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

EXCITING SCENE IN STREETS OF A SOUTH DAKOTA TOWN. DISTURBS DOMESTIC FELICITY YOUNG MAN FINDS HIMSELF AN UN- WELCOME VISITOR AT 4 A.M. {RATE BENEDICT DRAWS GUNS TWICE PURSUES OBJECT OF HIS WRATH WITH LOADED RE- VOLVERS. Madison, 8. D., July 24—This city was treated to a genuine sensation yester- the population turned out to witness the exciting spectacle of one of Madi- son’s young men pursued through the main streets by an enraged husband, armed with two revolvers. No blood has been shed, howeyer, and the ex- citement ended in the police court. The participants in the encounter were D. F. Pond, a dealer in riding galleries, and Leslie Thompson, 4 young man about town. The former claims that he had previously warned Thompson to keenaway from the Pond residence, where his alleged attentions to a member of the family were not agreeable to Mr. Pond. At 4 o'clock yesterday morning Mr, Pond, so he claims, reached his house, and it is as- serted that very shortly afterward Mr. Thompson left it through a window, while Mrs. Pond is said to have gone to the home of one of her neighbors. Later in the morning Mr. Pond made his first appearance on the streets, med with a revolver, and in pursuit of young Mr. Thompson, but After a Chase covering several blocks, the youth suc- ceeded in throwing his pursuer off the trail and temporarily escaped. A few hours passed, but instead of cooling the anger of the indignant benedict, time cnly added fuel to his rage. When he next appeared on the public thorough- fare he had added a second gun to his military equipment, and again was in full chase of Mr. Thompson, whom he had routed out of the office of the tele- phone company, where the young man is employed. This time the streets were well filled, public curiosity hav- ing been aroused by the earlier events of the day, and Mr. Thompson's second flight was witnessed by large and in- terested crowds. Their suspense, how- ever did not last long, for before Mr. Pond could unload either of his weap- ons into the alleged disturber of his Domestic Felicity Thompson had a second time sought cover. A handy hardware store of- fered a welcome shelter, and into this he dodged just as Pond was getting ready to shoot. Foiled again, the irate husband was compelled to give up the c! ard before hostilities could be reopened Thompson had invoked the aid of the law. On a warrant sworn out by him Mr. Pond was arrested and bound over to keep the peace.. The proprietor of the giddy merry- go-rounds being thus restricted in his means of vengeance, also had recourse to the arm of the law and swore out a warrant for the arrest of Thompson on a charge of invading the sanctity of his home. But when the officers made searen for the young man he was not to be found within the city limits. It is said that he confessed to having 2 surfeit of excitement, and left town until the local atmosphere should be- come settled. MAJ. GLEN \D GUILTY. FOU Court-Marti2l Condemns Him for Administering Water Cure. Washington, July 24.—Secretary Root has sent to the President at Oyster Bay the proceedings and findings in the court martial cases of Maj. Edwin F. Glenn, Fifth infantry; Lieut. Julie Gaujot, Tenth Cavalry, and Lieut. Norman E. Cook, of the Philippine scouts, Glenn was found guilty of ad- ministering the water cure to natives or permitting it to be done, and was sentenced to one month’s suspension from duty and fined $50. Lieut. Cook was acquitted on a charge of giving orders to kill three Filipino prisoners. ‘The testimony showed that he had given orders to shoot the prisoners if they attempted to escape. The Filipino scouts, to whom this order was given, thought it meant to shoot the prison- ers. In forwarding the cases to the president the secretary recommends that the sentences and findings be ap- proved, but that no other action shall pe taken. It is not believed that the president, who is reviewing authority jin these cases,.will make any com- ments such as were delivered by him 4n the case of Gen. Smith, It is shown jn the evidence and reports that Maj. Glenn has performed excellent servicé and has done much to pacify the coun- try in which he has been in command. SWOLLEN WATERS RECEDING. Center of Flood Moves Down to Quincey. +» Keokuk, Iowa, July 24.