Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 28, 1901, Page 3

~~ SULTAN MUST PAY FULL SETTLEMENT OF ALL FRENCH CLAIMS WILL BE DE- MANDED. CONSTANS RETURNS TO HIS POST IMMEDIATELY GO AFTER N WITH A SHARP STICK. WILL MAKE NEW DEMAND ON TURKFY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FRAXCE'’S CONQUEST OF ALGERIt AND TUNIS. is, eSpt. M.Bapst, -he French charge d'affaires at Constaninople, tele- graphs that M. Lorando, one of the French claimants who ady-nced money to the Ottoman governmen years ago. is prepared to accept the efer of the porte to repay the capital adanced and annual ‘The orte. however, de- Pp interest thereon. clines to pay compo'nd interest on the loan, as was originlly demanded. The in offers to giv a lien on the Otto- stoms as seUrity for the payment aim In consequence of this statement and ne further fact aat M. Tubini. the other has already reached an under: th the porte, M. Con- stans. the Fren? ambassador to Constan- tinople, who let his post because the sul- tan failed to “atry out his promises in regard to th: Payment of these claims and the sett!ment of the auays dispute, ,gto return to Constantinople. is prep: He told a ever, that immediate! Upon his arrival at t he would emand a clean settlement of all the atstanding difficulties between France 24 Turkey, including a formal "s conquest of »wiigement of Franc Igeria M4 Tunis, something which has Scandalously misses Govern- Giraltar, Sept. 25. — Gen. Weyler, min‘ter of war, recently examined the mil@ry condition of Ceuta and Alge- cire: the fortresses on the African and Spaish coasts respectively, which are of © much importance strategically wh regard to the British fortress of Giraltar. He discovered that even the st ordinary precautions had been nzlected, and that the equipment was snéalously deficient. The minister jsmissed the two governors from of- ve and ordered their immediate re- rement. ROYAL PARTY HEADED WEST. “heir Next Halt Will Be at Winni- pes. North Bay, Ont., Sept. 25.—The duke ind duchess of Cornwall and York re- umed their tour west through Canada esterday, and their next halt of any ength will be made at Winnipeg on after a continuous run of forty-e! hours from the capital. Their departure from Ottawa was made the oceasion of another display of popular enthusiasm. ‘The people tilled the avenues between Rideau hall and Elgin street station, and as the duke and duchess rode past they gave them a parting cheer. Smartly uni- formed dragoons who rode at a spirited pace formed their escort from Govern- ment house to the station. At the depot a large guard of honor was post- ed and the extended lines of troops reached several blocks up Elgin street. The members of the dominion cabinet, Mayor Morris Gowers, in robes of of- fice, and many prominent citizens gathered at the depot to bid farewell to their royal gues OFFERED $50 TO SLAY PRESIDENT Arrested for Theft Makes a Sensational Confession. St. Louis, Sept. .—Edward Saftigs, twenty-four, arrested yesterday morn- ing charged with theft from a down- town dry goods store, in a confession to the police, made the sensational statement that he was with Czolgosz in Buffalo when the president was as- sassinated, and that there existed a plot to murder the president and other men of prominence. He said the head- quarters were near Paterson, N. J.. with branches in all large cities. He named Frank Harrigan, who lived at the Dewey hotel, Philadelphia, as one of the chiefs. He also mentioned men named Heinrick, Friedman, Waldersee and Chikowski. He declared that he s offered $50 by Harrigan to be the slayer of the president. He was con- verted to anarchy by Emma Goldman. EE AEN Man HOME IN BAG Editor’s Gruesome Joke Proved Prophetic. Sheldon, Iowa, Sept. 25.—"Good-bye, fellows; I’m going away in a passenger coach, but I'll come back in the bag- gage ca This was the grim but characteristic farewell of Cormack, veteran editor of the Sheldon Daily Sun, as he left last week for Min- neapolis. He has tried every method expedient for a severe case of diabetis, and, as a last resort, went to Minneap- olis to place himself under the care of an eminent Christian Scientist. He knew the chances were against him, put he couldn’t restrain his humorous proclivities. He never could. He is now dead and will be buried here, His wife, who has ably assisted him in the publication of his paper, will, it is un- derstood, continue to publish the Sun. Veteran Hand Amuptated by Dead Engine. Oelwein, Iowa, Sept. 25.