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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

On Saturday evening at 8 p. M,
Carl Ottoson OF Copenhagen, Denmark
and Miss Johanna Norderhus, were
united in marriage at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. w. o. p. Hilsdale, Rev. j..
F. Hamilton officiating. The happy
couple left on Sunday for Europe.
They will travel for a while through
Norway and Sweden before settling
down in Copenhagen, where Mr.. Otto
son is engaged in business. Miss Nor
derhus is sister of Mrs. Hilsdale and
has many friends in the city who will
regret her departure. The best wishes
of host of friends follow them across
the water.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

A visit to the Boston Dry Goods
Store, shows their shelves to be chuck
full of spring goods of all kinds.
Among them may be seen an endless
array of shirt waists. All of their
goods are fresh from the Eastern mar
kets of good quality and low price. All
this in connection with the affability of
the clerks, make the Boston an ideal
place to trade.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

A new time table on the Great Nor
them is expected to go into force soon.
Trains 7 and 8, so rumor has it, will be
discontinued, and the other trains will
be operated about as they were before
these trains we're added. The only
practical change will be the discontin-
uance of the early evening train from
the East.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

County Superintendent of Schools L.
j. Rocholl, of Stearns county, has
passed upon the examinations of can
.didates for teachers certificate, who
took the spring examination. There
were "a candidates and out of this
number are granted second grade
certificates and 9 third grade certifi-
Gates.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

A. M. Madsen received the sad intelli-
gence on Tuesday that his father, c..
N. Madsen had just died at his home
near Christiania, in Norway. The old
gentleman was 10 years old, and has
been a widower for about four years.
He leaves three daughters in Norway,
and two sons and one daughter in this
country
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

Personalities gentleman who an
noyed the congregation last Sunday
by continually coughing will find in
slant relief by using One Minute Cough
Cure, speedy and harmless remedy
for throat and lung troubles.
Hanson & Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

E. G. TAFT & Co dealers in hard
ware, announce the fact that they are
going out of business, and offer their
stock at greatly reduced prices-even
below cost. This. is genuine reduc-
tion sale, made necessary by desire
to close out as quickly as possible.
Mr.. Taits ill health makes this action
imperative.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

SOLEMN Pendergast has rebuilt au5
palnCeu Ine para on the premises now
occupied by DIR. Du Bots. -o"
This list was picked up durino a ran
dom drive of few minutes and q :. On.
at all exhaustive. and dos not 70 no 10y
one half of the spring imnroyen uort
in the city. o'eliien's
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

Miss Clara Dunlap gave party at
her home last Saturday evening, to
about fifteen of her friends. Cards
and games were INDUCED in. The par
lor was Hastily decorated with cut
flowers and esthetic refreshments were
served, consisting of Angels food and
delicious coffee.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

Cripple boy entertainment at the
Grand Opera House on Saturday
evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

Sam. MaclxereII, the recently elected
Mayor of st. Cloud, years ago was a
regular triweekly visitor to this city.
He was express messenger on the train
to Melrose and thence by stage to the
city, when Lucas Kells was local ex-
press agent. Our old citizens remem-
Der him we'll as an obliging and trust
worthy young man who enjoyed their
fullest confidence.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

Hungry calves, a binding sleet storm
believing COWS and belligerent steers
made life scarcely worth living all
Monday night in the vicinity of the
Great Northern stockyard. To be sure
the railroad company was not respon-
sible for the sleet, which would not
have been worthy of notice but from
the fact that it aggravated the situation
for which the company is responsible.
Aldermen Bennett and Tobey, fortu
nately, got full benefit of the combina-
ton.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

The Great Northern road sent
special train-second No 3-westward
on Friday evening for the purpose of
taxing Northern Pacific passengers
from Fargo to the coast. There were
about 300 passengers there which has
started for the coast by the Northern
Pacific, but owing to washouts they
were unable to take them further, and
turned the business over to the Great
Northern. There were ten cars on the
special, in charge of Conductor Chas.
Graceson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-15

Albert Hargrave, who is serving a
sentence of 24O days in the Stearns
county Jail for habitual drunkenness,
wants a pardon from the newly-creat-
ed state board of pardons. He was
committed from Sank Centre where
they do things in this manner and de-
.clares to the board that his sentence
was given in the hope of curing him.
He insists to the board in support of
his contention for a pardon that he
has already been cured, though but
one half of his time has been served
out. 1t is not probable that the
board will act favorably upon the ap-
plication. -Journal-Press.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
DEAD IN A BURNING MiNE.
Korkmen Caught by Fire Down in
the Main Slope Perish by
SuHocufion.

