Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 23, 1905, Page 3

i a a a i a GR aranuneaiEs| 3 ; News of the Northwest. - TRAGEDY STILL A MYSTERY. Man Said to Have Been With Drowned Woman Not Found. Watertown, Wis., Sept. 16. — The tragedy and mystery surrounding the death of Miss Emma Schultz here either Wednesday night or early Thursday morning in Rock river, have not been cleared; neither has any trace been found of Hans Traeumer, who is alleged to have accompanied Miss Schultz on her boating trip Wednesday night. There is not a trace, as far as the police will tell, on the body of the dead woman to indi- cate that she was murdered and then thrown into the water. It is believed that Traeumer is alive. psn ibe AE Phat i INDIANS FIGHT A BIG BLAZE. Northern Cheyenne Agency Barracks Lost, but Fire Is Stopped. Helena, Mont., Sept. 16.—All of the government buildings at Lame Deer, Northern Cheyenne agency, would have burned to the ground Thursday had it not been ration day. Many Indians were near when the fire broke out in the barracks occupied by the agency employes, and Indians fought the flames like veterans, preventing its spread to other buildings. There were no fire fighting appliances, and a bucket brigade was organized. The barracks burned down and some oth- er buildings were scorched. BABCOCK WON'T SERVE. j Says He Does Not Expect Re-Election to Chairmanship. Milwaukee, Sept. 16—Congressman J. W. Babcock, who as chairman of the Republican congressional commit- tee has managed many important con- gressional campaigns, announced yes- terday that he did not expect to be re- elected as a member of the commit- tee and that he would not accept the position of chairman if elected. “You may say,” he declared, “that I do not expect the Wisconsin delegation to re-elect me to the committee. Even if elected, I would not serve as chair- man.” FEVER IS JUST PLAIN MALARIA. J. C. Wilson Is Not Suffering From Yellow Jack. St. Paul, Sept. 16. — J. C. Wilson, the stranger who was taken from the union depot Thursday night and was thought to be suffering with yellow fever, improved considerably yester- day, and the physicians at the city hospital were able to make a thorough diagnosis of the case. It was con- cluded that he had an attack of malarial fever. His condition was such that the physicians allowed him to leave for Chicago. BURNS MAY COST SIGHT. Use of Match in Examining Gas En- gine Ends Seriously, Pierre, S. D., Sept. 16. — Charles Lundstrom of Ree Heights, while vis- iting the mill at this city yesterday, attempted to examine the ,interior workings of the gas engine with a lighted match, and was_ severely burned about the head. He may lose his sight from the effects of the burns. Vicious Cow Hooks Girl. Sisseton, S. D., Sept. 16.—The little five-year-old daughter of T. Martins, a farmer of Minnesota township, had a marrow escape from death by being hooked by a vicious cow. The little girl was forced through a wire fence by the animal. Her face and body were horribly lacerated and one arm was broken. She was brought to this city for treatment. Kills Sweetheart and Self. Muscatine, Iowa, Sept. 16.—Arthur Webb shot and killed Nettie Derby yesterday morning at the school house, where she was teaching, three and one-half miles south of Wilton. He had been refused a date with her for the county fair, and, entering the school house, shot her dead. He then went outside the building and shot himself. Takes Carbolic Acid. Minneapolis, Sept. 16.—Making the excuse to his wife that he was going for a short walk; John Wahlberg left his home Thursday night. He did not return, and in the morning his dead body was found lying in a vacant lot only a block distant. There is every evidence that he committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. 4 Valuable Horse Burns. Sisseton, S. D., Sept. 16. — T. A. Schumacker, living in Minnesota township, lost a big barn by fire, to- gether with hay and feed and a regis-’ tered Percheron stallion valued at $2,300. This is the third barn Mr. Schumacker has lost in the last few years. Man Found on Tracks. Tyler, Minn., Sept. 16.