Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 24, 1901, Page 3

IMPORTANT TO FIREMEN. New Kind of a Nozzle for Fire Hom Is Invented. Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 20. — M. D. Widdis of this city has invented a de- vice to be attached to a fire hose and used to fight fire in close quarters. The device consists of a short piece of hose with a nozzle at one end and a fixture at the other which can be instantly at- tached to an ordinary nozzle. One man can easily handle the attachment and operate where a large hose could not be held. A stream can be thrown two stories high with the new device. LEFT HER HAPPY HOME. fowa Ex-Mayor’s Danghter Found Working in a Hotel. Fort Dodge, Iowa, Aug. 19. — Eva Judd, the beautiful and talented step- daughter of William Rolph, ex-mayor of La Porte, and a prominent citizen there, whose recent disappearance had been explained by the suicide theory, was found by her mother, Mrs. Rolph, working as a chambermaid in the Union hotel at Fort Dodge, and a joyful union ensued. Shame and grief over the arrest of her lover for counterfeit- ing caused her to leave her home. A Leap for Life. Webster City, Iowa, Aug. 20 — Eva R. Allen jumped from the Illinois Cen- tral bridge. She was crossing the bridge when a train came in sight, and fearing she could notxget off in time to avoid being run over, she wildly leaped from the structure, which is about fifty feet in height. She sustained a broken arm and leg. The train stopped on reaching the bridge and the crew brougt Mrs. Allen to the city. She is badly bruised and may not recover. Mr. Becker in Hot Water. Yankton, S. D., Aug. 20.—A freak in States Marshal Guy Kelly arrived in Yankton yesterday with Herman Beck- er of Elk Point in custody on charge of having violated the interstate com- merce law, which prohibits the ship- ping of game birds except in refrigera- tor cars. He is accused of having trapped 1,200 quails and 200 prairie chickens and shipped them to Chicago. Nodded His Life Away. Nodaway, Towa, Aug. 20, — Lewis Hitchcock was killed by a freight train while he was asleep under a box car. He was conscious before he died, and gave his address as 1415 West Sixteenth* street, Chicago. Shot by a Companion. Thorpe, Wis., Aug. 20.—Willle Tom- kins, aged ten, shot Fred Babcock, aged eleven, with a shotgun. Eight shot struck young Babcock and his re- covery is doubtful. The boys had quarreled. A Festhered Freak. Yankton, S. D., Aug. 20. — United the form of a hen and rcoster growed together at the back is reported from the farm of A. A. Anderson of Hetland, this state. The fowls are apparently natural in every way, and take turns when feeding, one carrying the other. They are over a year old now and full grown. The hen has laid eggs this summer. Fatally Injured. Saratoga, N. ¥., Aug. 20.—James Mc- Cue, connected with Barney Schreiber’s racing stable at St. Louis, was fatally ‘mjured at the ruce track yesterday. Italy’s Awful Roasting. Rome-—Nothing like the heat wave which is scorching all Italy has been known within living memory. The thermometer in many parts of the country registers 42 deg. centigrade in the shade. The vineyards in whole dis- tricts have been shriveled up by the sirocco, New Danish Loan. Copenhagen—A new Danish loan of $10,000,009 will, it is said, be negotiated shortly. The government hopes for the assistance of American and French bankers in making the loan. Oldest Lake Mariner Dead. Racine, Wis.—Capt. Watson Spencer, eonceded to be the oldest mariner on the Great Lakes, died in Racine, Wis., aged eighty-five. Capt. Spencer came from New York state in 1 and had sailed on the lakes ever since up to a few years ago. Gen. Wheeler Lionized. wport—Gen. Joseph B. Wheeler is being lionized by Newport society. Re- cently he was the guest of honor at a dinner party given by Mrs. William Astor. A Remarkable Case. Indianapolis—Thomas Arbuckle, aged twenty-four, of Scott county, Ind., has not eaten a particle of food in four years, but still maintains a hold on life by taking liquid foot through an artificial opcning in his side. This mans ner of procedure is caused by his car- diac orifice being completely closed. Ruins of an Ancient City. Mexic» City—J. M. Saunders, an . American who has been making ex- plorations in a remote section of the State of Guerrero, Mex., reports the discovery