Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 15, 1906, Page 7

ee ——— | | | | HEAT KILLS FIVE AT DULUTH HEAD Of LAKES SUFFERS FROM UNUSUAL WEATHER CONDI- TIONS. Duluth, Sept. 11—Five deaths as a result of excessive heat occurred here yesterday and thermometers along the principal streets registered 95 de- grees in the shade from 2 p. m. until sundown, James Pierce, a pioneer citizen, was at work on the Northern Pacific dock when he was stricken. An ambulance carried him to his home, where he died a few hours later. The other deaths were those’ of in- fants living in the thickly populated West end. The proverbial cool lake breeze that almost always blows off Lake Supe- rior in the evening was lacking last night, and local people experienced something previously unknown at the Head of the Lakes—weather too hot for sleeping. . DAN PATCH BREAKS RECORD. Great Pacer Clips One-Quarter of Sec- ond Off His Record. St. Paul, Sept. 11.—Dan Patch, 1:55. That is the story. The champion pacer made a trial Saturday afternoon on the Minnesota state fair grounds, track against his Memphis record of 1:55 1-4, and he won. The Hamline track now has the dis- tinction of holding the fastest harness mile record of any track in the coun- try, and a Minnesota horse made the record, for Dan Patch is owned by M. W. Savage of Minneapolis. When Dan Patch finished he came along strong and showed no indication of tiring. He will be campaigned the rest of the season, and the chances are that the record of 1:55 flat will not stand in much danger. HIS SAVINGS STOLEN. Miner Had No Faith in Banks and He Is Robbed. Hibbing, Minn., Sept. 11—Because he had little faith in banks, Anton Berwek. an Austrian miner, is pow mourning the loss of $800 which he had accumulated as the result of three years of hard work on _ the range. Berwek had hidden the money in vari- ous secret places about his cabin, and on going last night to make another deposit he discovered that the money hidden in that spot had disappeared. In great alarm he searched the other hiding places, only to find that they, too, had been looted. BARN BURNERS ACTIVE. Gang Destroys Number of Buildings Filled With Crops. Lake City, Minn., Sept. 11.—Appar- ently there is an organized gang of barn burners operating in this vicin- ity. A number of valuable structures have been set on fire and destroyed within the past week and an effort is being made on the part of the authori- ties to run down the miscreants. The large barn on the farm of Mrs. Wise, west of here, was burned Thursday night. All the hay and grain on the place were destroyed. Loss, $3,000. FOUND DEAD IN A DITCH. Farmer Apparently Fell From Wagon While Driving Home. Osnabrock, N. D., Sept. 11—The body of Ole S. Jacobson, who lives at Mona, Cavalier county, was found ly- ing in the road ditch and about six north of here. Jacobson had been to this place for a load of lath and start- ed home about midnight. It is pre- sumed that he fell wiles and fell oft the wagon. FARM BUILDINGS BURNED. Loss of $15,000 on Bacon Farm Near Grand Forks. Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 11.—Fire which started in the horse barn on the Bacon farm, a mile and a half north of here, got beyond control and de- stroyed every building On the place, causing a damage estimated at $15,- 000, which is partially covered by in- surance. ATTACKED BY A BULL. South Dakota Farmer Has a Narrow, Escape. Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 11—Iver Hanson, a farmer living about twelve miles north of Sioux Falls, while at work among his cattle, was attacked by a bull belonging to the herd. One of his arms was broken; a shoulder was dislocated and he was badly bruised abcut the head, body and legs. MANGLED BY SEPARATOR. Man Falls in Front of Machine and Meets Death. Webster, S. D., Sept. 11.—While . superintending threshing operations on his farm, six miles north of here, Edward Olson, a_ well-to-do farmer, met with a fatal accident. In some unexplained manner he fell in front of the separator and was terribly man- gied. Almost the entire front of his face and chest was torn off and phy- sicians attending him say there is na possibility of his recoverv. : PREPARE TO OPEN LANDS. Navigation Inspection by Engineer Davenport Also Going On. Big Falls, Minn., Sept. 9.