Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 1, 1901, Page 3

| + i ry : ROCOPOH OSES OSHS OOO SOOOODOOOS $9 O99 0H0OHOHOOOHOS DOOHOHOOOSD BACK TO WASHINGTON. President Will Begin His Homeward ‘Trip To-day. San Francisco, May 26. — President Meck +} has completed his program in ths ity, having met every organiza- ‘tion included in the original schedule, and Mrs. McKinley's health has so far ‘improved that the president and his party will begin the return journey to the national capital at 10 a. m. to-day. ‘The president's public functions yester- day included a reception at the Scott resicence to the members of the for- eign ccnsular representatives of this city, a reception at the palace hotel by the Sons and Daughters of the Ameri- can revolution and the Loyal Legion and © review of the school children of Oakland. The president spent the evening quietly at the Scott residence, resting and superintending arrange- ments for his departure. WENT ASHORE IN A GALE. Crew of a Wrecked Schooner Res- cued With Difficulty, kee, . May 26. Milwe Wi Schooner C. H. Hackley, Capt. William — The Oertel, went ashore in a northeast gale off Port Washington at 12:45 yesterday afternoon. The Milwaukee life-saving crew w notified and at once went to the of the wreck with a big After considerable ex- the crew cued and brought back though the schooner is an wr . She broke in two on the under the pounding of the waves and her crew was hangmg to the rig- rly exhausted when the life- ne wrecking tug. ertion the six members of . AGAINST SECRET ORDERS. Presbyterians Would Shat sons Out of Heaven, vines, Iowa, May 26.—The im- topic yesterday before the resbyterian general assembly on of the creed in order to e that no member of any secret n be a member of the church. The matter was discussed for more than two hours but final discussion was postpuned till later in the session. The Masonic and Odd Fellows’ orders were special objects of attack, one delegate United ™ prov society goin. o far as to say he believed no member of a secret society could ever reach heaven. NOT TOO OLD TO LOVE. Groom of Seventy-Four and Sride One Year Younger. New Richmond, Wis., May 26. — Dr. Joseph Johnson of this city, one of the oldest practitioners of St. Croix county, and M Cc, Folsom, one of the pioneers of Polk county, were united in mar- riage in the Episcopal church in Star Prairie. The groom has passed his seventy-fourth milepost and the bride has seen seventy-three summers. New Gasoline Enzine. Howard, §. D., May 26.—Martin Hay- land, a blacksmith at Fedora, in the ‘western part of Miner county, has in- vented a gasoline engine which prom- ises to make his fortune and revolu- tionize light motive power. It is an engine with four cylinders arranged tandem, each automatically fed, com- pressed and exploded, the explosion timed to keep the piston head continu- ally under pressure of explosive force on both the forward and backward movement. Vicious Boy Sent to Jnit. Minn., May 26.—Fred Sher- €ar-old boy, was dealt severcly with in the municipal court. He had been stealing a ride on the Winona & Western train and was put off by Conductor McCoy. The boy threw a stone after the train and hit the conductor, who was standing on the rear platform. The boy was sent to the county jail for five days. Win man, a Makes a Fortane in Oil. Fort Dodge, Iowa, May 26. — Capt. Terrill of Belmond, who is the owner of 3.600 + land in the new Texas oil region, is one of the many who have struck it rich. He recently sold 400 acres for $4,000, or $210 per acre. On the remaining land he has just located and the prospects are be a millionaire before he a larve gush that he wi is through. Daylight Robbery. Waseca, Min., May 26.—A bold day- light robbery was committed in this city. Frank Preusser, who recently came here and bought a blacksmith shop, was held up and relieved of $180 in Fred Sebastian’s saloon. Shortly aftér a young man named E. G. Smith was arrested and a large part of the money has been recovered. Invades a Village. Minn., May 26. — A large d down one of the streets village Thursday, evidently y life safer amidst the haunts than roaming the wilds of county. He quietly jogged ™ Stepher of man Rosezu along until the village dogs got after ‘him. when he took to his heels. Nard Fizht With Fire. Duluth, Minn., May 26.