Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 22, 1900, Page 2

&. C. Kiley T J. Austed, KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Publishers. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA, Of the 46,988 deaths which occurred in Paris for the year 1890, no less than 12,314, hence about one-fourth, were dué to consumption; 37.2 per cent of these persons died between the ages of 1 and 20, 60.2 per cent between those of 20 and 40. An Alabama geologist who has been prospecting: in the nelghborhood of Decatur says he has found unmistak- able traces of gold and phosphate within fifteen miles of the city named. He refuses to divulge the exact loca- tion, as he is operating for the pur- chase of the lands and the organization ef a stock company. Workman digging a ditch near Round Prairie, in Logan county, O., have just uncovered one of ‘the finest and best preserved mastodon skele- tons yet found in that state. Unfor- tunately they damaged one of the en- ormous tusks before they knew what it was. The tusk is nine feet in.diam- eter at the socket end. The castle in which Oswald d@’Aur- mene, a Belgian artist, has offered Mr. Kruger a home was built by monks 309 years ago as a convent. It has had a varied career, a former owner having entertained royalty in it, and was bought only a few years ago by M. d’Aurmene, who is wealthy, and re- stored all the old splendor, besides in- stituting all modern conveniences and comfor Fre slopes of Vesuvius have brought to light a vast edifice, 24 rooms of which have been disinterred, and the walls of which are covered with frescoes of a date anterior to Pompeii and of great beauty. The director of the Berlin Museum is on the spot, and it is re- ported that the Kaiser has offered £100,000 for the “find.” Several of the European general staffs are studying the feasibility of or- £2 g special corps something after the Boer model, The principal difficul- ty lies in the limited supply of horses at the command of the various govern- ments, with the exception of Russia. The last equine census im that country s stated to have shown considerably more than 10,000,000 horses fit for war ourposes, Lorney L. Salley, a 70-year-old vet- eran of the civil war living at Free- port, Ind., received a pension of $25 per month and applied for an increase to $40. There was some irregularity in his affairs,and these were discovered when his application was considered. The result was that his entire pension y. The old man brocd- ed over the matter and began to fail rapidly. He absolutely refused all food for weeks, and died on Thanksgiving day, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reicke of Califor- nia are in charge of a signal station on the brow of a lofty peak in the Sierra da mountains, where they keep a arp lookout, field glass in hand, for & “fires which might‘ break out in the snowsheds that skirt the railroad | through the rocky Wilds. If a small f flame should pass unnoticed for an hour the whole chain of sheds might be consumed and the tracks endan- gered. The woman watches by day and the husband by night. A frank and somewhat artless state- ment of what is being done in the line of burning the farms of the Boers is made by a correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette at Johannesburg. This enterprising person wishes to form a company to buy up the farms of the Boers and sell them to English settlers, The properties can be bought for a mere trifle. The reason why, as given by this speculative correspondent, is instructive. When the Boer prisoners of war return they “will find in nine vases out of ten that their homesteads have been burned down and scarcely a head of stock leit.” They will be des- titute and their only hope of subsis- tence will be in the sale of their land for whatever a speculative company may choose to give. If there were no such things as time locks a Presbyterian church at Mount Joy, Pa., would be $8,700 richer than it is. Rev. David Conway, while pastor, was thrown from his carriage last year and fatally injured. Knowing that death was near he made a will leav- ing $5,000 to the church, but learning that under state law bequests must be made thirty days before death he signed an order on a local bank giving to the church $8,700 worth of bonds he had on deposit. This was in the even- ing, and as the bank vaults were pro- tected by a time lock the bonds could The Vievati.-Beview. |STRUNG UP TO TREE. NEGRO MURDERER IS LYNCH! BOONEVILLE, IND. Mob of One Hundred Men Quietly Enters the Town and, Upon Being Refused Admittance to the Jail, Batters Down the Wall and Se- cures the Prisoner—Hanged to 2 Tr2e in the Jail Yard—Lynchers Depart as Quietly as They Came. Booreville, Ind., Dec. 19.