Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 9, 1901, Page 3

\ | | (9 OOCOHOOOOOO®D POSS OOHSOSHHOS SHSHSHHSOOSOOOOHOOS OOOOOOD 7S } News of the Northwests#® : it. necasecadblaavus Gres abeessunei neous WORK OF BURGHERS, Business Portion of a Town Almost Wiped Out. Mayville, N. D., Nov. 6. —- The busi- ness portion of Clifford, a town twelve miles southwest of this city, was al- most entirely destroyed by fire which broke out at 4 o'clock Sunday morning. The loss will be about $40,000, the insu ance being in the neighborhood of $21,- ‘The fire was probably started by jars in their attempt to blow a in a butcher shop. They succeed- forcing the door off, but were away before getting the that was in the safe. of their ‘tools. The flames, fanned by a stiff northwest wind, spread rapidly and the main business hou of the place were soon in flames. here was no loss of life, safe ed in trightened small amount They left some but the family over the Mercantile company’s store was saved with ex- treme d culty. Mr. Nelson states m secured a building at once for a new stock of that his 1 and telegraphed goods. SILVER AND COPPER STRIKE OF Reported Fron Localities in Butte District. Mont., Several extr: er and cop- y localities in riect in which the exis- 1 was practically un- In the Emma mine Butte, per 2 the Butte tence of minei own heretofore. a the s which F has been going on for several months for copper ore, a silver bear vein has been un more than $1,000 a 10 in go:d and 6 per The new veins are tive cc r and are claimed xtensive and richer than the of any of the old mines of ton and Montana tement has been claim owners and ion of the district. 5 to ton ins cent of rich in r copper. among s in that se mine GRANDMA AT TW Jowa Claims Youngest Grandmother in the Northwest. Yes Moines, Nov. 6. grandmother ,t twenty-nine is the record of Mrs. James P. Carleton of Iowa Falls, Iowa, who claims the distinction of being the youngest grandmother in the entire Nerthwest. She is hoping to be a great grandmother by the time she is forty- tiv Mr. and Mrs. Carleton were mar- ried in Ohio eighteen years ago, Mrs. Carleton being only eleven years old when she was wooed, won and led to the altar, when only thirteen years of age she became a mother. The tendency toward early marriages in the Carleton family was transmitted to the daugh- ter, and two ars ago, at the age of fourteen, she was married. Last week she became a mother ADRIFT ON LAKE MICHIGAN. and Son Believed to Have prished. Nov. 6.—Adrift on an in an open boat, with ons and with the tempera- e fi ing point—that is the Peterson, keeper of the ght, and his son Ralph. ht at about dusk the two Pather ture a fate of ¢ gover Sunday were blown away from shore by the westerly gale, and though search was made all night and all day yesterday, there had been no trace found of the missing lightkeepers. that the There is every on to believe two have ished. DROWNED IN CLEAR LAKE. Traveling Men Are Missing— Believed to Have Lost Their Lives. rrobability George L. Montgomery, representing the Plano Manufacturing Mason City, Iowa, Nov. 6. — In all company, and N. 8. Baird, of the Sim- monds Wardware . Company of St. Louis, are at the bottom of Clear lake. ‘They went on the lake Saturday at 3 o'clock and have not been seen since. ‘The decoy ducks and the seat in the boat were found yesterday afternoon. Both were prominent men of this city. Tv LONG ILLNESS ENDED. Denth at West Union. fowa, of Mrs. William E. Fuller. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 6—Mrs. Will- iam &. Fuller, aged sixty, wife of United States Assistant Attorney Gen- erat Fuller, died at her home in West Union on Sunday after an illness of seven months. She was the daughter of William Harper of Mediapolis. She was the mother of nine children, seven of whom are. alive. New Factory for Cumberland, Cumberland, Wis., Nov. 6. — The of- ficials of a large canning factory lo- ted in the southern part of the state will build and operate a $16,000 canning factory and pickling plant at this place. The factory will can tomatoes and a large pickling plant will be operated in connection with the same. The projectors expect to have the con- cern ready for next season's crop. Has Very Short Liberty. Moorhead, Minn., Nov. 6. — Cora Oman, for whom Goy. Van Sant grant- ed the requisition of Gov. White of North Dakota, was released on a writ of habeas corpus by Court Commis- sioner Witherow yesterday. She was immediately rearrested on another charge of violating the North Dakota prohibition law, and the hearing was postponed until next Monday. Held for