—The center of the Mississippi flood is now at Quincy. The river reached the maxi- mum at Quincy at noon yesterday and has been stationary since. The Lime Kiln levee extending north from Mayor, Ill, twenty miles north of Quincy, developed danger yesterday and a large force of men were em: ‘ ployed to watch it. reste day morning when a large portion of | CROWDS WATCH CHILD BURN. Though He Could Have Easily Been Rescued No One Makes a Move. Minneapolis, July 24.—Johnny Beach, the four-year-old son of Leslie Beach, 1717 Third street northeast, was burned to death yesterday morning while a crowd of fifty men and women, some of whom, it is said, could easily have rescued the boy, stood about the burn- ing Beach home and watched the little boy as he slowly roasted to death with- in their sight. Plainly visible from the street below, the boy was seen trying to raise the attic window. With his scorched hands the little fellow finally broke the glass and screamed fran- tically to those below to save him. Any active man among the crowd eculd' have successfully climbed to the top of a porch near the window and rescued the boy, but through thought- lessness, fear or indiference, none made the attempt. Little by little the boy’s screams grew fainter until he finally fell back into the flames. The fire was started by the boy while he was play- ing in the attic with matches. The house and contents were completely destroyed. TO SAIL THE LAKES. contracts Are Awarded for Three More Modern Ships. Duluth, July 24. — President W. L. Brown and General Manager J. C. Wallace of the American Shipbuilding company were in the city yesterday and left for Chicago late in the after- noon with contracts for three more modern lake ships in their possession, G. A. Thompson, who gave the com- pany an order for a 7,000 net tons ship last Saturday, gave it another order yesterday for a duplicate ship. The former was for the Superior Steamship company, and the order yesterday was for the Duluth Steamship company. The boats will be 436 feet over all. Each boat will cost $280,000. The other two boats for which contracts were awarded were for the Provident Steamship company, of which Com- modore A. B. Wolvin is the head. Each boat is to be 400 feet over all, to cost $225,000 each. ANOTHER GOLD FIND. Quertz Ledge Discovered Adjoining the Dousman Farm. Prairie du Chien, Wis., July 24.—An- other ledge of gold-bearing quartz has been discovered on the bluffs be- longing to Frank Smrcina. These bluffs adjoin the Dousman property, upon which the first discovery of gold in Wisconsin was made last November, and where a large force of men are now employed, and the quartz which is be- ing taken out is bringing in more sat- isfactory results. Blasting began on the Smrecnia property . yesterday. Specimens have been sent in, and the assays prove that the discovery is quite valuable. A large force of men are now at work, with a view of as- certaining the full extent of the ledge. WISCONSIN GUARDSMEN. They Will Begin Their Encampment at Camp Douglas, Aug. 2. Milwaukee, July 24, — The encamp- ment of the Wisconsin National Guardsmen begins at Camp Douglas Aug. 2. The First regiment will be thd first to enter camp, and will remain ono week, returning Aug. 9. The Second and Third regiments follow in order, each remaining a week at Camp Doug- las. The camp will be named in hon- or of Sergt. Swanson of Company L, Third Wisconsin volunteers, who was killed at Abonita Pass, Porto Rico, in the Spanish-American war. Inspec- tion will be conducted by Capt. Ed- ward Chynoweth this year. He is from the Seventeenth infantry, United States army. COWPUNCHER IN THE PEN. Murderer of “Mexican Ed” Goes to Sioux Falls for Seven Years. Sioux Falls, S. D., July 24.—Sheriff Courtney of Stanley county has ar- rived with Robert N. Adem§, who was recently convicted in, that county of the killing of Edward Sanches (‘Mex- ican Ea”), and sentenced to a term of seven years in the Sioux Falls peniten- tiary. Adams has been turned over to Warden Swenson and assigned to a cell. This latest arrival at the pen is a Texas “cowpuncher” who had been employed on ranches in the ceded Sioux lands. He committed the crime last February. ts BOLD HORSE THIEVES. A Hundred Thefts Committed and Officers Fail to Catch Thieves. Winona, Minn., July 24.—A gang of horse thieves operating in Southern Minnesota for some time past have reached Winona county., On Sunday night a valuable team, consisting of bay gelding and bay mare, were stolen from the barn of William Tews, two miles north of Lewiston. Sheriff Lins is endeavoring to run down the thieves, but there is little on which to work, Close to a hundred horse thefts have been committed in this locality the past few weeks, and the offenders are stil) at large. * To His Bride's Rescue. Duluth, July 24.