Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 19, 1904, Page 3

POLICY SHOPS INFEST CITY. Gambling Fever Seizes All Classes at Des Moines. Des Moines, Iowa, March 15.—The gambling fever has seized Des Moines’ and business and professional men, so-' ciety women, clerks, stenographers' and newsboys are dabbling in the “policy” game, which is being run openly throughout the business dis- tricts. Three shops have already been’ opened and the wheel is being rolled from three to five times a day. The city administration, which is just re- tiring from office, for some reason has not frowned upon the play. Solicitors are working throughout the entire city and the sale of tickets on the games is sometimes immense. The innovation has caught many, and the small bettings with many chances are being poured into the gamblers’ tills by girls from behind the counters, in stenographic positions and other avo- cations. It is even claimed that the fever has spread among the house-; holds on Grand avenue and other prominent residence districts and that' some of the women are going in heav-: ily. POSTAL ORDER TAMPERED. fowa Farm Hand Arrested, Accused ct Pitiful Attempt to Be Bad. Sioux City, Iowa, March 15.—An al leged attempt to bunco the United States government out of $72 has landed Richard Carey, a young farm hand who has lived near Nemeha, Iowa, behind the bars of the Sioux City jail, awaiting action by the fed- eral grand jury. Carey paid $8 for a money order at Nemeha and then, it is said, attempted to raise it to an $80 order by placing a cipher after the figure 8. He sent the order to a Chi- cago firm to purchase an $80 shotgun. The firm discovered the written words “Eight dollars,” and wrote to Carey requesting $72 more, which he prompt- ly sent. The doctored order. was turned over to the authorities and Carey was arrested. FIGHT OF RIVAL COMPANIES. Electric Lines in lowa Struggling for Rights of Way. Iowa Ciay, Iowa, March 15.—An ex- citing contest ‘is being waged here be- tween two rival companies for the possession of the right of way for an electric line between here and Musca- tine. The Iowa City, Davenport & Muscatine Electric Railroad company has been making surveys and has se- cured rights and franchises. A new company, the Eastern Iowa Railroad company, has started, and already se- cured options on a great deal of land along the route of the old company. There is some question about the or- ganization of the new company, but it is proving an annoying rival to the older one, which expected to be run- ning cars in sixty days. FIRE CHIEF HIT BY WALL. Big Blaze at Ripon, Wis., Causes $50,- 000 Loss. Ripon, Wis., March 15. — A $50,000 fire occurred here Saturday morning and Chief R. A. Brauer of this city, who, with a company of Oshkosh fire- men, came to the assistance of Ripon, was struck by falling walls and seri- ously hurt. The fire started in the old ‘Tremont house and involved the fol- lowing: Pedrick hall, Bucholt’s gro- cery store, Everz’s shoe store, gas and water office, Commonwealth newspa- per plamt, Fair dry goods store and Masonic hall. At 9 o’clock the fire was under control. The property is fairly well insured. ‘ QUAFFS NITROGLYCERIN. Explosive Left by Burglars Kills Im- biber. Hill City, S. D., March 15.—A quan- tity of nitroglycerin that had been left by burglars after blowing the safe in Robert McNish’s saloon here, was swallowed by Patrick O’Connor, from the effects of which he died a few minutes later. He thought the stuff was whisky. The safe in the sa- loon was blown several times during the night, but the robbers evidently became discouraged, for they failed to reach its contents. The cash register was robbed of about $60. ACCEPTS BANKER’S PLAN. Creditor of Livingston Quackenbush Meet at Le Sueur. Le Sueur, Minn., March 15.—An in- formal meeting was held here Satur- day by the creditors of the insolvent banker, Livingston Quackenbush, at which about 300 persons were present, representing the greater portion of the $114,000 indebtedness. It was agreed to accept the proposition made by Mr. Quackenbush to pay out 50 per cent of the claims and he will make an effort on his part to furnish a good bond for ‘this amount. STROKE OF WOMEN’S CREW. Wisconsin Girl Honored at Wellesley University. , Monroe, Wis., March 15.—Miss Hat- tie Ludlow of this city has been chosen stroke of the Wellesley fresh- ‘man crew. Her family is prominent and wealthy. She was graduated from the Monroe high school with the class of 1902 and spent a year in the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, going to Wellesley last fall. She is an attractive brunette, (who has always been partial te out- ‘door life and sports. FINDS NO BRIDE AT ALTAR. Mystery Surrounds Girl’s Flight on Train. La Crosse, Wis., March 16.