Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 5, 1903, Page 3

ie , ‘GHASTLY WARNING LETTER WRAPPED AROUND A FINGER iS RECEIVED BY GEN. BELL. EARS AND HEAD ARE PROMISED DEATH OF CAPTIVE THREATENED IF THE TROOPS ARE NOT WITHDRAWN. WAS FRESHLY CUT TNE FINGER POSTOFFICE INSPECTORS WILL ENDEAVOR TO TRACE THE WRITER. Denver, Colo., Dec. 2. — Adjt. Gen. Sherman M. Bell yesterday received wrom Telluride, the following letter wrapped around a human finger: “Gen, Bell—We send you the finger of a man who disappeared from Tellu- ride some time ago. His ears will fol- jow and then his head. If his friends want to see him again in any other way but the way we send him, you have got to do one thing. ‘We only want you to withdraw the troops from Telluride at once. If you don’t you will receive his ears in a few days. Don’t try to find us, for it is not in the power of a tin soldier to do it. gS. D.” Was Freshly Cut.” A physician who examined the fingér pronounced it the ring finger from the right hand and said it was evidently cut off shortly before the letter was mailed, as the bioodstains on the letter bore evidence of being fresh and the blood on the finger was hardly dry. After conferring with Gov. Peabody Gen. Beil turned the letter over to tue postoffice inspectors, who will er- deavor to trace its author. It is gen- erally believed at the capitol that the matter was intended as a hoax. The executive board of the Western Federation of Miners in session here yesterday sent the following telegram to Guy E. Miller, president of the ‘Telluride Miners’ union: Advises Miners to Remain. “Advise all men who were ordered to leave town as a result of alleged vagrancy trials to remain in Telluride. The justices of the peace nor any otb- er official of county or state cannot compel persons to leave any place where they have chosen to reside. ‘The Constitution of the United States concerning rights makes it unlawful for officers to deny these riguts. Howe, Ruttan and others are subject to pun- ishment in United States courts; the law will be duly invoked. You are as- sured of the hearty support of the Western Federation of Miners.” The board’s action is the result of the arrest Monday by the sheriff at Telluride of twenty-eight idle men. Joke of Reporters. It developed late last night that the bloody finger came from the office of a local surgeon, and it is charged that it was sent to Gen. Bell as a joke by certain newspaper reporters. Gen. Bell issued a statement in which he declares that he has placed the mat- ter in the hands of the posta! authori- ties and that no effort will be spared to secure the apprehension and pun- ishment of the parties responsible for the hoax. FOR VIOLATING GAME LAW. One Hundred Arrests and Sixty-Six Convictions in Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Dec. 2—The statement of State Game Warden Charles H. Chapman, given out yester- day, says that during November 100 arrests were made and 66 persons were convicted of violating the game Jaws. Nearly a thousand dollars in fines were collected. Twenty-five per cent of the cases were violations of the fish law. Because of the presence in the woods of-many deputy wardens, Mr. Chapman states that very few deer were killed out of season, al- though many hunters arrived on the scene twenty days before it opened. FANATIC HAS BEEN HANGED. Filipino Leader Known as Pope of the Tayabas Executed for Murder. Manila, Dee. 2. — Senor Rios, the fanatic Filipino leader and so-called pope of the Tayabas, has been hanged. He was captured last May, and was subsequently convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Twenty-seven of his followers were sentenced at the same time to various terms of impris- onment. Lavedo Toledo, the ladrone leader who gave the military authori- ties considerable trouble by his opera- tions in the province of Albay, has been convicted and sentenced to death. ‘Toledo surrendered with thirty of his men and ten guns in October. BANK BURGLARS IDENTIFIED. Three Men Are Held for Spring Grove Operation. Prairie du Chien, Wis., Dec. 2.