Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 16, 1905, Page 4

aii, PUSH CORN CUTTING. Fields in Western Sully County Are Matured. Pierre, S. D., Sept. 12.—W. H. Har- ris is in from western Sully county and reports that a number of the farm- ers there are putting their machines to work in their corn fields, and are pushing the work as rapidly as possi- ble, the crop being fully matured. The corn yield is estimated at forty bushels an acre. Threshers are at work on the small grain, which shows a machine yield pf from 15 to 20 bush- els an acre for wheat, and an average of about 60 bushels of oats. The hay crop was exceptionally fine and a large amount of forage has been se- cured. AUTHOR’S SONS GO WRONG. Thomas and Fred Pugh of Lehigh Sentenced for Burglary. Fort Dodge, Iowa, Sept. 12. — Ata hearing before Judge Evans of the district court Thomas Pugh of Lehigh Was sentenced to one year at hard labor for burglary, and Fred Pugh, a younger brother, who was implicated in the act, was given six months in the county jail. The Pughs burglarized the general store of the Lehigh Min- ing company at Lehigh on June 10, escaping from a posse of citizens with a considerable amount of cash and goods. They were captured a few days later in this city. Their father is a well known teacher and text book writer. VILLAGE IS TERRORIZED. Threshing Crews’ Carousal Compels Building of Jail. Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 12. — Im- pelled by the conduct of farm hands and members of threshing crews who are working in the vicinity of the town, and who by carousals for two days have terrorized the people of the little town of Cavour, Beadle county, the authorities of that place have ar- ranged to build a jail. Ordinances providing heavy penalties for disturb- ing the peace of the town have been enacted and a marshal has been ap- pointed, with strict orders to enforce the ordinances to the letter. MURDERER WANTS PARDON. Application Will Be Made for Edward Wilson in South Dakota. Pierre, S. D., Sept. 12—At a meet- ing of the state board of pardons on Oct. 4 application will be made for a pardon for Edward Wilson, who is serving a life sentence on the charge of murdering Otto Solquist in Moody county in 1894 for the purpose of rob- bery. Solquist was beaten to death with a monkey wrench and his body hidden. Neither the murderer nor his victim was a resident of that county. The murder was planned for a few dollars. It is argued that Wilson is dying of consumption. SHUT OUT MINNESOTA, Wisconsin Warehouse Commission Is Expected to Take Action This Week. Superior, Wis., Sept. 12. — Develop- ments are expected in the Wisconsin grain inspection fight this week. Com- missioners Shanahan of New York and Swanston of North Dakota will be here to-day or to-morrow and the com- mission will then get down to its line of work. Although the law allows the commission to invite Minnesota in- spectors to allow competitive inspec- tion of grain, it is not expected that the commission will take any such action at all. OLD MAN LOST IN THE WOODS. Workman, Said to Be Insane, Disap- pears From Lumber Camp. Ingram, Wis., Sept. 12. — Starving and possibly insane, Abe Hangan, an aged employe of the Ingram Lumber company, is wandering in the woods in the vicifity of the company’s log- ging camp. He is said to have shown signs of insanity, and it is feared that he may have perished in the woods. A large posse is scouring the sur- rounding district in the hope of find- ing him either dead or alive. KILLED WHILE THRESHING. Blower Pipe Falls on Farmer and Crushes Skull. Hutchinson, Minn., Sept. 12.—C. H. Ohland, while engaged in threshing near this city, passed under the blow- er of the machine, when the props gave way and the great pipe, weigh- ing several hundred pounds, fell di- rectly on Mr. Ohland’s head, crushing his skull and resulting in death in a short time. WHEELS CRUSH RIBS. Horses Throw Woman ‘to Ground and Wagon Passes Over Her Body. Hutchinson, Minn., Sept. 12.—Mrs. William Ostrum was accidentally killed a short distance west of this city. Her son had just finished put- ting on a load of straw, and asked his mother to hold the horses while he climbed the rack. She stepped before the team, which became frightened and threw her to the ground, the wagon passing over her body, crush- ing her ribs and killing her instantly. oe GA, ic aa AIT RE iat i is i a a il a i, 2 SP , T News of the Northwest. + 3 ML LAR SERS ID A ik mR RL CAN MS SR OG OE RR THRESHING IS WELL UNDER WAY Grain Begins to Move and Reports Show Good Yield. St. Paul, Sept. 13.