Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 7, 1903, Page 3

Dit scscewdoun ss BATTALION FORMED. Militiamen of Black Hillis Region Or- ganized Into Body. Deadwood, S. D., Feb. 3. — The Third battalion of the Second regi- ment, South Dakota state guard, has been created in the Black Hills, con- sisting of Company I at Custer, Com- pany K at Whitewood and Company M at Rapid City, to which Troop A, cavalry, at Deadwood is attached for reports, this being the only cavalry troop in this part of the state. There has been a quickening of spirit among the various militia organizations in this part of the state recently owing to the passage and approval of the national bill. ROULETTE DID IT. Young Man Said to Have Taker. Funds to Play the Wheel. Duluth, Feb. 3. — Chief of Police Lowee of Grand Forks arrived here and took in custody a young man named Roy C. Smith, who is charged with having embezzeled $731 of the funds of the machinery concern of Collins & Senson some time ago. The young man had changed his name tq Ralph C. Stone, and says that he had made no other effort to evade arrest. Smith ‘has confessed that he took | funds that did not belong to him, and that his downfall was due to gamb- ling. He was fascinated by the roud, lette wheel. KILLS HIS PLAYMATE. Boy Accidentally Shoots Déad One ot, His Companions. Albert Lea, Minn., Feb. 3. — Arthuy Roberts, son of Frank Roberts of this city, was accidentally shot and killed by a playmate. The boys had been using a 22-caliber rifle for hunting ei target practice, and after they had r turned to the Roberts home they con; tinued the gun play. A boy named Milton Malmer, aged fourteen years, took aim at some object, and just then the Roberts boy came into rangg around the corner of the house, an the bullet went through his The boy was twelve years of age. | PRICE OF TWINE. Warden Wolfer and Board of Control! Fix Schedule for Coming Season. Stillwater, Minn., Feb. 38. — The board of control and Warden Wolfer have fixed twine prices for the coming season as follows; Standard, 500 feet to the pound, 63-4c; sisal the same; standard mixed, 550 feet to the pound, 91-2c; manila, 600 feet to the pound, 101-2c; pure manila, 650 feet to the pound, 11 1-2c. These prices are considerable below last year’s prices and are much lower than the prices asked by the independ: ent twine concerns, The output will be 7,000,000 pounds. } . JILTED MAN TAKES LIFE. Commits Suicide on the Night He Was to Have Been Married. Butte, Mont., Feb. 3.—William Win- ters, one of the most prominent men in Butte and former county auditor, shot himself through the head with a re- volver last night, dying instantly. It is said Winter’s fiancee broke their engagement, and this, it is believed, led to his suicide. On a table within a foot of the corpse were many wedding presents. The ceremony was to have been performed ast night. GOING TO SIOUX CITY. Island and the Chicago Great Western Purchase Land. Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 3—The Chi- cago, Rock Island & Pacific and the Chicago Great Western have practical- ly closed a deal for 160 acres of land in Sioux City. The deal is considered to mean that the extension of these two lines to Sioux City is assured. It is said the two roads will use the tract for terminals. The price paid for the tract is $128,000. Rock Hermit Ends His Life. St. Paul, Feb. 3. — John Tillman seventy years old and said to be a granduncle of* Senator South Carolina, was found dead in a chair at his home yesterday afternoon. ‘There was a bullet wound in his fore | thead. An old pistol found in his lap showed that death had been of his own seeking. Tillman had lived the life of a hermit for years. He was re ported to be wealthy. Smelter Workmen Strike. Deadwood, S. D., Feb 8—Three hun- dred employes of the Golden Reward smelter have gone on strike because of one man being laid off. About 700 oth- er men will be thrown out of employ- ment as a result, the company having» ‘decided to close down two of its large mines. It ir claimed that the question of wages does not enter into the trouble. Oldest Woman Dead. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 3.—Mrs. Man ite.Allen, the oldest woman in the | State of Washington, died at the home of her daughter in this city, aged 104 Mrs. Allen was born in Scot- and emigrated to Canada over eventy years ago. smashed in the plate glass in the frat of Hans Nelson’s hardware store away a large amount of ‘hardware. Pee MR SEES t Northwest News heart: Tillman of Fergus Falls, Minn., Feb. 3, & Bur! a s4ee@ CHDO oe SH HES Oe +4 INJURED IN A WRECK. Loucks and Thompson, Well Known. Stockmen of lowa. if Larabee, Iowa, Feb. 4. — ‘thomas Loucks and John Thompson, injured in the Illinois Central wreck near! ; Cloverdale, Ill., are well known stock | men here, Loucks, who is about thir, ty-eight years of age, and whose ini juries are thought to be fatal, has rel cently had financial reverses. These were followed by his wife securing a i divorcee and taking the custody of their five children. John Thompson is a member of the firm of Grundy & Thompson, and one of the influential men here. His injuries are reported less dangerous than those of Loucks. CITIZENS TALK REFORM. South Dakota People Are Tired of « Wide-Open Regime. «Pollock, S. D., Feb. 4.