Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 21, 1904, Page 4

> wee = “ SULLY BITES DUST NOTORIOUS DESPERADO AND LEADER OF CATTLE RUSTLERS 1S NO MORE. FALLS IN A RUNNING FIGHT FOR YEARS HAS BEEN TERROR OF THE ROSEBUD COUNTRY IN SOUTH DAKOTA. Chamberlain, S. D., May 18.—The no- torious desperado, Jack Sully, who for many years has been the terror of the Rosebud country, is no more. In a running fight with officers on the Rosebud reservation yesterday morning he was killed, many bullets finding lodgment in his body, while the horse upon which he attempted to make his escape also shared the fate of its master. Tlfe circumstances lead- ing up to the tragic end are these: A week or ten days ago Sully stole a bunch of nearly 200 cattle belonging to various neighboring ranchers. He took a bunch of seventy-four down across the Nebraska line and sold them for $20 a head, receiving half cash and half paper. Soon after Brand Inspeetor Long Got Track of the Cattle, and, accompanied by their owners, Harry Ham and Hugo Schilling, recov: ered them and returned them to the hhome range. As a result of the exploit United States Commissioner Tidrick of this city on Sunday morning sent out Dep- uty United States Marshal Petrie, Brand Inspector Long, Sheriff Irish of Brule county, Deputy Sheriff Jesse Brown of Lyman county and Harry Ham to bring in Sully dead of alive. They found Sully at his home near Black Bird’s Island yesterday morning and attempted to make the arrest. Sully was ordered to surrender, but with a defiant taunt he made a break for his horse, spring upon his back and made a break for liberty. For a time a running fire was main- tained between the two parties, but the pursuers easily proved the victors. Sully’s horse Was Hit Five Times and killed, while Sully received wounds from which he died within thirty-five minutes. Sully for the last thirty-five years has been known as a lawless and des- perate character. His most recent ex- ploit was to break jail at Mitchell, where he was being held for trial ona charge of cattle rustling, and until yes- terday officers have not been able to get their eyes upon him. He has for years been recognized as the head of a band of rustlers that have been the cause of endless trouble and expense to the thrifty class of people who Have of late been drifting into the neighbor- hood. MISSING MAN RETURNS. Postmaster at Paris, N. D., Who Was Thought Victim of Foul Play. Fargo, N. D., May 18.—J. E. Wiant the missing postmaster from Paris, N. D., has returned to Stutsman county after an unexplained absence of many months. He went to St. Paul and Chi- cago with some cattle early in the winter, and after he sold his stock he disappeared entirely, and the aid of the police of both cities was invoked ta Jocate him Wiant gives little explana- tion of his absence, other than to say that he has been suffering from rhev- matism. RAIN WORTH THOUSANDS. Nearly an Inch Falis and Soaks Deep in South Dakota. Mitchell, S. D., May 18.—A rain.that will be worth thousands of dollars to the farmers in this section came Sun- day evening and fell slowly until noon yesterday, making. the precipitation nearly an inch, every drop soaking deep into the ground. Wheat is mak- ing a splendid growth, the cool weath- er of early spring giving it an oppor- tunity to stool the best in years. Corn planting in this county was practically finished the day before the rain came. BODY PUT IN WELL. Three Bullet Holes in Man’s lead and $450 Missing. Aberdeen, S. D., May 18.—The ‘heay of Dewit Bilby has been found in a well on the McFarland farm at Groton, after a careful search following his disappearance Friday night. Three pullet holes in the head and other clues give the belief that murder was committed. Bilby was known to have had $450 on Friday, and it is thought the motive of the murder was robbery. Caught a Deserter. Iowa City, Iowa, May 18.—The police have captured Frank A. Springer, wanted at Camp Thomas, Chicka- mauga Park, Ga., for desertion from the Seventh cavalry. Capt. Jones of Des Moines will take the prisoner back. Creamery at Ridgeland. Ridgeland, Wis., May 18—Merchants of this place have organized a cream- ery company with $3,000 capital. The Sturgis & Burns Manufacturing Com- pany of St. Paul will build and equip the same. | married and returned to tell Mr. Mc- VICTIM OF OUTLAW.: Knife in Skeleton Found Leads to Theory of Murder Long Ago. Prairie du Chien, Wis., May 17. — While excavating for a foundation‘for a new residence on the Joseph Harris farm near Manning, a human skeleton was found at the depth of about three feet, encased in