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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
sIDErRACk TEST CASE.
Commissioners Asked to Cempe
Railroad Companies to Build The n,

commissioners Asked to CempeT
Railroad Companies to Build Them.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D., July 28-(Spe-
eIal-)-On Aug 20, at the court house at
| Canton, the state board of railroad com
missioners will hear testimony in a case
which will have important bearing on
whether or not the various railroad com
panies having lines in the state will be
required virtually to double track their
roads. Tie hearing was granted in ac-
eordance with a petition of a number of
farmers living along the line of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad be-
tween Clinton and Harrisburg who ask
that the company be compelled to con-
struct a Stdetrack at. "a point midway be-
tween the two towns for the aceommno-
dation of shippers who, if a sfdetrack
was constructed there, claim they would,
in hauling grain and live stock to the
railroad for shipment, be saved Journey
or hve or six miles now necessary to
reach Canton or Harrisburg.
AS the two towns are only about ten
miles apart, those who oppose the con-
Structton of a Sidetrack there saw if the
request is granted every farmer along the
various lines of railroad in the state
will want sidetracks- constructed through
their dooryaTds, at the great expense of
the railroad companies, and to the in
jury of the towns which would lose ship
ments of grain aggregating perhaps mill
ions of bushels each season
The application for a sidetrack midway
between Canton and Harrisburg undoubt-
eddy is test case, and if the petition is
granted similar applications will be made
from all parts of the state. Strong OPP
position to the construction of sidetrack
at the point mentioned naturally develop
ed, and remonstrance of the citizens
of one of the towns interested has been
hied with the railroad officials protest.
ing against the request of the petitioners
being granted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
LIND THE LOGICAL MAN
HIS NOMINATION IS ASSURED. I'm.
LESS HE REFUSES TO AC-
CEPT TT
BRUENER's BOOM IS GROWING
Equalizer sprague, Republican,
Says Sixth District Democrats
Have Practically Agreed
on Him.

a persistent rumor has gained circula-
ton, principally from Republican, sources.
that Gov. John Lind will refuse to run
for office again. Gov Lind is the only
logical candidate, and those who are pra-
dieting that. he will not again bear the
standaFdsef. his party in. the approaching
struggle can only be credited with ma
levoience Several times the rumor has
been given circulation and discredlted.
and agatnsit omese>teethe surface. A
promin e tEk ssbffcan federal office hold
er lstat6a be S4FSf & Ircfrom an antiori-
tiEmsesEEf ttesk the <epNernor had made
UP iris rlEltdA toS cast ofks abe gubernatorial
togasSses he Sex ffiT-a A>of the two years
I term = he gRyeERor isa8the unanimous
choice of "a united party, and will not
emily make the fight this fan, but he will
win it against all the Doodle that the
Republicans can produce.
-
- C.zN Ne Spra gHe,-.of Sank GSentef;ta prom
inent Republican. and until very recently
member of the state board of equaliza-
ton, was at the Merchants for a time
yesterday. Mr.. Sprague states tEct he
believes that there will be but little
change in the attitude of the Gold Demo-
Gratis of Stearns county as compared with
four years ago. What few there are Will,
he says, vote for Mckinley, as they did
before 1t is known, however. that
Stearns county Democrats will make Il
determined effort to nominate Mr..
Bruener for rotary in which event the
st. Cloud man would In all probability
accept. - ,.,c,.., .,..,,.i.
The annual meeting of the Soldiers
home board, will, be held at the home Aug
A. The. two principal offices to be flied
are command ant ans, the isecretaryship OF
the board. George n. L4amphere will pos
sibly be Selected to fill the first named,
and Capt Fisher is slated to succeed
Capt. 1. H. B. Beebee. as secretary of the
board.
The Madela Messenger exhibits Ilvcon-
cealed dissatisfaction with the appoint
ment of George Knudsen to represent its
district on the state central committee.
Reading between the lines, 1t is very easy
to analyze the position of the Messenger
Editor Estes was flirting with the lob
himself, and when the other fellow was
appointed he could not swallow his in
dignation. The Messenger previously
printed the entire state ticket on Its
front page, but now a general store ad-
vertisement takes its place Estes is sore
and that's all there is to it. It will re-
quire some little quantity of Bixbys
kickapoo Indian fabrication to even mat
ters with the disappointed editor
The Minneapolis Journal has the fol-
lowing to say of Judge Morris candi-
dacy in the Sixth district:
Some Duluth politicians and the Du-
luth News Tribune are unnecessarily
agitated on account Of some correspond
enee from Duluth published in this COL
umn the other day. That Contribution
spoke of the st. Louis county commit
tee as being anti-Morris. and held that
Morris campaign would in some measure
be impaired by that fact. The News
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Funerals at Hastin,s

