Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 14, 1903, Page 2

7 By E. C. KILEY. J ROSETOR TRS Raa OT TRAN 8 GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. ——————————— ALARMING REPORTS. re “ Cattle Man Gives Gloomy View of Montana Conditions. Dillon, Mont., Feb. 11. — Joe Shine- berger, one of the best known cattle- men of this part of the country, re- ports that cattle are ina deplorable condition, and that unless warm weather sets in at once this will be the worst winter that has been known in Montana for many years. He says that the present winter is the hardest on cattle that he has known since the winter of 1876, and that the loss so far has been enormous, For the past two weeks he has had seven men haul- ing hay to his cattle and that even af- ter doing this he has suffered loss from the effects of the fierce nights. The plains near Red Rock present one solid sheet of ice as far as ene can see, and it is impossible for the cattle to get underneath the thick layer that has formed, and thus they get no pickings and no water. INDIAN LAND WANTED. People of the Northern Counties Ask Sale of Acreage. Cass Lake, Minn., Feb. 11. — The business men of this place have held a meeting and issued an appeal to the jobbers of the Twin Cities and Duluth asking that they use influence with the Minnesota senators and congressmen to induce the United States land office to advertise the timber and agricultur- al land of the Chippewa reservation. “If the department could be prevailed upon,” says the appeal, “to put in force the provisions of the Morris law, it would set everything in Northern Minnesota into a state of business activity, which is so much needed to revive the drooping business interests of Cass Lake and environments.” KLONDIKE CLOSE BY. Minnesota Man Thinks He Has Found Gold Deposit. Janesville, Minn., Feb. 11.—L. V. B. Welch, who leads a sort of hermit’s life, residing alone on a small island in Lake Elysian, about a mile north of here, came to Janesville Saturday and exhibited a quantity of sand in which there were many yellowish particles. He stated to his friends that he be- lieved he had found gold. The parti- cles were then shown to William Ma- loney, an old miner, who pronounced them genuine. Welch is confident that his island farm is rich with gold, and to make sure that he is not deceived, will immediately forward to the gov- ernment assay office a quantity of the stuff for analysis. . STRINGENT MEASURES. Government Efforts Are Made to Stamp Out New Disease. Hot Springs, S. D., Feb. 11—People are aroused over the order from the department of agriculture relative to the new horse disease, as it directly affects Wall River and Custer coun- tiee, besides the Indian reservations in South Dakota. The government has ordered that no horses shall be offered for shipment or be transported or driven or trailed or otherwise removed from any of the infected sections un- less they have been inspected by an inspector of the bureau of animal in- dustry and accompanied by a certifi- cate of inspection issued by said in- spector. PECULIAR ACCIDENT. Child Killed and Father and Mother Seriously Injured. Davenport, Iowa, Feb. 11. — F. H. Croft and wife were seriously injured and their five-year-old daughter was killed in a peculiar accident at Buffalo, Towa, ten miles south of here at noon yesterday. As a west-bound Rock Island freight, drawn by two locomo- tives, was passing the station, the second engine and several cars jumped the track dnd a loaded car plunged through the station in which Croft and his wife and child were standing. FEEDING KILLS STOCK. Poor Fodder Causes Much Loss to lowa Farmers. Humboldt, Iowa, Feb. 11. — A large per cent of the farmers are feeding stock this winter for the market. Much of the corn did not mature and is be- ing used as fodder. This hag been the cause of stock dying in large num- bers from some supposed contagious disease, one farmer losing thirteen yearling ¢alves. Veterinary surgeons have discovered that the deaths were caused from the cattle eating wet, mouldy fodder. Charges of Fraud. Helena, Mont., Feb. 11. — Grave ~ charges were contained in a resolu- tion introduced in the house. Repre- sentative Everett, author of the reso- lution, made the charge that A. Worm- ster had been defrauded or robbed of $25,000 by the arid land commission and an investigation was demanded. The resolution was adopted. The charges created a sensation, Fire at Clara City. Clera City, Minn., Feb. 11.