Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 16, 1908, Page 3

~ PS SUICIDE CAUSES A PANIC Dashes Through Streets. in St. Paul With His Throat Slashed From Ear to Ear. St. Paul, Sept. 15. — Running through the streets with his throat eut from ear to ear, Joseph Klein ter- rorized people in the vicinity of St. Peter and Exchange streets yesterday afternoon. Men, women and childr21 scattered in all directions as the blood-covered man, crazed with pain, dashed across Exchange street and tried to force his way into a saloon. The saloonkeeper and his famliy saw the man approaching and barre:] the door ,against him. Klein then turned in the direction of St. Joseph's hospital, staggered through the main entrance and fell unconscious on tne tloor. His entrance almost created a panic among the visitors in the waiting room, Attendants of the hospital quickly carried him into the operating room, where a surgeon sewed the gao- ing wound in his neck in an effort to stop the blood that was streaming trom the severed blood vessels. An hour later Klein died: Joseph Klein has been janitor of the Assumption school for the past ten years. He was a_ bachelor and lived by himself. He was recently removed from his position, and it is thought that he became despondent on that account. LIABLE FOR NINE DEATHS. Coroner’s Jurors Bring in Verdict on Northern Pacific Wreck. Missoula, Mont., Sept. 15. — The sealed verdict brought in by the cor- oner’s jury sitting at Plains, on the Northern Pacific wreck on Saturday morning, Sept. 5, resulting in the death of nine persons, was opened Saturday by Coroner Victor Seaward. The verdict holds Operator G. A. Mitchell and Déspatcher H, J. Keeley ‘o be criminally responsible for the death of nine men, and finds Chiet Dispatcher E. M, Ringer criminally culpable. The railroad also is held ta be liable BILLINGS COAL DOCKS BURN. Largest on Northern Pacific Between St. Paul and Spokane. Billings, Mont., Sept. 15. — Ignited by spontaneous combustion, the big coal docks in the local yards of the Northern Pacific Railway company were totally destroyed Saturday. The loss amounts to about $25,000» The dock was the largest on the road between St. Paul and Spokane and was built less than a year ago. Hundreds of tons of coal were con- sumed. <Aecording to local railroad »ficials the dock will be rebuilt at an early date. BLOWS OFF PART OF FACE. Hunter Who Leans on Gun Is Disfig- ured for Life. Crosby, N. D., Sept. 15. — Arthur Dahl, is in a Crosby hospital with the left side of his nose blown off, sever- al teeth missing and the fleshy portion of his thumb torn away as the result of leaning over the muzzle of a shot- gun he did not know was loaded. He was returning home from a chicken hunt, and while in conversation with some friends casually leaned over the muzzle of the gun, already cocked and ready to fire. He will recover but ve disfigured for life. BIG BLAZE IN ST. PAUL. Plant of Gribben Lumber Company !s Destroyed. St. Paul, Sept. 15. — Fire broke out about 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon in ihe wood turning plant of the Gribben Lumber company, Seventh and Earl streets. caused a loss estimated at about $95,000. The property destroy- ed was the entire plant of the Gribben i.umber company, together with some lumber, which was just being placed in the dry kiln, and a number of large tenement houses and the office of the Herzog Iron company, a new struc- ture. JEALOUS; SHOOTS HERSELF. Moorhead Woman Fires Shot Her Abdomen. Fargo, Sept. 15. — Mrs. Nina Hig- gins, wife of John W. Higgins, a Moor- head saloonman, attempted suicide in the Européan hotel in this city. De- spondency because of her failing health and jealousy over her hus- band’s alleged attachement fora din- ing room girl are said to be the cause. The woman shot herself through the abdomen. and her condition is regard. ed ag serious. Into Blow Is Fatal. 