Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 21, 1908, Page 5

FARMER DRAGGED TO DEATH Frightened Team Runs Away and Man Is Terribly Mutilated—Woman Stops Horses. Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 20.—Peter Pursley, a well known Marshall coun- ty farmer, met his death in a horri- ble manner as the result of a runa- way. He was returning to his home from an auction sale a couple of miles from. his home. His horses became fright- ened and ran away. Pursley was thrown. from the wag: on, but in falling his.foot caught in the brace of the tongue, and in this position he was dragged face down- ward for a distance of more than two miles. The team was still running when Mrs. Rose Sayer, who was driving in the neighborhood, started in pursuit of the runaways with her own team. She finally succeeded in catching and stopping the runaway horses and held them until assistance arrived. Mr. Pursley was dead. His neck and jaw were terribly mangled. All the clothing had been torn from the body. Pursley and his wife came to South Dakota only about a year ago from Rennselaer, Ind., and had rented the farm where they resided. WOMAN DENIES FORGERY. Mrs. Martha -Lapier Says Hjalmer Larson of Portal Gave Her Check. Huron, 8. D., Oct. 20. — Mrs. Mar- tha Lapier, arrested in Omaha a few days since, charged with forgery, ar- rived here in custody. of C, E.. Young, sheriff of Beadle county. Mrs. Lapier, whose real name is Smith, claims that the check for $3,000 which:she pre- | sented at the State Bank of Yale, and. and which that institution honored, was given to her by Hjalmer Larson, the man whose name was signed to it, in his office in Portal, N. D. 4Mrs. La- pier appeared before Judgé: Geddis Saturday and ‘waived éxamination, giving bonds for her appearance be- fore the same court Oct. 22. BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY. Beaudette Man Is Charged With As- sault With Revolver. Beaudette, Minn., Oct. 20. — D. L. Ketcheson was bound over yesterday py Judge John Miller to await the ac- tion of the grand jury. Ketcheson is charged with assault with intent to kill Ralph Moore at Bert Clark’s sa- loon in Old Spooner. Ketcheson, it is said, attempted to fire three shots which did not go off. The fourth, how- ever, went off, but a bystander hit the hand that “beld the revolver. Fortu- nately the bullet went into the floor. TRAMPLED TO DEATH BY COW. Aged South Dakotan Meets With Sin- gular Accident. Deadwood, S. D., Oct. 20. — While | leading his cow home from a pasture , at Spearfish, near here, Pete Lund- gren an aged man, met a singular! death. Lundgren had wrapped the | rope around his wrist and when the cow balked she toppled the old man over and dragged him some distance before treading on his abdomen. Two hours later he died from internal | hemorrhage. FELL INTO HOT MILK. Five-year-old Minnesota Girl Was Fa- | tally Scalded. New Richmond, Minn., Oct. 20.—Lu- lu, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Olson, living a few miles north of this place, was fatally scalded. The child fell into a barrel of hot milk the father had just brought from a creamery. George Laudert, an old resident, is dead of apoplexy. BLOW OPEN SAFE IN DEPOT. Yeggmen Frightened Away by Watch- men; Get No Money. Taconite, Minn., Oct. 20—Yeggmen plew open the safe in the Mesaba de- pot here, but were frightened away before they secured any of the mon- ey inside. Two suspects have been arrested at Holman and will be given a hearing. Prairie Fires in South Dakota. Watertown, S. D., Oct. 20. — That prairie fires are still a menace even in the thickly settled parts of the state is shown by two fires that have raged this week, one east of Web- ster which swept the country bare of jay and in many cases entered flax fields, and the other east of this city, yetween Bemis, Goodwin and Krans- burg, which has caused a heavy loss jn hay and farm buildings. Woman Dies at Age of 103. Huron, S. D., Oct. 20.—Mrs. Permee- lia Hubbell, whose death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hyde, in St. Lawrence, was the oldest per- son in this section of the Northwest, having celebrated her 103d birthday last July. Bill Dunn to Hang Dec. 4. Lead, S. D., Oct. 19. — Charles A. Cutler, just past eighty-one years, is tenced to be hangffied on Dec. 4 for the murder of Fred Samuelson, near Spearfish, on Aug. 7 last. =, _, WOMAN ACCUSED OF FORGERY. Check for $3,000 Is Declared Bogus by Bank Officials. Huron, 8. D., Oct. 17.