Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 10, 1906, Page 4

i] ] } FEMALE “SACK THE HUGGER” MALE POPULATION OF CEDAR RAPIDS HAUNTS THE DARK PLACES. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Feb. 7. — The entire masculine portion of Cedar rapids is excited because of the pres: ence in the city of a female “Jack the Hugger,” who waits in dark places and at opportune moments jumps out, grabs some unsuspecting young gen- ueman, gives him a thorough hug, and before the “victim” can recover from his surprise speeds away in the darkness. While the discovery has created consternation, the entire male popula- tion of the city has taken to walking around in dark places, alone, at night. The police have been unable to effect a capture, to the delight of the men and the indignation of the women. The hugger first made her appear- ance a week ago and nightly since then three or four cases of hugging have occurred. The hugger is said to be a stranger, is pretty, but she wears a veil, has soft hands and dresses at- ractively. Those who have met her are the envy of the town, and in hopes of a future meeting refuse to give the police an accurate description of her. BOY BURGLAR STILL BUSY. Even Sioux Falls Cop’s Home Is En- tered by Young Thieves. Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 7—Notwith- standing the recent arrest of Edwin Tobin, the alleged “boy burglar,” the local police continue to be annoyed by the operations of thieves. Even the premises of members of the police foree are being invaded, an unusually bold thief having visited the home of Policeman Jack Tracey and carried away a quarter of beef. The cigar factory of J. H. Roberts and a candy store was among. other places burglarized. It is thought the de- predations were committed by boys. SALOON FIGHT ENDS FATALLY. Manie Segerstrom Dies From Frac- ture of Skull. Minneapolis, Feb. 7.—Manie Seger- strom, twenty-six years old, died early yesterday morning at the city hospi- tal as the result of injuries received in a brawl in O. H. Austin’s saloon, 315 Washington avenue south, Min- neapolis, on Saturday night. Alfred Jorgenson, who admits having had trouble with Segerstrom, is locked up at the central station, and will probably be charged with the crime, while Charles Hendrickson, bartender n the saloon, is locked up and held as a witness. REJECTED LOVER ENDS LIFE lowan Falls Dead on Door Step at the Girl’s Home. Warsaw, Iowa, Feb. 7.—Because, it s alleged, the young woman on whom 1e lavished his affections did not re- ciprocate, Edward Miltner, living a few miles east of Warsaw, has ended nis life on her doorstep. He followed his sweetheart and his more success- ful rival home from church, saw them unter the house and then, going into he yard, drew a revolver and fired a sullet through his head, falling dead on the doorstep. COASTING LAD’S THROAT CUT. Ten-Year-Old. Appleton Boy Strikes Barb Wire Fence. Appleton, Wis., Feb. 7. — Clarence Loos, aged ten years, had his throat sut and nearly bled to death before istance could reach him, while coasting on Hospital hill. The lad lost control of his sled and dashed into a wire fence. The jagged barbs caught bis throat, tore a gaping wound and exposed the jugular vein. as! WILDROSE ROBBER DIES. James’ Suicidal Attempts Are Successful. Milwaukee, Feb. 7—Thoman James, alias “The Rambler,” one of the trio of Wildrose postoffice and bank robbers, who attempted suicide three imes at the county jail a week ago, lied at the county insane asylum at Wauwatosa, yesterday. Death was due to blood poisoning of the brain. aaa aa Se Montanans Imprisoned in 1905. Helena, Mont., Feb. 7.—There were 132 people committed to the state penitentiary in Montana last year, ac- cording to the report of Commissioner otf Labor and Statistics Ferguson. Two counties, Carbon and Broadwater, sent no one to the penitentiary. LS 8 ha eee POWDER HOUSE BLOWS UP. Thomas Explosion at Mine Causes Much Damage—Only Two Injured. Hartville, Wyo., Feb. 7.—By the ex- plosion of one of the four powder houses at the iron mines here yester- day the shaft house, blacksmith shop and other buildings were demolished and nearly every pane of glass in the own shattered. A number of houses were unroofed and several lifted from heir foundations, but only two men were injured. The explosion followed a fire of unknown origin. HOG ATTACKS FARMER. Man Is Nearly Killed by Assault of Enraged Animal. Littleton, Iowa, Feb. 6. — August Hehberg, a young farmer living west of here, is in a serious condition from wounds inflicted by a hog. He wasat- tempting to drive the animal through a gate when the hog suddenly sprang upon him and tore a gash in his leg near the knee. The ligaments were so badly torn that the lower limb hangs but by a thread. The animal then sprang directly at the man’s face. He threw up his arm to ward off the attack and received the tushes in his arm. The snow was soft and deep and the heavy animal in its last spring became mired in the snow and allowed the youag man to escape. Physicians state that the man may recover, but his condition at present is serious. BiG LAND DEAL AT ROSEAU. Tract of 9,460 Acres, Originally Swamp, Sold at Good Profit. Roseau, Minn., Feb. 6.