—Citizens are beginning to complain because this, place, wnich is one of the compa tively new towns of South Dakota, has} been run thus far on a “wide-open”, policy. The result is that gambling}, are in a flourishing condition. The people are becoming tired of this con- ditton of things, and if mutterings in- dicate anything it is probable that | steps will soon be taken to rid the community of the disreputable ele- ment in order that Pollock may be- come a law-abiding town. CATTLEMEN ARE HAPPY. Reports From the Ranges Indicat Best Conditions Prevailing. Sturgis, S. D., Feb. 4—Very encour- aging reports are coming in from the ranges in Northern South Dakota, Eastern Wyoming and Montana in re- gard to the condition of cattle. Thde have been hardly any losses at all, and grass and moisture is said to be plentiful. As a whole, the stockmen are well satisfied with the situation. In the Red water valley and on the | Cheyenne and Belle Fourche rivers the winter so far has been exception- ally favorable to cattlemen. TOO MANY LETTERS. Alleged Horse Thief Might Now Be ; Free but for Them. Wardner, Idaho, Feb. 4. — Sheriff John W. Goodall from North Dakota, who arrived here yesterday, returg.ed on an outgoing train with W. A. Stew- art, who was arrested on Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Elliott on a charge of horse stealing. The theft was com- mitted in North Dakota about the middle of November. Stewart had | been around Wardner for a few weeks and went by the name of Geoyse Smith. His letters from North Da- kota led to his arrest. eet see Lena KILLED HIS SWEETHEART. Fatal Shooting Affray Occurs at West | Superior. West Superior, Wis., Feb. 4.—A fa- | tal shooting affray took place shortly after 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Winnie Davis. The victim is Lulu Wright Knight, a yoing woman who recently came to the house from Schwartz Creek, Mich. John W. Steele is charged with her murder. It is said that he went to the house slightly intoxicated, and during a quarrel drew a revolver and shot his sweetheart, the girl dying about half an hour later. DULUTH WANTS SHIPS. Citizens Will Urge It os Terminal for Northern Steamers. Duluth, Feb. 4.—C. E. Stone of St. Paul, assistant general ticket and pas- senger agent of the Great Northern, and General Passenger Agent Lowrie of the Northern Steamship Company of Buffalo, will meet a committee of the Duluth Commercial club to-day in Duluth with reference to the proposed routing of the Northern Steamship company’s passenger boats on Lake Superior instead of Lake Michigan the coming season. | COLLIDED WITH BUGGY. Young lowa Horseman Thrown to the Ground and Seriously Injured. Webster City, Iowa, Feb. 4. — Del- bert Stafford, a young man residing near Blairsburg, east of this city, has lain unconscious since Saturday night as the result of a collision with a buggy. He was riding horseback gta occurred. He was hurled headlong to the ground and sustained injuries o his head. Interstate Park Improvement. Taylor’s Falls, Minn., Feb. 4.—In- will ask the legislature for an appro- | priation for work and improvements during* the next two years. He esti- nates he will need $19,000. Dr. Stone Gets It. St. Paul, Feb. 4. — Dr. A. J. Stone was yesterday appointed by Gov. Van Sant as surgeon general of the state ; national guard. Dr. Stone succeegs Dr. A. A. Ames, late mayor of Minne- apolis. Huron, S. D., Feb. 4—Fire at Virgie, a station on the Milwaukee road six- teen miles from here, totaily de- stroyed Bolte & Jenson’s general store, postoffice and telephone office. ‘Loss, $6,000, with small insurance. and other reminders of frontier days ; fast rate of speed when the accident | terstate Park Commissioner Hazzard | TONS OF BUTTER REJUVENATED. The Output Increases 1000 Per Cent in Six Months. The renovated butter business has in- ‘ creased more than 1000 per cent in Min- , nesota during the past six months. There were 51,000 pounds of the prod- uct manufactured in the state in July, 1902, but since then the business has in- creased until in December 675,47¢ pounds were made. The output since July 1 has been 2,084,952 pounds. { The manufacturer of renovated but- ter, under the oleomargarine law, which went into effect July 1, 1902, must pay a tax of one-fourth of a cent on every pound produced. Although there were eight or nine renovated but- ter factories in the state when the law went into effect, only one manufac- tured any of the butter during July. Another factory took up the making of the butter in August, and the autput for that month was more than three times that of July. There are now six factories in the state, two in St. Paul, two in Minneapolis‘and two at Duluth, and all ade doing an immense business. ‘The number of pounds manufactured each month since July are as follows: July .. see 51,000 August 166,200 Septemb: 375,510 October ... 