Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 6, 1903, Page 7

— OOOOH O OOO : Northwest News : OOOo® SRO RO ged GOES UP IN FLAMES| MASKED MEN BLOW UP DAM. ‘MANUFACTURING DISTRICT OF RACINE (WIS.) IS SWEPT BY FIRE. THOUSANDS ARE PANIC-STRICKEN LARGE SECTION OF THE CITY IN DANGER OF BEING WIPED OUT BY FIRE. EXPLODE IN RAPID SUCCESSION TANKS CONTAINING THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF. OIL CATCH FIRE. Racine, Wis., June 2. — For more| than three hours yesterday afternoon the entire section of the city south- west from a point east of Mead street bridge was in danger of being wiped out by fire which started in the plant of the Racine Boat Manufacturing company, and 15,000 people were Panic-stricken. Help was asked from the Milwaukee and Kenosha fire de- partments, and engines were being loaded on the cars when Fire Marshal James Cape countermanded the order, having placed the fire under control. ‘The losses aggregate $306,000. The fire started in the Racine Boat Marsifacturing company’s plant. A thirty-mile gale was blowing at the time. The fire jumped from the place where it started to the large three- story machinery shop and house tor building the large steel yachts. Then the wind carried the flames to five large wooden sheds of the J. I. Case ‘company, filled with traction engines and threshing machines, thence to the lumber yards and sheds of the boat company. Just a short distance to Lhe west was the Standard Oil company’s plant, and There was Great Danger of the large tanks of gasoline, kero- sine oil, nahtha and lubricating oil ex- ploding. The immense J. I. Case Plow company’s building was also in dan- ger. At this time the Standard Oil company planf and the roofs of the J. I. Case Plow company canght tire. The warning went out against explos- ions of oil and thousands of people rushed back pell-mell. In one of the tanks of the oil company was 10,000 gallons of gasoline, in another 13.000 gallons of kerosene, in a third 5,000 gallons of naphtha, and 2,000 gallons of lubricating oil. Half an hour after the fire caught the explosions came, two in rapid suc- cession. Flames shot 300 feet in the air and the heat was terrific, driving the firemen and crowds back. The boat company’s plant was now In ruins, also one shed of the Case plant and the oil plant with dozens of lum- ber piles were burning fiercely. At this time Fire Marshal Cape said he had the fire under control and counter- manded the request for assistance from Milwaukee and Kenosha. With the exception of a few firemen being scorched slightly no one was in- jured. SERIOUS AT LA CROSSE. People are Compelied to Flee to High- er Ground. La Crosse, Wis., June 2,—While at- tempting to save some small furniture from his home which was partly under water, Paul Wiskers yesterday was drowned in sight of hundreds of peo- ple in a spot directly over what is or- dinarily the road leading to North La Crosse. The floods have reached tie city and small houses are afloat. Ou the North side two feet of water has caused many prominent families to flee to higher ground. The distress among the poorer classes in the out- skirth is great, and if the water raises another foot thousands of dollars damage will be done in the wholesalo district. The city is entirely surround- ed by water. The loss will reach thousands of dollars. Several people were saved from drowning yesterday by officers on guard. Pettibone Park, consisting of 400 acres, upon which $150,000 has been spent in the past year, is inundated. DISTURBED A SCHOOL. Red Wing, Minn., June 2. — Mrs.) Peter Englund paid a fine in justice court as a result of a sensation which she créated in a public school. Mrs. Englund entered the room which her son attends and to the astonishment of the teacher began to lecture both teacher and pupils in the most vigor- ous fashion. Supt. Kunze swore out the warrant for her arrest, and when she appeared in court the justice fined her $5 and costs. Abandons Slaughter. Helena, Mont., June 2.—Fecause of the agitation against the slaughter of birds by the humane society, the state sportsman’s association, which is hav- ing its annual tournament, has decided to abandon its live bird shoot. tha main event. Drowned in Bad River. Pierre, S. D, June 2.—A young man named Gardner was drowned in Bad river, about twenty miles above th mouth, yesterday, while attempting swim a horse across the stream. H ‘was a new man in the country. estroy Chengwatana Property Near Pine City. Pine City, Minn., June 3.'