—Settlers of the Big Fork valley are jubilant over the prospective opening of elev- en townships of government.land lo- cated from five to twenty miles from this place. United Sstates Inspector of Surveys Van Winkle is here with a corps of engineers and cruisers inspecting tle government surveys of the unopened townships, which were surveyed two years ago. Another matter of. importance Northern Itasca county is the federal inspection of the Big Fork river to as- certain the possibilities of developing navigation. Engineer F. Davenport of St. Paul is conducting a personal inspection of the Big and Little Fork rivers and soon will report his find ings to Washington. DOES FEAT AT FARMING. Farmer, Single-harided, Performs Big Agricultural Task. Sioux ‘Falls, 8. D., Sept. 9.—A. R. Beaver, a prominent Charles Mix county farmer, so far as the amount of, work accomplished without assist- ance is concerned, holds the South Dakota record, so far as reported, for this season. He put in a crop which yielded him 1,725 bushels of wheat and 900 bushels of oats, and in adal- tion planted sixty acres of corn, which will yield him not less than fifty bush- els to the acre. Of course he /had te secure help when harvest commenced, but all the work of putting in his crop and cultivating it was done by him without assistance. FLIES SPREAD TYPHOID. Excavations for New Buildings Be- lieved to Have Uncovered Germs. Hibbing, Minn., Sept. 9.—Flies, ac- cording to Health Officer D. C. Rood, are responsible for an epidemic of ty- phoid fever which is raging in mild form in this place. About a dozen cases have been reported to the health officer, who has taken vigorous steps to prevent the further spread and to stamp out the existing cases. It is thought that the germs of the disease have been brought to the sur- face by the large number of excava- tions for new buildings which recent- ly have been made. JOHN SELLNER KILLED. His Mangled Body Found on C. & N.- W. Track Near New Ulm. New Ulm, Sept. 9.—The body of John Seliner of Slepy Eye was found between this city and Essig beside the track of the North-Western rail- road terribly mangled, parts of it be- ing scattered for some distance. It is supposed he was attempting to steal a ride to his home from this city and fell from the train. In the past year nine persons have been killed in this county by the cars because of their own risk and carelessness. OLD CAPITOL IS COW STABLE. Chicagoan Denounces Wisconsin for Lack of Sentiment. Platteville, Wis., Sept. 9.—Jenkin Lloyd Jones, who with other Chica- goans is traveling over the country by team, denounces Wisconsin for permitting the old territorial capitol at Belmont to be used as a cow stable. He says it is a disgrace to the state. Mr. Jones urged his hearers to start a movement to rescue the historic building and preserve it for the state. TRAGEDY AMONG BROTHERS. Maniac Kills One and Other Shots Are Heard. Steele, N. D., Sept. 9—Emil Schelt- gen, who lived twenty-seven miles northwest of Steele, was shot dead by his brother Lucian last evening. Four brothers lived together and Lucian was insane. A man who brought the news here said he heard the sound of two shots after leaving. One Dies; Fifteen Born. | Elk Point, S. D., Sept. 9—The vital statistics report of Union county for the month of August shows that there were fifteen births and only one death. There were only three mar- riage licenses issued during the month, which is the smallest number issued during one month for some time. Artist Found Dead. Calumet, Mich., Sept. 9—William Marks, aged fifty, an artist for Les lie’s Weekly for many years, and on¢ time a fellow worker of Thomas Nast, the cartoonist, was found dead in bed in his room. He evidently died of heart failure. No Rain, Yet River Rises, Pierre, S. D., Sept. 7.—The Missouri river is showing a queer freak for this time of year, with a rise of two feet. No heavy rains have been reported from the country up river, and river men are puzzled to account for the ac- tion of the stream at this time. Curtis Jett’s Trial Postponed. Cynthiania, Ky., Sept. 7.—The trial of Curtis Jett for the murder of James Cockrill, town’ marshal of Jackson, in | July, 1902, .was yesterday seauauet until Dee. 17, 1906. : t SHOWER OF ORE KILLS TWO HEAVY BLAST IN MINE AT EVE- LETH SMOTHERS TWO MIN- ERS TO DEATH. Eveleth, Minn., Sept. 12.