—Threshing is in full swing at points along the North- ern Pacific lines, according to the eighteenth weekly crop report issued yesterday. Only in one section of the country has rainy weather delayed stacking and threshing. This ig on the Little Falls & Dakota branch. Grain has already begun to move in Minne- sota and North Dakota. Returns show that the wheat yield ranges from 12 to 18 bushels to the acre in Minnesota and North Dakota. Along the Central Washington branch the returns show that the yield will slightly exceed the former estimates of 35 bushels on winter wheat and 22 on spring sown. Corn is ripening very nicely and some has already been cut on the St. Paul division. The only thing that will prevent the corn crop from being fair will be early frost. BADGER FAIR OPENS. Wisconsin State Fair Exhibits Exceed Those Shown in Former Years. Milwaukee, Sept. 13. — Wisconsin’s annual state fair, which continues un- til Friday, had a most auspicious open- ing yesterday. President George Mc- Kerrow announces that the line of ex- hibits exceeds that of any of the pre- ceeding big shows and that every de- partment is completely filled up. Aside from the usual exhibits the main at- traction throughout the week is a fine rdcing card each day, the prizes for the complete list aggregating about $25,000. COURT CHECKS CAR COMPANY. Erection of Trolley Poles in Madison Is Stopped. Madison, Sept. 13.—A writ of injunc- tion was issued yesterday restraining the Madison Interurban Traction com- pany from continuing work of setting up trolley poles next to the Capitol Park on property claimed by the state. This will delay the improvement of streets and the building of the new capitol. The city is greatly wrought up over the matter. FILLMORE COUNTY PLANS. James J. Hill Promises to Deliver an Address at the Fair. Preston, Minn., Sept. 18.—The Fill- more county fair, Sept. 19-22, prom- ises to be as successful as were those of the middle 80's. The buildings on the grounds have been repaired and re- painted and free attractions have been provided. SpeciaMtrains are to be run for three days. James J. Hill has promised to speak from the grand stand on the 20th. DROPS GAMBLING CHARGE. Woman Alleged to Have Conducted a Raffle Is Not Prosecuted, Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 13. — The case instituted by the authorities of Aurora county against Mrs. M. W. Hessler of White Lake, on the charge of gambling, has been dismissed. The Italian who alleged he purchased a number of raffle tickets withdrew the charge and the case was dismissed. EARLY PIONEER IS DEAD. Ole Tuft, First Settler in Root River Valley, Passes Away. Rushford, Minn., Sept. 13. — Ole Tuft, Rushford’s oldest pioneer, is dead. He was past eighty-four years of age, and was the first white settler in Root river valley, coming here in the early fifties. He homesteaded a farm on the south side of the river and has resided there since. MAN DEAD; FRIENDS MISSING. Body of Homesteader Found Near Ten Strike. Bemidji, Minn., Sept. 13. — Andrew Engstrom, a homesteader, was found dead yesterday morning two miles from Ten Strike. Engstrom left Ten Strike Sunday night with four compan- ions, all of whom were well known homesteaders. Nothing has been since seen of these men. Charges Discrimination. St. Paul, Sept. 13.—The Loftus-Hub- bard Elevator company filed a com- plaint with the state railroad and warehouse commission against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rait road charging that company with dis- crimination. They contend that the company is charging them 5 cents per ton from Hastings, while from Afton, a longer distance, they only charge 4 cents. The case will be heard Sept. 21. Norway Prefers War. Christiania, Sept. 13—The tone of the Norwegian newspapers indicates that the negotiations between the com- missioners of Norway and Sweden re- garding the dissolution of the union have reached an impasse, Norway be- ing unable to accept the conditions laid down by Sweden. The Dagbladet, commenting on Sweden’s refusal to discuss an arbitration treaty until Nor- way had accepted the Swedish, condi- tions, declares that even war would be preferable to peace bought at the ex- pense of national humiliation. Pe ec eer WILSON SPEAKS TO FARMERS. Attends Dedication of South Dakota Fair Grounds. Huron, S. D., Sept. 13. — The state fair grounds were dedicated yesterday by an address by Gov. Elrod and a speech by James F. Wilson, secretary of agriculture. Secretary Wilson spoke directly to the farmers, compliment- ing them on the wonderful progress made in the development of the agri- cultural resources of this new domain, and expressed his surprise to see the marvelous exhibits of agricultural and other exhibits, declaring that they sur- passed many seen at similar exhibi- tions in older states. Secretary Wil- son was frequently interrupted by ap- plause, and at the close of his address three rousing cheers were given for “the best secretary of agriculture this government has ever had.” Mitchell, Sioux Falls and points south, west and north sent large delegations to Huron. KENOSHA MYSTERY DEEPENS. Mrs. Achten Now Believed to Have ‘ Committed Suicide. Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 13.—The mys- tery surrounding the disappearance of Mrs. Peter Achten, wife of the Chicago man held here on a charge of attempt- ed murder, is still unsolved, and the theory that Mrs. Achten has commit- ted suicide is gaining ground. One of the attorneys representing Achten in the case yesterday stated that the rela- tives of the woman feared the worst. He admitted that no trace of her had been found. A sister of Achten was here yesterday, but she could give the attorneys no satisfactory assistance in the matter of finding the missing woman. POSSE IN PURSUIT. 2 Bank Robbers Are Being Closely Fol- lowed. Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 13.—Posses from Custer, Edgemont and Newcastle, Wyo., are on the trail of the bank rob- bers who lifted several thousand dol- lars from the bank here last Friday night. Traces have been found of three men, who, it is thought, com- posed the outfit, but only one man has been seen. He is a heavy set, dark man, slightly humped shoulders, and has been seen south of here. It is thought that he will be captured soon. - DULUTH MAN !S DROWNED. Paul P. Ingham Meets Death on Canoe Trip. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 13. — Paul P. Ingham, assistant to the superintend- ent of the Scott-Graff Timber company of Duluth, was drowned yesterday near International Falls. Word came by wire from his brother Edmond, who was with him on a canoe trip from International Falls. Paul P. Ingham was twenty-nine years old and unmar- ried. The body has been recovered and Edmond Ingham will accompany it to Duluth. KILLS THREE DULUTH BEARS. Shot in This Year. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 13. — Charles Chortier, assistant engineer at the Duluth city pumping station, yesterday shot three bears, one old one and two cubs. The three bears appeared near the pumping station at the edge of a patch of woods at Lakeside, a suburb to Duluth, and Mr. Chortier killed all three in as many shots. These make a total of nine killed and one captured in Duluth or immediate vicinity since Sept. 1, Total of Nine Zenith City SNELLING MEN AT SPARTA, Artillery Arrives for Target Prac- tice. Sparta, Wis., Sept. 13.—Maj. S. A. Allen, with two batteries of field ar- tillery from Fort Snelling, arrived here yesterday for three weeks’ target prac- tice. They are camped four miles east of the city, where they can get any- thing up to a four-mile range for shooting. The camp is supplied with an artesian well, telephone connection with the town and a regular hack line, ROW OVER FISH IS FATAL. Aged Fisherman Killed by Blow in the Mouth, Clinton, Iowa, Sept. 13.—In a quar- rel over the possession of a quantity of fish, Elliott Clark, seventy-five years old and a fisherman, was killed in a sa- loon here yesterday. A blow in the mouth, said to have been delivered by Fred Comstock, also a_ fisherman, broke the old man’s neck. A posse took up the pursuit of Comstock, who is said to have escaped into Illinois. WILL FEED CANAL DIGGERS. South Dakotan Joins Relative, Markel of Omaha. Pierre, S. D., Sept. 13.—L. B. Wad- leigh, a wealthy ranchman living near this city, is making arrangements to lease his ranch and join his son-in-law, Markel of Omaha, who has the board- ing contract at the Panama canal. Mr. Wadleigh is heavily interested in the deal. Woman Commits Suicide. Arlington, S. D., Sept. 13. — Mrs. John Weddell, wife of one of the oldest and best known farmers of this county, committed suicide yesterday evening by taking carbolic acid. She was suf- fering from temporary insanity. |,Total cases to date. MICH IGAN HAS CA }| Marinette Man Taken Il! After So- journ in the South, Menominee, Mich., Sept. 13.—Health officials announced yesterday that John Howe of Marinette, who is ill at his home after a sojourn in the South, is suffering from yelloW fever. The crisis is believed to have passed. The patient will probably live. Physicians declare that there is no danger of in- fection. s In New Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. 13.—Report to 6 Pp. m, yesterday: New cases Deaths yesterday Total deaths .. New foci .. Cases under treatment. Cases discharged Conditions in the country, while un- doubtedly showing signs of improve- ment in some sections, are not alto- gether encouraging, due to various reasons, chiefly the want of sufficient physicians and nurses, the refusal of communities to join heartily in the war on the mosquito, the difficulty of enforcing the laws against offenders and the panicky condition that still prevails at infected points. The points of most serious infection now are Taliulah and Lake Providence. TWO YEARS FOR A KISS. Negro Embraces Girl on a Bet and Must Go to Prison. Baltimore, Sept. 18.