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4 ee BURNED FROM HEAD TO FOOT. Wife of Professor at Agricultural School in Critical Condition. St. Paul, March 9. — Mrs. Snyder, wife of Prof. Harry Snyder, professor, of chemistry at the school of agri- culture, was horribly burned at her home, 2090 Commonwealth avenue, yesterday afternoon, and she is said to be in a critical condition. Mrs. Snyder had cleaned a silk skirt with gasoline outside the house after din- ner, and on going into the kitchen the oil-soaked skirt caught fire as she passed close to the range. A servant was badly burned while helping to ex- tinguish the flames. Nearly all of Mrs. Snyder’s clothing was burned from her body and she was burned from head to foot. FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES. Cloudburst in the Blue Mountain Foothills Floods a Large Section. Walla Walla, Wash., March 9. — A cloudburst occurred above Dixie, in the foothills of the Blue mountains, and the ranchers along Mud creek bottom have been compelled to flee from their homes to the hills. Com- munication with Dixie and points in- tervening has been broken off. Fears are entertained for Dixie, which lies only four feet above the creek. Track- men report that the water is overflow- ing the tracks and rushing down the hills in torrents. The creek here, to which Dry creek is tributary, has risen about three feet. Ranchers along Dry créek report the water rising to an unprecedented height. BEYOND THE REACH OF LAW. Mrs. Dye Cannot Be Extradited Nor Can She Be Tried. Des Moines, Iowa, March 9.—Mrs. Sherman Dye of Boone, accused of sending poisoned candy to Miss Rena Nelson at Pierre, S. D., after eating which the latter died, cannot be ex- tradited for trial in South Dakota. Neither can she be tried in Iowa. This was the text of the decision ‘handed down by Gov. Cummins yes- terday after a consultation with At- torney General Mullan,. Gov. Cum- mins will send a message to the legis- lature recommending that the statute ‘be amended so as to provide for extra- dition in similar cases in future. BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED. Oto, lowa, Sustains a Loss of Twenty- Five Thousand Dollars. Oto, Iowa, March 9. -— The Miles’ block, consisting of an opera house, six business firms, two vacant build- ings and a meat market, were de- stroyed by fire last night. Consider- able damage was done to buildings on the opposite side of the street, and had there been any wind the whole town would have burned, as_ the waterworks played out about mid- night. The estimated loss is about $25,000. Mayor Hills and Frank O’Meara were severely burned about the hands and face by an explosion. GUILTY OF SKIN GAME. Billy Edwards Is Third Poker Artist Convicted. Duluth, March 9. — The efforts of Al J. Smith of Minneapolis, assistant United States district attorney, were not sufficient to enable Billy Ed- wards to escape punishment for swindling the young country boy out of $8 in a skin poker game. Mr. Smith appeared in the defense of Edwards. It took the jury twenty minutes to de- cide that Edwards was guilty. This makes the third of the trio that start- ed in to work Duluth something more than a year ago who has been con- victed. DRILLS AT ROAD’S END. Great Northern Apparently Interested inD, V. & R. b Duluth, Minn, March 9. — The Great Northern interests, persistent and strenuous seekers of iron ore, are now engaged at drilling in 63-19, near the new village of Ashawa, the pres- ent northern terminus of the Duluth, Virginia & Rainy Lake road. Mc- Carthy & Goodman have the contract. It is fully expected that the Great Northern, if it does not now control this road, will control it in the near future. Big Lumber Sale Made. _ Duluth, Minn., March 9.—The Vir- ginia Lumber company has sold to the -Wabash Screen Door factory of Min- neapolis 4,000,000 feet of 11-2-inch C and better Norway lumber, a deal in- volving about $100,000. It is said to be the largest deal in C and better Norway boards ever made in*the Northwest. The company’s mill is at Virginia on the Mesaba range. No contract for transporting the lumber has been made yet, but it is expected that the Great Northern, will haul it, as the mill is on that line. Boy Drowned. Lanesboro, Minn., March 9. — Leon- ard Quartstad, aged ten years, while playing on floating ice,in the river, fell in and was droweed. The body has been recovered. Killed by Falling Tree. Baraboo, Wis., March 9. — Charles Knight of Prairie du Sac did not re- turn from cutting wood at King’s cor- ner. A searching party found him at midnight with his skull crushed by a falling tree. |S cnvcecoepascnrgceban rss seneecs THE RECIPROCITY: DISCUSSION. It Is Raging in the Northwest—Argu- ments of One Side for Reciprocity With Canada. Minneapolis, Minn., March 6—The speeches in congress of certain Min- nesota and Iowa congressmen regard- ing reciprocity with Canada have