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STROMBOLI IS BADLY SHAKE Volcano Begins Eruption and Inhabitants of Island Flee in Terror. THIEVES. SWARM EVERYWHERE Several Killed in Fights With Soldiers at Messina—Quakes Cause Fur- ther Damage. Rome, Jan. 5. — A violent earth- quake, running north-southwest and eastnortheast, lasting three seconds, and during which the Strombeoli vol- vani began eruption, occurred on Stromboli island yesterday. The phenomenon was accompanied by prolonged dull rumblings. The houses on the island were badly dam- aged and the populace filed to the Streets in panic, but no one was hurt. King Returns to Rome. Having done all that it was possible to do in the districts laid waste by the earthquake, the king and queen of Italy are returning to Rome. They have spent the last four days among the ruins of Sicily and Calabria, ‘the King ‘directing the work of rescue and relief, and the queen ministering to the injured. There is a feeling of relief in Italy that their majesties are coming home. The American ambassador, Lloyd Griscom, has appointed a committee of Americans, to which will be in- trusted the work of utilizing the mon- ey received from the United States to the best advantage for the earth- quake sufferers. Thieves Swarm Everywhere. Both at Messina and Reggio the guards are having difficulty in pro- tecting the survivors, and the vast treasure in the ruined buildings from the bands of thieves that are swarm- ing everywhere. It is reported that six Russian sailors have been shot by looters at Messina and that sixteen criminals have been killed at the same place within the last twenty- four hours. Six hundred persons en- gaged in pillaging have been arrest- ed since yesterday. In an engage- ment at Reggio between the police and bandits two of the police were killed.. Reports still reach here of the con- tinuance of earth shocks, some of further great damage. According to these reports, new*shocks Saturday at Pellaro precipitated the entire popula tion into the sea, including. both/“the dead and living victims of ba) first quake. Z At Reggio the people aye becoming more calm and aid to tbat city is now being systematically forwarded. Mili- ta zones have én established throughout Calabria: America Leads in Relief. The United %tates is tar ahead of other nations in the relief work. Yes- terday Ambjassador Griscom succeed- ed in nding an Austrian Lloyd steamer, of 8,000 tons, capable of car- rying ,1,200 passengers. He charter- ed the steamer for two weeks, and itis being loaded with medical sup- ‘plies and provisions. This will cost $70,000. It is expected that the steam- er will sail from Civita Vecchia, about fifty miles from Rome, on Thursday. It will be placed under the orders of the Italian government. In addition to supplies, the American relief vessel will embark six doctors and twenty male and female nurses, three of the latter being American girls from New York, who volunteer- ed their services. Fleet’s Supplies for Sufferers. American energy has been strong: ly manifested in the work'looking to the relief of the earthquake sufferers. which are of sufficient force to wolf Ambassador Griscom and the mem-} bers of the committee have assumed personal responsibility for the’ ex- penses of the expedition, relying upon the American: public for funds. Besides the relief steamer, the United States will soon have the con- verted yacht Scorpion on the scene. The Scorpion is expected to reach Messina today and will be fol- lowed within a few days by the sup- ply ships Culgoa and the Yankton from Suez. The latter vessels will put at the disposal of the authorities the provisions and medical supplies intended for the American fleet cruising around the world. Woman Arrested for Theft. Fort Dodge, Iowa, Jan. 5.—Chief of Police Nicholson yesterday arrested Mrs. John Hobbs at her home at Man- son on a charge of larceny committed PLOT AGAINST ROYAL FAMILY | Twenty Arrests Made in St. Petersburg Following a Bomb Explosion in a Cafe. London, Jan. 4.—The Daily Mail’s correspondent at St. Petersburg says that twenty arrests have been made, including several persons at the em- peror’s palace at Tsarskoe-Selo, for alleged connection with the bomb ex- plosion in the Cafe Central in St. Petersburg Saturday night. The bomb was left on a table my a man in the uniform of a student, and a waiter was killed and the safe badly damaged by the explosion. The Daily Mail correspondent says that the bomb outrage and the arrest were the outcome of a vast terrorist plot against the imperial family. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR CADETS. Some of Sixteen Men Dismissed Will Be Reinstated by Wright. Washington, Jan. 4.—Secretary of War Wright took up with the presi- dent the cases of sixteen West Point cadets, who were recently recom- mended for dismissal because of de- merit marks, deficiency in study and laxity of discipline. The secretary is disposed to be len- ient in several cases ahd where the markings are only one or two points below the required figure. . In some cases the secretary con- siders the markings against the cadets were given for trivial causes and he will send in the reports in these, as a result several will be given another chance. STEVENS’ SLAYER TO PRISON. Korean Given Sentence of Twenty- five Years at San Francisco. San Francisco, Jan. 4.—In Whang Chang, the Korean who shot and kill- ed Durham White Stevens in this city last March, was sentenced to twenty- five years in the state penitentiary at San Quentin. A plea for clemency was made by | the attorney for the defendant and re- sisted by Samuel Knight, who was employed by. the Japanese gowern- ment as special prosecutor. ; é It is not likely that the case will be appealed. J AEROPLANE SCHOOL OPENS. ices Wilbur Wright Now Training French Ideas/ to Fly. Rome, Jan. 4/—A few days ago the first training school and ground for aeroplane “jights was inaugurated at Juvis¥s Ja few miles to the south of Paris. , The first pupils have under- gonefa course of instruction at Leo Maris, under Wilbur Wright. The new Ia00l, which is fully equipped with the necessary sheds and engineering is about | fo miles in circuit, pas nay a of some 350 acres. KILLED BY ENRAGED BULL. Farmer . Battles for an Hour, but Is Left in Fieid. Danbury, Conn., Jan. 4.—After bat- tling for half an hour, James Reyn- olds, a prominent farmer of Ridge- hurst, was gored to death by an en- raged bull in one of his pastures yes- terday afternoon. The ground about Reynold’s body was literally plowed up for a hundred feet. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Jan. 4. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.11@1.111-4; No. 1 Northern, $1.10@1.10 1-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.08 @1.08 1-4. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 55@ 551-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 473-4@ A8 3-4c. Minneapolis, Jan. 4. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.11@1.111-4; No. 1 North- ern, $1.10@1.101-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.08@1.08 1-4. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 55 @55 1-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 473-4@ 48 3-4c. Duluth, Jan. 4. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.115-8; No. 1 Northern, 1105-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.08 5-8. Flax—$1.47 3-4. Oats—No, 3, 48 7-8c. Chicago, Jan. 4. — Wheat — No. 2 red, $1.04 5-8@1.05 3-4; No. 2 hard, $1.03 5-8@1.05 1-4. Oats—No. 3 white, 50@50 3-4c. Corn — No. 2. yellow, 57 3-4e. Milwaukee, Jan. 4. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, $1.10 1-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.08@1.081-2. Barley — Standard, 65 1-2c. Chicago, Jan. 4. — Cattle—Beeves, $3.65@7.70; stockers and _ feeders, $2.70@4.80; cows and heifers, $1.50@ 5. Hogs—Bulk, $5.50@5.90. Sheep— Natives, $2.60@4.85; lambs, $4.50@ 7.75. Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 4. — Cattle —Grass steers, $5.25@6.30; stockers and feeders. $3.40@4.60; calves and yearlings, $3@3.80. Hogs — Range, $5.40@5.55. South St. Paul, Jan. 4. — Cattle — Grain-fed steers, $5.50@6.50; cows and heifers, $3.25@4.50; veal calves, at Waterloo. It is asserted that while $5@5.50; good to choice stock steers, engaged as a domestic she carried off $3.75@4.25. Hogs—Bulk, $5.50@5.65. $200 worth of linen belonging to her Sheep—Yearlings, $4.50@4.85; spring employer. Kissed by Wife; Kills Self. St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 5. — Immedi- lambs, $6.25@6.75. YOUTH SHOOTS FATHER. ately after his wife had kissed him,} gays Parent Terrorized Family and William J. Richardson, a hardware merchant of this city, procured his He Shot in Defense of Mother. Lansing, Mich., Jan. 4—John Clif- razor and with a single slash nearly | rorq js in a critical condition at a lo- severed his head from his body, fall- ing lifeless at his wife’s feet. Pine Cut Will Be Heavy cal hospital with five bullet wounds, and his son, Reggie, seventeen years old, is being detained by the police. The boy told the police that his fa- Washburn, Wis., Jan. 5.