—Fire broke out in the Mitchell & McClure lumber yard. and for a time the entire plant ~was in er of destruction. The en- tire department and several fire tugs fought the fire and held it down to a iss of about $5,000; fully insured. Unasuslly Varce Strawberry Crop. Winona, Minn., May 26.—The straw- berry crop in this vicinity will be un- usually large this year and will com- mence to come on the market the latter part of next week. The plants are at present in about as fine condition as ever krow ‘ Fourteen Million Feet of tors, Cass Lake, Minn., May 26—The drive of lors known as the McGuire drive, fas rrrived at the head of Cass Lake. In the drive are 1400,000 feet of logs which belong to the Nefls Lumber com- pany and whfch will be sawed here. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain ana Live Stock Markets. St. Paul, May 28. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 72 1-4@723-4c; No, 2 North- ern, 70 @ 703-4c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 41 3-2@42c; No. 3, 41@411-2c. Oats — No. 3 white, 28@29c; No. 3, 271-4 @ 27 3-4e. Minneapolis, May 28.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 741-4c; No. 1 Northern, 72 1-4c; No. 2 Northern, 70c. Corn. = No, 3 yellow, 411-2c; No. 3, 41c. Oats— No. 3 white, 271-2@281-2c; No. 3, 27@ 28c, Barley—Feed grades, 39@42c; malt- ing grades, 42@49c. Rye—No. 2, 49 1-2c; No. 3, 48 3-4¢. th, May 28.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 3 No. 1 Northern, 72c; No, 2 Northern 70c; No, 3 spring, 66c; to ar- rive, No. 1 hard, 771-4c; No. 1 North- 74 1-4 May, No. 1 Northern, No. 1 Northern, 74 1-4c; Sep- tember, No. 1 Northern, 70 1-4c; oats, 29@291-4c; rye, 51c;, flax, to arrive, cash and May, $1.70; September, $1 October, $1.30; corn, 411-2c; May, 42 Milwaukee, Wis., May 28. — Flour is higher. Wheat firmer; No. 1 North- ern, 75 1-2@76c; No. 2 Northern, 73@74c. tye lowe: 1, 541- 43-4c. Bar- ley quiet . 2, 57¢; sample, 40@51c. Oats lower: No. 2 white, 30@30 1-2c. Chicago, May 28—Cash Wheat—No. @ We; No. 3 red, 70 @ . 2 hard winter, 741-2075c; No. 3 hard winter, 731-2 @ 741- No. 1 Northern spring, 73 3-4@74 3-4¢e: No. 2 Northern spring, 73@74c; No. 3 spring, 70@731-2c. Corn—No. 2, 431-2@ 42@421-2c. Oats — No, 2, . 3, 28 1-2c. Iowa, May 28. — Cattle — 30; cows, bulls and $2.5004; stockers and feeders, fs calves and yearlings, $3.40@ . Hogs, $5.50@5.60; bulk, $5.52 1-2. Chicago, May 28. — Cattle — Good to prime steers, $5.30 @ 6; poor to medi- um, $4.25@5.20; stockers and feeder: $3 @ 5; cows and heifers, $2.85 @ 4. canners, $2.15@2.85: calves, $3.75@5; Tex- Sioux Cit: Beeves, $4, mixed, as steers, $3.25@5.40. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $5.65 @ 5.90; good to choice heavy, $5.80@5.921-2; rough heavy. light, $5.60@5.85; bulk of sales, $5.75@5.87 Sheep, $4.15@4.75; lambs, $4.10@5.: South St. Paul, May 28. — Cattle — Prime butcher steers, $5.15@5.50; good to choice, $4.50@5; fair to good, $3.75@ 4.25; common to fair, $3 25@3.60; prime butcher cows and heifers, $4.10@4.50: good to choice, $3.50@4: fair to good, $2@3.40; canners and cutters, $1 0; good to choice butcher bulls, $3@4; bologna bulls, $2@2.75, good to choice veals, $4.50@5; fair to good, $3.50@4.50; good to choice feeders, $3.75@4.35; fair to good, $3.2593.69; good to choice stock steers, $3.£0@4.25; fair to good, $3.15@ 3.40; ecmmon, $2@3; steer calves, $3.50 @4.25; good to choice heifers, $3.15@ 3.40; fair to geod, $2.75@3.10; common, $2@2.60; heifer calves, $2.75@3.25; good to choice milch cows, $35@40; fair to good, $36@35; common, $25@29. Hogs — Light, $5.55@. mixed and butchers, $5.60@5. heavy, $5.55@5.75; rough packers, $5@5.30; stags and boars, $8@5; pigs, $4@4.50. Sheep—Good to choice butcher lambs, $4.2504, fair to good, $4@4.25; fat wethers, $3.50@4.25; fat ewes, $3.25@4; goed io choice stock and feeding lambs. $2.50@3.75; fair to good, $3.25@ 3.50, feeding weathers, $3.25@3.60; stock and feeding ewes, $2.15@3.25; thin sheep, $2.60G3; killing bucks, $2.50@3.25. WRECKAGE TE S OF DISASTER. Steamer Crane Sights Pieces of Schooner Floating in Lake Michi- gan. Milwaukee, May 28.