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The daily sentinel., 1902-03-31
Drowned Near Bovine.

Shortly after noon today three small
boys came to this city from Bovine,
where they had been fishing, and went
to the city hall where thy told John
Dickerson that Charles Burch had been
drowned in the Grand river.
The story as told by the boys was that
they had been fishing along the banks OF
the river near the Bovine ford and that
young Burch started to cross the river
on burro. The other boys urged him
not to try it, hut he was confident that
hr would succeed, 30 set out He had
scarcely reached the middle OF the river
when the current caught the burro and
carried it down the stream. In u short
diste nee the boy WAS thrown off into the
water and the animal swan to the shore
The lad could do nothing against the
strong current and was rapidly carried
down stream. His companions were
powerless to save him and watched him
rise and sink twice, both times the
drowning boy calling for help. For
some time they watched and waited for
him to appear again, and when they saw
he was gone they at once came to the
city and gave the alarm.
party OF men started at once, taking
with them dynamite and drags, to scour
the river.
Charlie Burch is the son OF Mrs. Burch.
who lives at DBL 1st street. Mrs. Burch
has been taking in washing for several
years to support herself and family.
She is heart broken at the accident
which deprives her Of her eldest SON..
At the time OF going to press the body
had no. been discovered.
The daily sentinel., 1902-03-31
Death of Francis Marion.

Last night about 10 o'clock, while tax
ing supper at the Pastime restaurant,
Francis Marion, for 80 years a resident
OF this state, was seized with fnintine
spell. He WAS carried to his room AT
the Unaweep hotel and physician sum
moned A stroke OF apoplexy came to
him soon after the doctor arrived and he
died at o'clock this morning.
The deceased came to this city about
6 months ago and was constant suffer
from rheumatism and heart trouble
He came originally from Kentucky and
his relatives in that state have been
communicated with on his death and no
disposition will be made OF the remains
until word is received from them.
The deceased was 63 years OF age.
The daily sentinel., 1902-03-31
BIG FIRE

A fire which started in the the
new saloon building of Robert
Hards, Sunday morning, in Cum
nison, destroyed nearly an entire
square of buildings.
The big dry goods firm of
Latimer & Allen lost the major
portion of their stock.
Robert Hards is a brother of
the Hards Brothers of this city
and was a visitor here last week.
The loss is considerable over
$50, 600 and a great blow to
Gunnison.
The daily sentinel., 1902-03-31

A marriage license was granted this
afternoon by William Griffith Of Mesa,
and Miss Adelia Myrtle r berts Of this
city The bride is young lady who is
we'll known to many people in this city
and has many wishes for happiness in
the life she is about to assume. They
will reside in Mesa.
The daily sentinel., 1902-03-31

The Elks, IN body about 80 strong,
we're attendants at st. Matthew's P. T..
church last night.
The pastor, Rev. G. w. G. Lyon, an
Elk himself, made the most OF the occae-
ion to congratulate the Elks upon what
had been accomplished by them during
the last year and to say that he was glad
to be class sed as a member.
The address proper Of the evening was
delivered in a masterful manner and was
thoroughly enjoyed by the Elks.
The special song service prepared for
the occasion was carried out in the usual
style OF the choir of this church.
There were a great many flowers and
plants on the ohancel and altar. The
church looked most unusually inviting
and pretty because OF the flowers.
The daily sentinel., 1902-03-31
Easter Services.

The gladstone Easter period was most
successfully celebrated in this city yes
terday. There were special services
held IN all the churches, and the Jaint
meeting OF the Sunday schools Of the
county in the Park opera house in the
afternoon was an especially delightful
service throughout.
The weather, which in many OF the
eastern states is a matter OF much con-
cern, was delightful all day. There WAS
just enough crispness i the air to make
people move around sprightly and to en-
joy the church services.
Nearly all the churches were decorat-
ed with potted plants and flowers. Spe
cial song services were given in all the
churches and with orchestral accompan-
iment in some.
There is hardly a feast Of the church
which is celebrated with more eclat than
that OF Easter. Next to the celebration
of the natal day OF the Savior, the Eas-
tertide services take precedence
Solemn high mass was celebrated at
ST. Joseph's church yesterday morning
at 1880 Father Burke and Brother
Peter, both of Delta, assisted Father
Conway in the services. There was a
very large attendance and the services
we're highly enjoyable. There were four
altar boys, and the decorations of the
church and altar were especially beauti-
full The decorations were in charge of
the young ladies OF the church and were
very tasteful.
The music was a special feature OF the
day ard WAS very fine. Mrs. Ollie Rob-
erts Boyer sang the solo parts and was
in splendid voice. She was assisted by
the regular choir and an orchestra com
posed OF Prof. McMiun, violin; Emil
Hensgeu, cornet; Ed Hensgen, double
bass; Phillip Wetzel, clarionet; Miss Ter
was, organ.
The daily sentinel., 1902-03-31