—There is| ther had held the family in a state of great activity in the woods of north-| terror for two or three weeks and ern Wisconsin. It is estimated the] that he shot his father in protecting winter’s cut will far exceed that of] pis mother, and he expressed no re- last season. gret. pected When Grand Jury Begins Work of Probing. Minneapolis, Jan. 3.—Another scan dal is promised Minneapolis. Revelations of the most startling nature are said to be due when the January grand jury of Hennepin coun- ty settles down to the work of prob- ing the extortion charges made the Baxter detective agency of the Mill City; of Baxter: All three accused have been am raigned in the police court and, una- ble to furnish $1,000 bail each, were remanded to the county jail. ’ Baxter’s case is set for Tuesday, whiie ard and Kidder have been found over to the grand jury. Col. Frank T. Cor , superin- tendent of police, has been investigat- ing the case personally and is con- vinced that a wholesale business of extorting money from saloonmen and others has been carried on in the Mill City for some time, Brey Aro ~i amo he has been able to will be turned over to the gran@ jury. BURIED IN SNOW BY PLOW. —— Roadmaster F. C. Wales Killed ir ‘North Dakota. Fargo, 'V. D., Jan. 3—F. C. Wales, eco 9d of the Fargo division of the No; rn Pacific road, was instant- ly kil‘jed near Hastings, Barnes county, whife clearing snow from the tracks f’the Casselton branch. He was standing’on the bank of a cut in which a Russell snowplow was operating, and ‘when the mist had cleared was found Mifty feet from the track, buried be- meath a huge mass of snow. Death hal been caused by shock and suffoca- tion. Mr. Wales was born in Hennepin county forty-eight years ago and was with the Northern Pacific in St. Paul twenty years before coming here. EMBEZZLES TO AID UNCLE SAM Carrier Says He Used the Money for Feed, So His Horses Could Work. Fargo, N. D., Jan, 3—Foreed to em- bezzle money given him. for the pur- chase of money orders in order to buy feed for the horses he used on his rural majl route was the plea of Al- bert Kranz, a carrier out of Devils Lake, when arraigned before Judge Amidon of the United States court. Kranz said he was without credit and his horses needed food. He thought he could make the money good when his pay check arrived, but the complaint came too early. He used only $14. His sentence was made as low as the court had authority, and he will serve six months in jail. Famous Astronomer Dead. Chicago, Jan. 3—George Washing- ton Hough, professor of astronomy at Northwestern university and director of the Dearborn observatory, died sud- denly at his home here yesterday. Prof. Hough, who was_ seventy-two years of age, was found dead in his bed, having retired in apparently good health. Prof. Hough was one of the world’s greatest astronomers. Bank Robbery Frustrated. Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 3.—Robhers entered the First National bank at Melvin, this state, and blew the safe, but failed to get through the second door. The citizens were aroused and the burglars left hastily, taking a handcar, which they abandoned near Hartley, about twenty miles south of Melvin. Two 'njured on Railroads. Two Har ors, Minn., Jan. 3—While switching cars, Arthur Tice fell under the wheels, having his right thigh crushed and otherwise being serious- ly bruised. He is at the Budd hospi- tal, with hopes of recovery. Harry Mann lost an arm in a railroad acci- dent on the Alger-Smith line yester- day. Overcome by Coal Gas. Barnesville, Minn., Jan. 3. — Mrs. James Collins, wife of a fireman on the Northern Pacific, came near suffo- cating to death from coal gas. A boarder awoke to find the rooms full of the deadly fumes and found Mrs. Collins unconscious. Guilty of Murder. Portland, Or., Jan. 1—The jury in the case of James A. Finch, charged with the murder of Ralph B. Fisher, prosecutor of the state bar associa- tion, returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. Suicide of Wahpeton Man. Wahpeton, N. D., Jan. 3—vValentine Dorn, a prominent citizen of this city and formerly proprietor of the City ho- tel, shot himself yesterday and died last night. Dorn had been worrying over private affairs for some time. Several Passengers Injured. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 3—A train on the Duluth & Missabe railroad was wrecked near Spruce Junction and several passengers were seriously in- jured. Three coaches rolled down an embankment. _ ‘ against William Baxter, the head of Harry G. Blanchard and William Kidder, the latter two being private detectives, former employes GRAFT SCANDAL IN| MILL CITY] FIGHTS BURGLAR IN THE DARK Revelations of Startling Nature Ex+| Nervy Clerk Forces Nervy Intruder to Flee After Desperate Conflict in Postoffice. Prairie du Chien, Wis., Jan. 5. — Surprised by a burglar who had just smashed through a door into the post- office, William Atchison, a postal clerk, sprang at the intruder and, en- gaging in a desperate hand-to-hand battle in the dark, forced the bandit to flee, saving the entire contents of the well filled government safe. Atchison, who is the night clerk in the local postoffice, was seated quiet- Ty at his work when, without the slightest warning he heard the smash- ing of a door and starting up was almost bowled over by the burly form of a man wearing a mask and carry- ing a dark lantern, which had been precip: 1d into the room almost on top of the falling timbers. Before the bandit had a chance to get near the safe, which stood direct- ly behind Atchison, the nervy -youth sprang at the intruder. A quick struggle ensued and the burglar, bad- ly worsted, made a hasty exit through the opening made by him.on enter- ing. i MASKERS FIGHT A FIRE Blaze Broke Out at Maxbass, N. D., When Ball Was in Full Swing Maxbass, N. D., Jan. 5. — A disas- trous fire which started by the explo- sion of a gasolene lamp in the dining room of the City restaurant, in which several persons were sitting, broke out last night. The City hotel, restau- rant, a barber shop and a rooming flat were totally destroyed. A butch- er shop and a poolroom were badly damaged. The Renville Mercantile company’s big store was saved after hard work. A masquerade ball was in progress at the time and the maskers, repre- senting many different nationalities, fought the fire and made the scene picturesque. The total loss was about $4,500, partly insured. COYOTES GNAW DEAD BODY Decomposed Body Found Near Camp Creek, S. D. Sturgis, S. D., Jan. 5—Louis Grahm arrived here last night and notified the sheriff that a man was found dead near Camp Creek, a half mile from Bert Gardner’s ranch, Saturday hafternoon, The face and hands were badly decomposed, having been eaten by coyotes and magpies. The body “was lying face down and is beyond recognition. The man is supposed to have frozen to death. The corpse may be John Ewenson, who is missing since Sept. 30. The dead man was dressed for cold weather, Sheriff Stewart and Coroner Brack- ett leave today to look into the case. FARM SCHOOL WANTED Rock County Farmers Circulate Peti- tions for a Special Election. Luverne, Minn., Jan. 5.—A petition is being circulated by leading farmers in different parts of the county, for presentation to the county commis- sioners, asking that they call a spe- cial election for the purpose of voting on the question of appropriating the necessary money for the establish- ment of a county agricultural school in Rock county. It is necessary to obtain 300 signers, and the law then allows county boards to appropriate whatever sum is necessary, not to ex- reed $20,000. TAKES HIS NEW JOB. Olsen Moves From Capitol to Farm School. St. Paul, Jan. 4. — J. W. Olsen, dean of the state farm school, took up his duties there Saturday. He has moved most of his papers from his desk in the office of the superin- tendent of public instruction, and his duties will be performed by C. G. Schulz, his successor, until the ap- pointment of Mr. Schulz is confirmed by the senate. It is expected that C. R. Frazier of Winona, who is to be assistant superintendent, will come to the city in a few days. HANSBROUGH BETTER North Dakota Senator on Road to Recovery. Minnapolis, Minn., Jan. 5. — Sen- ator H. C. Hansbrough of North Dakota, who has been ill for some time at Asbury hospital, is improving slowly. The physicians and hospital attendants have strong hopes for his complete recovery. He is still very weak, however, and it will be some time before he can leave the hospital. MOCK SUICIDE FATAL Minneapolis, Jan. 5.While on the way to church in Minneapolis. last evening, Earnest A. Meadows, nine- teen years old, accidentally shot and killed himself in the presence of his two younger sisters, Blanche and Ma- bel, and several other young people. It is said that Meadows’ tragic death resulted from an attempt to ‘terrify his companions into making an apology for a fancied slight put upon ihmself. BOOM DAIRYING IN MINNESOTA. Wisconsin“Men Select Northern Coun- ties for Scene of Operations. A thorough and comprehensive scheme for the development of the dairy industry of Eastern Clearwater and Northern Beltrami counties will soon be taken up by a Wisconsin cor- poration, which has become interest: ed in 30,000 acres in, that section of the state, according to