a heavy oak box. Two knives and two coins bearing the dates of 1847 and 1863 give evidence that the skeleton is one of the early set- tlers. One of the knives was placed in such a position as to give evidence that the man had been murdered. The blade had been driven between the ribs and the breast bone was cracked. In early days outlaws infested the Kickapoo valley, and murder was fre- quent. GIRL ELOPES WITH DRIVER. Society Miss Marries Swift Packing Company Employe. Des Moines, Iowa, May 17. — Some- what of a sensation has been caused in Des Moines society circles by the elopement of Miss Helen McGarraugh, the charming daughter of ex-Sheriff Joseph McGarraugh, with A. C. Wal- lace, a young man who is employed here as driver for Swift & Co. The young couple went to Newton, a town but a short distance from here, were Garraugh at the supper table of their venture. The girl’s mother is in Cal- ifornig and was notified by wire. AMES JURY DISCHARGED. The Twelve Men Had Been Out Forty- Four Hours. Minneapolis, May 17. — The Ames jury was discharged at noon Saturday. After forty-four hours of deliberation the members stood just where they did on the first baJlot, six for acquittal and six for conviction, and Judge Elliott decided that further confinement was useless. The case against former May- or Ames, in which he is charged with accepting a $20 bribe from Bessie Lee, was allowed to stand for trial on the calendar. Whether it will be retried now or in the future is a serious ques- tion. —_—_ CAPT. H. S. DONALDSON DEAD. Commander of Troop -In Minnesota Massacre of 1862. Winnipeg, Man., May 17.—Capt. H. S. Donaldson, one of the oldest pio- neers of the Northwest, is dead. He; left Montreal while only a lad and set- tled in Minnesota in its early days, and in 1862 commanded a troop of United States cavalry in the ‘“‘Minneso- ta massacre.” He came in 1864 to Winnipeg :(then Fort Garry), in the interests of N. W. Kittson of St. Paul; and started a store here. He was a member of the first Dakota legislature in 1862. BOY FINDS A CORPSE. Arnold Holm of Eveleth Discovers Body in Brush Pile. Duluth, May 17.—Arnold Holm, an Eveleth lad, while hunting in the woods near that city, discovered the skeleton of a man in a brush pile. No theories of any value have been ad- vanced thus far as to the identity of the man. A tree near the brush pile where the skeleton was found has the letter “J” cut in it. Whether-this has any bearing an the case is a question that no one can answer as yet. Minneapolis Man Discharged. Helena, Mont., May 17.—J. A. Nelson of Minneapolis, who was arrested on a charge of having trespassed on the Bitter Root forest reserve, has been discharged. United States Commis- sioner Morris of Hamilton felt that the evidence was insufficient to hold him to the federal court. Civil cases against Nelson to recover the value alleged to have been illegally cut are still pend- ing. Shot Hits Wrong Man. Mandan, N. D., May 17.—State’s At- torney Campbell returned last night from investigating.a case of homicide near Hebron. According to the charges John Houser and Jacob Klutz, neigh- boring farmers, quarreled over some cattle. Klutz shot at Houser and struck his arm. Houser replied with a rifle, but his aim was bad, and instead of hitting Jacob, he struck Henry Klutz, a brother, and killed him. Houser is in custody. Bull Kills Aged Farmer. Sioux City, Iowa, May 17. — Fritz Bornhorst, aged sixty-two years, a farmer living north of this city, is dead from injurics inflicted by a bull. Bornhorst was watering his cattle in a pasture when the bull turned on him. Nearly all his ribs were broken and internal injuries were sustained. This makes the second death from this cause ip_this vicinity within the past few weeks. Lamp Explosion Fatal. Fargo, N. D., May 17.—Mrs: Charles Steeke was fatally burned on a farm near Embden, in the southern part of the county. She got up at an early hour to warm some milk for an infant, and the alcohol lamp exploded. Murder or Accident. Dickinson, N. D., May 17. — Ole P, Ziner, one of Dickinson’s leading stock men, yesterday was shot and killed at his ranch, thirty miles north, by B. K. Climie. No particulars have been re- ceived. | ve Parents Fe Sure Girl Aban- doned Is Their Daughter. Eldora, Iowa, May 18. — James E. Nation of Bedford, Iowa, has decided that the little gypsy girl who was brought to St. Joseph, Mo., from Flor- ence, Ala. under the name of Lucy Cole} is none other than their long lost daughter, Laura Nation, who was abducted at Elwood, Kan., nearly eight years ago. The parents of the chila have reached this conclusion after careful deliberation and is founded partially on the opinion of iriends of the family who knew little Laura Na- tion as a babe, and who can now see a close resemblance between the child abandoned by the gypsies in the town of Florence and the long lost Nation child. The little girl will at once be brought back to hex parents. TO CALL THE GRAND sth S “Blind Pigs’ and Grafting Are to Be Subjects of Inquiry. Grand Forks, N. D., May 18.