HASTINGS, Mfnn:. July 2S.-rhe re-
mans mans OF Thomas M: Clark. who died in
Minneapolis, arrived here today. the fu-
neral t.sd L,, taking place from the Church of
the Guardian Angels. The Rev. Arthur
Herman, of Minneapolis, officfated. The
d 81 fse6 was born in Malone, N Y. Oct:
his life here as fireman on the Milwaukee
road r, and latterly in the saloon business.
He was quite popular and his friends
We're legion, who regret to learn of his
death. He leaves a sister and three
brothers, Mrs. Daniel Tracy of Malone !;
P. II. Clark, A. NJ Clark. of Minneapolis,
and Conductor James j. Clark, of Lfv-
tngSton, Mont. ~
The funeral of Mrs NJ P. Coulson. who
died in ST. Paul. was held from the
Church of the Guardian Angels today,
the Rev. Peter Lennon officiating The
deceased was an old and we'll known res
ident of Hastings and in the seventy
fifth year Of her age. She leaves a hus-
band, three SONS and three daughters,
Charles, of Lake Princeton, S. D.; John,
of Bo2eman, and Thomas P, of Fargo;
Mrs. Tobias Sherd, OF ST. Paul; Mrs. j.
G. Foley, of Saltwater, and Mrs. Samuel
Peterson, of this city.
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DID NOT ESCAPE.
Missionaries Made Desperate Efforts
to Flee From PekIn.

CHICAGO, July 2S.-A letter telling of
a desperate, but Intellectual attempt made
by missionaries to escape from Pekin
was. received here today by Morgan s.
Woodward an Evanston man whose wife
and daughter. lone, were visiting Min
lister Conger and family in the Chinese
capital. The letter was written June IL :;
sent by courier to Tfen Tsin and mailed
at that place June 1.-THE missionaries
Mrs. Woodward said, had fled to the
American legation. June 10, she declares
acting under the advice of Minister Con-
ger, she and her daughter, accompanied
by Secretary cambridge and a guard of
four soldiers left the legation and start
ed for the railway depot. With much diff
f1eulty they reached the station, only to
find that the Boxers had torn Up the
rails for several miles. burned the bridges
between Pekin and Tfen Tsin and cut
the telegraph wires Nothing remained
but to return to the legation. They were
continually attacked by rowing bands OF
running fight, they managed to regain
the protection of the legation. In the
legation. Mrs. Woodward says, il was
reported that a small army of the allies
had started to relieve the prisoners
Provisions. she declares were plentiful
In concluding her letter, Mrs Woodward
says:
I'VE feel confident that we will be res
cued. In fact, we are assured that every
thing possible will be done by our gov
eminent and the other Christian nations
to relieve us immediately
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Traditional EVld6RC6 Of tbs Cost Of EmDIr6