Criminal Assault. Argyle, Minn., Nov. 6, — J. J. Sutton, a prominent horse dealer of this place, was bourd over to the next term of eistrict court for a criminal assault on the person of Mrs. R. M. Caldwell,'a widow residing on a farm near town. Little Girl Kine Kalispell, Mont., Nov. 6 — Glen Ja- queth, the fourteen-year-old son of Former Representative Tequetn of thir city, accidentajiy shot and kiNed hir Vittle rister, eighteen months’ old, He was experimenting with a shotgun. n part of the city, in| INSTALL NEW BISHOP. ‘emony of Seati of Bishop Ea. sall of Mi sotn. St. Paul. Nov. 7. — The ceremony of inducting Bishop Samuel Cook Hdsall into the bishopric of the diocese of Minnesota was celebrated yesterday at Christ church. Clergymen from all farts of Minnesota and from Iowa, Wiscorsin and Nebraska were present. Seldom has there been so imposing an assemblage of Episcopalian clergymen in St. Paul, and certainly, so elaborate a procession has never been seen here before. The ceremony and sermon oc- eupied nearly three hours of time. There were four bishops, two archdea- eccns, and most of the other clergymen or the state were present. The induc- tior. service was itself extremely sim- ple, differing little from the institution of a minister. MONTA oI t Excitem Exists From Dil- lon to the Rockies. Butte, Mon cv. 7. — Considerable excitement p on the river from Great Falls to Dell over the strikes made in the newly located oil Jands. Four thousand ac have been taken up in the past three days on and about FIELDS. what is known as Sheep creek. The ground is covered with lignite coal of an excellent quality and oil seepage and gas exudations. Several thousand acres of oil-bearing land was located yesterday, on Horse Prairie. It is thought the entire portion of the coun- try from Dillon to the foot of the main range of Rockies is one vast fleld. | é i PUT BABY I Mother Throws Her Child Fiery Furnace. , Nov. 7. — At Merri- large A Crazed Wi mac Mrs. George Lee opened a stove door and thrust her baby into a Baraboo, roaring fire in the presence of her husband and a nurse. The baby was three weeks old and was practically consumed before it could be gotten out. Mrs. Lee tried to kill another child three years ago by striking it on the head with a hammer. She was in Men- dota asylum some time ago and hag been taken there again. DELIBERATE SUICIDE. Nebraska Man Throws Himself Be- fore u Fast-Moving Locomotive. Sioux Falls, Nov. 7.—Edward Mahcr, while walking along the railroad track was overtaken by a Union Pacific train. He left the track, but just as the locomotive came tearing along near him he leaped headforemost in front of it His head was severed, completely and his body was mangled to an un- recognizable mass. The remains were picked up as b they could be and sent to Coroner Sawyer at Jackson, Neb. POSTS: ROBBED. Barglars »0 From Safe at nastone. Winona, Minn., Nov. 7. — Burglar yesterday morning entered the general store and postoffice operated by J. N. Riv at Rollingstone, blew open the safe and secured nearly $200 in cash. The safe blowing was done by the use of dynamite in an expert manner. Two strangers who have been hanging around the village are suspected. HEAD SHOT OFF, G. Marshall of Glyndon Is Accidentally Killed. Glyndon, Minn., Nov. 7.—William G. Marshall, a prominent citizen of this town was found dead in a ditch a mile north of town, the top of his head entirely blown off and a shotgun lying under him. The supposition is that he went to draw his gun from the wagon, when the trigger caught, with the re- sult stated. William NTY SEAT MOVED. cou Ivanhoe Takes the Records From Lake Bent: Lake Benton, Minn., Nov. 7.—All the county record ape ye been moved to Ivanhoe and that place is now the eccunty seat of Lincoln county. Exactly 1,909 voters went to the polls and 1,089 of them voted in favor of moving the county seat. Smooth Blindpizger. Fargo, N. D., Nov. 7.—Some time ago George Kubis was arrested at Everest on a charge of conducting a blind pig. The case seemed so strong against him that he was held under large bonds. After repeated continuances the case was dismissed on the ground that there was insufficient proof of his guilt. Kubis is all2ged to have remarked fre- quently that he was too smooth for the authorities, and there was satisfaction at his arrest, which has given away to chagrin. Fs fargest In t World. Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorches- ter, Mass., are the largest manufactur- ers of cocoa and chocolate in the wor'd. They received a gold medal from the Paris exposition of last year. This year they have received three gold medals from the Pan-American exoosition at Buffalo. Their goods are the standard for purity and excellence, Jackson to Examine Lawyers. Madison, Wis., Nov. 7. — Alfred A. Jackson of Janesville was appointed a member of the state board of law ex- aminers by the supreme court to suc- ceed John L. Erdall, who recently re- moved from the city to St. Paul. Whitewood, S. D., Nov. 7. — The po- tato crop in the Black Hills is some- thing enormous. Dan Sturr, a rancher near this city, planted forty acres of ground last spring to potatoes and this fall dug over 3,500 bushels, which are netting him $1.75 a hundred pounds. Boarding House Burned. Park Rapids, Minn., Nov. 7. — The poarding house and work shanty con- nected” with the Park Rapids Lumber company’s mill was burned. Loss, $1,- 100; insurance, $5f0. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Nov. 7. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 71@711-2c; No. 2 Northern, 68 3-4@69 1-4c.. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 58 1-4@59e; No. 3, 57 1-: Oats—No, 3 white, 37 1-2@37 3-4¢; . 8, 863 sie. Minneapolis, Nov. 7.—Wheat — No. 1 hard, 711-4c; No. 1 Northern, 72 1-4¢; No. 2 Northern, 69 1- :, Corn—No. 3, 561 No. 3 yellow, 561-4c. Oats — No. 3 white, 367-8 @ 37 1-8e. Duluta, Nov. 1h No. 2 Northern, 675-8c; No. 3 sprin 65 1-8c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, % No. 1 Northern, 701-8c; Decembe 69 1-8c; May, 721-2¢; oats, 37 3-4 rye, 521-2c; barley, malting, 49 corn, 571-2c; flax, to arrive, $1451 cash, $1.4 November, $1.42 1-2; cember, $1.39; May, $1.44. Milwaukee, Wis. Noy. 7. — Flour is steady. Wheat higher; No. 1 Northern, De- 711-2@72c; No. Northern, 671 December, 71 1-4¢. 55 1-4c. rley firm; sample, 4 Oats firm; No. white, 40@40 1 Corn — December, 5S B-4e. @ Chicago, No — Cash Wheat--No. 2 red, 72! ; No. 3 r 704 . 2 hard winter, 701-2@711-4c; No, 3 hard winter, 70@701 No. 1 Northern spring, 711-2@731-2c; No. 2 Northern ing, 70@7le; No. 3 spring, 67@70c. Corn—No. 5s No, 3, 58 3-4@59e. Oats —No. 7 1-! No. 3, 37037 1-4c. Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 7. — Cattle — Peeves, $4.50 @ 5.7%; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.50@ tockers and feeders, $2.50@3.60; calves and yearlings, $. 7 3.40. Hogs, ‘ Chicago, Nov. 7. — Cattle — Good to steers, $6 @ 6.80; poor to medi- prime 10; canners, $1.40! 4.50; calves, $3@6.50; Texas-fed steers, $2.50@3.80; Westerns, $3.45@5.25. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $5.60@ good to : rough bulk choice heavy heavy, $5.40@5.60; light, $5.406 of sales, $5.65 @ 5.75. Sheep, $ 5; lambs, $3@4.25. South St. Paul, Nov. 7. — Cattle — Fancy butcher steers, $5.60@6; prime, $5@5.50; good to choice, $4.25@4.90; com- mon to fair, $3@4; fancy butcher cows and heifers, $4.25 @ 4.75; prime. $3.90@ 4.15; good to choice, $3.25@3.75; _ fair, $2.60@3.15; canners and cutters, $1.25@ 2.50; good to choice butcher bulls, $: @3; common to bologna bulls, $1. 2.25; good to choice veals, $4.50@5; com- mon to fair, $3@4.50; good to choice feeding steers, $3.25@4; common to fair, $2@2.40; good to choice steer calves, $2.50@3; common to fair, $2@ 2.40; good to choice stock cows, and heifers, $2.30@2.75; common to fair, $2@ 2.25; good to choice heifer calves, $2.30 @2.75; ecmmon to fair, $22.25; stock and feeding bulls, $1.50@2.50; good to choice milech cows and springers, $32@ 40; ccmmon to fair, $20@30, Hogs — Licht, 40@5.65; mixed | butchers, $5. é rough pack' stags, $4.50@ pigs, $4.7575, Sheep—Good to choice fat lambs, $3.75 @4.25; common to fair, $3.25@3.60; good lto choice fat wethers, $3 @ 3.50; com- mon to fatr, $2.75@2.90; good to choice fat ewes; $2.75@3.15; common to fair, $2.50@2.70; killing bucks, $1.75@2. good to choice stock and feeding lambs, $3.50@4; common to fair, $2.75@ 3.15; buck / lambs, $2@2.5 good to choice feeding wethers, $2.75@3; com- mon to fair, $2.50@2. good to choice feeding ewes, $2.25@2. common te fair, $2@2.25; stock ewes, $2@2.75. DEAD M ON BIKE, Expires of Heart Disense while Rid- ing With a Companion. New London, Wis., Noy. 7. — Riding on a bicycle, with a dead man on his back, wes the harrowing experience of E. %. Wilson, a New London man. Wilson is a book agent, and while on his way to Hortonville to canvass, one mil? out of town he met a man stag- geying along the road. The stranger told him he was sick, and Wilson in- vited him to get on the wheel. Then he hurriedly sned to town for medical assistance. The sick man occupied the seat, feet hanging free, with arms around Wilson's neck. The latter al- fowed his weight to rest on