—One of the biggest land transactions, both in area and amount involved in the history of this county, became known when Reg- ister of Deeds Oie recorded convey- ances which transferred 9,460 acres in this county to Nels Peterson of Polk county and E. S. Ellsworth of Iowa, for a consideration of $48,169. The land, which originally was state swamp land selected by a railroad company as part of its grant, was disposed of by them to a land com- pany which afterward sold it to lowa people for $34,528, and these in turn disposed of their holdings to the pres- ent purchasers. JEALOUSY CAUSES SHOOTING. Man Inflicts Serious Injuries on His Wife and Her Friend. St. Paul, Feb. 6. — Mrs. Mitchell Augee and William Bonning of White Bear village were shot and seriously wounded by the woman’s husband at 3:30 yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Augee. Jealously is given as the cause for the shooting. Augee was captured in North St. Paul a few hours later. ‘Mrs. Augee and Bonning were removed to the city hospital af- ter being attended by Dr. Francis and Dr. Fulton, and it was announced that the wounds were serious but not fatal. ..BOUND, GAGGED AND ROBBED. Children Find Woman Left Helpless by Thieves. Hibbing, Minn., Feb. 6.—Mrs. Jonas Johanicks was found in her home by school children bound, gagged antl tied to a chair. She stated that two masked men had _ entered her house, seized and bound her and then made a thorough search of the premises. The woman owns several buildings and she is supposed to be wealthy, but she says the robbers secured only $7. HIS PUNISHMENT HEAVY. Montana Man Gets Six Years and a Fine for Raising Bill. Helena, Mont., Feb. 6.—Judge Hunt declared in the United States court that protection to society demands the heavy punishment of persons who raise currency in denominations, as in the case of J. H. Peel, convicted of raising a one-dollar bill in Billings. He sentenced him to six years in the state prison and imposed a fine of $100. LOST WOODSMAN’S AWFUL FATE. Charred Remains of Napoleon Burnett Found in Cabin. ; Duluth, Minn., Feb. 6. — Napoleon Burnett, a logging foreman in the em- ploy of the McKay Lumber company, operating near Gordon, Wis., was burned to death while in a deep sleep following two days and one night that he was lost in the woods. His charred remains were found in a deserted cabin four miles northwest of Gordon. Buy Merchandise Steamer. Duluth, Minn., Feb. 6. — The Port Huron & Duluth Steamship company, which operates boats between Duluth and Sarnia and which is controlled by the Grand Trunk road, has purchased the merchandise steamer Russia. This vessel, together with the Wyoming, have constituted the line’s leased fleet for the past two years. The transit company will purchase or charter an- other vessel to run opposite her the coming season. Indian Will Enter West Point. Washington, Feb. 6.—For the first time an Indian is to enter West Point as a cadet. In the designations for appointment as cadets Saturday morning President Roosevelt named Paul Knapp, an Indian youth. Every other principal and alternate appoint- ed is a son of an army officer. Stockman Accused. Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 7. — Louis Becker, a member of the firm of Beck- er & Degen, live stock brokers at the Sioux City stock yards, is under arrest on the charge of embezzling $7,200 from a client. Crushed to Death by Ice. Marinette, Wis., Feb. 6. — William Guilfoil was crushed to death at the new paper mill when a huge mass of ice, weighing several tons, fell on him and broke every bone in his body. As He Is Mostly Knows Nowadays. aes Cupid Has Deteriorated i in These Modern Days : f (i Cupid has deteriorated. Once he was a god. Now he is a cute little valentine ornament, or a prince of archers. To-day he is a target for anybody who feels like firing a rhyme at him. The only pre-eminence which he has saved from the wreck of the rich prospects of his youth is unlim- ited publicity. Royalty’s picture is published less frequently than his. In the Greek anthology there is a fragment of a delightful little poem, supposed to be by Plato, which pre- sents a really beautiful picture of the god of love as he lies asleep among the roses, with the brown bees set- tling on his smiling lips to leave their honey there. And thus Walter Pater, who of all moderns is most Greek in spirit, de- scribes love, as the youth appears to his girl-wife Psyche when she sees him by the fateful lamp—whose flame at very sight of him kindles more gladly: “She sees the locks of that golden head, pleasant with the unction of the gods, shed down in graceful entangle- ment behind and before, about the ruddy cheeks and white throat. The pinions of the winged god, yet fresh with the dew, are spotless upon his shoulders, the delicate plumage wav- ering over them as they lie at rest. Smooth he was, and touched with light, worthy of Venus, his mother. At the foot of the couch lay his bow and arrows, the instruments of his power, propitious to men.” Contrast with these exquisite vis- ions, which adorn the beautiful words that portray them,, the Cupid whom we know to-day—a rachitic infant, who looks as if he had been brought up on a patent baby food which was not good for his constitution. On his back are hingeless wings that are in- variably either too big for him or too little. Of all precocious infants he most needs medical attention and a mother’s guiding tenderness. He smokes, plays golf, toboggans—in fact, does everything that is sporty, up-to-date, and in season, except wear- ing furs in winter. Sometimes he appears playing