— The Chengwatana dam was blown out at 1:30 o'clock yesterday morning by a party of disguised men, who, after overpowering the two watchmen, ex- ploded five charges of, dynamite, de- stroyed two of the main gates, greater damage being averted by the failure of several charges to explode. The watchmen were used rather roughly after they surrendered, and their lives were threatened should they reveal the identity of any of the dynamiters. Feeling against the dam has run high amongst farmers for months past, and several anti-dam meetings have been | held of late, where the abolition of the dam had been strenuously advocated. GOES TO AN ASYLUM. « Steagald Is Not Permitted to Return | to Illinois. Sioux Falls, S. D., June 3. — Judge Jones of the state circuit court yester- day declined to liberate Henry A. Steagald, who was on Saturday night acquitted by a jury of the murder of Frank Bowen at Benclare. He was re- manded to the custody of the sheriff, with the recommendation that the county board of insanity examine into his present mental condition. The in- sanity board examined him and de- cided that he would be an unsafe per- son to be at large. He will, therefore, be sent to the state hospital for the insane at Yankton. Relatives in South- ern Illinois had agreed to care for him if he was given into their custody. EGAN’S BODY FOUND. Railroad Superintendent Who Was Lost While Hunting. Spokane, Wash., June 3.—A private dispatch received here yesterday an- nounces that the body of Benjamin F. Egan of the Great Northern railway, was found yesterday. morning. Mr. .Egan, who was superintendent of the Kalispell division, started into the mountains near Belton, Mont., for a deer hunt early last November. He was never seen again. Searching parties spent weeks in looking for him without result. This spring the search was resumed and the body was found near Lake Five yesterday morn- ing, a short distance from where he was last seen alive. POSTOFFICE LOOTED. Night Marshal Knows Nothing of the Thieves’ Operations. Clear Lake, Wis., June 3.—The post- office at this place was burglarized Friday. The safe was blown open and looted, probably $200 in stamps and coin taken. There is no clue to the burglars, who are thought to be out- side parties, who have operated along this line for the past year. The village has a night marshal, but he seems to have been undisturbed. FAMILY SEES FATAL ACT. Woman Drinks Carbolic Acid and Quickly Passes Away. Prairie du Chien, Wis., June 2—Mrs. George Vogelsange, aged about fifty, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid at her home in Bridgeport. Her husband, two sons and daughter were present when the act was committed She drank the contents of a two-ounce phial before they were aware of what was happening and died ten minutes later. No motive is assigned. TELLS ANTE-MORTEM TALE. Teamster With Fractured Skull In- criminates Two Persons. Janesville, Wis., June 3—Henry Zim- merman, a teamster who had his skull fractured in a fight a week ago Saiur- day night, is in a dying condition, and in an ante-mortem statement accuses two well known characters about the city with the assault. The suspects have left the city. Boy Accidentally Killed. Appleton, Wis., June 3.—A fatal ac- cident occurred on William Helms’ farm, a few miles north of this city. Mr. Helms was engaged in loading some wood and his little five-year-old son was playing around the wagon. He had about filled the rack when the team started forward, and, striking the little boy, he was thrown down. The heavy load passed over his body. He lived nine hours. Boy Confesses to Arson. Appleton, Wis., June 3. — Richard Bedore of Little Suamico. sixteen years old, has been arrested on a charge of burning a barn owned by Noble Carlin, in the town of Oconto. Four horses were burned. The boy admits his guilt, and says he com- mitted the crime in order to get even with his employer,“who had repri- manded him for not doing his work well. Old Settler Dies. Madelia, Minn., June 8. — August Bensel, aged seventy, is dead. De ceased was one of the early settlers of Madelia, coming here in 1858. He carried the mail across the country in 1959 and 1860. A widow and five chil- dren mourn his loss. Piunges Down Elevator Shaft. St. Paul, June 3.