aroused’ much interest in the North- west, and no topic is now more gen- erally discussed, It is probably not realized in other parts of the country how much interest is felt in this sub; ject in the Northwestern states. The arguments generally given by the ad- vocates of reciprocity with Canada may be summed up about as follows: Reciprocity with Canada would merely be a measure of that conveni- ent, happy and profitable trade ar- rangement which exists between the states and territories of the Union. There is not a state in the Union that would give up the privilege of free trade with its neighbors. The states along the northern boundary, having one frontier abutting on Canada, are in a sense deprived of the advantages other states have in being able to trade with their neighbors on all sides. But even the states which do not touch the Canadian line~ have -their area of trade much restricted by the fact that this boundary is accompa- nied by a tariff wall. The greater the volume of trade and traffic open to the enjoyment of the people of the United States the more wealth and proaner ty there will be. So long, say the advocates “of reci- procity, as the Canadian West was an uninhabited wilderness it didn’t make much difference to the people of the United States what were the tariff -re- lations between the two countries, especially as at that time there was little of any kind of produce from Canada that was wanted in this coun- try. But now that country is settling up rapidly. About a hundred thousand new settlers went in last year, and some 50,000 of these were Americans. There are nearly a million people in Western. Canada, and their trade is well worth having. They want to trade with us and we want to trade with them. Many of our manufactur- ers and wholesalers have had to estab- ‘ish branch warehouses and factories in Canada in order to get a share of this trade. It would be better by far if it could be handled directly from this side of the line. The future de- velopment of important manufactur- ing centers in Minnesota and the other boundary states depends largely upon ‘whether they are to have access to ‘the markets of Western Canada. It is well known. that great manufactur- ing centers are of much benefit to the adjacent country. A large share of American. prosper- ity has always resulted from the fact that new territory was being constant- ly opened up. This increased the de- mand for the products of the settled regions and gave opportunities for the creation of new wealth. Most of the undeveloped country left on the continent is in Canada, but the tariff to a large extent prevents people liv- ing south of the 49th parallel and the great lakes from sharing in the pros- ‘perity created by the immense devel- opment now proceeding in Western, Canada, where thousands of miles of railway are building, settlers are pour- ing in and new towns are springing up on every hand. The benefits of reci- procity would be mutual. The tariff forces the Western Canadians to pay exorbitant prices for many of their supplies, and they would like to enjoy the benefits of access to the American transportation and market systems. Then, too, there are some things that Canada produces, lumber for instance, that our consumers onght to have cheaper and could get cheaper if there were a reduced or abolished tariff. The point is made that reciprocity with Canada will hasten the popula- tion of that country and make it more attractive for American settlers. The fact is, about 50,000 Americans are now going each year into Western -Canada, and the movement cannot be | stopped. It is argued that the best thing the people of the Northwest can do is to take steps to keep the trade of these migrating brethren whom they cannot keep in person. Of course all this is combatted by those who oppose reciprocity, but these arguments are making a deep impression. SQUATTERS UNITE. Seventy Form Company to Do Their Lumbering. Duluth, March 6—Seventy squatters from the Twin Cities and other towns in Minnesota who have taken up the greater portion of an unsurveyed township in Itasca ‘county, have formed the Northern Minnesota Log and Timber company, for the purpose of marketing their pine direct, with- out having to contribute to the mid- dleman’s profit. They will put in a sawmill, cut off the timber and dis- pose of it in the open market. Storm Lake, Iowa, March 6.—John Petty, claiming to be insane, sur- rendered himself to Sheriff Parker, and asked to be taken to the hospital for the insane at Cherokee, Iowa. his reason for this action was that he feared that he would kill somebody unless restrained. Petty has been a junk dealer in this city for many years, and has been considered rather éccentric. He has an ungovernable temper, which has led him into many personal encounters, though he is known to be honest and honorable in all his business dealings. DEVELOP NEW IRON RANGE. iF District Near Brainerd Supposed to Be Rich in Ore.’ Aitkin, Crow Wing and Morrison counties, in-*é.e central part of North- ern Mifnesota, may become the cen- ter of iron mining operations as ex- tensive as those north of Duluth. Enough exploration work was done last summmer to demonstrate the ex- istence of a large body of iron ore in the district, although its character has not been determined. The ore is hard compared with that of the Mesaba range, yet not so hard as that found about Vermillion lake. The state auditor’s department last summer issued, to prospectors several leases on state lands in these coun- ties, and a rush for the new fields be- gan. Since then many leases have been issued, and scores of applica- tions for mineral prospecting leases in the district have been filed within the last few days. The leases give the right to prospect for mineral for one year, although they may be re- newed once. The first evidence that the prospec- tors deem the new discovery of enough importance to warrant extend- ed development. came a few days ago, when-two fifty-year contracts were made with the Ore Lands Mining Company of Duluth.+ The contracts cover two 160-acre tracts in section 36, township 46, range 29. The land is in the western part of Crow Wing county, about fifteen miles northeast of Brainerd and four miles south of the Northern Pacific railroad. Thé company owns much adjoining land and did some exploration work with a diamond drill last summer. The results were sufficient to justify making contracts for the~ desired state land. Leases to prospect on these lands were secured by Daniel Mudge of St. Paul on Feb. 28, 1903, and were later transferred to the mining company. The contracts are of the usual form for right to mine on state lands, and provide for a minimum rental of $100 a year for the first five years, and then for a royalty of 25 cents a ton on a minimum output of 5,000 tons per year. Many others are engaged im ex- ploring. the new district, and it is ru- mored that the United” States Steel company, whjch is known to have op- tions on a large amount of property in this district, will do much exploration work this summer. The report of the United States ge- ological survey says that the iron de- posit found north of Duluth should extend through the district that is now attracting attention. Should the new iron field prove val- uable, it will be of even more impor- tance to the state school fund than the St. Louis county ranges, as the state owns a great amount of cut- over and timber lands in the new field. MERE CHILDREN MARRY. Girl of Seventeen Become Bride of Boy of Same Age. Quite a sensation has been created at Crookston by the marriage of a youthful Crookston girl, who went West not long ago with her parents and now is living at North Yakima. The young lady, whose name is Zela Ray, became infatuated with a boy of seventeen years, her owm age. Real- izing that their parents would not con- sent to their marriage, they ran away and were secretly married and re- turned, not telling their folks. This occurred last summer. The parents of the young husband started to make arrangements to send him to school. Then he objected and said he couldn’t very well go, as he was a married man. The whole story came out and there was nothing to do for the par- ents but to give them their blessing and the wherewithal to go to house- keeping. The husband is a clerk in his father’s store. State Loses Little. Minnesota will get $33,095 insurance on the loss caused by the burning of the administration building at the state public school at Owatonna. The board of appraisers, consisting of C. H. Johnston of St. Paul and Frank G. McMillan and H. N. Leighton of Min- neapolis, adjudged the loss at this figure and reported to the state board of control. The building was insured for $50,- 000 and the contents for $7,000. The amount agreed on is what the state will receive on the building. The loss on the contents is not adjusted. Some of the furniture was saved, but a large part of it was either destroyed or ‘badly damaged by fire and water. The figure decided on by the ap- praisers will be nearly enough to re- construct thé’ building. Architect Clarence H. Johnson will commence work on the plans immediately, and the board members expect to have the building well under way this summer. Postoffice Inspector;Nolle is in Lit- tle Falls laying out the routes so that three carriers can handle the mail of the city. Postmaster Fuller will move the postoffice into new and » larger quarters immediately. Free delivery will be introduced before May 1. The question of the location of the Cass Lake postoffice has been settled. Postmaster F. W. Smith has moved the office and fixtures to the new quar- ters, adjoining the new United States land office: block. A PRIOFIT BY FLOOD, State. Farmers’ Institute Directors Give Advice on Spring Planting. Fully 400 people