—A few days since Mrg. Margaret Lapiere, former- ly a resident of Yale, S. D., and of ex- cellent family, appeared at the Yale State bank ‘and presented a check pur- porting to be signed by a North Da- kota man known to the bank officials, who were also acquainted with Mrs. Lapiere. The check was for $3,000 and on it Mrs. Lapiere received $100 in cash and two drafts for $1,450 each on an Eastern bank. Later the bank officials discovered that the check was a forgery and a search for Mrs. La- piere- was instituted, resulting in her arrest in Omaha. "1 UNLUCKY DAY AT OWATONNA. One Citizen in Runaway and Ywo In- jured by Falls. Owatonna, Minn., Oct. 17.—Owaton- na experienced a day of accidents yes- terday, three serious mishaps occur- ring within a short space of time. Frank Busch, the well known furni- ture dealer, was thrown from a buggy in a runaway and seriously injured. Mrs. Sylvester Bell fell down a steel cellarway and internal injuries are feared. Injuries to the spine were also sustained. Ben Eastman, a young man, fell while at work near the city and sus- tained a very bad fracture of the legs. AGED COUPLE DIE TOGETHER. James.Coleman and His Wife, North Dakota Pioneers, Asphyxiated. Grafton, N. D., Oct. 17. — Mr. and Mrs. James Coleman, pioneers of Grafton, well known throughout the Red river valley, were found dead in bed at their residence in this city Wednesday. Death was caused by coaligas. It is quite certain that the accident occurred Sunday night, as .they -were last seen that.day. When neighbors called on Monday the door was’ fiot answered and two more days passed“before they were found. Both were well along. in the seventies and enjoyed’:-perfect health. KILLED IN RUNAWAY. Child Hurled Against Tree — School Teacher Hurt. Waterloo, Lowa, Oct. 17.—A horse driven by Miss Myra Morton, who is teaching a rural school near New Hartford, ran away while she was driving-from the school house to her boarding place yesterday afternoon. She and Exine Hawk, a pupil, aged five, riding with her, were thrown out. The little girl was hurled against a tree and killed. Miss Morton was un- conscious four hours, but will recover. LOSES SPOUSE; KILLS HERSELF. Weman Puts Gas Tube in Mouth and Covers Head With Bedclothes, Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 17. — Mrs. Minnie Bielefield’s dead body was found in her room in the Richardson block. She undressed, went to bed, turned on the gas and applied the tube to her mouth. Then she covered her head and died. Separation from her husband had led to despondency. She was thirty years old. TO RAISE STEAMER SOON. Sacramento Can Be Brought From Bottom in Few Days. Duluth, Oct. 17—Divers are work- ing on the steamer Sacramento, which was sunk in Duluth-Superior harbor Wednesday morning in collision with the Mataafa. Hose charged with steam is used to force out the mud and the expectation is that the boat can be raised in a few days, as it is only in about twenty feet of water. A valua- ble cargo of coal is on board. CHIPPEWA PIONEER DEAD. First White Child Born in Valley Dis- tinction Enjoyed. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Oct. 17.—Ste- phen 8, McCann, the first white child born in the Chippewa valley, died at the home of his daughter in Auburn, near here, after two years’ illness. He was born March 21, 1839, and served in the Civil war. Arrested on Larceny Charge. Grafton, N. D., Oct. 17—John Doss of St. Andrews township was arrested and brought here on a charge of grand larceny, it being claimed he stole wheat from Robert Coats on the night of Sept. 6. Bonds for appearance at the justice’s court Saturday were fur- nished. Fire Destroys Big Elevator. Davenport, Iowa, Oct. 17.—Fire de stroyed the Rothschild Grain compa- ny’s Elevator D, 4,000 barrels of glu- cose syrup belonging to the Corn Products Manufacturing company and some lumber of the Mueller Lumber company. Loss, $150,000. Rich Negro Killed. Marquette, Mich., Oct. 16—Walking on the railroad track, Soloman Powell, a negro woodsman, was killed by a train in the yards here last night. The man was fifty-six years of age and, it is said, leaves an estate of $25,000. Threats of Black Hand. Port Arthur, Ont., Oct. 16—Peppino Giovinaggo, an Italian, was arrested on information given by another Ital- ian named Frank Mauro, charged with intimidating and threatening by Black Hand methods. ™ @ETS READY TO HANG TWO. | Warden of North Dakota Penitentiary Will Execute Murderers. Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 18.