Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 20, 1902, Page 7

“evidence is SOOSHHHSEESOSEE HOS OOOOOSOHOS OO SHSHOHOOOOOOOOOOD Cooceoooos ° : News of the Northwest : © OOOO COOOOH HO HOOE OHS ESEOOOSO SOHO SHO HH HO OOO OOOS NAME THEIR MEN ‘FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION TO’ SE- LECT CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES. ‘SOME HOT CONTESTS DECIDED ES A TAWNEY, STEVENS, FLETCHER, BEDE AND M’CLEARY SURE WINNERS. ‘DOUBTFUL IN OTHER DISTRICTS ‘LIND, ANDREWS AND M’GOVERN ARE WINNING DEM- OCRATS. St. Paul, Sept. 17.—General reports from the First congressional district show that the contest between Taw- ney and Knatvold ‘thas awakened the liveliest interest. Tawney’s friends have stood by him and have apparent- ly carried him safely through. Late reports say that his nomination is con- ceded and that his majority will be about ,000, according to the best esti- mates. In the Second district there was no contest and Congressman McCleary received the vote given, but the vote was a light one,and has no signifi- cance. The race in the Third district is close, with Ives apparently slightly in the lead and Whitforl a close second. Congressman Stevens had no oppo- sition in the Fourth district. Congressman Loren Fletcher was renominated by the Republicans of the Fifth (Hennepin) congressional dis- trict. The three-cornered fight be- tween Congressman Fletcher, Eugene G. Hay and James A. Peterson was by far the most interesting controversy of the many in, which 248 candidates for political favor participated. The partisans of the three congressional ‘candidates put forth tremendous ef- forts during the last ten days of the ‘campaign. It looks as if Mr. Hay would be second in the race. Mr. Peterson did not develop the strength, in Scandinavian wards that it was ex- pected he would develop. It is a close race between Buckman and Foster in the Sixth, also in the ‘Seventh district between Dowling, Young and Volstead. J. Adam Bede has been nominated in the Eighth and Steenerson looks like a winner in the Ninth. The Democrats nominated McGov- ern in the First district. C. N. An- drews was the only Democratic can- didate in the Second. Charles C. Koelars is the candidate in the Third. Geiske will run against Stevens in the Fourth. John Lind will be the candidate against Fletcher in the Fifth, and Dubois is the Sixth district candidate. The vote in the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth is incomplete. TRY TO KILL WOMAN WITNESS. .French Island People Excited Over Criminal Assault Case. La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 17.—An un- successful attempt was made by three unknown men last night to murder Miss Agnes Funger, the chief witness in the La Belle criminal assault case. Excitement runs high on French is- land, the home of the parties con- cerned in the case. Three shots wgre fired from a thicket at the girl, whose depended upon by the prosecution to convict the prisoner. District Attorney Thomas Morris and the authorities thus far have bes> yn- able to locate the would-be murder- <ers. SHOOTS AT HER HAT. -Hunter Mistakes Authoress’ Hat for a Partridge and Hurts Her.- Manitowish, Wis., Sept. 17. — Mrs. Julia K. Barnes of Rockford, Ill., au- ‘thor of the “Annals of a County Town” yesterday was accidentally shot. She was seated on a,log in a clump of bushes when a hunter approached. He «could see only her hat, and mistaking it for a partridge, discharged his shot- gun in the direction of the supposed bird. The charge took effect, but be- ing somewhat scattered did not re- ‘sult fatally. She was taken to a Chi- cago hospital, where it is stated that -her sight may be impaired. TREED BY A MOOSE. .Farmer Kept in a Tree for Two Hours After a Long Run. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 17.—Olaf John- :son, a farmer of the town of Gensen, was treed by a big bull moose yester- -day while out hunting near Rice lake. He came upon the animal suddenly, -and as suddenly started to run, with the moose after him. Johnson quickly :shinned up a birch tree ‘ud the moose butted at it with his head but failed to dislodge the man. After keeping him there about two hours the moose strotted eff. RIOT IN WISCONSIN. iMill Hands in Kickapoo Valley Go On a Rampage. Prairie du Chien, Wis., Sept. 17. — _A telephone message last night from “Petersburg, a small town in the Kick- sapoo valley, to District Attorney O. B. “Thomas says that a riot took place among the workingmen of the Keogh Excelsior mills at that place. No one -was seriously injured, although sev- -eral received bruises. The cause of sthe disturbance is given as a disa- _greement over the wage scale. ~ Dr. Beardshear’s Successor. Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 17.—Gov. -Cummins has gone to Ames to attend ‘a mee of the board of trustees to take up the subject of a successor to sthe late President Beardshear of the ROOSEVELT’S NEXT TRIP. His Western Itinerary Being Prepared by Secretary Cortelyou. Washington, Sept. 16. — Secretary Cortelyou is in Washington engaged in making out the itinerary of the president’s Western trip, which will begin Friday next. Milwaukee will be the first stop in the Northwest where the president will leave the train. He will make a speech in Milwaukee and then proceed to St. Paul, where on Tuesday morning he will address the convention of the American League of Civic Improvement. The president will make a run through Minnesota end South Dakota, then down to Sicux City, Denison, the home of Secretary Shaw; Omaha and Leavenworth, Kan., back through Iowa, stopping at Clarin- da, the home of Representative Hep- burn; Des Moines and several other places in the state, and then to St. Louis on Oct. 1. From St. Louis he will go to Springfield, Il., to attend the Illinois State fair, and then to Chicago for a day in that city and to attend a banquet in the evening. From Chicago the president will return to Oyster Bay. The trip will take two weeks and will be the most extensive taken by President Roosevelt. » VACCINATE WITH MILK. Minneapolis Woman Tells How Law Is Evaded. St. Paul, Sept. 16—The citizens who are opposed to vaccination held an open meeting in Central hall, Sixth and Seventh streets, yesterday after- noon. Mrs. Lora Q. Little of Minne- apolis made an address in which she stated that some of the doctors in her city vaccinated people with milk or water instead of virus. They did not believe in the efficacy of vaccination, and use mild and inoffensive fluids simply to satisfy the prejudices and caprices of those that insist on being inoculated. Mrs. Little also stated that there are doctors in Minneapolis who give certificates of vaccination to the children of parents who objected to the practice, while in fact the chil- dren had not been vaccinated. It was decided to hold another meeting Fri- day nighyt. A committee was appoint- ed to wait on the charter commission with the view of having the commis- sion submit an amendment to the charter doing away with compulsory vaccination for school children. BIG LOSS TO WOLSEY, S&S. D. Several of the Best Buildings in the Place Are Burned. Huron, S. D., Sept. 16.—Property to the value of $40;000 was destroyed by fire in Wolsey, the junction of the Chi- cago & Northwestern and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railways thir- teen miles west of this city yesterday afternoon. A special train over the Northwestern line carried a portion of the Huron fire department to Wolsey, arriving in time to save the whole business portion of the town from de- struction. The burned district includes several of the best buildings in the place, and the destruction is the worst ever experienced there by fire. The losses mostly fall upon men illy able to stand them. Fortunately little wind was blowing and this prevented the fire from spreading to the residence portion of the place. Besides the busi- ness houses destroyed the Odd Fel- lows, Modern Woodmen and Work- men lost their halls and most of their paraphernalia and several roomers also suffered loss. The origin of the fire is unknown. ENDS HER LIFE AT HOSPITAL. Patient Suffering From Melancholia Takes Carbolic Acid. St. Paul, Sept. 16. — Miss Mary T. Abrahams of Minneapolis, a patient at St. Luke’s hospital, died Saturday night of carbolic acid poisoning. She had suffered for five years from mel- ancholia, and it was decided to give her treatment at St. Luke’s. Dr. A. W. Dunning was consulted and took charge of the case. She engaged a private room at St. Luke’s at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. She also em- ployed a special trained nurse to take care of her. She left her room for a few moments about 7 o’clock and when she returned collapsed. The