—Attired in his best clothes and with a mar- riage license in his possession, Charles Scofield, a baker, accompa- nied by his groomsmen, went to the home of Miss Marie Albert, his fiancee, to wed her. The hour had been set and the guests invited. When Scofield arrived the bride had flown. Her parents could not explain her ab- sence. Upon investigation Scofield discovered his bride-to-be had left La Crosse on a noon train for an un- known destination. The couple were evidently deeply in love, and the strange culmination of their romance cannot be understood by their friends. TEACHERS SWINDLED. Two Oily Strangers Clear Up $2,300 on Notes and Take Flight. Ames, Iowa, March 16.—What prom- ises to prove an extensive swindle came to light here. Two silver- tongued men secured signatures of 200 county teachers to notes for the pay- ment of a membership in a summer school to be held in Ames by the Na- tional Reading club next summer. The members were to receive ten books besides a course of studies. A smooth agent secured the confidence of County Superintendent Weltz, who was used in deceiving their victims. The swindlers discounted the notes at the banks, clearing up $2.300, and de- camped. The swindle was first dis- closed when it was found the notes were altered from a year to thirty-day notes. DIES IN FARMHOUSE FIRE. Farmer Apparently Was Trying to Quench Flames When Burned. Grand Forks, N. D., March 16.—The farmhouse on the Johnson farm, three miles north of Grafton, was burned yesterday morning, and Charles An- derson, the only occupant, lost his life, his charred bones being found in the ruins. There are no near neigh- bors, and no one knows the cause of the fire or of the man’s death, but it is assumed that Anderson had built a fire and after going to the barn to feed the stock, discovered the house in flames, and lost his life trying to quench the fire. He was a single man. SAYS HE SHOT FATHER. Lad Claims Parent Attacked Him With Cant-Hook. Eau Claire, Wis., March 16. — Ver- non Wieske, aged. eighteen years, ad- mitted on the witness stand yester- day that he killed his father in the latter's house near Augusta, but claims he acted in self-defense. He says his father attacked him with a cant-hook and that he, the accused, shot his father and dragged the body into the house, which was on fire, and then blew up the building with dyna- mite. The son was held for murder at the close of the examination. LELAND’S THIRD TRIAL. Duluth Banker Being Tried on a New Complaint. Duluth, Minn., March 16.—The third trial of Charles F. Leland, owner of the defunct Commercial Banking com- pany, on the charge of receiving money for deposit when he knew he was insolvent, was begun yesterday. This case will be tried on another count than that used in the two other trials. There is little difference, how- ever, being merely a different com- plainant. Four jurors were accepted yesterday. This work is slow. CAPT. R. A. SMITH DIES. Known Lake Navigator Suc- cumbs After Operation. Duluth, Minn., March 16. — Capt. Robert A. Smith of Duluth died yes- terday in a hospital in Chicago. He was about forty-five years of age, and was a weil known lake man owing to his having been master of the whale- back passenger steamer Christopher Columbus for the past ten years, and as a member of the Duluth Dredge and Dock company. The cause of death is not know%, but followed an operation. Well PRESIDENT SPEAKS PLAINLY. Denies Pardon and Says Man’s Con- dition Has Been Misrepresented. Washington, March 16. — President Roosevelt has refused the application for pardon of James McCabe of Be- midji, who was convicted of selling liquor to Indians. In his notation on the case the president says that there have been representations made to him regarding the physical condition of McCabe that are not warranted by the facts. _—— ee Extradition Bill Is Up. Des Moines, Iowa, March 16.—The bill to permit the extradition of Mrs. Dye, accused of sending poisoned candy to Miss Nelson at Pierre, was introduced in both houses yesterday and probably will pass to-day. Votes Down Lighting Scheme. Sparta, Wis., March 16.