NEW ORLEANS. La. Sept. 20.-A
special from rmingham, Ala, TO the
Picayune says: About two hours after
the men went to work in mine 2 of the
BessemeI Land and improvement Com
pany's coal mine at Bell Ellen, near
Blockton, Bibb County, this morning, fire
was discovered far down in the main
stope. About 100 men are employed in
the mine At once an alarm was given.
panic followed among the worknen aad
in the little town of Bell Ellen. Hundreds
gathered at the main entrance of the
smoking mine, while rescue parties were
at once formed to relieve the miners.
More than fifty were got out from the
various entrances without harm. Others
were overcome by smoke ana fell by the
wayside These the brave searchers found
and dragged oui, while those waiting at
scious friends.
Five men who were working about the
slopes beyond where the fire originated
could not be reached, and II is regarded
as certain that they are dead. The miss
ing men are Herman and Hubbard Foley,
white. and Henry Reeves, Frank James
and William Fairfax, colored. 1t is possi-
bic that two or three others might be in
the mine The fire brigade battled with
the flames all day in a vain attempt to
reach the entom bed men, hut at ghtfall
the fire was still burning fercelv. and
efforts were abandoned and the men were
given up as dead.
The fire is thought to have originated
from an overheated steampipe, which
ignited gas in the mine.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
ROLLER MILLS DESTROYED.
Two Hundred Thousand Dollar Con-
haqration Visits Pendieton at
Hiqht.

PENDLETON, Or, Sept. 20-The PEN
dleton Roller Mills of 500 barrels cana
city, owned by W. S. Byers, were de-
stroyed by fire this morning. The loss
will reach 100000 The fire is supposed
to have started in a small smutroom
on the first story. at the south end of the
building, and was first seen by the night
watchman, who could not reach it and
awoke the other employees. The fire spread
very rapidly aud was seen by the night
engineer i'll WOODEN and a securing mill
near and he whistled an alarm. the Fire
Department soon responded, but by this
time the large building was a mass OF
flames and nothing could be done except
TO save adjoining pronerty.
At one time the $50, 600 courthouse on
the block opposite was smoking. but the
mill walls fell in and the fremen were
able to save the courthouse. The hremen
had great trouble with bursting hose and
were handicapped by large crowd of
excited people. The contents of stone
warehouse near the mill were greatly
damaged and almost ruined. A corrugated
iron warehouse was totally destroyed.
In the mill elevator 60, 900 bushels of
wheat was burned and in the stone ware
house 1000 bushels Of wheat and 1000
barrels OF -four. There was no insurance
save $50. 600 on the mill building and
machinery. The stone warehouse was
supposed to have been 6reproof, but the
intense heat fred the contents
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
BANKS CLAIM REJECTED.
Ex- superintendent of Preston School
"7urned Down" by the State
E0udHzerS.

SACRAMENTO, CAL. Sept. 20.-Secre-
tary of State Marklay represented the
State Board of Examiners to-day at the
regular meeting OF that body and al
lowed the payroll claim OF the State Print
ing Office and claims of a like nature.
But when that of ex-Superintendent Banks
of tie Preston School of Industry for
$445 S., claimed in lieu of vacations
which might have been taken by him
self and his employees but were not,
came under discussion, it met with
a decided rejection on the ground
that it was hot legal was undated and ap-
parently included the vacations of three
nscal years. This claim had been allowed
by ma jOrity OF the trustees of tue school
but met he decided dlsapprobation of ex-
Senator Preston, who appeared before Inc
board.
During the session it developed that a
most peculiar state of affairs existed in
the Mendocino State Hospital. The board
OF managers of that institution, while vIr-
tuaIIv recognizing the authority of
Superintendent E. w. King, allowing
him TO present ana certify 10 all claims
OF the institution laid before the Board of
Examiners and perform all other duties
entaiIed upon him, refuse to allow his
personal salary claim. and have done so
for several months past and it is probable
that the trouble Will be gone into at some
future N eting of he board.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
George Abram Smith,
the BaSSO, Wanted
in Santa Ana.
Leaves Host of Creditors and
Gives Society Rude
Shock.
Was for Years the Recognized Lion
of the Southern CIty's
Upper Ten.

