Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 1, 1900, Page 2

The Lievald--Review, E. ©. Kiley T J. Austed, KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Publishers. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Happiness is about the only thing a man continues to search for after he has found it. The air ts so clear in Zululand that objects seven miles away can be dis- tinctly seen by starlight. It is easier to preach than it is to practice, therefore it must be easier to be a clergyman than a physician. Said an Irish judge to a prisoner: “You are to be hanged by the neck until dead—and I hope it will prove a warning to you.” If expectations are realized, the out- put of copper for 1900 will reach 325,- 000,000 pounds, valued at $42,250,000, the largest on record Henry Graham gives the following dates regarding the introduction of trees into Scotland: The lime, 1664; the laburnum, 1704; the larch, 1727. According to the views of a British sea captain, who was in the Gulf of Mexico during the Galveston tempest, the disturbance was partly volcanic. The British naval authorities are reported to be making experiments with a new submarine boat, which, it is stated, will be able successfully to encounter the largest battleship afloat. Io, the poor Cherokee is in the lat- est fal] fashion. He has been defraud- ed in the auditor’s office of the terri- tory to the extent of about $194,000. The auditor seems to have lived up to his somewhat limited opportunities, Monsieur Danysz of the Pasteur In- Stitute in Paris has discovered a mi- crobe which breeds pestilence among rats. He has had cultures containing the rat-destroying bacilli tested on farms and in warehouses with much success. In half of the cases the popu- lation of rats was completely destroy- ed; in other cases the number was greatly reduced. The people of Swarthmore, Pa., have decided to erect a monument to Benja- min West, the celebrated painter. West was born in Swarthmore 162 years ago, and became the painter to George III. of England and the greatest English painter of his day. He lies ‘buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral, in London, be- tween Sir Christopher Wren and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Nothing has ever been done to honor his memory in Am- erica. A very popular Israelite died in the Tenth ward of New York ¢ity last week, and a number of mourners fol- lowed his remains on foot to Grand Street Ferry, intending to cross to Brooklyn and ride to the cemetery in the trolley cars. The gate keeper found seven thrifty gentlemen in the curtained hearse, serenely seated on the coffin, smoking cigarettes. They had adopted this means to save their ferriage. A new needle, which must be a de- light to housewives, has been invent- ed in Germany. It has a prolongation behind the eye of smaller diameter than the bored part of the needle, with groovs in it to receive the thread, The object of it is to facilitate the passing of the needle through the holes in but- tons, when sewing them on, The thread lies in the grooves, and hence the needle passes much more easily and rapidly. A facetous paragraph writer suggests that it will soon be necessary for some one to start a daily geography in order to keep up with the changes going on in the world. He might with as much justification have said that we need a daily history, or a daily text-book in natural philosophy, for the same rea- son. Events now move so rapidly that any book of information gets out of date much more quickly than at any other period in the world’s history. For the present, however, it will be the daily lesson in geography rather than the daily geography that will chiefly concern the rising generation, The search for convenient ways of transportation by which the products of the Sudan may reach the outer world has called attention to a re- markable phenomenon of vegetable life on some of the headwaters and tributaries of the Nile. This consists of enormous growths of papyrus and other plants, completely covering the streams and forming carpets of vege- tation two or three feet thick, beneath which flows the water. Navigation by mall boats is, of course, entirely in- terrupted by this obstruction, which is in places suplemented by vines and clinging plants which arch the streams from bank to bank. Heavy floods oc- casionally sweep away the accumula- tions of plants, but they are quickly reformed. Henry Miller, the inventor of the steam and air brake for steam rail- roads, has died at Chappaqua, N. Y., in his 80th year. He studied out his invention after the great Norwalk drawbridge accident in 1854, and it was