—A stranger was found on the railroad track by a farmer yesterday afternoon two miles east of town. It is thought he fell from a train. He probably will die, Mangled Under Railway Train. St. Paul, Sept. 16,— Samuel Peter- son was ground to pieces yesterday morning under the wheels of a Min- meapolis & St. Louis train in the Northern Pacific yards. The head , was severed from the body. SAYS HIRED MAN TRIED TO KILL. Farmer Charges Attempt to Rob and Murder, Webster, S. D., Sept. 19. — Charles Alberts is awaiting a hearing on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Alberts has been working for Albert Bryant, a farmer near Andover, S. D. Bryant had taken in $160. It is charged that while Bryant was milk- ing Friday night Alberts went to the barn and demanded the ‘money. Bry- and refused to hand it over, and he says the hired man shot several times, one bullet striking the breastbone and glancing off past the shoulder, one Piercing the left wrist and the third entering the right leg. Alberts, it is charged, supposing the man to be dead, took a horse and drove to Pier- pont, where he stopped at the hotel for the night. Here he was captured by Sheriff Goss and brought to Web ster. 4 SLEEPS THROUGH FIRE. Flames Destroy Farmer’s Barn With- out His Knowledge. Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 19.—Peter Kinney, a farmer living near Aurora, suffered the loss by fire of a barn and all its contents. It is thought the fire was started by lightning striking the building. The barn contained several valuable horses, all Kinney’s farm ma- chinery, about 1,800 bushels of barley and other property. His loss is total, as he did not have a dollar of insur- ance. All he will be able to save from the ruins will be the salyage on his barley. Kinney and the members of his family were not awakened by the fire and did not know of the mis fortune until morning. THIEVES BUSY AT WINONA. Pickpockets Flourish During Street Fair. Winona, Minn., Sept. 19.—It is esti- mated that over $1,000 was secured by pickpockets in Winona during the street fair which came to a close here Saturday. Not a day passed but the police department was notified of thefts of this character of pocketbooks containing from a few dollars to $100, and not a few watches are also report- ed missing. Some watches have been returned, but not a single pocketbook has been apprehended. Estimates furnished by railroads and others in- dicate that over 25,000 people visited Winona last week, DIES AT HOME ALONE. Stonemason’s Death Supposed to Have Resulted From Hemorrhages. Albert Lea, Minn., Sept. 19:—Neigh- bors discovered the remains of Jacob Jensen, a stonemason, in his home, the remainder of the family being away. An investigation showed that the deceased may have been stricken with a severe hemorrhage of the lungs or stomach and bled to death. The body was lying on the bed and blood Was upon everything. Mr. Jensen was about fifty-five years old and had a wife and two daughters. One daugh- ter succumbed to tuberculosis two months ago. An inquest probably will be held. BRAKEMAN IS RUN OVER. Montana _ Central Employe Meets Death Under Train at Clancy. Helena, Mont., Sept. 19.—Charles C. Robinson, a brakeman employed on an extra Montana Central gang between Clancy and Woodville for the past fourteen months, was run over and killed at Clancy. The body was taken to Great Falls, whence it will be shipped to Raymond, Neb., his former home. He was twenty-five years old and leaves a wife and two children. ‘ASK $20,000,000 OF JOHN. REARS Bishop Quayle Would Have Rocke- feller Aid Aged Preachers._ Madison, Wis., Sept. 19. — Bishop Quayle of Chicago, in his address be- fore the Methodist conference here, suggested that the Christian churches of America unite in a request to John D. Rockefellér to contribute $20,000,- 000 as a permanent fund for the sup- port of superanuated ministers. He ridiculed the theory of “tainted money.” CROP IS LOST BY FIRE. Farmer Meets Misfortune After Har- vesting Is Done. Knapp, Wis., Sept. 19.