—All ar- rangements have been completed for asking for the calling of a grand jury in Walsh county, and Judge Kneeshaw will be reuested to sign such an order at once. The grand jury is supposed to be for the purpose of airing some the charges that have recently been rumored at Grafton. Two men who say they paid for protection as “blind piggers” are under bond to appear for trial at the Pembina term of court, and it is these two that are furnishing the evidence on which it is expected to secure indictments. Fy UNCLE SAM WINS SUIT. Gets $18,138.01 in Case Against Com- monwealth Company. Fergus Falls, Minn., May 18. — The jury in the government’s suit against the Commonwealth Lumber company returned a verdict late yesterday after- noon assessing the company ‘$18,138.01 for timber trespass, in addition to $10,- 541.63 which it paid in previous settle- ment with Capt. Mercer and which the court instructed the jurors to take into consideration in deciding the amount of the verdict. The government sued the company for $115,000, which it claimed was due for timber cut by the company as a trespasser. NABS ENEMY NEAR FIRE. Hotel Owner Charges House Mover With Arson. Deadwood, S. D., May 18. — Last night the hotel building’ owned by Charles Jolitz was discovered tof#be on fire. The landlord says he discovered John Elmer, a house mover of Dead- wood and Lead, standing close to the burning building. Joltz “gave chase with a gun, capturing Elmer and took him to the county jail, where a charge of arson was made. There is said to have been a misunderstanding be- tween the two men for some time past. THE: MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, May 18. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 92@921-2c; No. 2 Northern, 90@92c; No. 3, 85@89 3-4c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 55 @ 551-2c. Oats — No. 3 white, 41 1-2@42c. Minneapolis, May 18. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, 96 1-8@96 5-8c; No. 1 Northern, 95 1-8@95 5-8c; No. 2 Northern, 93 1-83@ 941-8c. Oats—No. 3 white, 41c. Corn —No. 3 yellow, 53 1-2c. Duluth, May 18. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, 93 7-8c; No. 1 Northern, 92 3-8¢; No. 2 Northern, 89 3-8c; flax, $1.06 1-4; oats, 42c; rye, 67c. Milwaukee, May 18. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 981-2c; No. 2 Northern, 961-2 @ 97c. Rye — No. 1, Tic. Barley—No. 2, 63c. Oats—Standard, 44@441-2c. Corn—No. 3, 50@58c. Chicago, May 18. — Wheat — No. 2 red, $1.06@1.08; No. 3 red, $1.02@1.06; No. 2 hard, 93@96c; No. 3 hard, 83@ 93c; No. 1 Northern, 96@98c; No. 2 Northern, 92@97c. Corn—No. 2, 49@ 50c. Oats—No. 2, 40@401-2c; No. 3, 39 1-2@40c. Sioux City, Iowa, May 18. — Cattle —Beeves, $3.50@4.80; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.30 @ 4; stockers and feed- ers, $3@3.85; calves and yearlings, $2.75@3.70. Hogs—Bulk, $4.60@4.65. Chicago, May 18. — Cattle—Good to prime steers, $5.10@5.65; stockers and feeders, $3.25@4.50; cows, $1.50@4.40; heifers, $2.25@4.70; calves, $2.50@5.25. Hogs — Mixed and butchers $4.70 @ 4.90; good to choice heavy, $4.80@4.90. Sheep—Good to choice wethers, $4.75 @5.15; Western, $4.50@5.55; Western lambs, wooled, $6.25@6.90. South St. Paul, May 18. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $4.50 @ 5; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.25 @4.25; butcher bulls, $2.75 @ 3.50; veals, $2.25@4.25; good to choice stock steers, $2.75@2; steer calves, $1.75 @2°50; good to choice stock cows and heifers, $2@2.35; heifer calves, $1.25 @2; good to choice milch cows, $35@ 42. Hogs — Range price, $4.40 @ 465; bulk, $4.45@4.55. Sheep—Good to choice lambs, $5.10@5.65; fair to good, $4.75 @ 5; good to choice yea-- ling wethers, $4.75@5.15; heavy, $4.75 @5.10; good to choice ewes, medium weight, $4.50@4.90. CHICAGO STRIKE SETTLED. Trouble That Affected Many Thou- sands of Men Is Adjusted. Chicago, May 18. — The lock-out of the’ limestone and concrete teamsters was settled yesterday by giving the men a straight eleven-hour day and an advance of 60 cents a week. This agreement brings to a close the contro- versy between the teamsters and mem- bers of the building material men and