—Fire in D. Retgma’s general store damaged the stock to the amount of $20,000. In- surance, $12,000. The building was saved. Killed on the Track. Melrose, Minn., Feb. 11—John Mead- ow, a bachelor who was staying with his two sisters in the town of Sauk Center, was run over by a Great North- ern train while walking on the track on the Park Rapids branch. Tie Herald Beview. ASHORE ON A QUEBEC STEAMER MADIANA IS WRECKED NEAR_ BER- MUDA. PASSENGERS ARE ALL SAVED PARTY OF EXCURSIONISTS HAS A THRILLING EXPERI- ENCE. ARE SHAKEN OUT OF THEIR BUNKS HEAVY SEA MAKES THE WORK OF RESCUE VERY DIF- FICULT. Hamilton, Bermuda, Feb. 11. — The Quebec Steamship company’s steamer Madiana, Capt. Frazer, which sailed from New York last Saturday with a party of excursionists for a special cruise around the Caribbean islands, went ashore on a reef at 3 o’clock yes- terday morning. The passengers had a thrilling experience, but all re- mained on board and were brought safely to land after a pezilous trip in life boats, a wrecking tug standing a mile off. The mails and passengers’ baggage were also saved. According to statements made by those on board the Madiana was threading her way in the night through the narrow channel between the coral reefs which leads to Hamilton harbor, when she struck a reef one and a half-miles northeast of North Rock. No explicit explana- tion is yet forthcoming ag to how the vessel went on the rocks, and the only information obtainable from the offi- cers is that the light which indicates the channel for some reason could not be seen. All the passengers were in their bunks when the Madiana struck the rocks, but the shock of the im- pact awakened them and they Rushed on Deck, the majority of them without attempt- ing to dress. Considerable alarm, though not a panic, prevailed among the passengers when they found that the vessel was hard on the rocks, but the officers went among them and calmed them, although a number did not venture below again to seek their clothing. A part of the crew did not share the coolness of the officers, but the latter soon restored order among the troublesome seamen. Signals of distress were sent up and the passengers passed an anxious. time during the latter part of the night. The Madiana listed heavily after a time, and when morning broke lay broadside to the wind. The pas- sengers were huddled together on the hurricane deck and the sea breaking over the steamer drenched , them to the skin. As soon as the news of the wreck became known here government and other tugs proceeded to the scen@ to endeavor to render assistance. A heavy sea, however, was running and they dared not approach too closely to the reef on which the Madiana was pounding. For some time no com- munication with the Madiana was possible. The tug Gladisfen stood about a: mile off awaiting an oppor- tunity to assist, but it was not until 11 o'clock yesterday morning that it be- came possible to effect a rescue. PULLS HIS REVOLVER. This Act Brings His Lost Wife Back to Him. Chicago, Feb. 11. — A tiny, pearl- handled revolver was the indirect means of uniting a husband and wife yesterday. The weapon belonged to Michael J. Burke, United Stetes con- sul at St. Thomas,.Ont. Incidentally it was the means of bringing him into court and subjecting him to a fine of $10 for disorderly conduct. Early in the morning Burke returned to the Grand Pacific hotel, where he is stay- ing while in the city, and became in- volved in a dispute with a bell boy. The boy teased him and Burke became angry. Finally he pulled the revolver out of his pocket and flourished it in the lad’s face. Guests of the hotel saw the weapon, and fearing that Burke might discharge it they called in a policeman who took the offender into custody. Mrs. Burke heard that her husband was in trouble. The two had not been living together for some time, but this did not deter her from going to his aid. She had been staying with relatives in Chicago for more than a year, and she knew just where to turn for help. She secured a bonds- man for him) and late in the afternoon joined him at the hotel. Burke will return to his post at St. Thomas to- day. ENGLAND'S PROTOCOL ACCEPTED Minister Bowen Thinks Other Powers Will Get in Line. Washington, Feb. 11. — Great Brit- ain’s protocol has been formally ac- | cepted by Minister Bowen for Ven- ezuela. The German and Italian gov- ernments’ conventions are still uncfer- going revision, but assurances are given in authoritative quarters that they will be eventually made to con- form in all essential respects to that of the British ambassador. HEALTH MOVEMENT. Physicians Given Free Oversight of Public Schools. La Crosse, Wis., Feb. 11.—A medical inspection system has been started in the public schools by twenty-one phy- sicians, who volunteered their ser- vices. The inspection is made free to ; the parents of the children, but when a case is found where medical atten- tion is required the parent or guardian is notified. In case of serious con- tageous diseases the pupil is immedi- ately excluded from the schools. an Countries Fly at Each Other, _ London, Feb. 11. — The Daily ‘Mail this morning publishes a. dispatch from Guatemala declaring that war has been proclaimed between Guate- mala on one side'and Salvador and Honduras on the other. According to previous dispatches from Panama Guatemala and Salvador wefe on the point of war at the begin- ning of this month. Honduras also was said to be acting with Salvador and Nicaragua in opposition to Guate- mala. if It seemed that the movement, ac- cording to the Panama dispatches, was the outcome of the congress of the Central American republics at Corinto, Nicaragua, last year, at which a treaty was drawn up and subsequently