The services at the Baptist church
last night we're very we'll attended The
sermon was delivered by Rev. Strange
Brooks and those who heard him say it
vas scholarly address. About fifteen
members Of Temple Comm ndery No %,
attended ia body and throughout the
service were deeply interested. The sub
ject for the discourse was "Then is
Christ indeed risen from the dead" The
effort OF Rev. Brooks was to prove that
the Christ is risen from the dead and his
vincing The singing was especially
good.
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TO BE, BURIED BY BROTHER.
Remains Of Biddles Taken Back to
PittsburE-Delieved Mrs. So0el
VIII Get Well.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE remains
of Edward and John Biddle, the dead
bandits, arrived at the Pittsburg &
Western railroad station shortly aft
er eight o'clock Monday morning and
were at once taken to the Pittsburg
morgue. In spite of the intense cold
and the comparatively early hour of
their arrival hundreds of persons
gathered in the waiting-room by 1880
and by the time the train arrived the
crowd had increased to a thousand or
more.
The remains of the murderers will
be turned over to their brother,
Harry Biddle, who will see that they
receive proper interment in the South
side cemetery. Th funeral will be con-
Quoted as privately as possible, and
Rev. Father Sweeney, the priest who
rendered spiritual advice to the Bid
dies while they were in the Pittsburg
Jail. will conduct the services.
Dispatches from the Butler hospital
Monday morning reported Mrs. Soffel's
condition as unchanged. While it is
believed she will get we'll. the danger
is not passed, and on account of this
uncertainty in her condition nothing
is being done in the way of prepare
tions for her removal to Pittsburg. If
she lives, in addition to answering to
the charges of aiding prisoners to es-
cape. she will be confronted by charges
of furnishing the Biddles with fire.
arms and aiding the felonious assault
upon the Jail guards and the officers
who effected the capture in Butler.
Mrs. Soffel is already taking steps tn
defend herself, and has written to
prominent Pittsburg attorney to en-.
gage his services. Her father is said
to be quite well-to-do. and as her par
ents are relenting, she hopes to receive
aid from them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
STOCKMEN KILLED.
Four Killed in Wreck on Illinois
Central Road and Six Others
Are Injured.

Dubuque, Ia, Feb. A rear end col
lision at 3:45 Monday morning on the
Illinois Central at Apple River, ILL.,, a
station 80 miles east of here, resulted
in the death of four stockmen. while
six were seriously injured. The dead:
NJ. G.. Lawler, Wall Lake. Ia; H. F,
Pancake, Wall Lake, Ia; Chris Fern
don, St. Anagar, Ia; c. r. Blunt,
Charles City. Ia.
The seriously injured: W. Came
ron, Dundee, ILL.,, badly crushed, not
expected to live; F. J. Jordan, Dunlap,
Ia. injured about ribs and back: D.
Lawler, Wall Lake, Ia. injured about
the breast and legs. slightly injured.
J. J. Morehead, Dunlap, Ia; w. j. Ev-
ans, Dunlap. Ia.
None of the trainmen were injured
as they heard the second train ap-
preaching and jumped. The stockmen
were all asleep in the bunk car when
the collision occurred. their deaths and
injuries resulting from being crushed
A special train with surgeons was
sent out from here. and the injured
are all being cared for at Apple River.
The cause of the wreck is not known
as yet, but is being investigated by
the officials.
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GLEANINGS OF FACT.

Norway sends to England 100000
tons of ice a year.
Guernsey is the only portion of the
British empire where CONSUMPTION is
enforced.
In the Mountain of the Monks" on
the coast of Macedonia, there are 20
monasteries.
In Australia spring begins August
20, summer November 20, autumn Feb
ruary 20 and winter May 20.
Western Australia was last of the
sister colonies to receive the privi-
lege of responsible government.
Residents in England have e110,-
100000 invested in mortgages in for
eign countries.
Bulgaria holds the European record
for centenarians with $500 people over
100 years old. England has only $50.
The recent census of Malta gives
the total population, including troops,
as $4,000, an increase in ten years Of
about 5000.
A corner in St. Louis that sold for
$35O,000 in 1891 has just changed hands
for ST 100000.
The expectation of beer from
France has increased in ten years
from 947,421 gallons to 2,144,Q30 gal
Ions. il,
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snnils Getting Scarce I'm Paris.

Some alarm is expressed by certain
Paris epicures because the supply OF
snai,s of the finest quality seems TO be
falling off to a serious extent. This
apprehension, however, will cause no
distress upon an extended scale, as the
taste for the deliberate creature that
carries his house upon his back has not
been worldwide. In fact, it has never
gained much ground outside of the
Latin race, and gourmets who have ex-
to,led the snail as table delicacy of
the most desirable sort have not made
a long list. But snails are clean feed
ers. Why should there be anywhere
q prejudice against them among the
eaters of Holsters and crabs, of styled
pigs and of the bullying legs of google.
eyed bullfrogs ?-Chicago Chronicle.
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THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Cork weighs IS pounds per cubic
foot, gold 1856 pounds.
New Zealand's crown Lands are now
disposed of for 900 years.
Holland, is the only country in Eu-
rope that admits coffee free of duty.
The Chinese have twice sacked Mos
COW, once in 1897 and again in 1898.
The town of Nasso, in Sweden, has q
female contingent in it's fire brigade.
None of the useful varieties of fish
Is yet known to exist in antarctic wa
tiers.
The Jewish population of London
has more than doubled within 20
years.
The population of the German en-
pire includes 100000 who use the
Polish language.
Berlin has 10000 dogs. The tax is
$3.50, but officers and those who use
dogs as draught animals pay no tax.
It is estimated that the cost of re-
storing the papal palace at Avignon,
France, would be about $1,4O0,O0O.
The British foreign Office reports
that 90 per cent. of the slaves of Fan
z;5ar and Pemba prefer to remain
slaves.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
TlmbeY Matters.

The Minnesota congressional delega-
ton met in Mr.. Tawneys committee
room in Washington to consider again
the Morris timber bill. It is expected
that q complete agreement will BIO
reached, and that q bill will be evolved
that the delegation will support. It
will provide for the cutting of timber
on all reservations at price to be
named, probably not less than IS per
thousand feet. It will also provide
for cutting all timber from all tracts,
Indian labor to be employed as far as
possible. The secretary of the interior
will be given the option Of requiring
purchasers Of timber to establish mills
on the reservation to manufacture the
timber.
Indian labor will also be employed
in this work as far as possible. The
bill will provide for the reservation of
islands in Leech and Cass lakes, Sugar
Point and per cent of the timber
lands to be reserved for seed trees.
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two watches and ring in McGregor's
saloon in Minneapolis.

two watches and ring in McGregor's
saloon in Minneapolis.
William r. McDermott, who was in
dicted by the grand jury for robbery,
was located at Des Moines, Iowa, and
returned to Rochester.
Baptist Turpin, the venerable pa
triarch of the Pembina band of Chip
pewas and one of the oldest settlers
of the state, died at White Earth at
the age of 90 years.
William McKenna, employed on the
new Milwaukee short line bridge over
the Mississippi river, fell distance OF
70 feet, receiving fatal INJURIES
The county commissioners have APP
propriated $4,000 for bridge over the
Red river at the foot of Main street,
Crookston.. The bridge will cost $10,-
900, and the balance has been SUBJ
scribed by citizens.
The Southern Minnesota Beekeep-
ers' Association in convention at VII
mona unanimously recommended Mrs.
Fannie Berthe to the management of
the St. Louis exposition as one of the
superintendent for the bee depart
ment at the exposition, to represent
Minnesota.
President John Washburn of the
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
has appointed S. d. Cargill member
of the finance committee of the cham
Der, to succeed the late +. H. Peavey.
Bruno La Velle, loader employed
in one of the hester estates lumber
camps near Split Rock, was instantly
killed yesterday, being struck on the
head by falling gin pole. His skull
was crushed by the blow.
J. H. Pearce, o. d. Kinney and SEN
ator E. B. Hawkins are interested in
q find of hard iron ore on the Menom-
inee range No discoveries have been
made on this old range in years until
now, but the new one is said to have
a vein eighty-seven feet wide of ore
of high quality.
The Odd Fellows have let the con-
tract for fitting up the first floor OF
their new hall for the use of the
Crookston Library and Gymnasium
Association.
At meeting of the Minnesota and
Iowa Electric Railway Company at
Preston it was decided to issue bonds
and begin construction at the earliest
possible moment.
The gross earnings of the Great
Western for the first three weeks OF
January amounted to $4o9,2o2'll'
against S34O,2425s for the correspond
ing period last year, an increase OF
$6S,959.53.
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fpuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


A Safe Bet.-"Did the man. who
wrote the Man with the Hoe write
the beautiful SNOWY" II don't
know. But I'll bet it wasn't the man
with the el."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Lady-"Did anyone call while
I was out?" The Maid-"No, ma'am."
The Lady-"That's very strange. I
wonder what people think I have a
day at home for anyhow?''-Indian-
apolis News.
Mrs. Winks-"I wonder why it II
that people always call locomotive
She" Mr.. Binks-"I don't know,
I'm sure, unless it is because she
isn't good for much without man to
run her."-Summerville Journal.
Harriet-''Have you read the mag
azine, Charles?" Charles everything
but the matter that's inserted be-
tween the front and back advertising
pages; but guess I've got the cream
of the number.-Boston Transcript.
"What does this mean?" inquired
CAC AASSoC1So SOAAAAAS oSN' - WV
have most of your shortage charged
up to running expenses ''That,"
explained the Contrite Embezzler,
"refers to my automobile. "-Balti-
more American.
Reason Enough.-"I see that
western congressman has introduced
a bill to provide for universal lam
guage." whats the good of it?" Il
guess you wouldn't ask if you had to
carry district in which there were
II distinct varieties of .foreigners."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ahead There.-''I hope" said the
drummer, "you were quite satisfied
with my report for the past month"
"Well," replied the head of the firm,
"there was one part of it that really
exceeded our expectations" "And
what was that?" "Your expense
Standard and Times.
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BRIEF MINNESOTA. NEWS

Lowell township, in Polk county,
hns 20 cases of smallpox.
Fire destroyed the new Swedish
Baptist church at Brainerd.
Hereafter dead dogs and cats found
In Minneapolis will be cremated.
John Haas, a Moorhead saloonkeep-
er, was arrested upon the charge OF
mayhem.
The merchants of St. Cloud have
perfected an association for mutual
protection.
The postoffice at Omro, Steele coun-
ty, has been discontinued. Mail to
Owatonna.
During the past year Minnesota fur
nisbed % per cent of the flour exports
Of the country.
A young man from Wisconsin was
swindled out of $3.50 by the "big init"
men of Minneapolis.
Twenty-seven carloads of tobacco
passed through Minneapolis en- route
from Richmond, Va, to Japan.
Congressman Tawney proposes fed
eral buildings for Austin, Albert Lea,
Rochester, Lake City and Waseca.
The Crookston Lumber Company,
which is the heaviest taxpayer over
there, turns $500 a year into the city
treasury.
Sheriff Schilplin arrested at Fair
Haven Albert Robbins, who is charged
with threatening to murder his wife
and their child.
A 3-year-old child of John Gilgard
of Farmerstown, Sherburne county,
tipped over pail of hot water and
was fatally scalded.
+ j. Patterson, visitor from North
Dakota, was robbed of $40 in cash,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
MELONS IN WINTER.
Success of Experimental Growing OF
Russian Variety of Musk
melon In Utah.

"And now, children" said Dean Peck,
"let us cut melon" Even the young.
est child snickered. For outside there
was snow and ice, ana with Christpas
hardly a week away, how could the
good dean be SO funny as to suggest
melons?
But the wise dean merely smiled and
introduced quiet, pleasant man in
gold-rimmed spectacles-A. L. Hitch
cock, of California. And Mr.. Hitch
cock had under his arm an oval bun.
die that might have been the hugest
egg of the biggest ostrich that ever
shed feather. That's what it might
have been, but it wasn't that. It was
q melon-a muskmelon-andi in the
winter time. 1t was big melon, says
the Denver Post.
Now, letting alone the fact that it
was q big melon to begin with, it Ger.
tainly did seem as though there was
something strange about that melon.
All the children had some, and they
ate and ate, yet when they were done
there was still enough melon for the
dean to take home. And he had some.
and his family had some, and only the
nurse asked for more, so there was
really something wonderful about that
melon besides it's being ripe week
before Christmas.
There was another wonderful thing
about the melon; it grew in desert.
"The melons are called Khiva winter
melons," said Mr.. Hitchcock, land the
Headquarters for them in this coun-
try is at Elgin, Utah, in the great des.
ert. There j. F. Brown, who has
raised all sorts of melons for years.
has taken up the raising of winter
watermelons and m,lskmelons for seed.
They have become SO we'll known now
that he can hardly keep up with the
demand for seed, even at rs cents an
ounce. Yet five years ago these mel
1.-THE government got the first seeo
from Khiva, Asiatic Russia, and sent
a sample to Mr.. Brown to try. To
everybody's surprise, the melons did
exceedingly well in the desert, though
at Rocky Ford, famous for melons,
they failed.
"They are picked in October and re-
quire almost two months to ripen aft
err they are picked. Then they will
keep until March.
Everybody in Utah knows of the win
ter melons. have just come from
there, and have been eating melons
every day. Green River is the nearest
station to Elgin, and it is one of the
sights, when the train pulls in, to see
the people rush for the piles of melons
that are kept waiting for their ar
rival. There is a watermelon and a
muskmelon, and each is equal to the
best of the summer melons.
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Cornell thinks the outlook promises
great impetus this season in the dairy
industry of the state.
Retter Methods Secured,

Martin A. Knapp, chairman OF the
Interstate Commission, after Messrs.
J. J. Hill and E. II. Hartman had tes-
titled before the commission, gave out
signed statement, in which he said:
"Mr. Hill and Mr. Hartman have APP
peared before us willingly, and have
testified at great length, and l think
the matter has been covered fully. l
am not in position to express any
opinion on their testimony at this time.
Railroad combinations, they both say,
will have tendency toward low rates
by better methods of operation of the
lines. There does not seem to be any
thing vicious in the actual combination
Of the lines"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07
Butter and Cheese.

w. w. P. Mcconnell, state dairy and
food commissioner, is receiving letters
daily from all parts of the state asking
the help of his department in estab-
fishing creameries and cheese facto-
ries. The first requisite to such an en-
terprise is the interest of the farmers
of the vicinity and their assurance of
support To arrive at this it is usual
to hold neighborhood meetings, and
Mr.. Mcconnell or some one of his corps
of inspectors is in demand to address
these gatherings. Requests have come
recently from Milaca, from Kittson
county, and one even from far-off
Idaho. This last was answered by
sending some blanks for use in organ
izing creamery association. Mr. Nc
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Fort Smelling.

Representative Stevens is now of
the opinion that the prospects for
Fort Smelling to be made one OF the
great military posts of the. country
are much better than they were.
He has recently had conference
with the secretary of war and with
members of the military board which
is selecting camp sites, and he thinks
that the army officers are undergoing
a change of mind.
He says that the permanent pro-
gram for Fort Smelling, in his opinion,
will involve an expenditure of at least
81, 100000 on improvements.
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A Close Call.

Maud Lee, daughter of Mr.. Lee, Of
Minneapolis, struck match to light
a lamp and a spark lodged in her hair.
In an instant she was ablaze, but,
fortunately, Mrs. Lee and another
daughter were in an adjoining room.
They succeeded in smothering the
flames. A portion of Miss Lees hair
was burned, but her face was not
scorched.
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Railway Earnings.

The Duluth & Iron Range railroad
yesterday reported gross earnings for
1901 to the amount of $3.50, 033.59, on
which the gross earnings tax will be
Si55,5S1, an increase of $25,359 over
the 1900 taxes.
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More than 5000 women are employed
in the various government offices In
Washington, 2,o44 of whom have en-
tered the service after competitive ex-
animation. Nine hundred of them are
paid salaries ranging from $1,000 to
$1,000 a year, and others being paid
the compensation of ordinary clerks
5000 to 5000 year.-Indianapohs
News.
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Elevator Burns.

Fire destroyed Peter Beck's grain
elevator and it's contents at Lake City.
The loss on the building is $4,000; in
surance, $4,000; loss on contents,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000. The fire is
thought to have been caused by an in
cendiary.
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Mll1iOnaire Dies Sui1ilQnly.

Raleigh. n. G.. Feb. 4.-James W.
Tufts. the millionaire soda fountain
manufacturer Of Boston. died sudden
1y Sunday night Of apoplexy at Pine
hurst