Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 26, 1902, Page 7

ORAGICAL CHANGE BRINGS FIRST MOISTURE IN SOME 5 - TIONS. ‘aul, April 24—People who dressed s or appeared in shirt- me { | ooauponstth OH. SUCH WEATHER| SUIRTWAISTS ONE DAY AND WIN- TER WRAPS AND EARMUPFS THE NEX1 SNOWSTORMS IN THE DAKOTAS VLIZZARD IN NORTH DAKOTA, HEAVY SNOWFALL IN SOUTY DAKOTA. CROPS WHEL BE MUCH BENEFITED y were yesterday wear- raps and ear muffs; those d through Sunday and Mon- sed in summer costumes ens of the country that Monday being parched by a blazing sun ind hot winds are now quenched by . While other sections that hours before were erying 1e clouds were yesterday being warm sunshine. my breezes prevailed a few hours before a typical winter blizzard was raging yesterday—a foot of snow ota and two feet and a autiful in the Black Hills of kota. Benefit to Crops. While climatic conditions throughout he entire country during the past . hours have undergone a ra ge. it nas been a change that is of benefit to crops in every sec- ietically the fi in of the 8 is falling. in nnesota and It ticular snowfall in the Dakotas age other than to delay days. A severe storm some ctions of Wiscon- or fo a vy snow sto od. A rm ¥ Wyoming and Nebr , where The Terrific Hext of Sund and Monday was experi- ed. Rain fell in Colorado, Kansas i cooling the atmosphere to the rescue of the crops. bly St. Louis, the The hot wave stward and southward, and of heat came m as far Sast as New York and as far south as One ¢ of sunstroke oc- in New York ci In Cincin- ne thermometer registered 84 de- A cold wave is now coming, and will be a decided change during few hours. Freezing tempera- tvre is reported from Utah and Nevada. experiencee unreasonably rm weather, but relief is in sight. Chicage NORTH DAKOTA TIED UP. Trains Delayed by the Fierce Storm — Set-Back for Seeding. Jamestown, N. D., April 24. — The * April snow storm ever known in this section of the state began yes- terday morning about 1:30 o'clock, and it noon was increasing in fury. It is ated that over a foot of snow has Snow is drifting and railroad The weather fallen. traffic is at a standstill. ; not cold and it is not thought there ill be any loss of life. It is feared that spring lambs and spring cattle may suffer some where not in barns. orm is worst between Buffalo and n. It will give seeding a great set-back, and will result in a flood, as it surely will melt quickly. In James- town business is almost at a standstill. Few people are in the streets, and it \s with difficulty they moved through the drifts. Da -o- Fargo, N. D., April 24.—North Da- kota is experiencing all kinds of weath- er Early yesterday morning rain be- » and vontinued until $ o'clock, hen a heavy hail and sleet storm, ac- nied by lightning, occurred. Following this sncw began, and con- tinued stéadily with considerable wind. The worst featur2 of the storm is the great Gelay to seeding. SOUTH DAKOTA SNOW. ierre, Deadwood and Muron Report Very %nseasonable Weather, Deadwood, S. D., April 24.—Two feet and a half of snow has fallen in Dead- wood since Monday noon. A high wind accompanied the storm and trains are delayed. The storm is general over the Hills. The deepest srow is in the higher ranges. 6 Pierre, S. D., April 24. — A driving snow storm prevailed here, several inches of damp snow falling. While th storm may cause the loss of some weak cattle the loss is not likely to be seri- ows unless the weather turns extreme- ly cold. won Hurcn, S. D., April 24. — Yesterday morning’s rain storm developed into sleet and snow, making the day one of the most disagreeable of the season. ‘The storm was driven by a fifty-mile wind from the northwest, and it is feared will be severe on the stock. BABCOCK ALL RIGHT. Reports That Congrewanan Is Seri- ously I Are Untri Madison, Wis., April 24. — Reports ‘sent from Washington of the serious iliness of Congressman J, W. Babcock are stated by Col. Casson, sergeant-at- arms of the house, who is here, to be absolutely untrue. His only trouble is erysipelas, from which he is recover- ing nicely. The telegram from his at- tending physician says that.when Mr. Babcock gets around he will be in bet- tter health than for years. A BIG SHOW. Rice & Barton's Comedy in St. Paul, Lovers of vaudeville and burlesque can get their money's worth at the Star Theater. St. Paul, next week, April 29, when Rice & Barton’s Big Spectacular Extravaganza will hold tie boards. There is said to be everything in this show that goes to make up a good bur- lesque. There are scores of pretty girls