—As a Te sult of'a heavier blast than was ex- pected in Adams’ No. 4 milling pit ‘yesterday, John Mclhilich, an Aus- trian, and Tony Fonard, an Italian, were covered with ore and smothered to death, while Oscar Aho and aug Lauma were injured. The two men who were killed were picking down ore into the mills, and as is the custom got out of the way when a blast was\called. The two mines were set off, but one missed fire. Aho and Lauma went back to attend to the unfired blast and then retreated. Mclhilich and Fonard had not moved from the first blast and were at a distance of fifty or sixty feet when it did occur. The blast was. a tremendous one, sending hundreds of tons of ore into’the air and burying Mclhilich and, Fonard. DROWNS WATERING HIS TEAM. Horses Get Beyond Depth and Driver Jumps to His Death. Sioux FaHs, S. D., Sept. 12—While watering his team in the river Fritz Reinhold, a butcher, was drowned. He had driven the team into the wa- ter, but by some niiscalculation the animals got beyond their depth and started to swim. The current was swift and the wagon box was tossed about so much that Reinhold lost his heed and jumped into the river. As he could not swim he was drowned. HOUSE RUNS AMUCK. Breaks From Movers on Hill.in Butte (Mont.) Street. Butte, Mont., Sept. 12.—A one- -story pbuilding being moved on rollers got away and ran for three blocks down a hill yesterday, killing four horses and tearing down poles and wires and wrecking vehicles. Several men had narrow escapes. The building made the record time without injury to it- self. TWO ROAST IN WRECK. Enginemen Are Pinned Under Fire- box in Smashup Near Waupaca. Waupaca, Wis., Sept. 12—Two men were roasted alive and seven others seriously bruised and scalded in the upsétting of a locomotive and tender on the Wisconsin Central road three miles south of Waupaca yesterday aft- ernoon. The track was torn up for 100 feet and traffic on the line was, held up almost ten hours. The acci- dent occurred at 1.30 o’clock. AIM AT ICE AND COAL MEN’ Grand Juries Will Probe Trusts in Omaha. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 12.—At the re- quest of County Attorney Slabauxzh the judges of the district court yeste: day announced that they would call a specfal grand jury at once to investi- gate the alleged ice trust. A reputed combination of coal dealers will also be looked after. Alleged GREAT NORTHERN IN THE DITCH. a Oriental Limited Leaves the Track— Several Persons Hurt, Havre, Mont., Sept. 12.—The Orien- tal limited east bound, oh the Great Northern, went into the ditch near Dodson. -No one is reported killed, but several passengers were severely bruised and cut. FIND HOMESTEADER DEAD. Corpse Is Discovered in Shanty Sev- eral Days After Death. Washburn, Wis., Sept. 12.—While hunting prairie chickens in the vicin- ity of the “Barrons,” boys found the body of Dennis Talbot in a homestead- er’s shanty. Death was thought to have been caused by heart trouble. Merchant Mysteriously Injured. Red Wing., Minn., Sept. 12—E. O. Peterson, a prominent hardware mer- chant of this city, lies at St. John’s hospital as the result of an accident yesterday. He was found on the floor of the annex of the store in a pool of blood and unconscious. Appearances are that he fell against the point of a plowshare, there being an ugly cut in his head. He is still in an uncon- scious condition. Engine Explodes; Two Injured. Edgeley, N. D., Sept. 12—A thresh- ing engine exploded on the farm of Mr. Pepper, about eight miles north of here. The engineer was seriously injured by scalding, and Mr. Pepper was badly cut about the body by flying pieces of iron. a Duel Fatal to Both. Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 12—Lee Bailey and Charles Dugan,.between whom a feud is said to have existed for some time, met in a saloon last night and engaged in a pistol duel. Bailey was instantly killed and Dugan cannot sur- vive. min Two Killed by a Train. _» Muscatine, Iowa, Sept. 12—A Rock Island passenger train struck a buggy _ opntatenits Lafayette Sylvester and Jo- 4 WHEAT YIELD UNDER AVERAGE. Farmers of Otter Tail Are Greatly Dis- appointed. 1 A week of dry weather has given farmers of Otter Tail county an oppor- tunity to stack a large proportion ot their, grain, and a little threshing was done. Yields are very uneveh. The first report that came in was from the farm of Andrew Sundberg, six miles southwest of Fergus Falls. His fife wheat—the hard variety—yielded only five bushels to the acre. This, of course, was an unusually poor fiel%, but it is by no me&ns the only one in the neighborhood. H. T. Hille finished threshing. on one of his farms and reports slightly better than twelve bushels to the acre, the grain grading No. 2 North- ern. Louis Lohmeier, whose farm ad- joins the city on the west, finished threshing Saturday night and obtained a yield of seventeen bushels to the acre. There are a few fields that will do even better than this, but