of the ruins of a large an- cient city which must have had a popu- lation at one time of at least 50,000 people. Honor of Carnegie. Glasgow—The corporation of Glas- gow will confer the freedom of the city on Mr. Andrew Carnegie for his liber- ality to the University of Scotland and in giving iibraries to various towns. Official Census of France. Paris—The official final census re- turns show the population of France to be 23,642,333, an increase in the last five years of 422,564. : News of the Northwest# BSPeeeSSeSSeSSSSSESHOSHSHSHSHSSHSSHSSHSSSEHHSSHHSHHSOEOHODOE GIVES INQUIRY WIDE RANGE. Large Room Secured for the Schley Court of Inquiry. Washington, Aug. 21.—Acting Secre- tary Hackett of the navy department has selected the new gun shop at the navy yard for the sessions of the court of inquiry in the Schley case. This se- lection is anotier concession to the friends of Admiral Schley, who want a court room big enough to accommodate the public who desire to attend. The friends of Admiral Schley are pleased at this, as they believe it will enable them to give the inquiry 4 much wider range. They will seek to make it an in- vestigation of the administration of the navy department as well as the conduct of Admiral Schley. During a confer- ence with Acting Secretary Hackett yesterday Messrs. Raynor and Wilson, counsel for Admiral Schley, advised him that a communication would be sent him relative to certain statements reported to have been made by Rear Admiral Howison, a member of the court of inquiry, in regard to the Schley-Sampson controversy. The Iet~ ter to Secretary Hackett will inclose copies of interviews purporting to have come from Admiral Howison, stating, among other things that the battle of Santiago was won by Sampson, that the latter’s presence was unnecessary at the fight, that Schley deserved no credit. for the victory, and that be- tween the two officers Sampson is the better one. Mr. Hackett is requested to forward this communication to Admiral Howison for his consideration, and a copy of the ofticer’s reply to the depart- ment is asked for. DEALS IN RATTLERS. County Man Engaged in Dangerous Business. Winona, Minn., Aug. 21.—Jerry Turn- er, who lives in a little house near Lewiston in this county, is engaged in a peculiar and dangerous business. He devoted his entire time to catching rat- tlesnakes, and this season has already captured over 500 reptiles. He sells the snakes to a firm in Rochester, and re- ceives for them about 50 cents each. Some of them he skins and tries out the oil, which he sells for a good figure. He says that he has been bitten three times this summer, but has suffered no evil effects. He picks up the snakey with unprotected hands. Winona HEAT CAUSES DEATH. Prosperous Rancher of South Da- kota Is Overcome. Deadwood, S. D., Aug. 21.—As a result of overheat, James Rooney, a_ well known and prosperous rancher living near Belle Fourche, has gone insane and he has been brought to this city where he is in safe keeping. found near his ranch by his brother. He imagines that the great Homestake ore Icde passes through his farm, and he was trying to locate some of the gold ore when found. He has several broth- ers, all of whom are well known, BY A YANKEE SYNDICATE. * Fifteen Gold Mines in a New Mon- tana District Are Bought. Helena, Mont., Aug. 21. — Joseph Minchin of Boston, representing a New England syndicate, has just closed a deal with Thomas Cconey of Helena, and others, for the purchase of the Ptarmigan group of fifteen gold mines west of this place. The purchase price is not known, but is understood to be in the neighborhood of $300,000. The district is a comparatively new one, put the mines have already produced $100,000 yellow metal. Minnesotan in Trouble. Sicux Falls, S. D., Aug. 21—A young man who gave his name as William Drummond and claimed to hail from Jasper, Minn., has been lodged in the Miner county jail. He was arrested on a charge of stealing a $50 lens from a Howard photographer. Drummond was unable to furnish bonds for his ap- pearance at the next term of the state circuit court and has been lodged in jail for safe keeping. Charge and Counter Charge. Grinnell, Iowa, Aug. 21.