patented in 1855, but notwithstanding successful trials on the New York, ‘New Haven and Hartford and Michi- gan Central railroads {n the two fol- lowing years, it was twenty years be- fore it was adopted into general use; all such brakes now in use were pat- #erned upon his invention, MINNESOTA’S REAL ESTATE, Sells More Land Annually Than a Private Broker. Eighty-two printed blanks are now being sent out and will be returned to the state auditor in the course of a few weeks as bonds from the county treas- urers for the safe handling of money collected on the sale of state lands. ‘These bonds will be security, if neces- sary, to approximately $1,800,000. Ev- ery newly elected county treasurer in the state will file a bond in amounts specified by the auditor in his capacity as state land commissioner, and every county _ treasurer re-elected will be compelled to file a new bond. During the past two years the col- lections from sales of state lands, and payments on previous sales has amounted to nearly a million of dollars. In 1898 it reached a total of $789,369, and in '97 $505,474. Under the state law county treasurers are named as officers permitted to receive these pay- ments as agents of the state land commissioner, and are allowed one- half of 1 per cent of their total col- lections as a fee. Bonds are therefore required for the safe handling of the immense amounts collected each year. A schedule has been made by the state auditor, in which the total amount to be handled by each treasurer during the ccming two years is estimated. The estimates are based on a knowl- edge of the aggregate outstanding amounts on land sales, the prospective sales, and the amounts paid in at the last June settlement of land collections, one of three which occurs annually. The estimate having been made, each county treasurer is being notified to give a bond in twice the amount. Each bon must. bear two sureties justified in twice the amount. The bords which are to be furnished range in sums from $2,000 to $50,000. The treasurers of Wilkin, Otter Tail, Pope, Jackson and Stearns counties will give bonds of $40,000, those of Clay and Redwood, $30,000, and those of Grant, Kandiyohi, Mower, Murray, Sibley and Yellow Medicine” $25,000. The treasurer of Renville county will give a bend of $50,000, the largest ot any in the state. In other counties the bonds reavired are in small amounts. STATE REQUIRES SECURITY. Secretary of State Sends Out Blank Bonds for Newly Elected Men. Blank bonds were mailed from the secretary of state’s office to each coun- ty auditor in Minnesota for the use of the county officers recently elected and | re-elected. Ten blanks were sent to each auditor and these will be dis- tributed by him and returned within a reasonable time to be filed away. The law of the state prescribes tho amounts of the bonds to be given in, the majority of cases and no officer will be able to assume his duties on the first of the year unless he has given the state security for the honest discharge of his duties. As soon as the official canvass is completed sim- ilar blanks will be furnished the newly elected state officers, the heaviest se- curity being that of the state treasurer, whose bond is set at $400,000. The oath of office is printed on each blank. This must be filled out and Signed by the officer-elect when the bond is executed. County auditors are bonded in sums ranging from $2,000 to $20,000, at the discretion of the boards of county commissioners. County treasurer's bonds are prescribed by the amount being set at whatever figure they determine. Sheriffs must furnish $5,000 security, county attor- neys $1,000, judges of probate $1,000, court commissioners $2,000, county sur- veyors $500, coroners from $500 to $10,- 000 at the option of the boards of coun- ty commissioners, and | clerks of the district court $1,000. SWITCHES ARE HARMLESS. Not a Man Hurt in a Frog Accident Last Year. An inspection of switchyards in the state, just completed by the state labor commission, tends to show that the railroads furnish increased protection against accidents, and that the number of injuries is decreasing. The inspection covered 5,042 switches on every line of railway in the state. Especial attention was given to rail- way frogs and converging rails, and of 50,000 blocks, piec2s of wood placed to prevent emnloyes catching their feet between rails, only 435 were miss- ing and 579 in bad repair. Last year the number in bad repair was 1,058, and 3,222 were only in fair condition. The efficiency of the protection is shown in the fact that with 12.000 rail- Way employes in the state working on trains in yards, not one was