—Inza Brinilson until late yesterday afternoon was detained by the Boston immigrant inspectors because she was without means. She is on her way to Duluth to marry Sig- yart Anderson of this cityy and she managed to communicate with him. He furnished money by wire and she was allowed to proceed. Warner Is Selected. Pierre, S. D., July 24.—E. A. Warner of Eureka has been selected as secre- tary of the Republican state central committee. Mr. Warner is at present private secretary to Gov. Herreid, Cyclist’s Fatal Fall. Mitchell, S. D., July 24.—Omie Harris, twenty-one years old, fell from his bi- cycle last night and injured his head. He lived two hours and died from con- orth | was reached yesterday south of here. ‘a half-dozen stabs from a jack-knife| in the back of his neck, on his shoul-| BLAME IT ON TRACEY. Mysterious Murder at Gordon, Wis., Laid at His Door. SUllwater, July 23.—According to re- perts received here yesterday after- noon many resident near Gordon, Wis, telieve that Harry Tracey, the Oregon cutlaw, who, under the name of Sev- erance, lived near Gordon some years ago, was responsible for the murder of Joe Blackburn, a well\ known resident of the logging regions tributary to Gordon. He was murdered for his money by unknown parties four years ago, and sinse Tracey became so noted, the fact that he left Gordon at about the time Blackburn was murdered gave rise to the theory that he was the murderer, It was: one of the most brutal and cowardly murders ever committed in Northern Wisconsin, Blackburn’s skull having been crushed by an axe. Immediately after the murder the authorities made a sys- tematic effort to locate the murderer, but the crime has always been a mys- tery. TO KILL THE MAYOR. Threatening Letters Received by Mayor Pfennig of Kenosha. Kenosha, Wis., July 23. — Mayor c.. H. Pfennig, the newly elected Repub- lican mayor of Kenosha, has been threatened with death. During the last few days he has received a number of letters supposed to have been writ- ten by an Italian, demanding that he vacate the 2ffice of mayor or prepare to die. The letters state that the death of the mayor has been planned and that a man has been selected to kill him, and the writer of the letters, which are not signed, claims to be the man elected. The mayor has not been Gisturbed by the letters, but at the same time it becomes a little monoton- ous to continue to receive letters threatening one with death. Detectives willsmake an investigation. HOBO IN TROUBLE. Makes Too Free Use of His Gun and Is Now in Jail. Sioux Falls, S. D., July 23.—Chief of Police Martin yesterday arrested a tramp on suspicion of being the man who on Saturday night, at the point of a gun, held up a conductor and brake- man on a train at Jasper, Minn. They had ordered’ him to leave the train upon which he was stealing a ride. After a vicious fight with the two rail- road men the tramp jumped from the moving train and fled. The prisoner, who admits having trouble with train- men at Jasper, gives his name at Bl- mer Herring. Sheriff Black of Rock county, Minn., has taken the prisoner to Luverne. ‘ ——_—_—_—_. HEIGHT OF FLOOD REACHED. ippi Falls an Inch and a Half at Keokuk. Keokuk, Jowa, July 23.—The height of the flood in the Mississippi river Mi The river fell an inch and a half at Keokuk and the fall will reach south- ern points by to-day. But the rise ot a foot more in the vicinity of Canton, Quincy, Le Grange and Hannibal car- ried the water over thousands of acres previously uninjured. The river is full of ‘debris. South of here the flotsam includes thousands of rabbits as passengers on logs, pieces of houses and other wreckage. BADLY BEATEN BY THUGS. Thomas Walton of Deadwood Falls Among Thieves. Deadwood, S. D., July 23. — Beaten into insensibility, bruised and bleedjng, Thomas Walton was left on the Elk- horn railroad track last night by thugs after being robbed of nearly a hundred dollars in money. His alleged assail- ants are in the county jail. They give the names of Robert Powers of Denver and James H. McCoy of Sheridan, Wyo. Walton shot the former through the hand with a revolver before they could overpower him. Se? RSNA CE KILLED BY A TRAMP. Brakeman Stabbed to Death by Ne- gro Near Arion, Iowa. Sioux City, Iowa, July 23.