Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 6, 1901, Page 3

4) sr ta +79 CHANCE FOR AROW BY BRITISH FLAG PULLED DOWN AN AMERICAN AT SIKAG- way. FEELING AGAINST — CANADIANS Canadian Collector of Customs Raises a British : Over His Office in It Is Promptly Hauled Down by Customs Flag Skagway, but an American—Canadians Guilty of Encroachments, Vancouver, B. C., June 30.—The Brit- ish tlag recently raised over the Cana- dian customs building at Skagway has been hauled down by an American and has caused a great deal of excitement and ill feeling at the American gateway to the Klondike. The steamship Isl- ander, which arrived yesterday with the news, brings the official statement of the affair from a Canadian stand- Point. It reads as follow: “On Saturday morning at 8:30 M. E. Busby, Canadian supervisor of customs, acting on instructions from the Can- adian department of customs, hoisted the official customs flag over his office. The flag was no sooner up than Mr ‘Andrews, the United States collector at Skagway, called on Mr. Busby and de- maunded by what right he Raised the Flag withcut the Stars and Stripes being raised above. Mr. Busby replied that it Was rot a national emblem, but the customs flag placed as the usage all over the world to indicate to the public where the office was situated. Mr. An- drews appeared to be satisfied with the explanation, but a man named Miller, an attorney from Eugene, Or., and brother of Joaquin Miller, crossed the «street, where he had been talking to Judge Selbrede,.United States commis- sioner, and hauled down the flag. Mr. Busby followed Miller and asked him by w right he had hauled down the flag and threatened him with arrest in the presence of Mr. Andrews and de- manded his name. Miller handed Busby his card, whereupon Mr. Busby Reported the Matter to Capt. Jenks, in command of the United States troops at Skagway. Miller left town that afternoon. While many agree that there was nothing un- usual in raising the flag, the majority of citizens sympathize with Miller. On Monday the flag was again raised, but Mr. Busby was informed by Judge Sel- ubrede and Capt. Jenks, deputy United States marshal, that they would not be responsible for the violence of a mob unless the flag was taken down again pending instructions from Washington. The flag was again taken down, but as the flag was raised by order of the Canadian government Canadians in Skagway feel that Mr. Busby should be backed up by the federal authori- ties." Th: Canadians are accused of being ailty of many encroachments on the little strip of land held by the United States since 1867. Telegrams were sent to Ottawa and Washington yesterday, and the result is awaited with much anxiety. RATES FOR VETERANS. Usual Trouble Between Railroads Is Threatened. Chicago, June 30. — The usual trouble over the rates to the G. A. R. encamp- ment again threatens to disturb the peace of the railroads. As in previous years the Western roads have agreed to a rate of one fare for the round trip, or about 1% cents a mile. This is not a sufficient reduction to satisfy the veterans, how- ever, and they are trying to secure a rate of 1 cent a mile. The roads say they would be willing to make the 1-cent-a-mile fare if it were confined to the G. A. R. veterans; but the trouble lies in the fact that the old sol- diers form only a portion of the great numbers who take advantage of the low rate. They say the number of veterans who make the annual pilgrimage is grow- ing less and less each year, and the num- ber of outsiders is growing equally larger at the same time. DOUBLE TRACK. Entire Mlinois Central System From Chicago to New Orleans. Chicago, June 30. — The Chronicle says that within a comparative- ly short time the entire length of the INinois Central system between Chicago and New Orleans will be double tracked. 1 Nearly $1,500,0 is being expended by the compiny in second main line and ‘ranch track south of the Ohio river. A line sixty miles in length from Lake Cor- morant to Tutwiler, Miss., is now under construction and another stretch of twen- ty-five miles from Jackson to Crystaline in the same state is near completion. The road is now largely double tracked from Chicago to the Ohio river and there is finished a second track from East Cairo to Fulton. There ts also considera- ble double track just north of New Or- leans. CRAZY ENGINEER, Creates a Sensation by Running Away With an Engine. Evansville, Ind., June 30.