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2S-The
bodies of the following deceased sol
diers were brought from Manila on
the transport. Warren:
William E. Lea, private, Company c.
Thirty-ninth infantry.
Jonathan GilIey first lieutenant, For
ty-third infantry.
John K Wise. private. Company b,
Thirty-ninth infantry.
William t. Bailey. private. Company
K Sixth infantry.
Ewing Shelton, private, Company 9,
Ninth infantry.
William ]. MeAndrews. Company 1.
Fourth infantry.
Henry Murphy. corporal. Company e,
Twenty-eighth infantry.
Michael Good, trumpeter. Company
e, Fourth cavalry.
David Williams. corporal, Company
B. Forty-irst infantry
James B. McCurry. private, Company
Sherman Taylor. private, Company u,
Thirty-seYenth infantry
Richard EngstrOm, private, Company
L. Thirtieth infantry
Edward G.. Eaton, private. Company
I. Thirty-ninth infantry.
]. F. Hurley, corporal, Company G,
Forty-siXth infantry.
Patrick Hayes. musician. Company
M. Twenty-first Infantry
William II. Williams, private, Com
pany e, Fourteenth infantry.
Robert E. Clark, private. Company
L. Thirty-fifth infantry.
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BROOKINGS, S. D., July 28-fSpeefaLl
The Pharma ceutIeaI Association of
South Dakota will hold their fifteenth an
nual meeting in this city, Aug Z, 8 and 9.
The gathering promises to be the great
est ever held in this section, as the COM
mittee in charge have made every effort
to make the visitors stay pleasant, to
which end they have prepared long pro-
gramn1e of indoor contests and outdoor
sports.
Tuesday evening a reception will be
given in the G. A r. hall. when an ad-
dresss of welcome will be given by Mayor
G. A. Mathews, which will be responded
to, on behalf of the association by W. S.
Branch, of Parker.
The following IS a list of the officers
for 1S99-19o0: d. J.. Jones. president Mrs.
Abbie Jarvis first vice president; A L.
Binford, second vice president; E. c.
Bent, secretary; N. R. Gilehrfst, treasur-
er, and E. N Aldrfcn.- local secretary.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
GRUEsosIE STORY.
Alleged Particulars From Russian
Source of Massacre at PeIzin.


LONDON. July 2S-The Daily Mails
Shanghai correspondent teIegraphs that
Russian banker who left Pekin July 7.
and arrived at Shanghai Wednesday. July
Is, says that when he left Pekin all the
eigners murdered. The ministers, seeing
death was inevitable. shot their families.
+ Sir Robert Hart, the banker adds, COM
mitted suicide in despair The full text
OF the Daily Mails telegraph is as fol-
lows:
Shanghai, July 2S.-Newspapers here
publish statement by an influential
banker residing in Pekin, near the British
legation, who arrived In Shanghai, July 25
having left Pekin July T. He states that
the legations were then destroyed: All
the foreigners had disappeared, and he
could not say positively if they had been
murdered, as he was too frightened to
inquire. -
The Mails correspondent proceeds:
Investigations prove this information
IS reliable. The banker in question has
gene to Ying Pc. His friends will not
disclose his name, fearing that to do so
would cause him to lose his head
THE manager of the Russian Bank of
Shanghai has received a letter from the
banks New Chwang branch stating that
one of their Chinese representatives from
Pekin, who had just arrived, confirmed
the report of the Pekin massacre He
states that all the foreign ministers were
murdered. Seeing death inevitable as
the Chinese swarmed into the legations,
the ministers killed their families at the
last moment Sir Robert Hart, in despair.
committed suicide"
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SHE CRIED "HELP."
EpiIeDticny Young Woman Causes
COmmOtiOn at Matinee.

