@5.30; rough Nght, $5.10@ heavy, $4.95@5.07 1-2; 5.30; bulk of sales, $5.15 @ 5.22 1-2. sheep, $3.25@4.50; lambs, $4.25@6. South St. Paul, July 31. — Cattle — Choice butcher cows and heifers, $3.75 @4.25; fair to good, $2.85@8.60; thin cows and canners, $2 @ 2.75; chotce butcher steers, $4.50 @ 5.15; fair to good, $4@4.50; fat bulls, $3.25@3.50, bologna bulls, $2.75@3.10; veal calves, $4@5; good to choice stock cows and heifers, $2.75@3; fair to good, $2.50@ 2.75; common and __ tatlings, $2@2.40; heifer calves, $2.50@3; good to choice stockers and feeders, $3.25@3.80; fair to good, $3@3.25; common and tailings, 2.5043; steer calves, $3.25@3.80; stock and feeding bulls, $2.75@3; feed cows, 2.50@2.75; stags and oxen, $3@4; milkers and springers, $25 @ 37.50. Hogs —' Mixed and _ butchers, %5@ 5.05; good to prime heavy, $4.95@5; rough heavy, $4.55 @ 4.60; stags and boars, $2 @ 4.60; pigs and skips, $4.25@4.60. Sheep — Butcher sheep, thin killers, $2@2.50; fair to good fat, $3@3.25; good to choice, $3.25@3.50; stock sheep, $2.50@3; feeding sheep, $2.75@38; stock and feeding lambs, eom- mon to go0d,$2.75@3; good to choice, $3@3.25; buteher lambs, common to medium, $3.50@4.25; good to choice, $4.25@5.50; bucks, $2@2.75. Two Women Fatally Injured, Grand Forks, N. D., July 31.—Mrs. James Elton, wife of the treasurer of Grand Forks county, and her sister- in-law, Mrs. J. H. Bird, were fatally injured while driving. Their buggy was run down by a runaway dray team. The wagon tongue of the dray struck the buggy and threw it twenty feet into the air, overturning it. Killed ip 2 Jealous Rage. Owassa, Iowa, July 31.—In a jealous rage Otto Pennington yesterday shot and killed his wife in the presence of their two children and several mem- bers of Mrs. Pennington’'s family, and was prevented from taking the lives of all about him after a desperate struggle. The murderer has so far eluded capture. ‘Throws Stones at Passengers, Downing, Wis., July 31. — David Goodison is in the covnty jail at Me- nomonie awaiting trial on charge of throwing a stone through a Wisconsin Central passenger coach window and seriously injuring a passenger recent- ly. Three other boys are also impli- cated. 2 Ten People Injured. Toledo, Ohio, July 31.—Ten people were injured in a street car accident late last night, one fatally and two others very seriously. Their names could not be learned. Drowned ct Lake Chisago. St. Paul, July 31.—George F. Wagner was thrown into the water by the capsizing of a raw boat on Lake Chi- sago yesterday and was drowned be- fore assistance could reach him. Wisconsin Manufacturer Dead. Beloit, Wis., July 31.—O. E. Merrill, aged eighty, founder of the papermak- ing machinery in Beloit, died yester- day. Will Make Automobiles. Faribault, Minn., July 31.— A com- pany of Eastern capitalists have rent- ed the old shoe factory building here and will manufacture automobiles, Fatal Mosquito Smudge. Marshfield, Wis., July 31. — Peter Kedziora’s little daughter was burned to death. Her clothing caught fire from a mosquito smudge. Girl Attempts Suicide, DAMAGED BY STORM. Red River Valley. - Hillsboro, N. D., July 31—The tor- nado that passed north of Hillsboro yesterday evening was one of the worst ever experienced in the Red river valley. The storm passed a few miles west of Mayville and Port- land, near the boundary line between teele and Traill counties, and went Straight east entirely through Trail) county and across the Red river into Minnesota, where it split, one part go- ing east into Beltrami county and the ‘other veering south to Halsted. The path of the storm through Traiil coun- ty was five miles wide and thirty-four miles long, and the loss is total, not only all the grain, but all garden ves- etables. Three miles north of Cale- donia the storm struck the house ot Thomas Everson, totally demolishing it and killing the seven-year-old son. The escape of the other members ot the family was fairly miraculous, some of them being carried forty rods through the air by the wind, but with- out injury. At Caledonia the city hall and Pres- byterian church were demolished ana nearly every building in the city bad- ly wrecked. Four miles north of here the Synod church was completely de- stroyed. The damage to stock is quite heavy. It is expected that full: re ports from Traill county will show a loss of property grater than ever has been known in the state from a similar cause. Horses and cattle in pastures were crazed by the pelting of the hailstones, many of which were as large as a man’s fist. The hailstones lay on the ground three or four inches deep after the storm. Passengers Get a Scare. Jamestown, N. D., July 31. — The Jamestown & Northern passenger train was a sorry looking sight when it arrived Saturday night from the north. The train passed through a hailstorm when between Cheyenne and New Rockford, and the passengers and train crew admit that it was the most farful storm they had ever witnessed Every window except two on the west side of the coaches was broken and one window on the side facing east was smashed. The amount of damage to property and crops is reported to have been very large. The loss to the railroad company is considerable. Reports from Brinsmede, on the Jamestown & Northern, are to the ef- fect that a great amount of damage was done to crops, and especially flax in that vicinity, as well as to property -0- Michigan City, July 31. — Hail de- stroyed what grain was left on severai hundred acres five miles south of this place. It*rained hard here for about fifteen minutes. MADE RICHER BY HIS HEN. Farmer Sells Wheat at Higher Figure Because He Waited. Sioux Falls, S. D., July 31.