Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 5, 1903, Page 7

OOCOOO SOPH HOHSOOOO OOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOD SOOO OOOOH News of the Northwest : eOoe dod tathutinscnatiee 4 oooee SOOSCOSOCOH SOHO OOE SOO DES HSE OOOOH O OOO OD OOOOOOO OHHH OO AN AVERAGE CROP DAMAGE AND SHORT YIELD PROPHETS HAVE TAKEN TO THE woops. state In another week. In the south- ern part of the state much grain is al- ‘eady safely housed. The threshing crews are at work in advance of those in North Dakota, which do not expect to handle any iarge amount of grain for ten days. . The Northwest is not in better con- dition than the states to the west, which, through to the Pacific coast, return uniformly favorable reports. HARVEST TELLS DIFFERENT TALE | In the Pacific states the harvest is THE WILL HARVEST AN AVER- AGE YIELD. RED RIVER VALLEY ALL RIGHT * NORTH DAKOTA REPORTS GROW MORE AND MORE OP- TIMISTIC. The most noticeable feature of the Northern Pacifie’s latest official crop report is that the damage and short yield prophet has disapeared in the long grass, along with those that have been insisting that the-three states can expect but %5 per cent of last year’s crop. The report confirms ev- ery favorable prediction of the past tem days; and shows that the general average of the crop in Minnesota and the Dakotas will be up to the stand- ard of a year ago. The Red river valley is generally regarded as the great wheat region of the Northwestern wheat-producing states, It grows more and better wheat than any other section. Dam- age rumors have hovered over the val- ley like clouds all summer long, but this is what the report says of con- | ditions there: “Harvesting in the Red river valley fs practically finished. The yield of wheat will be about equal to that of last year, but the quality of thé crop will be considerably better. A farmer at Hitterdahl has threshed a field that averaged 25 bushels. Fertile (Minn.) reports that wheat will run as high as 20 bushels an acre. Pembina (N D.) reports that prospects are good for | a fair yield of all the various cereals. Elevator men at Cashel (N. D.) report that they will ship 10,000 bushels more wheat this year than a year ago. Grafton (N. D.) expects a fair yield. Barley in the vicinity of Red Lake Falls will run 25 bushels an acre.” Gives Consensus of Opinion. The Northern Pacific report is pe- | culiarly compiled. Each agent im | | each state makes a personal investt- | gation and sends in an individual ciop | report. The final report, as issued by | Vice President Hanaford, is therefore ; a complete review of the entire sitn- ation. East and south of Staples, Minn., | the wheat crop will be satisfactory. | At Elk River wheat is threshing 12 to 18 bushels to the acre, and the ker- ‘nels are sound and of very good qual- ‘ity. line wheat will average close to 12 ‘bushels an acre. Oats is an excelient ‘crop. At Swanville an average of 50 bushels is expected. ‘ North Dakota reports grow ‘and more optimistic. Fergus Fails | now expects an average of from'13 to | 14 bushels of wheat. Wahpeton ex- ‘pects from 12 to 13 bushels. Brecken- ‘ridge looks for from 15 to 20 bushels to the acre, and barley shows an aver- | ‘age of from 13 to 18 bushels. Mapleton sends an unusually favor- able report ,and predicts an average ‘yield of 20 bushels, all grading No. 1 Northern, and the heaviest yield of jal! grains, including wheat, since 1895. ,Casselton expects to do better than a/ 20-bushel average, and Embden ex- pects an average of from 13 to 20 bushels. North Dakota as a whole shows a very considerable improve- ment in estimates of the grade and yield of grain, and concedes a good crop. Several localities have suffered dam- age from hail and sudden storms, no- tably the district pear Buffalo, where hail cut down the crops in a section two and one-half miles wide and seven miles long. Three hundred acres near McHenry have been wiped out, and a hail storm did much damage at Glen- ullen. These are the only important instances of storm damage. Barley is a big crop throughout Min- mesota and the Dakotas, and oats promise to show better returns than was expected two weeks ago. The re- | port concerning the condition of the | | his person. nf flax crop is favorabie, and corn, with continued favorable weather, will be a large crop. The hay crop in North Dakota ranges from fair to light, and in Minnesota is almost everywhere good and of fine quality. Minnesota potatoes promise large yields and large profit to the growers. Wyoming, in the center of the great potato belt between St. Paul and Du luth, looks for a “better yield and bet- ter grade” than ever before. Rush City reports that the potato crop will be well up to former high averages, and of excellent quality. Reports of damage to potatoes caused by the re- cent excess in rainfall are entirely Along the Little Falls & Daketa | more | | Rock Island train. | rested upon complaint of Conductor | every five well advanced and threshing is gen- eral. In Montana the harvest is in ‘THREE WHEAT STATES | Prostess and the yield everywhere is id. 1OWA POPULISTS, They Name a State Ticket and Adopt a Platform. Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 29. — The Populist state .convention met here yesterday and nominated the follow- ing ticket: Governor, L. H. Weller, Nashua; lieutenant governor, S. T, Harvey, Des Moines; judge of supreme court, J. A. Lowenberg, Ottumwa; railroad commissioner, Waiter McCullah, Da- vis City; superintendent of public in- struction, Hilo Bunce, Stuart. The ticket was named without cou- test, but there was a spirited debate over the platform. One faction, head- ed by Howard Rose of Chariton, de- sired to eliminate the demand for the referendum aud confine the party’s appeal on this line to the initiative. The cgivention decided to indorse his plank providing for the initiative alone and to use the phrase “initiative and referendum” elsewhere, thus sat- isfying both sides. RESISTS HOST’S ORDER. Life Insurance Companies Appeal to Superior Court. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 29. — The Equitable Life Assurance Company of the United States has brought suit in the superior court to enjoin Insurance Commissioner Host from carrying out his ruling that this and other insur- ance companies shall divide their sur- plus with the policyholders at least years. The commissioner’s order was such that division be made within thirty days. The undivided sur- plus of the Equitable amounts to about $11,000,000, and the ruling af- fects other companies in equally large amounts. This suit is the initial one and is designed to be carried t6 the supreme court. Pending a decision the ruling has been suspended as to | other companies. ACCUSED OF ROBBERY. But Both Men Declare That They Are Innocent. Luverne, Minn., Aug. 29. — M. J. Peeler and Lew Wilson were arrested ay morning charged with rob- bite ‘Mike Dwyer, a passenger on a The men were at Davies when the train pulled into the station. Dwyer, who lives at Hard. wick, was returning from Chicago, where he had just sold a load of stock. The alleged robbery was witnessed by passengers who compelled the men to disgorge, but Dwyer says they did not return all the money. When ar- raigned betore Judge Reynolds both men pleaded not guilty. They were committed to jail to await trial. DROWNED IN MUD LAKE, Foreman of a Dynamite Plant Falls in a Fit. Washburn, Wis., Aug. 29. — Oscar Anderson, a foreman at the dynamite plant near this city, was: found dead yesterday near where his crew was at work. A few minutes before his body was found he had been giving direc tions to his men, and when he was missed and search was made tor him the dead body was discovered, the |.’ face partly submerged in a pool of muddy water, where he had fallen in a fit, Land Withdrawn From Entry. Washington, Aug. 29. — The com- missioner of the general land office has withdrawn from public entry for forest reserve purposes the following land in South Dakota: Twenty-three thousand six hundred and forty acres of Cave Hill, 63,760 acres at Slim Buttes and 18,920 acres at Short Pine Hills. Unknown Man Killed. Emporia, Kan., Aug. 28. — An un- known man killed here yesterday by a Santa Fe passenger train had a ticket showing that he was traveling from Minneapolis to Denver. The name Vincent Gerald was found on Washington, Aug. 28. — Because of the increased American interests oa the Pacific coast it has been decided to re-establish the South Pacific sta- tion and to maintain a cruiser squad- ron there. ° And It Was True. Browne—Just when the excitement of the game was highest the boy came in and said that Hobson’s wife was outside and wanted him at once. Smythe—Great blizzards! ‘What did you do? Browne—We sent word to her that lacking, and the growers have safely | Hobson had just dropped out.—Balli- recovered from fear on that score. Minnesota Crops Are Large. Minnesota as a whole shows excel- lent conditions, and the prospect of a more American. is tes te Proof Positive. Hicks—Tompkins is a omuaal con- very good crop. bined iglirataced ceited fellow, isn’t he? in progress at many points an: Wicks—Why, no; I heard him aay general over the westersi part of the | nimseif that he isn't conceited at all. MINNESOTA'S FAIR OP=N3. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana the Ora: tor of the Day. St. Paul, Sept. 2—The forty-fourth formally opened yesterday morning by Senator Charles A.,Fairbanks of Indiana. Sen- ator Fairbanks spoke interestingly Minnesota State fair was of the significance of a great exhibi- tion designed to encourage agricu!- ture, and to display the products of He also talked at some length on matters of national inter. agriculture, est. The state fair exhibits have broken the record, and in class and variety excel anything the state agricultural society has ever been able to show. Secretary Randall estimates there is an increase of 25 per cent in the amount of goods shown and in the number of animals entered in the big live stock show. A good program of races was pulled off, the principal attraction being the effort of Dan Patch to lower his rec- ord. The great pacer made the mile in two minutes flat, just one second slower that his record. The attend- ance for the opening day broke al! previous records. FOUGHT IN PHILIPPINES. Fourth Annual Reunion of the Army of the Philippines. St. Paul, Sept. Brig. Gen. Irving Hale of Denver, Colo., president of the National Society of the Army of the Philippines, formally called the organization to order for its fourth national reunion at 2:30 o’clock yes- terday afternoon in the senate cham- ber of the state capitol. Delegates from twenty states were in attend- ance and presented their credentials. In addition to these there are a large number of visiting comrades who, though they are not accredited deic gates, are attending the reunion. It is estimated that there are now in the city 1,000 veterans of the Philippine war, together with their families. The number would be larger if sev eral delegations had not been de layed in getting to St. Paul because of the freshets along the railroads of the Middle West. The Iowa, Colo- rado, Kansas and Nebraska repre- sentatives were delayed on this ac- count. St. Louis is after the next reunion. NO NEW TRIAL FOR AMES. Judge Elliott Files Decision Denying His Motion. Minneapolis, Sept. 2. — Dr. A. A. Ames has been refused a new trial. Judge Elliott filed his decision deny- ing the motion for’ a new trial yester- day, and the fate of the ex-mayor is ‘now up to the supreme court. It is not likely that a decision by this tri- ‘bunal will be reached before Jan- uary. Judge Elliott had the matter under consideration for several weeks after the arguments and evidence had been submitted, and decided that he ‘would make no explanation of his de- cision, but leave everything to the su- preme court. MEETING ABANDONED. National Buttermakers Will Not Meet at Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 2—E. Sud- endorf, secretary of the Nationa Creamery Cuttermakers’ association, has advised the local Business Men’s league that the annual convention oi the association, which was to have been held in Sioux Falls in October, has been abandoned. The Eastern commission men and the transporia- tion men have for some time been op- posing the holding of a convention this year, it being their desire to con- centrate their efforts on a big conven- tion at St. Louis during the exposi- tion. ARRESTED ON SUSPICION Of Being Implicated in Scheme to Hold Up Train. Havre, Mont., Sept. 2. — Frank Bakér, @ cowboy, was arrested on a Great Northern passenger train at Malta yesterday on suspicion of being connected with the notorious Curry gang of outlaws who had, it is alleged. planned to hold up the west-bound flyer at Wagner yesterday afternoon. Two men, said to be Baker’s compan- ions, became frightened at the large number of armed officers entering the express car and made their escane. FORT YATES A MEMORY. Government Property Sold—Old Fort to Be Abandoned. Cannon Falls, N. D., Sept. 2.