—At a spe- cial election yesterday the proposition that Sparta erect and operate a light- ing plant was voted down by 65 ma- jority and the present system will stay. ulary of her class in English compo- sition, asked each member of it to write a sentence containing synonyms of the word “ran” and “tale.” One little fellow having laboriously looked up the definitions in his small dic tionary, submitted the following high- ly descriptive result: ' “A dog trickled down the street with a tin can tied to his narrative.”— Brooklyn Eagle. When Greek Meets Greek. “TI was taken in last night,” said the first footpad. “Get pinched?” asked the second. “No,” is the scornful answer. “Think I don’t know the cops better than that? It was this way: I held up a guy and took his leather and ticker away from him, and the first thing I knew he was talking about how dan- gerous my work was and how Iought to provide for the future, and blow me if he didn’t get me to sign an applica- tion for life insurance and give him all the money I had collected during the evening as a first payment on the policy.” —Judge. Joint Affliction. ‘When the Halliday twins were ba- bies their mother always referred to them collectively. This was natural enough, for they shared everything from their baby carriage to chicken pox. As they grew a little older, however, there were slight differences between Elnora and Eudora, but Mrs. Halliday took no account of them. When they had reached the age of seven she still referred to them in a way that struck casual listeners as amusing. “Where are Elnora and Eudora?” asked a cousin, who had come to spend the afternoon. “The twins have gone with their father to have one of their teeth out,” said Mrs. Halliday, calmly.—yYouth’s Companion. This Is Miraculous. Manhattan, Kans., March 14.—One of the strangest cases that has ever fbeen heard of in Riley Co. is that of the three-year-old daughter of Mr. Jonas Brubaker of this place. Some time ago the little girl took whooping cough, which was followed by pneumonia. When the pneumonia left her she was taken down with malaira fever with at times symptoms of Spinal Meningitis. The family doctor brought her safe- ly through these troubles, but after the fever Bright’s Disease set in and the doctors gave her up. Her father tells the rest of the story: “We began to give her Dodd’s Kid- ney Pills and after she had taken about three and a half boxes she was entirely cured. Now she is as well as any child, running and playing as if nothing had ever been the matter with her. The doctors said she was beyond the reach of medicine. Dodd’s Kidney Pills certainly saved our lit- tle girl’s life when she was so far into the chronic stage of Bright’s Disease that we thought nothing could save her.” WOMEN SELL AUTOS. Many In High Society in England Are Agents for Them. The automobile business has opened a new field for the impecunious won- an in high society in England, and many are making much money acting as agents for the various makes of machines. A certain woman of title is known to have sold, within six months, five high-power cars and four- teen smaller ones, and made in com- mfssions about $15,000. Thete was no trouble in making the transaction, for Til she had to do was to tell her wealthy friends that her car was the best on the market, and give her cara to the intending purchaser, to be pre- sented to the maker. Some of the smart women make ad- ditional profits by selling the cars placed at their disposal on the spot for $500 more than the regular price, and then paying for the machines so sold, at their leisure, at the regular price, less the commission—Londop Cable. PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. John Anderson, Little Falls, Minn., bob-sled; John Casey, Casey, Minn., anti-kicker for cows; George Kellogg, Grand Forks, N. D., car door; Roland Knapp, Minneapolis, Minn., steam con- denser; Francis A. Nolan, St. Paul, Minn., trolley replacer; Peter Orth, Menno, S. D., tongs or clamp; Charles Sharood, St. Paul, Minn., shoe; Edwin C. Washburn, Minneapolis, Minn., draft rigging for cars. Lothrop & Johnson, patent lawyers, 911 and 912 Pioneer Press Bldg., St. Paul. Wisdom of College Students. A little flattery, like a little lie, is too valuable to use indiscriminately. Fortunes may be told by cards, but they are more often lost by them. Every woman has two friends—one who tells her secrets, and one to whom she tells secrets. There is a considerable difference between thinking a lot of yourself and thinking of yourself a lot. Many people find themselves in the ranks of the also-rans in their efforts to keep up with their running ex- penses.