—Because one of his hens selected a bin contain- ing about 800 bushels of wheat as the place to hatch out a brood of young chickens, a Clay county farmer is $100 richer than he otherwise would have been. The farmer upon deciding te market his surplus wheat which he had carried over from last season, pro- ceeded to his granary, where he found that the hen had taken possession. He decided not to disturb the hen, but to wait until the young chickens were hatched. In the meantime the price of wheat advanced until the farmer discovered he had gained over $100 by allowing the hen to “set it out.” GRAND LARCENY CHARGED, William Bak:r, Who Received $50C for $50 Certificate, Iv Arrested. Duluth, Minn., July 31—The Duluth police are in receipt of a telegram from Erie stating that William Baker of this sity is under arrest there July 16 Baker went to the American Exchange bank in this city to get a certificate ot deposit for $50 cashed. By mistake the teller paid him $500 and did not discover the mistake for fifteen min- utes, during which time Baker had vanished. He was located at Erie by Detective Troyer of Duluth through a woman who went there soon after Ba- keer disappeared. Baker can be tried on the charge of grand larceny in the second Cegree in this case. VAN SANT’S FIRST SPEECH. He Opens the Campaign With a Talk at Frazee. Frazee, Minn., July 31. — The state campaign was opened by a ratification meeting here last night. Capt. S. R. Van Sant, Ray W. Jones, C. M. John- ston and J. Adam Bede were. present, and each made a speech. This was Capt. Van Sant’s first speech of tiie campaign. It was one of the largest gatherings ever held in Northern Min- nesota. BUY MUCH PINE LAND. Gen. Scofleld's Syndicate Purchases Ten Thousand Acres in Idaho. Marinette, Wis., July 31.—Gov Sco- field and the men associated with him known as the Scofield syndicate have closed a deal for the purchase of 10,- 000 acres of pine land in Idaho. With the exception of 2,000 acres it is all in one tract along the Clearwater river. The timber will scale 200,000,000 feet. The price paid is not known. Killed by Throw. Iowa Falls, Iowa, July 31.—Mrs. L. Mellen, a well known resident of this place, was killed. Returning to her home east of the city the horse be- Boone, Iowa, July 31. — Miss Julia] came frightened and backed off a cul- Tayson attempted suicide by jumping | vert. Mrs. Mellen was thrown under in a cistern, and was rescued with dif- ficulty. Indians Dance the Poshofa. Ardmore, Ind. T., July 31. — Chicka- saw Indians near Bear Lake are danc- the horse and was instantly killed. She was about sixty years old. Alleged Deserter Arrested. La Crosse, Wis., July 31. — Rev. M. ©. Hanson, wanted here for deserting ing the famous poshofa, or medicine| his family, has been found by the dance, to ward off the evil spirits. Hundreds are watching this wonder- sheriff of of Worthington, Minn. He came to La Crosse from St. Paul in ful ceremony, which will last several| 1897 and has had considerable notoriety days. id Father Chargcd With Son’s Murder. Lampasas, Tex., July 31.—While s0-| _Klemme, lowa, July 31. in the courts since. Caught in Machine. William ing home from here with his’ father | Roack, a farmer, was caught in a har- Winfield Shipp was shot and killed.| vesting machine while attempting to The father has been arrested and| stop a runaway team. He will lose jailed on a charge of the murder. both legs. ‘e ue DEADLY COW DISEASE, South Dakota Cattle Dying and the|)@ 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 Veterinarians Can't Tell Why. A peculiar and deadly disease has re- cently broken out in the cattle sheds near Pukwana. During the last twd weeks J. R. Sanborn, of the Carpenter | Rochester. ranch has lost twenty-eight head. and other herds have suftered to a less ex- tent. The loss has been principally of cows with sucking calves, the mother dying without in any way affecting the offspring. Walking, eating, and, ap- parently, in the best of health, the ani- mal will be snddenly attacked, and usually does not live to exceed ten min- utes. Dr. Henry Shipley of Sheldon, Iowa, one of the state. veterinarians, fo_co eo eo on 00 00 ee 00 00 ? : 3; In Minnesota. 