—Ed- ward Raymond, James Murphy and Otto Koehler, three alleged bank rob- bers who were captured here single- handed four weeks ago by Detective Charles Linderer, have been identified as the men who blew up the Bank of Spring Grove, Minn., on Oct. 16, and at the preliminary hearing were bound over to the grand jury which meets in February. _ Pia o ESBS! SAE AEs G- PREECE os POLICE APPALLED. Bandit Adds Several More Crimes to Long List Against Him. Chicago, Dec. 1. — Peter Neider- meier, one of the members of the last six months have terrorized Chi- cago, in another confession yesterday added several more crimes to the long list already charged against him, Vandine, Marx and Roeski. With p2- rental love uppermost in his mind, Neidermeier offered to tell Chief of Police O’Neil of a score of robberies, burglaries and other crimes that he had committed if the rewards offered will only be given to his mother. “I want to know that my mother will be cared for after I am hanged,” said the twenty-une-year-old boy, who is now the self-confessed murderer of five men. “I am _ guilty of crime of which you know nothing, and for which Innocent Men Are Now Suffering. There are rewards offered for the cul- prits’ arrest and conviction. If you will guarantee that these rewards go to my mother I will convict myself. I will confess crimes that will startle you.” In order to make his word good Neidermeier told of a few crimes he claimed to have committed. He out- lined them in such a manner, Chief of Police O’Neil declared, as only one concerned in them could do. Neider- meier, however, refused to divulge the names of his partners in the affairs re- ferred to, pending the assurance that his mother would get the rewards. A Few of His Crimes. A few of the additional crimes he {claims to have participated in are as follows: Robbery of the Illinois Central lim- jilted express at Paducah, Ky., in which Barth, one of the robbers, cut his throat while surrounded in a swamp. The others escaped. Hold-up of a stage coach, committed near Butler, Neb., two years ago, and the robbers escaped. Hold-up and robbery of Chicago & Northwestern passenger train near Clybourne, Iowa, six months ago. Hold-up and attempted robbery of Baltimore & Ohio train at Edgemore, Imd., four years ago. Minor hold-ups and robberies in Chi- cago were mentioned by Neidermeier, but in all cases he was careful to con- ceal the names of his associates in crime, merely giving sufiicient Outlines of the Crimes !o warrant Chief O’Neil to believe that Neidermeier was telling the truts. When Neidermeier was taken back to his cell it was with the assurance that his mother would be bettered $500 financially. Special Agent Wiley of the Chicago & Northwestern, prom- | ‘sed him that Mrs. Neidermeier would ;be given the $500 for the arrest and | {conviction of the robbers at the Cly- | bourne station and exoneration of a man named Dolan of St. Louis, who is | now under indictment. | The police have been so appalled by Neidermeier’s. confessions that they hardly give credence to all his asser- tions. It is thought his anxiety for ais mother’s welfare has prompted him to make himself the author of crimes he did not commit. From the asser- tions made by Neiredmeier and Van- dine yesterday it is said several ar- rests will be made. “BIG LOSS OF LIFE. Terrible Destruction Caused by a Typhoon in the Orient. Hongkong, Dec. 1. — Thousands of fives were lost as the result of the de- struction of several hundred fishing junks in a typhoon off Swatow. The havoe was awful when the gales swept jown on the vessels. For days dis- abled junks drifted helplessly about, their occupants suffering from thirst and hunger. The Hongkong govern- }ment tender Stanley rescued a num- ber, picking up eight junks and taking 122 men off the vessels that. were |abandoned. The Stanley then returned to the rescue, for the rescued fisher- men reported there were 400 junks fishing off Swatow when the typhoon came on Noy. 4. From the Stanley 57 lisabled junks were seen flying sig- nals of distress. Several junks were towed to Hongkong, and then a relief eruise was made. Meanwhile three torpedo boat de- stroyers, the naval water boat Cherub and a Chinese cruiser were sent out and rescued many. Several hundred men were taken from, wrecked craft suffering greatly. Some had been without food and water from two to five days. Of the 400 fishing junks at least 300 are reported disabled or sunk and thousands of lives were lost. IN THROES OF TYPHOID. Pennsylvania Town Is Very Sorely Stricken. Butler, Pa., Dec. 1. — Since Sept. 15 this town has had 12,300 cases of ty- phoid fever and fifteen deaths. One cases continue to develop. The state board of bealth has investigated the cause of the unusual conditions and issued a statement in which they say that the borough cf Butler has been visited with an epidemic of typhoid fever in various types and the cause is the pollution of the water used in the greater part of the borough. ALDERMAN CONVICTED. Jury Proclaims Him Guilty of Elec- tion Frauds. Chicago, Dec. 1. — A Yerdict of guil- ty was returned in the case of Ald. John Brennan and his two political friends, Charles McCarte and Albert, M. Kent, who have been on trial! for violation of the election Jaws during the judicial election last June. Each defendant is liable to punishment by a term in the county jail ranging from , three months to a year. SOLDIERS PERFORM THEIR DUTY. Nez Perces Do Not Offer Resistance as It Was Feared They Would. Plains, Mont., Dec. 