horse, driven by a beauteous damsel in a ball gown who does not seem to be in the least embarrassed by his in- genuous disregard of the conventions which prescribe full dress for even- ing, wear. Certainly this is not the gleaming god of the sifining bow and quiver, he who used to weigh down the eye- lashes of maidens, with tears fair as dewdrops on the fringes of a flower— he who touched the soul of man with a fire immortal which burned to bless, or burned to ruin. This is not the poet god who, see- ing a milk-white flower growing up- on the plain, lovely as gentleness, but so unpretentious that people passed its beauty by, unheeding, shot into its heart a bolt of gold that turned its pallor purple with love’s wounds, so that ever after maiden stooped to pluck it, calling it by the sweet name, “Love in Idleness.” What would Venus say if she could see her darling now? Of course, ac- cording to mortal standards, she was never especially motherly. But she had ambitions for her son. And she had also a frank habit of speaking her mind. And if she did not give Cupid pocket money, so that in con- sequence he has always had a repu- tation for being out at the elbows, it was certainly no fault of hers, con- sidering his taste in dress. I think that she would say to him something like this: ‘My son, it is time you went into training to reduce your weight. And, for goodness’ sake, go away on a vacation and get a new expression. I find that some one has been saying about you: , “We know too much of Love ere we love. We can trace akbar new, unexpected, or strange in is face When we see it at last. "Tis the same Uttle Cupid, With the same dimpled cheek and the smile almost stupid, We have seen in our pictures and stuck on our shelves, And copied a hundred times over our- selves.’ “And while you are away, my dear, I will run a matrimonial bureau for you.”—Dorothy Fenimore. tow They Liked Their Valentines. Valentine Party. Here are some suggestions for a valentine party: Have each girl come bringing with her an old-fashioned paper ‘“valen- tine.” These sentimental affairs are gathered up by the hostess and sus- pended from a cord which is stretched across the room. Hach valentine has the name of its owner written upon the back of it. The gentlemen must not know which one belongs to any particular girl. They are given scis- sors and told to clip each a valentine. The girl whose name is found on the valentine clipped is valentine or part- ner for the evening of the man who clipped it. _ Or the question of partners may be prettily decided by a blindfold game. Suspend on the cord as many ecards bearing numbers as there are girls in the room. Write as many numbers as there are gentlemen pres- ent on slips of paper ‘and inclose these in a large heart made of tissue paper. The gentlemen are now , blindfolded and asked to clip each a card from the cord. At the same time the heart is punctured with a wand in the shape of a golden arrow and the slips brought down. Bach girl receives the slip which she succeeds in catching or which fell nearest to her. The man and girl whose numbers match are declared partners. Was Made Lottery of Love. It was consistently the practice of the early Christian church to adopt and purify such pagan festivals as had become ineradically rooted in the lives and habits of the unconverted peoples. Thus in good time the feast of Februetta Juno was made St. Val- entine’s day, a festival for beginning prudent and pious courtship. The drawing of names continued, although some of the more zealous pastors, as Butler tells us, steadfastly set their faces against the practice. How the drawing was done and what was the exact significance in middle-age England at least, are made plain by writers of that nation and perio. The practice had long before reached that country, following the spread of reformed Roman customs all over Europe, through the work of the missionaries. An equal number of young persons of each sex put little tablets inscrib- ed with their names into a box on St. Valentine’s day. Drawings were made from the box until each Jack had a Jill, and each companion so be- stowed by fate was styled the other’s valentine. These were not necessarily expected to become iovers. The young man had the right of custom to be a sort of adopted cousin, whose now au- thorized friendship might blossom into love—who could tell? Bi _ SET PRICE ON CODE. ~ j peseeis sit Printing Commission Decides to Sell Copies of Revised Code at $3.50 Each. The revised code, when printed, wilt cost each individual purchaser in the state $3.50 a volume. This price was fixed at a special meeting of the code printing commission held in the of- fices of Attorney General Young. The original price set by the com- mission for the code was $2.50 a vol- ume. The printing troubles which have been encountered, however, have increased the cost of the work to the state, and it has been found necessary to raise the price of the books for pub- lic sale.” The price fixed will just about cover the cost of printing. Work on the code is progressing rapidly and the 3,000 volumes, when completed, will be turned over to the secretary of state and sold by him. Applications fer copies are already being received and are being placed on file by Secretary of State Hanson. They will be filled in order as they are received. The code printing commission de- cided on the following distribution of