the average yield in this locality will be about twelve to fifteen bushels to the acre, which means that there will be a lit- tle less than an average crop. The decline in the wheat yield is likely to have an important bearing on the future of the county, to prove a blessing in disguise. Three years ago the wheat crop promised a big yield up to three weeks before the harve ¥:; then the rust swept over it and it was a total failure. Last-year it gave fair promise, but the yield was compara- tively light. This year'the crop prom- ised well in June and looked like a “bumper” in July. After that, rain, rust, lodging and other ills assailed it. Week after week its condition.de- clined, and the thresher is now telling a very ordinary story. The result of all this is that the farmers are steadily reducing their wheat acreage and turning their atten- tion more and more to mixed farming and stock raising. Some of those who came from Southern Minnesota. re- member the time when that section of the state had a_ similar experience. The wheat crop rusted three years in succession; the farmers turned to stock raising, and they soon found that they had made a very desirable change. Otter Tail county has a_ smaller wheat acreage this year than it had last, and last year’s acreage was con- siderably less than that of the preced- ing year. Thousands of acres former- ly in wheat are now sown to clover, timothy and various fodder croj¢, while the acreage of oats, barley and macaroni has materially increased. A light what crop does not mean whi): it once meant. ARMY WORM IN BECKER COUNTY. Prof. Ruggles Confirms the Worst Fears. The army worm threatens Becker county and especially the vicinity of Audubon. It is a little brown worm, about half an inch long, and has been destroying the crops near Audubon. A sample worm was sent to the state entomologist, Prof. Washburn, for ex- amination, and in his absence Prof. A. G. Ruggles has replied. He says the worm is without doubht the dreaded army worm. As his letter is impor- tant to all farmers in Minnesota the most vital parts are quoted: “When in great numbers this insect marches. in great herds across the country, devouring everything green in its path. When once these pests get into a field it is practically impos- sible to do anything with them. - All one can do is to prevent them getting into the adjoining fields. Some of these preventive remedies would be plowing around the infested fields, leaving the straight side, of the fur- row next the field to be protected, or digging a trench across their path, in which several holes have been dug. In either case persons should go along and kill the masses of worms collect- ed. “These caterpillers are, however, preyed upon by birds and many para- site insects. The sample you sent us has been parasitized, and what was supposed to be eggs were the little co- coons of a two-winged fly, which had laid its eggs in the body of the cater- piller. “These eggs had hatched into little worms. In a few weeks the adult fly will emerge from these and will be ready to attack more ‘army worms. It is probable that the army worm ca- terpiller is kilied by the irritation caused by these little worms boring through their skin. “We had a number of complaints this year about the army worm, and if its enemies, these’ parasites and others, are not numerous it is ‘possi- ble that we will have a serious trou- ble next year.” JAIL DELIVERY AT WASECA. 'The State Day] by Day Day: rf NEWS OF INTEREST, i ° Sibanedusuackseceabhaahiediaies a8 ORDERS GUT IN FREIGHT RATES State Railroad Commissioner Brings Hearing to a Close. After shutting off final arguments by both the railroads and the shippers a8 to the reasonableness of the pro- posed schedule of merchandise rates, the railroad and warehouse commis- sioners/ brought the hearing on the whole matter to a speedy conclusion by announcing that they felt justified in putting into. effect the proposed schedules covering merchandise rates, which provide aN a reduction of 20 per cent. Both the nliippers, represented by Wames Manahan, and the railroads, represented by C. A. Severance, pro- tested against the decision. Mm. Man- ahan and Mr. Sevefance had expected a chance to present final arguments after the testimony was in, but the commissioners, through Mr. Staples, announced that they had decided to put into effect the praposed schedules. But after the statements of the at- torneys the case was declared closed. Commféssioner Staples said in an- nouncing the decision: “The contmission