—John L. Fed- derman, a negro waiter at the Mount Holly inn, a fashionable suburban ho- tel, made a bet of $1 with another ne- gro that he would kiss any white girl in the place that the latter would point out. He picked out Mary White, who was a maid to one of the guests at the hote]. The pair found her in the dining room. Seizing his opportunity, Fedderman entered unnoticed, ran across the room to the table where Miss White was seated, and threw his arms around her quickly and imprint- ed a kiss on her cheek. At the hear- ing yesterday afternoon Miss White swooned several times while telling her story. Justice Carr gave Fedder- man two years in jail. SASKATCHEWAN HAS CABINET. First Government of New State Is Or- ganized. Winnipeg, Sept. 13.—The first gov- ernment of Saskatchewan was organ- ized yesterday with the following cab- inet: Premier and minister of public works, Walter Scott; attorney general, J. H. Lamont; minister of education and provincial treasurer, J. A. Calder; minister of agriculture and provincial secretary, W. R. Motherwell, THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. 3 St. Paul, Sept. 13. — Wheat — No.1 Northern, 81 3-4@90c; No. 2 Northern, 78 3-4@85c; No. 3, 74@88c. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 511-2@52c. Oats—No. 3 white, 25 1-2@26c. Minneapolis, Sept. 13.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 85c; No. 1 Northern, 83 1-4c; No. 2 Northern, 80c. Oats — No. 3 white, 25 1-8c. Duluth, Sept. 13. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 841-2c; No. 2 Northern, $1e; flax, $1.13 1-2; rye, 59c. Chicago, Sept. 13. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 83c; No. 2 hard, 813-4@89c; No. 3 hard, 80@85c; No. 1 Northern, $1.03 @1.05; No. 2 Northern, 88@90c. Corn —No. 2, 533-4c. Oats—No. 2, 25 3-4c. Milwaukee, Sept. 13. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, 85c; No. 2 Northern, 82@ 84c. Rye—No. 1, 621-2c. Barley — No. 2, 51c. Oats—Standard, 271-2@ 28 1-2c. Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 13—Cattle— Beeves, $3.75@5.60; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.25@4; stockers and feed- ers, $2.75@3.65; calves and yearlings, $2.50@3.50. Hogs—Bulk, $5.25@5.35. Chicago, Sept. 13.—Cattle—Good to prime steers, $3.80 @ 6.50; stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.30; cows, $2.50@ 4.50; heifers, $2.20@4.80; calves, $3@ 7. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $5.35@ 5.921-2; bulk, $5.45@5.80. Sheep — Gocd to choice wethers, $4.60@5; native lambs, $5.25@7.25: Western lambs, $5.75@7. South St. Paul, Sept. 13. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $4.50 @ 5.50; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50 @4; butcher bulls, $2.75@3.50; veala, $2@4.50; good to choice stock steers, $2.50@3.50; good to choice milch cows, $20@35. Hogs—Range price, $5.60 @ 5.95; bulk, $5.65@5.75. Sheep—Good to choice lambs, $5@5.85; fair to good, $4@5; good to choice yearling weth- ers, $4.50@5.50; good to choice ewes $3.75 @4.40. Pupil Kills Teacher. Athens, Tenn., Sept. 13.—Prof. Al- bert Watchenberger was cut to death yesterday by Ernest Powers, a pupil in his school. Watchenberger had at- tempted to chastise the boy. % Destroyed by Fire. Logan, Utah, Sept. 13. — Fire de- stroyed the mechanical shops at the agricultural college of Utah. Loss, $50,- 000; partly covered by insurance. Negro Giant Dead. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 13.—Bud Ro- gan, the Tennesee negro giant, is dead at his home in Gallatin. Rogan was eight feet nine inches tall. His hands were twelve inches in length and feet sixteen and a half inches. Two Burned to Death. Branman, Okla., Sept. 13.—Charles Outlaw an his wife were burned to death at their home here yesterday following an explosion in the kitchen. Mrs. Outlaw kindled the fire with coal oil. MANKATO CHURCH'S JUBILEE. Golden Anniversary of the First Pres- terian. Yesterday was celebrated the fif- tieth aniversary of the founding of the First Presbyterian church of Manka- to, one of Ithe largest churches of the Protestant denominations in Southern Minnesota, with a membership of more than 500. Both the morning and evening services were devoted to the commemoration of the establishment, half a century ago, of an institution which has become an object of pride not only to its own members, but to the city at large. Among the guests at the two serv- ices was Dr. John Barbour, one of the early pastors, now located ir a