The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-04
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

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The state summer school is now. II
session at the state university. It vii
continue until Aug. 26.
John Fl. Steele of Minneapolis hal
been made chairman of the Republican
state central committee.
John II. Converse of Philadelphis
has donated $4,000 toward raising the
debt of Manchester college.
The midroad Populists of Minneap
oils have deposed Professor Cation al
their candidate for congress.
Congressman F. Q. Stevens has been
unanimously renominated for congress
by Fourth district Republicans. a.
Quite number of counterfeit quar-.
tiers have been passed at GAINESVILLE by
two colored men who are in the hands
of the police. l..~.@ hi. g..
M. 81. Seeley, the exist. Paul and
Duluth railroad cashier, who was
charged with embezzling SASH from
the road, was dismissed on the prelim-
mary hearing. H..
State Forest Warden Andrews says
the state could easily have an income
of s., 600, 900 year inside 90 years, by
cultivating timber on lands it owns
that are good for nothing else.
Gov Clough has appointed Dan
Hughes special judge of the municipal
court of Mankato to succeed S. B. Will
son, who has become judge of the pro-
bate court of Blue Earth county.
News has been received from Homo.
lulu of the death of Bandmaster Wat
son of the Thirteenth Minnesota and
William Sullivan of Company L. Both
died at Honolulu of typhoid fever.
Gov. Clough has appointed John
O'Brien of Saltwater one Of the board
of trustees for the institution for de-
fectives at Faribault to succeed An
thony Kelly. of Minneapolis, resigned.
Track laying is scheduled to begin
this week on the Brainerd and North
era extension from Walker northwest
about 80 miles to Lake Bemidji. A.
Guthrie & Co., St. Paul, are the con.
tractors.
The chief architect of the Indian Of
flee has completed the plans and speci-
fications for the new dormitory build
ing at Morris, which will be sent to the
secretary Of the interior for approval
this week.
While cutting grain close to his
house at Paulina, Hector Cowan, Jr.,
ran over a small son of his who was
lying asleep in the edge of the grain,
nearly severing leg and an arm, and
otherwise iniuring him.
Ole Asleson and Andrew Turf of
Dawson, this state, have returned from
Alaska. These parties have been in
the Copper river district since last
March prospecting for gold and claim
that there is none in that section.
The Northwestern Telephone Elk.
change company has filed an amend
ment to it's articles of incorporation,
increasing the capital stock from
$4,000, 900 to $4,oOO,O00 The registra.
ton fee in the secretary of states Office
was $500. - .-~' #%
Tax returns have been received by
the state auditor from the Duluth and
Omaha roads for the first six months
of 1893. The Omaha's is $45, 486. TO,
being per cent on l,516, 221.41, and
the St. Paul and Duluth's is $50, 400 90
on earnings of $3.50, $40. H..
The Meohan Bros. have just complet.
ed the sorting Of the Red Lake drives,
amounting to 5000, 600 feet of logs,
owned by the ST. Hiliare Lumber com.
pany, Meehan Bros. and the Red Lake
Falls Lumber company. About IL, 000,.
feet still remain on the shores of Red
lake to be driven. y
It has been decided that new set of
regulations governing the timber oper-
ations in Minnesota will be prepared,
and the land commissioner says they
will be made public as soon as COM
p!eted. The new regulations are to be
based upon the recommendations of the
visiting timber experts. 6
James Clayhar,. alias James Curran,
was arrested in Duluth by the United
States authorities on suspicion of com.
plicity in the Northern Pacific train
robbery that took place at Glyndon,
Sept. 20, 1897. The tip was given to
the authorities by man named Stew
ems, who had been in the Duluth lock
up several days as drunk.
The sales of state lands during the
spring and summer of the present year
show total OF $3l8,946. 60. The aver.
age price per acre has been So. 40, as
compared with $500, the price two
years ago. All these sales were at
public auction, no land being sold for
less than SIS an acre. The highest price
received for any Of these lands was
$40, 25 per acre for 100 acres in Wilkin
county.
Z Colonel John 6. Shandrew of the
Fifteenth Minnesota was stricken with
paralysis Friday. He will probably
recover slowly, but il is unlikely that
he will continue in active command Of
the regiment, as his speech is entirely
gone, and 1t may be stated on excellent
authority that if he RECEIVERS the use of
his vocal chords it will be after some
! time and by slow degrees. His medical
advisers do not look for his return to
sae regiment.
According to the requirements OF the
new bankruptcy laws Judge Lochren
of the United States district court has
appointed the following referees in
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