—Capt. John Dun- can, of the steamer Crane, reached Milwaukee and reported that while off Sheboygan yesterday he found a trunk and pieces of a schooner floating in the lake. The sea was so rough that he was unable to get near enough to the wreckage to pick it up. It is thought by some that the wreckage is part of the schooner C. H. Hackley. The officers of the steamer Boston, which reached here yesterday after- noon, report having sighted the masts of a schooner, which was abandoned during the gale of Friday. It is thought that this tells of a second dis- aster near Sheboygan, as the wreck was sighted a score of miles from the place where slabs and hatch covers, supposedly from the schooner Hackley. were discovered Saturday. The Boston did notdid not go sufficiently close to ascertain the name of the abandoned schooner, whose decks were awash. Additional reports from the schooner reported lost say that slabs are strewn along the lake for twenty miles, and it is now believed that the wreck secn yesterday may have been the schooner which lost the slabs instead of a second vessel. Start a Colony of Farmers. Duluth, Minn., May 28.—F. G. Kop- lin, a wealthy Red Wing man, has purchased 30.000 acres of cut-over tim- ber lands near Iron River, Wis., and will start a colony of farmers there. He has interested many farmers near Wabasha, Winona and other Minnesota points, who are now renting farms, and many of them will join his colony. The soil is said to be very fertile. The land is between the Northern Pacific and Lake Superior. Boy Badly Bitten. Winona, Minn., May 28. — Vincent Frost, a boy about fourteen years ola, was seriously bitten by a dog owned by Vincent Czarnoski. The boy was stand- ing on the street when the animal at- tacked ttm. An ugly wound was in- flicted on the boy’s leg and he bled profusely. His condition is considered serious. Fishermen Use Dynamite. Yankton, $. D., May 28.—Reports ar- rived at Yankton that a gang of scoun- drels were exploding dynamite in the Jim river and bringing double loads of fish to the surrounding towns and Yankton for sale. Steps are being taken to bring the gang to justice im- mediately. Two Boys Drowned. Kansas City, May 28.—Leo Lynch and Hehry Kresh, nine years old, were drowned in the Kaw river, having fallen into the water while fishing: News of the Northwest# SHOSHSSHSESHESSSSHES SSH HEHSHEHESSESSSESHSHESHEHHSOHOOE LIABLE FOR VIRGINIA FIRE, Big Lumber Firm May Have to Pay Claims of Losers. Duluth, Minn., May 29.—One of the most important cases ever tried in this county was concluded last evening when a jury in the district court ren- dered a verdict for the plaintiff in an action entitled Ole Halverson of Vir- ginia, Minn., vs. The Moon & Kerr Lumber Company of Virginia. If the decision is upheld by the higher courts it means the bankruptcy of the firm, as nearly one million dollars is in- volved. By the verdict the lumber company is held responsible for the fire at Virginia in June, 1900, which de- stroyed nearly every building in the town. Halverson is a butcher who was burned out and brought suit against Moon & Kerr for $5,240, asserting that but for the carelessness of their em- ployes in burning saw dust the fire would not’ have happened. The jury returned a verdict for the full amount and if sustained every man_ losing ploperty in the conflagration will en- deavor to recover their loss from the company. The trial has occupied about ten days. The firm is D. H. Moon of Duluth and Isaac Kerr of Eau Claire. A MURDER MYSTERY. Mangled Body of Unknown Found Nenr Courtenay, N. D. Wimbledon, N. D., May 28.