1. — A command of fifty soldiers captured Joe Morri- geau, who, with a band of Nez Perces Endians was defying the government agents in the collection of taxes on cattle of which Morrigeau owns a large number. Trouble was anticipated, but the Indians offered no resistance and he allowed himself to be placed under arrest, and was expelled from the Flathead reservation. The troops returned to Missoula Saturday. Mor- rigeau arrived here Saturday. He says that he will bring suit against the fed- eral officers. Morrigeau is a Carlisle graduate and is wealthy. DEERS AND GUNS TAKEN. Illinois Hunters in Wisconsin Said to Have Violated the Law. Madison, Wis., Dec. 1. — Mayor A. Bergman of Freeport, Ill.; H. R. Nel- son and J. D. Hinds of Lena, IIl., lost by confiscation all deer they have killed and about $400 worth of guns and other things that go to make up hunting outfits. It is alleged they were trying to ship the best portions of five deer out of the state in a trunk. In addition to this J. D. Hinds, it is said, laid himself open to prosecution for hunting without a license. BURGLARS GET LITTLE. Postoffice and Two Stores Entered at Magnolia. Magnolia, Minn., Dec. 1. — Burglars foreed an entrance into the postofiice, Underwood & Brown’s and F. A. Bak- er’s stores. Baker’s safe was blown to pieces, but no money secured, Under- wood & Brown lost a small amount of silver, and the postoffice was ran- sacked, but nothing secured. The Omaha toolhouse and a blacksmith shop were visitéd for tools. No ar rests have been made. COAL STRIKE IS SETTLED. Miners in Northern Colorado Will Re- Turn to Work. Louisville, Colo., Dec. 1. — Tue strike in the Northern coal field is settled and a majority of the miners will be working to-day. The subdis- trict board held a session in Louisville yesterday and counted the votes cast Saturday night, but did not make any announcement of the result. The miners express themselves as being pleased to return to work. Shooting Scrape at Dance. Lead, S. D., Dec. 1. — As the result of a shooting at a dance given at the Homestake pumping station of Hanna, Henry Stokes has been brought to the Homestake hospital witth three gun- shot wounds, inflicted by a brother-in- law, two of which are serious. One is in the chest and the other in the ab- domen. He is in.a critical condition. Stokes was shot by Ralph Carr, the shooting being the result of a family feud. Stokes is said to have shot Carr once, inflicting a wound in the ribs, which is not serious. Half-Breeds Rob Syrian. Bonesteel, S. D., Dec. 1. — Elias Abourezk, a Syrian peddler whose headquarters is at Bonesteel, returned yesterday from a trip on the Rosebud reservation where he was disposing of his wares to the Indians. When about forty-five miles west of here he was held up by two highwaymen and robbed of all his money, over $50. The robbers were half-breed Indians. Woman Drinks Acid. * Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 1. — Mrs. Salone Ducey, a young married woman who was separated from her husband, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid at the home of Mrs. Carrie Bar- ton in this city, where she was em- ployed. Owing to the separation from her husband she had become very despondent and her health recently failed. Girl Fatally Shot. Ashland, Wis., Dec. 1. — Ruth Ben- son, an eight-year-old girl, received a charge of buckshot in the lungs. She was on asied being drawn by her two brothers, one of whom had the shotgun which was accidentally dis- charged. She will not recover. Took Carbolic Acid. Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 1. — Joseph Stinsea, son of wealthy parents at Chicago, died here yesterday by drink- ing carbolic acid. He was without money and had become despondent. death was reported yesterday and new |.He had not been at home for a long time. Muzzles for Anoka Dogs. Anoka, Minn., Dec. 1—On account of the recent mad dog scare Mayor W. E. Scanlon has issued an order to the chief of police to see that all dogs are muzzled if allowed to run at large. Killed by a Mail Crane. Deadwood, S. D., Dec. 1. — While riding with his head out of the cab window of a locomotive drawing a passenger train William Ryan, travel- ing engineer on the Burlington, was hit by a mail crane and killed at Reno. Victims of Deer Hunting. Milwaukee, Dec. 1. — Casualties in the woods reported Saturday are: Henry Montgomery, shot in shoulder by unknown hunter near Granton. Hugh O'Connell of Quinness, shot in = Northwest News quartet of young bandits who for the SSSSHEHSHOHHSSHSSHSSSSHSHSOHHHHHOHHDOD eoooed COLLEGE FIRE AT JEWELL, IOWA. One Student Burned to Death and An- other Is Missing. Webster City, Iowa, Dec. 2. — The main building of the Jewell Luthcran college burned to the ground at an early hour yesterday morning. The cost of the structure was $22,000. One student is supposed to have perished and there were many narrow cscapes. Among the students who attempted to save the furniture of the building, one, Burton Maloney, son.of Ole Maloney of Rose Grove, is missing, and is sup- posed to have lost his life. The origin of the fire is unknown. The structure was insured for $12,000. Nothing was saved from the building. Later the body of Maloney was found in the Ruins. A young man named Peterson from Red Wing, Minn., is also missing, and it is feared that he perished. THREE MEN KILLED. Light Engine Overtakes Them on the Track Near Ashland. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 2—The Omaha engine which delivered the “Cabbage Patch” company in St. Paul from Ash-} land, Wis., ran over and instantly killed three men near Ashland, while returning light! The men were walk- ing away from the engine toward Ashland. Engineer Hennessy gave the usual signals to warn the men, but they apparently did not heed or care, for they gave no sign. The engineer was too 2lose to them to stop, and the accident was unavoidabie. The bodies of the men were dressed as woods- men, and there was nothing on them to establish their identity. BROTHER-IN-LAW ASSAULTED. Ralph Carr, in Jail at Deadwood, Claims Self-Defense. Deadwood, S. D., Dec. 2.—As a result of the cutting and shooting at the Homestake pumping station, Ralph Carr and Edward Davis have been brought in from Hanna by Deputy Sheriff W.L. Thompson, the former charged with deadly assault upon his brother-in-law, Henry Stokes, and the latter charged with complicity. They are both in jail. Carr is the man who stabbed Stokes three times Thursday, inflicting wounds that are of a serious character. He claims that he was act- ing entirely in self-defense. BIGGEST LOSS OF THE YEAR. Fine New Steamer Is Ashore and Fast Breaking Up. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 2. — The steel steamer J. T. Hutchinson went on the Eagle River reef at Kewenaw Point yesterday afternoon and is a total loss. She was loaded Saturday night with 190,000 bushe!s of flax by the Cargill Commission company for the National Lead company. The ship is new and was worth $300,000, The cargo was in- sured for $1.02 a bushel. The point where the vessel lies is exposed to all the winds and deep water on threc sides. The vessel is already breaking up. This is the biggest loss on the great lakes this year PIGS EAT BABY’S BODY. Mutilated Remains are Rescued by Two Boys. Stillwater, Dec. 2.—Two boys while out nutting near here discovered the body of a child which was being de- youred by pigs. They rescued the body and notified Coroner Freligh, who will hold an inquest. The body is that of a fully developed boy, but was horribly mutilated, the pigs having eaten away a part of the head and a part of the limbs. The au- thorities have decided upon a thor- ough investigation of the affair, and arrests may follow, although for the present there are no clues. DAKOTA DECREE INVALID. Divorce Secured by Temporary Resi- dent Not Recognized in lowa. Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 2. — Judge James A. Howe of the district court held that a decree granted under the Dakota diverce statutes, if it is proven the non-resident litigant resides there merely to secure a divorce, is null and void. The decision was rendered in the Fagen case, wherein a widow sued to recover her dower rights and was resisted on the ground that her hus- band had divorced her prior to his death. The court holds the Dakota decree to be invalid. SELLING MORTGAGED CATTLE. Charge Brought Against Robert Knox of Clear Lake, S. D. Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 1. — Robert Knox, a prominent farmer residing in Clear Lake township, this county, has been arrested for the second time on the charge of being implicated with Irving A. Riegel in the unlawful sale of a herd of mortgaged cattle, in which Seott & Flaaders of Sioux City were interested. Factory Burned. Belle Plaine, Minn., Dec,-2. — The large factery and warehouse of the Belle Plaine Manufacturing and Sup- ply company was burned to the ground with a total loss of $10,000; insurance, $7,000. The origin of the fire is not known. Killed by Fall From Wagon. Harris, Minn., Dec. 2.