Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 5, 1908, Page 5

MINNESOTA HAS GROWN WEALTHY Close of Fiftieth Year Finds $2,968,000 in Treasury of the State. ‘ TOTALS NOW ALL MILLIONS St. Paul, Aug. 2.—The State of Min: hesota yesterday closed the fiscal year and the first half century of its exist- ence with $2,968,282.64 in the treas- ury,| the total receipts for the year be- ing $12,446,280.64, a gain of about $1,- 200,000 over the preceding year. Com- pared with the figures for 1858, when the total receipts were $286,902.36, and the balance at the end of the year was $4,063.18, these figures forci- bly demonstrate the growth of the state during the fifty years. Figures compiled by State Treas. urer C, C. Dinehart contrasting the state’s ‘financial condition in 1858 af- ford some striking illustrations of the changed conditions. In that time the total amount raised by taxation has grown from $554,000 to $28,000,000; the assessed valuation of all taxable property from $41,000,000 to $1,050,- 000,000, and the annual cost of main- tenance and operation of the state in- stitutions has grown from $7,500 to over $2,000,000, with a total expendi- ture for the support of these institu- tions for the semi-centennial period of $33,000,000. When the state started doing busi- ness it had a state prison and a few normal schools. Now it has institu. tional property worth $20,000,000, and has permanent school and univer- sity funds aggregating $16,500,000, with 2,750,000 acres of land still un- sold, the proceeds of which will ga to these funds. MAILS GO ON MOTOR CYCLE. lowa Rural Carrier Saves From Four to Six Hours, Iowa Falls, Iowa, Aug. 2. — Rural Carrier Hadley, on one of the reutes running out of this city, is demon- strating that the motorcycle in the rural service may become a new fac- tor in the delivery of mail. He has just put into service a motorcycle and the saving of time is remarkable. His route is twenty-five miles long and he serves seventy-five patrons. He can cover the route and stop at each of the boxes on his route in two hours, and claims he can even reduce this record a half hour. With the old modes of conveyance Hadley required from six to eight hours to perform the same service, BARS TRADE SLOT MACHINE. County Attorney Turns Down Device That Gives Something for Nickel. Marshalltown, Iowa, Aug. 2.—Coun- ty Attorney J. H. Egermayer yester- day served notice on the cigar stores of the city that a new slot machine, commonly known as the trade ma- chine, would have to be removed, as it comes under the ban of the slot machine law. A certain number of these new machines, which pay some- thing in trade for each nickel put in them, with a chance of winning more, have been put into use, BULLET WOUNDS IN TEMPLE. Jeweler of Marengo, lowa, Believed to Have Committed Suicide. Iowa City, Iowa, Aug. 2.—The dead body of Edward Eckert, a jeweler of Marengo, Iowa, was found partly in the Iowa river near Amana, lowa county, last night. There were two bullet holes in his temple, and it is believed he committed suicide on ac- count of ill health. He was forty- three years old and had a wife and five children. He left his home in an automobile on Tuesday. TWO HOUSES STRUCK. Lightning Starts Fire at Hinckley — Damage Was Smail. Hinckley, Minn., Aug. 2.—Lightning struck two houses here. At the home of W. E. Vose a bed was overturned and set afire. An alarm was turned in and the flames did but little damage. About the same time a bolt hit the Northern Pacific section house, occu- pied by James Fleming, and tore pa- per and plastering from the walls, knocked an umbrella to pieces and frightened the family. FIREMAN KILLED BY HEAT. Young Hazen, Stricken on a Lake Tug, Soon Dies. Manistique, Mich., Aug. 2. — Henry Hazen, a fireman on the harbor tug, was overcome by heat yesterday and died at 2.p. m. He had been cleaning the boiler and the extreme heat of the boiler room, in addition to the oppres- sive heat of the day, overcame him. He was about twenty-four years of age and leaves a wife and child. His father. William Hazen, is the engi- neer on the tug. . GEIS BIG PACKING PLAT Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Will Make Minneapolis a Distributing Point. Minneapolis, Aug. 2. —“Minneapolis has been selected by the firm of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger, the inde- pendent packers, as one of their dis- tributing points