hurt in a switch frog accident during the year. Of all classes of accidents only 318 oc- curred in railway shops and yards in two years, out of 1,367 among all work- ing people. The inspectors report that greater care than ever before is exer- cised by tailways to keep their yards in safe condition and their. switches properly blocked. In all the large yards men devote their entire time to renewing these safeguards. RETURNS FOM THE SEVENTH. Complete official figures for the Sev- enth congressional district show that Corgressman Eddy’s plurality over M. J. Daly is 4,790. This is the largest plurality Congressman Eddy has ever had, and is a clear majority over all the candidates in the field of about 2,000 votes. In 1894 Congressman Eddy won out by 792, in 1896 his plurality was 2,071, in 1898 it was 3,694, and this year is 4,790, as stated above. A study of the election figures of the district reveals some curious facts. From 2,000 to 3,000 voters cast their ballots for President McKinley and then voted the straight fusion ticket. President McKinley’s vote in the district was 27,262, Bryan’s 18,743; Van Sant re- ceived 20,900, Lind 26,550; Eddy 25,739, Daly 20,949. The full vote on the state offeers below governor has not yet been secured, but the figures received show that these officers received about 3,800 majority in the. district, and this may be taken as er normal Republican vote. | exercises. NORMAL GRADUATES NEEDED. President Millspaugh Emphasizes Demand for Trained Teachers. The great demand for normal school graduates as teachers is strongly em- phasized in a report by President J. F. Millspaugh of the Winona normal school for the state normal board. He says in part: “The graduating class of last year, numbering in all 102, with the excep- tion of two who entered college and one who did not desire to accept any of the several positions offered her, are all engaged in teaching. So far as I am able to judge, graduates of the last class have been sought for more responsible positions and at salaries averaging larger than those at which members of former classes have been employed. As a result of the state aid now granted to rural schools employ- ing teachers who hold first-grade cer- tificates, considerable larger salaries are paidin these schools, and the dé- mand for properly qualified teachers has greatly increased. Under the changed conditions many of the objec- tions heretofore offered by graduates to werk in rural schools have disap- peared. But for the fact that boards of trustees in these schools postpone the emp!cyment of teachers until near- ly all our graduates have availed themselves of opportunities for em- ployment in the more promptly acting graded school districts, many more teachers trained in this institution would be found in the ungraded schools of the state. “The location of the members of the last class is as follows: Number teaching in graded schools, 83; number teaching in ungraded rural schools, 16; attending the University of Wisconsin, 2: still unemployed, 1. Of those in graded schools 6 are serving as princi- pals in state graded or semi-graded schools, 1 as teacher in the state school at Owatonna, and 1 in a high school of Illinois. If they could have been fur- nished a much larger number of grad- uates would have found ready and re- munerative employment in good po-~ sitions.” i { A DOZEN GRADUATED. Diplomas Given at St. Cloud Under a New Ruling. j By virtue of a ruling of the state normal beard at its recent meeting at Duluth the St. Cloud normal school has graduated twelve young men and women who had completed the pre- scribed courses of instruction, They were given their diplomas that they might go at once to positions awaiting them. The presentation of diplomas was entirely informal, there being no These are the graduates, and a major number ‘of them already haye positions assured them for the remainder of the school year: Advanced Graduate Course — Ida Eliza Scheefe, Minneapolis. Elementary — Mrs. Mabel M. Alex- ander, Osage, Iowa; Anfina Marie Brown, Alexandria; Margaret P. Irish, Sauk Center; Mary B. McDermott, Clontarf; May McLennon, Bemidji. Three-Year Elementary Course—An- thony E. Anderson, New London; Christine Louise Dalager, Glenwood; George A. Ferraby, Grove Lake; Eliz- abeth O’Brien, St. Cloud; Charlotte Lucretia Peterson, St. Cloud; Ida Margaret Rosenberger, St. Cloud. WONT CARRY DEER. Brainerd & Northern’s Interpreta- tion of the Game Law. The construction given the game law by the Brainerd & Northern has aroused the ire of numberless hunters returning from the big woods with game. The season ended the 20th, but it was supposed that