—John Rolla, the third of the colored men implicated in the murder of Hollie Simons, was hung to a tree in the court house yard by a mob of about 100 men from Rockport at 6:30 o’clock last evening. Not a shot was fired and everything was conducted as quietly as if the execution had been one under the sanction of the law. Rolla was brought to this place yes- terday afternoon about 4 o'clock in charge of Sheriff Anderson of | Rock- port. Upon his arrival he was placed in a cell on the second floor of the jail, and his presence was known only to a few citizens. A few minutes af- ter 6 o'clock a body of 100 men marched through the principal streets of the town To the Jail and Demanded that the prisoner be turned over to it. Sheriff Eenjamin Hudson was out of town, and his deputy, Raymond Cher- ry, was in charge of the jail. He de- clined to give up the keys, and the members of the mob at once began to batter down the walls of the jail with a telegraph pole, which was handled ‘by a dozen or more men. As soon as a hole was made large enough to ad- | mit the body of a man six members of the mob crawled through and with | sledge hammers broke down the door | of Rolla’s cell. Inside the jail the negro could hear the sounds of the telegraph pole as it bore its.way inch by inch through the wall, and he lay | upon the floor of his cell in an agony | of fear. When the men reached his cell he protested his innocence in loud tones, begging pitifully now and then to be spared. Little time was used in Breaking Into the Cell. and in the twinkling of an eye the thoroughly terrorized colored man was in the hands of the men, who pro- ceeded to place a rope around his neck. All left, crawling out of the hole they had made, dragging the negro out with them, A few minutes only was consumed in the march to the jail yard, where the rope was thrown | over the limb of a tree and a hun- dred willing hands puled at the rope and sent his body flying into the air. The loose end of the rope was tied to a tree, and as soon as the members of the mob were sure their work had been completed they left in an orderly manner. None of the mob wore masks, and to all appearances men in every station of life took part in the lynching. TREATY. | a Upon by the | e: Sennte, | Vaskington, Dec. 19. — Just before adjourning late yesterday afternoon the senate gave its consent to the fixing of a definite time to vote upon the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Senators Money and Mason had occupied the time of the executive session in mck- ing Spceches upon the iccat¥, Sud when Mr. Mason, who was ‘the last speaker, concluded, Senator Lodge re- newed his request to take a vote next Thursday. Ng voice was raised in op- Position and the unanimous agree- ment was recorded. The unt nd- ing is that the voting shall begin on the amendments at 3 o’cleck and that the senate shall continue in session until the first vote on the treaty itself is reached. Senator Money's speech was a flat | protest against the entire proceeding in connection with the treaty. He talked | for two hours, contending for the right of the United States to act in this mat- ter independently of other nations. | He said the conditions had changed greatly since 1850, when the Clayton- Bulwer treaty was made, and added | that while the interest of Great Brit- | ain in constructing a canal across the isthmus and in maintaining its neu- trality had dimiished greatly because of thé construction of the Suez canal, the interest of the United States in an isthmian canal had been vastlyen- hanced because of growing trade and our newly acquired possessions in the Orient. Senator Mason spoke in support, of his suggested amendment authorizing the United States to defend the canal as it seemed proper in case it con- structs the canal. He presented the arguments in support of our right to defend the waterway in concise and forcible terms, and received careful attention. Time Is SIX-HOUR DAY FOR MINERS. National Organizer Says It Will Be Obtained Withoat Sticking. , because the ' ly be made public. Heavy Fighting on the Orang Reever. London, Dec. 19.