in their chain of plants which extends from coast to coast. Representatives have been in Min- neapolis a week, looking over site for a suitable location. A. Gavin, the firm’s Minneapolis agent, is authority for the statement that a hundred acres will be required by the plant, which will be a model one, Schwarzschild & Sulzberger is one of the oldest firms in the packing and meat-making business. It has had a branch office in Minneapolis for many years. All packing house products will be turned out of the Minneapolis house, and it will be a killing estab- lishment as well as a_ distributing point. What the cost of the plan will be has not been learned. The entry of the firm here will make it interesting for Armour & Co. The Schwarzschild & Sulzberger firm have their eyes upon a piece of land but a short distance from the site in Northeast Minneapolis upon which Armour & Co, may build. Schwarz schild & Sulzberger are rapidly plac: ing distributing and killing points at large centers of the country. Land has lately been bought in Denver for a plant similar to the one projected for Minneapolis. + HIS LIFE 1S THREATENED. Money Demanded From the Postmas: , ter on Pain of Death. Tony, Wis., Aug. 2. — Postmasteh Johnson of Glen Flora, a station five miles east of here, found a statement on the front door upon opening this morning, stating that he should de. posit $175\at a lonely place between Glen Flora and Tony or they would dynamite him and his family. It is thought to be the work of parties wh¢ | robbed his safe a few weeks ago. WANT WORK IN FIELDS. State Free Employment Bureau Is Be- ing Flooded With Inquiries. St. Paul, Aug. 2.—Men in all parts of the Eastern states are writing tc J. H. Wilson, in charge of the state free employment bureau in the old capitol, asking for places in the har. vest fields of Dakota. The news that several thousand men were needed was heralded over the East and the letters are coming in faster than they can be cared for. BURNING STORE BLOWS UP. Two Men and One Woman Are In- jured at Flambeau. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Aug. 2.—Dun- can Cameron’s building, containing the postoffice and a store, at Flambeau, was destroyed by fire. While Mr. and Mrs. Cameron and John Rodinger were entering to save some of the contents, oil and powder exploded, tearing out the store front. Thre¢ people were badly injured. Kicked to Death. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Aug. 2.—Er nest H. Ritzschke of Oshkosh was kicked to death by a horse belonging to William Melhak at Weston. The boy, who was eight years old, was playing near the horse when his fa ther warned him to keep away. Just as the boy proceeded to obey the horse kicked him, striking him in the temple and breaking his neck. The remains were taken to Oshkosh for interment. Hangs Dead fof Five Days. St. Peter, Minn., Aug. 2.—Since last Monday pedestrians on Third street in this city have been passing within a few feet of the body of Christ Jake, an early resident of St. Peter, who hanged himself in a narrow passage- way ‘between two buildings, and whose body was not discovered until last night. ‘ Woman Burned to Death. Mason City, Iowa, Aug. 2. — Miss Meda Scholtian was burned to death at Sheffield yesterday while in her night dress. She attempted to strike a match which accidentally set the dress on fire and she was so badly burned that death followed shortly. She-was thirty-four years of age and very popular. _ Artilleryman Is Dead. St. Peter, Minn., Aug. 2. — Rufus Sparks, a Fort Snelling artilleryman, who was run down by an Omaha train near Kasota, died yesterday after. noon, Kicked in Stomach by Horse. Marshalltown, Iowa, Aug. 2.—Oliver Johnson, a farmer living near Nevada, while harnessing one of his horses, was kicked in the stomach. He was removed to the hospital at Cambridge. It is feared he cannot survive. Park City Safe Is Blown. Blilings, Mont., Aug. 2.—Early yes: terday morning burglars entered the store of F. W. Lee & Co. at Park City, placed a large quantity of giant pewder on the safe, blew it open and secured over $100 in cash. . IILTED: SHOOTS GIRL AND RIVAL Because Sweetheart Had Gone, to Dance With Rival, Man Tries Murder. GIRL MAY DIE OF WOUNDS Would-be Murderer Escapes and Goes, Into Hiding in Swamp— Posse After Him. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 4. — Because his sweetheart, Arabelle Miller, had gone to a dance with his rival, Wil- liam Heider, John Newburg waylaid | the two at a bridge located over the La Crosse river, shot both, probably fatally wounded the girl and seriously injured young Heider. Newburg, who was formerly employ- ed at the home of the Miller girl, had become infatuated with her, and it is understood had made several offers of marriage. William Heider, another young farmer in the vicinity, was Newbure’s rival for the hand of the young woman, and both had extended invitations to her to attend a country dance given at West Salem, a small town north of here. She accepted the invitation of Heider. Jumps Into Buggy. Newburg attended the dance and after dancing with the girl engaged Heider in conversation. After this he left the hall. He hired a livery rig, and driving to the bridge, located at a lonely spot along the country road, tied his horse crosswise on the bridge and laid in wait for the unsus- pecting pair. As their rig neared the structure he sprang into the buggy and fired five shots, four of which struck the girl and one the man. He made an unsuccessful attempt to drag the girl from the buggy with the pur- pose of throwing her into the stream below. Heider whipped up the horse and in this way escaped. A party was soon organized-and a search started for Newburg, but up to a late hour no traces of him have been found. His rig was found hitch- ed to the bridge, and it is evident that he is in hiding in the swamps sur- rounding the scene of the attempt. " JUST ESCAPES LYNCHING. Women Save Life of Terry (S. D.) Man. Deadwood, S. D., Aug. 4.—Accused of wife-beating on the public streets, George Corey of Terry, a small mining camp near here, almost lost his life at the hands of a mob. Corey had been arrested and jailed. A mob quickly formed and broke into the jail. The man was taken to the highway, where he was forced to run a gauntlet by men ‘with blacksnakes. Many men were in favor of lynching him, but) the women of the town prevented this, and he was driven down the gulch and warned never to return, CHILD DIES; DOCTOR SUED. Mother Demands $5,000 From Physi- cian Who Attends Patient. Bemidji, Minn., Aug. 4—Mary John- son, as administratrix of the estate of her son, Oscar J. Johmson, who died on March 9 from heart failure) while convalescing from an attack of} diphtheria, brought suit against Br. John C. Koch of Blackduck, who treat- ed the case, for the sum of $5,000 dam- ages for the loss of her son, on the grounds that he negligently treated the case. UNIVERSITY STUDENT HURT. A. R. Kelly of Minneapolis Is Draggea Under Cars at Aitkin. Aitkin, Minn., Aug. 4—A. R. Kelly of Minneapolis, a young man employ- ed on the steel crew of the Northern Pacific, met with a serious accident here. He fell between the cars and was dragged about twelve feet, One leg was broken and he was injured in- ternally, The young man was a stu: jent at the University of Minnesota. DOCK NEARS COMPLETION. Steel Corporation Spends Millions at Two Harbors. Two Harbors, Minn., Aug. 4.—The new million-dollar steel dock of the United States Steel corporation is nearing completion. The last section is now being raised. Riveting wil! take place in six weeks. Dock No. 2 will be rebuilt of wood the coming winter, employing 300 men. Ore ship- ments,are fair. Farmer Gored by Bull May Die. Waterloo, Iowa, Aug, 4.—Theodore Brown, two miles west of Cedar Falls, was gored by a bull at Cedar Falls while weighing the animal. His jaw was fractured and he was hurt inter. nally. He may die. Dog Chews Up Child. Eau Claire, Wis., Aug. 4. — While playing in the yard Arthur Gunn, the three-year-Old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Gunn, was attacked by a dog and his arm and hand were severely lacerated. : | No. 2 Northern, $1.09. Inventor Demonstrates Ability to Fly With Aeroplane Under Favor- able Conditions. New York, Aug. 3. — Henri Farman, who came from Paris to give a series of aeroplant exhibitions, under the management of an American syndi- cate, made his first\public flight in this country at the Brigton Beach track last evening. The exhibition was a success to the extent that it demonstrated the inventor's ability to fly under favorable atmospheric condi- tions, and entertained some 2,000 en- thusiastic spectators. Farman travel- ed from the eastern corner of the race track inclosure to the opposite corner at the lower turn, a distance of nearly