—The barn of John McMahon, two miles southwest of town, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, together with the granary and its contents. All the hay, two work’ horses, one driving horse and harnesses were also burned. Mr. McMahon had finished threshing, and his entire crop was in the granary. The loss is estimated at about $3,000. Man’s Body, Too, Found in River. Watertown, Wis., Sept. 19.—After a search of the state in the belief that John Traeumer, the companion of Emma Schultz, who was drowned last Wednesday, had in some manner es- caped death himself while the girl was drowned, his body was yesterday found in the rock river, several miles below the scene of the drowning. Meanwhile the relatives of the girl have sent her stomach to Chicago for examination on the suspicion that she might have been drugged before the accident. FARMER SHOOTS AT tomer Bullet Pierces Hat of Man Whose Ma: > chine Scared Horses. Darlington, Wis., Sept. 20. — Frank Trego, a mine owner of Platteville, Wis., was shot at by a farmer and a bullet pierced his hat while driving his automobile through the country near Cuba City. The farmer, who is said to be a wealthy and well known man living near here, was driving along the road when the machine came up in the rear. The horses were scared, it is alleged, and Trego did not stop. Then the horses dashed into the fence, and the farmer, trembling with fright and anger, drew a 38-cali- ) ber revolver. Had the bullet struck two inches lower it would probably have killed Trego. The hat was torn from his head. HORSES ARE KILLED. Larimore, N. D., Visited by Storm That Does Damage. Larimore, N. D., Sept. 20.—A severe wind, rain and thunder storm struck this vicinity last night, damaging the wheat in shocks and delaying thresh- ing for several days. The barn of Owen Ashbrook was struck by light- ning and completely destroyed, with three horses,:ten mules, harnesses and machinery. The loss is $2,500, with partial insurance. The barn of John Gavesky was also struck by lightning and three horses were killed, but the barn was not materially dam- aged. The loss is $1,000, partly in- sured. In the city over half the tele- phones were burned out and there was no long distance service until late in the afternoon. RAIN-IN-THE-FACE DEAD. Murderous Redskin Goes to Happy Hunting Grounds, Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 20. — Word reached ‘Aberdeen yesterday of the death at Bullhead Station, Standing Rock reservation, of old Rain-in-the- Face, the Sioux Chieftain who was a conspicuous figure in the Custer mas- sacre in 1876. He was about sixty-two years of age. Rain-in-the-Face was for years one of the most conspicuous of the Sioux chiefs. He was arrested in 1870, when a young man, by Custer, for the murder of two white men, serv- ing a long time in confinement for the crime. He made his escape in time to take a leading part in the Custer mas- sacre, _ ECHO OF KOCH TRIAL. Member of Jury Which Acquitted the Dentist Loses Valuable Barn. St. Peter, Minn., Sept. 20.—A crime that many people believe is directly traceable to the Koch murder trial at Mankato was committed in Lime township, Blue Earth county, when in- cendiaries fired a barn belonging to Henry Heinzman, who was a member of the jury that acquitted the New Ulm dentist, now practicing in Min- neapolis. Mr. Heinzman’s loss will reach fully $3,000, not including forty tons of hay and several hundred bush- els of grain. Had he not succeeded in driving out his stock the loss would have been much greater. RRS a RL SSN EXCITING BATTLE FOR LOGS. Injunction Stops Fight Between Rival Companies. Ashland, Wis., Sept. 20—An exciting water battle, lasting three days, for the possession of 15,000,000 feet of logs, ended yesterday by Judge Parish signing temporary injunctions against