Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 8, 1900, Page 7

€ sage AN INTRICATE LAND CASE. Northern Pacific Company, a Loan Agency, and Many Involved, The land office people at Fargo have case that is about as bad as the pig- in-the-clover puzzle. A rehearing has bzeen ordered, in which there are about a dozen people, the Northern Pa- cific Railway company and the Fargo Loan agency involved. The land is in Sargent county, and lies within the in- demnity belt of the Northern Pacific, and was included in its selections of April, 1883. Prior to the selection, Mr. Enoch Patterson made a pre-emption declaratory statement. The company appealed. To further complicate mat- ters, the local land office officials al- lowed Peter Backstrom to file on the land, in 1895, as a homestead. Back- strom's claim and that of the railroad company cculd be adjusted, but for the fact that the Fargo Loan Agency got in the game with a declaration that the Northern Pacific had sold the land jn question, ‘n 1885, to Hans Nyberg, and that in 1887 Nyberg disposed of his in- terests to P. P. Malterud. In 188 Mait- erud sold the land to Nils Nilson, who, in 1£92, sold itto Peter Backstrom, who homesteaded the property in 1895, to make sure of his rights. The puzzle is the more insanity-pro- ducing from the fact that in 1887, while Malterud cwned the property, he mort- gaged it to the Fargo Loan agency. The agency assigned the mortgage to E. S, Ettenheimer, who foreclosed in 1896, when the land was purchased un- der the foreclosure by the loan agency, which now claims a clear title under that transaction. It is also charged that Backstrom knew of the mortgage when he purehased the land, and as- sumed it. But later, it is claimed, he made the homestead entry to defeat the mortgagee, and that his entry was not in good faith. The loan agency asks that Back- strom’s entry be canceled and the land revert to the Northern Pacific, so that the company can secure a patent and perfect a title. The matter will come up for hearing soon, and the lawyers say it is one of the most badly-mixed- up cases ever known in the state, AGES OF PEOPLE. Average Rate Paid According to In- spections of State Labor Bureau. The state labor bureau has com- pleted a table showing the average wage earnings of the working people of the state for the years 1899 and 1900. The reports for 1900 are more complete than those for 1899, because the former year witnessed the first attempt to se- cure wage stics, and employers were chary about giving the facts. The statistics for 1899 show 42,767 male and 5,649 female wage earners in the establishments inspected, a total of 48,416. For 1900 the total number . of which of wage earners was 66, 57,105 were. males, and 581 females. pere age of female employes in- creased from 11.66 per sent of the to- tal in 1899 to 14.71 per cent in 1900, and this has a marked effect upon the wage schedule, which shows an in- crease in the number of employes in each class under $9 per week, a de- crease in the percentage earning more than $9 and less than $20 per week. This is ascribed altogether to the wo- men wage workers. The percentage of employes earning more than $20 per week has increased from 3.71 to 4.92. The following table shows the percentage of employes earning the wages mentioned: Wages. Under $3.......-. Under $5 Under $6. Under $7. Under $8.. Under $9. Under $10. Under $12 Under $15 Under $18. Under $20. Over $20. CASS LAKE’S WINTER BOOM. Acting Agent Mercer Lets Extensive Contracts. “Dead and down” logging on the Cass Lake, Leech Lake and Winnibi- goshish Indian reservations is now un- der ets to cut on all forty-acre tracts where there is deemed to be a sufficient quantity of the “dead and down” to come within the pro- visions of that law have been let with- in the past few days by Acting Indian Agent Mercer at the Leech Lake agency. Among those who have se- eured large contracts are Thomas Shevlin of Minneapolis, T. B. Walker, Akeley ‘Lumber company, Warren & Fairbanks and several others. Each of these is being sublet to smaller loggers, among whom are George Lydick, George Galbraith and William Demp- sev of Cass Lake and Sam Hunter of Minneapolis. The subcontractors are hiring men and establishing their camps. It is estimated that 30,000,000 feet of pine will be cut this winter in the im- mediate vicinity of Cass Lake, and that there will be at least a dozen camps established in close proximity to that place. As a consequence of the proposed logging operations Cass Lake has taken on a second boom and there are a large number of people coming in daily looking for locations to go into busiress. It is estimated that nearly a thousand men will be em- ing the winter. Destroyed by Fire, Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 4. — The entire plant of the Chattahoochee Brick com- pany was destroyed by fire except the stockade where several hundred con- victs are kept. The loss is $60,000, partly insured. Hackmen to Fight Ordainance. La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 4.—The hack- men of this city propose to fight an ordinance recently passed by the coun- cil which provides that they shall not be stationed’ on been the custom. the streets as has WHAT IT COST THEM. Campaign Expenses of Candidates for State Offices. St. Paul, Dec. 5.