the cross- bar while pedaling. Receiving no re- sponsive action to his command to dis- mount, and failing to extricate himself from the man’s grip when town was reached, Wilson got off and discovered to his horror that the man was dead. A coroner’s jury found death was due to heart disease. Mother Wants Her Boy. Deadwood, 8S. D., Nov. 7—An attempt will be made to get a son of Mrs, Flora Crofoot of this city home from New York. When the husband died he left $250 for each of the three children. The boy was slightly demented and was sent to an asylum. Later an al- leged friend took him to New York and set him to work at good wages. This man has been collecting and appropri- ating the wages. Sues Lumber Company for Damages, Grané Forks, N. D., Nov. 7.—Suit has been begunr by William Epworth against the Grand Forks Lumber com- pony for $5,000 damages for personal injury. Epworth was an employe of the company, and while at work in the mill on June 7, he was caught in the machinery and his leg was so badly torn that it is said he will be lame during the remainder of his life. Opposed by Socialists. Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 7. — A com- munication to Mayor Burton from the Sicux City Socialist club opposed the granting of the proposed franchise to the Northwestern Telephone company. The socidlists declare the telephone should be under municipal control. ‘The new company is the one of which A.B. Beall, manager of the Minneapo- lis Baseball club, is president. The plant of the Semler Milling Co., at Hamilton, Ohio, was badly damaged by fire. Loss, $50,600. BISHOP EDSALL INDUCTED. Ceremonies were Held = at Christ Charceh, St. Paul. Minnesota’s Episcopal bishop, Rt. tev. Samuel Cook Edsall, has formal- ly assumed the duties of his new epis- 2opate. The ceremony by which Bish- op Edsall was inducted into the office so long filled by Bishop Whipple took place at Christ church, St. Paul, the ‘mother church” of Northwestern Episcopalians. All the rectors of the Twin Cities and many churchmen from throughout the diocese participated in the service. More than 400 people were assembled in the church when the cer- emonies began. Not often, us in the caze of Bishop Edsall, is a bishop elected from an- other diocese. Hence, Bishop Edsall, sousecrated three years ago in Fargo, before becoming Bishop of Minnesota, was formally inducted into the episco- palian office. The canons of the church provided no office for this rare pro- ceeding, and so the ceremony was @ modification of the office for the insti- tution of priests.. It was simple, but impressive: five bishops assisting in its performance. With the sounding of the procession- al hymn, the vested choir of Christ church, led by a crossbearer, entered the church from the left of the sanctu~ ary; immediately after came the rec- tors of St. Paul and Minneapolis, then the standing committee of the diocese, then the five bishops. All of churchmen were in their full Episco- palian robes. Entering the sanctua’ the clergymen and choir were seate‘ in two semi-circles around the altar. Bishop Morrison of Duluth, address- ing the congregation, announced that they had assembled thus to install the Rt. Rev. Samuel Cook Edsall as bishop of the diocese of Minnesota. TT. D. Davis, president of the standing com- mittee, as spokesman for the diocese, responded and gave into the hands of a new bishop the pastoral ‘staff. Ac- cepting the staff, Bishop Edsall re- plied: “I receive this staff of the Flock of God at your hands and do promise to be a faithful shepherd over you.” The officiating bishop thereupon es- corted the newly inducted prelate to the bishop’s chair to the left of the altar. Bishop Morrison of Iowa preached the sermon of the day, a thoughtful resume of the condition of the church in the Middle West. - Following the sermon holy com- munion was celebrated, Bishop Mor- vison of Duluth officiating. Bishop Williams of Nebraska read the gospel, Bishop Anderson of Chicago read the apistle. With the recessional hymn the induction of Minnesota’s new bish- op was complete. The women of Christ church served luncheon in the guildrooms for the out- of-town clergymen and visitors. About twenty of these were clergymen, Bish- 'op Rdeail wil! meke his home, for a time at least, in Minneapolis. The Church club gave a banquet at the Ryan hotel in the evening for the bishops who took part in ceremonies and for the clergymen who attended them. IMMIGRATION MOV SOUTH. Northwestern Colonists Come From Other States. Minnesota and the Northwest have received a decreased immigration of jfcreigners during the past