both parties, the Edward Hines Lum- ber company and Baker & Stewart. It is the second cdntest of the kind be- tween the parties within a month. Both had chartered every tug that they could get. The engagement was bitterly fought and spectacular, and was witnessed by thousands from the shore. BIRD SHOT FOR BIG GAME. Ranchman Wounds Montana Licn and Kills It With an Axe. Helena, Mont., Sept. 20. — Edward Rodgers, a Flathead county ranch- man who located ona_ piece of land near the shores of Flathead lake recently, is the hero of that section. Although armed with a _ shotgun, charged only with small bird shot, he attacked a large mountain lion which his dogs had treed. The first shot brought the animal, a huge cat, to the ground, and Rodgers dispatched it with an-axe as it rushed at him. It weighed 150 pounds. TRAMPS IDLE; GRAIN ROTS. North Dakota Hoboes Refuse to Hire Out at $3 a Dav. , Larimore, N. D., Sept. 20.—Assis- tant General Superintendent J. M. Davis of the Great Northern road, who is in this city, states that in the west- ern part of the state, especially in Deep River country, considerable grain remains uncut for want of harvest hands. There are plenty of men camped in pot gangs along the rail- road, but they refuse to york, even when offered $3 a day. Authorities Delay Answer Regarding | President's Trip. New Orleans, Sept. 20.—Report to 6 p.m. "yesterday: New cases, 34; total cases to date, 2,639; deaths yesterday, 4; total deaths, 345; new foci, 5; under treat- ment, 321; cases discharged, 1,973. At other points: St. Barnard parish, 2 new cases; Bayou Ntochex, 4 new cases, 1 death; Tallullah, 6 new cases, 1 death; Patterson, 6 new cases, 2 deaths; Houma, 2 new cases. Dr. White has not yet heard from the Arkansas authorities in regard to a telegram asking if the president would be allowed to enter Arkansas after leaving New Orleans on Oct. 24. If the Arkansas authorities do not consent it is the president's intention to pay a special visit to Louisiana and Arkansas later in the season, after the Arkansas panic has passed. The daily report continues encour- aging, and is especially so in the mat- ter of deaths and new foci. FINANCING TOO FRENZIED, Members of Wall Street Fim Charged With Larceny. New York, Sept. 20.—Charged with the larceny of $1,800 from the Hous- ton, Galveston & Interurbar Railway company, and with a total larceny of about $23,000 from various other cor- porations, Charles Augustus Seeton and Harrison H. McHeliny, composing the firm of C. Augustus Seeton & Co., dealers in stocks and bonds at No, 43 Wall street, were arrested yesterday by central detectives. Seeton, ac- cording to the police, has been arrest- ed before, his picture being in the rogues’ galleries in this city and at Cleveland, Ohio. The concern, accord- ing to the police, was in the habit of writing to newly incorporated con- cerns offering to finance their enter- prises in New York, THREE INSPECTORS FIRED. Smuggled Chinese Into United States and Committed Perjury, Washington, Sept. 20.—The depart- ment of commerce and labor yesterday issued an order removing Edward Boltz and Charles W. Stevenson, Chi- nese inspectors in the immigration service. They were charged with as- sisting in smuggling four Chinamen into the United States at Buffalo, N. Y., and with swearing falsely at the hearing of these Chinamen, whose cases are now before the United States commissioner at Buffalo. This is the first time since the government has been enforcing the Chinese exclusion act that an inspector has been found guilty of such an offense. LEAVES TIBET FOR GOOD. Diplomats Say Dalai Lama Will Not Return Home. Pekin, Sept. 20.—The Chinese for- eign office has been informed that the Dalai Lama, who fled to Urga prior to the British entry into Lhassa, left Urga (the sacred city of the Mongols in Northern Mongolia) Sept. 15 for Tibet. The diplomats here are doubt- ful if he really intends to return to Tibet. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Sept. 20. — Wheat —~ No. 1 Northern, 82 1-2@83 3-4c; No. 2 North- ern, 76@8ic; No. 3, 75@78c. Corn— No. 3 yellow, 501-2@51c. Oats—No. 3 white, 26@26 1-2c. Minneapolis, Sept. 20.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, 85c; No. 1 Northern, 84c; No. 2 Northern, 8ic. Oats—No. 3 white, 23 1-2@23 3-4c. iDuluth, Sept. 20. — Wheat —*No. 1 Northern, 841-2c; No. 2 Northern, 8c; flax, $1.10; rye, 59¢. Chicago, Sept. 20. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 841-2@851-8c; No. 2 hard, 8@ 89c; No. 3 hard, 82@85c; No. 1 North- ern, 90c; No. 2 Northern, 86@88c. Corn—No. 2, 541-4c. Oats — No. 2, 27. Milwaukee, Sept. 20. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, 87c; No. 2 Northern, 85c. Rye—No. 1, 63c. Barley—No. 2, 53c. Oats—Standard, 28@29c. Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 20.—Cattle— Beeves, $3.60@3.65; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.25@3.70; stockers and feed- ers, $3@4; calves and yearlings, $2.50 @3.25. Hogs—Bulk, $5.10@5.15. Chicago, Sept. 20.—Cattle—Good to prime steers, $3.75 @ 6.35; stockers and feeders, $2.40@4.45; cows, $2.50@ 4.50; heifers, $2.20@4.80; calves, $3@ 7. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $5.05@ 5.70; bulk, $5.25@5.55. Sheep—Good to choice’wethers, $4.60 @ 5; native Jambs, $5.25@7.25; Western lambs, $5.75@7. South St. Paul, Sept. 20. — Cattle— Good to choice steers, $4.50 @ 5.50; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50 @4; butcher bulls, $2.75@3.50; veals, $2@4.50; good to choice stock steers, $2.5@@3.50; good to choice milch cows, $20@25. Hogs—Range price, $5.15 @ 5.40; bulk, $5.20@5.30. 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. ss ac SNL ET NE | NAIL PUTS OUT GIRL’S EYE. La Crosse Alderman’s Daughter Is Se- riously Injured. La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 20. — While attempting to extract a rusty nail from a board with a clawhammer yes- terday the head of the’nail flew into the eye of Miss Sybella Downs, punc- turing the orb. Miss Downs is the fif- teen-year-old daughter of Ald. John Downs and is socially prominent on i | } j STATE MAKES LOANS, Amount Let Out for the Year Now Amounts to $700,000. The state board of investment, con- sisting of the governor, the state audi- tor and the state treasurer, at their monthly meeting approved loans to the amount of 173,960. Most of these were to school districts and a few villages, counties and townships. This makes a total of nearly $700,000 loaned by the state during the year. Regarding the funds -available for making the loans, the state auditor said that there is now on hand in the trust furd $192,000 available for this purpose, and in seven or eight weeks there will be $250,000 or $300,000 more. The applications for loans which wert approved are: School Districts—District No. 30, St. Louis, $50,000; No. 12, St. Louis, $3,- 500; No. 107, Murray, $900; No. 15, Roseau, $1,000; No. 3, Swift, $4,500; No. 73, Kittson, $1,500; No. 1, Mille Lacs, $2,000; No. 44, Nobles, $600; No. 35, Roseau, $800; No. 76, Red Lake, $800; No. 94, Norman, $600; No. 88, Faribault, $4,000; No. 40, Pine, $300; No. 83, Beltrami, $500; No. 43, Wilkin, $700; No. 97, Douglas, $1,400; No. 55, Roseau, $600; No. 46, Kanabec, $600; No. 5, Wadena, $6,000; No, 15, Waseca, $750; No. 9, Kittson, $2,500; No. 20, St. Louis, $1,000; No. 7, Aitkin, $50; No. 119, Morrison, $350; No. 123, Jackson, $1,000; No, 117, Stevens, $1,000; No. 83, Murray, $700; No. 9, Jackson, $800; No. 68, Roseau, $450; No. 99. Wright, $6,000; No. 112 Yellow Medicine, $800; No. 64, Sibley, $6,000; No. i4, Wright, $800; No. 48, Hubbard, $3,000; No. 12, Kittson, $3,500. Villages—International Falls, Itasca county, $1,600. Counties—Sibley, for ditches, $15,- 000; McLeod, for ditches, $13,100. Townships — Lambert, Red Lake county, $3,000; Hougen, Aitkin, $3,000; Anthony, Norman, $500; Danforth, Pine, $2,000; Leota, Nobles, $1,200; Elkton, Clay, $1,000; Little Pine, Crow wing, $3,000; Grand Forks, Polk, $1,- 