SANTA ANA, CAL, Sept. 20.-George
Abram Smith, the star of many an oper-
attic success and lion of local society,
has departed for more verdant fields. leav-
ing behind wrecked reputation, host
shocked by his unseemly conduct DUR
ing the past two weeks.
Smiths career in Santa Ana was re-
marka bile one. He arrived about four years
ago, and being man of pleasant address
and brilliant accompli shments he soon
attained eminence society leader,
drawing about him the most fashions BILE
set OF the city. Alter remaining here for
two years, during which time be enjoyed
a lucrative income as a teacher of vocal
music, he returned to his former home in
Freeport, Ind.
Seven months ago he came back with
his father, mother and sister, leaving be-
hind his wife, to whom he had been
welded in Freeport shortly before COM
ing West. Again he became the idol of
the smart set, and because of his popu-
larity and large acquaintance in dramatic
circles he was appointed manager of the
new Grand Opera House, which opened
last June. This position gave him add i-
tional prestige with business men and his
facilities for negotiating small loans was
greatly extended.
But Smiths besetting vice was the
drink habit, and his prediction for the
cup led to his downfall He neglected his
duties as manager of the opera house and
aosented himself from several musical
events wherein he was billed as leading
artist. All this tended to detract from his
standing.
Finally he was removed from the man.
agement of the opera-house and at once
went upon protracted spree, which cul-
minated in disgraceful scene. Clad in
garb more meager than the proverbial
bathing suit he dashed out from behind a
sand dune and proceeded to disport him
self in the breakers before large crowd of
women, who were panic stricken and fed
IN wild confusion to their tents.
This episode caused Smiths rapid de-
scent from his pinnacle of prominence,
and he left the city in disgrace. He then
went to Long Beach with his father,
George E. Smith, and the two were guests
at the Iowa Villa. The junior Smith was
well acquainted there, having assisted
with the musical programme at the Chau-
tauqua assem- bly,, and he had no trouble
in obtaining credit. During his stay
there he drew a check on the Nation al
Bank of this city, which was indorsed by
w. w. Lowe and cashed by Long Beach
bank. The vocalist had no funds on de-
poslt with the bank and in the natural
course OF business the check was returned
to Mr.. Lowe.
The Smiths, however. had scented
trouble, and both father and son left town,
negIecting in their haste to liquidate
board bills at Iowa Villa. They are sup
posed 10 have gone north.
Young Smith is wIoely known through
out the country. having travelled for seven
seasons as leading basso with the Emma
vocal soloist with Gilmore's band. He is
a brother of Congressman William Alden
Smith of Detroit, Mich, and is well con-
nected in Freeport, Ind. where his wife
sill resides
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
SURVEYING THE COAST.
Railroad Lines Being Run South
From Point San
Pedro.
Ranchers Have Hopes That They
Will Finally Get a Road to Move
Their Crops.

The presence of large crews of survey
ors on the coast near San Pedro running
lines for a railroad has revived hopes in
the hearts of those interes ed In that Sec
ton that line will in the near future tap
the rich farming and orchard districts
lying along the ocean and give the
ranchers an opportunity to market their
products.
The project was talked of last yea and
some preliminary work done, the idea at
that time being that the Santa Fe route
was seeking an entrance into San Fran
cisco by the way OF the coast, all other
avenues of entrance being barred by the
TACT that the Southern Pacific mad monop-
oliZed them.
For some reason the surveying was
stopped and nothing more done until
within the past few days. About week
ago fifteen men put in an appearance and
began operations. They stated that they
had instructions to pick ont a feasible
route from San Pedro through Spanish
town, Pescadero and Santa Cruz and
thence down the coast.
The men declined 10 say who their EN-.
ployers are, but the i'm preston was lined
that they are either working on the Santa
Fe plan or for a coast road to be built to
compete with the Southern Pacific lines
through the coast counties.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
PERSEcU7ED BY HER HUSBAND.
Aged Tuiare County Man attempts to
Send His Girl Wife to an
Insane Asylum.