who do not hesitate at high-kicking; comedians who do ridiculous feats and say mirthful things; girls in dainty costumes who do good singing and dainty dancing; and, to top it all off, there will be a bunch of Hawaiian maidens to do -hat sinuous Honolulu dance. The show will open with what is called “Brown Among the Daisies,” which gives that big, fat, good-natured comedian, Charles Barton, a chance to show himself, which he does to good edvantage. In the olio are Rice and El- mer, Miss Idylla Vyner, Esher Sisters, Mullen and Dunn, Miles and Raymond, Eckhoff and Gordon and others. The program closes vith a hilarious farce, entitled “Raiding the Tenderloin,” in which Charles Barton will be ably as- sisted by George W. Rice to give a ka- leidoscopic production of some of the happenings of that notorious district ef Greater New York. Company CRIME OF LONG AGO. Montana Man Arrested for Murder Committed in Minnesota, Helena, Mont., April 24. — James Noonan, who has lived in Helena fifteen or twenty years, was arrested yester- day cn the charge of having committed a murder in Preston township, Fillmore county, Minn., Oct. 18, 1874, It is charged that Noonan, known in Minne- sota as Patrick Noonan, killed John Shinner. The authorities had given uP eyer finding the :nurderer until recent- ly, when. there arrived in Preston a man from Montana, a former resident of the township, -vho had been working here. He told of having met a man named Noonan who corresponded in appearence with the Patrick Noonan who killed Shinner. The grand jury scon afterward met and the man from Montana was called before the jury. An indictmeat was returned April 9 chargi murde in the first degree. Noonan is ab: fitt even years of age and is well krov Noonan denies his guilt a mistake has been made. WOMAN MAY BE IN LAKE, Mystery Surrounding Disuppearance Is Still Unsolved. Falls, Minn., April 24.—Mrs. an, who wandered away last . has not been heard from nor A searching party has been cut s ing the country for miles around. but no sign of the missing v mean could be found. Her husband is almost distracted, as well as her daugh- te .d fears are entertained that some cf the numerous lakes that atound will give rer up in due time. Her brother from Dakota has arrived and will prosecute the search vigor- ously until there is no room for doubt that she may be ilive. Grarii ALL BOUND OVER. Suspects in Marder cf MeGlauchlin Meld to Grand Jur Bemidji, Minn., April 24.—The prelim- inary trial in the McGlauchlin murder case wound up with the hearing of John Berry, who waived examination and wil! be sent to Crookston to await trial. County Attorney Street has petitioned Judge McClennahan to order a special grand jury to bring the case to trial at the certinued session of court, begin- ning May 1. “Dog Face Joe” Segion. was taken to Minneapolis to await trial. Two important witnesses have been placed in custody of the Beltrami sheriff. IS SHOT ON THS RUN. Patrolman Madden = at Aitkin Wounds a Roysterer. Duluth, April 24.—Patrolman Madden at Aitkin, according to reports received in Duluth, shot and dangerously woun- ded a lumberjack named Parks. Parks had been celébrating and got too noisy and troublesome to suit the officer, and the latter warned him to behave or he would be arrested. Parks is said to have resented the advice, and when the policeman undertook to arrest him he knocked Madden down. Parks then started to run and Madden fired, in- flicting a serious wound. LAKE GALE VERY BAD. Rumor Gains Currency That Steamer Frank H, Peavey Is Sunk. Duluth, Minn., April 24.—Yesterday will be long remembered by vesselmen in active service at the head of the lakes. Boat operations were practical- ly paralyzed owing to the gale and the scarcity of tugs to take care of the business. There were several accidents and meny delays. The sea ran higher than Monday. and altogether it was the werst day of the blow. There was a wild report to the effect that the big new steameg Frank H. Peavy had sunk in Lake Superior. ONLY FOR CORPORATIONS. Supreme Court Says Franchises Are Not for Individuals. Madison, Wis., April 24. — The su- preme court yesterday handed down 4 verdict in the case from Kenosha that franchises for str2et railways and other such privileges cannot be granted to individuals, but to corporations only. BUSH FIRES. They Cause Destructi of Property in Wisconsin. Turtle Lake, Wis., April 24. — Bush fires are raging in all directions around here. A farmer named Wagner lost his house and outbuildings by fire. The Horse Shoe Like creamery, owned by the Horse Shoe Lake Co-operative com- pany, came near losing their plant by fire. The buildings were saved by a large porty of farmers who plowed around them. At one time the out~- buildings, were on fire and the fire ran to within ten feet of the building. * CONGRESS In the Senate. Washington, April 17.