—John Ken- nedy, an unmarried young man about +wenty-eight years of age, had his arm ‘cut off by an engine in the roundhouse here. PRN as ee It is announced that British manu- facturers have resolved to “form a combination to defend their interests and the interests of British commerce 4n view of the entrance into the coun- try of the American Tobacco company. For this end 4 retaliatory measure will e@hortly be announced, F as B. F. Me- j SEILT RAE NEMETTS RDER CASE, WARD Clothing Supposed to Belong to Shepard Boys Is Fo Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 25.—In a lone- ly cabin up the gulch, a short distance from the place where Lee Shephard is supposed to have been found buried in the garden of W. H. Ward, has been disccvered Some clothing, supposed to have beer Worn by one of the Shephard boys at one time. An ex-policeman who bas been working on the Ward case for some time, found an overcoat, with fur collar and cuffs, a Turkish tow-l covered with blood, which had turned black with age, a boy’s cap and a pair of overshoes. The towel when placed in water turned the water blood ‘red, and an examination will be made to Getermine whether or not it is the blood of a human being. Ward, who owns this little cabin, is supposed to have hidden some of his alleged mis- deeds there. His trial will not come off for pessibly three weeks. j BADGERS AGAIN BEAT GOPHERS. Day's Work Nineteen to Ten Against the Latter. Lake City, Minn., Sept. 25. — The eventual defeat of the Minnesota bat- tery men by the Badger artillerists is forecasted by yesterday’s shoot which placed the Milwaukeeans still further in the lead. Yesterday Wisconsin scored teen points and Minnesota ten. It is thought improbable that Minnesota can overcome this lead, to say nothing of the ten to nothing rec- ord of Monday's work. There were to have been sixty shots fired by each side during yesterday’s work, but ow- ing to a heavy gale the total was forty, not including four preliminary shots for each team. Yesterday morning the Milwaukee officers were escorted about the grounds by Gen. Libbey and Gen. Lambert. AFTER LIQUOR DEALERS. to Incestizate Trafic. Vermilli S. D., Sept. 25.—For sev- eral yea: t there has been no grand jury in session at the regular term of court, but at the October term in Clay county this year there will be one at work, as theeresult of a petition which has been presented to Judge E. G. Smith signed by many respectable cit- izens, asking that a grand jury be summened to invesiigate the illegal sale of liquor, which is and has been occurring for the past three years or more. Judge Smith has attached his signature to the order for a grand jury, Owing to the secrecy with which the members will do their duty there prom- ises to be some sensational develop- ments, and many indictments are sure to follow. Grand Jury Iegal TWO COUPLES MISSING. Young Yeople Run Away From Home. Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 25.—Anxiety exists in Charles Mix county as to the whereabouts of Edith Hemminger, Agnes Anderson, Eck Campbell und Roy Scott, young people whose ages range from fifteen to seventeen years, and who disappeared from their homes near Jasper Saturday night. The par- ents of the four runaways are promi- nent and well-to-do residents of that part of the state. The two boys and their girl companions left their homes on horseback, and when last seen were riding and leading an extra horse. A Gilligent search is being instituted, but according to last accounts no trace of them had been found. Their motive for leaving is a mystery and their par- ents fear the worst. WILL SUSTAINED, Four Efforts of Daughters to Break Their Father’s Will Is a Failure. Atwater, Minn., Sept. 25.—An inter- esting will contest case which has been pending in Kandiyohi county courts was decided yesterday by Judge Nor- din sustaining the will. It involved the estate of the late Rev. P. M. John- son in the town of Lake Elizabeth, and was contested by his two daughters, Mrs. Emma Anderscn of Red Wing and Mrs. Amos Odlerd of Seattle. Rev. Johnson, who was a well known Meth- odist preacher, died last spring, leaving his estate to his son, C. E. Johnson, with whom he had made his home for many yea REMOVED BY THE GOVERNOR. County Commissioner Whitehorne of Ramsey County Bounced. St. Paul, Sept. 25—Gov. Van Sant has issued the order removing George B. Whitehorne from the board of county commissioners. The order makes no reference to the mutilation of county records or other malfeasance in office, but is based wholly on the charges of non-feasance on the part of Mr. White- horne in absenting himself from the meetings of the board of county com- missioners since July 23, and wilfully neglecting to perform the duties of his office. One Side of Business Street Burned— Loss, $150,000. Pipestone, Minn., Sept. 25.