--Nearly all the cer- tificates of election expenses required by law to be filed with the secretary of state have been submitted. The affi- davits filed by the candidates are as follows: State officials: Lyndon A. Smith, lieutenant governor, $482.14; Loren W. Collins, justice supreme court, $1,050; C. J. Start, chief justice supreme court, $1,26850; J. G. Miller, railway commission, $1,315.55; P. M. Ringdal, railway commission, $731.33; H.-C. Kcerner, treasurer of state, $32: J. J. Hebbard, railroad commission, $125.50; E. G. Wallender, lieutenant governor, $99.50; Edward Kriz, gov- ernor, $85.77; C. F. Staples, railroad commission, $1,187.25; S. M. Owen, rail- road commission, $150; Julius H. Block, state treasurer, $1,600; M. B. Mills, railread commission, $1,275.39; P. BE. Harson, secretary of state, $1,346.8 W. B. Douglas, attorney general, $851.50. Congressional candidates: M. I. Matthews, $290.66; S. D. Works, $7! Henry Mielson, $216.64; Page Morris, $675. MAN’S HEAD ON THE PILOT. Gruesome Spectacle Presented to a Northwestern Engincer. Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 5. -- AS a freight train on the Chicago & North- western pulled in a horrible sight met the eyes of the engineer. Upon the cowcatcher he found a man’s head and a hat hanging to the pilot. The rest of the body was: found about forty rods south of Hanlontown, sixteen miles north of here. The last seen of the man was Saturday evening when he left the house. It is not known wheth- er he was drunk or had tried to cross the track, but the former is generally believed. The man was working with a threshing outfit near Hanlontown. His name was Carl Meckenberg. MUTUAL SURPRISE. Burglar Shoots and Wounds a Car. ver Man. Carver, Minn., Dec. 5.--An attempted burglary occurred here in which John Planckner, an employe of the Carver ereamery, was seriously wounded in the left arm. Mr. Plackner was going to go out the engine room door to get wood to start the furnace fire. At the same time the burglar was about to enter the same door. Neither one was aware of the other’s presence ‘until the door was opened. At once the burglar fired one shot, then turned and fled over the hills. The bullet inflict- ed an ugly wound, and may prove seri- ous. No trace of the burglar. DRIVE Young Woman's Contemplated Mar- riage Is Frevented. Royalton, Minn., Dec. 5. -- Tracy Kuter of Buckman is a maniac be- cause, it is alleged, her parents ob- ject to her marrying the man of her choice. She has been engaged to Ho- bert Kusterman for two years, and they were soon to be married, but her parents objected. It is necessary to guard the girl to keep her from de- stroying the furniture and injuring herself. She will likely be taken to the asylum at Fergus Falls. DEAD FROM GRIEF, INSANE. Broken-hearted Daughter Follows Her Mother to the Grave. Anoka, Minn., Dec. 5.--The body of Miss Emma Anderson, nineteen years old, daughter of T. B. Anderson of Cass Lake, was brought to Anoka for interment. Three weeks ago her moth- er died and left.a husband and two daughters. They both greatly missed their mother and took her death ex- ceptionally hard. Emma refused to be comforted, grew worse eoch day, and died of a broken heart. The other daughter is critically ill. BODIES TURNED TO STONE. Surprising Discovery Made in a Cemetery at Ely. Ely, Minn., Dec. 5. -- Many of the people in this city who have friends and relatives buried over in the old burying ground south of town have been engaged in removing them to the new cemetery east of the city during the last week, and very much to their surprise some of them have discovered that there have been several instances of petrification. In two instances in particular this work has gone on to a marked degree. A FATAL COON HUNT. Anderson Killed by a Fall Over a Cliff Below Afton. Stillwater, Minn.; Dec. 5.--Fred An- derson fell over a cliff one mile below Afton Saturday anl his dead body was founl later by a searching party. He went coon hunting, and not returning, the entire neighborhood began to hunt for him and kept up the search until the body was found. He was twenty- two years old and single. The coro- ner proncunced death due to accident. Fred Washburn, Wis., Dec. 4.—The three men who discovered the body of George Furbush were taken into cus- tody by the sheriff. There was no evidence to hold them and they will be released. The post mortem exam- ination showed the bullet entered from the right side instead of the left. Not- withstanding the position in which the body was found the general impression is that Mr. Furbush committed sui- cide. Alleged Safe Crackers Held. Princeton, Minn., Dec. 5.