—The drastic Chinese exclusion measure originally framed by the senators and representa- tives of the Pacific coast met defeat yesterday and in its place was substi- tuted a measure offered by Mr. Platt (Conn.) extending the provisions of the present exclusion law and also apply- ing that exclusion to all insular terri- tory under the jurisdiction of the Unit- ed States. The vote by which the sub- stitute took the place of the original bill was 48 to 33. Once the substitution had been made all senators joined in its support with the single exception of Mr. Hoar, the substitute being passed by a vote of 76 to1. The friends of the substitute showed their strength throughout the voting on amendments that preceded final action and succeed- ed in preventing any material change in its features. Some minor chang-s were made, admitting Chinese persons connected with ational expositions and providing for certificates of identi- fication of Chinese in our insular pos- sessions. Otherwise, however, the sub- stitute was adopt2d substantially in the form that Mr. Platt presented it. The serate, after lisposing of the Chi- nese exclusion bill, made the Philippine civil government Dill the unfinished business. The senate failed to substi- tute the enacting ciause of the house measure for the senate measure so that the bill will now go to the house as an original measure, and from a parlia- mentary standpoint- will have to be acted on and treated the same as though the house had not passed a Chinese exclusion bill already. In the House. The friends of the Cuban reciprocity bill won a substantial victory in the house by carrying a motion to close general debate on Friday at 2 o'clock. The vote was 153 to 123. Thirty-three Republicans voted against the motion but this defection was offset by thirty- two Democrats who voted with the great body of the Republicans for it. The strength of the Republican opposi- tion to the bill, judging from this vote, has decreased six since the vote was taken on the motion to go into the com- mittee of the whole to consider the bill. In the House. Washington, April 18. — General de- bate on the Cuban reciprocity bill closes to-day at 3o0’clock, and it is the intention of the house leaders if possi- ble to force a final vote on the passage of the bill before adjournment to-night. All day long yesterday the leaders were ccunting noses and preparing for the final struggle to-day. The opponents of the bill occupi2d most of the time of the debat2 yesterday, the feature be- ing a vigorous speech by Mr. Cush- man (Rep., Wash.) against the measure. Mr. Cuchman arraigned the committee on rules and the house leaders in a breezy and at times sensational fash- ion. A portion of his criticism was ina semi-humorous vein, but some of it was decidedly caustic. Mr. De Armand, one of the leading Democrats of the house, delivered a forcible speech in favor of tariff rejuction on trust arti- cles. In the Sennte. For more than four hours yesterday Mr. Morgan of Alabama, chairman of the isthmian canal committee, ad- dressed the senate on ‘the subject of the Nicaraguan canal. He devoted the greater part of his speech to a consid- eration of the desirability and practica- bility of the two principal routes, Nic- aragua and Panama. He strenuously favored the former, maintaining that in every possible respect 1t had many advantages over the Panama route. In th: House. Washington, April 19. —'The Demo- crats and the Republican insurgents rode rough-shod over the house leaders yesterday when the voting began on the Cuban reciprocity bill. They over- threw the ruling of the chair in com- mittee of the whole on the question of the germaneness of an amendment of- fered by Morris of Minnesota to remove the differential from refined sugar dur- ing the existence of the reciprocity agreement provided for in the bill: The vote to overrule the decision of the chair, made by Mr. Sherman of New York, was 171 to 130, Republicans to the number of 37 joining with a solid Democratic vote to accomplish this re- sult. Having won this preliminary victory, the amendment was adopted in com- mittee, 164 to 111, and later in the house by a still larger majority—199 to 105. On this occasion 64 Republicans voted with the Democrats for the amend- ment. The bill then was passed by an overwhelming majority—247 to 52. Ar aralysis of the vote-shows that 124 Republicans and 123 Democrats voted for the amended bill and 42 Republicans and 10 Democrats against it. Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, Morris, Fletcher, Stevens, McCleary and Tawney of Min- nesota, were among those who voted against the bill. The voting on the bill was the culmination of A Long Struggle which began almost with the opening of this session of congress «nd after two weeks of continuous debate, dur- ing which much bitterness was aroused. Yesterday’s debate was of an exceed- ingly lively character, the feature be- ing echoes of Thursday nignt’s Demo- cratic caucus. To that caucus the de- feat of the Republican leaders, who sought td pass the bill without amend- ment, fs attributable. Previous to the holding of the caucus the Democrats were very much Givided, and the oppo- sition of the Republican beet sugar men showed signs of disintegrating. Yestercay, when it became apparent that the Democrats would act together the beet sugar men decided at a meet- ing attended by 32 of them to take the bit in their teeth and overrule the chair. As sdon as this combination was ef- fected the Republican leaders realized that they would be ‘defeated so far as the remcval of the differential was con- cerned, and Mr. Payne, the Republican leader, contented himself with warning his beet sugar colleagues that in re- moving the differential they were tak- ing off a bit of protection placed in the Dingley bill especially for the benefit of the beet sugar preducers. The Demo- Former American Soldicr In Made a private advices N. J., Frank W. Redding of that city has been made a mandarin by the sul- tan of Mindanao. d was a member of the Astor -battery. crats attempted to follow up their ad- vantage when the DifferentinI Amendment was adopted by offering the Babcock bill and other amendments to reduce the Dirgley schedules, but on these amendments the Republicans declined to stand with them and the Democrats did not press them vigorously. One of the surprises of the session was ‘the at- tempt of Mr. Roberts, a Massachusetts Repubiican, to take the duty off hides. He offered two amendments and ap- pealed once from the decision of the ebair, but was voted down each time. The bill as passed authorizes the pres- ident as soon as may be after the es- tablishment of an independent govern- ment in Cuba and the enactment by said government wf immigration, ex- clusion and contract labor laws as re- strictive as those of the United States, to negotiate a reciorocal trade agree- ment with Cuba by which, in return for equivalent concessions, the United States will grant a reduction of 20 per cent from the Dingley rates on goods coming into the United States from Cuba, such agreement to continue un- til Dec. 1, 1903. During the existence of such agreement the duty on refined sugars and all sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard, is to be 1.825 cents per pound. In the Senate. At yesterday's session of the senate, consideration was begun ‘of the bill temporarily to provide a form of gov- ernment for the philippine islands. The measure was read and the committ2e amendments were agreed to tentative- ly, but no action on the bill was taken. Fifty-five private nension bills and 2 few other measures were passed. In the Senate. Washington, April 22. — Without a word of discussion of the merits of the measure the senate yesterday passed the river ani harbor bill, carrying ap- prcpriations of about $70,000,000. So thoroughly had the bill been consid- ered by the commerce committee that every senator was content that it should pass as reported from the com- mittee. As no senator was prepared yesterday to begin debate on the Phil- ippine government bill the measure, af- ter a few minutes of informal discus- sion, went over until to-day. In the House. The house yesterday entered on con- sideration of the military academy ap- propriation bill. In addition to the reg- ular items it contains a provision for the extensive improvement of the grounds and buildings at West Point. These improvements are to cost $6,500, - 000, of which a little over $3,000,000 is apprepriated in the bill. Twenty-four of the thirty pages were completed. In the Senate. Washington, April 23—Formal discus- sion of the bill temporarily to provide a government for the Philippine islands was begun in the senate yesterda: q Rawlins of Utah, the leading minority member of the Philippine committee, opening the debate. He