—Albert A. Erhardt, a fireman at Hamm’s brewery on Min- | nehaha street,:fell* down an elevator shaft at the brewery last night and re ceived injuries which may be fatal. L MAY HAVE TO CHEW HER CUD. Bossy Is Threatened With a Fodder Famine. ‘W. W. P. McConnell, dairy and food commissioner, predicts that there will be a fodder famine in St. Paul next fall. He says that there will be a shortage in corn, hay and millet. He estimates that the number of acres of corn planted is many thousands less than are ordinarily planted at this sea- son of the year. This, he explains, is due to the cold rains of April and May. “Tf I were a farmer,” said Mr. Mec- Connell, I would plant corn from now to the middle of June. There is cer- tainly going to be a big shortage in the crop. I don’t believe that one-fourth of the usual acreage of corn is plant- ed at present. And besides, it is a serious question whether that which is planted will ever come up, on account of the cold rains. As a rule corn should be planted between May 10. and 20.” i Mr. McConnell advises farmers to plant early varieties of corn from now until June 10, The flint variety, which matures in ninety days, is good. He urges farmers to plant corn after June 10 purely for fodder purposes. Mr. McConnell says millet should be plant- ed after corn fodder is sown. With good weather the crop should amount to three to four tons per acre. “It is not the intention of the dairy and food departmentgto advise dairy- men what they should feed, but it wishes to encourage every creamery patron to raise fodder corn, which will grow anywhere in the state. Minne- sota is peculiarly adapted to this crop. Fodder corn is as good or better than timothy hay, and from six to eight tons of cured fodder corn per acre can be raised, instead of one or one and one-half tons of timothy or prairie hay. Young stock and horses thrive on fod- der corn. PROFIT NOW IN RAISING CANE. New Law Will Boom the Real Sor- |. ghum Industry. W. W. P. McConnell, dairy and food commessioner, prophesies that the am- ber cane law passed by the recent leg- islature will have a far-reaching effect on the sorghum industry in Minne- sota. The law prohibits any manufacturer or dealer from selling syrup made from amber cane or sorghum which is mixed with glucose or “any substance not normal or natural to amber cane or sorghum,” unless the barrel, keg or receptacle is labeled with the in- gredients. Mr. Mc()nnell says that heretofore it has not paid farmers to raise sorghum because of the unpro- hibited sale of spurious syrups at low prices. Manufacturers of other states have shipped in large quantities of adulterated syrups consisting of sor- ghum, glucose and corn sugar syrup, offering it for 20 or 30 cents per gal- lon, while the genuine article cannot be sold for less than 60 or 70 cents. Under the new law these adulterated syrups will have to be labeled. “Sorghum raising will become one of the most profitable industries in Minnesota,” said Mr. McConnell. “The new law protects the industry from ru- inous competition with manufacturers, of adulterated syrups. Farmers shoulq plant amber cane immediately. It thrives especially in such wet weather as we are having, in which corn an@ other crops do not flourish. The seed should be sown broadcast, sixty pounds of germinated seed per acre, using the early varieties. The crop ought to amount to from eighty to one hundred tons per twenty acres.” SMALLPOX IN STATE. Report Shows 114 Cases and Four Deaths During the Week. The state board of health announced that 114 cases of smallpox and 4 deaths had been reported during the week ending May 25. The report for the week ending May 18 showed f14 cases and 8 deaths. Eleven cases were reported from St. Paul, as compared with 19 for the week before. Other cases were re- ported as follows: Worthington, 14; Minneapolis, 9; Winsted, 11; Glencoe, 7; Staples, 6; White Bear, 5; Ivanhoe, 5; Hollyford, Buckman, St. Cloud and French Lake, 4. Dr. H. M. Bracken, secretary of the state board of health, returned from Hibbing, where he went to investigate a supposed smallpox epidemic. Dr. Bracken found that there were 18 cases, of which 5 had been fatal. The remaining 13, Dr. Bracken says, are having the best of treatment and no further outbreaks are expected. One family is quarantined at Virginia-and there are a few cases at Tower. Dr. Bracken visited Ely and discussed plans with the city officers for a new water supply. Gasoline Starts a Blaze. Larrabee, Iowa, June 3. — The ex: plosion of a gasoline stove set fire to the home of C. J. Caston, just north of town. The building and all it con- tained were burned. No insurance. Identity of Suicide. La Crosse, Wis., June 3. — The girl who mysteriously committed suicide at Madison was found to be Mae De Grote of Spring Valley, Minn., a for- mer student here. Train Will Live. Stamford, Conn., June 3. — It is re ported at the isolation camp that Geo. Francis Train will get well, although as the disease progresses his eccen- tricities become more pronounced, and it is hard to keep him quiet. News of the State. RAINED EVERY DAY. Moisture and Warmth Makes Small Grain Germinate Rapidly. For the week the weather and