—The fire at Edgerton Monday night caused a loss of $150,000. It started from a gas- oline lamp explosion, and 225 feet on the west side of the business street burned. The loss is partly covered by insurance. No time will be-lost by the sufferers in getting into winter quar- ters and continuing business, Price for Cattl y, Iowa, Sept. Bi Sioux C — The ‘highest price ever paid for beef cattle on the Sioux City market since the stock yards were established was re- corded yi y. For eighteen head of extra choice well-bred Shorthorns averaging 1,429 pounds, a packing com- pany paid $6. per hundred pounds, 1,607 for the lot or nearly $60 per head. The Badgers’ Schedule. Madison, Wis., Sept. 25.—Coach King positively denies that a game has been arranged between Wisconsin and Mich- igan football teams for this season. He also denied that any negotiations to that end were pending. The schedule is full. Arrested for Manslaughter. Milwaukee, Sept. 25. — Otto Kraus, wanted in St. Louis on a charge of manslaughter, was arrested by Mil- waukee police. The particulars of the crime are not known here, | | ——— BISHOP WHIPPLE LAID TO REST. of Clergy and ‘uneral of Venerable Bishop. Faribault, Minn., Sept. 22.—The city of Faribault, the State of Minnesota, the entire Northwest paused yesterday to drop flowers on the bier of the Rt. Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, bishop of the Episcopal. Church of America, but a man distinctly above any creed. The funeral of the bishop brought to this city a distinguished concourse of churchmen, a special train which left the Twin Cities in the morning, carry ing 265 people. Every train to reach the city brought with it men and wom- en whose heads were bowed in grief, and who came to look their last upon the dead whom they had loved and re- vered in life and whom death had sanctified. The distinguished visitors from out- side the city included eight bishops of the Episcopal church, Bishops Tuttle of Missouri, Hare of South Dakota, Morrison of Duluth, Grafton of Fond du Lac, Millspaugh of Kansas, Leon- ard of io, Morrison of Iowa and Edsall of Minnesota. Archbishop Ire- land of St. Paul sent his personal rep- resentative. This is thought to be the first churchman of another faith that has been so honored by the Roman Catholic church in the Northwest—pos- sibly the first instance of the kind in the United States. In the funeral cervices which begun at 2 o'clock the most distinguished churchmen of the West participated. Bishop Tuttle of Missouri was the of- ficiating priest. He \was assisted by Bishop Millspaugh of Kansas, Bishop Grafton of Fond du Lac, Bishop Hare of South Dakota, Bishop Morrison of Duluth and Bishop Edsall, now bishop of Minnesota. No departure was made from the ritual prescribed for the dead by the Episcopal church. The simple office for the dead was chanted; the cathedral choir cang the requiem. After the service in the church a second service was repeated outside for those who were unable to find a place within the cathelral. The remains of Bishop Whipple were placed in the erypt beneath the cathedral alte”. PICKPOCKETS AT A’ FUNERAL. Two Clergymen and a Layman Are Robbed. Faribault, Minn., Sept. 22—Two of the Episcopal rectors who came from St. Paul yesterday to attend Bishop Whipple's funeral were deprived of their pecketbooks in broad daylight while walkirg abcut the platform at the Faribault railway statidn. But the platform was small, the crowd large. Both divisions of the church were at~ tacked. Although the clergy suffered the most, the laity did not escape. A third pocketbook was taken from @ member of Christ church, St. Paul. The unlucky rectors were Rev. C. C. Rollit ef Red Wing and Rev. Charles H. Plummer of Lake City. r. Rollit was relieved of $300. Of this sum $90 was in currency and the balance rep- resented by a certifed check. Mr. Plummer’s loss was only $10. Isaac Lincoln of St. Paul was separated from $15. The police are at work on the case, FAVORS CHANGE, Deacon Moller, La Crosse, Wis.+ Would Substitute “Catholic” for “Episcopal.” La Crosse, Wis., Sept, 24.—In speak- ing of the proposed change in the name of the Episcopal church to “American Catholic Church of the United States,” Rev. C. N. Moller, deacon of the La Crosse diocese, said yesterday morn- ing: “I am honestly and sincerely in favor of the change of name. The Episcopal religion dates back to a time when the Protestant churches had not been founded.. It was the first church of God and there is no reason why it should not be called such— the word ‘catholic’ meaning God’s own church, or the true religion. I think the change in the name will be formally made at the San Francisco convention.” MURGAW STILL AT LARGE, Sheriff's Posse Fails to Locate the Supposed Murderer. Grantsburg, Wis., Sept. 22.