—Dan Hen- yon, an engineer running between here and Louisville on the Texas road, went insane from the excessive heat and ran away with his engine. He jumped on his engine in the yard below town two miles, and made the run here unac- companied. He tore up switches and came hear running into a passenger train. The engineer on the passenger train saw the engine coming, and, real- izing something was wrong, took to @ switch. When Henyon was taken from the cab he was a raving maniac. Crushed by a Falling Los. Washburn, Wis., June 30. — Andrew Reitt, an engineer at Smith & Babcock's stone quarry, while helping workmen to load logs on the cars at W. H. Smith’s camp, was killed by a falling log He leaves a family. Another Drowning Accident. Fargo, N. D., June 30.—Charles Ing- berg, a young man who had been work- ing on the ffarm of J. B. Ackeson at Grandin, was drowned while bathing. He was unable to swim, His parents Vive at Detroit, Minn. ROBBERS GET $6,000. Occupants of n House Bound, Gagged and Tortured. Wheeling, W. Va. June 30. — Six masked men yesterday entered the palatial summer residence of Jacob T. White at Brothers Station on the Balti- more & Ohio, just over the Pennsyl- vania line, overpowered, bound and gagged the seven occupants of the house and ransacked for valuables. They secured $3,000 in money and about $3,000 worth of jewelry. Mr. White and his aged wife and their daughter were tortured by having lighted matches ap- plied to their bodies and their skins lacerated with needles in order to make them divulge other valuagles, but with- out success. The victims were desert- ed and lay helpless for hours, until Miss Sidney Mackey, a niece, extricated herself from her bonds and secured as- sistance. There is no clew to the iden- tity of the robbers. White is a mil- lionaire oil dealer. The victims are not in a serious condition. ROBBERS GOT $9,000, Great Excitement Over the Robbery of a County Treasurer. Minden, Neb., June 29, — Minden 1s greatly excited over the assault late Thursday night of County Treasurer Norlin and the robbery and firing of the court house. The treasurer had gone to the court house and worked until 9:45, when he locked the door and went to a restaurant. On his return he locked the door and went to work again. Af- ter possibly five minutes there seemed to be a flash and he knew no more until returning consciousness revealed the robbery and that the papers in the room were on fire. He staggered to the door and gave the alarm. After the fire company had extinguished the flames they found the money drawer broken open and the vault looted. A conserva~ tive estimate places the loss at about $9,000. A special meeting of the board of supervisors was held and a reward of a thousand dollars was offered for the apprehension of the robbers. FURIOUS ELECTRICAL STORM. It Does Much Damage to Property at Ann Arbor, Mich. Ann Arbor, Mich., June 30.—A furious electrical storm with wind, rain and hail accompaniment passed over this city late yesterday, doing much dam- age to property. Many fine shade trees were blown down and the University campus was covered with broken limbs. Several houses were struck by light- ning. The court house tower was struck and the clock there {s put out of business. The roof was blown from the gas company’s building. Lightning also struck a street ear crowded with peo- ple. The incandescent light globes broke with loud reports and caused a panic among the passengers. One lady in the crowd had part of her garments badly burned, but there were none seri- ously injured. SRE ewes ee DOWIE MUST ANSWER. > Charge of Violating City Law Resu- lating Hospitals. Chicago, June 30. — John Alexander Dowie will have to appear before Jus- tice Gibbons July 5 to answer a charge of violating the city ordinance regulat- ing and licensing hospitals. Corpora- tion Counsel Walker has found that the ordinance is valid, and acting on his advice Attorney George H. Kriete of the health department procured a sum- mons, returnable July 5 at 2 o'clock in the justice’s court at No. 27 North Clark street. The maximum penalty pre- scribed is $100 and the lowest $5v. MARQUARD GIVES UP. Event Was Anticipated and Little Excitement Was Crented. New York, June 29. — The failure of the firm of Henry Marquard & Co., bankers and brokers, the name of which has been connected with the em- barrassment of the Seventh National pank, was announced on the stock ex- change yesterday. The firm made an assignment to Frank Sullivan Smith. The assignment was without prefer- ences. No statement of assets or lia- pilities was made with the assignment. The failure was without appreciative effect on the stock market. Inventor Kills Himself. New York, June 30.