—The Evening Stan- BP ae dard says ‘that fighting began yester- day between the British and 1,500 Boers who were stopped recently from going ‘south. They were surrounded at Orange river and after several ‘hour’s fighting were defeated with very heavy losses. The Boers reported defeated are believed to be part of Dewet's commando, The Boer gener- al had 3,000 men with him when he made the break for freedom at Thatsa N’Chu, and, according to the dis- patches, though he escaped, part of his forces were not -so fortunate. With their lines of escape to the north blocked they probably doubled south only to run into a British column near Orange river. Dewet’s force was twice repulsed before it broke through the British lines in the neighborhood of Thaba N’Chu. In the third attack Dewet led in per- son. With a few determined men he charged and broke through the Brit- ish lines, the rest of the commando following. He was forced, however, to leave in the hands of the British a 15-pounder and fifteen wagons with ammunition and stores. Commandant MHaasbrock, with a commando and two guns, tried to get through Springkants nek, but was driven back, losing forty men. The Evening Standard is supposed to have special sources for war news, but its dispatches have not always been reliable. It is also suggested that as news of a British victory is badly reeded just now this alleged news would have been cabled immedi- ately to the war office. CALLS FOR CAVALRY. But It Will Be Ward te Supply Kitehener's Need. : London, Dec. 19. — Lord Kitchener hos sent an urgent request for 5,000 cavalrythen to be dispatched at once. He says that his present force is use- ‘less in the effort to suppress the Boers latter get around too } anickly for infantry to be of service in pursuit. It will be a difficult mat- ter to raise such a battery of cavalry on short notice, as the resources of the country are now pretty well employed in the South African campaign. There are more than 225,000 men in active service there. r BURNED BY INSURGE( NGTS, Part of the Village on the Island of Panay Destroyed. Manila, Dec. 19.—Dispatches just re- ceived from Iloilo, Island of Panay, say that the insurgents Saturday night burned a large part of the village of Cabatuan. Assistant Surgeon Fred- erick A. Washburn, Jr., of the Twen- ty-sixth volunteer infantry, with eigh- teen men, held the principal buildings. A strong wind was blowing at the time. The Americans sustained no casualties. The first political party under the Ameriean regime is in process of form- atior. Its principles have been em- bodied in a platform which will short- It is expected the principles of the platform give the fullest recognition to American sov- ereignty and also favor the greatest degree of native autonomy concerning insular affairs. Thirty rebels were captured in a suburb of San Pedro Macati, four miles from Manila by 25 men of the Twentieth infantry and 20 members osthomec!: police under Capt. supcrintendent of police. The force landed from small boats and surrounded the suburbs. Seventy prisoners weré captured. but only 30 were identified as insurgents. WOMAN FIGHGTS A BURGLAR. Gaines, Gs. As a Result of Her Desperate Strug- gle Sbe Is Not Expected ti Live. Chicago, Dec. 19—Miss Lilian Beatty, formerly of San Francisco, lies at the residence of Dr. E. Lyman Dennison, 5860 State street, hovering between life and death as the result of a terrible fight with a burglar last night. . For half an hour she fought him, unaided, struggling back and forth through three rooms, until loss of blood from her wounds sapped her strength. So hard was her fight that her clothes were torn and half a dozen of the chairs and a heavy operating table were overturned. During the scuffle the thief tried to chloroform the girl, and failing in that beat her with a heavy pair of shears. Then her strength failed and he beat her head against the floor until she became un- conscious. All he succeeded in getting was $50 worth of surgical instruments. Miss Beatty, who is~Dr. Dennison’s stenographer and private secretary, came to Chicago three months ago. Conference on Conciliation and Ar- bitration at Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 19—Men who in the past have been bitterly opposed to each other in industrial contests filled | Steinway hall at last night's session of the conference on conciliation and ar- | bitration which began here yesterday. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 19—At a trades | Both day and night sessions were tak- union mass meeting held here Fred Ditcher, national organizer for the United Mine Workers, made an an- nouncement of the aims and purpose of the organization here. few years,” he said, ‘the miners’ working day will be six hours. This we will accomplish without strikes. en up with papers read by representa- tives of capital and labor, looking to the same end—a cure for strikes, From the tone of the addresses it seemed “Within #/ plainly evident that both sides were vigorously opposed to compulsory arbi- tration, and if a recommendation on the subject of a national board re- There will be no strike in this region | suits from the present gathering the not be delivered till next morning. Be- fore that time Mr. Conway was dead. The banker held the securities pending a legal decision, which has just been given, to the effect that the bonds must be added to the estate and divided among Mr. Conway’s relatives, A market woman named Jacques, in trying to entrap a mouse in the fire- place of her lodgings in Paris, pulled out a loose brick behind which the mouse had sought refuge, and was as- tonished to find a parcel consisting of notes, cash and securities to the value of 40,000 francs. She at once took her find to the police station, and will be entitled to claim it in a year’s time unless the owner comes forward and proves his right to the fortune in the meantime Within half an hour of her discovery becoming known the Giuder had an offer of marriage. on April 1 next as a few of the agita- tors would have you believe. But when another strike does become nec- | essary we will be able to* call out ev- ery miner between Maine and Cali- fornia. At our January meeting in Indianapolis we will organize a wo- men’s auxiliary.” REFERENDUM IN COLORADO. Informal Popular Vote on United States Senate. Denver, Colo., Dec. 19.—The referen- dum method is being used in Colorado to determine which of. the two candi- dates for the United States senate is stronger with the people. The move- ment was started by a secret political organization. Advertisements were inserted in papers throughout the state requesting expression of whether Gov, Thomas or T, M. Patter- son should be elected, -_ recommendation will in all probability specify that all the board's work shall be along the line of voluntary arbi- tration. Prominent among the speak- ers were Franklin McVeagh, Henry W. Hoyt, president of the National | Founders association; Carroll D. Wright and Samuel Gompers. Purifying Paris, Paris, Dee. 19.—The work of purify- ing Paris, to which the police are giv- ing special attention in view of the abnormal criminal conditions follow- ing the close of the expcsition, con- tinues. There were 508 new arrests. Li Ailing Again. Berlin, Dec, 19.—A dispatch received here says that Li Hung Chang is suf- fering from influenzia. The dispatch opinion | denies that the dowager empress is. going to C Szechun, heng ‘Tu, province of " . I we » MRS. DAVIS THANKS THE PRESS. Widow of Minnesota’s Former Sena- tor Expresses Her Gratitude to Newspapers, St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 18.—Mrs. Anna Agnew Davis, widow of Senator Da- vis, said Saturday that in the grief and excitement attending her bereave- ment she had possibly omitted to acknowledge formally her gratitude to the public press. “I should like,” she said, “to publish a formal card of thanks to the press, if some papers did not look with disfavor upon such ‘cards.’ But I must declare how in- debted I am to all the hundreds, even thousands of newspapers that have displayed so appreciative and kindly a sympathy with my husband and so considerate a sympathy with me. These sentiments the senator either read or listened to as long as his mind remained clear. They sustained and comforted him in a remarkable de- gree. And I am sure that nothing could be more broad-spirited, just and generous than the eulogies which these newspapers published after his death, although many of the papers were politically opposed to his party. He could scarcely have hoped for this rare appreciation. It has touched me so that I wish to acknowledge my grat- itude on his behalf and my own.” FIRE AND DYNAMITE. Iowa Man Accused of Wrecking Threshing Machines. Grirnell, Iowa, Dec. 18.—One of the most remarkable cases on record is being tried in the district court at Belle Plaine. Yt is called the case of the State against William Peterson, charged with maliciously destroying property belonging to Tharp & Pitts. The latter ran several threshing out- fits in Benton county, and in some way, it is said, incurred the enmity of Peterson. Soon after this Tharp & Pitts lost one of their machines by fire, burred while standing alone in the field. A second machine was soon after destroyed in a more sensational manner. A_ stick of dynamite was concealed in a bundle ef grain and was fed into the machine. The ex- plosion wrecked the machine and the men had a narrow escape with their lives, A third attempt was made by putting stones in bundles of grain. BIG FIRE AT SHEBOYGAN. Immense Plant of Zschetzche & Son Destroyed. Sheboygan, Wis., Dec. 18.