under the special act made and provided by the solons of a recent session there remained five days in which all deer might be prought in. The legal department of the Northern Pacific, however, did not read this privilege in the statutes, and in consequence all venison offered for shipment was refused. At nearly every station along the line there were con- signments waiting—and they are still waiting. There has been plentiful sport this year in all save the most frequented localities, and the sports- men who have gone any distance from civilization at all, have usually been well rewarded. It is stated that at one point on the Brainerd £ Northern there were fifteen carcasses waiting the arrival of the train. The hunters were furious on learning of the orders issued, but there was nothing to do but bow meekly to fate. ORE FROZEN SOLID. Shipments Blocked — Stenming Ore Being Tried With Locomotives. The cold weather has played the mischief with ore shipping at Duluth, Two Harbors and Superior. The cold snap came on earlier than expected and caught the Mesaba, Eastern Min- nesota and Iron range roads with thou- sands of tons of ore in the dock poek- ets, which have frozen solid. Cars of ore by the hundred are in the same condition. At Two Harbors fourteen locomatives are at work steaming ore, and 50,000 tons of it are frozen. At the Eastern Minnesota docks 20,000 tons ot ore are frozen and five locomotives are steaming ore. Three locomotives are at work at the Mesaba docks. Five boats are waiting on the Eastern and seven on the Mesaba docks. It costs as much to handle one ton of frozen ore as 100 unfrozen. A locomotive can thaw out a car of fifty tons of ore in two hours. IT WAS NOT BUTTER. The food and dairy commission has begun a war against the large con sumers of butter in Minneapolis Samples of butter are being collected from hotels and restaurants by food inspectors and are being analyzed in the laboratory at the capitol. Two samples of butter were examined, one taken from a cafe and one from a ho- tel in Minneapolis, which proved to be oleomargarine. The parties from whom these samples were aeseres ae be prosecuted. — NEAR DEATH'S DOOR SENATOR DAVIS’ CONDITION. IS ; HOPELESS, Me Is Much Weaker and Takes Very Little Nourishment — Archdeacon Appleby and Rev. Theodore Seds- wick Called to His Bedside—His Restlessness and Delirium In- creased—In His Latest Bulletin the Doctor Reports Senator Davis Somewhat Weaker. St. Paul, Noy. 28.—Ven. T. H. M. Villiers Appleby, archdeacon of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Min- nesota, and Rev. Theodore Sedgwick, rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, were called yesterday af- ternoon to the bedside of Senator Davis. A message had been sent, at the request of Mrs. Davis. to Faribault, asking that Bishop Whipple might come to the senator. Between these two distinguished Minnesotans a warm friendship has long existed. But the bishop, it was learned, had gone to his winter home in Florida. There- upon the presence of Archdeacon Ap- pleby and Dr. Sedgwick was requested. Upon their arrival Senator Davis was sufficiently rational, between moments of delirium, to recognize his grateful recognition of their ministering. Pcssibly the most important symp- tom developed yesterday in the sena- tor’s case was His Lessening Ability to take nourishment. No longer rein- forced by food his power of resistance, heretofore remarkable, must speedily yield. His restlessness and delirium increased. His temperature rose de- cidedly. His feeble, fitful respiration varied much from hour to hour. Soon after noon yesterday was issued this far from hopeful bulletin: “Senator Davis was very restless during the night! slept but three hours in all. Is taking less nourishment, and is given medicine by rectum. Tem- perature, 101; pulse, 124; respiration varying the past twelve hours from 16 to 26. —Alex J. Stone.” , Dr. Stone gave out the following bul- letin at 1:30 this morning: “Senator Davis is somewhat weaker to-night, taking very little nourish- ment. Respiration, 16; pulse, 120. —‘Alex J. Stone.” THE MARKETS, Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, aay 28. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 72 8-4@75 1-2c; No. 2 North- ern, 72 3.4073 1 2c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 39 @ 40c; No. 3, 381-2 @ 39c. Oats — No. 3 white, 243-4 @ 25c; No. 3, 24@ 241-2c. Seeds — Timothy, $1.75 @ 2; clover, $5.20@6; flax, No. 1, $1,66@1,68. Minnearolis, Nov. 28.