crop conditions in Minnesota are summar- ized as follows in the bulletin issued by Section Director T. S. Outram: “In the middle of the week the weather was warm; at other times it was moderate. . There was rainfall in some parts of the state every day in the week. The rains were heavy in many parts, and the weekly amounts ‘were large, worthington reporting 5.39 inches, Grand Meadow 3.43, Moor- head 3.06, Detroit City 2.62, Montevid- eo2.46, and Park Rapids 2.38. Most of the rains were accompanied by lighi- ring and thunder, the thunderstorms of the evenings of May 22 and 24 be- ing especially severe, with high winds which caused considerable damage ih the counties on each side of the Min- nesota river, and thence southward, with local damage to buildings, wind- mills, shade and fruit trevs which will aggregate many thousands o1 dollars. On the 19th there was hail in western Sherburne and northern Wright coun- ties which caused damage to growing crops and fruit. The low places are flooded in the south, and all the streams are full or overflowirtg their barks. The warmth and abundant moisture have caused a luxurious growth of the small grains, pastures, clover and other grasses, and the rapid germination of corn, flax and barley recently seeded, but the rains have seriously hindered or entirely stopped farm work, so that corn planting and the seeding of the small areas still in- tended for flax and barley have to wait for drier weather. Rye is heading. Early planted corn, potatoes and flax are coming up nicely.” HATCHING TWICE AS MANY FISH. New Game and Fish Commission Plans Many Improvements. The,new game and fish commission has organized and decided to begin work as soon as possible on the new fsh hatchery at Glenwood and on the improvements at the old hatchery. Officers were elected as follows: President, Uri L. Lamprey, St. Paul; first vice president, H. G. Smith, Wi- nona; second vice president, William Bird, Fairmount; secretary, D. W. Meeker, Moorhead; executive agent, S. F. Fullerton. Duluth; attorney, Frank C. Hale, Minneapolis; superin- tendent of hatcheries, John M. Marty, St. Paul. The commission decided to visit Glenwood on June 3 and to negotiate for a site for the proposed hatchery. The recent legislature appropriated $20,000 to cover the site and the build- ings. The commission contemplates erecting three hatching houses and a cottage for the employes. Executive Agent S. F. Fullerton says the new hatchery will double the capacity of the state for hatching fish. The commissicy will engage an architect to prepare plans and speci- fications for a new cottage at the pres- ent hatchery at St. Paul which will cost $2,000. It will be a six-room frame building, equipped with modern conveniences. A stone foundation will be constructed beneath one of the cottages and the new ponds in course of construction will be completed and the old ones recemented. The recent legislature appropriated $3,500 for ce- menting the ponds. FOOD CONVENTION PROGRAM. Many Prominent Speakers Are to Make Addresses. W. W. P. McConnell, state dairy and food commissioner, has announced the pregram for the annual convention of the National Association of Dairy and Food Commissioners, which will be beld in the senate chamber at St. Paul from July 21 to 25. The convention will be called to order by President J. W. Bailey at 10 c’clcck in the morning on July 21. Mr. McConnell will then introduce Gov. S. R. Van Sant, who will welcome the visitors to the state, and Mayor Rob- ert A. Smith, who will welcome them to the city. The manufacturers and dealers of the Twin Cities and the state will be invited to speak the second day. Mem- bers of the association will participate in tke discussions in an endeavor to pring about greater co-operation be- tween the states and the manufactur- ers in the suppression of adulterated preducts. Mr. McConnell says that the principal imperfection in the pres- ent system of laws is the inability of the commissioner of one state to pros- ecute a manufacturer of another state. The convention will decide on a na- tional law which the state commission- erg will endeavor to hav®. the next congress adopt. The law probably will provide for a national dairy and food bureau under the supervision of the secretary of agriculture. This law will also provide uniform standards and tests. western yards at.New Ulm, was run over by a switch engine. George Ellis, aged eighteen years, sox of a farmer near Sherburne, was drowned in Clear lake, near Fairmont. Mrs. G. E. Bushnell died at Pipe stone at the age of seventy-three years. She leaves an aged husband and five sons. The Norwegian Lutheran church in Belmont