crowded the Meth- odist church at Jeffers in attendance of the first state farmers’ institute to be held in that section. The farmers were much interested in the work and secured much information that will be of almost inestimable benefit to them this spring. That vicinity was flooded ont last year, and the suggestions offered by Messrs. Trow, Henry and Yahnke of the institute were along the line of so planting and cultivating the land as to take advantage of the moisture in the ground and to work it to advan- tage. Mr. Trow spoke at some length on fertilization; advised spreading from the wagon as the manure is hauled; putting it on the snow in a level field, and the careful conserva- tion of all the liquid, which is mostly potash. He advocated getting the fer- tilizer in the fields as sou as it is taken from the barns, using about thirty-five loads to two acres of land by spreading thin. While fresh the materials in the fertilizer soak into the soil evenly, instead of being washed away. In the old way of put- ting it in heaps, letting it lie all win- ter and spreading in the spring, most of the fertilizing went into spots where the heaps lay. Mr. Henry gave the farmers many valuable pointers on preparing their ground for corn and on the selection of seed. He advised planting as soon as possible in the spring, by the 8th or 10th of May, at least. Early planted corn will run more to the ear and later planted corn more to fodder corn. Corn naturally includes hog raising, in which Mr. Henry is an expert, and he urged the use of ma- ture sows and barrows, cleanness in the pen, and plenty of pasture room. Ashes and dirt with a little salt in it, he said, should be placed where the hogs can get at it, sparingly, but whenever they desire to do so. This, he said, would prevent them from rooting. Frank Yahnke of Winona, an old experienced fruit grower, asserted that the farmers there can grow as good apples as anywhere in the state. All they need is a good wind break on the south ‘side of the orchard. Trees'that have been twice trans- planted and are not ess that two or three years old should be set out. They should be well cultivated the first two or three years and mulched in the fall. Mr. Trow took up the dairying ques- tion quite extensively, as the farmers here, are just completing a $3,500 creamery. He urged them to employ a good, competent buttermaker and to put cleanliness ahead of everything else. He advised them to put in silos for ensilage just as soon as they can. NOT AS BRIGADE ORGANIZATION. Guardsmen’s Visit to St. Louis Up in the Air. The national guard of the state will probably go into camp at Lake City as usual this year. For two years the organizations have been looking for- ward to a trip to St. Louis this year as a brigade, instead of holding the annual encampments, and should they not go as such there will be some disappointment. The trip had been promised and many companies pro- ceeded to recruit on the strength of it. The matter was left in the hands of | the executive committee with power to act, but nothing further has been done, and it'is now generally con- ceded that the trip will not be at- tempted as a brigade organization, al- though there is nothing to prevent the individual organizations from going if they can provide ways and means. It is said that thdse in a position to know what the undertaking means have discouraged it for some time, and already many captains have ad- vised their companies to forego any plans that might be brewing. One argument advanced against the jaunt is that it will be detrimental to military discipline. Several states which have been figuring on like undertakings have dropped them entirely after making a full investigation, and Minnesota is more than likely to follow their ex- ample, according to the views of a prominent officer who recently visited Lake City. Several companies are preparing to make the trip separately. G. E. Erickson of Argyle has _ re- ceived an appointment from the gov- ernor to serve on the commission to investigate charges against County Attorney Carr for irregularities in connection with ditch contracts. The commission meets at Warren on the 8th. The other member is Julius J. Olson of Warren. Representatives of the proposed electric railway between Anoka and Minneapolis were in Anoka recently conferring with the commissioners, endeavoring to secure permission to cross the Mississippi bridge. It will cost $6,000 to $10,000 to make the bridge strong enough for that pur- pose. John Hutchinson has purchased the interest heretofore owned by the heirs of the late Senator Stockton in the Faribault furniture factory and roller mills. ‘Washington, March 2.