The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23

nave ever experienced, either In hard or
soft coal, OF soft coal there should be
more than 100000 tons on the docks at
the close of navigation. There. is not
much over 500. 600 tons here now. OF hard
coal there should be a quarter or a third
of a million tons at least. and there is not
more than one-tenth of that amount.
Some Of the docks have already begun to
refuse to fill orders for hard coal i'll this
city. and 1t is thought that by the first OF
the year there will not be ton for local
consumption 1t will mean all-rall coal
for Superior, and it will probably. be a long
| while before coal can be procured. The
soft coal shortage makes the situation
Is contract coal. There may be a wood
shortage before the winter is over.
The lockout at the shipyards, caused
| by the management insisting on cutting
| the dinner hour to thirty minutes, still
continues. The men have offered to COM
promise. but every day they talk only to
deaf ears. There are no boats on the
stocks Just now, so that the management
| is not affected as it will be later on If
there is not a change.
The local aerie of Eagles has appointed
a committee to provide Christmas baskets
Tor needy families. The baskets will con-
| tain turkeys and other necessaries and
over fifty of them will be distributed.
August Dahlberg. foreman OF the street
car barns. was badly injured by falling
| from the slippery top Of a car while he
was oiling the trolley. He walked about a
mile to his home. not knowing that two
ribs were broken. s. -
LA CROSSE, WIS.-Congressman John
j. Esch has made arrangements to have
| inspectors from the agricultural depart
| ment come to La Crosse and Monroe
county next spring for the purpose Of ex-
aminlng the soil with a view Of promoting
the culture of tobacco.-While in a sleigh
Ing party last evening, Mrs. William
Drake was struck in the eye with an ice
snowfall, thrown by a small boy, and Is in
a serious Observation-Disclosures report many
foxes and much damage is being done.
Many scalps have been brought to the
! county clerk. Lambs and poultry are be-
! Ing carried off in great numbers.-The
Quinn case has been adjourned until the
18th. Mrs. Flora Ried. daughter of the
late Andrew Quinn, contests the will on
the ground that her father was not of
sound mind. and that undue influence was
used. The estate is valued at $4,000.
MILWAUKEE, WIs.-Martin J. Case,
who fears that through hypnotic spell he
Will be compelled to marry Miss Minnie
Ormond, for whom, he alleges. he has no
ahection, gave his consent In court to the
appointment of a guardian in order to
avoid the ceremony. Mr.. Case aid he
woman's hypnotic spell through her ap-
pl1cation to become his housekeeper. He
said the woman sat his lap and hyp-
not1sed him until he agreed to marry her
He is over so years old and doctors say
he Is slightly deranged from over work.
| sHE8oYGAN, Wls.-Alvin Dexlairner
aged 10 years. narrowly escaped death
by burning yesterday. He was selected
to play the role of Santa Claus at the
Christmas exercises held in the school
and was dressed in the usual style his
head and face being covered with cotton
ba ting. While he'was trying to light
the candles near the top of the tree
the cotton batting caught fire and the lad
was enveloped in flames. His face and
body were badly burned. 1t is thought,
however,, he will recover
APPLETON, Wls.-Burglars attempted
to break into the pesthouse where ten
smallpox patients are confined ohm
! Uecke of Seymour who was married re-
Gently to Miss Mollie Eustis heiress Of a
million, was taken from his house at mid
night. the night after the wedding by his
insane brother William. compelled 20
climb a, tree and remain there three
hours. William was captured and put in
the Northern insane asylum -:
CHIPPEWA FALLS, VISA highway
man held up and robbed Mrs. Rufus
Wand. wife of a former city treasurer,
and secured 50 by force at 5 o'clock last
night The robber escaped. f..l
} = WHITEWATER, WfS.-Morris Pratt
founder of the only school in the world
; devoted to instruction in spirtualism. is
= dead from the effects of paralytic stroke.
) WAusAU, WIS.-Edward Augustus
, Foster. aged 70 years, a retired lumber
, man, dropped dead of apoplexy. ~