similar capacity at Maysville, Ky. Dr. Bar- bour preached the morning sermon, referring to the bygone times when he was himself the regular occupant of that pulpit. Without doubt the leading feature of the day was the historical resume by M. G. Willard, senior elder of the church, delivered at the evening sery- ice. Mr. Willard said in part: \ “In the winter of 1854 a solitary. horseman might have been seen leay- ing the banks of the Wabash, in In- diana, and heading his horse toward the West. Day after day and week following week, stopping only to feed and sleep, or to inquire the way at some settler’s shanty, this lone horse- man rode on for hundreds of miles, right in the teeth of the bitter north- west winds of Indiana, Illinois, Wis- consin and Minnesota, undismayed by blizzards, savages or trackless for- ests, scarcely knowing whither he went, but with his face set like a flint toward the great bend of the St. Pe- ters river, as shown on his map, seek- ing an ideal. This ideal was a Prot- estant college he was to found at some point promising a great future, and within a full township of land, which he and his Indian friends were to buy cheaply for the site of this great institution’ of learning and the city that should spring up around it. “On Feb. 25, 1854, after dark, this intrepid man on horseback alighted at the corner now occupied by the First National bank of Mankato at the hos- pitable door of James Hanna, formerly a Presbyterian elder in Indiana. The weary traveler was Rev. James Thompson, a Presbyterian minister, and brother of Rev. W. M. Thompson, D. D., the noted Presbyterian mis- sionary to Syria. Within two hours he was a bitterly disappointed man. His ideal was shattered, for he learn- ed from Mr. Hanna and Maj. Murphy, an Indian agent, that all the land hereabouts belonged to the red man, and that there were white squatters on lands in every nearby township, who would hold the lands on which they had squatted, whenever the In- dian title should be extinguished. “But he was God’s ambassador, and if not permitted to do the great work he had planned he must not neglect the wayside opportunity for which, perhaps, he had been sent. So mes- sengers were dispatched that night to notify the inhabitants that the gospel would be preached there on the mor- row. On the following Sabbath day a large audience, consisting of nearly the whole settlement, gathered to hear the word of God. This may be called the origin of the Presbyteriap church in Mankato.” DEATH TO PARASITE. Chemical Used by Game and Fish Commission Works Well. Death to the parasite that has been destroying millions of fish in the lakes | of Northern Minnesota is the result of the campaign inaugurated by the state | game and fish commission at its regu- | lar meeting a few weeks ago. Reports received by Executive Agent S. F. Fullerton of the commis- | sion are that the chemical put into the lakes where the most fish were de- stroyed is having a decided effect. It is said that in these lakes a greenish sediment, in which the parasite is thought to have thrived, has existed and that the chemical has had the tendency to remove the sediment. “Of course it is too early to tell just what will be the ultimate effect of the’ chemical which we put into the lakes,” said Mr. Fullerton. “The indications are, however, that it is working satis- factorily. Our game wardens say that the greenish sediment which, it is thought, caused the parasite, is dis- appearing, and if this is true it will not be long before the danger is over. “We shall put the chemical into the lakes again next spring. It will be put into the inlets so as to pervade all the water in the lake and roduce the best result The biggest destruction of fish has been reported from Gull and Round | lakes, in Crow Wing county, and it is | in these lakes that the present exper- iments are carried on. Naval Vets on Parade. Denver, Colo., Sept. 7—A parade o1 naval veterans,“accompanied by regu: lar troops from Fort Logan and loca) military organizations yesierday was the first spectacular feature of the thirty-ninth encampment of the G. A. R. The weather was cool, and all con. ditions were favorable for marching. Veterans of Shiloh made the day mem. orable by organizing a national socie. ty. The features of the day's festivi. ties were cowboy exhibitions, Indian dances and band concerts. DAY BY « DAY « A NEW TOWN. Sale of Lots to Be Held in Ellendale, N. D., Sept. 19, 1905. An extension of fifteen miles is be- ing built by the Great Northern Rail- way from Ellendale, N. D., southeast, and a new town will be established at the terminus of this extension. This new town will be named Forbes and will offer opportunities for business openings that will at once ap- peal to the