—The quartermaster at Fort Yates has dis- posed of the government property there prior to the final abandonment of the post. A large amount of stuff was sold at auction at fairly good prices. The troops will evacuate the that SRC ee In Minnesota. €, State News of the “CP Week Briefly Told. .o | 1@ 00 00 00 00 08 08 00 0) oe Oscar C. Poor has been appointed postmaster at Philbrook, Todd county. Good roads agitators are improving things in the vicinity of New Prague. The Dakota county commissioners appropriated $50 to the Farmington fair. Aitkin will soon be able to accom: modate the visiting hobo with a new lockup, A new town, to be known as Libbey, near Aiikin, has applied for a place on the map. Richard Sisia: el old, was drowned in the Minnesota river at Mankato. The Catholic church and school at Madison, Minn., were damaged $6,000 by fire; insured. CHS BC A team belonging to Edward Chris- tensen of Alebrt Lea was stolen and there is no clue. The residence of August Durren- berger at Marshall was entered and $50 in cash taken. S. C. Squire, a Civil war veteran and early pioneer, droppeX dead of heart disease at Pauley: ae Miss Ruth Hest of La Crosse has been added to the teaching force of the sists gis Sh, John Gafferty, an 1 inmate of the Hastings siate insane asylum, was found dead in a ey epilepsy. Railroad ae at Bainera says the Minnesota & International will be turned over to the Northern Pacific Oct. 1. The dwelling house of Mr. Hartridge at Webster was burned with practical- ly all its contents. Loss $1,200; no insurance. Fire of unknown origin at Duluth destroyed the home of Thomas Ran- kin and burned to death the owner, an aged recluse. Eddie Nelson and Willie Larson, Aitkin boys, indulged in a fight. Eddie drew a knife and Willie has a four- inch cut in his side. Prof. J. Thaler of Calmar, Iowa, has been engaged to instruct the Preston band. He will devote two days a week to his work there. The motiga for a new trial in the case of Bert Ronk at Blue Earth was denied by Judge Quinn and Ronk was taken to Stillwater at once. Knute Nelson died at Grand Meadow at the age of eighty-one. He was one of the first white men who came to the Bear Creek settlement a 1852. Warmers in ‘the wichitty. of Spring- field claim national fame in having more harvest hands apply for work than. they can give employment. The supposed tramp who was shot by Chief of Police Ramage of North- field escaped from the insane asylum at Rochester. He says his name is Anderson. J. W. Mossman, for five years sta- tion agent for the Northern Pacific at Sauk Rapids, has resigned. He will go to Princeton, where he will engage in the hotel business. Fifteemy hundred persons attended the street fair at Mora. A barbecue furnished food for the visitors. J. C. Pope,»W. A. Howard and H. C. West were the speakers of the day. Mr. Oferg, a farmer, was killed near Monticeflo. A limb on which he was standing while picking cherries broke, throwing him to the ground and break- ing his neck. He leaves a large fam- ily. A. L. Thorpe, a retired farmer liv- ign in Warsaw,, Goodhue county, at- bing himseif five times with a pocket- knife in the region of the heart. His recovery is doubtful. a Bat Li tare The grain-buying season has opened at Morris with the following elevators open: The Interstate, Eames, Lord & Co., Wells, Pearce & Co., S. Stewart, and the old Farmers’, under the man- agement of L. Schlattman. By an explosion of kerosene, Lydia Joern, a thirteen-year-old girl employ- ed at Lakewood hotel at Redwood Falls, was fatally burned. Tracy Fer- post in about ten days, crossing the river and going on a ten days’ prac- tice march to Long lake before going to Fort Lincoln. KILLED BY MAD BULL, Animal Charges Unexpectedly and Farmer Has No Chance to Escape. Forman, N. D., Sept. 2—John Car}. sen, a farmer residing near the town of Gwinner, was killed by a maddened bull. The animal charged him so fieresly and unexpectedly that he had no opportunity to escape or defend himself. His wife saw him killed. He had many relatives and a ae circle of friends. _ ris, another hotel employe, was seri- ously burned, and the hotel kitchen was damaged. The second fatal accident within ten days occurred at the big mill of the Cloquet Lumber company at Cloquet. by which a boy, Emil Lake, was in- stantly killed. While working on the shingle block he fell upon it. , Postoffice inspectors arrested’ Zel- mer Hoosline, a twenty-year-old son of Pestmaster Hoosline of Drywook. The boy has been trying to play the “green goods scheme and has operated under the name of Cook. He confessed ev- erything. tempted to commit suicide by stab-} ‘ Marshal Ide of Montevideo was shot at by thugs, but uninjured. Although he gave chase, they escaped. Swan Hielm, employed as a guarry- man at St. Cloud, was seriously ia- jured by the explosicn of a blast. Oramel Gould, an old soldier of Spring Valley, was adjudged insaae and sent to the asylum at Rochester. John Johnson, a blacksmith of Two Harbors, committed suicide by+ shoot- ing himself through the head with a revolver. fight ik Cora, the sixteen-year-old- daughter of William H. Grover of Marietta, was burned to