251,730 November . 297,053 December « 575,474 January 27.. 369,963 Total se.esccseccsssee 12,084,952 The revenue officials of the district ‘have distributed 60,000 stamps among the manufacturers for the renovated | butter since July »1, and the receipts amount to $521,438, Renovated butter, under the terms of the revenue law, is all butter that is worked over and its condition bettered by the use of fresh milk, water and chemicals. The retail dealers do not have to pay any license for the privi- lege of selling the article, as they do in the case of oleomargarine. PENOBSCOT’S PUMPS. Largest Outfit in the Superior Mining Region Is Being Removed. Since the Penobscot mine at Hibbing {the pumps. A dam has been put across the drifts one hundred feet above the pumps and the men are working in the bottom, taking out one pump at a time. j The Penobscot has the largest pumping outfit of any mine in the Superior re- gion, one of the pumps having the ca- pacity to lift 3,860 gallons a minute a distance of 3,000 feet. Half a dozen other pumps lift from 600 to 1,000 gal- lons a minute. The Hull mine, another proposition of the steel company, will be made to do the work of draining the Hibbing group of water. The steel corporation will be in a po- ‘sition to put out an enormous amount of ore from its mines in this district this year. Other big mines which are not controlled by the steel company will increase their output. The great Mahonning is being equipped to put out a million and a half in 1903. All the underground mines are stock piling more actively this winter than ever before. There is a scarcity of practical underground miners, The Laura and Winnifred, under the | superintendency of Capt. Taylor, are) West Duluth. HOTEL AND MANUFACTORIES. Foundation Laid for a Building Boom in the Spring at Bemidji. Never before in the history of Be- midji has there been such a scramble for real estate. Improved properties and dwelling houses for immediate oc- cupancy are in great demand. Among other properties sold by the Bemidji Townsite company the past week was a hotel site which was purchased by Mrs. M. E. Brinkman for $9,000. This property consists of three lots and is said to be the choicest hotel property in Northern Minnesota, being situated on Main street near the lake shore. | Mrs. Brinkman will erect a three-story brick hotel costing $25,000. | There is already located at Bemidji one of the finest sawmills in the North- west, that of the Crookston Lumber company, which will be in operation April 1. This mill will have a sawing capacity of about 50,000,000 feet a year and will employ about 400 men. Besides, Bemidji is to have a large slot-machine factory which will employ upwards of 200 hands. Then there is still another enterprise, that of a large structural fron and steel concern, with a@ capital stock of $50,000, which will locate there in the spring. There are also quiet rumors to the effect that one and possibly two more | mills will be erected next summer. BONDS FOR RAILROAD. Adams County Offers $50,000 as an In- | ducemént. Grand Rapids, Wis., Jan. 31.—Fifty ‘thousand dollars is the offer of Ad- ams county as a bonus to any railroad company that would build a line north ' and south through the county. A com- mittee was appointed to negotiate with the railroad companies of this state. To receive the $50,000 the company must start from Grand Rap- ids and traverse Adams county to Portage and also to guarantee to es- tablish seven stations within the county. Adams is the only county in the state which has no railroad within its boundaries. Small Blaze at “Windom. Windom, Minn., Jan. 31.—¥Fire last night destroyed A. C. Lund’s furniture store, though a large portion of the ; Stock was saved. British Bark Lost. London, Jan. 31. — It is announced ‘that the British bark Powys Castle, Capt. Jenkins, from Tacoma Oct. 27, for Qeenstown, was lost off Staten island (at the southern extremity of South America) Jan. 9, and two of De crew were drowned. The rest are Board for Each State School. Active consideration of the bills now before the legislature secking to remove educational institutions from the jurisdiction of the state board of control, will begin next week, ‘shen |the committees on education and general legislation of both the house and senate will unite in holding a public hearing on the bills pending. Subcommittees of both houses htve been at work during the past weeek investigating the subject, and visited the school for the deaf