—No, re- ports have been received from the sher- iff’s posse, but a party from near the scene of the Bosley murder arrived in town yesterday and states that it is believed Murgaw is in hiding at or near the Indian village at the mouth of the Yellow river, and the pursuers are working on this theory. It is well known that a Chippewa Indian will not harbor a murderer, and no doubt they will turn Murgaw over to the authori- ties as soon as they learn he is wanted. ‘The country is wild, and Murgaw could easily hide in the tamarack swamps that are practically inaccessible to the white man. TRAIN .IN A SINK HOLE, Serious Trouble on the Eastern Min- nesota Railroad. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 22.—The Eastern Minnesota railroad is having much ex- pensive trouble with sink holes on the Mesaba Range division. A few weeks ago a train went down in one near Stonybrook, causing the loss of a life and the damage of much property. Now another has developed about fif- teen miles above the first. A few days ago while an ore train was crossing a swamp the track for the distance of about a block suddenly disappeared. Quick work resulted in the recovery of the train. The ore shipments of the road are being retarded by the con- dition of the track in these quagmires, and it is no easy matter to fill them. Drunken Soldier Runs Amuck. Fort Meade, S. D.. Sept. 22.—Private Charles Lynch of Company M, while crazed with drink, entered tne bar- racks yesterday, drew his revolver and began firing indiscriminately at his comrades. One bullet struck Private Caldwell in the thigh and another Charles H. Amich in the stomach. A guard shot Lynch in the leg and he ‘was overpowered. Private Amich died) last night. Lynch had been at Sturgis on leave of absence and there secured the liquor. THREATENED GOV. VAN SANT. Man Is Arrested at the Door of the Governor's Office. St. Paul, Sept. 25, — Frederick W. Hoyer, an aged German of Henderson who is said to have threatened Gov. Van Sant, was arrested yesterday morning at the capitol. The clerks at the governor's office were warned early yesterday morning that an old man/ had made veiled threats against the governor and was then on his way to the capitol. The warning was careful- ly kept from the governor. Col. Trow- bridge, the capitol custodian, and Mes- senger Charles Donglas waited for the man. When the old man arrived, car- rying a cane and a carpetbag, his de- mands for audience with Gov. Van Sant were parried by Messenger Doug- las, who held him until the patrol wag- on, summoned by Col. Trowbridge, ar- rived. At the central station it was found that the old man is F. W. Hoyer of Henderson, who has slept at the sta- tion several nights. Hoyer was ar- raigned in the police court yesterday afternoon on a charge of vagrancy. Because of his rambling remarks the case was postponed until Thursday. Hoyer was taken to jail and doctors will examine him before his return to court. DRUNKEN MAN’S DEED. Mortally Wounds His Wife With a Jackknife. ) Menomonie, Wis., Sept. 25.—About 12 o'clock Sunday night Joseph Ditlaff, a German, in a fit of drunken jealous rage aitempted to kill his wife with a jackknife, and succeeded in inflicting thrée large incisions in the abdomen which will probably prove fatal, The woman was taken to a hospital, ana there ere little hopes of her recovery. She is pregnant and is already the mother of several living children and has lost four. Ditlaff was captured about a mile from town. He said he was chasing the fellow that did it. He threw his knife away on the road, but it was found. He had just served nine- ty days for beating his wife, who had said she would not live longer with him. He has been secreted by the au- thorities, who fear trouble, and it is supposed he has been taken out of town. The woman is almost, dead. NEWSPAPER PLANT BURNS. Anaconda Standard Plant Totally Destroyed by Fire. Anaconda, Moat., Sept. 25.—The en- tire plant of the Standard was de- stroyed by fire here at a late hour yes- terday afternoon. The fire was caused by an explosion of a large gasoline tank in the composing room from which the linotypes are supplied with fuel. It is thought a defective connec- tion between one of the machines and the tank allowed the gasoline to escape and that it ignited from the flame of the metal pot on the Merganthaler and was quickly communicated to the large tank, resulting in a terrific explosion. The flames quickly spread and soon the entire structure was enveloped in flames and entirely consumed. The to- tal loss is estimated at $150,000. The paper was owned largely by the Mar- cus Daly estate. It is stated the paper will rebuild and resume publication at once. LOOKS LIKE FOUL PLAY. Wealthy Chicago Man Disappears at e Kenosha. Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 25. — William Kernan, a wealthy Chicago man who came to Kenosha accompanied by a young lady friend to attend a funeral, is mysteriously missing. After the ycung lady had been taken to the home of a friend Kernan went down town to hire a carriage for use at the funeral. It is claimed that Kernan was seen at 4 o'clock yesterday morning in com- pany with three men whose identity cannot be established. The Chicago ‘man is said to be worth $100,000, and when he came here he had a large sum on his person. The liveryman from whom the carriage was rented states that Kernan displayed a large sum of money while he was in the stable and asked to be directed to a saloon. The friends of the Chicago man seem cer- tain that the man has met with foul play. GASOLINE EXPLODED. Four People Badly Burned at Ren- ville. Renville, Minn., Sept/ 25.—A terrible accident happened here as Mrs. M. J. Filbert and family were eating break- fast. One of the children turned out the lights on the gasoline stove and at once began to fill the stove. An ex- plosion occurred, scattering the oil and fire upon the people at the table and setting them on fire. Four of the fam- ily are badly burned. The clothes were completely burned off Mrs. Filbert and one of the children, and Mrs. Filbert ! sustained severe burns on her back down to her lower limbs. The fire was put out before much damage was done to the house, Lands for Colonization, Grand Rapids, Wis., Sept. 25. — One ofthe largest land deals ever taking place in this city oceurred Saturday, when the Butler-Sherwood Company of Chicago sold all its land in the town of Saratoga, Wood county, to John M. Secrist & Co. of Milwaukee. The deal comprises 7,400 acres, of wild lands, all susceptible of, being farmed. Jokn M. Secrist & Co. will immediately open up this land for colonization, which will go far toward developing the southern part of the county. ¢ No Dakotn County Fair. Farmington, Minn., Sept. 25. — The board of directors of the Dakota Coun- ty Agricultural society held a meeting and decided that on account of adverse circumstances no fair would be held this year.at Farmington, but would be postponed until the fall of 1902. Scalded With Coffee. Otto, Iowa, Sept. 25.—Mrs. Jane Cut- ting had her limbs badly scalded by hot coffee. She was carrying a boiler of coffee at a sociable, when the handle breke and the contents scalded her. — fo SbDER FIRM GRIP ON PURSE STRINGS. Roard of Control’s Reply to the State Normal Board, The state board of control has re- turned its answer to the “bill of rights” submitted recently by the state board of normal regents, and though several of the points in the normal board’s “bill” are @bjected to, one of the mem- bers of the board of control expressed the belief that the two boards would get together and would reach an ami- cable agreement. The normal board has waived the question of the validity of the law cre- ating the board of control and the right of the right of the board of con- trol to assume financial direction of the normal schools, and the only ques- tions at issue now are the points of jurisdiction of each board. The contention of the normal board is that it has the right to determine the quantity, quality and cost of the supplies for the educational part of the normal schools, while the board of con- trol acts practically as an auditing board. The suggestion of the board of control in regard to these rights is that the normal board has full control of the educational functions of the schools where they are plainly educational; that the board of control has the man- agement of the financial affairs so far as they are clearly financial, and that where the fields overlap the two boards should co-operate and carry on the work together. Great difficulty has been found in delineating the rights and powers of the two boards. The power to arrange the educational pro- gram involves questions of financial control and the power to control finances affects the right to fix educa- tional courses, so that it is expected that a committee of conference will be- come: a permanent body. The normal board also wants the right to fix the salaries of employes other than teachers. The board of con- trol would not grant this request, as an opinion of the attorney general im- plicitly stated that this power resided in