death. She used kerosene to start a fire. ‘ Se Thomas Patterson, an employe of N. P. Clarke’s Meadow Lawn farm near St. Cloud, had a foot nearly severed with a mowing machine. Mark Cline, an engineer, has brought suit at Duluth against the Minnesota fron company to recover $30,000 dam- ages for alleged injuries. The Sauk Center city council has se- cured the removal of the stock yards of both roads to a point outside the residence portion of the city. ae He Citizens of Crookston celebrated in a unique way the opening of the first street paved with asphalt. Hundreds enjoyed a grand open-air ball. Mrs. Hendrina Voorbeck, 80 years old, has been arrested at Le Sueur and ‘held under $200 bonds for chopping ‘down a line fence near her residence. Theodore Steinke, aged fifteen, of Canby, was accidentally killed by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Willie Coummount near St. Leo. Mrs. Emile Vajllaint, wife of a farm- er of Argyle, had her right foot severe- ly cut while operating a binder. Phy- sicians hope to save her foot from am- putation. The election on the question of bond: ing the village of Welcome to the amount of $9,000 for waterworks and a lighting plant carried by 51 for to 25 against. Ed and Steven Krassin were con- victed in the municipal court at Wa: seca of violation of the game laws. They were fined $25 each. The case will be appealed. Henning Fondell, a farmer aged fair. ty-five, committed suicide by jumping into a well eighty feet deep near Daw- son. His mind was unbalanced from - NEWS IN BRIEF, Overfiow From tho Wires in a Com Gen. Wade has cabled the war de- partment from Manila announcing the death of Col. Richard Eskridge, U. S. A., retired, who died in the hospital Aug. 29.. He was retired in 1901. Caleb Dwinell Randall, a_ well known resident of Michigan and the originator of the state system fcr caring for dependent children, died at Coldwater, Mich., aged seventy-two years. Negotiations have been begun de- tween Cuba and France for a treaty covering the general relations be- tween the two countries. It is ex- pected that a similar treaty with Spain will be concluded later. Dr. Finley, the head of the Havana health department, says that there is not the slightest foundation for the report published in the United States that a disease resembling the plague has developed at Daquiri, Santiago. M. Timaschen, formerly assistant to M. Pleske, who left the governor- ship of the Russian Imperial State bank to succeed M. Witte as minister of finance, has taken M. Pleske’s place as governor of the imperial bank. The Dominion Steel company and the Dominion Coal company, two of the largest industrial concerns of Can- ada, will separate. The steel company has had a lease of the coal company’s property, but at a meeting of the di- rectors it was decidec to cancel this lease. The Loyal Legion of Labor of the United States, an organization of col ored men, was incorporated at Colum- bus. Its purposes are “to educate and Christianize the African, to encourage him in thrift, economy and enter- prise; to do all things needful to ameliorate the sad conditions result- ing from American slavery.” THE MARKETS. me NE. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Sept. 2. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 84@87c; No. 2 Northern, 82@83c; No. 3, 70@811-2c; rejected, 73@80c; no grade, 70@79c. Corn— No. 3 yellow, 53c; No. 3, on track, 511-2c; No. 4 on track, 51¢c; no grade, 47@48c. Rye—No. 2, 49@49 1-2c. Minneapolis, Sept. 2—Wheat — No. 1 hard, 871-2c; No.1 Northern, 86 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, 84 1-2c. Duluth, Sept. 2. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, 87 3-4c; No. 1 Northern, 87 3-4c; No. 2 Northern, 82 3-4c; flax, $1.00 1-2; oats, 35 1-8¢; rye, 52¢; barley, 35@57c. Milwaukee, Sept. 2. — Wheat — 1 Northern, 86@90c; No. 2 Northern, 84@86c. Rye — No. 1, 54 @ 54 1-2c. Barley—No. 2, 65c. Oats—Standard, heat and overexertion. A stranger who has been going by the name of Jessie Stevenson was run over and killed about a mile east of Winnebago City by the west-bound Milwaukee midnight freight. The foundation-of the new library building at Sauk Center has been com: pleted and the work has the approval of the building committee. The super. structure will be hurried and before snow flies the structure will be ready. The Orowley Electrie company of ‘Duluth was awarded the contract for the new machinery to be installed at the new village electric light plant sta- ‘tion at Two Harbors. The cost will ‘be over $16,000. Jokanna