a third of a mile, in about thirty sec- onds and did not appear to be hurry- ing. In rising, flying and alighting, the frail-looking air craft displayed a birdlike grace and assurance that would have delighted the soul of Da- rius Green. The crowd that had hung on through a long wait was well pleased | and after shouting its congratulations from the grand stand bore down upon the inventor with a rush that threat- ened damage to the aeroplane. Farman climbed up into the an- nouncer’s stand and was formally in- troduced as the man who had solved the transportation problem of New York. This pleased the underground and surface riders, and when the an- nonucer promised an overhead system of travel for the near future the crowd gave three cheers for Farman. FOUND DEAD IN CAB. Murder or Suicide Mystery Puzzles San Francisco Police. San Francisco, Aug. 3. — Whether Bernard Revalk, eighteen years old and the son of a wealthy merchant of San Francisco, swallowed cyanide of potassium with suicidal intent, or whether the deadly drug was adminis- tered in a glass of liquor, is a mystery that developed after traces of the poi- son were found in his stomach. Re- valk was found dead in a cab. ROBERTS GOING HOME, He Is Obliged to Cancel His Projected Canadian Tour, Montreal, Aug. 3. — Lord Roberts, who had sufficiently recovered to leave here yesterday for Ottawa, will, it is stated by his friends here, be obliged to cancel his projected Canadian tour and will sail for home next Friday. He is acting on the advice of his phy- sician in England, with whom he has been in cable communication. FLOODS IMPERIL CAMPS. Cloudburst Causes Rising of San Ga- briel River, Azusa, Cal., Aug. 3.—Fifteen feet of water is sweeping down the big fork of the San Gabriel river, carrying trees and driftwood with it as the re- sult of a cloudburst in San Gabriel canyon. All stages have been tied up and communication with the camps is cut off. PIRATES RAID FISH Robbers Gag Watchman and Steal 5,000 Salmon. Bellingham, Wash., Aug. 3. — Two armed ,pirates rowed up to a fish trap of the Alaska Packers’ association, just south of Point Roberts, disarmed the watchman, bound and gagged him, and leaving him at the trap made off with 5,000 salmon, worth $2,000. TRAP. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Aug. 3. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.13; No. 1 Northern, $1.11; No. 2 Northern, $1.09. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 743-4c. Oats—No, 3 white, 50 38-4@52 3-4c. Minneapolis, Aug. 3. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.13; No. 1 Northern, $1.11; Corn—No. 3 yellow, 743-4c. Oats — No. 3 white, 50 3-4@52 3-4c. Duluth, Aug. 8. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.171-2; No. 1 Northern, $1.161-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.121-2. Flax—$1.241-2. Oats--41 3-8¢. Chicago, Aug. 3. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 903-4c; No. 2 hard winter, 91@ 921-2c. Oats—No, 3 white, 51@5é6c. Corn—No. 2 white, 75@75 1-2c. Milwaukee, Aug. 3. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.14@1.15; No. 2 North- ern, $1.11@1.13. Barley—No. 2, 70c. Chicago, Aug. 3. — Cattle—Beeves, $4.30@7.80; stockers and feeders, $2.90@4.70; cows and heifers, $2.10@ 6. Hogs—Bulk, $6.40@6.60. Sheep— Lambs, $4.50@6.65, Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 3. — Cattle —Beeves, $5@7.10; stockers and feeders, $3.25@4.50; calves and year- lings, $2.85@3.85. Hogs — Range, $6.10@6.35. South St. Paul, Aug. 3. — Cattle — Grain-fed steers, $6@6.75; cows and heifers, $4@5; veal calves, $3.75@5; good to choice stock steers, $3.25@ 3.60. Hogs—Bulk, $6.30@6.40. Sheep —Yearlings, $4.25@4.75; spring lambs, $5.75@6.25. Fight Rate Law. Denver, Colo., Aug. 3. — Fourteen railroads of Colorado have asked the federal court for an injunction re- straining the Colorado railroad com- mission from enforcing the law as to rates and railroad Tegulation. Negro’s Home Wrecked. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 3. — The home of George Banks, a negro miner, in Emaley, was dynamited. Banks’ wife and mother-in-law were in the house at the time, but escaped in- _ An isol: case,of hog cholera in Redwood county has been quarantin- ed by the state livestock sanitary board. Ng Ng State News of the Week Briefly Told John Peterson was drowned in Bass lake near St, Paul while bathing. He was a victim of cramps. Deputy Game Warden Munch of Red Lake Falls brought in three Indians from the reservation, charged with the illegal killing of some moose. The general store of August Sitz at New York Mills was burglarized last week. The safe was blown and $175 in cash and several articles taken. Alex Holma was struck by a switch engine in the Payne avenue yards of the Northern Pacific at St. Paul and instantly killed. Holma was hurled forty feet. All the nine saloonkeepers in the village of Gilbert were arrested for operating slot machines. George Haigh the four-year-old son of Mrs. George Haigh of Chicago, was drowned in White bear lake near St. Paul while bathing. Julius Leaman, a well-to-do farmer residing nine miles south of Wheaton, committed suicide by tying a rope to one of the joists in the barn and hang- ing himself. John Carlson, a clerk in the Scandi- navian-American bank at St. Paul, was drowned in Lake McCarron while bathing with two friends. The barn of County Superintendent Rebermeyer at Redwood Falls was struck by lightning and was practical- ly burned to the ground. John Berguist, a painter, was crush- ed to death in one of the elevator shafts of the Sellwood building at Du- luth. He was in the bottom of the shaft and got caught. Burglars entered the dwelling of Samuel Hoelgedius at Aitkin, but were frightened away after they had secur- ed a small amount of money. Lyle Drake, son of a prominent far- mer of Northfield, was instantly killed in a runaway. He was thrown against a wall with terrific force. He was driving to the creamery Robbers forced an entrance into Cromette & Westgreene’g saloon at Pine River, securing $16 from the cash register and also whisky and some cigars. Arthur Olson, aged twenty-one years, a sailor whose home was in Chicago, was almost instantly killed at Duluth by falling off a tramway while cn his way to his ship, the Prentice. The two-year-old son of Andrew Ness of East Grand Forks died as the result of burns sustained at his home a few hours previously. His clothing accidentally caught fire. The coroner’s inquest at Windom over the mangled remains of the ne- gro supposed to have been killed by the cars near Dillingham lake reveal- ed nothing definite sustaining the mur- der theory. Carl Karstadt, aged twenty-five, a Hennepin county farmer, was injured at a feed mill at Anoka. His right hang was caught in the machinery. The hand was amputated. J. O. Tommerdahl, a farmer forty- three years old, who lived in the town of Star, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. He had a wife and ten children and was well fixed financial- ly. No cause is assigned for the act. Burglars escaped with $200 worth of jewelry from the residence of A. K. Barnes at East Grand Forks. A neck- lace, bracelet and rings were taken. Jewelry valued at $500 was overlook- ed. Edward Peace, night engineer at the electric light plant at Bovey, Mesaba Range, was electrocuted while show- ing the workings of the machinery to a group of visitors. He accidentally touched some part o fthe machinery and received a heavy voltage. “ Despondent over illness for a year, with but little prospect of recovery, William Costilla, aged thirty-seven years, shot himself in the head with a revolver at Cass Lake. Death was in- stantaneous. The Commercial hotel at Faribault was entered by some sneak thief, who went through several rooms, securing a large amount of valuable jewelry, money and other articles. No arrests have been made. C. G. Tracy, formerly of Glyndon, died at Abbot’s Corner, Que. Mr. Tracy was sixty-six years old and had served in the Civil war, after which he came West. He was a stepfather of Mrs. L, A. Huntoon of Moorhead, and was known all over Clay county and adjoining counties. J. D. McDiamond of Chicago, a boarder at the St. Johns hotel at Hast- ings, wouldn’t take a dare and jumped from the spiral bridge into the river, a distance of over sixty feet, and swam ashore unharmed. Two deaths by drowning occurred at South St. Paul last week. John Grzeczka was drowned while swim- ming in a pond near Frederick’s farm. The second drowning occurred oppo- site the Bronson plant on the Missis- sippi river. Nick Marcovictz ventured beyond his depth and sank before help could reach him, John Hill, a Finlander, was bound over to the next term of the district court at Walker for alleged highway robbery. The case came before Jus- tice Cummings of Cass Lake, and