—While en- deavoring to keep two negroes from boarding his train near Arion, Iowa, yesterday, Fred D. Powell, a brake- man, was stabbed. He crawled over the top of the train, through the cupola of the caboose, and died in twenty minutes. One of the two ne- groes has been arrested, but not the one who did the cutting. The inquest is being held. SCHOFIELD STOLL AT LARGE. Man Arrested at Council Bluffs’ Is Not Wanted at Sturgis. Sturgis, S. D., July 23—Deputy Sher- iff Frank Smith has received a tele- gram from Sheriff Smith, who is at Council Bluffs, to the effect thatthe man held there answering the descrip- tion of Bert Schofield, charged with horse stealing, and who broke out of the Meade county jail here some time ago, is not the fellow wanted, so Scho- field is still at large. *. LIKE TRACEY. Horse Thieves Are Cornered, but Give Their Pursuers the Slip. La Crosse, Wis., July 23—More val- uable horses have been‘stolen north of here by a band of organized, robbers. It was thought they were co: yes- terday, but got away. Sheriffs in Min- nesota and Wisconsin will combine and scour the country for the thieves. © NEIGHBORS QUARREL, p ae By One Is in Jail and the Other Is in a Precarious Condition. ‘ Elk Point, S. D., July 23. — John Yusten, 2 farmer near here, was held in $500 bonds for assault with intent to kill Ben Perrault, a neighbor. The latter is in a precarious condition, with STATE GETS ITS MONEY’S WORTH. Guard Inspection in Camp Is a Pro- % nounced Success, ‘No impartial person can doubt the -Value of holding the annual inspection of national guard companies while the regiments are in camp,” says Maj. Os- ad Seebach, assistant adjutcnt gen- “Of course some of the men did not like it. It meant work while in camp instead of play, but it will increase greatly the efficiency of the guard. Some of the captains reported that many of their men would not come to camp next year if the inspections were held there, but such men are better out of the guard. “The men are paid by the state while in camp, not for taking an outing, but for learning the life of a soldier. The idea is to have a body of men in the state who would be able to take up @ soldier's life and who would do so. The national guard should not be consid- ered a club. Its members owe a duty to the state, and the state has a right to get value for its money. “When the inspections are held at an armory a company would frequently have seventy-six men at inspection. Every man that attended two drills a month since he joined the company would be present at the inspection, and the company would draw $7 from the state for each man, These companies frequently had only forty men at camp. “Now the men must come to camp and the company cannot draw its $7 per man except for those ,at camp. This is the way it ought to be. The men can learn as much in ten days at camp as they could in two years at the armory. The result this year was an attendance of about 85 per cent of the enlisted strength of the companies, whereas heretofore it has seldom been more than 55 per cent, “Then, too, there is an improvement in camp life when the inspections are held there. It was a sort of recrea- tion at the expense of the state under the old system; now it is work. All the companies were working hard the en- tire time, and baseball and poker piaying were impossible. Each com- pany drilled several times a day, and there were frequent battalion drills. “Some of the officers complained be- cause the-men and officers were kept busy all the time, attending to their equipment and clothes. When the in~ speciton is held at the armory the armorer polishes the guns before in- spection, and the men have to do the work at camp, but it is better for them. They learn to take their guns apart and clean them, and to take care of themselves in the field. They learn the life of a soldier, and that is what camp is for. “Wisconsin and Iowa both have very fine national guards, and their inspections at camp. The at- tendance averages more than 65 per ceut of the enlisted strength.” int wal ES HELPS BANKS AND STATE, TOO. Deposit of State Funds During Har- vest Time. “The deposit of state funds in coun- try banks is a great aid to them and comes at a time when these institu- tions are most in need of cash,” said, State Treasurer Julius H. Block. “The. June settlements are coming in rapidly, and we are sending money to the coun- try banks for deposit. There