3 Marshalltown, Iowa, Sept. 15.—Dur- ing an altercation over the merits of unionism yesterday morning, Edward Henry, a union carpenter, is alleged to have struck Matthew Skeie, a plumber, as a result of which Skeie died. id Thieves Enter Pantorium. Mason City, Iowa, Sept. 15. — Thieves Saturday night broke into the Smith and Gehart pantorium, stealing 209 garments, valued at $700. fs no clue to the robbery, ‘ , FULDA CELEBRATES.” Archbishop Ireland Guest of Honor at -Birthday Party. Fulda, Minn., Sept. 12—This town yesterday celebrated its thirtieth an- niversary. All business was suspend- ed in honor of the occasion. Arch- bishop Ireland, who founded the town, was the chief guest of honor. Five or six thousand people were present from surrounding towns, and it was a day of happy reunions. Elaborate preparations had been made for the celebration and home- coming. Addresses were delivered by Archbishop Ireland and State Treas. urer Dinehart, AGED 71 AND HORSE THIEF. Man Sentenced at Waterloo, Has Prison Record. Waterloo, Iowa, Sept. 12.—Samuel Tripp, alias George Collins, captured here for the theft of a team from the Iowa Canning company at Vinton last fall, pleaded guilty yseterday to horse stealing and was sentenced to five years. Tripp is seventy-one and has a pris- on record of twenty years. The prisoner owns property in Min- nesota and has valuables deposited in St. Paul banks. lowa, BOILER BURSTS; MAN SCALDED M. C. Hogeboon, St. Paul, in Critical Condition. St. Paul, Sept. 12.—Scalded from head to foot by the explosion of a boiler at the Tonka Bay hotel, Lake Minneonka, Milton C. Hogeboon was hurried by special electric car from the lake to St. Joseph’s. hospital, St. Paul. Hogeboon is assistant engineer at the hotel, and yesterday morning a manhole of the boiler blew out. His recovery is doubtful. BARN, STOCK AND HAY BURN. Lightning Sets Two Fires on Wiscon- sin Farms. Clear Lake, Wis., Sept. 12.—Light- ning set fire to the hay stacks belong- ing to Nick Gemes, one mile north of town, Wednesday night, burning about thirty tons of hay. Lightning struck the barn of H. Johnson, four miles north of Amery, burning the ‘barn and also some live stock, AMES STATION ROBBED, Thieves Overlooked $300—tLocal Tal- ent Suspected. Ames, Iowa, Sept. 11.—The North- Western foad’s ticket office was rob- bed by two masked men, who secured '$50 in change, but failed to get $300 ‘in the safe. North-Western detectives ‘are working on the case. Local men are suspected. Minor Heir Goes Some. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 12.—Minor Heir, sire Heir-at-Law, dam Kitty Clo- ‘ver, driven by Charles Dean of Liber- ‘tyville, Ill.,: paced an exhibition mfle on the state fair mile track yesterday ‘afternoon in 1:59 1-2—the fastest mile iever stepped on a Wisconsin track. ‘The performance was made without ‘a wind shield. Auto Ditched; One Hurt. Waterloo, Iowa, Sept. 11—Miss Ma- bel Anton was quite painfully injured when an automobile in which she was riding was overturned near Wash- burn. The steering device of the car breke and the car became unmanage- able, going into 2 ditch at the side of the road. Whole Town in Danger. New Hampton, Iowa, Sept. 12—Fire practically destroyed the barn and contents adjoining the American Steam laundry in this city. But for the prompt work of the fire depart- iment an ugly conflagration must have ‘resulted, as the neighborhool is filled ‘with old wooden buildings. Struck by Twilight Limited. Hudson, Wis., Sept. 12. — Mrs. Le Fever of Afton, Minn., narrowly es- caped being killed by the Omaha Twi- light limited yesterday afternoon, just -west of Hudson. The rig in which she was riding was struck and she was hurled several rods Notorious Crooks Captured. Huron, S. D., Sept. 11. — Plain