—Irving S. Smith, fifty-eight years of age, an inventor of a number of steam and electrical en- gines, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself in the head. The head. The Northern Pacific panic in Wall street caused a firm which was to have financed one of his inventions, an electrical motor, to abandon the pro- ject, and this made him despondent. ac Gen. Greely at Manila. Manila, June 30. — Brig. Gen. A. W. Greely, the chief signal officer, has ar- rived here from the United States and is conferring with the Philippine com- mission regarding the transfer of the subsidiary telegraph lines to the con- trol of the insular government. The commission fixes the compensation. Fifty teachers have arrived here. Guards Will Camp. Huron, 8. D., June 30. — Adjt. Gen. Conklin, with Col. Stewart of Pierre, Maj. Heins of Milbank, Maj. Mahoney of Mitchell and fourteen captains and line officers of the South Dakota na- tional guard, met here yesterday after- noon aud decided to hold the first an- nual rhilitia encampment here some time in August. Lives Lost in a Fire. St. Petersburg, June 30.—A fire at the Tsarsitzin, a fortified town in the gov- ernment of Saratov, consumed several sawmills, twenty-four timber-laden barges and the timber depots and quays on the Volga. The damage is placed at 5,000,000 roubles, and it is re- ported that several lives were lost in the fire. To Encourage Naval Militix. Washington, June 30.—The navy de- partment yesterday gave out a state- ment to the effect that it is ready to give every encouragement to the naval militia. This was called out by reports that the department had decided to abandon the militia. New Telephone System. Staples, Minn., June 30.—A new tere- phone system has just been completed here and a new line built west to Vern- dale and north to Bilis. This gives Stanlea excellent telephone connectiana POHSHHHOHSHHHH HSH SOOO OOOO OOS HHHHOOOOOOHHOOOHOOD OOOH OHOOOOD ° TERRIFIC STORM VIROQUA, WIS., IS GIVEN A RE- MINDER OF A DISASTER OF YEARS AGO. PROPERTY LOSS NEARLY $100,000 No Lives Were Lost, Houses and Outbuildings Were Demolished on Every Side—Sev- but Barns, eral Horses and Many Hogs and Sheep Killed by Lightning—Storm of Dust at Plainfield. Viroqua, Wis. July 2. — Saturday night there passed ver this city a terrific storm, which had every ap- pearance of a repetition of the great cyclone which visited this town thirty- six years ago and almost the same hour in which seventeen persons were killed and forty maimed. This visita- tion of the elements sacrificed no lives, but there was a property loss of about $100,000 to the city and immediate vi- cinity. Barns, houses and outbuildings were demolished on every side. The storm traversed a territory six by three miles in extent. Many buildings were struck by lightning and several horses and many hogs and _ sheep killed by lightning and falling struc- tures. Dust Storm at Plainfield. Plainfield, Wis., July 2. — A terrible storm of dust and high wind passed over this vicinity Saturday evening, and it became very dark for about five minutes and the air was completely filled with black dust, appearing some- what like a cloud of smoke, The dust- storm was followed by one of the heav- jest rains of the season, which was a great blessing, as a drouth had pre- vailed for weeks. Storm at Winona. Winona, Minn., July 2—A severe rain and electric storm prevailed here yes- terday morning. About two inches of rain fell. Lightning struck the young ladies’ seminary, damaging the roof; also the lake bridge, setting it on fire, but the blaze was extinguished. Two cows were killed by lightning and @ boy herding them was stunned. DR. WINTNER ACQUITTED. Jury Says He Was Not Guilty of Leonard’s Death. Granite Falls, Minn., July 2. — The jury in the Wintner case returned a verdict of not guilty. Dr. Wintner im- mediately left with his father and sis- ter. The shooting occurred on the night of April 16. William Leonard, a gambler who had operated in St. Paul for two years and later in Minnesota towns, was caught cheating in a poker game in which Dr. Wintner was play- ing. Wintner demanded the return of his money and Leonard attempted to leave the room, when Wintner shot him. Dr. Wintner admitted that he shot Leonard, but stated that he did not intend to kill him. Dr. Wintner came to Minnesota from Brooklyn and practiced medicine in St. Paul about three years before coming to Granite Falls. His family is well known so- cially in Brooklyn. DEATH CHOICE OF A LEPER. Duluth Man, Threatened With Blind- ness, Commits Suicide. Duluth, Minn., July 2.