—Warden Hellstrom of the state penitentiary is making the last preparations for the execution of R. S. Noah, which will take place at the institution Friday, Oct. 23. Noah killed a ranchman in Ward county and sought to dispose of his property. Under the law the execution of criminals must take place at the peni- tentiary and the attendance is limited to the necessary officials and a few newspaper men. There are two other criminals at the institution awaiting execution at a later date. WHOLE TOWN HAS DIPHTHERIA. Wells Wired and Padlocked in Ny- more, Near Bemidji. Bemidji, Minn., Oct. 18.—Dr. F. A. Blakeslee, Beltrami county, health of- ficer, has just visited Nymore, a small village one mile southeast of this city, where he wired and padlocked all the wells, owing to an epidemic of diphtheria. There are now twenty-four men and seven women from Nymore in St. An- thony’s hospital, this city, sick with diphtheria, and there are a few cases in the village which have not been brought to the hospital. USES GLASS TO CUT THROAT. Typhoid Fever Epidemic Victim Ends Life While Delirious. Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct, 18.—While delirious with typhoid fever, M. Mon- tague, aged thirty-nine years, secured a piece of glass and cut his throat at his home. Montague died from loss of blood. ‘ Willard Morse, aged twenty: years, died from typhoid. The city has an epidemic of the disease, Ends Life at Sanitarium. St. Paul, Oct. 18—Charles V. Mo- berg, assistant county treasurer until early last July, committed suicide by jumping from a second-story window at the Mounds Park sanitartum.. He was sent to the sanitarium about two months ago, but his despondency. seemed to grow on him, so that.at times he was temporarily insane. Inspector After Dealers. Fargo, Oct. 18. — Food Inspector Dunham of this city has instituted a war on the bakeries and fruit dealers. Some of the former are said not to conform to the law in the way of cleanliness, and much of the stuff of- fered by fruit dealers is said not to be of good quality. . Smugglers at Work. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 18. — What is believed by government officials to be a new gang of men engaged in smug- gling Chinese into the United States from British Columbia is now operat- ing on such an extensive scale that immigration officials are worried greatly, Blow Bank Vault; Get $500. Beloit, Wis., Oct. 18—For the sec- ond time in six months the vault of the Roscoe Exchange bank, located in an elevator near the North-Western depot a mile and a quarter from the village of Roscoe, was blown open by robbers, who secured $500 in money. Cat Leaps on Woman; Claws Her Eye. Nora Springs, Iowa, Oct. 18. — A stray cat jumping in the face of Mrs. Gene Stanard is likely to blind one of her eyes. The cat jumped in her face, the claws of one of. the animal’s feet hitting her squarely in the eye, rip: ping the organ seriously. Wades for Duck; Couple Drown. Montevideo, Minn., Oct, 18—Eager to secure the duck she had winged while hunting with her husband, Mrs. Otto Sall waded too far into the Min- nesota river. Her husband went to her aid and in the struggle to regain the shore both were drowned, ‘Has Foot Crushed. Montevideo, Minn., Oct. 18.—Neste Vanclos, a Hungarian section man, at- tempted to catch a ride from one part of the railroad yards to another. While swinging onto the switch en- gine he made a misstep and his right foot was badly crushed. Sentenced for Horse Theft. Vermillion, 8. D., Oct. 18. — Upon entering a plea of guilty for horse stealing, T. B. Mitchell was sentenced to five years at hard labor in state prison. Mitchell’s home is in Sioux City. Blow Open Postoffice Safe. Burlington, Iowa, Oct. 18. — The postoffice at Gladstone, Ill., across the river, was robbed last night, the safe being blown open and $400 in cash and stamps stolen. Stabbed in Drunken Quarrel. Rolette, N. D., Oct. 17.—As a result of a quarrel while both were under the influence of liquor, Arthur Ladon- ceur of this place was stabbed by Ar- thur Johnson. The knife struck the victim’s jaw with such force that it was broken off in the bone. _ Breaks Neck on Pavement. Marinette, Wis., Oct. 18.