manufacturers, which affected nearly 25,000 me ) | slected Hdward Cobb and Henry Fiese- State News of the ‘Week Briefly Told. @ 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 06 0 00 W. D. Poor died at Hastings after a protracted illness, aged 70. Frank White, who fatally wounded Jerome E. Maniage, has been indicted oe hier in the first degree at Du. uth. Bolton’s saw mill, seven miles from Perham, Was burned. The loss is be- tween $2,500 and $3,000, with no insur- ance. Fred Gerror of Nassau, aged 17, who forged a check for $21.75, was sen: tenced at Madison to the state reform- atory. » Lightning struck the German Lu- theran church at Withrow and it was entirely destroyed. The loss amounts to $3,000. A petition was presented to the vil- lage council of Montrose for cement sidewalks for the entire length of Buf- falo avenue. Lightning struck the large barn on the farm of James Gangloff in Stanton, and some grain, hay and machinery were destroyed. , The new state bank at Harmony opens for business June 1. It will be one of the strongest financial institu tions in Southern Minnesota. The shingle mill at Grand‘ Marais, owned by the Grand Marais Lumber and Shingle company, burned. The loss will exceed $2,000. No insurance. At the meeting of the new schoo) board at Hastings the following officers were elected : President, H. L. Sump. tion; secretary, A. G. Mertz; treasurer, E. L. Porter. Edward Benson of Appleton was killed by lightning. Marian Hayes was badly shocked, but will recover. Ben: son was a member of the junior class of the Appleton high school. The pastor of St. Joseph’s church, three miles from Perham, was robbed of $100.. The money was in a drawer in his study. A tramp who was seep in the vicinity is suspected. The G. A. R. M. R. A, R.N, A, M. B. A. and I. O. O. F. will observe Memorial day at Montrose. Commit tees have been appointed by all the orders and appropriate programs will be presented. H. H. Beaulieu, a veteran of the Civil war, died at White Barth after a short illness. He was a brother of Mrs. Charles H. Oakes of St. Paul and of H. and Paul Beaulieu. He is survived by one son and two daughters. Indians from the Leech Lake reser vation have gone to Red Lake to par ticipate with the Indians there in a week’s celebration over the first pay: ment of $20,000 on the purchase of the reservation lands. Although wedded nearly thirty years and the mother of ten children, all grown, Mrs. Martha Hage of Emards: ville, Red Lake county, filed an appli cation for divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. In a quarrel at the Vincent & Hub: p bard saw mill at Duluth, Foreman Magnus Swenson is alleged to have struck Edward Peterson, a_ laborer, with the handle of a cant hook, frac turing his skull. It is said Peterson willedie. Swenson is in custody. John S. Hughes of Le Sueur was at Cannon Falls recently making arrange ments for the erection of the canning factory buildings. The contract has been’ let to Johnson & Nelson of Red Wing. Work will be begun in a few days. Mrs. Herbert Van Winkle of Man- kato was caught by the rapid spread- ing of fire in her home from an ex: ploding kerosene heater and was tak- en from a balcony by the firemen. Mrs, E. P. Crandall was severely burned. Mrs. Van Winkle lost everything in the house. : Mrs. Bertkeip of Maine Prairie was thrown from a buggy by a collision with a street car at St. Cloud and re- ceived injuries from which she died while on the way to the hospital. An- other woman. with her in the buggy was unharmed. A. P. Hanson, formerly with the Scandia-American bank at Crookston, becoines cashier of the Citizens’ Na tional bank of Fertile, and Ed Mossen- fin, now in business at Crookston, be- comes assistant cashier. The retiring cashier, Mr. Berg, will-go into business elsewhere. The Preston board of education has completed its list of teachers as fol- lows: F. E. Lurton, superintendent; Jennie McMullen, principal of the high school; Katherine Kingsford, English; ‘Anna Hillesheim, science and matfe- matics; Alma Nelson, eighth grade; Gena Roverud, seventh; Maria Blex- rud, sixth; Nellie Blethen, fifth; Madge Davison, fourth; Kate Waddick, third; Cora Bigelow, second; Gertrude John- son, first; Lovedy Barrett, music, drawing and ft culture,” water. ler chief and assistant chtet. On June 7 “the ‘aos high school will graduate a class of twenty-seven, Its largest. There are twelve boas and fifteen girls. Because he cannot induce his wife to return to his home, J. E. Cady of Medford has commenced legal proeeed- ings against her. Expert safe crackers attempted to loot the safe in the