—The body of a man has been found four miles west of Courtenay in a sand pit, forty feet from the railroad track, with his head and face badly smashed with a blunt instrument. The murder was committed some time Saturday after- noon. A laborer traveling west saw the dead man and reported at Kensal. A searching party left here Sunday night and found the corpse. Sunday a stranger going east with a gray team, having a lumber wagon, stopped at a grove six miles north of here an hour and a half. His actions were watched. After his departure they found letters addressed to James Carolen of Oberon, N. D., from the clerk of the district court at Minnewaukan, and a pass book in the name of Gust Johnson of Stillwater; a hatchet and other things, all showing evidence of foul murder, as they were covered with blood. The town marshal and constable are eight hours behind the supposed murderer. IRON IN ANOKA COUNTY. Report of a Rich Find on the Man- ley Farm. St. Paul, May 29.—A ‘conference was held yesterday at the offices of C. D. O'brien between representatives of Patrick Manley of Coon Creek, near Anoka, and the Minnesota Iron com- > pany. The company desires an option upon the ore deposits, said to be valua- ble, accidentally discovered upon Man- ley’s farm a week ago. The famous ore corporation is said to have offered $100,000 for the refusal of the property for one year. The Manley farm con- sists of 210 acres. It is about s'x miles south of the city of Anoka, and about eleven miles north of Minneapolis on Coon creek. Mr. Manley, the owner, says he had already refused a tender of $75,000 from Duluth capitalists who desire an option. He says that his ore assays 6% per cent, and a report yester- day was that he had already conferred with James J. Hill, through a repre- sentative, looking to the transfer of the property to the Great Northern president. Gen. Lambert Concludes a Saceess- ful Mission to Washington. St. Paul, May 29—Former Adjutant General Lambert, who has just re- turned from Washington, has succeed- ed in securing the immediate allowance of $22,000 due from the war department to the State of Minnesota. But for Gen. Lambert's energetic efforts months would probably have elapsed before the money became available. The allow- ance of the $22,000 will: permit the ex- penditure next month of $10,000 for in- sialling a water supply and otherwise improving the national guard camp ground at Lake City. A bill passed by the last Tegislature appropriated 10,000 on condition that the money was to be taken frem about $22,600 owed to the state by the federal war department. ” . By the Wreck of an Unknown Ves- sel on Lake Michiz: Milwaukee, Wis., May 29, — The schooner which was wrecked off She- boygan during the gale last week, was not the C. H. Hackley of Milwaukee. A. special to the Sentinel from Boyne City says that the missing boat arrived at 6:30 o'clock last night after having laid in a small harbor on the east coast of Leake Michigan till the storm had passed. The overturned schooner was sighted off Port Washington by several vesselsyesterday afternoon, but none were able to learn the identity of the craft. It was seen, however, that she was a large three-masted craft, and from her size It is assumed that at least six men perished. TIRES OF LIF Crazy Man Cuts His Throat in Bay- field Court House. Washburn, Wis., May 29.—A stranger was discovered in the Bayfield court house yesterday bleeding profusely from a wound in the throat. The man gave his name as Thomas Kelly. He said he was tired of life and wanted to die, so he cut his throat. One of the wounds is deep but is not thought to be necessarily fatal. The doctors think Ketly is insane. HIS HEART WAS TOO BIG. Sudden Death of a Section Man at La Crosse. La Crosse. Wis., May 29. — George Schneider, aged sixty, who has been employed for some time past on sec- tion work for the Milwaukee road, was found dead in bed by his landlady. An inquest was called and a post mortem examination made. It was found that the man’s heart was nearly as large as that of an ox, and this was the cause of his death. He leaves a widow and. seven children in Bavaria. He has lived here for fifteen years. RAILROA MACHINISTS. NDXT.. Question of Shorter Hours WIHIt Come Up Before the Convention. Washington, May 26.