—The senate yesterday passed the bill requiring the use of American vessels in transport- ing government supplies and took up the bill prohibiting the use of other than American vessels in shipping merchandise to the Philippines and relieving the interisland trade of the Philippines from the exactions of the coastwise laws of the United States. The first mentioned requirement of the latter bill is already in force, in effect, but this measure enacts it in different form. The bill now pending as introduced provides that it shall go into effect July 1 next, but the Democrats sought to have the time de- ferred. Their suggestion was not accepted, but Mr. Lodge, in charge of the measure, indicated a willingness to postpone the time for a year. The senate adjourned, however, without acting on either the bill or the amend- ment. Washington, March 4.—In the house yesterday a letter from Grover Cleve- land, to Representative Webb of North Carolina, denying that J. H. Taylor, a negro, had dined with him at the White House while he was president, as charged by Representa- tive Scott of Kansas a few days ago. Mr. Scott promptly offered his apol- ogy to the former president, saying he never before had heard the state- ment which he had made denied. A discussion of the race question fol- lowed, during which Mr. Williams, the minority leader, criticised President Roosevelt for having invited Booker T. Washington to a seat at his table. The house passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill and took up the Indian appropriation bill. For almost four hours yesterday the ‘senate while technically engaged on the naval appropriation bill discussed a wide range of subjects, including the policy of the United States in the Philippines and Russo-Japanese war. Washington, March 5.—The house yesterday had under consideration the Indian appropriation bill, the reading of which for the purpose of amend- ment was pending on adjournment. During the general debate on the Dill Mr. Martin, a Republican member from South Dakota, addressed the house on his resolution directing the secretary of commerce and labor to investigate the causes of the differ- ences which exist between the cost of live and dressed meat. He prefaced his statements with a high tribute to Attorney General Knox and by say- ing that he was not one who went into hysteria on. hearing the word trust. But while this was true, he believed that if a monopoly exists in one of the big food products, it should be investigated by the department of commerce and labor. The contro- verted features in the Indian bill went over until to-day. Practically the entire time of the sente yesterday was given to consid- eration of the question of the selec- tion of a site for a naval training sta- tion on the Great Lakes. Most of the senators from states bordering on the lakes participated in the discussion. Washington, March 8.—The senate yesterday passed the naval appropria- tion bill which has been before it for the past four or five days, and then took up the army bill. The principal question debated in connection with the naval bill related to the price and ' method of supplying armor plate for battleships, and it grew out of an amendment suggested by Mr. Patter- son providing for a government ar- mor plant. He ultimately withdrew the amendment, but offered several others, all of which were laid on the table. d Postal affairs engrossed the atten- tion of the house yesterday practical- ly to the exclusion of all else. The subject was introduced by Mr. Over- street, chairman of the committee on postoffices and post roads, who sub- mitteed the report of that committee on the Hay resolution calling for cer- tain information regarding the use of “influence” by members of the house to secure increase in salary of post- masters. The postoffice appropriation pill was then taken up and Mr. Moon (Dem., Tenn.), the ranking minority member of the postoffice committee, arraigned the present system em- ployed in the postoffice department, dnd made an appeal for a general in- vestigation of the affairs of the de- partment. Without debate the house unanimously adopted the resolution of Mr. Martin (Rep., S. D.) directing the secretary of commerce and labor to investigate the causes for the dif- ferences which exist between live cat- tle and dressed beef. Killed by Circular Saw. Greenfield, Iown, March 9.—Joseph Jenkins, a prosperous farmer, was instantly kilied by the bursting of a circular saw, a fragment striking him above the left eye. Mr. Jenkins was thirty-five years old and married. Half a Million Lost. Lima, Peru, March 9. — It is esti- mated that the damage caused by the earthquake on Friday will amount to $500,000 in this city alone. Reports from other cities have not been re- ceived. New Berth for Dr. Millspaugh. Los Angeles, Cal., March 9.