--The pre- lMminary hearing of George McGinnis and Harry Ray, charged with cracking a safe at Fosston, this county, resulted in their being bound over to the grand jury. Bail was fixed at $500 each. Caused Instant Death, Fond du Lac, Wis., Dec. 5. -- By the breaking of a rope holding one end of a scaffolding on the Reinig bleork two men, painters, were hurled a dis- tance of forty feet to the stone walk below, causing instant death. It Mean! a Move. “That is what I call a moving ap- Peal,” said Tenspot to Gazley. “You call what a moving appeal?” | “This rote from my landlord telling me that I must vacate because of non- payment of rent.” Py The Chinese Almanac Predicts the weather, and notes the days which dre considered lucky or otherwise for commencing any under- taking, or for applying remedies to dis- eases. A lucky day is not necessary when Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is taken for constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver or kidney troubles. It will cure all these disor- ders. Taking No Chances. “Now, see here,” said the Adirondack guide, “I want you to understand that yeu are never to get twenty feet away from me. Keep right up close, and don’t: you to wonder off. See?” “But why this peculiar caution?” in- quired the man who was out after big game. “Well,” said the guide, shortly, “I'm young and I’ve got too big a family de- pending on me, to be mistaken for a deer.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Best for the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CASCARETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C, stamped on it. Be- ware of imitations. aking Sure. First Lady (off for a journey)—I hope we've got the right train. Second Lady—I asked _ seventeen trainmen and ninety-three passengers if this train went to Blankville, and they all said yes; so I guess we're all right—New York Weekly. There Is a Clasx of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. In the Saburbs. Joy radiated from the suburbanite’s every lineament as he passed the cigars. “It’s a heifer!” he cried estatically, The-neighbors were not taken coin- pletely by surprise. They had observed the lights burning all night, in his barn. —Puck. You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free. Write today to Allen S. Olmsted. Roy, N. Y., for a free sample of ‘Allen's ry Foot-Ease, a powder. It curessweating, damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new or tight shoes easy, A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it; 25c, The Sporting Man's Joke. ‘Walker—The bride was quite a popu- lar girl, wasn’t she? Watkinson—Yes, indeed. The Even- ing Scarifier sent its sporting man to report it. He printed a list of rejected lovers half a column long under the heading, “Among Those Who Also Ran.”—St. Louis Dispatch. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All aruggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c. Most of the mummied Egyptians ap- pear to be hard cases, - Courtship may be bliss, but marriage sometimes blisters. IT CAME FROM FRANCE. ity Is Not Really an After All, Accord- delphia Gardener. The American Beauty, hailed all over the country as the real American flow- er, is not an American bloom at all, ac- cording to the head gardener of Horti- cultural Hall, Philadelphia. Of-it he says: “The American Beauty was discover-~ ed in France. A Washington florist saw one in a private collection, bought it for $1 and propagated it in the United States. He gave it its present name and really introduced it in this country, where its vogue is still im- mense. It is really the queen of roses; its odor, its beautiful red, its symme- try and its long life makes it a great favorite. It is an uncertain rose, how- ever; no one can tell when it will bloom, nor in what quantities. That and the long stems demanded, which destroy the bushes, account for its high price.” au looking young and save your hair, its color and beauty with Parker's Hatr Batsax. HixNDERCORNs, the best cure for corns. 15cts. Crushed. They were engaged. But they quar- reled and were too proud to make it up. Both were anxious to make peo- ple believe that they had entirely for- gotten each other. He called a few days ago, at her father’s house to see the old gentle- man—on ktusiness, of course. She an- swered the front door belt. Said he: “Ah, Miss Jepkin, I believe. Is your father in?” “No, sir, at present. persorally?” “I do,” was his response, feeling that she was yielding; ‘‘on very particular personal business. And he _ furned proudly to go away. “I beg your pardon,” she replied; “pa is not in Do you wish to see him she called after him, a: he reached the lowest step, “but who shall I say called?’—An- swers, Baseball players: Golf players; all play- ers chew White's Yucatan whilst playing. Holidays for Danish Boys. There is a pretty custom in vogue in Denmark. During the summer holidays an arrangemc¢t is made by which little Danes from town and country change places. The parents of town children send their little folks off to the coun- try and receive in exchange country children. The result is that the town children are strengthened nd glad- dened with country air and sights, while the little rustics enjoy the pleas- ures of town life and the festivals which are for their benefit. This ex- change system results in 10,000 children from Copenhagen getting a country holiday and another 10,000 are bright- ened up by a visit to the Danish cap- ital. It requires no experience to dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Simpiy boiling your goods in the dye is all that’s necessary. A Tactical Blunder. “Has Mr. Goodcatch been to see you lately?” asked the girl in the pale blue taffeta shirt waist. “Not since a week ago last night,” replied the girl in pink. “He said our parlor was so brilliantly lighted it hurt his eyes. “And didn’t you tell him to turn down the gas?” “No; I didn’t think of that.” “Well, that’s precisely where you dropped your watermelon.” Piso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as acough cure.