VISALIA, CAL, Sept. 20.-Mrs. Alice
Murphy was sent to the County Hospital
Saturday night under rather peculiar cir
cumstances. She had been brought to
town on a charge of insanity preferred
against her by her husband, William Muir
ply, and her mother, Mrs Melville, OF
WauKena. The husband had represented
to the Sheriff, with streaming eyes, that
his wife was a dangerous maniac and
would have to oe handcuffed if arrested.
So two deputies were sent after her. Tt ey
found Mrs. Murphy both harmless and
sane. However, they brought her TO town
and two doctors were called IN to examine
her.
During the public examination Muir
ply sat close 10 his wife Tor the evident
purpose of init idaung her and dIrecting
her answers. He told the doctors OF how
she l. ad attempted to take the lives of
some OF the family. Seeing that the
woman was badly frightened, DR.. Patter-
on, the county physician, took her away
to a room by herself and quieted her
fears. Then she told her side of the story.
Sne iii Mt even know that the charge
against her was insanity. She had been
forced 10 marry Murphy against her will,
her own parents urging ner. She was
only II years old, while he was So A
month after she married him she detested
him so heartily for his brutality that she
left him and went north. A few days ago
she returned 10 see her mother, and
Murphy undertook to prevail on her to
live with him again. On her refusal he
brough: the charge OF insanity against
her and persuaded her mother to believe
that the girl was really insane.
Murphy simulated grief most success
fully during the examination. his cheeks
being covered with tear>; but The physi-
clans declare he shed crocodile" tears.
and found the young woman as sane as
any one in the room.
As the woman requires care and there
was no OF er place Tor her to go at prese II,
the county physician ordered her sent to
the County Hospital until a home could
be found for her.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
StocktOn'S Combined
Harvester Works
Raced.
ConfIagration Destroys the
PendIeton RoIler-MilIs
Valued at 100000.
Phoenix Merchant Arrested on an
Arson Charge-gig Blaze at
Auburn.

STOCKTON, CAL. Sept. 20.-One of the
most valuable manufacturing plants in
Stockton was destroy ed by fire early this
morning, when the Stockton Com bined
Harvester Works were burned. 1t is loss
OF 100000, on which er was insurance
to the amount OF $50 900, but the foundry
and pattern-shop INC uded in the insur-
ance for $500 Yves not burned. 1t is esti-
mated that the insuranc, will pay so per
cent of the loss of the com pany.
The works were built in 1883 by com.
pany headed by the late L. .. Shippee.
Three years ago the company went into
liquidation aud the valuable plant and its
costly machinery were sold to the present
owner a local corporation. for $780, 600.
This company paid about $25, 900 on the
purchase price and is the heaviest loser.
for the principal owners are sureties for
the purchase money and must pocket their
loss. The owners are: K. c. Sar ent, B.
F Langford, w. A. Shippee, S. d. Woods
and Colonel II. c. Shaw.
The fire evlu emily started in the engine
room at about 4:30 o'clock this morning
when the watchman was firing up for the
days run. He is somewhat uncertain as
TO how it started, but it was very quick
blaze.
The works covered tract about 600 feet
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
STEEL Plat ON THE SOUND.
TIN Plate Factory to Be Bstablished al
Port Angeles.


Port Angeles.
SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. 20.-Willism
Price of McKeesport, Pa, is here repre-
senting the heavily capitalized com pany
of Pennsylvanians who are to erect and
operate steel plant at Port Angeles.
Mr.. Price states that work will be COM
menced within sixty days and pushed to
com pletion. The prime object of the
large plant which will be erected will
be the manufacture of tin plates. The
process will be started in a blast furnace
and ended with the shipment of high
class tin plates to their destination.
From the conversion of the ore into pig
iron the product will be sent to the open
hearth steel plant, where it will be turned
into bars. The rolling mill will reduce the
bars to plates of the requisite thickness,
and the plates in turn will pass through
several baths to remove the oxide of iron.
The next step toward turning out fin
ished plate is to dip the plates in melted
tin, and the finishing process is to pass the
plates through cold rollers which polish
the deposit Of tin. The Tin that will be
used will be imported from Tasmania, and
can be laid down on the sound for much
less than in the Eastern manufacturing
towns of the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
INTERPRETER YEE GEE BOUND OVER
7eHtaie Letter That Proves the Ex-
istence of Smuggling Ring
on the Sound.

SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. 20.--Yee Gee.
the notorious Chinese who while acting
as official Interpreter for ex-Collector OF
Customs J. c. Saunders smuggled fellow
countrymen into the United States from
China ana British Columbia, had his pre-
hminary examination to-day. The spe-
cial Treasury agent introduced more in
eliminating letters and Yee Gee was
bound over to the Grand Jury, his bail
being fixed at $500. Yee Gee seemed to
have plenty of mysterious influence and
]. NJ. Atkinson and Charles Armstrong,
two prominent citizens, went his bail.
Ex-Collector Saunders may not be ar
rested for the present. The Government
officers say they have evidence that will
undoubtedly result in the indictment of
alleged guilty ones, and now that Yee
Gee is bound over they will be able to
place it all before the Grand Jury. They
admit that the arrest oil ex-Collector Saun-
ders will necessarily follow.
At Yee Gees hearing the treasury Off
Gals introduced several important letters
which they seized at Yee's place of busl-
ness in Port Townsend. They relate to
the smuggling operations of the ring.
One of them is from Hop Yik & Co. OF
HongKong who were Gees China agents
Chinaman named Tsang Tsong, who
was a go-between, had. it is said, at
tempted to play Gee false. Gee COM
plained TO his China agents about ii, and
in letter dated "Hongkong, August 4,
1897" the China firm wrote:
As to my dealings hitherto with Tsang
TSong, have found that he may be trusted
with thousands of dollars. Not the slightest
fault be found with him in this respect
Blu his temper is somewhat hot, and people
have an idea that he has not treated the pas
sengers cIvly or in conslderation-that at this
is why the passengers talked against him
This may or may not be so, the report coming
to me from lar. AS 10 lis heart, it is as
firm as iron, and he may be trusted with thou
sands.
As TO the passengers which l sent on from
this end, and which you. secured landing for
so nicely, l am perso, ally thankful to you.
In time, whatever profits l may see myself
have | will attribute to your goodness in
giving me your patronage, and 10 my dying
day it would be hard for me to forget the
depth OF your kindness and the greatness of
your goodness. AS TO the two o. three that
have been remanded, you need not thlnk any
more OF them. There are other firms than
ours who have had some remanded. We will
regard 1T as simply having made little less
We have not lost anything. If all that YOU
and the couple of have contracted for
should be remanded, then really we wouldn't
know where to look for escape 1t is very
iortuna,e that whero you are you have done so
well getting the men landed. The scheme
was a good one. Whether we have made any
money or not the re manded ones we have
not on that account been disgraeed at all, for
which we are thankful
The Government officers say that this
letter proves the truth of what they su.-
pected when they arrested Yee Gee-that
he was about TO skip TO China.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-21
HoKk OF TRr C01FERExcE.
Discussion Orer Ad,nittinu n Member o.
the CntnnbcIIite Ihmrch

Discussien Orer Admitting n Member o.
the Campb~IIite Church.
PACIFIC GROVE, CAL, Sept. 2o.-In
the Methodist conference to-day the COM
mittee on conference relations reported
recommending that the names of G. B.
Hinkle and W. T. Mayne be placed upon
the superannuate list and that C. v An
thony, DID,, and c. C. Walters, at their
own request, be changed from superannu-
ate to effective relation.
The greater portion of the morning was
consumed by a controversy regarding the
receiving of ministers on credentials from
the Cam pbellite Church and the NJ E.
Church South. The case OF Hi.sn o. Ed
son from the former was referred 10 a
committee of examination on doctrine
and that OF Thomas A. Atkinson from
the latter was voted on, he being received
into this conference.
The directors OF the Fred Finch Orphan
age elected were: Z. R. Ollie, Robert
Bentley, H. B. Heacock, John Kirby,
G. B. Perkins, l. j. Truman, j. F. Ford
erer.
Robert Bentley, J. D. Hammond, F. D.
Bovard. R. Dllle, T. B. Hopkins, W. w.
Case. Wes.ey bennett, w. s. Urmy and
II. b. Heacock were elected conference
trustees.