and blind last Thursday. The committees will’ con- tinue their investigation of the sub- ject this week, probably visiting the state public school at Owatonna. There is a wide divergence of opin- ion as to what the legislature should do. There is almost no sentiment against removing removing the state normal schools and the state univer- sity from the jurisdiction of the board, but there are many who desire to go still further. The members of the subcommittees of both houses who visited the school for the deaf and blind at Faribault are agreed that it is an educational in- | stitution. The state public school at | Owatonna is also considered by most members an educational and not a correctional institution. There is a strong effort being made by representatives and senators from these institutions also removed from the state board of control, and appar- ently many members are willing that the schools should be run again un- der the separate board plan. _ The subject will be fully discuss¢i | by legislators and those interested in the various institutions at the public hearing on Tuesday,Feb..10. It is claimed by those that desire the sep- arate board system for the Owatonna and Faribault institutions that the figures prepared for the report of the state board of control are misleadir®;, and that, in’reality, the cost per capita for inmates was less under the state board system than under the state} became the property of the steel trust, | ' mining has ceased at that property and !many men are engaged in taking out | ing this spring, and are fearful board of control. Representatives o: the board of control will be invited td attend the meeting, and will be asked for their views on the matter. So far the board of control has declined to take any stand one way or another. Iron Range Roads. The Duluth, Missabe & Northern and the Duluth & Iron Range roads , have 400 fifty-ton ‘steel ore cars com- phat timely delivery will not be had. ‘i‘hey: also have several locomotives, some of which are already dgiivered. The Great Northern has both engines and ‘cars to come, and expects early de- | livery. The two first mentioned roads have sent nineteen large locomotives to Pittsburg for the winter, under lease to the Union railway, to assist in keeping tracks clear. These two roads will handle this winter of logs, ties, pulp wood and cord wood proba- bly about 300,000,000 feet, all of which goes into Duluth except what is dé3- tined for mining timber. Mining timber is being taken into | shipping extensively to the furnace at | Hibbing at the rate of thirty. cars a day, and to other points on the Mesaba and vermillion ranges as rap- idly.. This is being handled by the three iron ore roads in this district. A little ore has been found by A. Merritt near Biwabik under about 160 feet of surface and boulders. The ex- tent or even the thickness of the find has not been determined. He has been working there for some months. Biwabik Mining company is ex- tending its stripping and cutting through the deposit from east to west this winter in preparation for a more active and cheaper mining an- other year. The pit is quite deep and a new. through-out is necessary. The Buffalo & Susquehanna Iron company will open a mine on the Al- worth lands near Hibbing and has en- gaged H. B. Sturtevant, at one time of the Pioneer, as superintendent. The new mine will be under ground and will have one shaft sunk immediately. Can’t Escape the Scaffold. The state board of pardons heard arguments for and against the com- mutation of the death penalty in the cases of Ole G. Olson of Aitkin county and Charles. B. L. Henderson of Du- luth, and at their conclusion decided that no reason existed in either case why the extreme penalty should not be carried out. Olson’s crime was the murder of his daughter, under particularly revolting circumstances. She was to be miar- | ried the next day to a neighbor, in' spite of her father’s opposition. father, the son and the daughter were | sitting in a room together when the father took occasion to send the boy to the barn. Approaching the house on his return the boy Seard screams and saw his sister running toward him with a large butcher knife stitk- ing in her breast. A letter found among the girl’s effects, addressed to a sister, indicated that the father’s objection to her marriage grew out of a desire to further his own purposes. The only plea put before the board for Olson was that of. temporary in- sanity while under 'the influence of liquor. The crime for which Henderson is to suffer the death penalty was also most brutal. The woman he murdered was his common law wife and the mo- tive for his crime was jealousy. He waited in hiding until the girl came into the house and then stabbed her to death, pursuing her from {réom to room until he had inflicted fifteen wounds. One of the petitioners for Henderson was a child he brought from Cuba, for whom he was caring. the localities of the schools to have- The’ Lawmakers. % Week’s Doings in the State Legislature. ... In the House. s St. Paul, Jan. 30.