year, ac- cording to figures from the annual im- migration report of the Western Pas- senger association, and by inference have drawn more heavily than in any previous year upon American born and naturalized settlers from the Middle and Southern states. Although the total immigration of the year has increased by 52,554 per- sons, most of them settled in the Southern states. Those from Southern Italy alone, a class that does not enter the Northwest, numbered 11,298. He- brews numbered "43,237, and the Finnish immigration, which goes almost en- tirely into the Northwest, fell off heav- Immigrants from the Scandi- an peninsula maintained only a slightly larger number than a year ago These also céme to Minnesota and ad- jacent states. The Polish Immigration, of which little comes so far west, was slightly increased, as was also the in- flux of Slovaks. The increase of immigration from Southern Italy amounts to nearly an eighth of the whole movement, while ths total amounts to nearly one-fourth. With the falling off of the nationali- ties usually coming to the Northwest, and so large a proportion of settlers the Northwest never sees, it is argued that the year's increase of population in Minnesota and other Northweste-n states must have been from other sources. Railway officials agree with this theory, and point out that many of the new settlers in the state are from other parts of the Union. No reports have yet been received from the port of Montreal, and the im- migration figures are, therefore, in- complete, since many entering through the St. Lawrence river find their way into the United States. ed With Pepper. The state dairy and food department has completed the analysis of several samples of goods secured by Inspector H. E. Vroman from a “box car mer- chant” at Wilmot, Nobles county. The analysis, the chemist reports, showed that one sample of pepper contained only 23 per cent of real pepper. The goods, it is alleged, were offered for sale by the Farmers’ Wholesale Gro- cery Company of Minneapolis. G. F. Wermerling of 1415 Aldrich avenue called on the department officers and informed them that he was the firm. Papers were served on him in a baking powder case which will be tried at Worthington Noy. 12. ‘The dairy and food department has been watching “box car merchants,” who run a car load of goods into a small town and sell out quickly and at low prices. The department is de- termined to stop the practice of work- ing off inferior goods on unsuspecting veople, the | QUO WARRANTO IN STYLE. Ellendale and Albert Lea Come Up With Cases. Ellendale, Steele county, a village on the new line of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, was well repre- sented at the state capitol the other day. Six property-owners appeareé before Attorney General Douglas tr ask his good offices in petitioning thr supreme court for a writ of quo war ranto in proceedings to set aside the incorporation of the village. A vote was taken Aug. 15, by which the village was incorporated; but con- siderable land outside the town plat was included. Owners of that land pro- test that the incorporation was illegal that no proper notice of the electior was given, and that it was irregularly; held. The petitioners are Henry Nor. by and Edward Johnson, residents of Ellendale; Nels Thompson, Morris Pat- terson, Nels Onstad and Elsie Bayne- stad, outsiders, who hold property in- side the incorporation Their attorney is H. H. Dunn of Albert Lea, who was represented at the hearing by Senator T. V. Knatvold. The village was represented by May- or D. J. Sullivan, E. M. Thompson an? R. J. Dobell, and their counsel is C. J. O’Brien of Owatonna. He is assisted by T. D. O’Brien of St. Paul. | The petitioners asked for time in which to secure affidavits, and the | hearing was adjourned to a date to be fixed later. Case From Albert Lea. H. H. Dunn is in the quo warrante business on a large scale. AS mayor | of Albert Lea, he applied the other day | to the attorney general, who, under the | law, must institute all quo warranto | proceedings, to help him to prevent Nathaniel L. Davies and Fred L, Da- vies from filling up Fountain lake, a pretty sheet of water in the limits of Albsrt Lea, and selling lots thereon for building. Some o fthe filling has been building. Some of the filling has been stopped by the state board of health. Mayor Dunn now asks that the attor- ney general interfere on behalf of the state, which controls all meandered lakes. COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW. Country Elevators Admit State's Ju- risdiction. Proprietors and managers of country