—Jesse Eck- strom was accidentally killed by fall- ing from a wagon at Stark. Eckstrom was sixteen years old and a son of the Baptist minister. tee HNEFECTIVE PARE TIMBER YIELDS HALF A MILLION. State Will Receive $600,000 on This Year's Sales. Timber sales will be held at Duluth and at Grand Rapids, from which it is estimated that the state will receive from $75,000 to $100,000. The sale at Duluth will be held at the court house on the morning of Dec. 9. The ap- praised value of the timber at this sale is approximately $50,000. The sale at Grand Rapids will be held Dec 17. The sales, which will probably be the last of the year, will make the total timber receipts for the year ex- ceed $600,000, more than twice as much as was received in any other two years in the history of Minnesota. Approximately $500,000 was realized from a sale held Oct. 21, and besides the two sales to be held the state auditor has collected large sums from firms convicted of trespassing on state lands. An idea of the increase of receipts from this songye can be obtained from the following table: Receipts. 600,000 00 The timber to be sold this month is on state lands in the northern part of the state, and will be sold because it is liable to waste by fire and windfall. Several tracts contain from 100,000 to 200,000 feet of excellent timber, includ- ing spruce, cedar, tamarack, Norway, jack and white pine and balsam. One of the largest lots to be sold at Duluth is section 8, township 57, range 20, on which the timber is appraised at $2,850. Another is section 16, town- | ship 57, range 19, on which the timber, | consisting of jack pine, cedar, spruce and tamarack, is appraised at $2,465. Other lots are: Section 16, township 62, range 22, $1,250; section 16, town- ship 61, range 18, $1,125; section 36, township 61, range 18, $1,250. The timber will be sold outright for cash, and permits will be issued allow- ing the purchaser two seasons to re- move the timber. The full amount of the bid must be paid at the time of the sale. SHORT COURSE IN DAIRYING. Ahundred young men of Minnesota are being taught how to make good butter and cheese at the state school of agriculture in a so-called short course for buttermakers.' The course has just started and will continue four weeks. The purpose of the course is to teach the best methods of making butter and cheese to those who can- not attend the farm school during the entire years. Instruction is carried on almost entirely by lectures and exper- iments. The pupils have access to a creamery at the station and the latest machinery and devices for butter and cheesemaking. One of the experiments shows how to ripen cream properly. The old way, by which two days’ cream is mixed and allowed to ripen of its own accord, is tried one day. The next cay a home-made starter is used, and the third day the operation is performed with a pure commercial starter. The three lots of butter are brought be- fore the class and scored by the pupils to show the superiority of the pure commercial starter over the home- made starter and the old way of mak- ing butter. Four lectures are given each day. Prof. T. L. Haecker lectures on milk production, feeds and feeding. B. D. White, of the state dairy and food commission, lectures on the practical side of the butter industry from the time the milk is taken from the cow until the butter is marketed. Other lecturers are: Prof. Andrew Boss, grasses, pastures and fodder; Prof. Drew, stable conveniences and silos; Prof. William Boss, engineering; Dr. H. L. Russell, dairy bacteriology; Prof. J. A. Vye, creamery bookkeeping; Prof. Harry Sfiyder, dairy chemistry. DITCH LAW GOOD. In the case of Peter C. Gaare, ap- pellant, against the Clay county com- missioners, Justice Lovely of the su- preme court, in affirming the decision of the lower court, holds: “First—Chapter 318, Laws 1897, en- titled ‘an act to create a board of state drainage commissioners and pre- scribe its duties,’ which, among other things, imposes obligations upon the board of county commissioners of the proper county to repair a state ditch; held, the law is not obnoxious to the constitutional limitation providing that no legislative enactment shall em- brace more than one subject which shall be expressed in its title. “Second — The obligation of the beard of commissioners to repair a ditch after it has been constructed by the state under the provisions of chap- ter 318, supra, does not subject the county as a municipal corporation to damages for.a neglect by such officers to perform the duties therein pre- scribed.” A sawmill to have a capacity of 50,- feet of lumber a day, and also to be equipped to manufacture shingles, will be built on the harbor front at Grand Marais, in Cook county. It is expected it will be the beginning for much new development and industrial activity. The only means of communication that Grand Marais, the county seat, has with the outside world when nav- igation is closed is by stage from Two Warbors. The distance is ninety miles and two days is required to make the trip one way. Three trips each way are made a week, starting on alternate days at the ends. s Che State Day by Day. 4 MARRIED SIXTY-ONE YEARS. Anniversary Celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson at Winona. An unusual wedding