Olson, who has been living Xlone in the vicinity of Pelican Rapids, was found running about naked in the woods the other day, and Deputy Sheriff Leonard brought her to Fergus Falls to be examined as to her sanity. She was committed to the hospital. A long-distance telephone line which Will extend from Minneapolis ‘and St. ‘Paul to Davenport, Iowa, is being put fn about a mile east of Northfield. It is owned by the American Telegraph ’&and Telephone company. Connection ‘will be made with Northfield’s ex- ‘change. A man drove into Chokio and report- ed that he had seen a man in the mid- die of a slough and acting in a peculiar manner. Marshal Johnson" drove out ‘and found a young German, who was driving around in the*water. He was ‘taken to Morris and adjudged insane. He gave his name as William H. Balt- zer and his age as seventeen. @he Cass Land company, owner of the townsite of Cass Lake, has com- pleted a lease with the department of Indian affairs for 550 feet of land joining the village which will be made into a park. A handsome fountain will be placed in the park and flower beds laid out. LARGE SUM IS DUE. Counties Owe $1,307,579.88 to the State oy in Taxes. The state auditor has issued a state- ment showing that on July 1, $1,307,- 579.88 state and school taxes were due from the counties. The amount due Aug. 1, 1902, was $1,121,546.69. The difference is xccounted for by the fact that St. Louis, Cook and Beltrami’ counties had not reported June set- tlements by July 1, 1903. The total tax for the year, including a state tax of 1.3 mills and a school tax of 1.23 mills, aggregated $1,927,064.98. This added to the balance due Aug. 1, 1902, and to the additional taxes 1e- ported, makes a total of $3,049,891.24, {n the October, February and May set- tlements the counties paid $1,742,- 311.36, leaving a balance of $1,307, 597.88 due on July 1, 1903. 361-2@37c. Corn—December, 51 1-4c. Chicago, Sept. 2. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 811-2c; No. 3 red, 81c; No. 2 hard winter, 80@801-2c; No. 3 hard winter, 79@80c; No. 1 Northern spring, 90c; No. 2 Northern spring, 87c; No. 3 spring, 88¢. Cash Corn— No. 2, 511-4 @ 511-2c; No. 3, 51 @ 511-2c. Cash Oats—No. 2, 32@311-2e: No. 3, 31 3-4@82 1-4c. Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 2. — Cattle — Beeves, $4 @ 5; cows, bulls and mixed,$2.50@4; stockers and feeders, $2.50@3.70; calves and yearlings, $2.50 @3.60. Hogs, $5.05@5.25; bulk, $5.15 @5.20, Chicago, Sept. 2.—Cattle — Good to prime steers, $5.30@6; stoeckers and feeders, $2.50@4.25; calves, $3@6.75; Texas steers, $3.25@5.15; Western steers, $3.25@4.80. Hogs—Mixed ana butchers, $5.20@5.90; good to choice heavy, 35.30@5.65; light, $5.60@6.10; bulk of sales, $5.30@5.60. Sheep — Good to choice wethers, $3@3.70; fair to choice mixed, $2.25 @ 3; Western sheep, $2.75@3.60; native lambs, $3.50 @4.75; Western lambs, $4@65. South St. Paul, Sept. 2. — Cattle — Good to caoice steers, $4.25@5; good to choice cows and heifers, $3 @ 4: steer calves, $1.75 @ 2.25: geod to choice stock cows and heifers, $2.15) 2:35; good to choice milch cows, $35@ 45; common to fair, $18@25. Hogs— Price range, $4.60@5.75; bulk, $5.20@ 5.30. Sheep — Good to choice sborn lambs, $5@5.35; culls and stock lambs, $2.75@4; good to choice ewes, medium weight, $3.15@3.35; heavy, $3@3.25: culls and stock ewes, $2.50@2.75. DID NOT SNUB KAISER. Wiehman Says Story Is Based on Misapprehension. Baltimore, Sept. 2—L, H. Wiehman said concerning the report that he had snubbed the German emperor: “The whole matter is based on a misapprehension of facts. The state- ment that Baron von Rheilbaden, the Prussian minister of finance, had asked to present me to the emperor is mere fabrication.” Board of Inquiry Sits. New York, Sept. 2.—A board of in- quiry, composed of Rear Admiral Sands, chairman; Capt. Swinburne of the. Texas, and Capt. Briggs of the Baltimore, appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the accident to the battleship Massachusetts, which ran upon Egg Rock, near Bar Harbor, recently, convened at the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday. Police Hunt for Woman. Racine, Wis., Sept. 2.-The police are looking for Marie Harrison, @ well dressed woman, from whom they want an explanation as to her dispo- sition of a $300 horse and buggy she rented from a livery burn. Drowned While Bathing. Le Mars, lowa. Sept. 2. — Orwald Leonhardt, aged twenty-five, was drowned whife bething in Morf's laXe, near here. He went into the middie of the lake and was seized with cramps. ; DEFECTIVE PAGE | |