—Ole Kunseth, who for fourteen years has been a vic- tim of leprosy, put an end to his mis- ery by hanging himself. Several years ago the man was sent by the county to an isolated farm several miles from the city, on one corner of which a hut was built for him. The past few months the disease had been affecting the unfortunate man’s sight, and al- though he might have existed a num- ber of years, a few weeks longer and he would have been totally blind. His body was found hanging from a rafter of his home, while a note was left to the effect that he was “glad it would soon be over.” EVANS STILL MISSING. Detectives Fail to Find the Dostor Who Left His Bride. Fargo, N. D., July 2. — The present location of Dr. E. B. Evans of Fargo seems to be as great a mystery as it was over a month ago. His sudden disappearance May 28 has never been satisfactorily explained, and coming under the sensational circumstances of deserting a bride after ten days’ honey- moon it has created unusual interest, Mrs. Evans is still in Fargo, and it 1s understood that sh2 will soon return east and go back to the stage, where she won considerable fame under her maiden name of Jennie Lind Lewis. GRUNDMANN DEAD. Shooting Affair in Winona Last Wednesday Results Fatally. Winona, Minn., July 2. — William Grundmann, who was shot during a fight with Joe Campbell Wednesday evening, died in the hospital yesterday afternoom The post mortem showed that one bullet had passed through the bowels, cutting them in two in two places. The other passed downward. The location of the bullets makes the theory that the wounds were self-in- flicted very improbable. Campbell is improving and will recover. North Dakota Baptists. Fargo, N. D., July 2.—The state Bap- tist convention concluded its work last evening after an interesting four- days’ session. There were many spe- cial features ani the delegates report @ successful meeting. Wisconsin Pioneer Dead. Osceola, Wis., July 2.—T. E. Tewks- sberry died at his home near here, aged eighty-one years. He was a resident of Polk county for over forty years, and at one time was prominent in the lumbering business. THE MARKETS, Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, July 3. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 65 1-2@657-8c; No. 2 North- ern, 63 3-4@64 1-4c, Corn—No. 3 yellow, 43@43 1-2c; No. 3, 42 1-2@423-4c, Oats— No. 3 white, 29@293-4c; No. 3, 28@ 28 3-4e, Minneapolis, July 3.—Wheat — No. 1 hard, 65 3-4c; No. 1 Northern, 63 3-4c; No. 2 Northern, 621-4¢c. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 39c; No. 3, 381-2c. Oats — No. 3 white, 27 1-2G@27 3-4c; No. 3, 261-2 @ 2. Duluth, July 3.—Wheat — No. 1 hard, cash, 681-2c; to arrive, 685-8c; July, 68 3-Se; September, 651-4c; August, 65 3-Se; No. 2 Northern, 601-2c; No. 3 spring, 561-2c; oats, 27@27 1-4; rye, 463-4c; flax, cash, $1.88; September, Northwestern, $1.38; October, $1.34. Milwaukee, Wis., July 3, — Flour is steady. Wheat firmer; No. 1 Northern, 68e; No, 2 Northern, 65@66c; July, 655-8 @ 653-4c; September, 66@66 1-2c. Rye steady; No. 1, 49¢. Barley dull; No. 2, 55¢; sample, 35@521-4c. Oats dull; No, 2 white, 29¢. Chicago, July 3. — Cash Wheat—No. 2 red, 67c; No. 3 red, 68 1-2c; No. 2 hard winter, 661-2c; No, 3 hard winter, 65 1-2c; No. 1 Northern spring, 67c; No. 2 Nortkern spring, 66c; No. 3 spring, 63 @651-2c. Corn—No. 2, 441-2@45c; No. 3, 43 3-4@441-2c. Oats—No. 2, 281-20 29c; No. 3, 28 1-2c. Sioux City, Iowa, July 3. — Cattle — Beeves, $4.90 @ 5.75; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.25@4.25; stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.20; calves and yearlings, $30 4. Hogs, $5.721-2 @ 5.871-2; bulk, $5.77 1-2. Chicago, July 3. — Cattle — Good to prime steers, $5.40 @ 6; poor to medi- um, $4.30 @ 5.40; stockers and feeders, $2.90@4.90; cows and heifers, $2.70@5.15; Texas bulls, $2.90@3.75. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $5.80@6.171-2; good to choice, $5.90 @ 6.171-2; light, $5.75 @ 6.07 1-2; bulk of sales, $5.95@6.10. Sheep, $3.60@4.50; lambs, $4@5.25. South St. Paul, July 3..