—A simple but’ im- pressive. commemoration of the birth- day of William McKinley was held in the house yesterday. The members of the house, standing, sang the first verse of the hymn “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” Rev. F. M. Rule, who acted as chap- lain of the house, before' making his prayer, suggested singing “Nearer, My God, to Thee” by the house, and in his prayer referred to the former president’s birthday. Representative W. I. Nolan of Min- neapolis introduced a bill providing for juvenile criminal courts and the isolation of persons less than nineteen years old, charged with or convicted of crime. The bill provides for secret trial for children and prohibits news- papers from printing accounts of the trials. Other bills introduced were: Nomination of independent candi- dates; changing date of primary elec- tion; forbidding compulsory Messy on tion. In the Senate. Voters will not have to declare party affiliation at primary elections if a bill introduced by Senator L. O. Thorpe is passed. The measure pro- vides that all tickets be printed on the same ballot. The voter will be re- | quired to put an X at the name of the party he wishes to support; otherwise his vote will not be counted. He must ‘also select candidates from the col- /umn headed by the party he affiliates with; votes cast for other candidates will not be counted. Bills introduced: To prevent unnecessary delay in Iiti- gation, and to abate actions in certain }. ‘cases; to amend section 6700 of Gen- | eral Statutes of 1894, relating to lar- ceny; providing for maintenance of law libraries in counties having over 200,000 population; to legalize certain corporations organized under chapter 186 of General Laws of 1885, and mak- ing their certificates of incorporation legal. In the Senate. St. Paul, Jan. 31.—The bill continu- ing the state levy of 2 mills until $1,- 500,000 more has been raised for the completion of the new capitol, was passed in the senate, not a vote being ; registered against it. Wilson’s free-trade-with-Canada res- olution was killed after long debate. Bills introduced: Amending General Laws of 1885 re-. lating to incorporation of villages and their powers and duties; to appropri- ate money for buildings and equipment for department of agriculture of Uni- versity of Minnesota; to compel no- taries to attest by — certificates of acknowledgment of any instrument re- quired by law to be acknowledged; providing for compulsory plowing of ground infested by eggs of grasshop- , pers. In the House. The house worked a full two hours longer than usual, and then took a re- cess till Monday. Mr. Bardwell had two bills relating to corporations. By one of them the public examiner may examine their stocks and, if their stock is found im- paired, may allow the stockholders to submit to assessment to satisfy the deficiency, if they desire. But if that is not done within ninety days, he must ask for a receiver. The other bill declares that corpora- tion stock is personal property and may be transferred only by a proper , entry on the company’s books. Two bills to permit savings banks to invest their funds in railroad bonds and railroad first mortgage securities, were sent up. Twenty bills Among them were: Prohibiting adulteration of fruit syrups; providing for sixty-three boil- er inspectors; creating another fish hatchery at Glenwood; Haugland’s proposed tax code. The senate reciprocity | was adopted. were introduced. resolution In the Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 3.—The senate held a | brief session yesterday, with a very light attendance. The first thing done ; was the introduction of a bill by Sen- ator Johnson of St. Peter, providing for an appropriation of $2,500 for the famine-stricken people of Sweden and Norway. The bill provides that the governor shall expend this amount for flour to be sent to the famine districts, The special senate committee to in- | vestigate the charges preferred | against George L. Matchan of Minne- apolis, appointed by Gov. Van Sant to the office of surveyor general of logs and lumber for the Second district, yesterday recommended that the ap- pointment be confirmed. The report was adopted by the senate without a dissenting vote. Bills introduced: To amend act relating to the care }and improvement fund of cemetery associations; to provide for appoint- ment of referees in certain cases, and fixing their compensation; to amend law relating to infectious diseases; to establish state reformatory for women; to prevent compulsory vac- cination; regulating the filing of docu- ments within newly organized coun- ties. In the House. The most interesting piece of busi- ness in the house yesterday was a Dill sent by