000; Hillman, Morrison, $4,000; Her- sey, Nobles, $3,500; Kalevale, Carlton, $3,000. Three applications were turned down by the board, being those of Dis- trict No. 5, Lake county, $3,000; Emily township, Crow Wing county, $2,000; Richardson township, Morrison coun- ty, $4,000. COMPLETE RAILROAD SURVEY. Crews Finish Work Between Detroit and Bemidji, The mysterious railroad survey which has been carried on by Engineer E. T. Abbott of Minneapolis with two crews of surveyors, one working out of Detroit and the other out of Be midji, is now complete. The two crews met south of Itasca Park in Clearwater county Saturday night, and Engineer Abbott is now in Minneapolis conferring with the offi- cials of the company which sent him out, and a statement of which road this is with its intentions may be ex- pected in a few days. The survey has been made in nearly an air line from Detroit to Bemidji, and its total length is sixty-nine miles. Which road has caused the survey to be made is as much a mystery as ever. A prominent railroad conductor, who is at present making Bemidji his head- quarters, declares, however, that the road is the Soo. He claims that the specifications for the survey, which he has seen, are identical with those invariably sent out by the Soo. There is a popular be- lief that the road is the Soo, also, by reason of the fact that the Minneapo- lis, Red Lake & Manitoba railway, which is now almost completed from Bemidji to Red lake, a distance of thirty-four miles, is known to have been financed by men who are friendly to the Soo, and it is generally accepted that this road will ultimately become a part of the Soo line which must some day be built across Northern Minne sota to Duluth, SHEEP RAISING PAYS, L. W. Orr of Afton Says Industry in State Has Future. * Sheep raising is a profitable indus- try in Minnesota. Although not con- sidered a sheep state, Minnesota breeders who have undertaken the raising of the woolly animal have be- |: come prosperous. Among the Minne. sota exhibitors at the state fair was L. W. Orr of Afton, who captured many prizes. “Sheep raising is a profitable indus- try,” said Mr. Orr. “There is a great demand at present for pure breeding stock. At my sale here, the Oxfords brought better prices this year than ever before, and the outlook for good prices-is exceedingly bright. I consid- er the Oxfords, for mutton and medi- um wool, the best type for Minnesota. At present the packers and breeders have to go to Canada to get what they want. There is in the West a greater demand for Oxfords than can be sup- plied.” Mrs, Orr has 136 pure-bred sheep on his farm at Afton, and from his flock he won the following prizes: First, two-year-old ram; first and second, yearling ram; first, ram lamb; first and second, two-year-old ewe; first and second, yearling ewe; first and second, ewe lamb; first, pen of lambs; first, flock; and five third prizes in the free-for-all show. * NEWS. OF THE STATE. Beare akc iciceccka’ BOOST BLOODED HORSES. The State Board of Equalization Gets Busy. The state board of equalization has completed its work on the valuation of horses and commenced looking into the value of cows. The values of three-year-old horses were boosted in about half of the counties, and stallions and blooded horses were given a boost all alon the line, there being but two counties lowered in this class and a half dozen left at the original figures, while some others were raised as much as 110 per cent. The two coun- ties whose valuations of stallions, race horses and fine-bred mares were lowered 331-3 per cent were Lac qui Parle and Renville. The members of the board thought that any animal which was good enough to be put in this class was worth more than the values which had been placed on most of them. Work- ing horses, they said, had been as- sessed on the average at 24 per cent of their value, while many of the fancy horses were assessed at only 6 per cent of what the owners valued them at. Crow Wing got