the board of control. The request of the normal board that the resident di- rectors be continued as purchasing agents of the schools was not acceded to. The board of control felt that the spirit of the law forbade such action. PATHETIC PLEA WORKED PRIESTS Unique Swindling Scheme Is Un- earthed at Duluth and Fargo. One of the cleverest and most unique swindle’ fA Which Catholic clergymen of the Northwest appear to be viciims, has just come to light. Duluth, Fargo and Moorhead are the only towns in which the game has been tried so far as known, but, there are doubtless others. id A few weeks ago a man about thirty years of age, with a hectic flush on his face and distressing cough, appeared at the residence of Bishop McGolrick in Duluth and told the following story: “I have just been released from Still- water penitentiary, where I was given a long term for grand larceny, the spe- cific crime being the theft of a large sum of money in St. Paul. I did not steal the money, but was the accom- plice of the man who did, and it went hard with me. My pal died in prison soon after incarccration, We had bufied the rested, and living up to the promise which I made my pal, I have never dis- closed its whereabouts to the cuthorie ties. The priests who occasionally vis- ited the prison learned all the facts from me and told me to return the money to its rightful owner. Not until I was released dii I learn that the owner was dead and had left no heirs. Now what shall I do with the money? The amount is between $5,000 and $6,- 000.” The priest who heard him ad- vised its donation to some charitable institution. The fellow was painfully penitent and cleverly hinted that he was without means or clothing, but could not think of touching the hidden plunder. He was given $15 and an over- coat and left. A few days ago Bishop McGolrick was in Fargo and learned that the trick had been successfully. worked there and in Moorhead. NO FROSTS YET. Unusual Condition for Minnesota— Plowing Going on Rapidly. The weather bureau’s climate and crop service bulletin for Minnesota contains the following summary for last week: In much of the Red river valley the week was dry till the afternoon of the 13th, allowing threshing to go on satis- factorily; in some places the stacked grain is being threshed. The cutting of a poor flax crop, plowing and cutting corn fodder have been the work of the week where threshing was out of the way. The northern potato crop is gen- erally a good one. In central and southern portions of the state there have been abundant rains, falling for the most part on the 9th, 11th, 13th and lth. These rains stopped threshing entirely. The mois- ture has been nearly all taken up by the soil, their being no marked rise in the water of streams and ponds.. In a few places the soil was too wet to plow, but generally it is in splendid condition for working, and plowing is going on rapidly. Some of the cut flax lying on the ground is beginning to sprout. pastures and late vegetables are much improved. Corn is nearly all safe from frost, and a great deal of it now is in sheck. Rye seeding is going on nicely. Grapes in the vicinity of Lake Minne- tonka are said to be very fine. Though the temperatures are falling with the advance of the se?son, there have been no frosts reported in the state. Sons of Hermann. New Ulm, Minn., Sept. 22.—The state organization of the Sons of Hermann will celebrate German day at the Na- tional Hermann Park in this city Sun- day. Excursion trains wil leave St. Paul and Minneapolis Sunday morning to accommodate the societies of those cities, and it is expected that there will be a large crowd here. Hermann Park is a beautiful place, just on the edge of the city, surrounding the national monument, which cost the national so- ciety nearly $50,000, an ideal place for a pientc.® > Nes Be ane oney before we Were ar- | ‘WHERE THEY WILL PREACH. Ministers Located by the North Ger- man,Methodist Conference. The North German Methodist confer- ence has closed its sessions in Winona after announcing the following ap- pointments: -Minneapolis District — Rev. W. A- Weiss, presiding elder; Ada, W. H. Koenig; Bertha, C. F. Bublitz; Brown- ton, Emil ‘Uhl; Clearwater, Henry Knauff; Crow River, A. Biebighauser; Chokio and Hancock, to be supplied; Duluth, J. F. Steiner; Hatton and Averill, C. Thiel; Heetor, H. Schnitt- ker; La Moure, to be supplied; Maple Grove, W. Mecklenburg; Minneapolis Central church, C. L. Lehnert; Minne- apolis First church, F. G. Breine; Min- neapolis North church, J. G. Bauer; Morris, F, Brinkman; Turtle Mountain, C. Bierman; Valley City, E. P. Chrict; ‘West Superior, to be