— Cattle — Prime butcher steers, $5.10@5.40; 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@4.35; good to choice, $3.35@3.80; fair to good, $2.75 @3.25; canners and cutters, $1.50@2.60; good to choice butcher bulls, $3@4; bologna bulls, $2@2.75; good to choice veals, $4.50@5.25; fair to good, $3.50@ 4.50; _ good to choice feeders, $3.50@: fair to good, $3.15@3.40; common, $2@: steer calves, $3.50@4; good to choice heifers, $8@3.25; fair to good, $2.75@3; common, $2@2.60; heifer calves, $2.75@ 3.25; good to choice milch cows, $35@40; fair to good, $30@35; common, $25@29. Hogs—Lights, $5.75@5.90; mixed and butchers, $5.75@6; heavy, $5.70@6.05; rough packers, $5.25@5.55; stags and boars, $3@5.35; pigs, $4@5. Sheep—Good to choice spring lambs, $4.25@5; fair to good, $3.50@4; fat weth- ers, $3.50 @ 3.75; fat ewes, $3.40 @ 3. good to choice stock and feeding lambs, $3.25@3.50; fair to good, $3@3.25; feeding wethers, $3@3.40; stock and feeding ewes, $2.50@3.25; thin sheep, $2.25@2.75; killing bucks, $2.25@2.50. LEAVES RUIN IN ITs PATH. Passes Over a Portion of Wisconsin, Appleton, Wis., July 3.—A small cy- clone and severe thunder shower passed over Outagamie county last evening, doing much damage. Tele- phone and telegraph wires are down and details are meager. At Appleton creek one man was killed by lightning, and throughout the county much stock was killed. At Appleton two school houses were unroofed, a church steeple blown down, several plate glass store fronts beaten in and many trees blown down. At Hortonville, Mackville and Greenville the damage to trees, fac- tories and farm property is reported as large, but details are lacking by rea- son of telephonic connections being cut off. Crops in the vicinity of Appleton were beaten into the ground by the heavy rain and hail. Grain and small fruits are believed to be ruined. Cyclone FALLS THIRTY FEET. Remarkable Escape of a Three-Year- Old Boy. Kenosha, Wis., July 3.—One of the most remarkable escapes from death ever recorded in this city was that of Leroy Huff, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huff. The child, while playing in a third-story window, fell to the ground below, a distance of fully thirty feet, and escaped with a slight bruise on one leg. When the mother rushed horror,stricken from the house, expecting to find the child horribly injured or perhaps dead, and attempted to pick him up, the little fel- low pushed her away, exclaiming: “Go away; I-want to play.” DID NOT QUALIFY. La Crosse Alderman’s Failure May Invalidate Council’s Acts. La Crosse, Wis., July 3.—It has just been discovered that Ald. Schulz has never qualified for his position, though. acting as such since the spring elec- tion. There will be a contest for his seat and the validity of some of the council’s acts is involved. CAPT. DAVIDSON DIES. La Crosse, Wis., July 3.—Intelligence was received here stating that Capt. P. S. Davidson, formerly of this city, had died at his home at Hood River, Or., very suddenly. Capt. Davidson was one of the most prominent lumbermen on the upper Mississippl. CHOKED TO DEATH. New Ulm, Minn., July 3.—John Bull- est, aged thirty-two, a resident of Ar- lington, choked to death while eating supper at the Bartle house. Before medical aid could reach him he was dead. _Six other men were seated at the same table. Thrown Into Barbed Wire Fence. Lengdon, Minn., July 3. — M. W. Keene was quite badly cut by being thrown from a mower irto a barb wire fence. : News of the Northwestz : SSOCHSSTHSHHSSHSHHHHSSHHHHSHHSHHSHHHSHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHOSOED J. Hl. KYLE IS DEAD SOUTH DAKOTA SENATOR FALLS A VICTIM TO BRIGHT’S DISEASE. HOPES OF RECOVERY BLASTED Senator Kyle Had Been Ill Ten Days and Was Thought to Be Out of When Bright's Disease Suddenly Developed and Hope Danger, Was Given Up—Mrs. Kyle Pros- trated With Grief. Aberdeen, S. D., July 3. — Senator James H. Kyle died at 6 o'clock last evening after an illnes of ten days. He had rallied from his first attack and hopes were entertained of his recovery, although at no time was he considered out of danger by his physicians. Symptoms of Bright’s disease de- veloped, and ox. Sunday his condition was less favorable. Sunday night he grew rapidly worse and yesterday morning all hope was given up, his death being only a question of a few hours, Mrs. Kyle is prostrated with grief. They have two children, a daughter, Ethel Wynn, about fifteen, and a baby boy. This city is in mourning over the great loss that has fallen upon it. Senator Kyle was born near Xenia, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1854. He entered the University of Illinois in 1871, taking a course of civil engineering, and contin- ued his studies in Oberlin college, grad- uating fram a classical course in that institution