--Mrs. Charles R. Morse has sued for divorce. Mr. Morse will file a cross-bill. Mrs. Morse alleges cruel and inhuman treatment and adultery. Mr. Morse also alleges adultery in the cross-bill. The case is attracting much interest here, where Mr. Morse has lived more than thirty years. The case is set for Sept. 17, arid is awaited with much interest. Last Day at Battle Island. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 21—Yesterday was the last day of the annual Battle Island assembly. The crowd was the largest of the whole week. An excur- sion went down from this city and the excursionists spent the day there. Rev. Alice Bell Loomis delivered the princi- pal address. Free Labor Bureau’s Success. Madison, Wis., Aug. 21.—Eighty-nine positions were filled last week through the new free labor bureaus at Milwau- kee and Superior. There were 142 ap- plications for employment and 127 ap- plications for help. Burglars Captured. Iron Mountain, Mich., Aug. 21.—Two purglers captured at Champion gave the names of John Andérson and James Reynolds. They had skeleton keys, nine watches and other jewelry and a bank book. Alleged Cattle Stealing. Clear Lake, S. D., Aug. 21. — John Johnson was held to the grand jury in $500 on the charge of stealing eighteen head of cattle from Cory Ridgway of Pipestone. Johnson kad the cattle for pasture and sold them to local butchers. Doon Postoffice Robbed. Doon, Towa, Aug. 21.—Burglars broke into the postoffice, blew open the safe and stole several dollars’ worth of stamps and a small amount of money. There is no clue to the thieves. He was | | 4 4 + t y | | | j } | DISCARDS LIFE PRESERVER. Tragic Death of the Captain of the Islander. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 22.—Charles W. a resident of Juneau, arrived on the steamer Farallon yesterday from Ju- neau. Mr. Snyder was on the lost Isl- ander, and was ‘nthe water three hours, clinging to a raft. He was final- ly picked up unconscious. He left the boat about half a minute after the captain jumped overboard and they both held on to the same raft for fully half an hour, and in conversation the captain saic he could not understand why the boat went down so quickly. The captain finally said: “Boys, I can- not stand it any longer,” and, casting his life preserver away, at once sank. At the inquest held at Juneau, which Mr. Snyder attended, evidence devel- oped which may tend to excuse the captain for not beaching the steamer at once. There was a stowaway in the forward water-tight compartment. When the vessel struck the iceberg the water rushed in on him, and his cries, immediately under the saflors’ quarters, caused them thoughtlessly to rush down and open the compartment, which allowed the sea to come rolling into the hold, carrying the body of the stowaway and a sailor with it. This was done without the captain’s knowl- edge, and, I think, excused him for thinking the vessel would float several hours, or until he could reach a safe beaching place. CLOSING LUMBER CAMPS. State Board of Health Determined to Stamp Out Smallpox. Ashland, Wis., Aug. 22.—Dr. Harri- son, a member of the state board of health, accompanied by Sheriff Lien of Bayfield county, chartered an engine and left for Leonard’s camp in Bay- field county, yesterday afternoon with the avowed purpose of closing the camp on account of smallpox. Three men from this camp have come to Ashland within the past few days with smallpox. This is the first time that the state board of health has taken definite action this year in the line of closing lumber camps, and it will meet with the determined opposition of the lumtermen, and will lead to a clash if adhered to. BOUGHT THE CIGARS. Fargo Alder m Nearly Arrested for Horse Stealing. Fargo, N. D., Aug. 22.—Members of are having lots of fun over Ald. Co- shun’s troubles. A member of his fam- ily was ill Monday night and he went into a neighbor’s barn and took a sad- dle pony to make a quick trip to an up- town drug store for medicine. The noise aroused the owner of the horse ani investigation showed the animal was missing. Police headquarters was notified and before he got back home three policemen endeavored to arrest the alderman. He bought the cigars. JAP MARRIES AMERICAN. Graduate of Wisconsin University Takes a Stenographer for a Bride. Madison, Wis., Aug. 22.