elevators throughout the state coming under the attorney general’s recent opinion that all enjoying the due and ordinary service of railways wre under state authority, are generally eccepting the decision of the reilroad commission without question. Of those known to the state grain department fifty have already taken out licenses, and but four have not complied with the law. Supervisor Feig. of the grain depart- ment, in charge of country elevators, has found that the records of <he state are very incomplete, and that many concerns affected ky the attofnéy gen- eral’s opinion are not on the books. There has been no means of reaching these except by sending men throuzh the state to examine the licenses of ele- vator men at each point. In this man- ner a number of concerns that were unaware of the commissioners’ decision have been reached. These haye taken out licenses without objection. The elevators’ affected are, in the main, small concerns, not located on railway right-of-way property, and, in many cases, not even served by a rail- way spur track. The law imposes no ercessive obligeticns, but merely ve- quires an acknowledgement of the au- thority of the state to demand and re- ceive at any time a verified statement of the business transacted in a speci- fied period. Licenses cost but $1 per year, and the benefit to the elevator men through being licensed has over- weighed the possible objection to state supervision. INSPECT GUARD IN CAMP. Inspection in the Armories Will Be Stopped. The annual inspection of the compa- nies of the national guard ‘hereafter will be made while they are at Camp Lakeview. Adjt. Gen. Libbey has de- cided to dispense with inspections this winter. “This will put all the companies in the state on an >qual footing,” said Gen. Libbey. “Now some companies are at a disadvantage, as they have small armories and cannot go through maneuvers, as can companies with large armories. “The new plan will increase the at- tendance at camp. A national guard i man is practically of no value unless he ‘goes into camp. There he gets the only training that counts for much. The state is only wasting money on men that do not go into camp. Some of the | companies will lose on inspection mon- ey, but the majority will more than make it up on camp money. “The engineering corps, next sum- mer, instead of going into camp with the artillery, will be detailed with the infantry regiments. In camp the corps will have charge of that which would fall to an engineering corps in active service.” ‘WOMAN TERRIBLY BURNED. Pours Oil o nHer Clothing and Then Sets Fire to It. St. Paul, Nov. 6. — Mrs. William Mayer, 115 west Tenth street, is at the city hospital horribly burned about the face and body. She fs in an extremely critical condition and her recovery is censidered improbable. Mrs. Mayer yesterday morning locked herself in her bathroom, saturated her clothing with coal oil and set it on fire. A mo- “ment later she opened the door and dashed into the kitchen’ a veritable human torch. Freddie Mayer, her thir- teen-year-old son, smothered the flames in the folds of a heavy rug, but not in time to save her from burns that will probably prove fatal. Mrs. Mayer was at once removed to the city hospi- tal, where tt was found that almost all of the trunk is frightfully burned and the charred flesh dropped tn strips from her face. The woman’s husband [nee that the burning was accidental. ’ r MANY NEW TOWNS IN MINNESOTA. EIGHTY-two Postofiices Established During the Year. Minnesota’s aggressive prosperity has been exemplified during the past year by the reports of the postoffice in- spection department that will be made up in St. Paul within a few days. These figures will show that the increase in population has made it necessary to establish eighty-two new offices during the year, and that only twenty-nine have been abandoned, leaving a net increase of forty-three offices at which the government mail is distributed. While the department has no figures at hand it is estimated conservatively that at least twe-thirds of these new offices have been established in towns that have been laid out during the year. Thirty towns at least have been established during the year, and a number of others are now preparing to qualify to secure postal service. Resident Postoffice Inspector Thiele says that this ftistribution is uniform throughout the state and that all Min- nesota has shared in the prosperity at- tendant upon the rapid growth. The southern portion of the state where the country is thickly settled shared alike with the northern portion where the lumberman’s ax is