anniversary was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burroughs at Winona, when the parents of Mrs. Burroughs, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dickerson, cele- brated the sixty-first aauiversary of their wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson came to Wi- nona @ month ago to make their home with their daughter, having lived at La Crosse since 1865. Although Mr. Dickerson is eighty-five and his wife eighty-four, both have good health, al- though Mr. Dickerson is not so active as he was prior to a fall sustained two years ago. Mrs. Dickerson is a native of Herkimer county, N. Y., while Mr. Dickerson was born at Russell, Mass., which was the city in which they were married in 1842, and where they made their home prior to going to La Crosse twenty-two years later. Both are di- rectly descended from the pioneers of Massachusetts. One of Mrs. Dicker- son’s ancestors in the direct line was Elder John White, one of the colony that went from Boston to the place that is now Hartford, Conn., and laid the foundation of that city. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Dicker- son was Miss Harriet J. White. Their union resulted in the birth of nine children, seven of whom are living. Mrs. J. D. Pulis of Oakland, Cal.; J. W- Dickerson of Castle Rock, Wash.; William R. Dickerson of Kelso, Wash.; Mrs. C. W. Jenne of Minneapolis, Mrs. H. M. Edwards of La Crosse, Mrs. C. H. Burroughs of Winona, and Miss Ella D. Dickerson of Minneapolis. There are twenty-three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. TOO MANY DEER KILLED. Warden Discovers Scheme by Which Law Is Evaded. State Game Warden Fullerton has learned of a new method by which commission houses and pot-hunters are defying the game laws and secur- ing deer for sale. The law requires a hunter to hold a license before shoot- ing deer, and then he is limited to three, and holds, with the license, a tag or coupon for every deer. Commission houses buy up a num- ber of licenses through outside parties and send them to pot-hunters in Norta- ern Minnesota. These men then kill all the deer they can and ship them with the coupons attached. As the license costs but $1 each it is practi- cally no experse to the commission house. The state game and fish commis- sion, with the aid of the railroads, has found an effective means of stopping this work. Every license bears a de- scription of the man who obtains it, and the railway agent will hereafter see to it that the man who ships the game shall agree exactly with the de- scription of the license. In this way it will be almost impos- sible for the commission firms to get leenses which will serve the purpose, of the pot-hunter. Venison is being served at some of the clubs and high-priced restaurants, and seems to be readily obtainable for market uses. \ STATE BRIEFS. Michael Schonack’s barn was burned at Perham; loss about $750. Schonack was placed under arrest to await trial on the charge of arson. Waiter J. Kelly, son of James Kelly, chairman of the Lake Superior Car Service association of Duluth, was sentenced for two years in the Still- water prison for bigamy. Queen Lohr and wife and a small child were chloroformed while asleep at their home on a farm, about eight miles from Graceville on the Herman road, and $750 in cash stolen. Lundquist Brothers’ hardware store at Willmar was robbed, entrance be- ing gained by cutting a hole in a rear door and unlocking from the inside. Knives, reyolvers and razors to the value of $150 were stolen. The business men and farmers about Plainview have subscribed $10,- 000 for stock in a canning factory. A site has been secured, the contract for the building let and work has been begun toward the erection of the plant. W. W. Wright, proprietot of the ho- tel at Swan River, on the Great North- ern, was fatally injured by falling un- der the wheels of the passenger train from the West at Grand Rapids, while trying to board it for Swan River Junc- tion. A young man, probably thirty years of age, whose identity is unknown, was found dead beside the Milwaukee track in the east end of Winona. The man’s right foot was crushed, there was a bruise on his right hand and his head was injured, but aside from this he was not mutilated. Seven months ago the city of De- troit purchased the electric light plant, which had been owned by private per- sons. The report of the light and wa- ter commission, which has control of the plant, shows net earnings for those seven months of over $2,200. Jokn Schultz whose home is at Lons- dale, in Rice county, was shot and al- most instantly killed at Montgomery. He was putting his gun into the rear end of a buggy, end first, when tho hammer struck against the buggy box and the gun was discharged into his right lung. % ——