Just one girl" subject to epileptic fits.
can. create lots of. excitement at mat
tnee attended by 999 other women, more
or less. This was demonstrated at the
Metropolitan yesterday afternoon, ten
minutes bafore the curtain fell on the last
act of The Magistrate
The magistrate and his wife were on
the point of making up. when a shrilI
female voice in the audience cried.
''Help!"
1t seemed as If every women in the
parquet jumped TO her feet. while the fair
creatures in the first balcony craned
their necks over the rail to see what was
the matter.
A woman in the parquet had sue
cumbed 10 an attack of epilepsy, and her
companion was calling for assistance.
That was all, but it was enough.
The actors urged everybody to be seat
ed, as there was no cause for alarm
The ushers also passed Though the aisle,
assuring. all that nothing serious had
happened.
In the meantime. the women who had
tnvofuntariiy caused the alarm were
taken out of the theater. and the play
was resumed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
HIS ACTION UNSUITABLE
ALORE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
ID 20 WASHINGTON Az. SOUTH.


Maurice Hayes was arraigned before
Judge Holt, in the municipal court yes
terday, and examined on charge of
manslaughter in the second degree in
causing the death of Joseph La Porte.
The evidence upon which the coroner 5
jury acted was laid before the Judge
1t resulted in the complete exoneration
Of Hayes. fsss uEsoEs sci
1t was shown that@La Porte was In q
normal physical condition, but there was
not thing about the body to indicate
that the blow was the cause of death.
There was not bruise to show that he
had fallen hard enough to cause con-
cussion of the brain. The witnesses all
agreed that the dead man had been the
assailant.
As Assistant County Attorney Hutch
lnson could see no reason for holding
Hayes. the case against him was dis
missed.
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FROM BRUSSELS.
More Pessimistic stories Regarding
the safety of Missionaries.

More Pessimisttc Stories Regarding
the safety of missionaries.
BRUSSELS, July 2S.LThe minister of
foreign affairs has received telegram
from Shanghai. dated July %, which
states that a Chinese Taotai is authority
for the assertion that all of the mission
aries who have taken refuge at Pao Ting
Foo have been massaered. If the allies
march on Pekin 1t is possible that the
Pekin government will take refuge at
Tsinan Flu. The governor of Shanghai
has informed the British consul that,
according to an imperial decree, the for
eign ministers were safe on July a. and
that they had been furnished with
fresh supply of food by the authorities.
"A message received by the proci1rer of
the Belgian mission states that all the
missionaries in Eastern Mongolia are
safe and will be able to resist the rebels
q long time at Tohn. The message was
signed by Decartier,- secretary of the
Belgian legation at Pekin.
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SECURED INDIAN RELICS.
Anoka Society happenings = I'm
mense Saw Log Drive on the Why.

AnOka Society Happenings - Inn
mense Saw Log Drive on the Way.
ANOKA, July 8-(Special)-Mr and
Mrs Charles Buttefs returned from Min
neapoIis Wednesday evening after a few
weeks, stay e. l.. Reed and son Ar
thur returned Wednesday from the Orient
after tour of three months through
Germany. France. England, Switzerland
and Scotland....P ]. Sparks family are
i'll camp at Crooked lake. Five hundred
and thirty tickets were sold for the
Woodman excursion to Duluth Thurs
day. The largest crowd ever left Anoka
Hon. J. t. Elwell, of Blaine, was in
Anoka Wednesday. Warren Cunday, of
Mr.. William Pratt. E.. J. Storms, of
Minneapolis. visited Anoka this week. :.
P. e. Woodward and family returned
from two weeks visit to Maekinac ISL
and Fred Fahef and wife, of Champlin,
left for Eeverett,- Wash to reside. 10
v Brewer, of st. Paul, connected with. the
state historical society, was looking up
Indian relics this week in ChampIfu. He
secured some specimens of pottery dis
covered few years ago on the TrusseII
farm. Miss Annie Roney of Minneapo-
his, and Charles Thompson, of ST. Paul
visited G. w. Hills this week. G.
Chouinard and family left for Eastern
Canada, where they will visit for some
time. =. Miss May Banker returned to
Minneapolis after visiting her uncle, r..
G. Herring, for several weeks AIex.
Drebert, manufacturers statisticiau for
Anoka, will finish Monday. The Missis-
sipp1 q Rum River Boom company have
a drive of 10O,0O0,GO0 feet of logs Started
down, but the recent and sudden fall in
the river will check the drive for a while,
II not permanently They have 175 men
employed William Gliding returnad
from two years stay in the KIondile
-. Mr., and Mrs. c.. E. Young and daugh-
ter, of Henderson, returned to their home
this week. after visiting Mr. and Mrs
H. f. Pratt. Mr.. and Mrs T. G. Me
Lean left Thursday for Duluth. Thcy
VIII make trip over the great lakes and
return by way of Chicago. State Audi
tor Dunn was in Anoka this week,
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Krefsch-s.e..I,fenert.