signed providing for arbitration of every dis- agreement between the republics. While the congress was being held a serious misunderstanding occurred be- tween President Regalado of Salvador and President Cabrero of Guatemala. It was announced from San Jose, Costa Rica, Oct. 4, that the Central American court of compulsory arbi- tration had been installed there but that Guatemala had refused to partici- pate. Central American Union. The movement on the part of Salva- dor, Nicaragua and Honduras was re- ported to be aimed against Guatemala in consequence of her attitude at the Corinto congress and against Costa Rica, which is supposed to sympa- thize with Guatemala. Central Aemri. can union would be the ostensible ob: ject of the expected war, and the real motive for which, according to Pan- ama advices, was that the presidents of Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras wished to follow Mexico’s precedent and establish a federative republic of the Central American states. The Central American situation is further complicated by the interven- | tion of Guatemala on one side and Nicaragua and Salvador on the other in the election of the president of Hon- duras. Guatemala is in favor of the president-elect, Manuel Bonilla, while Nicaragua and Salvador insist that the retiring president of Honduras, Gen. Sierra, shall continue in the pres- idency. The latter has refused to, give up the presidential post and Sen- or Bonilla has declared a civil war. AALS BOLE ae REBELS ARE SLAIN Severe and Bloody Engagement with Insurgents Near Manila. Manila, Feb. 11—A force of 100 con- stables under Inspector Keithly yes- terday defeated 200 insurgents near Mariquina, seven miles from Manila, after a severe engagement in which Inspector Harris and one man of the constabulary were killed and two oth- er men of the constabulary were wounded. The enemy left fifteen dead and three wounded. Inspector Harris’ home was at Atlanta, Ga. The body of insurgents formed the main force of the irreconcilable gen- eral, San Miguel. The constabulary was divided into three detachments, which were scouting in the Maraquina | valley. The detachment commanded by Inspector Harris came upon the enemy, who were in a strongly in- trenched position. Inspector Harris fell at the first volley, being hit five times. The detachment of constabu- lary, although outnumbered, held its position until Inspector Keithly, with the main force, arrived, when the enemy was put to rout. Their head- quarters was captured and burned In the House. to pass Representative Fryberger’s resolution calling for an investigation of state prison labor. Inebriates, or any persons so adicted to liquor as likely to become a public charge or unable to care for their fam- by Mr. Randall. quest of the inebriate himself or any interested person. When the senate bill raising the state capitol appropriation $1,500,000. reached the house yesterday a motion by W. A. Nolan was passed instructing the committee on public buildings to hold the bill until after the investiga- tion of the capital commission’s ac- counts was completed and the results reported. Bills passed: Relating to county or town roads; relating to probate practice; to au- thorize cities having a population of 10,000 or less’ to issue certificates of indebtedness for an amount not ex- ceeding $5,000. Bills introduced: Meandered lake drainage; service of | summons in forcibly entry; incorpora- ion of annuity, safe deposit-or trust companies; probation officers in gities f more than 10,000 people; labeling of goods made by prison labor. in the Senate. The senate in committee of the whole recommended the passage of Senator McGill’s bill which increases | the salary of the attorney general from $3,500 to $4,800, beginning Jan. 1, 1903. Senator Johnson of Nicollet county introduced a bill which appropriates $50,000 for the erection of a special building at the state fair grounds in which to “exhibit the manufactured products of Minnesota. The bill is very likely to pass. Bills introduced: To amend penal code so as to in- crease penalty for malicious destruc- tion of electric system: to amend Gen- eral Laws of 1895 relating to the incor- poration of villages; to amend General Laws of 1897 relating to liens for labor in mines; to amend General Laws of 1894 relating to the pay of county com- missioners. i In the Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 5.