denounced the bill as an unwarranted imposition on the Filipinos, declaring that it would establish one of the foulest oligarchies in the history of the world. He main- tained that the Philippine commission was given too great power by the bill and asserted that under its provisions the islands would be exploited for pri- vate gain. While he was speaking two efforts were made to maintain a quor- um, the second. resulting in a lively tilt among sev2ral senators, Mr. Scott of West Virginia intimating that argu- ment could not influence any senator. In the House. The house yesterday, by a vote of 75 to rejected claims attached to the omnibus claims bill by the senate ag- gregating $1,800,000, and on the heels of that action non-concurred in the whole senate amendment, the various items | having been ruled to constitute a single amendment, and sent the bill to con- ference. The military academy bill was passed. The London dock charge bill ‘vas called up but was not disposed of. AGREMENT AS TO EXCLUSION. and Houxe Conferees Are Getting Together. Washington, April 24. — The confer- ences on the Chin2se exclusion bill have reached an agreement upon all but one feature of the measure. Under the agreement the senate substitute be- comes the exclusion measure, but the house conferees nave secured a conces- sion specifically re-enacting sections 5 to 14 of the exclusion act of Sept. 13, 1888. The point still open is as to ex- tending the exclusion indefinitely after May 5 next. The house bill extends the prohibition indefinitely, but the sen- ate limits it until a new treaty is made. The heuse conferzes are insisting on taking out the reference to a new treaty so that there will be no limit of time of exclusion. Senate PRIESTS GIVE DANCES, Innovation Is Designed to Detract From Moonlight Picnics, New York, April 24.—In order to keep the ycung people of his parish from attending moonlight picnics and Sat- urday night entertainments in public Falls the Rev. Maszin Carroli, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul's church in North Sixth street, Williamsburg, wiil have a ball room in the new parish hall he is going to have built on Driggs ave- rue. Wather Carroll has one of the laigest Catholic parisnes in Brooklyn, about 9,000 souls. The Saturday night @ences will be under the supervision of the priests of che church. There will also be card rooms for the boys and young men, and other amusements. NOT HOSTILE TO COMSINE. Attitude of, the Achor and Allen Steamship Lines. Glasgow, April 24.—Representatives of the Anchor and Allan steamship lines say that although their companies are outside the new shipping corpora- tion they are not unfriendly thereto, nor pessimistic as to its effects, adding that if it furnishes uniform rates the combination will be regarded as an ad- vantage to other lines. FAVORED BY SULTAN. Mandarin Mindanao. ‘New York, April 24. — According to received at Newark, Redding formerly -pondsmen of the state depositories RIVER TRAFFIC IN EARLY DAYS. Steamboating on the Minnesota For- merly of Importance. T. B. Janney and Capt. John Martin, both of Minneapolis, were elected to life memtership in the Stat> Historical society at a meeting held in the socie- ty’s rooms at the capitol. Capt. Ed- ward L. Berthoud of Golden, Colo., Prof. E. E. Blackman of Lincoln, Neb., and Capt. Robert Henderson of Junc- tion City, Kan., were elected as cor- responding members. Thomas Hugh2s of:Mankato read a paper on “Steamboating on the Minne- sota River.” Navigation on the Minne- sota, or St. Peter's river, began two centuries ago, when, in 1790, Le Sueur and his party ascended the river in a sailing end rowing vessel. In 1820 a party of Selkirk colonists took about 300 bushels of grain from Prairie du Chien up the Mississippi and Minne- sota and portaged at Lake Traverse and descended the Red river to the Sel- kirk settlement. The first steamboat to enter the Min- nesota river was the Virginia, May 10, 1823, her destination being Mendota and Fort Snelling. No real attempt was made at navigating the Minnesota with ASteamboats until June 28, 1850, when the steamer Anthony Wayne, com- ‘manded by Capt. Daniel Albe, took.a party of seventy excursionists from St. ‘Louis and more than a hundred others from St. Paul up the river to Little Rapids, about ‘hree miles south of the present town of Carver. . The steamboat traffic was greatly in- creased on the Minnesota in 1853 by the establishment of the Sioux Indian agencies and the erection of Fort Ridgely. The maximum of steamboat- ing was in 1862. Seven steamers