township, near Jackson, was struck by lightning and completely de- siroyed. The Farmers’ Supply company of Wahpeton will establish a branch in Breckinridge to care for its Minnesota business. The nine-year-old son of Paul Rausch, an iron worker of St. Cloud, was drowned in Sauk river while bathing. Isaac Lytle, an old and respected zen, died at Hastings from gangrene, aged sixty-five years. He was a vet- eran of the Crh, Salat Fifteen Bee nae freeholdées of Hutchinson have been appointed by Sudge Cadwell as a commission to draft a new city charter. The right wing of the dam in Clo- quet river, at the lower end of Island lake, gave way, and many millions of feet of logs were released. The seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sutton was playing on the Great Northern track over a coulee at Angus, when he fell through and was drowned. The Vasa Farmers’ Mutual Insur- ance company is making preparations for a big celebration at Vasa on June 25 The company has a membership o1 700. Mrs. Eliza Sweet, who: was a resi- dent of St. Paul when it was a village, and was one of the first white woman settlers of Sauk Rapids, is dead. She was seventy-seven years of age. Joseph A. Jeremy of Nininger was arrested on a charge of larceny of logs valued at $20 on May 19, the preperty of R. H. Chute of Minneapo- lis. The village council of Fosston bas let contracts for a new electric light generator and engine. Fosston is one of the few towns that has made a suc- cess of owning and operating public utilities. Nicholas Hellner, engineer at the electric light plant at Brainerd, was caught in a large belt and one arm was almost pulled out of its socket. One leg was broken and he sustained in- ternal injuries. The Loxeutsie i: Verein at Shako- pee elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Jacog Reis, presi- dent; J. B. Hoffman, financial secre- tary; John Thiem, recording secretary, and Nic Majerus, treasurer. Fire at Ruthton destroyed the large livery barn of Gilbertson & Peterson, together with twenty-five head of horses. Loss on barn, $1,600, and on horses, $2,500; insurance, $1,300. The origin of the fire is unknown. The Breach of promise case of Mary M. Birum against Isaac Johnson, in which the jury gave $750 to the plaint- iff, which-verdict was sustained on an eppeal to the supreme court, has been settled by the defendant paying $600. William Martin, aged ten years, was shot and almost instantly killed at Long Prairie. He and an older broth- er took a revolver from their uncle's trunk. A bullet in the region of the heart was the result of fooling with the gun. While fishing at Fish lake, near Windom, Gunder Thompson, aged twenty-two years, was drowned. He and two other young men were fish- ing when their boat filled with water and sank. The other two managed to get to shore. The Methodists will build a new church at Fosston this summer. Rey. R. K. Calloway, the pastor, announces that the foundation stone will be laid on June 10. Presiding Elder Dodds of Crookston and others will take part in the ceremony. As a Chicago Great Western train was being made up at Mankato four ears broke loose and dashed down the grade upon two cars and the caboose. Rey. Judson A. Bly of Waterville sus’ tained a fracture of two ribs and A. G. Gallagan, a stock buyer of Elysian, was severely bruised. The scholarships awarded by St. LARD IS STOLEN. Five Hundred Pounds Disappear Dur- ing the Night. Winona, Minn., May 29.—A burglary which required a dray to cart away the stolen goods took place in the middle of the business section of Winona on Olaf academy at Northfield for the col- lege were given Ole Brekken and The- cGere Sternberg. The winners in the essay contest;were George P. Honnes; first; B. O.. Stefferson, second; C. Stockstad, third. The Frog Lake Norwesian Lutheran Tuesday night. The packing establish- ment of Stanke Bros. was entered about midnight and ten 50-pound cans of lard, each valued at about $10, were stolen. The job was properly finished, for yesterday morning no trace of the burglars or booty could be found. cburch, about fourteen miles south- west of Morris, in the town of Scott, seems to be doomed by Dame Nature. It has been struck by lightning twice, bas been burned once, and last week it was entirely demolished by a wind storm. . AID FOR HIGH scH Applications Must be I in Before “at Some’ of the Requirements. The state high school board has fied the high schools of the state th: erplications for the aid offered for special instruction in the high The recent legislature increased the aid from $500 to $750. The sum at the disposal is sufficient to aid thirteen schools. The board