is now about $1,000,000 on deposit in country banks, and they have about all they can handle. The state gets 3 per cent interest on the deposits. . “This money is not needed by thé state until fall, and all of it is not called in until after the crop is har- vested and a large part of it is on the market. So that the state deposits are a valuable aid to the country bankers in handling the crop. Every year there is from $1,000,000 to $1,250,000 on deposit throughout the state during ‘the harvest time, when the country banks usually need all the ready ‘money they can get. . “This arrangement relieves the strin- gency and makes it possible for farm- ers to get money to harvest their crops and get them on the market. The -| banks also find it profitable to handle ‘state funds and pay interest on them, for the deposits are larger at the time when the demand for short loans is greatest.” a HILL GIVES THE TRAIN, Good Roads Experts Will Meet at Fair and Build Sample Sections of . Pike. President Hill of the Great Northern has placed at the disposal of Col. R. W. Richardson, good roads expert for the United States government, a com- plete train, with the privilege of tak- ing it over the lines of the system whenever he sees fit without cost. The train will be employed in mak- twr demonstraéions of roadbuilding through the Northwest. It will be loaded with roadbuilding machinery and material and will carry cars for ‘the engineers and experts. The cost sof operating the train will approximate jii00 a day and an itinerary of one hun- lared days is planned, representing the equivalent of a cash subscritption from the Great Northern of $10,000. . This concession of the Great North- ern insures the holding of the good ‘roads convention here during the week ‘of the state fair and the puilding by ‘the government experts of several ‘miles of sample road for actual public ‘use for the instructicn of visitors at ‘he fair. After the fair the train will proceed Westward, stopping at cities land towns to give demonstrations of roadmaking from the material found | Dragged By a Bull, Jackson, Minn., July 22. — Raymond, the fifteen-year-old son of Ed Stone, while leading a young bull, tied the rope around. body and was dragged through the woods by the animal. The boy was missed and found dead with his skull brokea. they hold. : State Affairs of Interest MINNESOTA A FRUIT STATE. People Who Retain Old Impression to the Contrary Will Be Surprised by State Fair Exhibit. 5 it was not many years ago when Minnesota was known as a state in which fruit could not be raised. If anybody still has this impression it would be well for him to note the actual facts regarding the present con- ditions of the fruit in dustry of the State, then to attend the next state fair in which he will see one of the finest exhibitions of fruit ever put together, The fruit display of the Minnesota State fair is under the auspices of the Minnesota State Horticultural society. J. M. Underwood of Lake City, for many years president of the horticul- tural society, is superintendent of the division, and his assistant is A. N. Latham, secretary of the ° society, whose office is at 207 Kasota building, Minneapolis. Both are experienced and familiar with the horticultural re- sources of the Northwest. © Under the circumstances it is not surprising that the arrangements for the fruit exhibit are exceedingly com- plete, while the rules are thoroughly adapted to the needs of Minnesota ex- hibitors. One of the most interesting offers made in the horticultural division of the premium list of the fair, is that of $1,000 offered by the State Horticul- tural society for a seedling apple tree which shall fulfill certain requirements specified by the society, such as qual- ity, hardness, prolific bearing and keeping. This offer is made for the purpose of increasing the varieties of hardy apples, and as yet the require- ments of the society have not been met, although numerous fruit growers have jpeen experimenting} with seedlings for many years. The premium offers for apples in- clude a general sweepstakes for col- lection of $50, and $75 for collections open only. to professionals, and an equal amount for amateurs, besides the usual first, second and third premi- ums of $1, 75 cents and 50 cents re- spectively for single plates of a large number of varieties. » These single plate premiums are du- plicates for professionals and ama- teurs. Besides, there are