—Gensamro 8. {shikawa, a young high caste Japanese who took his doctor’s degree at the ‘Wiscorsin university last June, after spending six years at the institution, yesterday informed friends here that he was married at Alexandria, Ont., last Thursday to Miss Mary C. McRae, a handsome young woman who for the past four years has been a stenograph- er in the state railroad commissioner’? office here. The couple sailed for Japan yesterday. LOST HIS “SPAKK.” Traveling Salesman Cannot Find His $500 Diamond. Webster City, Iowa, Aug. 22.—A. N. Follett, a traveling salesman for a jew- (elry house, lost a $500 diamond here. It was set in a double eagle’s head on a thirty-second degree Mason ring. He lost it, together with the whole setting, somewhere between the Wilson hotel and the Northwestern station. The po- lice were notified and every effort made to find it but without success. CHILDREN CREMATED. Parents Were Away From Home Helping Neighbors. Currie, Minn., Aug. 22. — Fire de- stroyed the house of P. Byrne, a farm- er living six miles northeast of here. One child perished in the flames. Two children died from the effects of the fire after they had been taken out, and another is not expected to live. The parents were helping neighbors thresh. The cause of the fire is unknown. DISTINGUISHED FISHERMEN. Three Senators, 2 Congressman and Some Ordinary Citizens. Alexandria, Minn., Aug. 22—The Hon. R. G. Evans of Minneapolis came up to the Wickiup club on Lake Ida, of which he is a member, and brought as his guests Congressman Heatwole of Northfield, Senator Clapp of St. Paul, Senator Quarles of Wisconsin and Sen- ator Fairbanks of Indiana. le ALL HUNTING PEARLS, _ Boys Find Clam With Twelve Small Pearls. Osceola, Wis., Aug. 22.—Considerable excitement has been created here sinée one of Frank Entwer’s boys found a clam with fifteen small pearls in it. Old ladies and young can be seen almost any day walking along the banks of the St, Croix looking for clams. Arrested on Suspicion. Brookings, S. D., Aug. 22—The city marshal arrested two tough characters on the street and placed them in the county jail on a charge of vagrancy. The officers are looking for a gang of safe blowers said to be headed this way and it is thought the men arrested may be part of the gang. Poisoning Fountain City Dogs. Winona, Minn., Aug. 22.—A dog pois- oner has been getting in his work in Fountain City, no less than four valua- ble dogs being killed there in one day. An investigation is being made, . e NATIVES ARE FEWER. A Majority of Minnesota Voters of Foreign Extraction. An interesting feature of the latest census bulletin on Minnesota is the table showing the distribution of the state’s new citizens. Among males of voting age, the foreign born exceed the native born, having 51.4 per cent of the total. Only 20.6 are native born of na- tive parents, while 27.1 are native born, but with one or both parents foreign born. The remainder, .9 of 1 per cent, are colored, and with the exception of a few Chinese and Japanese, are native born Indians and negroes. An analysis by congressional districts shows the foreign born exceed the na- tive born in three districts, the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth, leaving out a large number of “unknown,” probably for the mest part foreign born. The following table shows the num- ber of males over twenty-one in each county and congressional district, di- vided into: Native whites, native col- ored, foreign born naturalized, foreign born who have taken out first papers, and “unknown.” Comparison with the map will show that the foreign born population predominates in the new counties of the north and west. The Eighth district, which includes the iron range, has a very large proportion of aliens. ay ob) Go ws) = 3 ga, 3) 3 37) &| 8 goles 4/38 pa eco ts First Dis.— : : Dodge . 260} 91) 189 Fillmore 468) 242) 596 Freeborn 521! 329) 373 Houston 296| 116, 297 Mower 329) 301 Olmsted Steele Wabash Waseca Winona 1 ean Ped ia 4,420] 60/14,763/3,226|1,756|4, 004 Second Dis.— Blue Earth. .| 5,342] 5] 2,205 585] 306] 634 Brown .. 2/199] 5] 1,967, 461] 259) 288 Cottonwood .| 1,324] 172 Faribault ...| 4,059] 235 Jackson 1,707| 68 Martin .. 2,728) 144 Murray . 1,586} 126| Nobles 2,378 9 167 Pipestone ...| 1,571] s 3] 180 Rock .......| 1,446] 1| S44] 132) 123) Watonwan ..| 1,601] 3] 1,006 191] are ef ef Totals ....|25,941] 34]14,597/2,379]1,972/3,508 Third District— Carver Dakota . Goodhue Le Sueur . McLeod Nicollet Rice Scott . Sibley Totals .. Fourth District— Chisago . Ramsey | 258] 151] 199 1,847}1,932|4,006 760| 840] 442| 635 t ber |2,945|2,525|4,840 403/4,275 Hennepin Sixth District— Benton . 