—The im- mense plant of Zschetzche & Son, tan- ners, was totally destroyed by fire. The cause of the fire is unknown. The flames, fanned by a high wind, scorched the big furniture plant of the Malcolm Manufacturing company ad- joining, whose loss will be s2veral thousand dollars. Mayor Born wired Milwaukee and Manitowoc fire depart- ments to hold themselves in readiness, a general conflagration in, the manu- facturing district being feared. The fire corps of a dozen factories lent aid and finally controlled the fire. Nearly 250 men will be thrown out of em- ployment and the plant may not be rebuilt. The plant was one of the largest in the state, covering an en- i tire block of ground, JUST LIKE WHITE FOLKS. Indians Use Gasoline for Kerosene Six Are Dead. Cannon Ball, N. D., Dec. 18.—An In- dian family, consisting of father, mother and four children, burned to death from an explosion of gasoline. Another family of father, mother and one child are frightfully burned and will probably dic. The Benton Trans- portation company last summer had five tanks of gasoline on the river bank at Bismarck awaiting a gasoline boat. The bank caved and all the tanks went into the river. One of them an Indian named War Bonnet (now dead) found and began selling its contents out to the Indians for kero- sene. He lit a match to fill a measure and an explosion followed. A woman and her four children were burned to a crisp. The house and contents were destroyed, HAD TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, Men Found Lashed to.an Overturned Yawl in Lake Miehigan. Manitowoc, Wis., Dec. 18. — The steamer Manhattan arrived here with W. A. Shields and William McAuley, lighthousekeepers on Squaw and the bodies of Mrs. Shields and her niece. Mary Davis. They were picked up Saturday afternoon in the lake where they were found lashed to an overturned yawl. They had been thus exposed since Friday, when they were capsized by a squall while sailing from the island to the mainland. Lu- cien Morden of Montague, Mich., was also an occupant of the boat when it capsized, and was drowned before he could be lashed to the overturned craft. The two rescued men are bad- ly frozen, and it is thought they may have to suffer amputation of the lower limbs, PLUNGE DOWN EMBANKMENT. Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 18.—News 1s received here that an engine, twelve cars and five men plunged down a fitty-foot embankment on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway near Murray, Iowa. John Dozle was killed and the four othe r men were badly hurt, two probably fatally. gave way when the train’s weight was upon it. chase of over 10,000 acres of govern- ment pine lands in the northern part of Idaho by a syndicate, of which Gov. Scofidd is the head, has been -com- pleted. The tract is a compact one in Shoshone county lying on the north York of the Clearwater river, a branch of the Snake river, which in turn runs into she Columbia. It is said to con- tain over 250,000,000 feet of white pine timber, and cost the purchasers in the neighborhood of $60,000. A sawmill will be built on the tract next year by the spnatete islan@,. A trestle | Matinctte, Wis., Dee. 18. — The pur- | THIEVES COMBINE. Officials Believe They Have Found a Syndicate of Burglars. Grinnell, Iowa, Dec. 18.—The private detectives of the Northwestern believe that they have discovered a gigantic thieving plot, and as a result Mat Herzog has been arrested at Toledo on the charge of being a fence for crooks who have beén operating along the Northwestern line, and other ar- rests will soon follow. The field of operations extended over a large por- tion of Iowa. Some time ago Herzog was arrested at Marshalltown, where he had been under surveillance for some time by the marshal and Tama county officials. The charge against him was that of receiving stolen goods. The grand jury quashed this particular charge, when he was immediately ar- rested again for being concerned in the larger criminal scheme. The de- tectives are of the opinion that Mur- ray and McCabe, the State Center burglars recently sent up, were mem- bers of this gang, as Herzog is known to have supplied these men with money while in jail. STOLEN POSTAL BAGS FOUND. Concealed in the Cellar of the Post- office at Kenosha, Wis. Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 18. — While searching among some old records in the cellar of the postoffice Postmaster Frantz found five mail bags partially filled with postal matter. An examina- tion of the bags showed that they had come into the Kenosha office more than a year ago. Two of them had been opened and the contents missing. The other three were filled with papers and Christmas packages. The depart- ment at Washington was at once no- tified of the find and the mail will be delivered as far as possible to-day. It is supposed that some of the former clerks in the postoflice put the bags in the cellar, which is not used by the postal authorities. No arrests have been made. POLICE LOOKING FOR ELOPERS. Father of the Girl Alleges She Is Only Fiftecn Years Old. Fargo, N. D., Dec. 18.—The police of this city are still looking for William Long dnd Bertha Whitner of Frazee, Minn., who are supposed to be in Fargo. The young woman's father al- leges that Long eloped with Miss Whitman and that she is only fifteen years of age. They were reported in Moorhead, but came across to Fargo for the purpose of getting married. The officials have been unable to lo- cate them. The father is very indig- nant over the clopement, fowing to the extreme youth of the bride. Diamonds and Money Stolen. St. Paul, Dec. 18.—The residence of Theo. L. Hays, manager of the Grand opera house, was entered by a sneak- thief Saturday evening and money and jewelry aggregating $1,500 were se- cured by the robber. Mrs. Hays has one of the richest collections of dia- monds in the Twin Cities, which is worth several thousand dollars, and consists of brooches, rings, earrings, neck chains of rare and costly design. It was only by a lucky chance that all of her gems were not taken, Big Sale of Land. Miller, S. D., Dec. 18.—Charles Crab- tree of this town has nearly closed a sale of 20,900 acres of land scattered over TIand céunty to a syndicate of New York capitalists. It is the pur- pose of the company to put settlers on the land and improve it. The East- ern buyers were here about six weeks ago and viewed much of the land and went away highly pleased. This deal will take the bulk of the cheap deed land of this section out of the market. Wool Thieves Plead Guilty. Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 18.—Robert and Albert Graham, sons of a promi; nent farmer living in this county, who several days ago ‘pleaded guilty in the state circuit court here to the charge of stealing a large quantity of wool from a neighboring farmer, have been sentenced by Judge Jones to six months each in the Sioux Falls peni- tentiary. The stolen wool was brought to Sioux Falls and an effort was made to sell it to a local dealer. Died as He Had Lived. Blue Earth, Minu., Dec, 18. — Jerry Corbett, one. of Faribault county's old- est pioneers, died here in a lonely abode suddenly, practically deserted and alone. During the latter part of his life he had made his living ped- dling, but he became so crippled that he could go from house to house no more, and died as he lived, alone in squalor. Hay $10 a Ton. Faribault, Minn., Dec. 18,—The farm- ers are finding 2 good market here for their hay and wood this winter. Good hay is'selling for $10 per ton and the best is scarce at that price. Con- siderable hay is betmg shipped tn. Wood is also bringing good prices. | Maple wood sells for $6 and $6.50, while oak brings $5. More Free Delivery Routes. Rush City, Minn., Dec. 18.—Routes Nos. 2 and 3, rural delivery, have been established, at Rush City, D. Macken- zie carrier, and Harry Stevens assis- tant carrier on No. 2, and C. J. Morton carrier, and William Taylor assistant carrier on No. 8. Rush City ‘has three flourishing routes. Forgers Rob. Portage, Wis., Dec. 18.—The office of the county clerk of Adams county, at Friendship, was robbed by burglars, and petitions favorable for the ac- ceptance of the Princeton & Wisconsin River railroad proposition to go through Adams county were stolen, It is claimed thet many signatures to the petitions were forged, and the forgers _who will co.amence litigation. zs < * have gone to Mankato, as the ‘company stole the petitions to hide the crime. Counsel has been retained by clients. | While t ; ‘broke PHS SHHSSSHHSHSH SHS OOOH OSH OOS OHHOOHHOOOHHOOOOOOD Shs td eda! News of the Northwest SSOSHSHHSHSHSHSHSOSOHSSHHHSHHHHHHOHHHHO HHH HHOHHOHE OH 4 he a aa e W. H. C. FOLSOM DEAD. He Took an Active Part in the Pie— neer Development of the North— west. Taylor's Falls, Minn., Dec. 19.