nurse called the house doctors. Her condition indicated carbolice acid pois- oning, but the physicians could net resuscitate her. A half-ounce phial which had contained carbolic acid was found in her pocket. Coroner A. W. Miller was called and pronounced the ease suicide. PRICE OF HER LOVE. West Superior Man Granted $1,000 for Alienation of Affections. West Superior, Wis., Sept. 16—Burt Winslow secured a judgment of $1,000 against Dwight H. Kennedy for alien- ation of his wife’s affections. He brought suit in the superior court for $10,000 and claimed that Kennedy vis- ited his wife and wrote to her, finally advising her to leave her husband, which she did. The woman testified in Kennedy’s behalf. Letters that passed between the woman and Kennedy were introduced in evidence. The jury was out fifty-five minutes. Winslow is a railroad man and Kennedy is prom- inent in gun club and sporting circles. WOMEN IN PULPITS. Delegates to the W. C. T. U. Conven- tion Deliver Sermons. Mitchell, S. D., Sept. 16. — Yester- day representatives of the W. C. T. U. convention occupied the pulpits in four churches of the city, and last evening a large union meeting of the delegates and the churches of the city ‘was held at the opera, house, which ‘was addressed by Miss Brehm, presi- dent of the Illinois association. The convention’ has been a splendid suc- and good reports have been made y the officers, 4 ODD FELLOWS MEET. Thirty Thousand Delegates and Vis- itors at Des Moines. Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 17.—With special trains arriving from all parts of the country and the attendance hav- ing already reached 30,000, the sev- enty-eighth annual session of the soy- ereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows was formally welcomed to this city yester- day morning by Gov. A. B. Cummins and Mayor Brenton in a public session in the new auditorium.* Addresses were made by M. Newman of Moines, grand master of Iowa; J. C. Milliman of Woodbine, grand _patri- arch; Miss Ida Van Horn, president of the Iowa Rebekah assembly, and Maj. Gen. M. A. Raney, Iowa department commander of the patriarchs militant. A response was made by Hon. A. Cable of Covington, Ohio, grand sire. Upon the conclusion of the welcoming exer- cises the sovereign grand lodge was formally called to order. FIERCE FIRE AT ALMA. Wisconsin Town Suffers Ten Thou- sand Dollars Damage. Winona, Minn., Sept. 17.—A fierce fire is raging at Alma, Wis., a small town seventeen miles north of here, and the whole of the town is in danger of being destroyed by the flames. The fire started in the rear of the livery barn of John Miller and it was totally destroyed, including the contents, cor- sisting of 700 bushels of oats, ten tons of hay and seven head of valuable horses. Barns belonging to J. G. Auer, T. E. Ibach and Gerard Gessell were totally destroyed, with all their con- tents. The residence of Mike Rupp, and Henry Beecher and the meat mar- ket of Fred Schneider were badly dam- aged. The total loss will be in the neighborhood of $10,000, with but lit- tle insurance. ‘ BURIAL PLACE OF GIANTS. North Dakota Workmen Make Im- portant Discovery. Forman, N: D., Sept. 17.—A valua- ble archaeological find was made in the Elysian hills, west of Forman by some workmen cutting down a small hill on the ‘public highway. After re- moving about four feet from the sur- face of the hill several small pieces of bones were thrown out by the shovel. On closer examination the hill was found to be an ancient mound or burial place of an extinct race of large stature. The bones taken out would indicate a body of seven and one-half feet high when living. SAYS HE’S A THIEF. Winonan Admits Guilt and Is Sen- tenced. to Reformatory. Winona, Minn., Sept. 17.—The grand jury in session here late yesterday afternoon returned two indictments against Martin Simbeck, one for grand larceny in the third degree and one for burglary in the second degree. He was arrested and pleaded guilty to the former charge. He was given an in- definite sentence to the St. Cloud re- formatory by Judge Snow. YOUNG COUPLE KILLED. Down by Train at Ralston, lowa. Marshalltown, Iowa, Sept. 17.—Will- iam Howard, aged twenty, and Maude Solt, eighteen, prominent young peo- ple of Gliden, were instantly killed by a Northwestern passenger train at Ralston, while driving across the track. The body of the young woman was carried into Ralston on the engine pilot before the accident was discov- ered. * FORTY GRAIN STACKS BURN. South Dakota Prairie Fire Causes Large Financial Loss. Redfield, S. D., Sept. 17.