The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-14
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

The Democratic state convention will
be held in Minneapolis June Is.
Spiritualists of Minnesota held q
meeting in Minneapolis Sunday.
Captain Cass Durham, U. s. A., re.
tired, died at his home in st. Paul
The St. Paul city council has voted
to spend $4,000 on cycle paths this sea-
son.
St. Paul took the amatuer whist
trophy from Chicago in the contest last
week.
AT per cent dividend will be paid to
creditors Of the Scandal bank at Min
neapolis. -. .
The Fosston branch of the Great
Northern is reported to be making good
progress.
Sherburn needs new school house,
and will vote on the question at the
coming spring election.
The postoffice at River Point, Steel
county, has been ordered discontinued.
The mail will go to Steel Center.
The Milwaukee company has taken
out permit for a new depot at Mime.
apolis. The estimated cost is $50, 900.
Gus Heidi was arrested at Princeton
charged with stealing horse belong
ing to J. H. Miller of Monticello. He
has confessed.
A joint stock company with capital
stock Of $40, 900 has been formed at At
water for the purpose of erecting
large Touring mill.
Ex.Lieutenant Governor A. Barto
was suddenly taken very i'll at his home
in Sank Center. He is suffering from
an attack of heart trouble.
The annual meeting of the Minnesota
branch of the Womans Board of Mis-
sions of the Interior will be held in
Winona April IL, IA and 10.
Plans for buildings at White Earth
agency have been completed and will
be submitted to the secretary of the in
terror for approval this week.
The April calendar of the supreme
court was closed with a total of 254
cases. The number a year ago was
1885, The term opened Tuesday.
The residence of Martin Donnelly,
farmer, five miles from New Prague,
was burned, together with $3.50 in cash.
James Brown, an employe, persisted in
the flames.
An organized gang Of horse thieves
is believed to be working in Minnepo-
lis. At least that is the inference from
the number of horses stolen within the
past month.
Two million bushels of grain have
been chartered at Duluth to go forward
at the opening of navigation. It will
20 to Buffalo or Chicago, at the option
Of the shipper.
Four horses were stolen from the sale
stables of Barrett & Zimmerman, at
Minnesota transfer. The local police
department. was notified but the horses
have not been located.
About 100 Russian Mennonites have
left Mountain Lake for Langdon, N.
D., where they will make their future
home, having purchased lands at that
point from the Great Northern.
An attempt was made to burn the
postoffice at Warren. A pile of tow
saturated with oil was placed at the
northwest corner, and it was discov.
cred just in time to prevent disas-
trous blaze.
Adjutant General Muehlberg has
been ordered to send East two Calling
guns and one breech loader from St.
Paul sent there for the use of the two
artillery companies of the National
guard. They will be used in coast de-
tense work.
Robert S. Shaw, son of Professor
Thomas Shaw of the Minnesota school
of agriculture, has been appointed to
the chair of agriculture at the Montana
state agricultural school at Bozeman.
The live stock department will be in
cluded in his duties.
The Consolidated Mining company is
said to be about to purchase the Sellers
mine at Hibbing. The rzsine is one of
the largest producers on the Mesaba
range. 1t has been idle for one year,
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will ship heavily this season.
At meeting of the state university
faculty the first two years Of the curri-
culum were radically revised. It was
also decided to institute a new course
which will terminate in the degree of
Phi. D. It is to be called the ''civics
course" and is made up of history,
philosophy and psychology and logic.
full years work in each being neces-
sary to secure the degree.
Various Northern Minnesota logging,
mineral and land interests that have
projected several railroads for Lake
and Cook counties have federated their
plans and will join in building a line
that will connect Duluth with Port
Arthur and via the Port Arthur and
the Rainy River roads with the gold
country on the boundary.
The grain shipping season has opened
on Lake Superior. Charters for 2,000,-
900 bushels of grain have been made,
half Of which is wheat Armour will de-
liver to Letter to apply on sales Of Chi
cago May. The rest is coarse grain.
OF the 10, 900, 900 bushels Of grain in
store here only $500, 900 bushels is
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