—Dr. J. T. Millspaugh of tne Winona (Minn.) normal school was yesterday chosen president of the ‘os Angeles state normal school by the board of direc- tors. Farming Very Successful. By Western or Northwest Canada is usually meant the great agricultural country west of Ontario, and north of Minnesota, North Dakota, and Mon- tana. Part of it is agricultural prairie, treeless in places, park like in others, part is genuine plains, well adapted to cattle ranches; part requires irriga- tion for successful tillage, most of it does not. The political divisions of this region are the Province of Mani- toba and the territorial district of As- siniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Athabaska. At present, however, the latter is too remote for immediate practical purposes. The general character of the soil of Western Canada is a rich, black, clay loam with a clay subsoil. Such a soil is particularly rich in food for the wheat plant. The subsoil is a clay, which retains the winter frost until it is thawed out by the warm rays of the sun and drawn upward to stimu- late the growth of the young wheat, so that even in dry seasons wheat is a good crop. The clay soil also retains the heat of the sun later in the sum- mer and assists in the early ripening of the grain. It is claimed that cul- tivation has the effect of increasing the temperature of the soil several degrees, as well as the air above it. Western Canada climate is good— cold in winter, hot in summer, but with cool nights, Violent storms of any kind are rare. The rainfall is not ‘heavy. It varies with places, but aver- ages about 17 inches. It falls usually at the time the growing crops need it. The Department of the Interior, Ot- tawa, Canada, has agents established at different points throughout the United States who will be pleased to forward an Atlas of Western Canada and give such other information as to railway rate, etc., as may be required. That agriculture in Western Canada pays is shown by the number of testi- monials given by farmers. The folk lowing is an extract made from a let ter from a farmer near Moose Jaw: “At the present time I own sixteen hundred acres of land, fifty horses and a large pasture fenced containing a thousand acres. These horses run out all winter and come in in the spring quite fat. A man with money judi- ciously expended will make a compe- tence very shortly. I consider in the last six years the increase in the value of my land has netted me forty thousand dollars.” A Clever Retort. Dean Farrar, soon after he went to St. Margaret’s, Westminster, was din- ing at Prof. Jowett’s, and toward des- sert took up the parable against Dives. His voice rose higher and higher, he spread silence about him and was heard thundering out: “What I com- plain of as a clergyman is tnat | have to do what no layman has to do. I have to beg and beg in vain. Fash- ionable ladies come to my church, glittering with precious gems, and yet they will not sacrifice one diamonc from their grand tiaras in order to save some erring sister from destruc- tion.” When he finished, the silence grew sultry. All the hearers looked gloomily at their plates. Then Jow- ett, who had been looking as though he meant mischief, squeaked out: “What I object to as a clergyman is that I have to exaggerate so.”—St. James Gazette. That Much Settled. “They have called two doctors in for cdhsultation.” “And do the doctors agree?” “I believe they have agreed upon the price.”—Philadelphia Ledger. Poor Woman. She—I never hear a word of gossip at my club. He—What an affliction! She—Affliction? He—Yes; I never knew you were deaf.—New York Times. ON A RANCH. Woman Found the Food That Fitted Her. A newspaper woman went out to a Colorado ranch to rest and recuperate and her experience with the food probably is worth recounting. “The woman at the ranch was pre- eminently the worst housekeeper I have ever known—poor soul, and poor me! “I simply had to have food good and plenty of it, for I had broken down from overwork and was so weak I could not sit up over one hour at a time. I knew I could not get well unless I secured food I could easily di- gest and that would supply the great- est amount of nourishment. “One day I obtained permission to go through the pantry and see what I could find. Among other things I came across a package of Grape-Nuts which I had heard of but never tried. I read the description on the package and became deeply interested, so then and there I got a saucer and some cream and tried the famous food. “It tastéd delicious to me and seemed to freshen and strengthen me greatly, so I stipulated that Grape- Nuts and cream be provided each day instead of other food, and I literally lived on Grape-Nuts and cream for two or three months. “If you could have seen how fast I got well it would have pleased and surprised you. I am now perfectly well and strong again and know ex- actly how I got well and that was on Grape-Nuts that furnished me a pow- erful food I could digest and make use of. “It seems to me no brain worker can afford to overlook Grape-Nuts after my experience.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the miniature book, “The Road to Wellville,” in each pkg.