—Messrs. Run Alger and Aldrich, south of the city, suffered a severe loss by a prairie fire which started from a threshing rig Sunday. The fire destroyed forty stacks of grain. Men fought for hours to extinguish the flames. There is no insurance. .. East Grand Forks’ Bad Fire. Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 17—The Acme hotel in East Grand Forks, the oldest hotel in that city, owned by Phil Barney, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning, together with the hotel barn and the adjoining butcher shop, which was owned by Mr. Barney. A defect in one length of hose made the fire department helpless till the fire gained such headway that all ef- forts of the firemen had to be directed to prevent a spread of the fire. a Two Convicts Pardoned. Pierre, S. D., Sept. 17—Gov. Her- reid has granted pardons to Leon St. John, sentenced from Hyde county last January for one year for larceny, and ta S. A. Knapp, sentenced from Clark county December last for one year for concealing mortgaged prop- erty. In both these cases, besides gen- eral petitions for pardon, the presid- ing judges and prosecuting attorneys recommended the action. Killed by a Runaway. Corydon, Iowa, Sept. 17.—Mrs. Fan- nie England, widow of the late Joseph England, was killed in a runaway ac- cident twelve miles south of here last evening, and her daughter so seriously injured that she will die. Labor Union Man Is Mayor. Clinton, Iowa, Sept. 17.—At the spe- cial election for mayor held here yes- terday W. B. Farver, the labor union candidate, was elected by a plurality of 93 over the Republican candidate, L. F. Sutton, and 900 over W. H. Post- on, the Democratic nominee. Injuries Prove Fatal. a Hokeh, Minn, Sept’ 1 Charis Hammer, a well known Hokah farmer, died last night. He was fatally injured by a train Saturday night while walk- ing home on the track, He es wife and son. DOUBLES UP ON DIAMONDS. State Board ‘Increases Ramsey County Valuations. The state board of equalization has made numerous and large increases in the item of diamonds and jewelry. ef The returns of Ramsey county fixed the value of diamonds and jewelry at $72,930; the valuation fixed by the state board in 1901 was $163,288. The board made an increase of 100 per cent in this year’s figures. Hennepin coun- ty returned $97,320 for diamonds and jewelry; $72,763 was the amount fixed by the state board iz 1901. An in- crease of 50 per cent was made. The board raised the valuation of gold and silver plate returned by these counties 100 per cent. Ramsey coun- ty returned $58,608; $102,964 was the amount fixed by the state board a year ago. Hennepin county returned $60,278; the amount fixed by the state board in 1901 was $57,030. Big Stone, Chisago, Marshall, Mar- tin, Meeker, Chippewa and Faribault counties were also raised 100 per cent on diamonds and jewelry; Stearns county was raised 75 per cent and Beltrami and Clay counties 50 per cent, Olmsted county was raised 300 per cent on gold and silver plate. Martin county was raised 250 per cent and Stearns, Winona and Faribault coun- ties 100 per cent. The assessment for these items was fixed at practically the figures of last year. The returns on agricultural imple- ments were raised in forty-five coun- ties so as to bring them a trifle higher than last year. Cottonwood and Wa- seca counties were raised sixty per cent; Dakota, Douglas and Freeborn counties, 50 per cent; Becker, Mower. Swift, Pope, Traverse and Wabasha counties, 50 per cent; Chippewa, Rice, Stearns and Steele counties, 25 per cent; Hennepin, Kandiyohi, Jackson and Pipestone counties, 20 per cent; Carver, Chisago, Clay, Goodhue, Lyon, Marshall, Martin, Otter Tail, Scott, Wilkin and Winona counties, 15 per cent, and Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Fillmore, Grant, Murray, Nic- ollet, Redwood, Sibley, Stevens. Wa- tenwan, Wright and Yellow Me Fine, 10 per cent. Few of the counties reported any steamboats or sailing vessels, and the valuation of these was left at about the figures of last year. Cass and Douglas counties were raised 50 per cent, Polk county 33 per cent, Lake county 25 per cent and Washington county 10 per cent. The item of goods and