Warren sheaf., 1899-12-07
MllN \ NESO Z a NEWS.
The PROGRAM. .

Il on Breeding of the Grains
Professor Hays has spent a large part
Z 90 -or the present season in Europe pursuing
MS investigation into the breeding Of new
varieties Of grains and is especially well
aquaIlfied to talk upon this important sub
ject. 81
%. IN; ~, \ Lord, Of Minnesota city; Theo-
-uore Louis, Of Louisville Wis; DR.. Key
l,oidls, Itdls, ST ate veterinarian; w. b. Wood, of
sMankato; ]; Professor Thomas Shaw, Of the
state school Of agriculture; Professor
z Ie'hn ohn a. Craig. of the Iowa school of ag-
! Els; Ilcl'lture; W. ~ Henry, director of the
Wisconsin school Of agriculture, and oth-
'ear err have been invited to address the
i meeting. % and it is reasonably certain that
Ihey will all respond.
The program for Tuesday evening will
be under the auspices of the Minnesota
sion to be held Wednesday will be under
the direction Of the Minnesota school Of
agriculture b rs
sAOn Thursday will be held the business
meeting Of the state fair association at.
which officers for the ensuing year will be
chosen. III
A Murder.
James McCabe was deliberately mur-
dered in Dan Sullivan's saloon at East
Grand e55ss Forks by Bishis Dorsey, a 8colored
porter employed in the saloon. McCabe
was drinking at the bar and he and Dor
sey got into an alteration in the course
OF which McCabe called Dorsey coon
Dorsey struck at him across the bar and
lodged a glass which McCabe threw at
MIN. lll Dorsey then went outside and after
ABOUT out i've minutes returned with cord
wood stick and running the whole length
oI oI Ine room struck McCabe terrific.
pltoW on the head. The man sank to the
moor I1oor and died instantly. Dorsey slipped
on his coat and escaped before the dozen
or more men in the room realized what
had lEa happened. He was later caught on
the Dakota side while trying to board a
Northern Pacific train. Dorsey. is a. young
married man and has lived in Grand
Forks since childhood. He has been well
known as baseball player. McCabe was
a stranger.
How We Grow.
Minnesota will be found to have a pop
ulation Of 181O, 900 at the next census
State Superintendent Lewis is willing to
guarantee that the figure will not fall
lO, 900 below that.
In 1895 there were 352,OO2 school children
in the state and the population by the
state census was 1,57461 In 1899 the
school population is 1896, 900, and the total.
population on the same ratio is 1,766,0OO.
The annual Increase Of school popula-
ton is 5000, equivalent to an Increase Of
44,O 900 approximately in the number Of in
habitants. If the ratio holds, the popu-
lation next year should be returned at
], $50, OOO
According to the present apportionment
Minnesota will gain two congressman by
that figure, but it is quite certain that the
basis will be raised next time, as congress
is already rather unwieldy
Baseball.
1t is learned on excellent authority that
st. Paul and Grand Rapids are not the
only cities to be dropped by the American
Qate& Westerly League next season, ac-3
cording to a dispatch from Milwaukee
The plan now is to drop Minneapolis also
and take in Louisville, which will make
Milwaukee the extreme northern end of a
circuit to consist of Milwaukee, Chicago
Detroit, Indianapolis, Buffalo,
Kansas City and louisville There is a,
hitch about Minneapolis, as the magnates
are shy about letting Saulpaugh out, but
this will be smoothed over, if the deal
goes through, by giving the Minneapolis
magnate an interest in the Louisville
club. st. PauIs fate was settled, that is
as far as baseball is concerned, when
Comiskey closed deal in Chicago for a
lease Of grounds on the South Side The
lease was signed and Comiskey is now
working on plans for his new park.
Incendiaries.
& "A disa stroI1s fire socc11rred in 81 }potor$$
The Lampert Lumber Companys yard.
Which carries a stock valued at $15, ,OOOs
was totally destroyed; also the residence
of Mrs M M Stark. It was valued at
$1,000. The st. Peter furniture factory
was saved by the work Of the fire depart
ment.
The fire was started by a frebug, as
the sheds and lumber were saturated with
oil. This is the third attempt at setting
fires within a month. The hydrant
Wrenches were missing from the engine,
house when the alarm was turned in, and
it is supposed they were taken by the fire.
bug to delay getting water on the fire
The entire city was threatened for time
News In Brief.
The northern part of Minnesota is to
have new railroad. "A line from Win
nipeg has been constructed to the inter-
national boundary and grading to War
Rood Roseau county. has been completed.
Dee Norton, principal keeper at the
st. Cloud Infirmatory. died at Battle
Creek, Mich.
In one day 250,OOO bushels of wheat were
shipped from Duluth. 5 tfy
4 The continued mild weatherSis is greatly
retarding the work Of the loggers BY this
time one third Of the winters cut should
beson skids ready to haul, but at present
nothing has been accomplished
The Diamond Knitting Works., at st.
Paul, burned, causing a loss of $4,000
A; cablegram from London says that the
net profits Of the Pillsbury -Washburn
Flour Mills Co. for the past year were
about $672, 500.
4 Louis Titiner, Of Minneapolis, had his
skull fractured by the kick Of horse.
Holiday mail for the soldiers in the Phil
ippines is being received at the Mime
apolis postofHce, and, judging from the
amount that's being sent, each one of the
hoys viii fare well at the hands Of rela-
tives and friends. s58 i5Ss5: Il 3sf
Griggs, Cooper & Co.'S wholesale gro
Gerry store. at Third and Wacouta streets,
st. Paul, was damaged by fire, the dam
age on stock and building probably
reaching $15o, 900.
Paul Wagner and James Doyle were