the free copies of the code: One copy to each county auditor, clerk of court, judge of probate and county attorney in the state. One copy to each district judge. One copy to each municipal court judge. One copy to each head of each state department. Two copies to each of the supreme court justices. Ten copies to the university law ll- brary. One hundred copies to the state law) library. This will dispose of about 650 copies | and the balance will be offered to at- torneys and private citizens of the) state at the price mentioned. It is expected to have the code ready for distribution about Feb. 26. TEST CASE ON CONDENSED MILK Illinois Interests Fight Commissioner Slater’s Ruling. Dairy Commissioner Slater’s ruling against the [Illinois “evaporated cream” product will be tested in court, and attorneys for the manufacturers will carry the case up to the supreme court if they lose. The case opened in St. Paul. A grocer named Tetu was arraigned in municipal court for sell- ing the article labeled “evaporated cream.” He is backed by the manu: facturers in his defense. The defense does not claim that their product is evaporated cream. They contend that it is a trade term for condensed milk, and their cans pear an inscription, saying that the product is rich milk evaporated to the consistency of rich cream. The state authorities declare it illegal under the law prohibiting misbranding which prohibits the sale of food articles un- der statements false in any particular. They insist that since the article is only evaporated milk it should be so labeled. The minnesota department is not alone in this position. Dr. H. W. Wiley, chemist of the department of agriculture, has made standards for condensed milk and cream. .He de fines evaporated cream as cream from which a considerable quantity of water has been evaporated. The na- tional standard for cream requires 18 per cent of butter fat, and Minnesota’s standard is 20 per cent. The sample of the Illinois product contains only 8.4 per cent. The national standard for condenged milk calls for 28 per cent solids, of which one-fourth, or 7 per cent must be butter fat. Under this standard the Illinois article just comes well within the requirement for evaporated milk. This is the same product in which Commissioner Jones of Illinois is in- terested. He came to St. Paul last year and tried to get Mr. Slater to change his ruling and admit the product, and declared it was “good enough for Illinois.” IS STATE’S BIGGEST DITCH. Proposed Work in Stearns County t¢ Cost $50,000. Petitions are being circulated for what will be when constructed, the largest drainage ditch in the state. It will canal the Crow Wing river for a distance of fifty miles, beginning in Meeker county, bassing through Stearns and into Pope county. The proposed ditch would reclaim 100,000 acres of land that is now valueless for tillage purposes, but which if drained would be excellant land for farming. Engineers estimate the cost of the proposed drain at $1,000 a mile, or $50,000 for the total length. The pe: tition will be filed at three separate county seats, St. Cloud, Litchfield and Gleenwood, but it is understood that all proceedings under it will be con ducted in Stearns county. Fire at Graceville. Graceville, Minn., Feb. 4. — F. M. Bergen’s general store was complete ly destroyed by fire. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $11,000. The building waa owned by the Bigstone County bank and was insured. Middie Is Pardoned. Washington, Feb. 4—The president has pardoned Midshipman John Paul Miller of Kentucky, recently convict ed of hazing at Annapolis naval acad- emy. : Yesterday, To-day. Judge—What’s your age? Fair Witness—Twenty-nine, honor. “That’s exactly what you said two years ago.” “Well, I'm not going to say one thing to-day and another thing to-morrow.” your WINTER WEAKNES Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills the Tonia That. Most People Need for Blood and Nerves. | In winter the air of the close rooms iz which we spend so much of the tims does not furnish enough oxygen to tht lungs .to burn out the foul matter in the blood. In the cold season we do not exer: cise as much and the skin and kidneys de not throw off the waste matter as freely asusual. The system becomes overloaded with poisonous matter, and too feeble to throw it off. 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It’s only the egotist who is all the time wondering what the world ’ll do when the grass grows over him.—Atlanta Constitution. A Bridge Joke. As a rule bridge players take them: selves so seriously that the game is seldom enlivened with even a suspi cion of humor. Occasionally, however, one hears a really good joke at the bridge table. At a certain mixed card club in London four ladies sat down to a rubber. Two of them were friends who had not met for years. “How many children have you now, Alice?” asked one of the players of her friend. “Six above and four below,” was tha reply. “Oh,” chimed in a third play- er, “you have nothing to complain of I’m chicane.” ny A Good Thing. “What are you doing now?” “Tm putting a new patent razor on the market.” “Good thing?” “Well, it’s the kind of a razor that impels the man who shaves with it ta go back to the regular shop again— and the professional barbers pay me a handsome salary for introducing it. safety OVER SEA HABIT. 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