—President Jas O'Connell of the International Associa- tion of Machinists announced yester- day afternoon that he would recom- mend to the next annual convention of machinists at Toronto beginning June 3, that a date be set for a nine-hour day without reduction in wages on all the railroads of the country. On rail- roads which fail to comply with this demand a strike will be ordered. This recommendation will be made in Mr. O’Connell’s annual report. Mr. O’Con- nell says that such a strike would in- volve probabiy 100,000 men. At 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon Mr. O’Connell said the outlook of the strike was very gratifying. DOWIE IS ARRESTED, Gives $10,000 Bull lease. Chicago, May 26. — John Alexander Dowie, “overseer of the Christian Catholic church,” was arrested here yesterday pursuant to the action of the coroner’s jury which has. declared him “criminally responsible’ for the death of Mrs. Emma Lucy Judd. H. Worthington Judd, a disciple of Dowie and husband of the alleged victim, also was arrested, having appeared at the criminal court building in company with Dowie. Both men were taken be- fore Judge Tuley, who admitted them to bail in $10,000 each. for His He- CREEDON KNOCKED OUT. Hart Wins a Desperate and Bloody Contest. Louisville, Ky., May 26. — Marvin Hart of Louisville last night knocked out Dan Creedon of Australia in the sixth round of a_ twenty-five-round bout before the Southern Athletic club. The contest was desperate and bloody from the start. Hart, the plumber pugilist, had won fifteen straight vic- tories and Creedon, owing to his great- ly improved condition of late, was con- ceded to be the most dangerous propo- sition of them all. Hart weighed in ie 170 pounds and Creedon one pound less. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. One Man Dend and Two Others Se- verely Injured. Lebanon, Ohio, May 26.—Dr. W. L. Witham of South Lebanon was struck and instantly killed by lightning yes- terday afternoon near Hufford’s Grove and Charles Weinhoff and Charles James were seriously injured by the same bolt. They were members of a party of pupils of the public schools Who sought refuge from the storm in a Wufford farm barn. Scarcely had they entered it when it was struck by lightning. All were more or _ les shocked and the barn badly damaged. FAITH IN CHINESE, Imperial Troops Taking the Places of the Allies. Pekin, May 26.—Field Marshal Count von Waldersee has made arrangements with the commanders of the French, Japanese, British and Italian troops by which the area controlled by for- eigners will be lessened and the Chi- nese regular troops will be al’owed to take their places. The latter will be held responsible for any disturbances that may occur in the districts which will be placed under their control. The conditions can hardly be worse than they are at present, A SMALL RECEPTION. Yew People Greet Milner on His Arrival in Lonion. London, May 26. — Sir Alfred Milner arrived in London at 2:30 yesterday afterncon. He was met at the station by the premier, Marquis Salisbury, and Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, who drove with him to Marlborough house, where Milner was received by the ig. Miiner’s reception in Lon- don was not so enthusiastic as '!n Southampton an@ paled into insignifi- cance when compared with the greet- ing accorded other home-comers from South Africa. Killed by a Clerzgyman’s Son. Kingston, N. ¥., May 26. — Frank Heroy, son of a Methodist clergyman, shot and killed Charles Vanderlyn at Greenfield. Heroy. was drunk and abusing nis uncle, James Heroy, an aged crippte. His mother asked Van- derlyn to interfere. Heroy resented Vanderlyn's action, and, getting a shotgun, took deliberate aim and fired. Then he surrendered himself. rehists Protest. May 26.—A cable dispatch of which this is a translation, has been sent to Rome by the Central Group of Italian anarchists in New York: ‘Min- ister Zanardelli, Rome, Italy: Against the execrable assassination just com- mitted by the modern inquisitors of Italy the anarchists of New York pro- test with all their power, and notify you that they hereby inaugurate a re- newal of war. —Anarchists.”” ‘Won by Roeber, York, May 26.