3 State News of the 2 Week Briefly Told. One case of smallpox has appeared in Winona. Hail did consierable damage at An elevater fire at Morgan caused a loss of $4,000. Charles Schaak, 2 well known farm- er of Douglas, is dead. Contractors at Osakis have begun work on the new water works system. John Franklin of Wright cornty has escaped from the St. Cloud reforma- tory. ? Roy Hendrickson of Princeton was and Dr. S. M. Smith, a veterinarian of | killed ‘by being run over by a heavy Mitchell, have visited the affected dis- trict and made examinations to deter- mine the nature of the disease. With- out a chemical analysis they could not determine to a certainty, but, from the examinations made, they say there are symptoms of blackleg, spleenatic fever and poisoning. The stomach and di- gestive organs of one of the dead ani- mals have been sent to Chicago for an- alysis, WENT BACK ON HIM. Love-Lorn Swain at Park Rapids At- tempts Suicide. Park Rapids, Minn., Aug. 1—Edgar Wheelan, twenty-five years old, shot himself with a Winchester last night through the head, the ball passing through the roof of his mouth and coming out through his left eye. He lies at the hospital in a critical con- dition. The cause of the shooting is @ quarrel with a girl. He says: ‘She went back on me and I did not care to live any more.” = - YOUNG ELOPERS, With Only One Dollar in Their Pos- session They Run Away. Steven’s Point, Wis., Aug. 1—Emma King, aged seventeen, and Harvey Skeel, aged eighteen, eloped Saturday night. They had $1 in cash. They were arrested yesterday afternoon at Stockton, six miles away, s!owly walk- ing along the highway, footsore ana weary. Both were glad to return for parental forgiveness. Both are: chil- dren of prominent families. ' AT THE POINT OF REVOLVERS, Bold Robbers Near Red Wing Get Little Booty. Red Wing, Minn., Aug. 1.—Two rob- bers entered the store of Peter John- son at Welch, covering the proprietor with revolvers. All they got was $1.50. Wanted His Mail. Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 1—Deputy United States Marshal Ludlow has returned from Monroe, Turner county, where he arrested G. W. Blikink on an unusual charge. A few evenings ago Belkink went to the Monroe post- office for his mail after the office was closed. Procuring a key, it is alleged, he opened the door of the postoffice, entered, and going to the boxes, helped himself to his mail. The prisoner, when taken before a United States commissioner, waived examination and furnished bonds for his appearance. Killed a Large Eagle. Sheboygan, Wis., July 27.—An eagle measuring six feet one and one-half inches from tip to tip of wings was killed by T. Smith, a farmer living in the town of Sheboygan Falls. While at work he saw the large bird fly close to his children and clasp his daughter, aged three years. ‘The man secured 4 rifle and shot the eagle. The child and bird fell to the ground, the child not being injured. Three Years for Horse Stenling. Pierre, S. D., Aug. 1. — In Stanley county court Judge Gaffey sentenced Jack Kiefer to three years in the penitentiary on a plea of guilty to horse stealing. Last spring, on a plea in the first offense the same judge gave him a sentence of thirty days in jail on the same charge. He was out less than thirty days when he repeat- ed the offense. Eight Hundred Teachers Enrolled. Cedar Falls, Iowa, Aug. 1.—The last session of the summer schoo! at the normal was held Saturday. The num- ber of attendants recorded this year goes beyond any record before reached, A total of 800 teachers from all parts of the state were present. The mem- bers of the regular faculty, assisted by two or three outside instructors, had charge. Diphtheria Prevalent. Cottage Grove, Minn., Aug. 1.—Sev- eral cases of diphtheria are prevailing here. Three children of Irving T. Morey and two of LewiS J. Crippen are reported dangerously ill with the disease. Strict quarantine has been enforced to prevent the disease from spreading. if Fell From His Wheel. Fergus Falls, Minn., Aug. 1—James A. Brown, a prominent attorney of this city, fell from his bicycle near Ten-Mile lake, sustaining serious in- juries. His collar bone and one or two ribs were broken and he was badly hurt about the head, but it is thought he will recover. BS ee eer bie Blown Up by Giant Powder. Spring Valley, Wis., Aug. 1.