office of the Farm- ers’ Seed company at Faribault. They secured only $7 in cash. At a special election held at Le Sueur, bonds were voted to build a $12,000 building. The proposition car- ried by a vote of 196 to 63. With appropriate exercises, Windom institute at Montevideo celebrated its nineteenth birthday. David P. Jones and Walter N. Carroll of Minneapolis made addresses. Victor Swineburn, aged 16, shot him- self accidentally. He was employed on the farm of William Lyneis, in Pres- cott township, near Blue Earth, and was found with a wound in his right temple. Edward Nervig was chosen to rep- resent St. Olaf college of Northfield next year in the state oratorical con- test. His oration will be entitled “The Mission of Maca Civilization in the Orient.” “Not guilty” was the verdict returned by the jury in the district court at Faribault in the case of the state vs. Albert Joyce, colored, who was. tried far stealing $300 from a drunken farm- er last fall. Ata special election the city of Wa- seca adopted a new charter.’ One of the principal changes is that the wa- terworks and electric light plant will be managed by a board instead of by the council. At a meeting of the board of county commissioners of Kanabec county the resignation of Sheriff P. R. Gray was accepted and George Day was appoint- ed to fill the vacancy. Mr. Gray will go to Montana to engage in business. Salaries of postmasters in Minnesota have been ordered increased as fol- lows, to take effect July 1; Farming- ton, $1,200 to $1,300; Hopkins, $1,500 to $1,800; Lamberton, $1,200 to $1,300; Grand Rapids, $1,700 to $1,800; Ken- yon, $1,300 to $1,400. The Northwestern Telephone Ex- change company has rented rooms for the establishmbent of an individual station at Lake City. The Tri-State company will operate its line in con- nection with the local exchange and expects to have it in operation ‘by June 1. Lake county commissioners are ad- vertising for plans and specifications for the construction of a court house to cost about $50,000, and to be built at Two Harbors this summer. The commissioners have also applied to the state for a loan of, $45,000 on the tecently voted bonds for the building. A meeting of the practicing physi- cians of Fillmore and Houston coun- ties was held at the court house at Preston and organized a medical as- sociatioh with these officers: Dr. Browning, Caledonia, president; Dr, Grinnell, Preston, vice president; Dr. rake, Lanesboro, secretary. The next eeting will be held at Wykoff early n July. , The little mining town of Chisholm is having an active summer. Nearly all the mines are being operated Eight new buildings are in course of construction, two of them being busi- ness blocks on Main street. The saw mill is running full time and employs about 100 men. S. T. Thompson has the superintendency this year in place of George Meyers, who left for the coast country. The Buffalo & Susquehanna Mining company of Buffalo, operating two of the largest mines on the Mesaba range closed down and hoisted the pumps in their mine at-Hibbing. Supt. H. E Sturtevant says this action was due to the general depression of the iron market. The fine office building of the company, which was burned two months ago, ‘has been replaced by a handsome two-story building. The Minnesota Canal and Power}: company has had notices served upon the corporations and persons con- cerned to appear at a hearing at the general term of the district court to be held at Two Harbors June 1 for the purpose of appointing three commis- sioners to appraise land in this county against which it will begin condemna- tion proceedings. It will use the lands in the construction and improvement |. of the Embarrass river canal and Birch lake, Isabelle and Kawishewa reser- voirs. GIVES SKIN FOR BABE. Mother Undergoes Grafting for Burned Child’s Sake. Eldora, Iowa, May 18.—Mrs. J. Feld of Marshalltown recently submitted to a painful operation to permit the re- moval*from her own body of a large amount of skin surface in order that the live skin might be grafted on her little son, John Feld, aged three years. The child was burned a short time ago by falling into a tub of boiling The mother offered her own skin to replace that of her babe. SOLD FRENCH MAPS. Correspondent Unearths a Leak Likely to Rival Dreyfus Affair. Paris, May 18.