—J. I. Scott, a well known horseman of this city, cree ce ne a ee tform in the Scot: in thia city. iis soak gon eee t CLOUDS ARE DISPERSED More Hopeful Aspect for Preservation of Peace in Near East—Diplo- ‘ mats Succeed. London, Oct. 19—The cloud which lowered over the Near Eastern situa- tion on Saturday has been dispersed, leaving a more hopeful aspect for the preservation of peace. Official denials of the mobilization rumors from both Turkey and Bulgaria are held to indi- cate the success of the diplomatic ef- forts of the western powers in Con- stantinople and Sofla towards the set- tlement of a difficult problem, and al- though it becomes daily more clear that the agreement entered into by Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign sec- retary, and M. Iswolsky, the Russian foreign minister, concerning the pro- posed conference of the powers, is not acceptable to Austria or Turkey, and that prolonged and delicate negotia- tions must precede the assembling of the conference, the belief in the best informed quarters still is that peace will be unbroken. MIXES POISON IN HIS BEER. Naval Deserter Falls on Mourners’ Bench and Dies. Moose Jaw, Sask., Oct. 19.—After ordering beer with a spoon in it, Darle F. Ridley, a deserter from the United States navy, at the Hotel Cécil bar Saturday afternoon, calmly mixed a package of strychnine in the glass and drank the contents before bystanders realized his motive. He then walked to the Salvation Army barracks, threw himself down on the penitent bench and expired. He left a letter to Lieut. J. Jewell and an explanatory note saying that he was tired of life. PERISH IN FIRE WHILE ASLEEP. Man and Wife Cremated in Flames That Level Section of Town. Shirley, Ind., Oct. 19—Twenty-five puildings were destroyed by fire here Saturday. Two persons perished in the, flames. j ‘The,.town has no fire protection and aid was sent from Newcastle. The ‘purned buildings include. a business block. Most of the places destroyed | were residences. - Mr. and Mrs. E. V. M. Pryor, who conducted a.-restaurant, perished while asleep. DROUTH AGAIN A PERIL. Pennsylvania Coal Region Suffers for Want of Rainfall. Philadelphia, Oct..19.—The drouth which has prevailed throughout Penn- sylvania for many weeks is again bringing about an alarming condition of affairs. Conditions appear most serious in the coal regions. In both the bituminous and anthra- :| cite fields it is with the greatest diffi- culty that water is obtained to con- tinue operations. HAINS BROTHERS INDICTED. Murder in the First Degree Charged in Killing of William Annis. New York, Oct. 19.—Capt. Peter C. Hains and his brother, T. Jenkins Hains, Saturday were ‘indicted by the grand jury for the killing of William EB. Annis at the Bayside Yacht club last August. The indictments charge murder in the first degree against both men. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Oct. 19. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.037-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.02 7-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.00 7-3@ 4.011-8. Corr—No. 2 yellow, 75 3-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 45 5-8c. Minneapolis, Oct. 19.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.037-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.021-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.007-8@ 1.011-8. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 75 3-tc. Oats—No. 3 white, 45 5-8c. Duluth, Oct. 19. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.03; No. 1 Northern, $1.02 1-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.00 1-2. Flax *— $1.22 1-4. Oats--No. 3, 47c. Chicago, Oct. 19. — Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.01 5-8@1.02 5-8; No. 1 hard, $1.00 5-8@1.02 5-8. Oats—No. 3 white, 461-2@49c. Corn — No. 2, 761-2@ 18 1-2c. Milwaukee, Oct. 19. — Wheat—No. 4 Northern, $1.07@1.071-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.06. arley — No. 2, 65 1-4c. Chicago, Oct. 19. — Cattle—Beeves, $3.50@7.40; stockers and _ feeders, $1.60@5.45; cows and heifers, $2.60@ 4.65. Hogs—Bulk, $6.25@6.60. Sheep —Natives, $2.50@5.40; lambs, $4.25@ 6.50. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 19. — Cattle —Beeves, $5.25@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, Oct. 19.—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, $6.90@7. Sheep — Yearlings, $4@4.50; spring lambs, $5.50@6.25. Four Perish in Fire. Altoona, ‘Pa., Oct. 19. — An over- ‘heated stove set fire to a dwelling | house at Summit, a mining town, ten miles west of here, yesterday, and ‘four children lost their lives, while | two other persons were probably fatal- ly injured. Skiff Swamped; Two Drowned. Detroit, Oct. 19. — Gottlieb Bruder and his little son Raymond were drowned in the Detroit river last night when their skiff was swamped by swells from a passing steamer. IN MINNESOTA. State News of the Week Briefly Told. Ee William Lampkin, a lineman for the city electric light plant at Austin, was | killed by touching a live wire while at work. John Kaercher, founder of Preston, Fillmore county, died at Portland, Or., last week, aged seventy-three