—Ern-st Roeber was given the d2cis‘on over Noureulsh, the Turkish wrestler, after a severe struggle lasting twenty-six minutes at the Academy of Music last night. The conditions were that Novroulah should throw Roeber three times within an hour, Graeco-Roman style. Wine and Brandy Burned. New York, May 26.—Fire destroyed 2.500.000 gallons of cheap wine and brandy in the warehouse of the Sencma Wine and Brandy company, Breoklyn. Loss, $200,000. The fumes of the burning liquor sweetened the air over a large quarter of Brooklyn. New Wonld-Be Murderer Suicides, Philadelphia, May 26.—A sensational attenrpt at murder and suicide took place at a hotel here last night when John A. Jenkins of Brooklyn, N. Y., attempted to kill a young woman and then shot himself while in custody. Canadians in London. London, May 26.—The annual dinner fn celebration of Dominion day will take place July 1 at the Hotel Cecil. Lord Strathcona will preside and he will be supported by prominent Can- adians, residents of London. O90 00 00 00 0b 08 00 00 00 00 | In Minnesota. bo State News of the t Week Briefly Told. O oe 00 06 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 O Prof. Otto Luger, state entomologist, is dead at St. Paul. A little son of E. Stokes was drowned in a small Pond at Buffalo. The American Medical Editors’ asso- ciation will hold its annual convention in St. Paul June 3. The next meeting of the Rice County Teachers’ association will be held in Northfield June 8. Mrs. Henietta Kieker, aged seventy- five, of the town of Candor, was fatally burned while burning brush. The strike of the lumber pilers of West Duluth has ended in a victory for the men, who got the advance to $2.25. The state food and dairy commission may bring suit in hopes of having the defective pure lard law made operative. The village council of Minneota has signed a contract for the construction of water works with W. I. Lowell, for $1,296. Dr. George R .Day was elected clerk of the school board at Farmington, to fill the unexpired term of A. K. Gray, resigned. Mrs. Margaret Fensertmaker of Breckinridge, died at Lake City at the home of her mother, Mrs. Robert Gray. Anthony Weinholzer, aged nine years, fel from a fire escape on the Assump- tion school building at St. Paul, and was killed. James Matthews, an old resident of Lanesboro, committed suicide by hang- ing himself fram a tree. The cause of the deed is unknown . The city council of East Grand Forks has offered a reward of $500 for the ar- rest and conviction of the person who murdered Charles A. Heck. The five-year-old daughter of Elijah Fuller of Dassell was fatally injured by the falling of a heavy pulley in a saw mill. Her chest was crushed. Anton Bach, a chimney sweep, was found dead in a barn back of Mike Bar- tle’s saloon at Northfield. He was forty years oid and lived in Oshkosh. Adam Weller, a prominent business man of Hampton, was struck by a pas- senger train and both legs taken off, from the effects of which he died. John Pengilly, manager of the Chand- ler mine at Ely, has been appointed manager of the Minnescta mines at Soudan, in addition to his other duties. Henry Truelson, Jr., a son of the for- mer mayor of Duluth, was fined $7 for assaulting William Palmer, chief en- gineer of the water and light depart- ment. Rev. Louis Buehlmeyer, of the Ger- man Methodist church at Faribault, is dead from consumption. He was a na- tive of Germany. A widow and one child survive him. The family of Prof. A. H. Pearson, who, until the current year, was pro- fessor of philosophy at Carleton college, Northfield, have left for their new home in Guadalajara, Mexico. At the oratorical contest by the pu- pils of the high school of Dodge Center, Miss Eva Churchward was given first place, Miss Eda Board, second, and Miss Alta Franklin third. It is reported that the drivers on the Upper Snake river have smallpox in their camps. Two of the drivers who left had smallpox, one of them dying a week after leaving camp. husband, who