rapidly clearing away the forest. While some of these new postofitces have been installed with a regular postmaster on stipulated salary that is sufficient for his living expenses, many of the new offices are fourth-class and are operated in connection with general stores. This is the class of offices with which the government has the most trouble for the reason that the postmaster is liable to use the govern- ment mail to encourage patronage for His stors. Sometimes the man who has the temerity to trade with a rival store finds that his letters do not reach him promptly and often his mail is delayed for weeks. The postmaster spends the greater part of his time in weighing sugar and measuring calico and for- gets that the government demands that its bdusiness shall receive first at- tention. In some instances, when the condi- tions have proved to be eminently un- satisfactory, the inspection department has recommended that the office be dis- continued and instances of flagrant neglect are cited. The result is that a spirited “howl” goes up and every wire is worked. with the department in Washington to prevent the office from being abandoned. The postmaster who profits by the fact that the people must go to his store is always the lead- er of the petitioners. The establishment of rural free de- livery in Minnesota is necessarily a slow process, but the government has advanced past the experimental stage and the system will be exténded as the conditions demand. The cost of this service has been overceme tian 4 the fact that some of the Tourth- offices along the routes can be discon- tinued and the attendant expense cut off. The government has estwblished during the year rural free delivery at twent x points in the state, as fol- lows: ‘ong Lake, Northfield, Robbin- dale, Baiaton, - Faribault, Wayzata, Jackson, Ostrander, Starbuck, Adams, undas, Dexter, Osseo, Sauk Rapids, Foley, Otisville, Fulda, Afton, Dennt- son, Belgrade, Minneapolis, Lake Elmo, Anoka, Elk River and Waseca. This change, permitting the delivery of mail to residents of the country, has enabled the government, since the first rural delivery was established in Min- nesota, to cut off forty postoffices. The carriers cover the territory tributary to these offices and cover it so mnuch better that the demand for a public of- fice has been wiped out. The carriers are privileged to sell stamps, issue money orders and will! register letters. They are permitted in addition to carry packages and do errands for country people so long as such work does not interfere with the prompt delivery of the mail. Fite Programme for Teachers. President J. A. Vandyke of the Min- nesota State Teacher’s assoctatton, which will meet in St. Paul Dec. 26, 27 and 28, appeared at the meeting of the principals of the St. Paul schools re- cently and urged them to do everything in their power to aid the associatton. ‘The meeting this year will be ore of the most instructive yet held, and worthy of every teacher’s constdera- tion. The general topic will be indus- trial education. Among the speakers will be some of the most promfnent educators in the country. Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 26, Miss Margaret A. Haley of Chicago, leader of the Chi- cago teachers’ federation which added $300,000,000- of property to the Chicago tax rolls, will speak. L. C. Lord, formerly of Moorhead and well known to all Minnesota teach- ers, will deliver an address in the even- ing. Friday afternoon County Super- intendent O. T. Bright of Cook county, Til., will speak on the consolidation and various aspects of rural schools. J. W. Olsen, state superintendent ef Instrue- tion, will lead the discussion. Mr. Wright will deliver an illustrated Tec- ture on the same subject in the even- ing. ‘i ea tuntay afternoon and evening Booker T. Washington will speak on industrial education. Among the other speakers are Miss Catherine Beebe of Evanston, on “The Schcol as a Social Center,” and County Superintendent Dan B. Stevens of Nebraska. The meetting will be supplemented with an industrial exhibit, L. D. Harvey, state superintendent of instruction of Wisconsin, who is spok- en of as the successor to President Ad- ams of the Wisconsin university, was present at the principals’ meeting and spoke briefly, complimenting the teach- ers on their excellent organization in this state. Bishop Van Scheele at Moorhead. Moorhead, Minn., Nov. 6. — Bishop ‘Van Scheele, the celebrated Swedish divine, will conduct religious services here to-day. There will be'a large at- tendance of members of the Swedish Lutheran church from the Nortirwest.