Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 30, 1902, Page 3

a RECALL DARK DAYS WEW ULM CELEBRATES FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS DE- LIVERANCE, THE GREAT INDIAN MASSACRE “THOUSANDS GATHER IN THE CITY “TO WITNESS THE CERE- MONIES. DAYS THAT TRIED MEN’S SOULS FEATURES AND INCIDENTS OF BAT- “TLE OF LONG AGO ARE -LIVED OVER. Saturday and Sunday the city of New Ulm was gaily attired for the fortieth anniversary of the great Indian mas- sacre, All trains into the city were packed and visitors from the surround- ing country swelled the number ot sightseers into the thousands. An ap- propriate program had been prepared and was carried out to the letter. The program for Saturday was ag follows: 9:30 a, m.—Grand historic, military and civil parade, in which Gov. Van ant and staff (mounted), defenders, the Second regiment; N. G. S. M., Capt. Burg’s battery, twenty historical floats, New Ulm fire department and apparat- us and all civil sociéties of New Ulm participated. 10:30 a. m.—Speeches, vocal niusic at German Park; address of welcome by Mayor Charles Weschcke; orator of the day, Moses E. Clapp. - Addresses were also made by Gov. Van Sant, ex-Gov. John Lind and others, 2 p. m.—Speeches in German by Rev. Alexander Berghold and Col. Pfaender at German Park. 3:30 p. m.—Sham battle by the Second regiment and Capt. Berg’s battery. 5 p. m.—Review and parade. 8:30 p. m. — Reception to Gov. Van Sant and staff, defenders, officers of Second regiment, Capt. Berg’s batterv and invited guests at Turner hall. Band concerts on Minnesota street. Sunday’s program was as follows: 1 p. m.—Grand picnic at Hermann’s Heights. 2:30 p. m.—Review and parade by Sec- ond regiment and Berg's battery. Visitors appreciated a plan to portray the great battle of 1862 by a series of descriptive tablets. At every point where important battles were fought, barricades erected or the slaughter great , these placards, whose inscrip- tions deal fully with details, were placed. ‘The positions occupied by the defenders and by the Indians were in- dicated infull, and in this way strang- ers in the city were able to secure a good impression of the great conflict. A band of Sioux Indians, descendants of the once famous nation which ter- rorized the Minnesota valley in the year 1862, camped on the principal street of New Ulm. Battle of New Ulm. Much has been written of the battle of New Ulm and the credit of the suc- cessful resistance of the Indians has been largely given to the soldiers who came‘from St. Peter, but this is unjust, for the tight was over when the troops arrived, and though they took no part in the first battie they relieved th2 anxiety, and when the second fight took place a week later they were on hand and did good work. Had New Ulm fallen on the first day the butchery that would have resulted would have been incescribable. The Indians in the attack on New Ulm have been estimated in numbers at 500. They advanced upon the city in a solid body until within about a mile, “when the-'mass began to spread out like a fan and come on with increasing rapidity until the horde of savages were within rifle shot, when they’covered the entire front of the village. Then, as vith one accord, they uttered a ter- svific yell «mad charged like the wind. ‘The vel! unsettled the men, and before a shot was fired they made the mistake of falling back, which allowed the In- aians to occuvy the buildings in the tskirts of the village. The men then d, and the firing on both sides be- me general, every man doing his own “work in his own fashion. The fight was waged for two hours with very little loss to the town people, ‘while the Indians suffered heavily. The ‘rile men sought good positions from -which they could keep the enemy at a «distance, and only three houses, Grop- per’s, Belm’s and Steinhauser’s, were “fired during the attack, Luckily it com- rmenced to rain after the fight had raged sabout an hour, and the burning of buildings was thus hindered to a great -degree. During this rain the squad that had gone to Leavenworth in the morn- ing returned. They were attacked with- in hearing distance of the town by the ‘ferocious Indians and nine of them were killed. Coming in two squads they fell -easy victims to their red-skinned ene- mies, and the names of Carroll, Lemon, ‘the Loomis brothers, Lamb, Ryan and ‘Tuttle appear among the slaughtered. In the town the fighting continued slowly. Both whites and reds sought cover as much as possible, and the res- dents soon gained courage. Between 4 and 5 o'clock seventy men under com- mand of A. M. Bean and Samuel