found her lying on the floor when he returned home. The village of Eveleth will become a city at the earliest opportunity, and pe- titions to that end are now being circu- lated. Eveleth has about 3,500 people, and has 1,000 men at work in three mines. The following instructors will teach at the summer school in Northfield: Alice J. Mott, Faribault, superintend- ent; W. W. Kilgore, Willmar, conduct- or; W. H. Holland, Wells; Dr. F. E. Stratton, Northfield. At a meeting of the trustees of the | state asylum at Hastings, leave of ab- sence was granted Supt. Robert Carmi- chael of the Hastings asylum, until Aug. 1. W. J. Yanz, bookkeeper, was elected acting superintendent. Two children of Julius Poss, one two years old and.the other five, were burned to death at their home in the town of Lida. They were last seen en- tering a barn with some matches, and the building was ablaze a few minutes later. Another attempt was made recently to blow up the Cold Spring dam, on the Sauk river. Two charges of dynamite were used. One exploded with little ef- fect, and the other failed to go off. The dam has long been a bone of bitter con- tention in the courts. William, the twelve-year-old son of H. Leroy, was struck on the hip by a! The injury | base ball bat at Duluth. was not believed to be serious, but sev- eral days ago blood-poisoning set in, and the boy is now dead. A term of the United States court will open at Duluth on June 4. The calen- dar will be very light. Another of. the old Russell Sage bond cases will come up for consideration, that of Russell Sage vs. the Town of Pepin and the City of Wabasha. Rev. R. J. Taylor and a committee have matters well in hand for the meet- ing of the grand lodge of Good Temp- lars at Taylors Fads, June H1, 12 and 13. The railroads have made a one-fare rate for the round trip for delegates, and there will be an excursion train | from St. Paul and Minneapolis each day. Lars Modahl, a farm laborer, died at hospital at Granite Falls, from wounds self-inflicted ten days ago in an at- tempt to commit suicide. His whole left breast was shot away, leaving his heart exposed. He was conscious all the time. Despondency and fil-health is attributed as the cause of the rash act. Fergus, Falls, Minn.. May 29,—Burg- lars broke into the station and store at Lawnsdale and sectrred $50 in cash and (ae Great Northern pay checks, No clue. Mrs. A, W. Kron of Alexandria was | knocked down and asSaulted by an un- known man during the absence of her MORE SMALLPOX IN MINNESOTA. Monthly Report to the State Board of Health. Unless strenuous efforts are made by physicians and local health authorities throughout Minnesota there is likely to be an increase of smallpox. The re- port of the state board of health shows that 1,161 new cases have been reported since April 22, 476 more n¢ weases than were reported in the previous month and 472 more new cases than were re- ported during the month ending March The report shows that the range of the disease is more widespread. New cases are reported for sixty-four coun- ties, compared with fifty-nine counties in the previous month. New cases =e reported from 163 localities, compared with 105 localities in the previous month. The disease has spread from isolated country districts into the towns and villages. Twenty-six communities report ten cases or more, more than twice as many as in either ef the two preceding months. and sixteen of thes made no report of mew cases last month. The number of scattered, iso- Jated eases reported is also greater thas: in either of the two preceding months. Dr. Bracken, secretary of the state board of health, attributes the spread of the disease to two causes. Many physicians have refused to recognize the disease as smailpox and have taken no precautions to check its spread. Many physicians, and especially local health authorities, he says, have been negligent in their treatment of the dis- ease and have failed effectually to quarantine infectefi persons and dis- tricts. Duluth, as usual, has the largest number of cases, and this month re- ports 103 