—J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Ave, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900, No Room There. “What is meant by the expression: “The worm will turn?” “Pessibly that the worm doesn't live in a flat.'"Philadelphia Press. 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Lynch, 324 South Division street, Grand Rapids, Mich., writes: The Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen:—<«I earnestly recommend Peruna to any suffering women as it cures quickly. nothing seemed to cure. than all the doctors seemed to da. I had a most persistent cough which Two bottles of Peruna did more for me In a couple of weeks I found myself in excellent health, and have been enjoying it ever since. Hence I look on Peruna as a true friend to women.” Chronic Coughs and Colds Are Catarrhal Diseases. Catarrh Is the Continual Scourge of Christendom. Catarrh hovers ominously over every city, and nestles treacherously in every hamlet. It flies with vampire wings from country to country and casts a black shadow of despair over all lands. Its stealthy approach and its lingering stay makes it a dread to the physician and a pest to the patient. It changes the merry laugh of child- hood to the wheezy breathing of croup, and the song of the blushing maiden to the hollow cough of con- sumption. In its withering grasp the rounded form of the fond wife and mother becomes gaunt and spectral, and the healthy flush of manhood turns to the sallow, haggard visage of the invalid. Cough takes the place of conversa- tion, speech gives way to spitting, the repulsive odors of chronic catarrh ‘poison the kiss of the fondest lovers, and thickened membranes bedim sight, impair hearing and - destroy taste. MRS. F. J. LYNCH. Like the plague-stricken Egyptiens a cry of distress has gone out from every household, and the mildew of woe clings to every hearthstone. Catarrh in some form, catarrh i= some stage lurks as an enemy in the slightest cough or cold and finishes its fiendish work in heart disease and consumption. No tissue, function, or organ of the body escapes its ravages; muscles wither, nerves shatter, and secretions dry up under its blighting presence So stubborn and difficult of cure is this disease that to invent a remedy to cure chronic catarrh has been the ambition of the greatest minds in all ages. Is it therefore any wonder that the vast multitude of people who hare been cured of chronic catarrh by Pe- runa are so lavish in their praise of this remedy? That the discovery of Peruna has made the cure of catarrh a practical certainty is not only the testimony of the people, but many medical men declare it to be true. As a drug store in this age of the world is incomplete without Peruna, it can be obtained anywhere with d@i- rections for use. A complete guide for the prevention and cure of ca- tarrh and all diseases of winter, sen® free by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. Joseph Branning, Medford, Minn., draft evener; Charles F. Haglin, Min- neapolis, Minn., mold; Henry Kugler, Fergus Falls, Minn., draft equalizer; Amund A. Lerbakken, Carlisle, Minon., tongue tip; John McCeugh, Pierre, S. D., mowing or grain cutting machine; John H. O’Brien, Nasby, S. D., whim; Samuel F. O'Leary, St. Paul, Minn., bottle; Ernest Rubbert, Minneapolis, Minn., elevator door. Lothrop & Johnson, patent attorneys, 911 & 012 Pioneer Press Bldg., St. Paul, Minn, Had Him Secure, In St. Paul’s the other day a guide was showing a gentleman around the tombs. “That, sir,” said the man, “his the tomb of the greatest naval ‘ero Eu- rope or the world ever knew—Lord Nelson’s. This marble sarcoughogus weighs forty-two tons. Hinside that his a steel receptable weighing twelve tons, and inside that is a leaden casket ’ermetically sealed, weighing over two tons. Hinside that is a mahogany cof- fin holding the ashes of the great ’ero.” ,.Well,” said the Yankee, after think- ing a while, “I guess you’ve got him. If ever he gets out of that cable me at my expense.” wamicted with! Thompson’s Eye Water. sore eyes, use 2 FeO CURE FOR ns To W. C. T. U. Workers ‘with unselfish devotion pouring your jrodest ono tothe lap of agreat, helpful, mea) Roble women, send for detatis of Ot 60 THE waitin 7 to 17 West 13th St., New Form Half Fare Pius $2.00. To nearly all points in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, Canadian Northwest, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indian Territory, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North and South Carolina, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wash- ington and Wyoming via the Chicago Great | Wester Tickets on sale November 20, Decer 4 and 18, 1900. No tickets less $9.00. Children half rates. 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