Coffin arrived from Nicollet. Some of these -were in favor of an immediate attaek on the part of the besieged forces so as to obtain additional ground and re- strain the Indians from burning any more buildings. Twenty men volun- teered to undertake this, and running frcm house to house they soon reached ‘the home of Mr. Rehfeld. This was at ‘once garrisoned so that further advance from that section of the town was pre- vented. Ten men remained there till night, exchanging shots with the In- dians at every opportunity. The enemy soon disappeared from view, and a fear- ful anxiety as to the future settled over the town until a clomor was heard in the lower part of the village. Every- body was at once possessed with the idea that an attack was being made on the rear, and those stationed in the Rehfeld house deserted it in their rush to the defense. The scare, however, was uncalled for. The shots that had tcen fired were soon found to be those of new arrivals from St. Peter under eemmand of Capt. Boardman, and con- fidence was then rendered doubly strong. ; Only two people were killed within the barricades during the first attack, one of these being a girl of fourteen years, who out of curiosity had ven- tured from the Erd residence to wit~ ness the combat. The wounded that had been brought into town were cared for by Dr. Weshcke, the Dakota house being used for a hospital. Wednesday morning another company in command of Capt. Flandau arrived from St. Peter and Le Sueur and also a company of volunteers from Mankato under Capt. Bierbauer. The sheriff intrusted command of the forces of Capt. Dodd of St. Peter, but the St. Peter folks ob- jected, claiming that he was too care- less with the life of men. Accordingiy a meeting was held in which Flandrau was selected as commander, with Dodd as provost marshal an@ Bell as deputy. A regular military organization was fovmed and martial law proclaimed. People arrived during the day who in their eag2rness to fight Indians had for- gotten their shoes, while others who had no opportunity to ride had walked at least thirty miles. Moccasins were given to those in need of footwear, and the rest were as well supplied with am- munition as a confiscation of the pow- der and lead in the stores would permit. In short, the life where the individual ceases, ani where the public comes first, nad commenced. The whole town was turned into a quartermaster's store or garrison and everything was utilized for the benefit of the public :n the paramount cause. Barricades were improved to better resist a renewed at- tack and expeditions scoured the coun- try to protect settlers and gain in- formation. While everything was quiet at New Uim on Wednesday, it was not’so at Fort Ridgely. Little Crow saw the ad- vantage of more ammunition and a few field pieces in his operations down the valley, dnd by capturing Fort Ridgely these could surely be obtained. He knew that one company had left the Fert on the previous Sunday, and he was also aware of the decrease in the force that held the citadel by the mas- gacre of Capt. Marsh’s gallant band on the 18th rear the lower agency. These facts encouraged Little Crow to attack the fort. This he did on two eccasions, first on Wednesday, Aug. 20, and again on Friday, Aug. 22. Both at- tacks were repulsed, with but small loss to either side. ‘The attack on Friday was the more formidable and protracted of the two, and the Indians were only beaten off by the gallantry of Lieut. T. J. Sheehaa, the commander, and the brave defenders under him, and espe- cially by the well served artillery in general charge of Sergt. John Jones. Thereafter, for some days, the fort was virtually in a state of siege or invest- ment. The place was crowded with refugees—men, women and children— from the massacres, and many of them were wounded. Water and provisions became very scarce, and the situation was perilous in the extreme. The fort was finally relieved on Wednesday, Aug. 27, by the advance guard of Gen. S:bley’s little army under Col. Sam McPhail, Fire and Pillage. But the worst was yet to come. Sat- urday morning clouds of smoke could be notized rising from the farming community around New Ulm, and it was quit2 evident to the eager citizens that the Indians were advancing in full force. During the night previous about twenty men had started for St, Peter and in the morning seventy more left, under command of Lieut. Huey. They met another company under Capt. Cox, put the Indians cut off the return of both, and only a few managed to reach the besieged city. At noon a man on Erd’s house cried out that the