investor. The nearest trad- ing point to Forbes will be Ellendale, which is fifteen miles distant. It is expected to build here one of the very best towns opened up this season. The soil about this new town is the very best to be found in the state and good crops are assured, and the fact that it has a large territory to draw from will make it an exceptionally good trading point. The town is located in the southeast corner of section 38, township 129, range 65, and the first sale of lots will be held at Ellendale, N. D., on Sept. 19, at 2 o’clock. A representative of the Dakota Development Company will be on the ground Sept. 17 and 18 to show those who are interested the ex- act location of the lots. It is expected that regular train serv- ice will begin about Oct. 15. Several elevators will be built at once to han- dle this season’s crop. State Can Raise Anything. The progress of Minnesota fom an all-wheat state to the best state in the Union for diversified farming was well illustrated by the exhibits in the agri- cultural building at the state fair. A visitor walking around in the building and viewing the country exhibits re- marked: “These ten county exhibits are all pretty much the same. Of course the arrangement and design of each is dif- ferent but the articles shown, aside from a few novelties, are pretty much the same. But after all it is a good il lustration of the varied resources ot the state. “When I came here, some twenty- five years ago, we all raised wheat, while a few southern counties raised some corn, and only a farmer here and there raised any fruit. But look at this! Over there, for instance, is Itas- ca county, one of the most northern counties in the state. She is showing corn which is almost ripe and nearly as large as some of the corn from the southern counties. Besides all kinds of grains, she has ripe tomatoes, mon- ster strawberries and plums _ that would be a credit to California, and she has potatoes as big as any. ‘“Over there are two counties side by side, Morrison and Houston, one an old county in the southeast corner ot the state and the other a new county in the center of the state. Both show that they can raise grain, cattle and fruit, and each one has about as many varieties of grains, grasses and fruits as the other. Morrison county is get- ting to be as much a dairy county as the older ones, and her exhibit of corn and tame grasses shows what she can do in that line. She has corn and sor- ghum cane here that is nearly mature, some of the corn being over ten feet high. Five years ago she produced cream worth $5,000 and this year she will get over $75,000 for that product. “But while the state is diversifying by raising what is best in other states and by producing new varieties, she is still retaining what is best in her na- tive plants. Over there is Blue Earth with samples of native grasses eight feet high as well as wild elder berries, wild grapes and other berries. She is also adopting the berries native to the northern part of the state, as shown by her samples of high bush cranber- ries. Then there is Wabasha with sev- eral kinds of native nuts, showing that while she has brought in all the good things of other states she retains what is good of native products. “Yes, there is not a farm in the state that cannot raise a little of everything Wabasha county in her exhibit has ninety varieties of grass, ten varieties of clover, thirty varieties of corn, fit ty-four kinds of grain, a hundred kinds of apples, twenty kinds of plums and almost every other kind of fruit and garden vegetables that can be men- tioned. That we are a fruit-raising state is shown by Goodhue’s collection of 153 varieties of apples, as fine ap. ples as can be raised in any state. “We are even ‘butting in’ on what the distinctly Southern products. Here is a cotton plant grown in the open air at Mankato and already advanced far enough to have a boll. Morrison county there has a big tobacco plant and Wabasha has a lemon tree with fruit and also some samples of figs; Olmstead has a real Southern pine. Of course these things are noyelties and of no practical value at present, but there is no telling what we will come to if our plant breeders continue with the vigor and enthusiasm they have shown in years past.”—M. CHINA ORDERS FLOUR. Ten Thousand Tons Ordered From Minneapolis Mills. Minneapolis, Special—The Chinese government yesterday ordered 10,000 tons of flour from the Flour City mill- ing interests. One of the large local milling companies was given a bid on 10,000 tons of patent flour yesterday, and, while prices were just out of line, the possibility of meeting it was not remote. The offer came from China, via San Francisco, and is equivalent to 100,000 barrels. Pi 4 ; ; }