liberal pre- miums for crabs and hybrids, and a number of special premiums for seed- ling apples. In the class devoted to plums, there is a sweepstakes of $50 for collection, followei by lesser premiums for spe- cial varieties. In grapes, the largest premium is $60 for collections, and some thirty class premiums follow. sIn all the premium offers for fruit are liberal. They have been revised and ore up-to-date, and will certainly bring ott a very large exhibit. In this con- nection, it is worthy of note that Min- nesota now has the largest state horti- cultural society in the Union. HIGHEST IN CHILD LABOR, Minnesota’s Statistics Show Fewer Employed Children Than Those of Any Other State Which Reports. Minnesota, according to a report compiled by Commissioner John O'Donnell of the state labor depart- ment from the returns of the twelfth census, has less child labor employed in mercantile and manufacturing in- dustries of the state than any of the other twenty-six states for which re- turns have been completed. The proportion of children under the age of sixteen to adults employed in the industries named is one to 96.5. In no other state is the proportion so low. The proportion of Montana is 89.3 to 1, and in North Dakota 63.8 to 1, but neither of these states is a man- ufacturing state. In Ohio the proportion is 78,2 to 1, that being the only state where simi- lar conditions exist in which the pro- portion of children employyed is low. ‘The proportion for the entire United States is 30.6 adults tol child. The Minnesota laws and their efficient en- forcement, are assigned as the causes or the remarkable showing. : In comparison with the manufactur- ing states Minnesota shows a condi- tion far more favorable than any ot ‘them. The report for Massachusetts ‘shows a proportion of 36.6 adults to 1 child, and connecticut, which is also a representative manufacturing state, has 49.8 adults to 1 child. New York has 64.9 to 1. Michigan has 60.6 to 1, and Wisconsin, an immediate neighbor, 24 to 1, Iowa has 30 adults to 1 child. ‘The proportion in Iowa is three times as large and in Wisconsin four times ‘as large as that in Minnesota. The wther Northern manufacturing states ven are Illinois with 36.9 to 1; In- Riana, 41.4 to 1; Maine, 23 to 1; New Yersey, 29 10 1; California, 42 to 1._ The other states and proportions are. Kan- ‘sas, 29.9 to 1; Nebraska, 30.5 to 1; South ‘Dakota, 36.4 to 1. ; There are eight Southern states rep- resented in the table. In North Caro- Jina there is 1 child to every 5.7 adult persons employed fin manufacturing industries. Virginia shows 1 to every 14 adults; Alabama, 1 to 14.2; Georgia, 1 to 12.1; Maryland, 1 to 14. Louis- Yana, 1 to 17.4; Tennessee, 1 to 21.9; (Missouri, 1 to 28 ! ©T, PAUL MAN MISSING. ! Duluth, Minn., July 23. — Howard Sharp of St. Paul is reported missing 4n Duluth. He came here Feb. 20 last jand was supposed by his relatives to be ‘stopping at the Baltimore house here, put no such place exists. Howard Sharp was a canyasser for Collier's, Weekly. The police have been unable ‘to locate him or get any trace that ‘can be followed. } Sor eno 3 Baby Scalded to Death. St. Paul, July 23,—Michelo Palumbo, aged eighteen months, died from the effects of scalds received Saturday. Michelo was playing about the kitchen and fell ‘nto a bucket of boiling water. Her flesh was cooked. child Kitlea by Train. CROP IMPROVEMENT. Wheat More Promising Than for Several Years. ~The condition of small grain in the Northwestern’ states is much improved over a week ago.. Within ten days harvest will be in progress as far north as the southern boundary of North Dakota. There are apparently no ad- verse conditions confronting the farm- er. Little apprehension need be felt for the anticipated hot period. The hot winds generally come during the first ten days of July, but should extreme heat prevail it can accomplish little damage, as the abundant moisture in the ground would make it possible for grain to withstand it. Perhaps some rust might follow, but this would be immaterial. Great Northern and Northern Pacific crop reporters who have been over the district in Minnesota and the Dakotas that suffered from tornadoes and hail last week, say the first reports were exaggerated and that much of the grain that was thought ruined is re- covering. It is true that some fields were totally destroyed, but the aggre- gate loss will probably fall short of 1,000,000 bushels, an insignificant figure compared to the whole yield. Under favorable conditions the wheat yield of the three states should aggregate about the same as last year. The government report gives this yield at 88,000,000 for Minnesota, 76,000,000 for North Dakota and 37,000,000 for South Dakota, which seems rather high and probably is from 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 in excess of the actual yield. Crop ex- perts give Minnesota 75,000,000 this year, owing to a slightly decreased acreage because of the heavy rains which prevented seeding, but the yield promises to be larger per acre, bringing the aggregate up to $0,000,000 or 85,000,- 000 bushels. 