—Theo- dore Anderson, blaster for the iron company, was blown up by twenty- five pounds of giant powder at the Wilson quarry yesterday. He was thrown over an embankment twenty feet high, but not seriously hurt. Found Abandoned Babe. wagon. The St. Paul City Directory shows an increase of 4,027 names over the total for last year. Fire destroyed the St. Paul Cold Storage warehouse, causing an esti- mated loss of $740,750. The “state fafr managers have se- cured better railway rates and better attractions than ever before. ‘The livery barn of Martin Hippe and the barber shop of George Upton were burned at Shevlin. Loss, $4,000. The St. Croix Beom company is working its men extra hours in order to supply the demand for logs. A large company ‘has been formed at St. Cloud to manufacture harrows. The corporation promises great things for its projectors and the city. Hubert Pung of Spring Hill, Stearns county, an old and much-respected farmer, died at his home from paraly- sis. He was sixty years of age. Moses Spooner, a Canadian farmer, who lives about seven miles north of Faribault, in the township of Forest, reports that a vein of coal has been discovered there. A northbound B., C., R. & N. freight accommodation train was wrecked five miles south of Luverne. Several per- sons had a narrow escape, but none re- ceived serious injur Several hundred immigrants from Russian Poland, driven out by the ezar’s edicts, have arrived in Duluth during the past few days. They will settle on farms near there or go inte the mines. Archibald Scharenbauch, an employe of the Great Northern car shops at St. Cloud, was injured while working in the repair department. He suffered a loss of three fingers, and will be laid. up for a long time. Carl Rice of Tracy, who has, for some time past, shown signs of being demented, was given an examination before the proper officers and ad- judged insane. He was committed to the asylum at St. Peter. The farm buildings of M. J. Ball, near West Concord, burned. Nothing was left except the windmill and a few shade trees, and ‘but little of the household goods were saved. ‘The abundant crop yield in the vicin- ity of Hanska is daily developing new besiness enterprises in that town. Within the past few days there has been added a weekly newspaper and a twenty-room hotel to that town. Only one of the nine flour mills at the head of the lakes was operated last week, and it made 12,000 barrels. There were receipts of 126,000 barrels, shipments of 120,000 barrels, and there are now in store there 244,500 barrels. The township of Geneva, Faribault county, voted $5,500 bonds in aid of the Albert Lea Electric railway. The yote stcod 53 for and 8 against. The village of Geneva voted unanimously to issue $2,500 bonds for the same road. Nek ke | be now a thing of the past. The contents of the office at White Earth have been transferred to the custody of the eustody of the United States Indian agent. Dar S. Hall, formerly chair- man of the commission, has gone to his home at Buffalo Lake. Samuel Slayton, formerly of St. Cloud, died at Clearwater. He was @ soldier of the Civil war and a member of MeKilvey Post, G. A. .R. He be- longed to the Fourth Minnesota, of which he was color bearer. He leaves a wife and several grown daughters. The Arnold Granite company of St. Cloud has secured the contract to fur- nish all the granite to be used in the addition to be built to the Omaha pub- lic building. The contract will ap- proximate $30,000. The original build- ing is of St. Cloud granite, and it has proven to be the most satisfactory ma- terial. The village marshal of Heron Lake attempted to arrest three men who had been hanging around town, selling goods very cheaply. The men drew guns and stood the marshal off. He called for assistance, and a posse was quickly formed, who took the trio. After a running fight and the exchange of about thirty shots the men surren- dered. The articles of incorporation of the new brewery company at St. Cloud have been duly signed and published. It has been decided to retain the name under which the business has been built up to its present large propor- tions. The title will be the Preiss & Wimmer Brewing company. The com- pany will begin business under its ar- ticles of incorporation at once. George Fox of Duluth, who was sen- tenced to the Stillwater prison for rob- bing the Pabst Brewing company’s safe two years ago, and has been home on parole, has forfeited his privilege, and will be taken back to serve out his sentence. Fox was charged with tak- ing part in a small highway robbery, but the case was dismissed in order to. turn him over to the prison officiais. Postmaster H. G. Wire of St. Cloud Sturgis, S. D., Aug. 1—About noon | has received six sets of complete plans yesterday Nick Schummer accidental+ ly discovered a baby wrapped in clothes in a small box on a stonepile near St. Martin’s academy in this city. Arrests are expected. Lightning Starts a Fire. Winona, Minn., Aug. 1. — During a from Washington from the new gov- ernment building, for which an ap- propriation was made of $50,000 at the last session of congress. August 21 is the final date for the receiving of bids, for the postmaster will then forward the bids to Washington, where they severe thunder storm the hayshed of | will be considered and the contract William Donnelly was lightning and consumed. other property. Partly insured. struck by | aworded, ff the bids are not consid \ The fire | ered too high. The heating apparatus spread to several stacks of barley and | and electric conduits and wiring are not to be included in the bids. | 4 24 coe ste Leta Annes cnr | ) —