does not feel that the adding of any more testimony, or continuing this case any further, will throw any light upon the present case to be decided which will aid the com- mission. The commission believes that the testimony already in will jus- tify the reduction which the commis- sion \first outlined when the schedule was presented to the companies for a reduction in merchandise rates. That is the present attitude of the commis- sion, stated briefly. “here is no purpose to cut anybody off, but we see no object in pursuing the examination any further, so far ay this part of the case is concerned.” PLAN A MASONIC HOME. Grand Lodge Committee Organizers to Create Fund. At the last session of the Minnesota grand lodge of Masons it was decided to raise a fund of $100,000 for the con- struction and maintenance ef a Ma- sonic home A committee of twelve, representing the warious grand Masonic organiza- tions in Minnesota, was appointed to organize a cosporation for the purpose of carrying out the project. This committee met in St. Paul at the office of G. S. Ives, its chairman, agreed upon articles of incorporation and perfected the organization by the election of the following officers: President, Gidean S. Ives, St. Paul; ice president, T. M. Hugo, Duluth; secretary, William P. Raberts, Minne- apolis; treasurer, Mary C. Taylor. Minneapolis. In connection with this home it is proposed to build an infirmary or hos- pital for the care of afflicted members of the order and such others as the board of trustees may designate. No buildings of any kind will be erected until the sum of $100,000 is in the hands of the board of trustees. Active measures will be inaugurated at once for the purpose of raising this fund. NEW MINE RIGHT IN HIBBING. Stripping Just Begun on a Deep Open- Pit Proposition. The new mine which the Oliver Iron Mining company is opening up east of Hibbing will be one of the deepest open-pit mines upon the Mesaba range. Stripping has just been begun, and it is said that 100 feet must be removed before ore is reached. The ore body varies from 300 to 400 feet in thick- ness, so that the pit will reach a depth 500 feet in places. The new mine is but two blocks from Hibbing’s principal business street,’ and ii: will close up the lasi remaining country road except to the south, so that in a few weeks there will be no way of gettihg into town by team except from the south. The ground now being stripped for the mine was this spring covered with dwellings, all of which were moved off. The edge of the mine comes with- in a very few feet of the Center street school, and the building willl probably have to be moved next summer. NEW CHANNEL FOR RIVER. State Makes Goof Progress in Dredg- ing the Rouseau. Rapid progress is being made by the crew which G. A. Ralph, state drainage engineer, has at work dredg- ' ing the Roseau river from Roseau lake to the boundary line. In the past two weeks they have widened and deepen- ed the river for a distance of a quar- ter of a mile. The Roseau river is a winding stream, full of sandbars, and it was found necessary to cut these out in order to get a proper flow and insure better drainage of the valuable agri- cultural lands in that vicinity. One of the largest steam dredges in the coun- try is at work on the river. ’ Rural Mail Carriers Organize. Pipestone, Minn.,' Special—The ru- One Escapes, One Caught Because Too ral mail carriers of this county have Fat for Hole in the Wall. The county jail at Waseca was the scene of a partial jail delivery recent} jy. Seymour Johnson, a young man) held on the charge of robbing a farm house, succeeded in getting. out of the jail by ‘means of a hole dug through ‘the wall, and Gilbert Bludxover, an alleged horse thief, was part way out ueht. ‘Had the hole not been | organized a county association, with James T. Garrett of Pipestone as pres- ident. A. L. Lane of Hennepin coun- ty assisted in organizing the local as- sociation 1 _ Pills Are Fatal Candy. Aurora, Minn., Special—Mistaking strychnine pills for candy, Eddie Maki, five years old, ate a quantity of ' with the result that he now is bai) ® a G; _ The Age of Lead. ' We are wont to speak of this era as the “age of iron,” and there is no gainsaying that, industrially speaking, iron is a “precious metal.” Nevertheless, few people realize how useful, if not absolutely neces- sary, to agar civilization, is that other metal, ad. Soft, yielding, pliable, it is not much like its sister metal, but those distinguishing quali- ties are what give it such a prominent