—The Matin’s London correspondent has obtained nearly a hundred authentic plans of the fortifi- cations at Toulon, besides numerous other compfomising documents. The affair seems likely to exceed in impor- tance the offenses with which Capt. Dreyfus was charged. The documents were obtained from aman who calls himself Fragola Pietro, and says he was formerly em- ployed at the war ministry in Rome, but became compromised in a case of espionage and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. Subsequently, in London, he acted as guide and secretary to two men of Italian origin, with one of whom — a naturalized French citizen — he had formerly been acquainted at the mar ministry in Rome. Both of these men, Fragola says, worked for foreign governments, and had sometimes Sold Important Secrets to Germany at high prices. The Ital- ian’s name was Cesare Golio and that; of the naturalized Frenchman Jeremie Mesqui. The latter was long a con‘ tractor on public works at Toulon. % They went to Brussels five days ago, leaving Fragola_ entirely without means of living. He found after they left that Golio had left documents be- hind him, and these he wanted to sell. Fragola thereupon produced eighty- five plans of the Toulon forts, some of them the French originals and others accurate copies made at the Italian war ministry. He also had in his pos- session a list of plans of Cherbourg, Brest and Toulon, with typewritten in- structions, alleged by Fragola to have emanated fro mthe German staff, con? cerning the marking of batteries of ar- tillery. The Matin’s correspondent gave Fra- gola a few shillings and persuaded hint to leave the documents in his hands) The next morning he took them to the French embassy, where the naval at+ tache declared them to be genuine. CORTELYOU FOR CHAIRMAN. Prominently Mentioned for Head of National Republican Committee. Washington, May 18. — George B. Cortelyou, secretary of labor and com: merce, it seems very likely now, may be selected as chairman of the nation- al Republican committee. Some time ago the name of Secretary Cortelyou was suggested, and it met instant fa- vor. It is known that Mr. Cortelyou sustains very close relations not only with President Roosevelt but also the party leaders through the country. He is regarded as being admirably equipped for the position, possessing fine executive ability and a thorough knowledge of men and affairs. For several years he has_ been intimately identified with political management, scarcely any man_ sustaining more confidential relations with President McKinley, Senator Hanna and Presi- dent Roosevelt than he. DEADLOCK IS UNBROKEN. Illinois Republicans Fail to Nominate Gubernatorial Candidate. Springfield, .il., May 18. — With its deadlock unbroken and with little pros- pect of a compromise which will de- liver the situation, the Illinois Repub- lican convention took a recess at 5:28 o’clock last evening until 10 o’clock to-day. The recess followed the twen- ty-ninth roll call, the result of which showed each candidate with approxi- mately the same strength he had when he entered the convention. The last ballot taken yesterday gave the fol- lowing results: Yates, 481; Lowden, 404; Deneen, 382; Hamlin, 115; Warner, 37; Sher- man, 56; Pierce, 22. The convention proceedings were comparatively tame. EDITORS ARE HELD UP. Fellow Excursionist Plays Joke on Them and They Wire Home for Cash. St. Joseph, Mo., May 18. — As the Northwestern Missouri Press associa- tion was en routerto St. Joseph in a special car yegterday E. S. Williams, a St. Joseph newspaper man, entered the car with a mask over his face and an unloaded pistol and relieved the party of their valuables, and after removing his mask rejoined the party without detection. Practically all the editors wired home for money, but when they reached St. Louis Mr. Williams ex- plained the joke and returned their be- longings to them. ROBBED OF $10,700. lowa Horseman Says Thief Slashed Satchel in His Hands. Chicago, May. 18.—Alonzo Bristow of Bedford, Iowa, has reported to the po- lice the loss of $10,700 which he re- ‘ceived from the sale of eighty-five horses at the Union stock yards. He says that the money was in a small satchel, and that the thief slashed the side of the bag with a knife, thereby enabling him to insert his hand and purloin the two packages of green- ‘backs. The satchel was not out of his hands, he says, from the time the money was put in, until he discovered the loss. HORSE SLIPS INTO RIVER. Child Is Drowned, but Father Saves Mother From Death. Winnipeg, Man., May 18. — While William Postlethwaite, wife and young son were driving into Brandon yesterday afternoon their horse slipped into a washout near First street bridge and all three were thrown into the water. Mr, Postleth- wait managed to save his wife, but while doing so the boy of nine years was drowned. The body has not been a rR gh ee