the statement of Roger C. Spooner, brother of For- mer United States Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin. Mr. Spooner says that Prof. Moore of the Wisconsin school of agricul- ture, with other practical dairymen of Wisconsin, has become deeply in- terested in the possibilities of that part of Northern Minnesota as a dairy country and will soon begin the work of practical development. Prof. Moore and other Wisconsin men have thoroughly tested the soil and are convince dthat there is noth- ing that can prevent the plan from re- sulting in great good to the northern part of the state. The plan of the Wisconsin company is to bring in settlers. So far as possible, men who are acquainted with the practical side of dairying will be taken to the land of the Wis- consin company. It is probable that many students from the Wisconsin school of agriculture will be taken to the northern section of the state for the purpose of starting the movement under the best possible conditions. “The company that has secured the acreage and is planning the making of a great dairy settlement in the northern part of the state has many advantages over <other companies or corporations that have begun similar settlements,” said Mr. Spooner. “You see they have the settlers right at hand. That is, they have them in Wisconsin, one of the great- est dairy states in the Union. Those interested in the settlement are in touch with men who will come to this state. They are among the best class of dairy farmers. “Tests have shown. that the soil is splendidly adapted to the dairy indus- try. Hay grows splendidly up in that country, and then there are the natu- ral conditions that are fitted for the dairy business. The men behind the movement have not taken anything for granted. They have studied the conditions thoroughly and are con- vinced that dairying will be the great industry of the northern part of Min- nesota.” 4 Mr. Spooner lives at Wilton, Mian., and has taken a great interest in progress that the men interested in dairying in the northern tier of coun- ties are achieving. STRENGTHEN RURAL SCHOOLS. Dean Randall Establishes Summer Agricultural Teachers’ Course. Dean E. W. Randall of the state school of agriculture has established a short summer course in agriculture for teachers, principals and superin- tendents of the schools of the state. This is a new departure in the educa- tional line and is the outgrowth of suggestions made at the meeting this week of the State Educational asso- ciation that better rural schools are needed. This course is planned for three weeks, beginning Monday, June 21, and closing Saturday, July 10. In- struction will be given in agriculture, agricultural chemistry, animal hus- bandry and animal nutrition, dairy stock, domestic art, domestic scence, entomology, horticulture and forestry, plant diseases, poultry and soils. The registration fee for the course will be $3 and board will be furnished for $3.50 a week. Upon recommendation of the facul- ty those perfect in attendance will re- ceive a credit in agriculture toward a first grade state certificate that will exempt them from examination in plane geometry or in physical geogra- phy, as they may prefer. This is the first practical step to- ward the upbuilding of the rural school system and the establishment eventually of rural high schools, with manual training, domestic science and agricultural departments, by means of which it is hoped that the boys and girls of the farm will be made more satisfied with life in the country and will remain there, in- stead of joining in the fierce competi- tive strife of the big cities, as most of them now do. John L. Madden of Two Harbors, formerly a locomotive fireman on the Duluth & Iron Range road, has com- menced an action to recover $35,000 for injuries received while working between Biwabik and Allen Junction. Guard Health of Children. Legislation requiring school autho rities to have a medical inspection of pupils at least once a year is suggest- ed by J. W. Olsen, state superintend- ent of public instruction in his bien- nial report. He suggests that the extent to which medical examination can be ex- tended will depend upon the number and character of the school popula- tion, “but in no school, however small, is it impossible to find some of the physical defects which mar child- hood.” HAVE TRAINED TEACHERS ONLY. J. W. Olsen Wants Requirements Made Stricter. The establishment of provisions for professional standard for the teachers of the state is recommended by J. W. Olsen, state superintendent of public instruction, in his biennial