merchandise was laid over until other matters were disposed of. MOST SPICES ARE PURE NOW. Only Two Impure Samples Found in 101 Analyzed. “There has been a wonderful im- provement of the quality of spices of- fered for sole in the past year,” said George L. Dingman, assistant dairy and food commissioner. “We recently tested a lot of seventy samples which our inspectors secured, and only one of them was impure. We have just |. completed the examination of thirty- one samples, and only one of them is impure. “This is a remarkably fine showing, when it is remembered that a year ago, when the crusade against impure spices was begun, about a third of the samples brought into the office were impure. “The spices put up and sold by Min- nesota firms are now nearly all pure, and the only impure samples we get are usually spices that come from Iowa, which has no pure food law, or else from firms that put up goods to ship into Iowa. “The Minnesota firms are finding it greatly to their advantage to put up goods that stand the test of the Min- nesota law, and many of them who a year ago had difficulty in creating a market for brands which cost a little more than the average spices now have worked up an excellent trade be- cause the dealers know that these goods stand the test of the Minnesota food law.” STATE AID TO SCHOOLS. High Schools Get $770 Each—Graded Schools $400. The state superintendent of instruc- tion has completed the apportionment on the special aid given by the state to the high schools, graded, semi- graded and rural schools. There are 141 high schools in the state and each receiyed 770. The 119 graded schools each obtain $400. The 243 semi- graded schools received $101. The 747 rural schools received $80 each. Last year 129 high schools received $850 each and 107 graded schools se- cured $400 each. The semi-graded and the rural schools each received $135.12 and $100 respectively. Redwood county has the largest number of rural schools, 438. Stearns county has the largest number of semi- graded schools. f STRUCK BY PASSENGER TRAIN Mrs. Joseph Simmons Is Killed Near Bixby. Bixby, Minn., Sept. 16—Mrs. Joseph Simmons was killed on the railroad crossing half a mile nofth of this vil- lage by the north-bound Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul passenger train. The train struck the team on the crossing and threw Mrs. Simmons to the right of way. Both her legs and right arm were broken and her skull fractured. The team was killed. _WINONA'S. SIX NEW ROUTES. Congressman Tawney Succeeds in Se- curing Additional Facilities. ‘Winona, Minn., Sept. 16.—Through the efforts of Congressman Tawney six more rural’ routes will be estab- lished in Winona county about Nov. 1, Two of these are out of St. Charles, two Utica and two Lewiston. The First district has now a good ‘rural mail service, as good as in any part of | the United States. * 7 E : Ottumwa, Iowa, Sept 16—The street COUNTIES GET FEES. Auditor Distributes Money Collected for Filing Nominations. The state auditor's office has com- pleted a report of the receipts from fees of candidates filing with the secre- tary of state for nominations to be made at the primary election. The sec- retary of state has collected $2,740 from such candidates. Thirty-five congressional candidates paid in $700; eight judicial condidates paid in $160, and ninety-four legislative candidates paid in $1,880. The state receives none of the money, and each fee col- lected is divided equally among thé counties in which the candidate runs. The task of making the apportioa- ment is a long onee, and has scarcely been completed. The amounts received by counties for congressional fees ranges from $3.64 paid counties in the Second congressional district, where aply two candidates have filed, to $17.78 in the Third district, where eight candidates have filed. The amount received for judicial nomina- tions range from $2.85 for the coun- ties in the Twelfth district, which has only one candidate, to $15 for counties in the Eleventh district. There are no judicial elections in many counties this fall. : The amount pro-rated among the counties varies from $10 to $60, de- pending on the number of candidates and the number of counties in the dis- trict. Where the district is entirely within one county the candidate filed with the county auditor and the fee wes paid direct to the county treas- urer. i