Indians were at hand. -The forces remaining in the town were immediately called to arms and skirmish lines were formed, which fell back toward the center of the city. The firing on both sides was incessant, continuing even into the ricades with the exception of Wedden- €ozf’s brick house were all burned eith- er by the Indians or by the defense :n order to rob their cnemies of every ad- vantage. The fight on the part of those within the barricades was courageous. They had everything to fear, nothing to hope for. Stil thoy adkered to their duty’ to the last, unflinching in spite of the odds agairst them. The women huddled to- gether in the cellars, and in Erd’s build- ing they had a barrel of gun powder ready to ignite in case the Indians should be victorious. Only eight men were killed the ‘first éay of the fight. About sixty were wounded, some of whom died soon, Sunday morning the fight was re- rewed, but the defenders had fixed up scme stovepipe to resemble artillery, ana, deceived by this, the Indians soom dispersed. Toward noon Cox arrived with 150 men and orders to evacuate the town. Monday mogning 153 wagon loads of wounded men and women and children left their homes, and, guarded by 250 citizen soldiers, wended their way down the valley to St. Peter and Mankato. Stringing along for a distance of two miles, it was perhaps the most graphic and lamentable exhibition that ever was witnessed since the settlement of the country at Plymouth Rock. These roor people had a few days before oc- cupied a beautiful city and enjoyed a fair degree of prosperity and wealth. They now found themselves homeless, keggared, with no possessions excedt the clothes on their backs. Behini them was devastation; ahead strangers, with no hope for the future. But for- tunately they were everywhere hos- pitably received, and in a short while 4 few of the most fearless ones ventured back and commenced the rehabilitation of their homes. They had been subject- ed to terrible calamities, but who to-day will say that they did not have the courage, intelligence .and strength, ce) overcome them. A complete list of the Whites killed in the various skirmishes and battles is a3 follows: From Capt, Belm’s company | of New Ulm, C. W. Otto Barth, William England, Mathias Meyer, Leopold Sueske, Jacob Castor, August Roepke and Julius Kirschstein. From Capt. Guggert’s company, the captain him- self, From the New Ulm company, | Ferdinand Krause and August | Rieman, From the Milford squad, Jacob Hae- kerle. ‘The names of those killed while returning from Leavenworth were Al- mond and Pri Loomis, William Tuttle, William Carroll, George Lamb, Dewitt Lemon, Ole, Nels and’ Tory Olson and Jan Tomson, The Mankato compafiy lost Newell Houghton and William Nicholson. The Le Sueur Tigers misse2 Lieut. A. M: Edwards, William Lusky, William Mahoney, Matthew Ahern and Washington Kulp, while the St. Peter guards counted among the dead the bodies of Lieut. Dodd, Max Haaek, Jer- ry Quane, John Summers, Rufus Hug- gens and Luke Smith, Nome Is Worked Out. Sturgis, S D., Aug. 27.—W. B. Ash returned to this city last week from Nome, and will probably remain. He says he has had about enough of the Northern country. This year the beach at Nome has been dryer than ever before, so that it can be worked more readily, and therefore more gold is be- ing taken out, but the stuff has been worked over so much and so often that it hardly goes 50 cents a day for a man. A large number of people from the Black Hills who went up there will come out this fall. Iowa Man Attempts Suicide. Chureh’s Ferry, N. D., Aug 27 — While temporarily insane C. Falor of Newton, Iowa, attempted suicide by cutting both wrists and his throat. He has a family at Newton and is a well-to-do farmer who recently came here to buy land, and was to have closed a deal to-day. Abe Attell of San Francisco got the decision over Kid Abel at the end of the sixth round at the America Ath- letic club in Chicago. The contezt went the full six rounds, there being nothing approachine > ‘nock-down. All Day With Dix. Whatcom, Wash., Aug. 27. — Judge Netterer yesterday overruled a motion for a new trial for H. St. John Dix and ‘sentenced him to ten years in the pen- itentiary, the limit under the laws of this state. Dix was a bank-wrecker. Railroad Official Drowned. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 27. — News was received here last night of the drown- ing at Burlington, Iowa, of C. P. Olson, for twenty-five years superintendent of bridges of the Burlington system west of the Missouri river. Brigham Young Il. Salt Lake, Aug. 27. — Unofficial an- nouncement is made of the serious ill- iness of Brigham Young, president of ‘the quorum of twelve apostles of the .Mormon church. President Young, who has been on a trip through the Zackson Hole and Teton Basin country in Idaho for his health, has been ope- rated on for dropsy and is said to be in a critical condition. Phillipsburg, Kan., Aug. 27.—Chester Westbrook yesterday killed his wife by cutting her throat with a razor. He then committed suicide by cutting his own throat with the same razor, BOTHA IS NOW LEADER. Kruger Will Resign the Leadership of the Boer People. London, Aug. 27. — Cabling from Brussels, the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says he hears that as a result of the conferences between former President Kruger and the Boer generals, Dewet, Botha-and Delarey, Mr. Kruger is to resign the leadership of the Boer people. Gen. Botha, adds the correspondent, was unanimously designated the future leader of the Boers. Russia and Bulgaria Agree. London, Aug. 27. — A dispatch from Odessa a correspondent of the Times says he hears that Russia and Bul- garia have signed an agreement ac- cording Russia facilities for the sole exploitation of the Bulgarian oil mar- ket by Russian products out of the market. Shoot Policeman and Escape. ‘Buffalo, N. ¥., Aug. 27.—Last night while Policeman Orville Schickler was guarding three prisoners in a patrol wagon one of them shot the officer through the head and all three made their escape. Held on Charge of Manslaughter. Anoka, Minn., Aug. 27.—Percy Wal- ton of Minneapolis, captain of Com- pany F, appeared before the municipal court on a charge of manslaughter for the accidental killing of Johnnie Kris- ko on the rifle range, and waived ex- amination. The matter will be taken up by the grand jury at the October term of the district court. Thief Robs a Widow. Eau Claire, Wis., Aug. 27.—Thieves entered the house of Mrs. Meagher, a widow, Sunday afternoon while she ‘was visiting a sick neighbor, and stole about $40 from a bureau drawer. Pelican in the Water. Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. 27.—The steel hull of the Pelican, built here by the Iowa Iron works, was slid down the ways yesterday in the presence of 3,000 spectators. She is the largest boat ever built on inland waters outside th Great Lakes. Her length is 363 feet. “witdth 521-2 feet. Gen. Samuel L. Casey died at the shome of his son, George S. Casey, at ‘St. Joseph, Mo. He was a member of ‘congress from Kentucky during the ‘war and supported President Lincoln warmly, It Came With Her, “Your husband,” said the talkative man, “has such a gentle disposition. He inherited it from his mother, I sup- rose?” “No,” replied Mrs. Henpeck, signifi- cantly. “I think I may safely say that was part of my dowry.”—Philadelphia Press. ; She Wagn’t a Blotter. Edith—Why did you refuse him? Ethel—He has a past. Edith—But he can blot it out. Ethel—Perhaps; but he can’t use me for a blotter.—Exchange, cust HELD FOR RANSOM FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN HDN- NEPIN COUNTY DISAP- PEARS. LOOKS LIKE CASE OF ABDUCTION DISTRACTED FATHER THINKS SHE IS BEING HELD FOR A RANSOM. GIVE ANYTHING FOR HER RETURN SUSPICIOUS ACTIONS OF sTraXcers CONFIRMS THE ABDUCTION THEORY, Minneapolis, Aug. 27. — Henry Zim- merman of Brooklyn Center, Henne- pin county, yesterday reported to the Minneapolis police that his daughter, Lizzie, aged fifteen, had mysteriously disappeared. Mr. Zimmerman was away from home several days week before last, and when he returned on Tuesday, Aug. 12, he found his daugh- ter missing. During the absence of her father Mise Zimmeriaan, an only child, was left alone in the house, her mother be- ing dead. The father, who is a wealthy farmer, was strongly inclined to the belief that she had been abducted by persons who expected to gain a reward for her restoration. It has been learned that several strangers were seen in the neighbor- hood of Mr. Zimmerman’s home dur- ing his absence. These men made in- quiries , in the village of Brooklyn Center concerning Zimmerman and his financial affairs. These inquiries are regarded as confirming the fears of Mr. Zimmerman that his daughter has been abducted Mr. Zimmerman said to the police that if the abductors of his child would communicate with him he would glad- ly pay them a reward for her return. “I would give them anything I :pos- sess,” he is reported to have said. “She is my only daughter, and the love we bear each) other is remarkable in its intensity. It is utterly impossible that Lizzie could have run away from her home and her