the National Live Stock asso- ciation, from Denver, Colo. The form of bill accompanied a communication from the association calling attention to the beef trust litigation now pend- ing in Chicago, and urging the legisla- ture to pass such laws as would ef- Sa, combat the trust evil. Asa and sent to all state Joma piiree now in session: Bills passed: To legalize mortgage foreclosures j by advertisement, upon real estate in- certain cases; to legalize the execu- tion and record of certain instruments authorizing attorneys to, foreclose mortgages by advertisement; to amend General Laws of 1891, relating! to the incorporation of villages and; defining their duties and powers; to amend section 6028, General Statutes of 1894, time within which proceedings may be commenced for the foreclosure of; mortgages. Bills introduced: Repealing 1895 insurance code; sell. ing vegetables by weight, not by meas’ ure; regulating sale and leasing of mineral lands belonging to the state;; legalizing incorporation of villages. FACE FEARFUL STORM. Fishing Tugs Almost Go Down in Lake Michigan. Kenosha, Wis., Feb. 4.—Two fishing tugs of the Kenosha squadron, the Engel and Hoffnung, had a narrow escape in the lake during the fearful northeast storm yesterday afternoon, and the members of the crew were forced to fight the waves and sea for more than four hours before they managed to reach the harbor. When they finally reached the harbor the men were almost exhausted and had to be carried to their homes. The boats had gone out in the morning and were struck by the storm in midlake. In their efforts to reach port they were carried by the harbor, and the Hoff- nung came near sinking before the pilot finally managed to make the har- bor. KIDNAPPED THE GROOM. Young School Teacher Made Late at His Wedding. Preston, Minn., Feb. 4. — William Taylor, a prominent young man of this place, who has been teaching the Whalan school, was married last night to Miss Celia Lund of Mabel. Taylor started from Whalan at 4 o’clock to ‘drive twenty miles and meet his wed- ding appointment at 8 o’clock. Three miles east of town he was waylaid by two of his chums, handcuffed, tied to his buggy and compelled to walk to town over a round-about course about five miles, taken into a village resi- dence, tied to a chair and kept till 8:30 o’clock. The kidnapped groom took his detention in good part. FRANK BASK IS FREE. Hubbard County Jury Exonerates Him From Murder. Park Rapids, Minn., Feb. 4. — The jury in the case of the state against Frank Bask for the murder of John L. Hoffman near Nevis last August yes- terday brought in a verdict of not guilty. Run Down by Yard Engine. St. Paul, Feb. 4—John O'Neil, a la- borer employed by the Northern Pa- cific Railway company, was killed at 5 o’clock last evening near Mississippi street viaduct while cleaning the track of ice. He was struck by a switch en- gine. MILES MEETS ROBERTS. Famous Commanders Dine Together by Invitation. London, Feb. 4.—Henry White, see- retary of the United States embassy, gave a dinner in honor of Gen. Miles at the Carlton hotel last night, so that the general might meet Earl Roberts and other British generals, including Lieut. Gen. Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny and Lieut. Gen. Sir John French. Among the other guests present were Consul General Henry Clay Evans, Lioyd C. Griscom, United States min- ister to Persia, and the following members of the United States em- bassy: Capt. Clover, U. S. N.; Capt. Cassatt, Second Secretary Carter and Third Secretary Wadsworth. TRAINMEN UNDER ARREST. They Are Charged With the Theft of Goods in Transit. Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 4. — Nine Union Pacific trainmen who ran be- tween Cheyenne and Sydney, Neb., are under arrest here, charged with the theft ef goods in transit. It is al- leged that during the past two montis several thousand dollars’ worth of property was stolen from freight trains apd cached in this city. A thousand dollars’ worth of stolen goods, it is said, have been recovered. More arrests are expected. * ROBBED AND SHOT. Masked Men Invade the Home of an Aged Couple in Kentucky. Marysville, Ky., Feb. 4. — Masked men at Mount Gilead, Fleming county, entered the house of John B. Ferro and demanded money of Mr. and Mrs. Ferro, whom they found asleep. The aged couple gave them a purse con- taining $5, but the robbers insisted on having more money. They bound them both and made threats, and even shot Mr. Ferro, but found no more money, and made their escape. Mr. ¥erro’s wound is said to be fatal. ‘ENTIRE CREW LOST. Norwegian Steamer Goes Ashore on Danish Coast—Twenty-Four Lost. Rinkjoebing, Denmark, Feb. 4. — It became known yesterday that all the members of the crew, numbering twenty-four men, of the steamer Avena, from New Orleans, which went ashore at Lemvig, Den- mark, were drowned. relating to the limitation of! :