MORGAN Mimi, July "a. GspeciaL)-
The marriage of Miss Anna Kretsch to
Frank Sehieffert -Qcegtrrrdz at New UIm
The ceremony wasSt performed in the
Catholic church by Rev B. Sandmeyer.
will commence housekeeping. Their many
friends will wish 4heu joy.
The work of eoSassFdction on the new
elevator fer the Sleepy Eye MilIscompa-
ny, whose old one was burned Monday
morning, will comnessce the last of this
geek- Or the first n next week 1t will
be a fine specimeR and will have a ca
.pacfty of 10000 bushels 1t will beAa very
IN odeFn affair.". 80
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WASHINGTON. July 28.-Folloy ing
is Gen. MaeArthur's latest casualty
list:
KILLED.
James E. Easterly. Company l., Thir-
ty-eighth infantry, Manuyan. Ba-
tangas.
James s. Skaggs, Company f, Thir-
ty-eighth infantry.
William Hunter. Company G. Thirty
fourth infantry. Mount Corn, Luzon.
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Arrested tffa Burglar.

EAU CLAIRE. Wis, July 2S-(special.)
-Of1ceT John Gallagher tonight arrested
a Burglar in. thG taGa Of ratsacking the
residence of Attorney William O'Leary.
The fellow saveLthS name of William
Ernst. and said he came here from st.
1t is supposed he is the man who a
few nights ago. burgIaEized4 tha4r residence
of Mrs. Mary. Fitzgerald, who lives with
in a block of the q 81. cary ga, house.
Hobbs climbed Jon the sewing machine at
his. fathers 3h0use and fell off, breaking
it's arm a the wrist and fracturing its ell
how
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WOUNDED.

sibert P. Aaron. wounded in thigh.
slight.
Capt. George e. Gibson. wounded in
shoulder and face. serious
Oscar Lake. wounded in thigh. mod
serious.
Edward P. Frank. wounded in alb
domen, serious.
William Mosby. Company F. Twenty
second infantry.
Musician John Montgomery, wounded
in arm, moderate
Robert c. Whitson, Batangas, Luzon,
William Stratton, Company X. Thlr-
ty-fourth infantry, Cabanatuan. Luz
zon, wounded in hand. slight.
William E. Lane. Company ID. Thirty
eighth infantry, Batangas. Luzon,
wounded in thigh. moderate.
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Militia camn Life Ends.

CAMP LAKEvIEW, July 2S.-(Special.)
The Third regiment, of the Minnesota
National guards, took their departure
this noon at 1:4Q for their respective
homes, after ten days of pleasant camp
ing. i
The work on the range has been exeep-
tionally good in this command, Il had
the greatest number of sharpshootets of
the three regiments.
Austin, Company G. went away the
champion shot of the regiment, while
DR. Mai: Dutton eancies the honor of be-
ing the best. revolver shot in the N. G. s.
NJ which is saving a good deal.
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ACCIDENT AT ST. LOUIS.
Five Street Cars Damaged by Dyna-
mite Placed On Tracks.