clothes detectives in the employ of ithe state fair board succeeded in cap- turing two well known crooks. One is “Cone,” charged with a Winona silk irebbery. The other is “Jap,” a noto- rious pickpocket. Lee Wing Robbed at Faribault. Faribault, Minn., Sept. 11. — Lee Wing, a laundryman, was robbed of $45 which was taken from his coat while he was absent from his shop a few minutes. The thief made good his escape. Six Men Lost in Gale. London, Sept. 11. — A severe gale yesterday caused many casualties among smaller craft along the coast. ‘The schooner Phyllis Gray, laden with ‘coal, went aground and turned turtle near Croydon. 'The crew of six men were lost. Child Bitten by Rattler. Pierre, S. D., Sept. 11—Ruth Ellis, ‘a six-year-old child from near Fort ‘Pierre, was brought to the hospital ‘here suffering from the bite of a rat- There |'tlesnake and is not expected to live. FIRES IN SOUTH DAKOTA. Forests Blaze Again and Troops Work Night and Day. Sturgis, S. D., Sept. 13.—The forest fire which started early in the week near the Mumford mines, near Galena, and was at one time under control, broke out anew last night and is burning worse than ever. Four troops of the Fourth cavalry have been out all’ day and were relieved last night by others. The fire is now in the mili- tary wood reserve, destroying timber and cordwood. A great scope of country has been burned over. GRAND MEADOW MII.L SOLD. McGuire-Atwood ‘Com pany of Minne- apolis Purchases Tow Plant. Grand Meadow, Minn., Sept. 13. — The McGuire-Atwood company of Min- neapolis has purchased the towmill property formerly owned by the Le Roy Fiber company. The local man- agement will not be named at pres- ent. It is understood that improved machinery will be installed and the capacity of the plant increased. CARS PILED HIGH. Eighteen Cars in a Pyramid Sixty-five Feet High at Trenton, Mont. Minot, N. D., Sept. 13.—Freight cars piled sixty-five feet high as the result of the wreck of a fast fruit train, fur- nished a scene of desolation at Tren- ton, Mont. Eighteen cars were piled one on top of the other as the result of a broken flange on one of the cars. The east-bound trains were badly de- layed as the result. CANADIAN TRAIN IN DITCH. Passengers and Crew but Slightly Hurt in Wreck at Woodridge. Winnipeg, Sept, 13. — The engine- tender, baggage car and two passen- ger coaches went into thé ditch on the Canadian Northern at Woodridge, sixty-five miles east of here. The pas- sengers and crew escaped with bruises and cuts and none was fa- tally injured. The line will be cleared to-day. PURSUE HORSE THIEF BAND. Montana Posse on Trail of Desperate Gang. i Billings, Mont., Sept. 18. — Sheriff Herford and a posse are in pursuit of a band of thieves who stole thirty-five horses from forest rangers on Sage creek, fifty miles south of here early yesterday morning. News of the theft has just reached here, and a_ posse left at once on the trail of the rus- tlers. BEMIDJI GETS 1910 MEET. City Chosen by Modern Brotherhood of America for Convention. Bemidji, Minn., Sept. 13.—The bBi- ennial convention of the district asso- ciation of the Modern Brotherhood of America for 1910 will be held in Be- midji, this city having been selected for the convention of that year at a meeting of delegates held at Crooks- ton. MAN OF FIFTY KILLS WIFE. Turns Revolver on Himself Later ana Children Find Bodies. Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 13—Dur- ing a family quarrel yesterday, Fitch Cooper, fifty years old, shot his wife to death with a revolver and then killed himself at their farm home near Nunica, Ottawa county. Chil- dren, who were away, discovered the bodies afterward. HAS OVER 400 STUDENTS. Record-breaking Attendance at Gusta vus Adolphus College. St. Peter, Minn., Sept. 12. — It is probable that all attendance records at Gustavus Adolphus college will be broken this year. The institution opened for registration this week and the enrollment is larger than ever be- fore, passing the 400 mark. Frost Cannot Damage Corn. Mitchell, S. D., Sept. 13—The corn crop of Davison county seems to be out of the danger of frost. Corn-is now being hauled in every day for decorating the corn palace, and its condition shows that it is now past the injury that could be done by even a hard frost. Farm Property Burned. Clear Lake, Wis., Sept. 13.—Light- ning set fire to the hay stacks belong- ing to Nick Gemes, one mile north of town, burning about thirty tons of hay. Lightning struck the barn of H. Johnson, four miles north of Amery, burning the barn and also some live stock. Gets Head Cut on Saw. Finlayson, Minn., Sept. 11. — John Heines was badly cut about the heaa by a circular saw yesterday in a mill three miles north of here. He was brcught to a local hospital, where he is_in a critical condition. Horse Kicks Boy’s Eye Out. Watertown, S. D., Sept. 11—As the result of being kicked by a horse, Al- bert Kettleson, residing in the west end of the county, lost\an eye. When the eye was removed it was found to be splitin two. sengers in Collision on Pu- get Sound. Seattle, Wash,, Sept. 14.—Five pas- sengers were rescued from the steam- er Sentinel, after it had collided with the steamer Chippewa in a dense fog in Puget sound Saturday. A wild panic followed the collision and the rescuers with difficulty re- strained the terror-stricken passen- gers from leaping overboard. The Sentinel was badly damaged, a great hole being torn in her side. Dis- tress signals were immediately sound- ed and the crew of the Chippewa manned their boats and went to the rescue of the Sentinel’s passengers. Men and women were running about the decks of the Sentinel in wild con- fusion, and many were about to leap into the water when forcibly detained by the. Chippewa officers. As soon as the Sentinel’s passen- gers had been taken off the crew of the damaged vessel beached her west of Seattle. GIRL STABBED AT THE ORGAN. Musician Killed by. Madman While Playing Hymn. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 14—A _ spe- cial from Newton says that Miss Wil- lie Bullinger, nineteen years old, was stabbed to death by Lon Rader, aged twenty-one, yesterday morning while seaied at the organ, playing the clos- ing hymn at Sunde school. Rader leaped suddenly across . several benches and, with his pocketknife, stabbed her once in the back and twice in the breast. She died almost immediately. Some months ago he was committed to the state asylum and in his ravings often mentioned Miss Bullinger’s name. Recently he was discharged from the hospital as cured. In jail, later, Rader said he had killed the girl because she was a-witch. SETTLEMENT IS OPPOSED. , Legislature Approves Disposition of t Porto Rican Church Lands. San Juan,’ P. R., Sept. 14.—The leg- islature approved the settlement re- cently reached with reference to the church land question in Porto Rico, which involved the right of the Ro- man Catholic church to control vari- ous properties valued at! $1,000,000, formerly owned by the Dominican and Franciscan orders. The Rt. Rev. W. A. Janes, bishop of Porto Rico, has received the approval of the pope of this settlement. TEDDY CAN VOTE NOW. Young Roosevelt Now Is Twenty-one Years Old. _Oyster Bay, Sept. 14. — Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. the eldest son of the president, yesterday reached his ma- jority and celebrated the twenty-first annivrsary of his birth. The young man graduated from Harvard univer- sity last year and has been looking about since for some advantageous opportunity to enter business, At present’ he at home with his father. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Sept. 14. — Wheat — Met hard, $1.03 1-2@1.04; No. i Northern, $1.02 1-2@1.03; No. 2 Northern, $1L@ 1.00 1-4. Corn—No, 2 yellow, 78 3-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 47 3-4@48c. Minneapolis, Sept. 14——Wheat—No, 1 hard, $1.03 1-2@1.04; No. 1 Northern, $1.02 1-2@1.03; No. 2 Northern, $1@ 1.00 1-4. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 78 3-4c, Qats-—-No. 3 white, 47 3-4@48c. “Duluth, Sept. 14. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.03; No. 2 Northern, 99c. Flax—$1.25. Oats—49c. Chicago, Sept. 14. — Wheat—No. 2 red, 98 1-2c@$1; No. 2 hard, 98@99c. Oats—No. 3 white, 49@50 1-2c. Corn— No. 3 white, 80 1-3c. Milwaukee, Sept. 14. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.10@1.12; No. 2 North- ern, $1.08@1.09. Barley—No. 2, 75c. Chicago, Sept. 14—Cattle—Beeves, $3.65@7.70; stockers and feeders, $2.60@4.60: cows and heifers, $1.75@ 5.90. Hogs—Bulk, $6.25@6.45. Sheep —Natives, $2.15@4.20: lambs. $3.50@ iowa, Sept. 14. — Cattle i 5@6.25; stockers and feeders, $2.60@4.60; calves and year- lings, $2.75@3.60. Hogs—Range, $6.25 @6.40. South St. Paul, Sept. 14. — Cattle— Grain-fed steers, $6@6.75; ‘cows and heifers, $4@5.55; veal calves, $3.75 @5.25; good to choice stock steers, $3.50@4. Hogs — Bulk, $6.20@6.30. Sheep — Yearlings, $4@4.50; spring lambs, $5.50@6.25. boy of Thirteen Sent to Prison. Maysville, Ky., Sept. 14. — Chester Savage, thirteen years old, was sen- tenced to six years in the peniten- tiary for the assassination of his un- cle, William Gavage, two years ago. The boy hid by the roadside’and shot his uncle. He is the youngest mur- iderer ever known in Kentucky. Fears Hydrophobia; Kills Self. Springfield, Ill., Sept. 14—Fred Pe- terson, who was bitten by a mad squir- rel last week, died yesterday of car- bolic acid poisoning. Fearing hydro- ‘phobia, he is supposed to have swal- lowed the acid with suicidal intent. Alleged Absconder Caught. New York, Sept. 14. — Detectives yesterday caught Pasquale Caponiarl, an Italian banker, who is alleged to have absconded from this city a year and a half ago with about $100,000 _ belonging to depositors. . LAKE COUNTY GIVEN RAISE. State Board of Equalization Has Be gun Work of Fixing Valuations. The state board of equalization or- dered a 120 per cent increase for Lake county, after finding that the returns only showed thirteen horses for the entire district. Quite a few raises of 5 and 10 per cent were ordered on live stock, but this was the largest. In fixing a basis for live stock the board ordered an average valuation of $11 for horses one year old, $18 for two-year-olds and $33 for three-year- olds and over. For cattle the figure was fixed at $5 for yearlings $8 for two-year-olds, $12 for cows. $2 for oxen and $15 for all other cattle. heep were fixed at $1.50 a head and hogs at $3. These are the same values as last year. In the organization of the board the following officers and committees were agreed upon: E. T. Chaplain, chairman; John Heinen, reading clerk; 'T. J. Meighen, vice chairman; W. R. Hodges, record- ing clerk; E. H. Walden, general clerk. Live Stock—Classes 1, 2, 3 and 4— Theodore Wieland, chairman; H. L. Shirley, Andrew French, W. A. Shaw, J. P. Berkly. Wagons, Carriages, Automobiles, Steamboats, etc—Classes 5 and 15— W.R. Hodges, chairman; John Hein- en, William Gausewitz, Henry Nolte, Charles F, Ladner. ‘ Sewing Machines, Clocks, Melo- deons, Pianos—Classes 6. 7. 8, 9 and 10—S. B. Nelson, chairman; C. O’Brien, J. N. Gayner, C. F. Ladner, J. J. Olson. , Gold and Silver, Plated Ware, Dia- monds—Classes 12 and 13—John Hein- en, chairman; W. A. Shaw, O. H. Schroeder, J. J. Olson. Goods and Merchandise—Class 16— W. A. Hardenbergh, chairman; S. B. Nelson, W. R. Hodges, C. O’Brien, L. B. Elwood, Charles F. Ladner and W. A. Shaw. Tools, Implements, Machinery, ete. —Classes 11.and 18—William Gause- witz, chairman; W. A. Shaw, Andrew French, H. L. Shirley and C. F. Lad- ner, Material and Manufactured Articles, Including Logs, Lumber, Flour, etc. Class 17—L. B. Elwood, chairman; Theodore Wieland, C. O’Brien, O. H. Schroeder and W. R. Hodges. Franchises, Annuities, ete.