—The board of man- agers for the Minnesota exhibit of the Louisiana Purchase exposition pre- sented its first report to the legisla- ture yesterday. The board, consisting ‘of Conde Hamlin, J. M. Underwood and Theodore L. Hayes, visited St. Louis a week ago and selected a site | for the Minnesota building. Mr. Ham- ‘lin and Mr. Underwood addressed the senate and house at some length. They asked that the appropriation be in- creased by $100,000 to provide for ade- | quate representation at St. Louis. Senator Langen fathers a bill appro- priating $100,000 for state aid to graded schools; each school applying to receive $800. In case the appropria- tion will not give $800 to every school then it shall be divided pro rata | among the schools. Senator Comstock introduced a bill carrying an appropriation of $506,500 for the state university. Bills passed: A bill for an act to authorize the is- and the constabulary seized the rec- suing of bonds by organized towns for ords of Gen. San Miguel, who asserts the purpose of laying out and building that he succeeded to the command of roads; a bill for an act relating to the the insurrectionary forces when the abandonment and neglect of wife and other generals surrendered. He has children by persons charged by law only a handful of men under him and with the maintenance thereof, and pre- his operations have been of no conse- scribing punishment. quence. The wounded Americans are all severely injured. LAUGH IS ON OIL TRUST. Anti-Trust Telegrams Are Merely Ridiculed. 3 Washington, Feb. 11—John D. Rock-. efeller was almost as much talked about in Washington as he was in the Pennsylvania oil region thirty years ago, when he secured control of the re- fineries and a monopoly in the oil bus- iness. Senators and representatives discussed freely the report of Mr. Rockefeller’s telegrams and every man denies, that he has been the re- cipient of messages from the Standard oil king. Mr. Rockefeller has not de- nied sending such telegrams and the names of some of the senators who re- ceived them are known. Among these are said to be Senators Allison, Hale, Keane, Spooner, Platt of Connecticut, Depew, Elkins, Lodge and Nelson. They all decline to discuss the matter or admit that they received such mes- sages. There has been some talk of an investigation to determine what ef- forts have been made to affect trust legislation, but there is little proba- bility of this, for there is no suggestion of a scandal attaching to any member of the senate because Mr. Rockefeller or any other trust magnate sent him a telegram expressing disapproval of the proposed legislation. The disposi- tion among congressmen is to laugh at the way in which the Standard Oil company conducted its campaign. ASK POWERS TO STEP IN. Bulgaria Asks for Cessation of Turk- ish Military Preparations. Sofia, Feb. 11. — Having received official information regarding Turkey’s decision to mobilize two army corps at Adrianapole. and Monastir, the Bul- garian government addressed repre- sentations to the powers, invoking their good offices at Constantinople to procure the cessation of the Turkish military preparations. Bills introduced: To provide for the recording of at- tested copies of wills: to amend Gen- eral laws of 1899 providing for duties of village officers and payment of or- ‘ders; to prohibit bucket shops in this state; appropriating money for state experiment farm at Grand Rapids. In the House. Representative Burns of Fillmore tried to turn the limelight of public discussion upon the doings of the committee investigating the capitol commission’s ‘accounts by allowing free access to the meetings of the com- mittee to the press, to all members of the house and the general public. The majority thought differently and voted down the resolution by a heavy vote. Mr. Wells introduced a bill provid- ing for the nomination of candidates for state offices by the direct primary. The primaries shall be. held at the same time as other direct primaries, seven weeks before the final election day. Bills passed: | To determine the heirship to the government of homestead of a de- ceased homestead settler; proposing an amendment to section 6, article 8, of the Constitution of the State of Min- nesota, relating to school funds, edu- cation and science; authorizing cities to accept, acquire and hold property, by gift, grant or devise, and to man- age and control the same. Bills introduced: State board of health for domestic animals; assistant bank examiner in public examiner’s office, and tax on bank stock; creating state board of surveyors; relating to foreclosure of mortgages; exemption from garnish- ments. In the House. St. Paul, Feb. 6.—Representative J. D. Shearer of Minneapolis would have a United States flag printed in colors at the top of the ballots for constitu- , tional amendments. He embodied his idea in the amendment to the Haug- | land bill, providing for a separate bal- lot for constitutional amendments and be printed on yellow paper and de- posited in a yellow ballot box. Shearer’s amendment provides for a separate ballot for constitutional _| amendments on white papbr, with the flag at the top, to be deposited in a red, white and blue ‘ballot box. It is made a misdemeanor by Mr. Perley’s bill, to steal any grain from St. Paul, Feb. 4—The house refused | # Tailroad car in transit, or to sweep such a car. The punishment shall be a fine of not more than $100 or im- prisonment for not more than ninety days. ‘ Mr. Stone introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor for any railroad com- pany to raise a freight rate or abolish ilies, may be confined in an insane | any joint rate without the consent of hospital, for cure, by a bill introduced } the railroad and warehouse commis- Such action may be| sion. The penalty