in 1878. He prepared for ad- mission to the bar, but afterward en- tered the Western Theological sem- inary at Allegheny, Pa., and graduated in 1882, During these years he was a teacher in mathematics and engineer- ing and was subsequently engaged for several years in educational and min- isterial work in Utah and South Da- kota. At the time Senator Kyle entered po- litical life he was financial secretary of the Yankton college, Yankton, S. D. He was elected to the state senate aS an Independent in 1890, ahd was chosen to the United States senate to succeed Gideon C. Moody. He took his seat March 4, 1891, and at the expiration of his term he was re-elected. His term would have expired in March, 1902. P. B. WINSTON DEAD. Prominent Minneapolis; Contractor and Politician Is No More. Chicago, July 3.—P. B. Winston, sen- jor member of the firm of Winston Brothers, railroad construction con- tractors of Minneapolis, Minn., died here yesterday of heart failure. Mr. Winston was taken sick on the train coming to Chicago and on arrival here was taken to the Augustana hospital, where he died half an hour afterward. His kody was sent to Minneapoolis on a special car. Winston was born in Virginia in 1844. From 1888 to 1890 he was mayor of Minneapolis. All of his life he was a prominent figure in Dem- ocratic politics, and at the Kansas City convention at which Mr. Bryan was nominated he was a delegate-at-large from his state. STABBED IN A FIGHT. Leading Citizens of Appleton, Wis., Involved in a Fracas. Appleton, Wis., July 3—Dr. R. Het- tinger, a well known dentist, was stabbed near the heart in a fight in the leading hotel barroom of the city. Two men giving their names as Taylor and Whittaker, said to be from Mil- waukee or Boston, were arrested, though Officer Zeuhlke was forced to club them into submission to prevent being stabbed himself. The barroom was crowded at the time of the fracas and many leading citizens were in- volved in the affair. Hettinger will probably recover, though he is still in a serious condition. TUG GOES DOWN. Search Being Made fr the Six Per- sons on Board. Calumet, Mich., July 3.—The wreck- ing tug Fern went down under the ter- rific storm of Saturday night and Sun- day morning on Lake Superior. The boat was found by searching parties entirely submerged with the exception of three feet of spar. The life-saving crew from the Portage lake ship canal have dragged the lake near the wreck, but no trace of the six rersons aboard have been discovered. SURE CURE. South Dakotan’s Cure for Case of Dyspepsia. Yankton, S. D., July 3.—J. M. Duus, a real estate man of this city, is un- dergoing a three weeks’ fast in the hope of benefiting a chronic case of dyspepsia. He has gore without food of every kind for ten days and still has no craving for it. His physicians be- lieve that this drastic treatment will ve effective. Act Is Unconstitutional. Madison, Wis., July 3. — Attorney General Hicks has rendered an opinion holding that the act passed by the last legislature authorizing the expenditure of $20,000 of state money for the exten- sion and improvement of the levee at Portage is unconstitutional and void. Millionaire Colman Dead. + La Crosse, Wis., July 3.—C. L. Cole- man, one of the most prominent lum- bermen of the Northwest, died ‘here last night from appendicitis, aged sev- enty-five. He was president of the Coleman Lumber company. Reward for Stolen Horses. Luverne, Minn., July 3.—Sherift J. E. Black is making efforts to locate three head of horses that were stolen from the farm of a Mr. Reardon in Rose *Dell township Friday morning. A re- ward ts offered. @_ 90 00 06 08 08 08 00 8 00 06 a In Minnesota. State News of the Week Briefly Told. @ oe 00 00 00 08 06 00 00 00 00 D. D. Gardner, a well-to-do farmer of Dodge Center, committed suicide by cutting his throat. Dr. J. M. Williams of Rochester died very suddenly from apoplexy. He came to Rochester in 1856. Conrad Seivers, a wealthy farmer re- siding in the town of Lake, was robbed of $350 by two unknown men. Edward Salveson has sold his 240-acre farm, seven miles east of Halsted, to Ed Krohn of Hillsboro for $26 per acre. Cc. H. Miles has purchased the J. W. White property at Bemidji, and will erect a brick building three stories high. The McLeod county veterans of the Civil war held their annual reunion at Glencoe. Large delegations were pres- ent. Charles B. Drake, one of the pioneers of Northfield, died at his home, twelve miles south. He was seventy-six years of age. The strike of electric