—Pennsylvania Punch Bowl. As It May Be. Friend—You don’t expect to get that murderer off, do you? Great Lawyer—Certainly. “Why, the evidence against him is complete. He has been a thief all his life, and, in fact, is notorious as the worst man in his district.” “That’s it—that’s it. His record is so bad that J can easily prove him dnsane.”—Cass4jl’s London Journal, Day by Day. | The State WOULD TEACH BUT CAN’T SPELL. Shy in Arithmetic Also, and Composi- tion and History. More than 60 per cent of the 4,811 applicants for state teachers’ certifi- cates failed to pass the recent exam- ination held under the direction of the state superintendent of public instruc- tion. In some counties as high as 78 and 82 per cent of the applicants the counties did not secure certifi- cates. The exact percentage of those that passed is 39.95. Many of those that did not get the required mark were remarkably de- ficient branches, such as_ spelling, arithme- tic, composition and history. This is borne out by the fact that of 2,157 who took the examination for second grade certificates, only 791, a trifle over one- third, passed. Of 530 applicants for first grade certificates, 221 failed to se- cure the required mark. Conditional first grade certificates were issued to 93 applicants and conditional second grade certificates to 613. The total number of papers examined was 30,- 311, The failure of so large a percentage in the state examinations caused con- siderable comment in the last meeting of the Minnesota Educational assogia- tion, and several methods of remedy- ing the difficulty were discussed. Sev- eral educators expressed the opinion that the trouble was caused by inef- ficiency of the rural schools and lack of proper supervision. The officials of the department o f public instruction say that the percentage of failures is gradually decreasing, 711-2 per cent having failed a year ago. A table of the number of certificates issued in each county and the per- centage of failures follow: Certifi- Per- cates centage . Issued. Failed. Aitkin ... eel 64.51 Anoka . al 57.69 Becker . 1 ‘78. Beltrami Benton Rig Ston Blue Earth Brown ... Carlton Carver . Cass ... Cook Cottonwood Douglas Faribault Fillmore . Freeborn . Goodhue Houston . Hubbard . Isanti Itasca Jackson Kanabeec . Kandiyohi ints NeEBNRBEe SoU SBRBaa ast Martin . Meeker .. Mille Laes . Morrison . Murray Mower . Nicollet Nobles . Norman Olmsted . Otter Tail Pine ... Pipeston Polk Pope . Ramsey . Red Lake Redwood . Renville Rice . Rock . Roseau . St. Louis Scott .... Sherburne Sibley Stearn: Steele Stevens Swift .. Todd Traverse . Wabasha Wadena Waseca Washington Watonwan . Wilkin . Winona Wright . Yellow CHOOSING SCHOOL LANDS. State Auditor’s Representatives Are at Work at Duluth. Representatives of the state audi- tor’s office are at Duluth making prep- arations to select for the state nearly 90,000 acres of school lands, which are to be taken in lieu of school sections in lieu of school sections included in the various Indian reservations in Minnesota. Their visit is simply for the purpose of looking over some of the territory and the actual choice will be made after an examination of the plate in the Duluth land office. The auditor’s office is represented in this mission by S. E. Atkins, the land clerk, and Claude Brown, his as- sistant. It is thought that the total amount will be little short of 100,000 acres. The present selections which are being made are as a rule’small tracts, for the reason that there are few un- broken sections remaining. —__— Three Men Killed. Joplin, Mo., March 16.—A Southern freight train was derailed six miles south of here while running at a rapid rate down the Saginaw hill. Three men were killed, three injured and seventeen cars demolished. Quits Dawes Commission. Muskogee, Ind. T., March 16.—It is rumored here that W. E. Stanley, ex- governor of Kansas, has forwarded his resignation as a member of the Dawes commission to the secretary of the interior. | failed, and more than.half in nearly all + in some of the common | INSURE 'VARSITY. MEN. Petition for Establishment of a Sick Benefit Fund Is Circulated. A petition addressed to the faculty committee on student health has been put in circulation at the university. It called attention to the growing de- mand among the students for some system of sick benefit insurance, and asked that the committee take some action, either through the faculty or in @ recommendation to the regents, which might result in the establish- ment of a fund for this purpose. The scheme was outlined in the pe tition as follows: First—Fifty cents a semester to be set apart from the registration fees of each student for a sick benefit fund. Second—The appointment of a fac- ulty