1 It is estimated that North Dakota, notwithstanding its many drawbacks during the early spring, has 4 highly increased acreage and a good yield, which will give the state about 80,000, 000 bushels. South Dakota reports practically no increase in wheat acreage, but the condition of the grain is far ahead of that of last season, and this will bring the yield up to 35,000,000 or 40,000,000. In the southern part of the state corn has been largely substituted for wheat, and this will offset the new wheat acreage in the northern part of the state. ‘ ; i A NEW STATE PRISON. A bill will be introduced at the next session of the legislature providing for an additional state prison. The institufion under the bluff at Stillwater is notoriously inadequate and out of date. All the relief possible has been given it by the St. Cloud re- formatory and by the state's liberal rarole system, but the prison popula- tion still mounts up from month to month, and the antiquated cellhouse is now full almost to overflowing. The great difficulty with the institu- tion is that it has no farm. There are just eleven acres, covered with build- irgs except for narrow streets and the little ““park” where a few flowers are grown. There is no outdoor employ- ment for the men. Warden Wolfer is heartily in favor of the new prison. His idea is to buy a farm in the vicinity of Stillwater, and make the new prison a branch of the old one. Prisoners who need the cutdoor exercise could be kept at the new prison, and worked on the farm all the year round. On this farm could be raised all the vegetables for the year’s supply of both prisons. The prison is now receiving fresh vegetables from the Hastings asylum, raised by the insane patients. This is part of the genéral scheme by which the institutions are being made to sup- ply each other. All the soap is made at Rochester, and the brooms for all the institutions are made at Faribault. ‘This system will be continually ex~ tended. t Pee 49, Must Label Lard Mixtures. “4 Packing companies and firms deal- ing in lard are considerably disturbed by the announcement of the state dairy and food commission that it will begin the enforcement of the new lard law passed at the extra session of the leg- islature. The law provides that lard with which any substitute has been mixed, or from which any necessary ccnstituent or ingredient has been ex- tracted, shall be considered adulter- ated. ‘The experts of the dairy and food de- © partment say that much of the lard of- fered for sale does not comply with the law, as it is the common practice to extract from pure lard by hydraulic processes the pure lard oil, which prings a high price, and to sell the re- mainder, lacgely composed of the tis- sue, as lard. The law requires that aduiterated Jard be labeled “Adulterated Lard,” with a statement of its constituents. Lard substitutes are required to be la- peled “Lard Substitute,” with a state- ment of their constituents. Hotels and iestaurants using adulterated lard or substitutes in the preparation of food must have the fact printed on their pills of fare, or posted on the side of the room where food is served. ‘The principal complaint comes from dealers in -lard substitutes, sold under various names, in original packages They assert that the original package is notice enough to the purchaser that he is buying a lard substitute. Thé¢ low makes no exception, however, an¢ requires the package labeled “Laré Substitute,” with a statement of the ingredients of the compound. Where adulterated lard or lard sub- stitutes are sold in bulk, the package in which they are exposed for sal¢ ‘must be labeled properly, and the pur: chaser must be given’a card stating whether the substance is adulterate¢ lard or lard substitute, with a state ment of the ingredients of the com: