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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

King Leopold's blast of defiance to
anarchists is doubtless made by his
comfortable assurance that anarchists
are poor shots.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Washington's theater managers have
decided to stop wasting money. They
have voted to abolish window litho-
graphs and to advertise hereafter only
In the newspapers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Dried corn as an article of dies has
caused the separation of a husband
and wife in Ohio. But this is a mere
patch on the trouble corn has caused
throughout the world after it has
soaked awhile.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Chicago's gambling king is bank
rupt. He admits. however, that other
professional gamblers were the ones
who got it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

John L. Sullivan is without his ST.
100000. But the rich memories of the
gorgeous time he had in blowing It
in remain to cheer his declining years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

The man who succeeds best is gen.
orally the one who has the talent to
advertise himself most judiciously.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Another diamond mine has been dis
covered in South Africa. Will some
one please put an extra chain on the
dogs of war?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

The Brooklyn genius. who has sec
cured a patent for a nursing bottle
holder for baby carriages, dreams OF
millions like Col. Sellers with his
eye wash.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

The football fatalities. appalling as
they are, might have been worse. Sew
erai games were unavoidably post
poned.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Charles NJ. Schwab is simply tired;
tired spending money.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Sig. Marconi continues to send mar
conigrams across the ocean through
his hat.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Trains that can run hundred miles
In hundred minutes are almost as
common now as men who can eat
thirty ducks in thirty days.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Since President Eliot has made the
amende honorable it seems to be up
to Mr.. Gompers to explain that his al
lusion to Judas Iscariot was meant
in a Pickwickian sense.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

We probably have to do the things
we ought to a great deal oftener than
we dare to do the things we want to-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Sometimes, says the Homely One, I
thank the Lord for that l am not good
looking. Tor then l might also be a
fool.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Pennies long saved amount to dol
lars at last" said Franklin, and it is
just as true to-day of cents.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

France is making the French duel
felony. Ping-pong will surely come
in as a misdemeanor
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

1t is fortunate for royalty that an
archists are SO frequently bad shots.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

A big sturgeon in the New York
Aquarium is reported to have com
-mitted suicide. Sounds fishy.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

Expensive lingerie works not for
modesty. When girl is wearing
the finest of silk stockings. every
street crossing looks muddy to her.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30
Financial Contract Security Co.
We pay per cont interest DEPOSIT by MAIL,

TRUNKS TRUNKS, TRUNKS; Write for III
BAG CO.. 10th and Lawrence SITS. Dsnyer Colo.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30

The report of the amount of equip
ment ordered for the Rio Grande sys-
TEN during the last year has been
made public and shows that more than
81 900 900 was spent. The list includes
SO engines, $500 freight cars. 20
coaches and 20 cabooses.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-30
Denver Directory.

BANK OFFICE, BAR Sna %s sToKE S1 snan F1tsss: o..s
MAntels, etc Write r. aulson. 1851 wuzee Denver
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property, $1O7,S4O,O44; total value,
$60O,9S0, GA; average rate of taxation,
mills, al. Total taxes levied, $780,
69,671.55.
State TaXes-Revenue. soldiers re-
lief and funding tax funds, 1.6 mills,
S961,7 349S; school and university tax,
$739, 439.76; interest and principal on
state loans, $344,273.1S; county reve-
nue., S1,Ss2, s0O.1S;. road and bridge,
1915, 2O4.63; poor, $3O7, S71.63; bonds
and interest other than state loans,
S344, 1868; other special taxes, $685.
OS392.
City and Village Taxes Revenue,
So, 173, 9S5.93; road and bridge, $47,-
1868; poor, 56,O24.27; bonds and in
terest other than state loans, $917,-
489.73; local assessments, $705,341.95;
other special taxes, $1i4,79S.35.
Township TaXes-Revenue, $44s,-
634.7O; road and bridge, $685., 1853;
poor, SAG, 5S3.5S; bonds and interest
other than state. loans, SCI, 743.35; de-
lineuent road, $139, 53O.O1; other spe-
cial taxes, SAT .SS0.93.
School District Taxes-LocaI, MILL
$500, 505.49; bonds and interest other
than state loans, S69,O66.14; other spe-
cial taxes, $4,O16, 696.47.
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BRET MINNESOTA NEWS

The Methodist church at Luverne is
TO be enlarged at cost of $1,000.
ST. Clouds first free rural mail de-
livery route has been started.
The state Sunday school convention
will be held at Winona April 1,
and 8.
The postoffice has received a new
power canceling machine, the first to
be installed in ST. Cloud,
VIM. McDermott has been brought
to Rochester from Des Moines, having
been indicted for robbery.
Crookston has been chosen as the
place Of meeting of the next conyen-
ton of state bankers.
Andrew A. Ryen was sentenced to
years and eight months for forgery at
Winona.
At special school meeting at Co.
kato it was decided to build new
school, costing $4,000, during the
summer. Bonds will be voted.
James H. Taylor and Noah d. Tay-
lor, of St. Cloud, have started actions
against the Ofuer Ol halfway SOll-
ductors for the recovery of $4,000
each.
Judge w. ri. Mantor has resigned
as municipal judge of Brainerd. Gov
ernor Van SAINT has appointed Attor-
ney I. C.<Blewitt to succeed Mantor.
The state board of pardons, after a
long executive session, denied the pc
tition of Coleman and James Younger
for full pardon.
The State Editorial Association will
hold its annual meeting at Minneap-
oils Feb. 20. Meetings will take place
at the West hotel. ...
The st. Cloud Grocery Company has
secured the contract for furnishing
the reformatory with teas for the
next three months.
The Eastern Minnesota railway will
be in a position to handle 100000
tons of ore on Allouez bay this season.
Last summer it handled 100000 tons.
William Studemann, a laborer en-
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ployed at Mitchell & McClure's saw
mill at West Duluth. was crushed to
death while unloading logs from cars.
The new postoffice building at
Lanesboro has been completed and
the postal department is in posses
sion.
Fire at Hamilton destroyed ST.
Johns Catholic church and damaged
the priests house to the extent of $500
or $500.
The big hall at Witoka, owned by
j. Monohan, was burned to the
ground. The loss amounts to about
$500 and is partially insured.
The Byron Telephone Company was
organized with capital of $4,000. The
officers elected were: re. Cutting,
president; Samuel III. Brooks, vice
president; Charles Watts, treasurer;
Myron E. Hicks, secretary.
!. The farm residence of Kilian Pfeif-
Ter, in Krain township, Stearns coun-
ty, was burned to the ground. The
loss is $500, with no, insurance.
Booker T. Washington has applied
to DR.. Cyrus Northrop, of the state
university, for a negro graduate of
the agricultural college, who will be
able to fill the chair of agriculture at
the Tuskegee, Ala, college. DR.. North
rop says that no colored man has ever
graduated from the agricultural col
lege of Minnesota, though there are
several colored students there at pres
ent.
The handsome silver cup offered by
the state poultry association for the
exhibitor showing the highest scoring
pair of birds was awarded to Henry
Grunhagen, president of the associa-
ton, on his display of blue Andalu
slams. He won the cup last year, and
it now becomes his permanently. -
The Humane Society of Minneapolis
has warned number of parents to
stop their children begging on the
streets and selling flowers and tick
cts on raffies. Too much of this sort
of thing has been going on of late, so
the officers of the Humane society
say, and steps will be taken to bring
to account the parents who encourage
or permit their children to beg or So
licit patronage on the streets.
Charged with the theft of village
funds, c. E. Stein, prominent in social<
circles and recorder of the village of
Chisholm. ST. Louis county, Mimi, has
been arrested in Chicago. The amount.
of shortage alleged is $16o.. ;
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
Tax Statement.


The state auditor has completed the
tax statement for the year ending
1901, presented the same to the legis-
lature. 1t is an abstract. of the tax
lists of the several counties of the
state, the total taxable valuation of
the state, the average rate of taxation
and the taxes levied for all purposes,
state, county, city and village, town
ship, school, etc.
1t shows the number of acres of
land assessed. exclusive of the cities,
to be greater than ever before, 36,9O0,-
2S4, the valuation for the same being
$267, 340,22O -
st. Louis county has the largest
number of acres of land, exclusive of
town lots, 1,Ss7,s77; Otter Tail is sec
ond, with 1,214,919, and Polk third,
with LBS. 658. The average value per
acre of all this land is 1925.
The county having the highest av-
erage acre value is .Hennepin, with
1896; Ramsey is second, $292S; Da-
kota third, $14.66; Blue Earth fourth,
$14.45. Aitkin county is the lowest on
the list, it's land being worth on an
average of only $1.47 per acre.
In the value of taxable personal
property, Hennepin county is first,
with $23,299,41S; Ramsey second, with
$16,0S7, $50; ST. Louis third, with ST.
579,534; Winona fourth, $2,29S, S21;
Goodhue fifth, $1,9S4,2SS.
The average rate of taxation in
mills, for all counties of the state, is
27.1. Red Lake county leads, with an
average rate of 53.S; Roseau second,
51.2; Mile Laos, 1866; Kanabec, AL.
The lowest rate is in Dodge county,
1853. 81, -. 3.
The totals for the yearsin the other
items are Number of acres of land,
exclusive of town lots, 36,900, 2S4 !;
value of land other than town lots,
with structures, $267,34O, 22O; average
value per acre, 1925; value of town
and. city lots, including structures,
1925, SOO,35O; value Of taxable personal
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DEFEATED THE BICYCLISTS.
4 Florida Ostrich That Gives Fast
Wheelrnen and Horses All the
Racing They Want.

go and hitch up the ostrich" is not
sat all an absurd command on an ostrich
farm. There these great birds are
often harnessed to a carriage, and
make fairly good substitutes for
horses. Although they cannot draw
heavy load, their speed is recon-
mendation, says Youths Companion.
Is AT Jacksonville, Fla, there is a, bird
named Oliver w. that can run a mile
Sin two minutes and 20 seconds. His
owners claim that he. is more salts
factory than horse because he eats
less, never SHES at anything, never
runs away, and goes steadily at good
pace without laziness or fatigue.
This particular ostrich appears to
like his work. When the little carria ge
is brought out he comes running to-
ward it at full speed, with both wings
spread out, ready to have the harness
put on.
On one occasion a cyclist tried to
pass Oliver w. on long, smooth
stretch of road He came up behind
the carriage, thinking to get ahead and
escape the dust. Oliver w. though
Inherently. He threw his head high
in the air, gave a flap with his wings,
and went forward with a-speed that
astonished the cyclist. Putting forth
more effort, the latter made another
attempt to pass the ostrich. but the
faster the pedals of the bicycle moved
the faster sped the long legs of the
bird.
1t so happened that the cyclist had
record as a fast rider, and to be dis
tanced by an ostrich was not to his
liking. For two miles he tried to pass
his feathered rival, but was then
Obliged to give up the race, defeated.
Some fast horses have tried conclrs
sions with Oliver w., who seems to like
nothing better than testing their
speed, starting slowly to make them
think it easy to distance him, and then
gradually increasing his pace.
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THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

Chicago, Feb. 5.
wfIEAT-Lower early, but had 5sc rally.
Nav sold at 77A@7Sc; July sold at 7z3s9
TSBc. .-.
sCORN-Weak May sold at 6lH@62c;
July sold at 6114@62c. d"
OATS-AVeraged easier; May sold at
42B@43c. r.
POTATOES-Market quiet and steady.
Rurals, good to choice, TdSOc; COMMON,
72d74c; red stock, 70474c; Burbanks, ia
76c.
EGGs-very firm. City recandled, fresh
eggs. new cases included, 251a@25Ac; at
mark, cases; included, 251zc; loss off, cases
returned, 22@241ac.
BUTTER-Market firmer. Creameries,
11@2514c per pound; dairies, 16h422c.
LIVE POULTRY-Market weaker. Tur-
keys, S@11c; chickens, 91k41015c; ducks,
9hD101Ac; geese, $40GGl7. 90.
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New York, Feb. 8.
FIOIIR- Dull and barely steady.


WHEATAOpened easier with corn, but
rallied on a demand from shorts and was
steady all the forenoon. May, $40
73 7-16c; July, S31s4S3asc. 80
RYE-Dull; state, 64G65c C. /. f. New
York car lots; No 2 western, 67Ac f. o. b.
afioat. -
CORNADull and weaker. May, 66A@
&c 1850; July: 66@66asc.
OATS-Inactive and lower with corn.
Track white, 50@55c.
BUTTER-Strong. State dairy, 1926:
state creamery, 20a25c; June creamery, 100
23c; renovated, 15@2lc; factory, 14Q1Sc.
,.CHEESEEFi State, full cream;
small early made, fancy celored, 11k9
11s4c; state, full cream, small early made,
fancy white, 11A@11Rc; large, early made,
colored, 1Oa4c; large, early made, white,
10c%.
, EGGs-steady. State and Pennsylvania.
2S929c; western, at mark CSC; southern,
at mark, 271Ac. ~.
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state.Fair. Improvements.

Arrangements have been made by
the Minnesota Agricultural society for
the construction of one mile of cement
sidewalk at the state fair grounds as
soon as the weather will permit. Be-
sides this, plans are being drawn for a
new sheep barn which will double the
capacity of the department; the sani-
tary system is to be extended to take
in the entire reservation and the addi-
ton on the east end of the grand
stand is to be completed.
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Bank Examiner.

Lyman j. Baird, who has been APP
pointed national bank examiner for
Minnesota and the western district Of
Wisconsin, is president of the First Ma
tional bank of Austin, in which city
he makes his home. Mr. Baird is q ma
tive of that city, having been born in
Austin, Oct. II, 1857.
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Policeman Shot.

Patrolman Charles Mayer, of the
Rondo station, detail of St Paul, was
shot by burglars early in the morning
and died at. the hospital three hours
later. The shooting took place in the
rear of q saloon.
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NOT GUILTY.
w. Il. West, who Killed f. w. March al
Grand Forks, is Acquitted of the
Crime of Murder. -,..-


Crime of Murder. ..-.
Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 1O.-"We
find the defendant, w. E. West, not
guilty"
At ten minutes past IL o'clock Sun
day morning the jury in the West muir
der trial returned the above verdict:
West, who had been brought into the
courtroom, turned deathly pale, as the
jury entered, and clenched his hands
nervously, but 9th erwise made no dem
onstration.
A. T. Winslow, foreman of the jury,
replied to the courts inquiry, and
handed up the sealed verdict, which
was opened and read by Judge Fisk,
who, handing it to Clerk Ryerson, in
structed him to announce it.
As the words which gave him free
dom left the clerks lips, West half rose
from his chair, and looked toward his
sister, then fell back, stretching out
his hand to Attorney Corliss, who with
Mr.. Cochrane, has made such siren
uous fight in his behalf
Judge Fisk oIdered the release of
West, who was instantly clasped in the
arms of his sister Miss Hattie West of
Rock Rapids, Iowa.
AS soon as West recovered, he shook
hands with each of the jurors, the
tears streaming down his face Miss
West and j. w. Ramsey, the brother
in-law, were also deeply affected as
they greeted the Jurors s
The verdict was returned exactly six
hours after the jury went out, although
an agreement had been reached some
earlier in the evening.
This brings to close the longest
and most sensational trial ever held IN
Grand Forks county. The case was
commenced on the Goth of January,
exactly three weeks ago. q x.
p w. E. West was charged with the
murder of Frank. W. March, Mime
apolis travelling man, in, the Hotel Da-
cotah Office on Nov. 80 last.
2 The men had been friends for
months, but quarreled ten days before
the tragedy.
A few minutes before the shooting
March followed West across the street
and attacked him, knocking him down.
AS soon as he arose, West drew re-
'volver and shot March through the alb
domen. Death ensued two days later
0. 4. Smith, of Waterloo To-, was
killed by falling tree. = =.
Fire at Appleton, Wis, destroyed the
offices and, warehouses of the Neenah
Cold Storage company. AT least $780,
900 worth of cheese, butter and eggs
and other farm produce were destroyed
by fire.
, Frederick Schultz was hanged at
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, for the murder
of Mary 'Craig,.a woman who passed as
his wife. He died claiming innocence,
and stated that. Schultz; was, an as
sumed name. ,:... r.. 80 e.. -.
{ Fire in the big car works of the Rock
Island railroad at Horton, Kas. caused
the death of two persons and ,destruc-
ton of a quarter of a million dollars
WORTH of property. P. H, McKeon lost
his life trying to save w. H. Davis, an
employee.
The viii Of; Norris Reiman', who re-
Gently died in Chicago. shows. a be-
quest of 81, 900 for the purpose of dis
tributing Ingersoll's lectures. -,
By tapping the wires gamblers beat
pool rooms at. Newport and Covington
KY. out of $4,000.
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Live Stock.
Chicago Feb. 8.


CATTLE-Prime beeves, S7.C2d7.s0; good
to choice beeves, $64966.90; fair to good
export shipping steers, $5650l6.3O; common
to rough, S4C0a4.70; good to fancy feeders.
So 901500; plain to fancy stockers, $2.2Gg
$50; bulls, plain to fancy, s2.25G4.65; corn
fed western steers, $4.65@690; fed Texas
steers, $43506.G0; Texas cows, bulls and
grass steers, $2.eO@430.
HOGS-Choice to fancy strong weight
shipping, s6.3G0645; common to choice
heavy packing, s.. 75G6.30; plain to choice
heavy mixed, $5.S5@63O; selected butcher
weights, s6.15@64O; assorted light, $500
615; common to fancy light mixed, So.759
Cos.
South Omaha, Feb. 8.
CATTLE-Market quotably steady. Ma
tive steers, $4.00G6.60; cows and heifers,
SO. 00@500; western steers, $3S0G5.30 Texas
steers, So. 60a460; Gamers, $175@2.75; stock
ers and feeders, s2.75@4.6O; calves, $1,000
$50; bulls, stays, etc., $2.25@450
HOGS-Market &c lower Heavy. $1,000
$50; mixed, s6.Oe@6.10; light, $5.7O@6. O5; pigs,
$450@550; bulk of sales, $5.sO@6 10.
SHEEP-Market steady. Fed muttons,
$..50@5.50; westerns, s3.75Q4.5O; ewes, IS. seq
4.50; common and stockers, $3@4.40; lambs.
$S46.25.
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mick; first lieutenant, JOnu Hennesys
and second lieutenant, J. L Sullivan.
At the opening Of school last fan the
corps was again organized with about
forty members, constituting one COM
paT--. The oficeTs are: Major, Paul
1ieC0rmick: captain. Raymond Kelly.
first lieutenant, Richard LuXen; second
lieutenant, Thomas Sun. The cadets
secured the voluntary services Of Leu
tenant .Earrar of the, Twenty second
battery as drill master and they have
been drilling an hour each day under
his instructions.
There is now only one company at
the college. but an effort is being made
to have the military drills made com
pulsOry in the school, and as the fac
ulty is in favor of such a procedure, it
is likely that next year there VIII be
two or three companies organized.
Steps are also being taken. it is said.
to have the parade grounds enlarged
so that the cadets viii have more room
for drilling and better results can be
attained.
The officers Of the company and the
faculty are also DESTROYS Of securing
the services of a regular army officer,
who will remain at the school and take
charge Of all military matters. 1t IS
stated that q request will be sent In
to the government asking that an Of
fcer be stationed at the college to drill
the companies. and if this request be
granted. the school, it is said, win be
placed on a military basis throughout.
An organization that adds consider
ably to the cadet movement at All
I HaIOws is the band, which is composed
/ LARGELY Of cadets. If the drilling is
made compulsory then the band VIII
/ be composed entirely Of course, Of
cadets. and it viii become a part Of the
military organization.
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younger organization, but II has eX-
perienCed d most rapid growth since
its organization 1t was a year ago
last February that number of the
boys of the school who were of mill
tau2 tendencies, proposed the organi-
cation of a corps. and devoted their at
tention 10 the. Tna tter.euntit the consent
Of The school authorities was obtained.
At hfst the corps was composed solely
Of Volunteers. and the organization
was rather an arbitrary one, but it
gained favor with the students and
forty-fve men We're soon enlisted. The
officers Of the first organization We're:
Captain. Charles Timer; first heuten-
ant, Alex Thomas, and second lieuten-
ant. Harold Hills.
The corps secured the services Of
Lieutenant Webb OF the Utah VOlun-
teers as drilI master. The work ac-
cOmplished by the corps brought itself
to the attention of the school author
tiles with a force that resulted in the
addition Of the military training to the
school curriculum. at the beginning of
the school year just past. Tt was made
d compulsory matter with the boys
of the freshman and sophomore
classes, and the corps was thoroughly
organized into three companies Of
about 14O cadets. Lieutenant Webb
was retained as a paid instructor and
acted as major up TO the time Of his
departure for the Philippines a short
time ago.
The officers of the three companies
are as follows: Company A, captain,
Alex Thomas, acting major; first
lieutenant Leroy Bouryn, adjutant;
second lieutenant, Harry Bero: com
pany 3. captain, Harold Hills; first
lieutenant Mark McChrystaI; second
lieutenant Ralph Nelden; company c.,