report. In 1900 a state standard was estab- lished so far as the subject matter is concerned. County examinations were abolished in favor of state examina- tions, and the result has been highly satisfactory. But as the regulations now stand any one who knows the subject can teach. Mr. Olsen believes that in two or three years a standard of professional training ought to be established. Mr. Olsen says: “I believe that the time has come when a law, to go into effect at some future date—say in two or three years —providing a definite professional standard, should be enacted. It is not enough that the teachers have such a knowledge of the subjects he is to teach, as will enable him to pass a creditable examination in them. To secure the best results, he must have had training directed toward the de- velopment of skill in the art of teach- ing. Fitness to teach presupposes not only a knowledge of the subject mat- ter to be presented, but the ability to present it skillfully and in its natural order—a knowledge of methods and processes of presentation. Every teacher should understand psychic laws and how to make use of them in the strengthening of human facul- ties.” OFFICIAL TO CARE FOR LANDS. State Auditor Urges Creation of State Land Department. A state land department, in charge of a land commissioner, to be elected by the people, to have control of all state lands and questions concerning them, is recommended by the state auditor in his biennial ‘report to the legislature. The lands of the state are now un- der the control of the state auditor, and the care of this large body of wealth consumes a large part of his time. “The question should be stripped of every consideration, save that of the public welfare and our responsibili- ties and obligations to future genera- tions.” : He intimates that the legislature is not in favor of creating more offices, but is of. the opinion that the depart- ment would pay for itself in the say- ing it would effect the state in the management of the lands. In 1883 the permanent school fund of the state was estimated at $20, 000,000. It is now worth that amount, and Mr. Iverson predicts that in 1950 it will amount to $125,000,00. There are now 1,052,171 acres of state land, in the school, state and in- demnity funds, in addition to 1,446,921 acres of swamp land, which are being rapidly drained. These also belong to the state, and will greatly increase the school fund. The enactment of a new mineral leasing law will add to the present work of the state auditor. State Helps Build Roads. This state paid $62,608 the past two years in aid of roads and bridges in forty-six counties. The figures given out by State High- way Engineer George W..Cooley show only the amount of road of various sorts of which the state has assisted in constructing. The total of the roads on which the state’s money was expended is 440 miles, the state pay- ling about one-third of the total cost of the road and twenty-nine bridges. The number of miles of different sorts of road construction has been as follows: General repairs and preparing road- bed for grades, 34.73 miles; clearing, 111.80 miles; ditching, 28.97 miles; grading, 192.5 miles; corduroying, 5.95 miles; sand-clay roads, 3.82 miles; gravel roads, 52.41 miles; mac- adam roads, 8.95 miles; experimental roads, 2 miles; iron culverts, 119; steel and concrete culverts, 12; steel bridges, 17; total length, 941 feet. Taxes in Dispute. A suit involving $10,090.98 in dis- puted gross earnings taxes has been filed by the attorney general against the Great Northern railway. The ‘items involved are transportation is- sued for advertising contracts. Some ‘of the roads have classed this is earnings, while others have not. The action begun is only applied to ‘1906 business, but its settlement will determine the same question for oth- ‘er years back to 1897. The 1906 case ‘calls for the 4 per cent tax on $20,- \454.22 of advertising trip tickets and '$8,257.77 of advertising mileage hon- ‘ored, a total of $28,711.99 on which ‘the tax would be $1,148.48. Ask Anti-Pass Law Ruling. A question which will come up, now that the anti-pass law is going into effect, is, are mileage books and com- mutation books illegal? The attor- ney general’s office recently gave out the opinion that telephone rate books will be illegal under the law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, on the ground that they create unfair discrimination. ‘It seems that mileage books will have ‘to go into the same class, and the jopinion, which is eXpected from the attorney general today, may cause many to be anything but pleased.