years. Charles Frederick Bunt, a carpenter, was struck by a bucket containing 3,000 pounds of dirt at the new power plant at St. Cloud. Hans Johnson of Preston, better known as “Big Ians,” has been sent to the Rochester asylum for the in- sane. He is about forty years of age, single and a victim of-liquor. In a fit of despondency, Mrs. Mons Stondahl, living east of Faribault, at- tempted suicide by drinking a solution of carbolic acid and paris green. A doctor was summoned in time to save her life. Leaving no note and ~apparently with no cause, Arthur P. Peterson of Minneapolis, twenty-twg years old, a statement clerk for the Security National bank, committed suicide by shooting himself. While Herm Regulin and William Wieland were hunting in the outskirts of New Ulm Regulin accidentally dis- charged his gun, the shot entering Wieland’s face. Wieland will recover, but may be disfigured for life. Arthur G. Rankin, one of the star football players of Shattuck school, died last week of pneumonia. Rankin was injured in the breast in a game the week before, and it is thought his ailment was the result of that injury. Stepping within the threshold of her home, after she had been with her mother, to whom she said that she never felt better in her life, Mrs. Buechner of St. Paul gasped and fell to thé floor,andin a short time was dead. . . Wildwood, the popular summer re- sort on the shores of White Bear lake, near St. Paul, was swept by a con- flagration that caused a loss estimated at between $50,000 and’ $75,000. and destroyed most of the buildings in the park. ° The body of a Finlander named Elj, who disappeared from Bovey six weeks ago, was found last week hang- ing to a tree on the shore of Trout lake, near Coleraine. He left a note saying family troubles drove him to suicide. ! J. H. MeGaghey, a wealthy farmer, residing five miles north of Ortonville, was found dead in his home, having shot himself with a shotgun. It is claimed that Mr. McGaghey was in very poor health, and it is probable that this was the cause of the suicide. An automobile belonging to Aaron Liedholm ran off a bridge at Litch- field and was totally wrecked. B. Bresden of Grove City, who was in the car, wag picked up unconscious, and the doctors fear he was injured inter- ternally. Four other occupants of the machine escaped injury. Charley Krendemuhl, a farmer of Kragnes township, near Barnesville, came near making a record run for the potato yield this year. For nine acres planted the yield was 1890 bushels, He also planted five acres to the “Triumphs” and the fourteen acres altogether will net him $1,000. ee ee Engineer James L. Coffman was found lying unconscious near an elec- tric dynamo in the municipal electric plant at New Ulm. It is supposed that he was cleaning parts of the dynamo, and while thus engaged became en- tangled in the belt. An examination revealed a fracture of the skull and internal injuries, which resulted in Coffman’s death later. The grand jury at Ivanhoe has in- dicted Schwab, or “Smoky,” for mur- der in the first degree. Schwab plead- ed guilty to murder in the second de- gree. This likely will mean life im- prisonment for Schwab, but saves him from the hangman’s noose. Schwab murdered a man named Lorentzen at Lake Benton last spring, striking his victim in the head with an ax. The south-bound Rock Island pas- senger train ran into a threshing out- fit belonging to Boyd Talbot. The en- gine was crossing the track about three miles north of Faribault and got stalled. An attempt was made to flag the train, but it was unable. to stop. The outfit was demolished, but the train kept the track. No one was in- jured. The engineer of the threshing engine jumped from his post and saved himself. Clarence Ehmcke, the man charged with assaulting Charles Graves on the high wagon bridge at Winona and re- lieving him of $500 in cash, was given a preliminary hearing at Fountain City, and was held to the circuit court, bail being fixed at $500. A farmers’ co-operative store, just organized at Brandon, has purchased the $15,000 stock of general merchan- dise of F. W. Ruppelius. August Lane is president and Nels Augdahl secre- tary of the new firm. Mr. Ruppeli will manage the store. . - i DEFECTIVE PAGE Sisters of Sons of Hermann Meet at ' Duluth. The closing session of the annual convention of the Sisters of the Sons of Hermann. of Minnesota was held at Eagle hall in Duluth, the time be- ing devoted to making necessary ichanges in the constitution of the or- der. The officers for the year were elect- ed as follows: President, Fritz Siegler of