father.” PLENTEOUS POTATO CROP. Three Hundred Bushels to the Acre in Minnesota. According to the Northern Pacific’s latest crop report the average yield on the Minnesota division of the line will be from 15 to 25 bushels per acre of wheat, and about 20 bushels per acre of flax. bushels. Some flax has been cut. Har- vesting is generally under full head- wuy, and some threshing has been: done. Along the St. Paul & Duluth division threshing has advanced con- siderably. Oats average 60 bushels per acre, There is a tremendous crop of potatoes along this division, the yield averag- ing in many places 300 bushels per. acre. Owing to low prices not many shipments are being made On the: Little Falls & Dakota branch the yield will be fully up to-expectations. The! same flattering reports come from the: Red River Valley branch. While conditions in North Dakota are very satisfactory, harvesting is’ somewhat behind, owing to rains. The, yield will be very heavy. » Wheat is' nearly all in shock and many farmers have commenced to cut flax. Hail has caused some damage near Jamestown,' Marian and Kathlyn, but the total yield will not be materially affected. In Montana the harvesting of wheat and oats is in progress and the yield promises to be fully as heavy as last year. in Washington, Oregon and Idaho there has been no damage to grain owing to the rains, and harvesting is progressing rapidly. WAGE TABLES IMPROVED. Labor Commissioner's Report to Contain Valuable Information. Labor Commissioner O'Donnell is trying to prepare the tables of his an- nual report showing the wages received by Minnesota workmen in various oc- cupations in such a way as to give valuable information to any man de- siring to change his employment, or to craftsmen desiring to locate in the state. Heretofore the reports of wages paid in each occupation have been grouped. The wages have been reduced to the amount received per week, and the table showed only the total number of persons working at any occupation re- ceiving a certain wage per week. This year there will be sim wage ta- bles; one for St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, and one for each of the coun- try districts, comprising the southern, the central and the northern parts of the state. Each table will be com- plete, and under the head of every oc- cupation in that district, will be shown the number of persons working at any wage, whether by the hour, day, week or month. No attempt will be made to average the wages or reduce them to a time unit. SECTION SIXTEEN, Cass Lakers to Have Their Case Heard by Department. Cass Lake, Minn., Aug. 27 — C. F. Nesler, United States Indian inspector, ‘is, here procuring information relative -to the disposition of the long disputed claims to section 16, which adjoins the townsite of Cass Lake, Testimony of the settlers , residing on the disputed land is being taken relative. to the | claim of Nellie Lydick for land as In- dian allotment, and also from those desiring the establishment of a town palteee eee ge: Se as Ed i SENSATION IS PROMISED. Milwaukee Woman Claims Large Damages From Mother-in-Law. Milwaukee, Aug. 27, — A family law suit of more than usual magnitude was’ begun yeSterday in the superior court. | Large damages claimed by a wife from ;@ mother-in-law on the ground that j the latter indueed the husband to de- lsert his wife. From the prominence of the parties | and the amount of damages claimed a trial full of sensational testimony and unwritten family history may be looked for if the suit ever gets on the calendar Mrs. Emma ULonsterf began suit against Mrs. Margaret Lonstorf for $100,000 damages, alleging that the de- fendant caused her son, Otto R. Lons- torf, to abandon his wife under threats of disinheriting him. Mrs.-Margaret Lonstorf is reputed to be wotth $2,000.- .| 000 in her own right. The plaintiff was married to Otto R. Lonstorf in Negau- nee, Mich., in July, 1893, and they lived as husband and wife up to May. The complainant says that the defendant repeatedly threatened’ to disinherit her son if he would not abandon the plain- tiff, and made a will in which she omitted to make any provision for him, informing him that she had done so. The complainant continues that in May, 1898, Otto R. Lonstorf, by reason of the pressure brought to bear on him, abandoned his wife and has since then’ refused to return to her or provide for her. The result has been that his af- fections have become completely alien- ated from his wife. BLOW TO PARK SCHEME. Winona’s Hopes for Beautiful Drive- way Are Jarred. Winona, Minn., Aug. 27. — The pro- posed park system for