1,006! 0} 1,012) 103! 53] 146 Cass . | 1,260) 341] ‘499! 103[ 91] 98 Crow Wing..| 2,069] 7! 1.285) 324| 160; 200 Douglas 284) 147| 378 Hubbard . 409, 147) 7S} 137 Meeker « 2| 1,903} 376) 200| 265 Morrison . 3] 2,434) 2341 : Sherburne BG1| 122! Stearns 3,698| 511 Todd . j 245) Wadena 21 87 Wright . od B75) Total .....[28,576| 370|18,748|3,204 Seventh District— Big Stone ...| 1.217) 4) 783) 214 Chippewa ...1,418[ 1] 1,204) 283 ‘908; 2} 960] 115] 1,856 2,261; 434] L. qui Parle.| 1,500] 1,520] 297 Lincoln 813) 980) 185 Lyon: . 200] Pope 201 Reewood 260) 2781 Renville . 155! 108) Stevens. Toial Eighth District— Aitkin Anoke Carlton Cook Tsanti Itasca Kanabee Lake . Mille Lacs. Pine St. Louis .. 10,446 4,547; Totals *.... sp Bees ea Ninth Distri Becker . 1,616] 342| 126] 249 Beltrami « 1,110! 473) 136) 237 Clay .. 3[ 21220) 407) 285] 336 Kittson . 1,369) 275) 231) 140 Marshall . 2,178] 607; 260; 290 1,768) 351] 352! 4.5451 978] 500 4.311/1,099| 756 1,591| 317] 156 ‘pal gas) baa 114} ag! ENE Wis toa Rais aes Bt | 362|21,711]5,137)2,916/3,83 Totals.....!1 Grouping the two divisions of native born under one head, and the three di- visions’ of foreign born under another, the following 1s the summary by con- gressional districts: Native Foreign | Un- Born. Born. known. District— 489 4,004 3,508 Fourth Fifth The figures plainly show tht inequal- ity of the recent congressional appor- tionment. The number of ‘ qualified voters in each district in June, 1900, was as follows: District- First Second Third . Fourth Fitth Sixth . feventh Eighth . Ninth . ‘ Where Negroes Are a Fifteen Minnesota counties have no negro voters. They are Benton, Cook, Cottonwood, Houston, Isanti, Kittson, Lincoln, Marshall, Mille Lacs, Murray, Sibley, Swift, Todd, Wadena and Yel- low Medicine. ‘The following counties have no col- ored population of school age, between five and twenty years: Becker, Bel- trami, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Car- ver, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Grant, Houston, Itasca, Jackson, Kana~- bec, Kandyohi, Kittson, Lake, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Mar- shall, Martin, Mille Lacs, Mower, Mur- ray, Nicollet, Norman, Pine, Pope, Ren- ville, Rock, Roseau, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wa- dena, Yellow Medicine, in all, 41. The following counties have no col- ored population whatever: Benton, Houston, Kittson, Lincoln, Marshall, Mille Lacs, Murray, Sibley, Todd, Wa- dena and Yellow Medicine. The item, “other colored,” is found in most of the counties. This head in- cludes Indians. Chinese and Japanese. STRICT LAW NEEDED. For the Regulation of Fraternal So- cleties in This State. Insurance Commissioner Dearth, in his annual report on the life insurance business done in Minnescta, says the laws covering fraternal insurance are a disgrace to the state. Since the bill introduced last winter for the regulation of these societies failed of passage, .he department has been flooded with applications from all manner of societies from every section of the ccuntry. Many of these fraternal companies, he says, are anything but sound, and the only way in which they can be made safe is to enact a law pro- viding that they shall charge a pre- mium rate, which, at 4 per cent inter- est, will create a fund sufficient to ma- ture the face amount called for by the policy at the time of its certain ma- turity. with a sufficient loading to meet necessary expenses. The mortality cost of a fraternal society, he holds, is bound to equal that of any old line company, and the only saving possible for the fraternzl company is its ex- penses. He recommends a law compelling all life companies to charge a rate based upon a standard table of mortality, with an interest rate that will give as- surance that the protection furnished is reliable. Assessment, life and accident busi- ness in Minnesota decreased last year from $11,000,000 in force to $9,900,000. This is exclusive of fraternals. The sick benefit societies are said to be the worst class of offenders against good business policy. The commission- er says that several of these companies are reporting to the office, which, should they meet with a death loss, would not be able to pay it