and student committee to admin- ister this fund. Third—The payment from this fund of the hospital charges and doctor’s fees of all students who need medical assistance or treatment. Fourth—The maintenance, if advis- able, of a university physician at the expense of this fund, to give medical advice and treatment gratis to all uni- versity students and look after the sanitary condition of the university. This petition is the result of a sug- gestion of Dr. F. L. McVey, and as soon as a sufficient number of signa- tures is obtained he will present it to the committee and explain the plan to them in detail. FORM FARM EXCHANGE. Articles, Constitution and By-Laws Adopted—Capitalized at $500,000. Twenty-five farmers interested in the Minnesota Farmers’ Exchange met at the state capitol and adopted a constitution and by-laws and articles of incorporation. The capital stock of the exchange will be $500,000, divided into 25,000 shares of $20 a share. The limit of in- debtedness is fixed at 50 per cent of the stock issued. The sessions were occupied by dis- succions of the constitution. The pur- pose of the exchange is to act as the farmers’ commission man and broker, thus avoiding the payments of com- missions to regular merchants. It is authorized to deal in all kinds of farm and dairy products, own real estate, operate elevators and flour mills, buy and sell agricultural implements and such other merchandise as the farm- ers sell or consume. The exchange will operate through a central office at St. Paul and will be composed of numerous county organ- izations, which will subscribe for stock. The exchange will as soon as practicable build large terminal ele- vators in Minneapolis and Duluth. TAXES FROM COUNTIES. Nine Have Reported to the State Auditor. The state auditor has received March collections from nine counties. The state’s share of the total taxes is 2.73 mills, .2 of a mill more than a years ago, owing to the special levy of $250,000 for the state school of agri- culture. The counties that have re- ported follow: Total State’s Collections. Share. Brown ..........-$34,103 39 $3,756 89 Cottonwood - 30,29019 3,45456 McLeod . . 37,75269 3,618 15 Meeker . + 29,21946 3,856 82 Nicollet . + 2821063 3,506 82 Renville ... + 49,80763 6,039 03 Stevens . + 28,978 48 3,187 75 Traverse + 22,281 21 2,480 23 Wilkin .... +. 27,08102 2,855 70 Foca AENY PEP tases SYSTEMATIC UNTIL DEATH. Man Arranges Affairs Carefully and » Then Kills Himself. With scroupulous thoughtfulness and consideration Gottlieb Miller of Pine Island made his arrangements, set his business in order and then committed suicide in a fit of despond- ency. His will was found on his desk, with the combination to his safe. His books were posted and accounts closed. He went home for the night, got up in the morning and attended to the furnace and then shot himself. He was about sixty years old, and leaves a wife and several children. His affairs seem to be in good order, and he was rated at about $50,000. He was village treasurer, a Mason and Odd Fellow and member of the G. A. R. First in the State. The Hutchinson Produce company of Hutchinson has imported direct from Denmark two Busch pasteurizing machines for use in its Hutchinson and Winstead creameries, and they are the only ones of foreign make in use in the state. The freight from Al- borg, Denmark, to New York was $5.09; from New York to Hutchinson, $28.80, and the duty was $41.85. They will be given a careful test in competi- tion with American-made pasteurizers. THINK WOLVES ATE LOST MAN. Homesteader Near Beaver Bay Has Been Missing Four Months. Duluth, March 14.—Joseph Sykes, a homesteader near Beaver Bay, has mysteriously disappeared. Sykes, who is a bachelor, has been missing four months. One theory is that he has been killed by wolves. He was supposed to have come to Duluth when he left his cabin four months ago, but it is believed he did not reach here. DEFECTIVE PAGE Its Grain Fields. Po ages ig Ranching Lands. Dairying Resources: The Editor of the Wisconsin Agri- culturist, who was one of a party of editors of agricultural papers who took a trip through Canada during the past spring, writes to his paper in the following strain. The reason of his visiting Canada was to satisfy himself that the reports coming to his paper regarding the wonderful resources of that country were accurate. In view of the wonder- ful settlement that was going on there, many from this country crossing the line in search of permanent homes and in view of what he had heard in regard to conditions of