Winona ‘which was to include a beautiful driveway | around the lake, received a serious set- back yesterday by a decision of the district court. Some time ago the park board appointed appraisers who as- sessed tlie value of the land to be taken for this purpose. Many of the property holders objected to these assessments and appealed from the decision of the appraisers to the district court: The decision filed yesterday is wholly in favor of the property holders, and in addition to annulling the decision of the appraisers and the park board, grants damages for expenditures to the property owners. If this elaborate park system is to be secured a different method’ must be adopted. MAY JOIN MALLEABLE IRON TRUST. Milwaukee Concern Willing to Sell if Its Price Is Forthcoming. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 27 —An option on its plant to Eastern men who are effecting a combination of all the mal- leable iron foundries of the United States has been given by the Wiscon- sin Malleable Iron company of this city. W. H_ Osborne, president of the company, set at rest numerous rumors Oats will run from 40 to 75, | the price asked. | fused to name until he knew whether | his proposition. would be accepted or | son, a private in as to what his concern would do by definitely declaring for the first time that the company was willing to enter the merger if the promoters would pay This amount he re- not. VICIOUS ASSAULT. Member of Ashland Militia Company Under Arrest at Eau Claire. Eau Claire, Wis., Aug. 27—T. B. Han- the Ashland com- pany of the national guard, is in jail here. He was on his way home from Camp Douglas and on Sunday morn- ing while intoxicated forced his way into: a hotel in this city and assaulted Reynolds McAllister, the proprietor, knocking him Gown and inflicting in- juries to the head and hip; also lacer- ating his face severely. McAllister was unconscious from the effects) He is unable to leave his bed. Hanson is held to await results. EXCURSIONISTS IN A PLIGHT. Steamer J. S, Is Stranded on a Sand Bar. Tremealeau, Wis., Aug. 27. — The steamer J. S., with 2,200 excursionists on board, is fast on a sand bar in the Mississippi fourteen miles below this city, near Dresbach. Most of the ex- cursionists were from Winona to La Crosse, and the boat was due here at 6 p. m., but was long overdue. Anxious crowds line the levee, wondering at the delay, but a telephone dispatch at mid- night from Dresbach states that the steamer had no prospects of getting off the bar before morning. ag bes CHIEF WITNESS IS LO.'T. Alleged Postoffice Robber Is Re- leased. Sioux Falls, S D., Aug. 27. — Upon motion of Assistant United States At- torney Porter the case of “the United States vs. Samuel F. Bullis, alias Sam- uel F. Bradley, charged with the reb- bery of the postoffice at Frankfort on the night of Oct. 8, 1901, was dismissed. Bullis demanded an immediate trial, but as the government could not secure 2 material and indispensible witness, who has disappeared since the indict- ment was returned, the case had to be dismissed. Burglars Get Two Years. Fargo; N. D,, Aug. 27.—Frank Gor- don and Mike Finn pleaded guilty yes- terday afternoon to burglarizing the general store of J. F. Sullivan at Dur- bin. Seven men were arrested for the crime, but the others have not entered a plea. Gordon and Finn were given two years each in the pen. Rain Hurts Grain. Madison, S. D., Aug. 27.—Two ané@ one-third inches of rain fell in seven hours yesterday morning, with an inch and a half last week. Unstacked grain is ina very bad plight. Farmers had delayed stacking to thresh. Old Man Was Too Frisky. Keokuk, Iowa, Aug. 27. — G W. Shinkle fell dead last night at his home near Denver, Ill., while lifting a bale of hay. He ruptured a blood vessel in his brain. He was seventy-five years old and prominent 2 |. | Offices. are | some money orders BIG FIRE AT PRAIRIE DU CHIEN. Damage Will Probably Amount to $150,000. Prairie du Chien, Wis., Aug. 27.