in full even if the entire proceeds of a year’s assess- ment were available. He recommends that the societies should not be allowed to issue a death indemnity policy in ex- cess of $1,000 at the most. It is recommended that the laws g0v- erning assessment life insurance com- panies be repealed altogether, making it impossible to organize this class of companies. NO ‘TIME. EXHIBITORS WASTING State Fair Displays to Be On the Grounds Early. Preparations have been made at the state fair grounds to receive this week much of the machinery and heavier dis- plays that will be shown at the coming annual exposition. ‘An additional force of workmen will be put on immediately as an advance guard to the army of employes that will be required while the fair is in progress. The fact that the number and varicty of exhibits is to be un- usually large this year has prompted many manufacturers of machinery not to delay getting their exhibits in place. The state fair management will ad- here to its announced policy that every exhibit must be in place and open for inspection at 8 o’clock on the morning of the opening day of the fair. The superintendents of divisions will will spend the remaining days before the opening in gathering up the loose ends and mapping out their program for fair week. The erection of the new agricultural building gives much more space and makes it necessary to rear- range the allotment of space that ob- tained last year. Representatives of the three national cattle shows that will be held in connection with the fair will be here within a few days to look cut for the interests of their organiza- tions. The live stock parade arranged for Friday of fair week was in the nature of an experiment last year, but it was so well received that it will be repeated this year. The representation of thor- oughbred cattle will be much larger this year, and there has been a sub- stantial increase in the number of ex- hibitcrs of thoroughbred horses. The state fair grounds will be policed @aily and the race course will be given the finishing touches between now and Sept. 1. The track is now in splendid condition, and, with favorable weather, should make possible the breaking of several records. Grand Labor Day Ball. Fargo, N. D., Aug. 22. — His friends ‘local unions have arranged to give a grand Labor day ball, the receipts of which will be contributed to’ the steel strikers’ fund. ‘The members of the ty- pographical union are the prime work- ers in the movement and have the hearty co-eperation of the other unions. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes has held that bay rum manu- factured in Porto Rico and brought into the United States is subject to the in- ternal revetiue tax as distilled spirits. * Nordstrom Must Hang. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 22.—J. T. Snyder, Nordstrom will in all probability be hanged in the garret of the Kings coun- ty courthouse next Friday for the mur- der of Willie Mason nearly ten years ago. A last appeal for a stay of pro- ceedings has failed. Nordstrom, for the first time in his ten years’ imprison- ment, broke down and wept yesterday. WILL GET SWAMP LANDS. Long Continued Controversy About to Be Closed. The avrarently interminable question of swamp lands, which for years has been the subject of a voluminous corre- spondence between the interior depart- ment and the state auditors and attor- neys general, according to a Washing- ton dispatch, is about to be adjusted. For twenty years Minnesota officials and the state’s representatives in con- gress have been urging the interior de- partment to complete the survey and patent the swamp lands granted by cergress to the state. Commissioner Hermann yesterday is reported to have announced that the last of these tracts will be examined this summer and the patents issued for them next winter. The lands were granted to the state by congress in 1861, under a stipulation that the proceeds were to be used for drainage purposes. The state, however, followed the lead of Iowa and other states and diverted them to different ends. Much of the land was granted to railroads, some was partitioned off for public institutions, and what was left, by a constitutional amendment in 1831, was turned over to the schools, Nearly all of the land granted to the railroads has now been selected, ex- cept about 