is a fine of $100 for taken by the probate court at the re-| every day that such higher rate is maintained. Speaker Babcock announced the fol- lowing committee which will take a trip to St. Louis to look over the Louisiana purchase exposition grounds and especially the Minnesota exhibit, and report its findings to the house: W. A. Nolan, Grand Meadow; R. T. Lewis, Duluth; George Armstrong, Minneapolis; W. A. Hinton, Truman, and R. J. Wells, Breckenridge. Bills introduced: Relating to premature disclosures of indictments; relating to bail of ac- cused persons; distribution of estates of deceased persons; agricultural fairs in counties; facilitating identification of judgment creditors. In the Senate. Senator Stephens of Polk county has brought forward the entering wedge of his hail insurance scheme. He in- troduced a bill which repeals the law under which hail and tornado insur- ance companies act. The bill gives companies now in existence two years to close up all business, but they are to take no new business. A supplement to the primary elec- tion law empowering the delegates of each congressional district to frame party platforms for their congressional candidates was introduced yesterday by Senator L. O. Thorpe of Willmar. Senator Peachey has the latest board of control bill. His bill provides that the university, the normal schools, the schools for the deaf, dumb and blind, and the state public school shall be taken from the supervision of the board of control. Bills introduced: To legalize certain conveyances heretofore executed by married women; to amend General Laws of 1902 relating to taxation of real estate; to authorize counties to appropriate moneys for agricultural fairs; to amend laws relating to railfoad com- mission; to amend General Laws of 1894 relating to garnishments. In the House. St. Paul, Feb. 7—A permanent tax commission is created by a bill intro- duced in the house by Representative George R. Smith of Hennepin. It was the principal measure of the day. This commission is to be composed of three members, whose term shall be six years. Each commissioner shall file a $10,000 bond. The commission shall have general supervision of the sub- ject of taxation throughout the state and shall report to each legislature what it has done during the previous two years and what legislation it rec- ommends. Representative W. H. Putnam of Red Wing introduced a bill ceding Bar- ron’s island, in the Mississippi river opposite La Crescent, Minn., to Wis- consin, providing Wisconsin will cede to Minnesota an island which is op- posite Red Wing. Both islands are to remain free of saloons and are to be under the police regulations of both states. Von Wald’s bill, giving a bounty for the capture of horse thieves, provoked a lengthy discussion in the house com- mittee of the whole. The majority was heartily in favor of the meagure, though there was some opposition, but the chief debate was over the amount of the bounty. The bounty, fixed at $100 in the bill, was increased to $200, after a motion to make it $150 had been voted down, and the bill was favorably recommended. Bills introduced: Appropriating $50,000 to reimburse cities, towns or villages in care of smallpox or other contagious diseases ; appropriating $506,000 for the state university; collection of judgments against villages; amending primary election law relating to independent candidates; rights of married women in regard to real estate and contracts. In the Senate. Attorney General Douglas is. in a good way to see his salary boosted from $3,600 to $4,800 a year. Senator McGill’s bill went sailing through the senate. and was passed without a dis- senting vote, and it is now up to the house. x Beda Wigstrand, the unfortunate young lady who lost her hand while working in the St. Peter asylum laun- dry, will undoubtedly receive $5,000 from the state. Senator Johnson’s bill appropriating that amount for her passed the senate yesterday by a unan- imous vote. Senator Harrington’s fill to prevent the adulteration of vinegar was also passed, after being amended so as not to take effect until June 1. Senator Thompson introduced a bil? to appropriate $1,500 to be added to the $3,600 raised by public subscrip- tion to erect a memorial on the Uni- versity of Minnesota campus in honor of the university men who died in the service of the United States army. Senator Stone introduced a Dill which abolishes highway labor assess- ment and requires that all road taxes be paid in cash. It provides for the appointment of an overseer of high- ways by the town board, to draw $2.50 a day for time actually employed. The Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House. St. Paul, Feb. 9.—Meeting on Satur- day proved a failure in the house, for to] that body had a bare qi esent. The senate had taken a day off, and Mr2| nearly half of the house members too! private adjournments till Monday. A‘ querum 3 a consequence, the calendar of bills ready for passage was not touched, and next to nothing was done beyond the introduction of about a dozen bills. Among the more important of the bills introduced were those intended to prevent mistaking gasoline from kero- sene by coloring either the cans or the liquid red. Ss In the Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 10.