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 761-2c; No. 1 Northern, 74 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, 71 7-8@72c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 38 3-4@39 1-4c; No, &, 38@38 3-4¢ Oats—No. 3 white, 23@231-4c; No. 3, 231-4 @ 24c. ‘Rye — No. 2, 443-4 @ 45c. Barley—No. 5, 41@46c; no grade, 41@44c; feed grades, 25@42c; malting grades, 40@49¢. Duluth, Noy. 28.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, cash, 751-2c; No. 1 Northern, 73 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, 69¢; No. 3 spring, 631-2c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 741-2c; No. 1 Northern, 721-2c; December, No. 1 Northern, 72c: May, No. 1 Northern, 761-8c; oats, 231-4@24c; rye, 461-4c; barley, 40@58c; flax, to arrive, $1.61; cash, $1.63; November, $1.63; December, $1.61; May, $1.60; corn, 38 1-2c. Chicago, Nov. 28.—Cash Wheat—No. 2 red, 711-2@73c; No. 3 red, 70@72c; No. 2 hard winter, 69@7ic; No. 3 hard win- ter, 67@70c; No. 1 Northern spring, 71 @i4ce; No. 3 spring, 67@72c. Corn—No. 2, 47@48c; No. 3, 37@371-2c. Oats—No. 2, 22 1-4@22 3-4c: No. 3, 22@22 1-4e. Milwaukee, Wis., Noy. 28.—Flour is steady. Wheat dull; No, 1 Northern, 751-2@76c; No. 2 Northern, 73@73 1-2c. Rye higher; No. 1, 491-2@50c. Barley steady; No. 2, 59@69c; sample, 48@58c. No, 2 white, 25 1-2@26c. South St. Paul, Nov. 28. — Cattle — Good to choice butcher steers, $4.65@ 5.25; fair to good, $4.15@4.60; common to fair, $3.50 @ 4; good to choice butch- er cows and heifers, $3.50@4.15; fair to good, $2.75@3.50; thin cows and can- ners, $1.10@2.50; choice corn-fed bulls, $3@4; fair to good butcher bulls, $2.75 @3; bologna bulls, $2@2.75; good to choice veals, $5@5.75; fair to good, $4@ 5; good to choice feeders, $3@3.50; good to choice stock steers, $3@3.40; fair to good, $2.70@3.10; common, $2@2.60; good to choice stock cows and heifers,_ $2.50 @2.75; fair to good, $2 25@2.50; common, $1.75@2.25; good to choice steer calves, $3,25@3.0; fair to good, $2.75@3; good to choice heifer calves, $2.50@2.75; fair to good, $2.25 @ 2.50; stock and feeding bulls, $2 @ 2.40; good to choice milkers and springers, $35 @ 45; good to fatr, $30@35; common. $?0@2S. Hogs—Good to choice light, $4.65@4.75; mixed and butchers, $4.60@4.72; good to prime heavy, $4.55@4.70; common to fair, $4.45 @ 4.50: rough packers, $4.35@ 4.40; bears, $1.75 @ 2.50; pigs and skips, $3@3.75. Sheep—Good to choice butcher lambs, $4.40@4.60; fair to good, $4.254.40; good to choice fat wethers, $3.50@3.65; fair to good, $3.25@3.50; fat ewes, $3.25@3.50; good to choice stock and feeding lambs, $3.75@4.25; fair to good, $3.25@3.75; feeding ewes, $2.75@ 3; thin sheep, $2@2.50; buck lambs, $2.75@3; killing bucks, $2@2.50. Sioux City, Iowa, Noy. 28. — Cattle— Beeves, $4.50 @ 5.25: cows, bulls and mixed, $2@3.75; stockers and feeders, $3.25@3.90; calves and yearlings, $3@4. Hogs, $4.72 1-2@4.85; bulk, $4.77 1-2,@ 4.80. Chicago, Nov. 28.—Cattle — Good to prime steers, $5.30@5.85; poor to medi- um, $4.25@5.20; stockers and feeders, $2.2504.40; ¢ows and heifers, $2.65@4.75: Texas steers, $2.25@4.90. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $4.70@5.02 1-2; good to choice heavy, $4.85@5.021-2; _ rough heavy, $4.65@4.30? light, $4.70@5.02 1-2; pulk of sales, $4.87 1-2@4.97 1-2. vistas $3.75@4.30; lambs, _$4.4005.20. ‘ COUNT ALL Ol. NOTHING. Chatrman Rosing’s Scheme for 2 Partial Recount in Minnesota De- clined, St. Paul, Nov. 28. — Chairman Ros- ing’s proposition, made last Friday, for a recount of the gubernatorial vote in eight counties, was considered yes- terday at an informal meeting of the executive committee of the Republican state central committee, Secretary Whitney notified Mr. Rosing that if Gov. Lind desires to contest Gov. elect Van Sant’s title title to the office to which he has been regularly and duly elected, no technical objection will be raised by the committee, but that the committee will have nothing to do with his scheme for a partial recount. Damaged During Initiation. Clinton, Iowa, Nov. 28. — Joseph Burke of this city has begun an ac- tion which contemplates damages for injuries alleged to have been received on the evening of Dec. 15, 1898, when he was initiated into the Modern Woodman camp at Charlotte. In his petition Mr. Burke makes no reference to the Modern Woodman camp, but, instead, brings the suit against Chas. W. Beeby, Martin Dolan and Michael Hines, who, it is understood, are mem- bers of the Charlotte Woodman camp and took part in the initiatory cere- monies. Lost Fishermen Found. Duluth, Minn., Noy. 28.