—Class 14—T. J. Meighen, chairman; Andrew French, L. B. Elwood, John Heinen and C. O’Brien. Bank Credits, ete.—Classes 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25—H.-I. Shirley, chair- man; W. R. Hodges, John Heinen, O. H. Schroeder and William Gause- witz. Classes 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30—J. N. Gayner, chairman; Henry Nolte and J. P. Berkly. Public Service Corporations — ‘An- drew French, chairman; T. J. Mei- ghen, W. A. Hardenbergh, E. T. Cham- plin, S. B. Nelson, Theodore Wieland and J. J. Olson. Real Estate — Henry Nolte, chair- man; L. B. Elwood, W. A. Harden- bergh, E. T. Champlin, S. B. Nelson, Theodore. Wieland, J. P. Berkly, T. J. Meighen and J. N. Gaynier. SAYING “HEAR YE, HEAR YE.” - Notice of changes in the terms of the district court in counties of the Fifteenth judicial district have been filed with Secretary of State Julius Schmahl by the judges in the district. In Hubbard county the terms of court will begin the second Tuesday in Jan- uary and third Tuesday in June: Clearwater, fourth Tuesday in June each year; Koochiching, second Tues- day of February in each year; Bel- trami, fourth Tuesday in February and second Tuesday of September; Itasca, fourth Tuesday in March and fourth Tuesday ig October; Crow Wing, fourth Tuesday in May and sec- ond Tuesday in December; Cass coun- ty, first Tuesday in June and first Tuesday in November; Aitkin county, third Tuesday of May and second Tuesday of October. DAY PICKS REAL WORKERS. Frank A. Day, chairman of the Dem- ocratic state central committee, has completed the executive committee of that organization by the appointment of the following: Martin O’Brien, Polk county; J. G. Armson, Washington; A. E. Kelling- ton, Hennepin; P. H. Russell, Bemid- ji; B. B. Gislason, Lyon; D. D. Daly, Hennepin. The members appointed previously by the central committee are: First district, William Gausewitz, Steele; Second district, C. T. Taylor, Blue Earth; Third district, Cc. C. Kolars, Le Sueur; Fourth district, Daniel Aberle, Ramsey; Fifth district, A. B. Darelius, Hennepin; Sixth district, C. H. Dash, Meeker; Seventh district, T. O’Con- nor, Renville; Eighth district, J. B. Galarneault, Aitkin; Ninth district, H. L. Shirley, Wilkin. Fishermen of the Copeland islands, a small group off County “Down, Ire- Jand, shot a snakelike sea monster and secured the body. It is thirty feet long and six feet in circumfer- ence, and has a fan-shaped tail and a head like a seal. Charging that her husband will not Jet her send their children to school or permit her to teach them at home, Mrs. Charles C. Pennington of Cincin- nati has filed suit for a divorce. ‘Mrs. ' Pennington is a daughter of Judge | Maire of the Indiana supreme court. SESSIONS MAY LAST A MONTH. State Board of Equalization Meets at St. Paul. ‘The state board of equalization, which goes out of existence with the™ close of the coming year, met and or- ganized at St. Paul Tuesday. Under the law passed by the last legislature it will be succeeded by the state tax commission. The board this year will consider both personal and real property, and the task will be a big one. It is ex- pected that they will be in session for the next thirty days. Last year the taxable property of the state was $1,048,200,433, and this year it is expected that the total will approximate $1,500,000,000. The re- turns on real estate are $903,980,- 029. Whether the steel properties and the corporations in general, including the street car companies and others, will receive a boost this year beyond that sufficient to