—There was little doing in the senate yesterday. The session occupied little more than half an hour, during which eight bills were introduced, several petitions and com- munications were received and one measure on the calendar was passed. The entire general order list was passed over until to-day. Bills were introduced in both branches of the legislature appropriat- ing $150,000 for draining marsh and swamp lands owned by the state. The measures were introduced by Repre- sentative Gunder Krostue of Fisher and the senate committee on drainage respectively, and are a result of.a joint meeting of the committees of the house and senate. In the House. The house held a short session yes- terday morning on acceunt of the small attendance the calendar was laid over for the day. The house ad- journed until 10 o’clock this morning. The house had fifteen bills before it in committee of the whole yesterday, and seven of these were recommended to pass. The bills by Representative A. L. Cole of Walker, relating to the school district which includes all of Itasca county, were among those fa- vorably considered. The district is so large that town supervisors are de- sired to assist the trustees in their work, and the other bill provides that trustees shall be elected biennially. Mr. Heliwell sent up another yellow ballot bill for constitutional amend- - ments and other questions to be sub- mitted to the people. The Dill also provides that it be stated, as the top of such ballot, that any failure to vote on an amendment is counted as a vote against it. INSTITUTE WORK THAT COUNTS. Addresses by Practical Men on Many Practical Subjects. The farmers’ institute at Blue Earth was well attended by farmers from all adjacent territory and by residents of the town. T. B. Terey of Hudson, Ohio, was the conductor. He also lectured on “Clover Growing as a Means of In- creasing Fertility cf Soil,” “Cement Floors in Stables,” and “Improvemént of the Dairy.” In his first lecture he showed how the most*foods of plants are found in abundance in the soil ex- cept three—nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. The clover takes nitrogen very abundantly from the air and brings the other two elements up from their subsoil depths, sometimes send- ing its roots down to the depth of eight feet. Forest Henry of Dver, Minn., lec- tured chiefly on “Corn Growing and Swine Raising.” He teld hew, during the hot summer of 1901, when the av- erage yield of corn in his section of Winona county was fifteen bushels an acre, he, by surface cultivation of a field of fifty acres, carried on into Au- gust, realized a yield of seventy-five bushels an acre. Mrs. Ida E. Tilson of West Saiétn, Wis., lectured on “Poultry Raising on the Farm” and “Household Convéni- ences.” These three are the regular mem- bers of this faculty, but two weeks ago they were joined by two others, John Gould of Aurora, Ohio, and Joseph E. Wing of Mechanicsville, Ohio. The first lectured on ‘Feeding of Stock,” “Construction of the Stable” and “The Silo.” The latter spoke on “The Story of Woodland Farm,” “Feeding Lambs” and “Growing Alfalfa.” The unanimous sentiment among those attending is that it was the best institute ever held at Blue Earth, be- cause of the practical nature of the lectures. STOPPED THE SALE OF LIQUOR. Maj. Scott, acting Indian agent, has completed the payment.of the Leech Lake band of Chippewas at Walker. He was successful.in suppressing the sale of liquor during the payment. He showed the pegple he was not attempt- ing any bluff, but meant business. He had two deputy United States mar- shals on the ground watching the sa- loons and bootleggers. -His course compelled obedience to his orders that no liquor should be sold to Indians, As a result the large sums of money disbursed went into regular business channels and the Indians were sdon drivin gto their homes with loads of provisions, dry goods and other neces-- saries, Had the agent permitted the sale of liquor, most of the money would have gone for liquor and the Indians’ families would not have received the feast benefit. PERE COME Encinas RED CUTS OWN LEG OFF. Old Man Does the Work Refused by His Doctor. York, Pa., Feb. 11—G. W. Seigman, seventy-eight years of age, was not satisfied when his left foot was ampu- tated at the ankle a week ago, and he cut off six inches more himself. He is suffering from gangrene, to cure which his leg will have to be taken off above the knee, but this is impossible owing to his age. Dr., W. Clarksen Smith, however, yielded to the otd man’s in- sistance and cut off-the foot at the ankle. When a member of the family found a six-inch section of the leg hidden near the bed the old man, after repeated denials, finally confessed thet ‘he had cut it off with a knife and saw. He is apparently none the worse for the operation. i * - 4 ga eas: wie’, ‘ \@ ¢ { 1 f \ i { © * Vy ie 4 4 —— me My + « § ’ ‘ ¢ “ a Ul eee) Ooceeee A