its horses of this class boosted 110 per cent, and the counties that were raised 100 per cent were Beltrami, Carlton, Hennepin, Lake, Pine, Ramsey, Red Lake, Rice, St. Louis, Stearns and Todd. Benton and Polk were raised 75 per cent; Clearwater, 66 2-3 per cent; Wadena, 60 per cent; Dodge, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Otter Tail, Rock, Sherburne, Sib- ley, Wabasha and Waseca, 50 per cent; Becker, Dakota, Marshall and Murray, 331-3 per cent; Anoka, Isanti and Cottonwood, 25 per cent; Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Lincoln, Mar- tin, Watonwan and Wright, 20 per cent; Kittson and Yellow Medicine, 15 per cent; Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Clay, Morrison, Mower and Stevens, 10 per cent. ¢: In Scott county eighty-six animals are credited to the Savage farm at Glendale, and for these a return of $21,000 is made, an average of $244 per horse. The returns showed 300 fine horses in Hennepin county. Working horses of the three-year- old class were raised some, but not so much as thoroughbreds. Goodhue was lowered 15 per cent and Kittson coun- ty 10 per cent. Benton, Clearwater, Polk, Red Lake and Stearns were raised 25 per cent, Jackson 20 per cent, Pine and Aitkin 15 per cent and Waba- sha, Watonwan, Yellow Medicine, Douglas, Hennepin, Otter Tail and Pope 10 per cent. One-year-old cattle were boosted 125 per cent in Red Lake county. The re- turns showed 3,784 head at a total val- uation of $7,711, which is but $2.03 per head. In this class Cook county was raised 100 per cent, Renville 60 per cent, Becker, Benton, Marshall, Nor- man, 50 per cent; Kandiyohi and Mor- rison, 25 per cent; Clay, Cottonwood, Polk, Pope, Todd, Yellow Medicine and Clearwater,, 20 per cent; Chisago and Hennepin, 10 per cent. A decrease of 15 per cent was made in Kittson, Mow- er, Rock and Scott counties. Two-year-old cattle were raised in a number of counties, but in no case more than 50 per cent. VETERANS’ BANNER AT DENVER. Minnesota in the Parade Advertises the Bread and Butter State. O. S. Clark, assistant adjutant gen- eral for the department of Minnesota, said regarding the trip of the Minne- sota delegation to the G, A. R. en- campment at Denver: “We were 300 soldiers from Minne- sota besides the ladies. We were suc- cessful in securing the convention for Minneapolis next year, and also the election of S. H. Towler of Minneapo- lis as juior vice commander-in-chief. “Those who watched the parade from the grandstand say that there was no department, with the possible exception of Missouri, that looked as dignified as Minnesota. We had 175 in line. We had a large national flag eighteen feet long, carried by the past department commanders. We also had a banner upon which was inscribed ‘Minnesota, the Bread and Butter State,’ and the amount of her prod- ucts, ‘24,000,000 barrels of flour and 78,500,000 pounds of butter.’ This was cheered all along the line of the pa- rade.” Fight in Big Stone County. A. peculiar tangle in Barry, Big Stone county, has been brought to the attention of the state superintendent of public instruction by a letter from one of the village authorities. The let- ter states that at the school election last July one person appeared as a candidate for the place of one of the directors, whose term would expire. The incumbent was also a candidate, but the count of the ballots showed that he was defeated. But he refused to concede the elec- tion to the other man. He charges that fraud was practiced in counting the ballots and that the ballot box was stuffed, and he refuses to give up the office or turn over the books. The village is in a turmoil over the affair, and school affairs are ata standstill, as no bills can be paid and no contracts can be made. The school has not been opened this fall. Supt. Olsen has written them that the department is werless to act, and that the newly elected member of the board will have to have recourse to the courts for an order to oust the old member.