soil, water, cli- mate, topography, fuel, grasses, rain- fall, markets, etc., and also the influ- ence which these have had on the present and future of agriculture, he deemed it necessary to make an ex- tended trip through all of the above territory. In speaking of the Province of Mant toba, he says: “The province of Manitoba com- prises within its limits the far-famed grain-growing valleys of the Assint- boine and Red rivers. Although called the Prairie Province of Canada, Mani- toba has large areas of forests, numer- ous rivers and vast water expansions. “The soil ig a rich, deep, mould, or loam, resting on a deep clay subsoil. It is well adapted to wheat-growing, giving a bountiful yield of the finest quality, known the world over as No. 1 hard wheat. During the past ten years the growth of wheat and other grains has steadily increased, until now the production, by 35,000 farmers, reaches over 100,000,000 bushels. Of the 23,000,000 arable acres in Mani- toba, probably not one-half of it is oc- cupied. Cultivated grasses yield about two tons per acre and native.grasses a ton and a half. “There can be no question but that dairying will become a great industry, throughout the Northwest, and espe cially cheese-making, as the climate is favorable and similar to that of On-+ tario. “Crops grown are wheat, barley, oats, flax, rye, peas, corn for fodder, brome, potatoes, roots, etc. The soil is very fertile and moisture ample. The climate is good and the growing season, while not quite so long as in Wisconsin, matures crops as the sun shines much longer, rising about 4 o’clock and shines until about 9 at night. One can easily read a news- paper at 10 p.m. The long days make growth fast and push crops to matur- ity ahead of frost. “The ranching, the wheat-growing and the mixed farming belts all cross over Assiniboia. The yield and the quality of wheat raised along the main line of the Canadian Pacific railway, at such places as Indian Head and its allied districts, have become famous. Its possibilities are shown by the averages of tests made at the experi- mental farm in 1902, when eleven va- rieties of the most suitable wheat, sown on April the 19th, were cut in 130 days and yielded 4,314 pounds of straw and 43 bushels and 2 pounds of grain per acre. Its mixed farming area is excellent, its range cattle, horses and sheep are the equals of any seen in the Northwest, and its treeless portion is underlaid with coal. The town of Medicine Hat is heated and illuminated with natural gas. There are abundant deposits of brick, pottery and fire clays.” Agents of the Canadian Government will be pleased to mail an Atlas to any one interested and also all other in- formation regarding railway rates, etc. Chicago Heraldry. “Have you a coat of arms?” “Not yet. We tried two or three, but the drawing seemed to us too um natural.”—Chicago Post. 80 Bu. Macaron! Wheat Per A. Introduced by the U. S. Dept. of Agr. It is a tremendous cropper, yielding in good land 80 bu. per acre, and on dry, arid lands, such as are found in Mont., Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo., etc., it will yield from 40 to 60 bu. This Wheat and Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus Inermis and _ Billion Dollar Grass, makes it possible to grow and fatten hogs and cattle wherever soil is found. JUST SEND 10c AND THIS NOTICB to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and they will send you free a sample of this Wheat and other farm seeds, together with their great catalog, alone worth $100.00 to any wide-awake farmer. (W. N. U.) Police Act on the Theory. “A man is taken for what he is and what he does,” says young Mr. Rock- efeller. Every policeman who makes an arrest goes on that theory.—Wash- ington Post. DISTEMPER. Any case at any age quickly cured and all others “exposed” kept from having the disease, with Spohn's Liquid iper Compound. Such horsemen as Doble, Marvin, Geers and McHenry use it. Every bottle guaranteed. Bottle. 50c; doz- en, %. Any druggist, or order from laboratory. Agents wanted. Spohn Medical Co., Goshen,Ind. A hundred men may make an en campment, but it takes a woman to make a home. There is no virtue in hearing two sermons if you do not practice either of them. You can do. your dyeing in half an hour with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. When a man speaks the language of hell he proclaims his nativity. No man can be flattered on the feast that spells famine to another. si the d Warks Of the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. 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