600,000 acres in Coon, Lake and St. Louis counties, which was giv- en to the Duluth & Iron Range railroad. After this and several lesser claims against the lands are adjusted, the re- mainder will become state school land. The state has lost several valuable tracts through claim jumpers, who filed adverse claims, setting forth that the land was not swamp land. Wherever it was shown that less than half of a quarter section is really swamp the in- terior department held thaz the land was not included in the swamp land grant and was open for homestead. The claims about to be adjusted by the interior department consist of about 3,500 tracts upon which selections have been filed by state officials. There are in the state about, thirty unsurveyed townships, the survey and patenting of which will close the subject of swamp lands. SELLS LAND ON EASY TERMS. Requires 15 Per Cent Down and Gives Forty Years’ Time. With but a few exceptions the 6,400 acres of state capitol lands in Kandiyo- hi county sold at Willmar Thursday by the state auditor were purchased by the lessees who had rented and improved the lands. The land was set aside years ago for a capitol site. The average price paid for the land was $21 per acre, bringing to the state $134. 40. The highest price pald was $28.50 per ecre, and the lowest was $15 per acre for three forty-acre tracts. ‘About 98 per cent of the land was im- proved. The land was appraised a few months ago at an average of $16 per acre. The land is bought under contract, 15 per cent of the purchase price being paid down and the remainder in forty years’ time, with interest at 4 per cent. State Auditcr Durn closed out the last of the school land in Kandiyohi county at fhe same sale. There were ten tracts sold. Most of the land was low and swampy and the purchase price was small. ECNOMY FOR FARMERS. They Are Advised to Feed Stalks and Husks and Sell Their Corn. With the price of corn hovering pe 60-cent mark, the farmers of the Northwest will Jook to some oth- ér foe for their stoc! £3 ner in order that they may place all of their corn on the market. Next to corn gr ground feed the corn stalks that are left on the flelds to waste are the most fattening food for stock. The corn stalks and husks can be ground and used as stock food in the same manner as corn. The price of corn has not formerly been high enough, since Min- nesota has become a corn shipping state, to induce farmers to find a sub- stitute for it as a stock fcod, but, with the crop in the Southern states almost a failure, Minnesota farmers will find it greatly to their advantage to ship the corn and find another fodder for their stock next winter. Some of the railroad companies have sent circulars to their men who come in contact with the farmers, asking them to recom- mend the feeding of corn stalks, ASSETS OF STATE. Five Institutions Prepare Invento- ries of Their Property. The first inventory of the property of state institutions was commenced July 81 and the state board of control has re- ceived reports from five of the state in- stitutions. The total valuation of the Fergus Falls hospital, including buildings, lands, improvements and other prop- erty, is $990,181.99. The valuation of the Anoka asylum and its appurtenances is stated at $70,595.11, The value of the St. Cloud reformatory is given at $346,- 076.01; of the state school at Owatonna at $234,319.49. ‘There are twelve more institutions to report. The inventories are very com-~ plete and include everything from a tenpenny nail up to the largest build- ings. The board will enforce a new rule of annual inventories. - * Boy Falls to His Death. Winona, Minn., Aug. 20. — Emil, the twelve-year-old son of J. W. Morcomb, residing in Ridgeway, this county, yes- terday fell sixty feet from a windmill tower. His back was broken and he was dead when found by his father. LINE TO THE BLACK HILLS. St. Paul, Aug. 20. — It is announced that financial arrangements have prac- tically been concluded in New York whereby St. Paul is to be given direct railroad connections with the Black Hills. The company is to be called the Twin City, Pierre & Bleck Hills. The road is to be built from Aberdeen te Rapid City, in the Hills, crossing the Missouri river at Pierre. The plan fs to extend the road from Rapid City tc a cennection with the Union Pacific at Orrin Junction, Wyo. | qa ! |