Still- water; vice president, Mrs. W. Bor- schet of St. Paul; secretary, Mrs. Ber- ;tha E. Ench of Minneapolis; treas- ‘urer, Mrs. Augusta Haedrich of St. Paul. St. Paul was chosen for the annual meeting place for October of next year. 4 The local lodge of which the officers ‘are Mrs. Elsie Beecher, president; Mrs. Lenora Collatz, vice president; ! Mrs. Caroline Gnifke, exchequer; Mrs. ' Blizabeth Stock, treasurer; Mrs. Hen- | riette Jensen, financial secretary, and i Mrs. J. Huhm, secretary, held its meet- ing and initiation at Kalamazoo hall. Many of the delegation returned this afternoon to their homes, while others are remaining in the city to visit the points of interest. WOMAN’S RELIEF CONVENES. First. District Corps Elects Officers and Holds Campfire. The first district convention of the Woman’s Relief corps has been in ses- sion at Grand.Forks, closing this aft- ernoon with thé election of officers for the ensuing year and an inspec- tion of the local corps. There were sixty delegates in at- tendance, representing eleven. corps in the district. A campfire was held in the opera house last evening, and was largely attended. The principal numbers on the program were the ad- dresses by Department Commander M. W. Bates of Duluth, District Presi- dent Mary Thelan of Stillwater and Senior Vice Commander C. F. Green- ing of Grand Meadow. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Edna Armstrong of Le Roy; senior vice president, Mrs. Herms of Spring Valley; junior vice president, Mrs. Fairbanks of Austin; treasurer, Mrs. Jones of Red Wing; chaplain, Mrs. Holland of Winona; first delegate, Mrs. Mason of Le Roy; first alternate, Mrs. Johnson of Wi- nona; second alternate, Mrs. Brim of Stewartville. The next convention will be held at Le Roy. .WOMAN’S CLUBS ELECTS. Mrs. H. A, Tomilson of St. Peter Is : Federation Vice President. The Minnesota Federation of Wom- an’s clubs elected the following offi- cers at St. Cloud: Vice president at large, Mrs. H. A. Tomilson, St. Peter; recording secre- tary, Mrs. T. F. Kinney, Minneapolis; auditor, Mrs. R. L. Gale; custodian, Mrs. A. Barto; treasurer, Mrs. EB. J. Lewis, Sauk Center; district vice presidents Sixth, Mrs. C. M. Petek, Brainerd; Seventh, Mrs. C. B. Mc Cune, Benson; Eighth, Mrs. B. L. Hol- lister, Aitkin; Ninth, Mrs. Alexander, Barnesville. Miss Emerson of Carleton college and Miss Mott of university gave talks. Morris folk dances were given under the direction of Miss Josephine Brower. The credential, state, art commission, state fair and reciprocity committees made reports this morn- ing. Mrs. Bessie Laythe Scoville, president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance union, extended greet- ings. Mrs. T. F. Kinney, chairman of the committee on state industrial schools, reported. STATE GENEROUS TO SCHOOLS. Has Distributed $29,220,668 in Twen- ty-nine Years, Each Pupil Getting More Each Year. In the last twenty-nine years the state has distributed a total of $29,- 220,668 to the schools of the state. The amount of the fall apportionment made two days ago amounted to $1,- $30,519. The state treasurer was given a single check for the amount, making the largest payment ever made at one time in the history of the state. Since 1864 the number of pupils in the state has increased from 64,330 to 316,674. The amount distributed the first year was $40,842 at the rate of $1.08 per pupil. This year the total ‘rate is $4.60 per pupil. Owing to oth- er causes the rate per pupil in 1892 was 2 cents higher than this year, but the total amount disbursed to the schools ($1,743,187) is far in excess of any previous year. University Receipts $88,709. The state university has made final settlement for September receipts, turning over a total of $88,709 as the receipts for the month. This is ap- applied to the fund which supports the institution. John Rysavy had his left hand am- putated by the wheels of a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul freight train, and also his collarbone broken while attempting to board a moving train in the yards near Colborn street, St. Paul. Harry Reinhart, a boy of fifteen, re- siding at Moorhead, accidently shot himself through the thigh at that city Sunday afternoon with a 22.-caliber rifle. Had the bullet deflected upward the slightest degree the ball would have entered his body. Real Estate Man—I thought he'd buy that place in the suburbs. Didn’t he believe you when you told him it was only five minutes from the sta- tion? Clerk—Yes, that was the trouble. He said the noise of the trains would keep him awake nights. i : 4 b aa