bring them up to last year is not known. St. Louis county, where the most of the iron properties are located, shows a drop of about $10,000,000 in its returns, but this is accounted for by the fact that the county board has always held that its real estate was overvalued. Itasca county, however, shows a raise, so that, on the whole, the drop is not so very heavy. The board met with the state tax commission late Wednesday to con- sider any returns and tax information it might have. The board is compos- ed of the following members: John Heinen, Hastings; W. A. Har- denbergh, St. Paul; Andrew French, Plainview; Lester B. Elwood, Minne- apolis; William Gausewitz, Owatonna; E. T. Champlin, Venon Center; C.. F. Ladner, St. Cloud; Theodore Wieland, Shakopee; W. R. Hodges, Sleepy E Thomas J. Meighen, Preston; Henry Nolte, Duluth; J. E. Gaynor, Litch- field; S. B, Nelson, Luverne; Julius T. Olson, Warren; C. O’Brien, Brainerd: H. L. Shirley, Breckenridge; O. E. Schroeder, Minnesota Lake; Willis A. Shaw, Clearwater; J. P. Berkly, Still- water. Ex-officio Members—John A. Jobn- son, governor; S. G. Iverson, state auditor; |. T. Young, attorney gen- eral. FIVE STATES CUT MUCH LUMBER. 253,885,020 Feet Shipped From North- western Mills During July. In the report of the Northern Pine Manufacturers and the Northwestern Hemlock Manufacturers’ associations issued yesterday from the office of J. E. Rhodes, secretary, the lumber cut” for the month of July is given at - 885,020 feet, as a total for the five Northern states, including Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. The report gives the total lath cut at 56,113,820 feet. A decrease of 17.7 per cent is an- nounced in the shipments of lumber and lath in the five states during the same month. The total shipments for the month of pine lumber in Wisconsin was 30,- 924,046 feet; in Minnesota, 104,061- 589; in Michigan, 4,745,428, and in Towa, 6,944,800. The total shipments of hemlock in Wisconsin was 23,818.- 822 feet; Minnesota, 3,721,750; Michi- gan, 19,426,988. and 1,303,057 in Illi- nois - BIG LUMBER DEAL CLOSED. Half Million Doltar Sale Is Made at Duluth. The largest individual lumber deal of the year at Duluth has just been consummated. by the Virginia Lumber company, which has sold to the Ed- ward Hines Lumber Company of Chi- cago 20,000,000 feet of Norway pine. The deal involves nearly half a mil- liion dollars. The transaction is of special inter- est and importance for more reasons than one. In the first place it will start the old mill of the Virginia Lumber company at Virginia and will put crews at work in the woods. The sale will put about 400 men at work almost at once. The lumber will be cut and deliver- ed during the present season. SHOULD BE REVERSED. Men want jobs, but jobs don’t want men; women don’t want jobs, but jobs want women. This is the condition of affairs that exists in the state free employment bureau at the old capitol in St. Paul. A husky squad of the army of the unemployed swarms the floor in the men’s department all day, a telephone call for a laborer at long intervals bringing them crowding to the “Gim- me a job” wicket, behind which sits the job dispenser. In the woman’s department, on the other hand, the telephone bell tinkles for domestics in vain — the benches are cold and lonesome. . COUNTY WORTH $8,694,843. The total assessment valuation of Clay county is $8,694,343, of which $7,- 064,500 is real estate and $1,630,343 is personal property. There are 654,494 acres of agricultural lands upon the assessment roll. The value of city and village lots is placed at $533,086, and the structures at $790,972. ‘La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 10. — While crawling through a fence and dragging a loaded shotgun after him, John Bo- ma, a local grocer, was shot and kill- ed at Rice lake. nhs -