were on the river during the season and ‘made an aggregate of 413 trips. Dur- ing the next several years steamboat freighting increased. but was done mainly in barges towed by the steam- ers, and the number of trips decreased. In 1866 Mankato and the other towns lower down the river shipped nearly 700,000 Lushels of wheat by boat. The ceempletion of the Winona & St. Peter railroaé to New Ulm in 1871 stopped the steamer navigation on the Minne- sota. After 1874 no steamboat was seen on the Minnesota above Little Rapids for twenty-two years. During ‘he spring freshet in April, 1897, Capt. E. W. Durant of Stillwater ran his boat, a stern wheel vessel 170 feet long, on excursions to St. Peter and Man- kato. MORE ROOM FOR SHEEP. Executive Committee Looks Over | the Ground and Decides on a Site. The sheep and swine exhibits will be given mere prominence at the state fair ‘this year than ever before. The cattle ‘exhibit in the live stock department shas received the lion’s share of atten- ition in the past few years, and has be- ‘come one of the most important exhib- ‘its in the country. The standard of the cattle exhibit will be kept up this year, but the in- creasing importance of the sheep and ‘swine industries in Minnesota, and the covercrewding of the accommodations ‘for this kind of stock, impressed the board of fair managers with the neces- ‘sity of giving the exhibits more atten- ‘tion. A new barn will be erected—144x144— containing 160 sheep pens. A large pen for judging will be built in the center of the barn and will be surrounded by seats, so that those interested can watch the judging of the animals with- ‘out inconvenience. ‘A special meeting of the executive committee was held at the fair grounds and it was decided to build the new barn just west of the cattle barns, close to Langford avenue. The work of grading the site will be begun in a few days. The structure will cost $2,500. ——— RED WING FIGHT IS ON, Roard of Control Is Forbidden to Proceed With Erection of Training School for Girls. Sheriff Lindquist of Goodhue county has served on the members of the state board of control a temporary injunction issued by Judge Williston of the dis- trict ccurt, restraining the board from selecting a site. or proceeding with the erection of a separate state training school for girls, as provided by the leg- islature of 1901. The board is ordered to appear in court at Red Wing, May 2, and show cause why the temporary restraining order should not be made permanent. The injunction is issued on a com- piaint made by William Covill, who owns twenty acres between the present training school for boys and girls, which he alleges will depreciate in val- ue if the separate training school for girls is erected. Colvill is really repre- senting the people of Red Wing in the fight they are making against the lo- cation of the new girls’ training school at any other city. One ground on which the case will be fought is the constitutionality of the provisions of the general appropriation act of 1901. The complaint alleges that the provisions of the appropriation bill ‘constitute an implied repeal of the law of 1899, which declared Red Wing the ‘permanent site of the state training school for boys and girls. DEMANDS NEW SURETIES. State Asks That Deceased Bondsmen Be Replaced. ‘The state board of deposit has di- rected banks that bad lost one or more sureties on their bonds by death or removal from the state to furnish new bonds. After the state lost its money in 1893 it was found that many of the bonds given by the banks to secure the statesfunds deposited ‘n them were practically worthless on account of the death or removal from the state of sureties or their altered financial con- dition. State Treasurer Block, to prevent @ recurrence of such a contingency, has adopted a system of checking the every six months. The investigation just concluded showed that several the state. bondsmen had died or removed from | ARE PRAYING FOR RAIN, Minnesota Farmers Apprehensive for Wheat Crop. Reports on crop conditions in all sec- tions of Minnesota indicate that spring wheat, while- not yet in a dangerous condition, is at least in a very unsatis- factory condition. There is a lack of moisture to start the seed, and heavy winds have swept the country and blown much of the grain away. In meny instances reseeding has been done. The general tenor of all reports is that rain is badly needed and must be had at once to guarantee an average yield. The report from Kandiyohi county is that “farmers are praying for rain.” Sibley county reports