announces that, other things being equal, priority of ap- tlication shall have weight, but in gen- eral preference shall. be given to sebcols offering superior facilities abd situated from normal schools, The board requires that a special classroom be set aside for this instruc- tion. A departmental library must be set aside for the study of geography, American history and literature. Not less than $50 worth of well-choSen books, exclusive of maps and encyclo- pedias, shall be provided for each ot these subjects. A special instructor holding a cer- tificate granted by the high school board must be employed by each school. He must give his entire time to the special instruction, except in cases where the superintendent assists in the work, when the superintendent, with the consent of the board, may as- sign the instructor one equivalent reci- tation, preferably in a preparatory sub- ject. The instruction must continue through the school year, and include reading, writing, literature, geograpliy, arithmetic, English grammar, Ameri- can history and civil government. No student will be permitted to pass the ccurse without acquiring neat and legi- ble handwriting. “Literature,” tho beard rules, “should be a study of lit- erature rather than of the men and women who have written.” WILL HELP DRAINAGE. Board of Investment to Invest $300,000 of Permanent School Fund. The state board of investment has practically decided to invest from $200,000 to $800,000 of the permanent school fund in county drainage bonds at 3 per cent, under the law passed by the recent legislature. Applications will be received from Norman, Polk, Marshall and other nertbern counties aggregating fully $200,000. Marshall county has asked for loans amounting to $100,000, and Polk has asked for $50,000. The counties point out that hitherto they have had to pay as high as 6 per cent interest on the bonds held by Eastern capitalists. The new law ,au- thorizes the state board of investment to loan money to counties at a rate nol. lese than 3 per cent. ‘ Joseph Ballanch of Bluffton has no- tified Sheriff Sawyer that he was drug- ged and robbed of $700 at New York Mills. He gathered up $300 in currency and $400 in checks and went to town to transact some business. A painter who had been in the village a day or two met him and introduced him to an- other stranger and they had some drinks together. He knew nothing more until 4 o’clock the next morning, when he found himself out on one of the country roads, robbed of his pock- etbcok, watch and chain and other valuables. The sheriff. has been Iin- vestigating, but the meh have disap- peared. . A serious wreck on the Chicago Great Western railway was narrowly averted by Charles Fitzpatrick, a farmer living two miles north of Stew- artville. While walking on the track during the night Fitzpatrick discov- ered that a small culvert had been washed out. Knowing that the lim- j ited passenger train from Osage to the Twin Cities was about due, he ran to his home, got a lantern anud returned to the washout, reaching there barely in time to flag the train. Boys passing along the Northwest- ern railroad track near the station at New Ulm found the dead body of a ycung man lying in a pool of water, face down. It is supposed that he was knocked from the track by one of the night trains, and that, being helpless or stunned, he drowned. There wero no marks of violence upon the body and the clothing was not torn. At the election held at New Ulm by the officers of the Second regiment, Maj. F. W. Wright of Austin was named as colonel, succeeding Gen. Jo- seph Bobleter; Maj. George S. Whit- ney of Faribault was made leytenant colonel, and the majors elected were F. B. Wood of Austin, A. G. Chase of Faribault and N. Nicholson of Austin. Jonathan E. Pettitt, an early settler of Breckenridge, aged eighty-six years, whe had been court commissioner of Wilkin county for many years, was taken to the Little Falls home for the aged. He had been committed to the asylum at Fergus Falls, but the offi- cials decided that he was not a proper subject for their care. Mrs. F. Wiliver, living five miles southeast of Jasper, met with a fatal. accident recently. Her clothing took fire while she was at work about the kntehen, and before the other members of the family could reach her she was so badly burned that she died the next morning. A. W. Thompson, president of the Republic Iron and Steel company, af- rived at Duluth, accompanied by other members of the company. They left over the Great Northern for the Mesa- ba range to inspect the company’s sev- en iron mines. branches must be presented to the: “| beard before Aug. 32° i ;