new cases as compared with 77 last month. The men coming in from the lumber camps that were affected last winter bring the disease to the city. Minneapolis, which reported 42 new cases last month, is second with 90 new eases. St. Paul reports 17 new cases for the month as compared with 13 for the previous month. Agassiz and Yel- low Bank townships, Lac qui Parle county, which reported no new cases last month, report 75 new cases each. These localities are where it was found that school teachers were boarding at houses where there was smallpox and teaching with smallpox in the schools: These Gctricts, however, are now reported under control. Other localiti¢s reporting more than ten cases, and the number of cases re- ported the preceding month, are: —Month Ending— May 24. April22. Bem:dji, Beltrami Co... 16 50 Black Duck, Beltrami Co No report Akron Twp., Big Stone Co. No report Lyra Twp., Blue Earth Co. No report Watertown Twp., Carver Co. Prainerd, Crow Wing Co Bristol Twp., Fillmore Co. Caledonia, Houston Co... Montgomery, Le Sueur Co... Clifton Twp., Lyon County.. Little Falls, Morrison Co Crookston, Polk Co. East Grand Forks, Pol! Sheridan Twp., Redwood Co. Faribault, Rice Co.. Green Isle, Sibley C Washington Lake Tw} Owatonna, Steele Co. Hibbing, St. Louts C Wadena, Wadena Co Pleasant Hill Twp.. Winona Co. -14 No report 5 No report No report No report No report No report MEMORIAL TO BENEFACTOR. The suggestion has been made that the state should show its appreciation of the great work done by Frog. Otto Lugger of the state agricultural school by erecting a monument to his mem- ory. As a possible site for the mark of respect the beautiful grounds of the ag- ricultural school have been recommend- | ed, the scene of the labors of the man i who las done so much for the farmers of Minnesota. Attorney General Douglas is ameng those that would like to see such ree- ognition paid to the memory of Prof. Lugger, and in suggesting a2 monument he pointed out that Prof. Lugger was a public-spirited man whe devoted his time and money for the benefit of oth- ers, particularly the farmers, who havg profited hundreds of thousands of dot- lars by the results of his scientific re- searches. His devotion to the state led him to refuse many offers mzde to hitn by oth- er institutions of learning where the remuneration was greater than he re- ceived at home, Mr. Douglas adds. Hie many inventions he refused to patent, lana thereby increase his income, be- cause he wated the masses to benefit by them. z BOON TO SHEEP BREEDERS. The Minnesota Live Stock Breeders’ association has .‘.st published a book from the pen of Prof. Thomas Shaw, ia charge of the animal husbandry de- | partment at the University of Minne- ! sota, on “Sheep Husbandry in Minne- sota.” It includes 216 pages, is nicely bound in cloth and is handsomely illus- trated. It covers in the simplest lan- guage the whole ground relating to sheep husbandry as adapted to Minne$ sota conditions, and as Minnesota con- ditions are virtually the same as in all th eNorthwest, the book is especially valuable. The breeder who obeys the instruc- , tions contained in the little volume will ) follow a safe guide, even though previ- ‘ously unacaueinted with sheep hus- pandrv. The book is authorized by the legislature, and wil be sent to any Minnesota farmer fer 7 cents for post- age, and 25 cents to any one outside ot the state who maz address Dr. Shaw at the university. SAMPSON MAY RETIRE. Admiral Satd to Te About to Ask for Retirement. ‘Washington, May 23.—A report is be- ing cireulated hee that Admiral Sampson shortly will ask for retire- ment on account of i?! health. Under | the law he is not compelled to do so for nearly a year. Fe has served thir- ty-five years in the navy. | Lieut. Bennett, sit: to Admiral Sampson, says that the roport that the admiral intended to 1 n is a pure fabrication. Spring Valley, Mien. M young son of J. A. Watson wes acci- dentally shot by his brother. were out bunting gophers with a 22- ealiber rifle when it was secidentally discharged. His recovery is doubtful. The boys |