supplied. St. Paul District—H. E. Young, pre- siding elder; Cannon River, C. F-. Schulz; Chippewa Falls, G. Raihle; Deer Park and Clear Lake, to be sup- plied; Hokah, J. G. Steffer; Jordan, J. Duhrban; Lake City, to be supplied; Menominee, A. C. Borchardt; Pepin, to be supplied; Red Wing, Anton Peik; Rochester, W. E. Baumgartner; St. Paul,, Dayton’s Bluff, A. L, Moeneke; St. Paul, First church, to be supplied; St. Paul Park, C. H. Sauter; St. Paul, ‘West side, A. H. Koerner; St. Paul, Second church and Panola, to be sup- plied; Salem and Rosemount, C. Schoenheiter; Washington, H. J. Ho- bart; Winona, C. F. Blume; Zumbro Falls and West Albany, C. H. Miller: Cc. W. Hartzler, professor in William Nast seminary: W. F. Finke, president St. Paul’s college; W. H. Miller, con- ference evangelist and field agent St. Paul's college. South Minnesota District — John Hauck, presiding elder, Mankato; Al- bert Lea, H. Clement; Arlington, J- Schneider; Blooming Grove, J. J. Hoft- man; Echo and Florita, G. Babe; Fari- bault, E. J. Funke; Fairfax, F. E- Meyerbachtol; Jacksonville, H. A. Potthoff; Le Sueur, W. J. Weber; Man- kato, G. Goese; Morgan and Eden, F. J. Wiegand; New Ulm and Lafayette, G. R. Fritze; Owatonna and Aurora, A. F. Kreinke; Sleepy Eye, W. F- Fritze; Springfield, J. E. Benz; Wa- seca, Daniel Pfoff. { WANTS WHAT IT HAS COMING. State Desires Title to Land in St. Louis, Cook and Lake Counties. Within the next three months Min- nesota may receive patents to 100,000 acres of swamp lands in St. Louis, Cook and Lake counties. A special agent of the land office is on his way to Minnesota from Marqyette, Mich., to investigate and report. “There are about 100,000 acres of land in St. Louis, Lake and Cook counties appearing on the government surveys as swamp lands that have never been patented to the state,” said State Au- ditor Dunn. “We have had a special agent, Timothy E. Byrnes, working on the matter, and the department at Washington has promised to give the subject immediate attention. “We want to know ‘whether these lands designated as swamp lands are going to be presented to the state. If they are, we wont patents, and if the state is not going to get them all we want to know it and find out just how we stand. There is considerable trouble arising all the time with t#e squatters and settlers on lands to which the state has not yet received @ patent. “A decision should be made within the next three months, and then we shall know just how much of this land belongs to Minnesota. Some of the surveys on which the lands are desig- nated as swamp lands, were made from six to nine years ago, and it is time the matter was settled.” INSTRUCTIONS ON TAX SALES, State Auditor Issues Circular Letter to County Auditors. State Auditor Dunn has issued a circular letter to county auditors on the sale of property bid in for the state. The letter gives instructions on the sale of real property sold for delin- quent taxes under the general laws of 1901, which has been bid in by the state. If the applicant offers to pay the full amount of taxes for which the tract was forfeited, together with the sub- sequent delinquent taxes, costs ana penalties, the approval of the county auditor is sufficient. If the applicant offers less than the stated amount the application must be approved by a ma- jority of the board of county commis- sioners. v8 The current taxes should not be in- cluded in the application. Redemption can be made by the owned before the time of redemption expires only upon payment of taxes, penalties, interest and costs. The interest is to be com- puted at 1 per cent a month. When redemption is made for tracts sold for less than the full amount of the taxes and costs the purchaser is entitled to a refundment of the actual amount paid in by him, with interest at 1 per cent a@month. , HUNTER KILLED, Accidentally Shot in the Back by a Companion. New Ulm, Minn., Sept. 25.—While out hunting with two other men Sunday evening Nick Carpen was accidentally shot in the back and died yesterday © afternoon at 1 o'clock. The entire con- tents of the gun entered the small of the back at close range. He was twen- ty-one years old and his home is in Hastings. VILLAGE ON FIRE. Minnesota Town in Danger of Total Destruction. Pipestone, Minn,, Sept. 25—The vil- lage of Edgerton, eighteen miles south- east of here, is reported to be on fire. The Edgerton hotel and general mer- chandise store of Howard & Kolman are said to be entirely consumed, with their contents. The fire is still raging and the entire village is in great dan- ger. The Howard & Koiman stock will probably invoice $25,000, and is not in- sured. « “ TR nce sc BTS os. i