Five Street Cars Damaged by Dyna-
mite Placed On Tracks.
ST. LOUIS, July 26,-Five cars of the
transit company We're. damaged during
the night by dynamite placed on the
tracks. Nobody was injured. The first
car was blown up at Spring and Easton
avenues. 1t was but slightly injured
Later another car on the same line ran
upon an explosive, damaging the car and
shattering several panes of glass in the
immediate vicinity. A car on the South
ern electric line was partly wrecked by
dynamite on the tracks on Arsenal be-
tween Ninth and Thirteenth streets No
passengers were abaord. The report was
terrific. The floor of the car was blown
out and the seats were twisted out of
place. Police hurried to the scene, but
made no arrests. About midnight a
fourth explosion, in front of 9617 Easton
avenue The front wheels of the car
were damaged.
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FAIE O MINISTERS.
STILL UNKNOWN
Continued From FIRST PAGE.

OF the foreign population of that city on
May 26 last, exclusive of those living III
the French settlement. At that date
there We're 1851 British; 9I8 Portuguese;
1876 Japanese; 562 American; 525 German:
ITS French and III Spanish citizens in
Shanghai. The other representations of
foreigners range from 29G Indian and i57
Malays to two from Greece and two from
Persia. The total number of foreign
subjects in the city at that time was
6,T4
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HASTINGS, HonOred Dead.

HASTINGS, MIN. July 2s.-The re-
mains of Thomas M. Clark. who died in
Minneapolis Friday night from tuber-
cuIosis, arrived here this morning.
The funeral of 1frs.,fMargaTet Coufson,
who died IN ST. sPaulf took place from
the Church of the guardian Angel this
afternoon at half-past 2 o'clock The de-
ceased was seventy-four years of age
and one of HAstings' early and well
known residents
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Died From Heart Trouble.

oWAToNNA. July S.-(special.)--W.
h Gabelle, who for many years worked
at the blacksmith trade IN this city. but
of late years been in GAINESVILLE, Mimi,
died at the home of Homer Wardwell,
S21 North Grove street, on Saturday at
IL O. clock. as
He had been i'll fol. some time with
heart trouble, his death resulting from
rheumatism of the heart. Mr.. Gabelle
was about thirty-tive years old He was
a member of the Woodmen lodge in this
city. The funeral will take place next
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Hanson Has a Bad Record.

LA CROSSE, Wis, July 2S,-(SpeciaL)-
Rev. M. o. Hanson, the former st. Paul
pastor who was brought from Werthing
ton, Mimi, on a charge of desertien. was
arraigned before Judge Brindley today.
The preacher plead not guilty. and bonds
were fixed at $780, His ease will come up
Wednesday. Hanson has a bad record in
this CITY
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THRAsHING HIS WIFE.

Resulted In Husband Being Run
Down by Street Car.
LA CROSSE. Wis. July 2S-(Special)-
Because his wife wanted to ride in an
electric car to this city, Albert keusei
a resident of OnaIaska. Administered -
thrashing to her, and only desisted when
noterman appeared upon the scene and
foreibly interfered A half hour later
Eeusel himself was run down bv the
seff-sane car and suffered an ugly cash
in the head, and was rendered uneon-
seious. He was intoxicated and drove his
team directly in front of the car.
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Deadvood4PeoDIe Marry.

DEADWOoD, s. d, July 2S.-Miss
Sarah Butler and fE&ff Kingsbury were
| united in marriage last. night.
A P. Barclay sands Miss Alice Cone,
both well known, fn this. city, were mar
ried in Minneapolis. .,.,-.~
Yesterday, at speafffsh. occurred the
wedding of Miss Mae Murrin and Mr.
Dick Nelson, both we'll and favorably
known in the HIS ~
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values Sent sky.vard.

FERGUS FALLS July 2S.The total
valuation of the real estate of the county,
as returned by the assessors was s., oOS,-
235. The county board increases this to
s.. S35, 673 Personal property valuations
also go up, the assessors having placed
them at 81, 52S, 31S. This is raised by the
real estate in this city is now placed at
$673,01S, and of personal property at $3.50
STA total of $963,a59. or about one-eighth
of the total valuation OF the county.