ELECTION LAW IS SUSTAINED. Supreme Court Rules on Question of Blank Spaces. The supreme court has filed a de- cision that the primary election law does not require blank spaces to be left on the primary ballot after the name of the last candidate for the nomination for each office, or immedi- ately beneath the name of the office if there are no candidates for the nomination for that office. The court also rules that the failure of the law to require such blank spaces does not make it unconstitutional. i The matter was brought to the at- tention of the court by an action begun by John L. Gulden of Austin to require County Auditor Robert L. Johnson of Mower county to leave such blank spaces on the primary election ballot for that county. The decision is short. The necessi- ty for an early decision in order that the ballots may be printed and dis- tributed impelled the court to an- nounce its conclusions without stating the methods of arriving at them, which will be embodied in an opinion to be written later. The court says: “The primary elec- tion law does not require such blank spaces to be left on the primary bal- lot. The law so construed is constitu- tional.” G. A. R. AT WASHINGTON. Details of the Plans for the National Encampment. A general order has just been issued from the headquarters of the G. A. R., department of Minnesota, referring to the national erlcampment in Washing- ton next month. Among other things, it announces: The thirty-sixth national encamp- ment will be held in Washington, D. C., during the week beginning Oct. 6, and the headquarters of Minnesota | will be in room 204, Ebbitt house in that city. The headquarters of the Woman’s Relief corps, department of Minnesota, will be in room 201 in the same hotel. The headquarters of Tae Ladies of the G. A. R. have not yet been secured. The official route of the department will be via the Chicago Great Western and the Baltimore & Ohio to Chicago and Washington. The fare for the round trip will be $23.85. The tickets will be in signature form, and will be on sale on Oct. 2, 3 and 4. Returning, they will be good on all trains leaving Washington up to mid- night, Oct. 15, but by the payment of 50 cents additional the time of return- ing may be extended to Nov. 4. The headquarters train will leave the union depot, St. Paul, at 7:35 p»m. on Saturday, Oct. 4. The train will leave Chicago at 10:15 a. m., Oct. 5. = LIVE STOCK VALUES. Basis the Same as Last Year, but Tendency Is Toward the Maximum. - The state board of equalization has equalized the returns on horses, cat- tle, sheep and hogs. The valuation of horses throughout the state was increased from 10 to 15 per cent. The basis adopted by the board is the same as last year, but the valuations this year are put near the maximum instead of near the min- imum, as last year. Horses one year old are assessed at from $10 to $12, two-year-olds at from $17 to $20 and three-yearlds at $30 and.up. * The valuation of cattle was left at about the same figure as last year. | The basis adopted by the board is $5 to $6 for yearlings, $9 and up for cat- tle two years old. Cows are assessed at $12 and up and all other classes of cattle at $15 and up. Sheep are valued at $1.50 per head and swine about the same as last year. | The greatest variation in the re- turns was in swine, the values _re- turned ranging from $1 to $4. The greatest number cf increases and also of dec-ease3 made was in the valuation ot swige.. _ Crop Conditions Are the Best. According to the weekly crop report issued by the Northern Pacific the ex- cellent condition throughout the state and Northwest will continue. The cold weather and light frosts of the past week have not none any serious damage, except cn the Da- kota division, where late flax and veg- etables suffered slightly. _ Fall plowing is well under way and EARNED IN MINNESOTA, The Fiscal Reports of Transpor‘ation Companies. Minnesota railroads are commenc- ing to file their annual reports for the fiscal year ending June 30. Those filed with the railroad and warehouse commission up to date: Red Lake Transportation Co.— Gross earnings ..... $8,118 73 Operating expenses . 9,576 23 Deflolt oo. gern $1,457 50 Chicago & Northwestern — Entire Line— Gross earnings Operating expenses .... sesvcves $47,288,119 62 29,292,650 55 Income from operation. .$17,995,469 07 Income, other sources... 1,557,616 57 Total income ........ $19,553,085 64 Dividends of 7 per cent on common Dividends of 8 per cent op preferred ... . $2,737,868 00 1,791,600 00 Total dividends $4,529,468 00 The company gives its passenger earnings in Minnesota as $752,902.31, and freight earnings $2,112,545.15, a total of $2,865,577.72 for Minnesota. Duluth & Northern Minnesota— Gross earnings $128,190 15 Operating expenses .... 70,643 37 Income from operation. $57,546 48 Dividends on common stock aggre- gated 10 per cent, or $20,000. The sur- plus from operations for the year was $36,123.98. Total surplus June 30, 1902, was $137,296. Iowa Central— Gross earnings system ... Operating exp (entire + $2,545,971 88 2,052,581 43 Income from operation. $493,389 75 The company states that its ac- counts have not been kept so as to furnish a report of total gross earn- ings including local and interstate bus- iness according to Minnesota. WHEAT ON THE MOVE. Long Delayed Crop Movement at Last Gets Under Way. The long delayed crop movement in the Northwest is at last under way. After five weeks of continuous daily receipts, showing losses by compari- son with the figures of last year, Min- neapolis, for the first time in the move- ment, had receipts Monday something like a normal run for that day, and for the first time this season ran ahead of last year. Eight hundred and ten cars of wheat were in, compared with 735 on the corresponding day a year ago. Grain men are ubilant over this showing, and are inclined to believe that the turn has at least been made. Minneapolis is close to 4,000,000 bushels behind in wheat receipts to date, but from now on should begin to wipe out this loss by moderate daily gains. Bad weather was originally the cause of the delay, and this has been aggravated of late by a lack of motive power and the inability of the railroads to move the freight offered, Ithough using their full equipment. As an illustration, there were at noon Monday 621 loaded cars, containing principally coarse grains and some wheat, on the stretch of the Soo road between Portal and Enderlin. These were all headed for Minneapolis, but the general traffic is so heavy that they cannot be moved immediately. « In receipts of coarse grains Minne- apolis has made the start for a record- breaking year, and to date is far ahead of any year in the history of the mar- ket. The general showing of receipts of all grains Monday is the best so far, with a gain of 464 cars, as follows: ——Receipts—— Monday. Year Ago. Cars. Cars. Wheat 735 Corn 7 Oats .. 31 Barley 173 46 Rye . 22 9 Flax .. 141 40 Totals .......... 1,332 868 REFORESTATION. Gifford Pinchott, chief of the bureau of forestry, E. S.Bruce, official timber- man, and four other officials are in the Chippewa reservation country making a start, under the provisions of the Morris timber bill. Mr. Bruce has charge of the work in the field, select- ing about 230,000 acres for reforesta- tion, and Mr. Pinchott is there in a supervisory capacity. The reforestation of these lands is one of the most important jobs brought before the bureau. The lands are to be made a forest reservation, under control of the bureau. A cer- tain amount of ripe timber is to be sold annually, and the land will be re- forested according to the most ad- vanced ideas of the bureau. For the first time, therefore, the gov- ernment is making an attempt, on a large scale, to have economical log- ging operations conducted along for- estry principles. -A tract of thirty miles square is to be operated along these lines, and it is the selection of these lands that is occupying the at- tention of Pinchott and Bruce and their assistants. It is expected that contracts for log- ging blown-down, burned and other like timber will be made in a few days under the charge of Maj. L. G. Scott, agent at the Leech Lake reservation. Efforts will be made to log this tim- ber and get it out before deep snows interfere with the work. Killed Himself While Insane. Piedmont, W. Va., Sept. 13—Perry S. Minshall, a well-to-do merchant, land owner and president of the electric light company here, while temporarily insane, shot and killed himself with his young son’s toy rifle. Named by Utah Republicans, Ogden, Utah., Sept. 13.—The Repub- lican state convention yesterday nom- inated Joseph Howell of Wellsville for congress, and Judge William Mc ‘\Carty of Sevier county for pupremé ~~ ste sete Alsen