Hill was taken to the county jail. The final vote upon the location of the Garnegie library building was brought up at Bemidji and carried without a dissenting vote. According to Mr. Carnegie’s custom, this settles the library proposition, and the city in a short time will draw on Mr. Car- negie for the $10,000 with which to erect the library building. Ernest Jacobson was electrocuted while putting up a guy wire at Fari- bault. The wire became crossed with a live electric light wire while he had hold of it. This makes three persons electrocuted in Faribault with- in a month. A gang of fifty Italians employed on the Great Northern just south of Fer- gus Falls struck for higher wages. They were drawing $1.35 and demand- ed $1.50 per day. The company dis- charged the whole gang and sent them back to Chicago. David Hill, a Finlander, and a com- panion got into a quarrel on the street at Cass Lake over some trivial matter and Hill reached into his hip pocket and brought a revolver. His arm was hit by a bystander and the revolyer was discharged, the bullet going into the air. He was disarmed and held to await the action of the grand jury. Crookston will impress itself on the Minnesota State fair next month with unusual energy. Booklets, buttons and banners will mark the visitors from that city and vicinity who at- tend the fair, and the Polk county ex- hibit will be a noise in itself. TELL ABOUT MINNESOTA. Fair Programs to Be Distributed, Showing What We Can Raise. Men in Iowa, Illinois and Ohio, to the number of 10,000, who have in- quired about lands in Minnesota will receive a program announcement of the state fair. Together with the large eight-page folder will go a letter from George Welsh, immigration com- missioner, telling the prospective set- tler that at the fair he can see ex- hibits from every county in the state and see what can be raised here. The' same department has just is- sued a booklet on Minnesota in Fin- nish for distribution at Ellis island and among other Finlanders who may be induced to settle in this state. A consignment of the books was sent re- cently to Rev. William Wilkinson, Minnesota’s agent at Ellis island. This booklet is a translation of a sixteen- page description of the state issued several months ago in English. The Finnish edition will be followed by booklets in German, Swedish and Nor- wegian. In addition to the work at Ellis isl- and the immigration department is carrying on work in Switzerland and Holland, telling of Minnesota in book- lets and lectures, Harvest hands by the hundred are being shipped from St. Paul to Da- kota points now by the state free em- ployment agency at the old capitol. Three hundred laborers were sent to Dakota the first two days of the week and there are. places for thousands more. 22: 3 8 The Rice county commissioners have taken favorable action in the matter of road improvement and will have designated several important roads as state roads upon which im- provements will be made. Within the next few years a large sum will be expended on these roads. A north-bound local freight on the Minnesota & International railroad was wrecked east of the Brainerd yards. Logs on the train struck ’a switch stand breaking the switch, which opened while the train was passing over it. Seven cars were de- railed, three so badly that it was necessary to have a wrecker come ‘from Staples to put them on the track. No one was hurt. Rey. K. Grefsfeld has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Lutheran Free church in Fergus Falls, succeed- ing Rev. Mr. Larson. Rev. Mr. Grefs- feld is from Minneapolis, but recently has come from ‘Norway. In a street fight at Faribault Harry Opricht struck a young man, knocking him down. The victim’s head struck the cement curbing and a fracture of the skull is the result.. The young man was taken to the hospital and his recovery is doubtful. a . Nicholas Klopp, a business man of Faribault and an cx-alderman, was picked up from the cement sidewalk on Third street unconscious. It is not nown how he was injured, but it is supposed he fell and struck his head. He was taken to the hospital, where he died shortly afterward. Frank Patwell, aged twenty-five, was instantly killed by’an interurban car on the Stillwater line. The ac- cident occurred at Hazel Park, where he had left a car to proceed to his home. It is supposed he laid down on the track and went to sleep. 4