place in the arts and industries. Modern plumbing, requiring many turnings and twistings, but withal tight joints, would be almost impos- sible without lead pipe. The great- est civilizing agent in the world—the printing art—is absolutely dependent on lead. Hand-set type, linotype “slugs,” monotype type—all are made of compositions of which lead is the chief component—to say noth- ing of the bearings in the presses as well as all other kinds of machinery in which “babbitt” metal is used. Solder is another lead product— what a field of usefulness that one form opens up. Then there is the most important use of all to which lead is put—paint, that necessary material which keeps our houses looking pretty —inside and out—and preserves them from decay. How many of us thank metallic lead for the comforts of paint? Yet the best house paint fs nothing but me tallic lead corroded by acid to a white powder known as “white lead.” Of course, there are many imitations of “white lead,” “some of which are sold as white lead and some which are offered by the name of ready-pre- pared paint under the familiar pre tense that they are“just as good” as white lead. But all good paint is made of the metal, lead, corroded and ground to a fine white powder and mixed with linseed oil. White lead is also used in the coat- ing of fine oil cloths and for many purposes besides paint. “Red lead” is another product of metallic lead and is what is known as an oxide of lead, being produced by burning the metal. Red lead is the best paint known to preserve iron, steel or tin, and is used largely in painting metal structures, such as skyscraper skeletons,‘ mills and bridges. if There are many other products of the metal lead, such as _litharge, orange mineral, ete. which are es- sential to many of the arts in which we never imagine that lead would be of the least use. Verily, we live in an age of lead as well as of iron. BIG FISH IN HOLLOW LOGS. Great Catches of Catfish Made Right in a Sawmill. At this time of year the men who are working in the sawmills dlong the Mississippi River are somewhat puz- zled to decide precisely what their oc- cupation is. Sometimes they think they are mill men and sometimes they think they are fishermen, Catfish seem to be the ’coons and ‘possums of the river world. They take to the hollow logs, which they find among the rafts tied up near the sawmills. In June the men who work the logs up to the carriages which take them to the saws begin to watch for hollow specimens. When they find one of that sort they are pretty sure of a big catfish hiding inside. At Burlington a large number of fish weighing from three to ten pounds each have been taken in this way during the last few weeks. One black catfish weighing thirty-eight pounds was caught about two weeks ago. The prize was an immense blue cat- fish, four feet in length and weighing fifty-eight pounds. The sawmill fisher- men were not prepared for such big fellow and he jumped clear through their net. He would have escaped to the water but for a man with a cant- hook, .;who despatched the prize. The fish netted his captor $4 when he had been dressed and cut into steaks. HOW MANY OF US? Fail to Select Food Nature Demands to Ward Off Ailments. A Ky. lady, speaking about food, says: “I was accustomed to eating all kinds of ordinary food until, for some reason, indigestion and nervous prostration set in. “After I had run down seriously my attention was called to the necessity of some change in my diet, and I dis- continued my ordinary breakfast and began using Grape-Nuts with a good quantity of rich cream. “In a few days my Condition changed in a remarkable way, and I began to have a strength that I had never been possessed of before, a vigor of body and a poise of mind that amazed me. It was entirely new jin my experience. | “My former attacks of indigestion had been accompanied by heat flashes, and many times my condition was dis- tressing, with blind spells of dizziness, rush of blood to the head and neural- gic pains in the chest. “Since using Grape-Nuts alone for breakfast I have been free from these troubles,.except at times when I have indulged in rich, greasy foods in quantity, then I would be warned by a pain under the left shoulder blade, » and unless I heeded the warning the be trouble would come back, but —— | when I finally got to know where these troubles originated I returned to my Grape-Nuts and cream and the pain and disturbance left very quickly. “I am now in prime health as a re- sult of ay, use of “agg Non Name ae ee