liremen at Du- luth continues, and there have been nu- merous attempts at settlement without success. The independent school district of the village of West Concord voted down the proposed $10,000 bond issue, 61 for and 84 against. Adelard Jayol was held to the grand jury at St. Cloud, on a charge of shoot- ing with intent to kill his wife, who has recovered. Clyde Maxwell was tried in Justice ‘Webber’s court at Luverne, for an as- sault on Miss Lottie Bruissane and es- caped with a small fine. A. C. Wannamaker, while fishing at St. Olaf’s lake, Waseca county, was ac- cidentally drowned. He was alone at the time of the accident. The Omaha station at Belle Plaine was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, only the records being saved. The loss is about $800. The team of Henry Frentel, a farmer, became frightened and ran away at Young America, throwing Mr. Frentel out and killing him instantly. The sale of the Duluth, Red Wing & Southern road will make the stock of the Duluth, Red Wing & Southern Con- struction company worth par. Supt. W. H. Hollands of Wells has been appointed conductor of the Rice county summer school at Faribault, to succeed Mr. Kilgore, resigned. Bryan Lathrop of Chicago has pur- chased 400 acres on the north shore of Lake Superior, near Duluth, and will open up the suburb of Brighton. Willie Stadthers, twenty months old, was drowned at Maine Prairie, in a ten-gallon keg partly filled with water, into which he fell while at play. The twelve-year-old son of Frank Gostomchyk was drowned while bath- ing in the Mississippi at Winona. His two companions had a narrow escape. The Duluth elevator, at Halstad, was struck by iightning and burned to the ground. It cotained 2,500 bushels of wheat and several car loads of flour and feed. D. B. Gardner, one of the early set- tlers of Dodge county, committed suil- cide by cutting his throat with a razor. There is no known cause for the act. He was about eighty-four years old. The residence of A. Beinhorn, a jew- eler at Winona, was entered, and a child’s bank, containing about $10, tak- en. The residence of A. Bohn was also entered and some money carried away. Frances Groebner was bound over to the grand jury at New Ulm for murder in the first degree. The crime was the murder of her infant, which she admits having thrown into the Minnesota river. In the case of C. Lavin of Howard Lake against the Gerat Northern Rail- way company, for injuries received by the overturning of a freight car, the jury brought in a verdict for the plaint- iff for $2,000. John W. Torry, member of the legis- lature from Meeker county, committed suicide at his home, near Litchfield, by shooting himself. The supposed cause was poor health and brooding over the sale of his farm, A bad wreck occurred on the Burling- ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern, ten miles south of Owatonna, near Ellen- dale. The engine and all the cars ex- cept one passenger coach went into the ditch. No one was injured. George Diehl of Campany T, Second regiment, was drowned ‘at Owatonna, Drill was suspended to allow bathing, and when the bugle sounded the return call he was missing.His body was re- covered. Bids were opened at Brainerd for a new park opera house. There were six bidders, one from St. Paul, two from Duluth and three from Brainerd. C. B. Rowley’s bid was the lowest. The total cost of the new house will exceed $20,000. Through the efforts of a private de- tective, the numerous burglaries which have been committed at Worthington during the past winter have been traced to five youths whos ages range from seventeen to twenty-one. All are resi- dents of Worthington. A Bohemian named Tom Jeheka broke a glass in the vestibuled door of & Northern Pacific train while it was run- ning sixty miles an hour, and jumped, near Hinckley. He landed on a side track among a lot of box cars. The train was stopped and he was picked up, apparently without serious injury. James Daly, a farmer living near Blue Earth, seems unfortunate in his love affairs. The bans of marriage between the couple were published, but a few days later Rev. Father Hughes received a telephone message from Minneapolis, whither the prospective bride had gone on a visit, declaring the marriage off. Rev. C. M. Stanton of Minneapolis, while boating on Lake Sakotoh, at Waterville, lost his pocketbook, con~ taining $1,500. A thorough search was made during the day without success ‘The next day Charles Rohi and Benja- min Graft found it on the north shore of the lake.