—Fire broke out late last night in the Prairie du Chien woolen mills and the damage will probably reach $150,000. The ori- gin of the fire is unknown. The flames were first discoyered» in one of the floors of the main building where the located, the engine and boiler rooms being directly back of the offices. The main building, which con- tains the offices, finishing rooms and shipping rooms on the first floor, and carding and picking rooms on the sec- ond floor, together with the drying room and’pants department on the third floor, are a total loss. The new building just north of the main build- ing, containing the washing rooms, dye rooms, wooi rooms and fitted out with the latest machinery, is also a total loss. The large warehouse to the north of the new building where hundreds of bales of wool are stored, was also er stroyed, FOREST FIRES IN WISCONSIN. Solid Mass of Flame Working Through Timbers at Furious Rate. Rhinelander, Wis. Aug 27. — Forest fires are raging northeast and south of Rhinelander and the dry and tinder- like nature of the slashing makes the spread dangerous to property. From Hobson, four miles this way, there a solid mass of flame that is working through the timber at a furious rate. Both sides of the timber holdings of the Paine Lumber company and Menisha ‘Woodenware company are ablaze, and unless checked by rain will cause great damage. A big fire is reported this side of Three Lakes, also near the mill property of the Yawkey Lumber company at Hazelhurst. Smoke hangs over this city, but no homesteaders have reported any losses as yet. HIT WITH FOUR DOLLARS. Woodman Initiation Breaks Up in a Big Row. Webster City, Iowa, Aug. 27. —A Modern Woodman initiation at Prairie Queen, an inland settlement north of this city, broke up in a big fight last night. Because Jesse White, the can- didate, was given some side degrees, Alfred Hilpipre interfered and a row ensued. White went after Hilpipre with four silver dollars tied up in a handkerchief and struck him over the head with this peculiar weapon until Hilpipre’s scalp was laid open. White was arrested and is now in jail in this city. Hilpipre will recover. $e KIDNAPPED A SENTRY. Deserters Break Away From Fort Cook and Take Sentry With Then. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. 27.—Frank Stortz and Harry Hymer, privates of the Twenty-second United States in- fantry of Fort Crook, Neb., are in the county’ jail here and will be returned to the fort to-day, where they will be charged with desertion and kidnapping a sentry, Private Wade, whom they overpowered when they deserted and forced to go along with them. They tramped through the country to Platts- mouth, Neb., and Wade managed to communicate his“predicament to a farmer who organized a posse and overhauled the deserters. Wee-no-nah in Bronze. Winona, Minn., Aug. 27.—The beau- tiful statue of Wee-no-nah, presented to the city by W. J. Landon in memory of his wife, Ida Cone Landon, deceased, yesterday was erected on its pedestal in Central Park. The statue forms the centerpiece of a fountain which will be placed in the park. The statue illus- trates the Indian legend of the Indian maiden who jumped to her death’ from Maiden Rock to avoid marrying the chief whom she did not love. From this Iegend Winona takes its name. Convict Reeaptured. Rock Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 27.—Joseph Grant, who escaped from the South Da- kota penitentiary last Friday after- noon, was recaptured near Doon, Iowa, and returned to Sioux Falls. Grant came to Rock Rapids Saturday, riding a good looking hors, which he sold to a grain buyer for $25, and left town be- fore it was known who he was. He went from here to Doon and, with the money he had proceeded to fill up on poor whisky, and caused some trouble before his arrest was effected. Hoboes Rob Mail Pouch. Fargo, N. D., Aug. 27.—The robbery of a thail pouch at Casselton shows that the usual quota. of toughs have reached North Dakota. The pouch was made up at Page and thrown off the branch train at Casselton to be trans- ferred. Hobos rifled the sack and took all the drafts in the letters, as well as Four arrests have been made, but no conclusive evidence has been secured. Admitted His Guilt, Fargo, N. D., Aug. 27.-Edward B Day, who was arrested on the coast and brought to Fargo on a charge of passing an unauthorized check on Landlord Prescott, pleaded guilty and was fined $100 and costs, amounting to over $300. The fine was paid by a man named McIntosh of Minneapolis. Day was formerly a lumber salesman. Killed by a Blast. Lead, S. D., Aug. 27.—A blast in the $00 level of the Homestake killed James Gillispie and badly injured his partner, Timothy Gordon. They are supposed to have set off a charge of powder that failed to go last spring when the drift was being run, probably striking it with a drill. Gillispie was blown to atoms. Killed While Hunting. Janesville, Minn., Aug. 27. — While hunting on his father's farm south of here Adolph Priem, aged twenty-eight years, was instantly killed. A log on which Priem was standing rolled, and in some manner his gun was dis- suarsed. the shot taking effect near the eart. Run Down and Killed. ‘Alton, Iowa,. Aug. 2%. — A. Debruin, |