—Two fisher- men, R. L. Francis and John Irwin, who have been missing for two weeks and who had been given up as lost in the lake near Isle Royale, have been found. They were located by a passing vessel, strended in a small cove on the island. The men had a small boat, but were unable to leave on account of a heavy sea. Their only food for ten days had been fish. Both have homes in Duluth and were employed by the Booth Packing company. Death Sentence Commuted. Boise, Idaho, Noy. 28.—The board of pardons ccmmuted the sentence of a Chinaman named Yee Wee, sentenced to be hanged for murder, whose con- viction was brought about by a written statement translated in court as a con- fession. His attorney subsequently had the Chinese legation at Washing- ton translate the statement which placed a different construction upon it and saved him from the gallows. Will Manage the Treadwell Mine, Helena, Mont., Nov. 28.—Joseph Mac- Donald, manager of the '’Frisco Con- solidated mine, has been made man- ager of the Treadwell mine on Douglas island, near Juneau, the greatest gold producer in America. Mr, MacDonald was for years manager of the great Helena-'Frisco mine in the Coeur d'Alene, which he made one of the great dividend payers of the West. Mr. MacDonald exnects to leave Gem, Idaho, for Alaska about Decy 15. Capital Stock Increased. Milwaukee, Noy. 28.—The sharehold- ers of the Wisconsin Telephone com- pany, a branch of the Erie Telephone company, held a meeting and increased the capital stock of the company from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000. Of the $2,000,- 300 increase $1,000,000 will be expended on the underground system in Milwau- kee. The Erie Telephone company was represented by its secretary, George B. Perham of Lowell, Mass. Greeks and Catholics Fight. Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 28.—A fight be- tween a Roman Catholic and a Greek at Wilkeson developed into a pitched battle with 200 Greeks against as many Roman Catholics, the fighters on both sides being coal miners. Clubs and iron bars were used and several heads were broken, Finally revolvers were brought into use and bullets caused the mob to flee. No one was killed, Smallpox and Diphtheria. Wheatland, N. D., Nov. 28.—Three more cases of smallpox were sont to the pesthouse from the Fleming farm; total, 18. The first man was out yes- terday for the first time. Great satis- faction is expressed by all citizens at Maj. Fleming’s carefulness in confin- ing the pestilence. Two of the Green children died last week of diphtheria. Two houses are quarantined. North Dakota's Popular Vote. Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 28—The pop- ular yote of North Dakota, with all counties officially reported but one, gives McKinley 35,886, Bryan 20,500, with 700 votes for Woolley, 500 for Debs and 114 for Barker. The total vote of the state was nearly 58,000, 3,000 above the ante-election estimates. McKin- ley’s majority is safely above the 15,- 300 mark. Insures a Gift From Carnegie. Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 28.—The propo- sition to levy a tax to support a free public library was carried at a spe- Mal <lection. The result carried with it a gift of $50,000 from Andrew Carnegie, also the Young Men's Library associa- tion with 10,000 volumes and other property worth $40,000. Quarantine Against Smallpox. Winona, Minn., Noy. 28.—On account o£ the number of cases of chickenpox in the city strict quarantine measures have been established. The board of health of this city has had several meetings lately and it has been de- cided that all of the physicians shall observe the strictest measures. Several Times 2 Bignmist. Tiffin, Ohio, Nov. 28.—Edward Hol- den, charged with having been married twelve times and who, it is alleged, has nine wives living, was sentenced to the penitertiary for one year for big- amy om one of the counts. Outlaw’s Third Victim Dies, Helena, Mont., Nov. 28—Alex Beaver, who was shot at Logan by the des- perado who killed Sheriff Young at Springdale and seriously wounded Under-Sheriff Beeler, died at St, John’ ‘3 hospital. 3% THE CORNER IN CORN PRICE FOR NOVEMBER REACHES FIFTY CENTS. Phillips Makes Good His Promise to Run Corn Up to Fifty Cents—Am Advance of Almost Fifteen Cents in Four Weeks—Throush It AIL the Brilliant Young Speculator Keeps His Head—Has His Corner Cinched and Is in No Danger of Being Squeezed. Chicago, Noy. 28. — November corn touched 50 cents yesterday. It made an advance of 5 cents for the day, of 10 cents a bushel for the week, and almost. 15 cents within four weeks. Young Mr. Phillips sold what corn changed hands at that point; shorts did the bying that advanced the mar- ket to the 50-cent quotation. The 5 cents advance over the close of last week made the day the notable one so far of the campaign. A roar and a cheer gave notice of the half- dollar achievement, and there was a flocking toward the already crowded corn pit from all over the floor. The tip-top figure was made in the first hour, November starting at 46 cents, Selling between 46 and 50 cents, and closing at 49 cents. The slight final recession was, like the’ others which have been experienced, brought about by selling by the bull leader. The man with the corner in the hol- low of his hand is apparently not ready to let it get away from him. He has watched the speculative careers of other men with corners and believes: the most of them lost beoause of their greed to extort the last penny. All the morning the little corn king stood on the edge of the pit and watched the ebb and flow of the battle. Whenever the clamorous “shorts” howled up the price in the face of unresponsive takers he pushed to the front of the line and let out more corn. Fooled the Dealers. Some of the dealers thought the juvenile-lcoking speculator was in straits and was running to wind up his string. They jumped on the mar- ket and tried to sell corn at 471-2. Phillips turned instantly from seller to buyer, from bear to bull, and snapped up every man who was offering to shade the price that he was making. The decline stopped at once. Phillips showed to the corn pit that he was its master; that he could regulate it at will, The fellows who tried to get some of the corn king’s money in the delusion that he was wea ng are now wondering where a will get off on Friday. The closing price was 49 cents, a reaction due to Phiniow buy- ing Phillips’ conduct won him great praise. Few men have been able to keep a cool head under like circum- stances He parted with 200,000 bush- els, about one-tenth of his holdings. He bought 100,000 when the bears tried to drag him off his pedestal. He made $30,000. Apparently he is going to keep the settling price around 50 cents. If the shorts are meditating a coup on the last day they may wake up and find that Phillips has closed out his line. He claims now that he eannot be squeezed whatever may hap- pen. So long as he geeps on selling more than he buys and holds the mar- ket down to 50 cents he is seemingly too nimble to be crowded off the mar- ket with his corner. SWEPT BY STORMS. Great Damage to Property and Much Los of Life. Chicago, Noy. 28.—Storms, which set in Saturday and continued through Sunday and _ yesterd have done much damage in the East and South- east, and grave apprehensions are felt in many scctions that the worst is not yet. The scope of the storms has been from the northern New England coast to Kentucky, including the east- ern portions of the great lakes region. Several lives are reported lost from causes directly traceable to the storms. Many rivers are rising rapidly in New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, driving peo- ple in the lowlands from their homes and threatening great destruction of property and life unless the freshets speedily cease. Much damage has been done to telegraph and telephone wires. Flood Warnings Given, Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 28—Warnings have been sent to residents of lowlands in the river valleys urging precaution- ary protection against high water. A flood stage of from twenty to twenty- five feet is expected here and the rain continues. Railroad Ruined. Guyandotte, W. Va., Nov. 28.—The flood in the Guyandotte river has al- most ruined the track of the new Guyandotte Valley railway, built to Salt Rock, a distance of eighteen miles. Chemung River Rising. Elmira, N. ¥., Nov. 28. — The Che- mung river here is rising fast and fears are entertained that it may overflow, its banks, Newton creek burst over its bank, and the police and firemen are working like beavers in the eastern part of the city in assisting residents from their homes in boats. Piers Swept Away. Lorain, Ohio, Noy. 28.—The east gov- ernment pier is going rapidly, and the indications are that Lorain, as a har- bor, will not be on the map if the storm continues. Over 1,000 feet of the pier has been swept away completely, and the northeaster is threatening the west pier, the lighthouse and | light. Hinton, W. Va., Nov. 28, — There have been various’ reports about bridges on the Chesapeake & Ohio be- ing washed out and trains running into the river with all on board lost. There is nothing in any of these reports. Alt the trains are accounted for either at Alderson of White Sulphur Springs, and the passengers on the delayed trains are being entertained at the hotels in the best possible manner. While none of the bridges are washed out, yet the road has suffered much damage for a aiaie re of ae three a ee, —s de ona b ERSTE