that “un- less rain comes at once wheat will be a light crop.” Waseca county reports that much of the seed has rotted, that drouth prevails «nd farmers are worry- ing over the outlook. In Redwood county farmers say that small grain has not yet been seriously affected, and will do well enough if rain comes with- in ten days. Reports from other coun- ties are as follows: Lyon — Crop conditions warrant no apprehension. Rain is much desired, but serious damage will not result if no rain falls for several days yet. The high winds have partially uncovered many fields. Cool nights and slight frosts have prevailed. Early wheat is out of the ground and is looking well. Conservative farmers are making little, if any, complaint. Le Sueur—Spring grain is all sown, but is not sprouting for want of mois- ture. Winter wheat is a total failure. Much of it winterkilled and the re- mainder dried up for want of spring rain. No moisture has fallen since March 1, Douglas — The fields were never in better condition for working than this spring and the work will be completed at least a weex earlier than usual. There has been no rain, but the seed is not suffering. Noble — Drouth is beginning to be serious. Grain is not growing on ac- count of dry soil. The high winds have exposed much of the seed. Jackson — No damage from drouth yet. Rain is needed to start corn growing. There has been some dam- age to wheat from the wind storm and some wheet is being resown. The wheat acreage is smaller that usual. Cottonwood—The drouth is not yet considered serious. Grain is sprouting nicely in the black land, but there is not sufficient moisture to sprout the seed in sand soil. Seeding is practical- ly completed. The growth of grass has been retarded by lack of rain. If raim falls soon the crops will start right. Scme grain has been uncovered by the high wind. The weather is chilly. Farmers of Meeker county are in- clined to take a hopeful view of the situation, though rain is sadly needed to start grains and grasses. Seeding is completed. Some wheat is sprouting and the grasses are just starting. The lakes are at their lowest level and the streams are dry. HUGO GETS OFFICY. Duluth Contest Results in Decision Favoring Republican for Mayor. Trevanion W. Hugo, Republican, waa declared elected mayor of Duluth over Henry Truelsen, Democrat, by a ma- jority.of 5 votes. At the election, held April 4, the official canvass of the votes showed that Hugo had won by only 2 votes., Truelsen decided to contest on the ground that a large number of bal- lots contained the initials of but one judge, while still others contained no initials whatever. The judges decide that the ballots which do not bear the initials of the judges should be counted nevertheless; that the provision of the law which di- rects that the initials of the two judges, of opposite parties shall be placed on the back is directory only in that it it designed for the orderly conduct of the election; further, that if, for any reason, whether by oversight or wilful misconduct, the judges fail to do this, the innocent voter is not to be disfran- chised thereby. It is understood that the contestant has already decided to appeal his case to the supreme court. MURDERER OF MAYER. Tennessee Police Think They Have Man Who Is Wanted at St. Paul. Knoxville, Tenn., April 22—A man believed to be badly wanted in St. Paut for the murdet of Policeman Mayer Feb. 1 is in jail at Maryville, twenty miles south of’here. He has been iden- tified by detectives as the man wanted. Feb. 4 Deputy Sheriff Jake Lipton ar- rested near the North Carolina line a man who gave his name as John Will- iams. The man secured a horse from a citizen at Friendsville to ride to see a brother whom he claimed had been severely injured jn a fight near Mary- ville. Instead of stopping at Maryville, he passed throuzh. The owner of the horse became suspicious and telephoned head to have him arrested, which was done. RUSSIAN STUDENTS WANT BLOOD. Three Shots Are Fired at the Gov- ernor General of Warsaw. Vienna, April 22.—The Prague Tage- blatt says that on Friday night a student fired three shots at the govern- or general of Warsaw, who was stand- ing at a window of kis residence. Two of the bullets hit him, but only wound- ed him slightly. Dispatches from War- sew state that six professors of the university have been arrested on the charge of supporting the revolutionary agitation among the students, LIGHTNING KILLS BOYS. Panic Is Caused in Baseball Audi- bs ence in Ohic. Akron, Ohio, April 22.—Richard Roan ‘RRR nc = oo nese ' }