—W. H« C. Folsom is dead at his home at this: place, aged eighty-three years, five months and twenty-eight day: He had a partial stroke of paralysis about six weeks ago, one side of the headi beihg affected, and since then had been: confined to his bed and unable to speak distinctly, although he took food and was conscious to the last. William Henry Carpenter Folsom was born June 22, 1817, at St. John N. B. He came to the St. Croix val- ley in 1845, and engaged in the saw- mill busiress at Point Dougie water, Arcola and St. Croix Falls. In 1850 he located at Taylor’s Falls, erect- ed the first frame building here, and engaged in the mercantile business. Then followed an active business ca- reer in which he was an extensive lumberman, sawmill operator, steam- boat builder, wagon manufacturer and merchant. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, Eleven-Year-Old Girl Finally Found’ at Mankato, Owatonna, Minn., Dec. eleven-year-old daughter of J. E. Shipman, traveling salesman for the North Star Boot and Shoe house of Minneapolis, disappeared mysteriously Saturday efternoon, and although dil- igent search was made for her all that night and Sunday, she was not located until yesterday morning, when she was found at the City hotel in Manka- to. She teok two grips with her and it seems a mystery why she should amily” 19. — The have no relatives in that place. RICH GOLD QUARTZ, Young Canadian Chemist Makes » Pheno nal Strike. Butte, Mont., Dec. 19.—A great gold strike has just been made at Virginia City, in Madison county, by C. A. Da- mours, a young chemist and mineral- ogist from Canada who ha lease and bond on an old quar known as the Kearsarge, which is cated at the head of the gulch. perts who have been permitted to spect Dainours’ find say that he h: million dollars’ worth of ore in s and that the indications are the est deposit of gold quartz in the world has been uncovered. AFTER A MISSING HEIR. Forty Thousand Dollars Is Waiting for Younxs Meacham. 2 Winona, Minn., Dec. 19.—L. H. Wil- cox of Louisiana, Mo., is here looking for a son of James Meacham, who, by his father’s death is heir to $40,000. It seems that Meecham wedded a Sparta girl eighteen years ago, as the result of a matrimonial advertisement, and lived with her a year until a son was: born, when he became tired of hem He then deserted her and a year later she died. Trace of the son has been lost. May Move to Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Dec. 19—It may be stated on reliable authority that the J. I. Case Threshing Machine: Company of Racine will remove its large plant either to Milwaukee or to some point adjacent so near as to be practically within the city. Richard T. Robinson, secretary of the company, is quated as athority for the statement that the company is so situated that it cannot enlarge its plant in Racine, and the being largely interested in other industries in this city that it is natural the plant should be moved to Milwaukee, Convicted of Grand Larceny. Forman, N. D., Dec. 19.—In the case of Mr. Perry and Wade Norton, tried for grand larceny, Perry was found guilty, but the Norton case has been continued over until next Monday, when it is expected to be completed. All the evidence for the state has been presented. Wade Norton is a boy of° eighteen and has been in jail here for three months awaiting trial. The court gave the boy a chance to pleud' guilty on a jail sentence, but he re- fused. ‘These men are charged with: stealing wheat and oats, Heart in the Wrong Place. Fargo, N. D., Dec. 19.—Lornie Tim- mins fell dead while skating. He w a fifteen-year-old boy and heart fail- ure was found to be the cause, His physical condition is said to have been remarkable in that his heart was on the right side instead of the left one. We recently made an effort to join the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium class, but was not permitted to do so because of the location of his heart. Refased a Franchise, Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 19. — Tue city council of Kenosha voted not to grant a fratichise to the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light company to build through the city. This action will block for the present the project of the company to complete its projected Mne between Milwaukee and Chicago. Killed Two Men. Milwaukee, Dec. 19.—A collision be- tween two parts of a broken freight train at South Milwaukee killed two and possibly three men, Two oil cars were wrecked and the arms and legs of two men were found in the wreck. Cut His Throat. Decorah, Iowa, Dec. 19.—A. H. Mead- er committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor in his barn at Mabel, Minn. He was helping his wife with the washing. He left her, | went to the barn and cut his throat. Two Meet Death in a Well. Miller, S. D., Dec. 19.—William Wise and William Haberling, both singte, the former 18 and the latter 24, were killed in a well they were % to th ©