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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-10
NORTH DAKOTA
FLickERTAiL TEACHERS
Annual Meeting OF the Various Associa
tion Sections at FARGO,

Annual Meeting OF the Various Associa.
tion Sections at Fargo.
FARGO, N. D.-The sixteenth annual
meeting Of the North Dakota Educational
association will be held In Fargo, N. d.,
Dec. t29, 80 and 81. All the sessions will
be held III the high school building. The
program for the general associa ton is as
follows:
TUESDAY. DEC. 30, 2 P. M.
General Theme: What knowledge Is of the
Most Worth to the Common School Teacher?
Prayer. t*
Music, by Fargo high school, directed by Miss
Presidents address. '"rhe Common School
Teachers Industrial Education President ",
+. Hicks ! Manual training r. school. Glendale
Teacher Know About Literature" T. c. VIII
liams, superintendent of schools, Cassehon. Dis
cusston. led by DR.. W. P. MacVey, Red River
Valley university, Wahpeton.
A social half hour. ,"' r. -. ..--
Physical culture, class from Fargo schools.
What Should the Common School Teacher
Principles Of Agriculture?' Paper, G. b. Wal
Nature Study g.. Paper. D. +: willard. May,
L. Perrine, Valley City normal school M
WEDNESDAY. DEC. 81, p P. NJ
General Theme: The Common Schools.
Prayer .7'@7 =
Music. -. 49,. ~. as
I Paper THE Teacher as Factor in Social
Life Mrs Alice w. Cooley, state university,
Paper, Consolidation of the Rural Schools,
L. B. Fancher, superintendent of schools. Ram.
sey county: Discussion led by L. G. DISCARD,
superintendent Of schools, Nelson county.
" Address. THE Normal Schools and Their Re.
!atton to the Common School, Superintendent ].
< M. Devine, Bismarck - $50
+ Address. The High School. and Their Rela:
ton to the Common School, State superintcnd.
ent,elect W, L. stockwell, Grafton.
Election Of officers and other business. =.
Programs will also be presented by the
county superintendent section; the high
school council, college, normal and manual
training school sections and the ele-
mentary section. '''..
+ All members OF boards OF education are
cordially invited to attend the various
sessions of the association; and to further
facilitate the exchange of ideas among
them, the following program has been
prepared. 1t Is. suggested that the de-
alterations should be in the nature OF
round table discussions, at which all
present may express themselves in
formally. sre .-
! ,First-School Architecture and Santa
tion-Round table, presided over by: Major
George Foster, president of the Fargo
board of cducation. In this connection
the visiting directors will be shown all
parts Of the Fargo high school building tc
illustrate the points raised In the discus
sion.
Second--Needed School Legislation-
Round table, presided over by W. L.
Stockwell. newly elected state superIn-
tendent Of public instruction.
Thfrd-Other subjects to be selected. by
the members present.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the school,
boards organize. and form section Of the
North Dakota Educational association?
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MONTANA

!: HELENA, MONT. = Agnost Monsoon,
who was arrested in Butte on a charge Of
raising bills and indicted by the grand
jury, and pleaded guilty in the United
States court, and was sentenced by Judge
Knowles to five years III the state peni-
tertiary and to pay Lime Of 81 900.
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a member Of the family in the morning,
having committed suicide while the fam

a MADRID, gIOWA.-While hunting, a
gun in the hands Of S. S. Zenor was ac-
cidentally discharged, the load striking a
grandson Nile Tabor. In the hip and MAX
ing a terrible wound
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SALTWATER, MINN-Judge Willis
ton sentenced Olaf Milander to five years
in prison for assault in the second de-
gree. Milander tried to kill his wife at
Valley Creek. -.f
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MARSHALLTOWN,IO WA.-Jud Hulse.
living a few miles from Gladbrook, killed
himself by cutting his throat with razor.
He had been sufferer from stomach dis
case. and dependency over his continued
ill health is supposed to have been the
cause of his act. I1e was found in bed by
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WARROAD MINN-T

WARRoAD, MINN.-The hotels are full
of immigrants.--Alfred Soderstrom of
Minneapolis has begun work on hotel
building east of the station.--Jones &
Lawson celebrated the completion of their
commodious store building with a grand
ball, which was we'll attended.
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ANOkA, MINN.-Mrs. r. Foster died
yesterday after a lingering illness, at the
home Of he daughter. Miss Emiline Foster.
She was a devout member Of the Baptist
church and lived to be rs years old j.
w. Wells is again a candidate for the posi-
ton of sergeant at arms at the state capt.
tol the coming session.
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STORYTELLING AND STRIPPING

Range Mines Busy With Winter Work.
Funds for Sweden.
HIBB1NG, .MINN.-The work Of stock
piling at the big underground mines here
began a few days ago and will proceed
during the winter. During the five
months of the closed season Of navigat ton
the stockpiles Of ore will grow day and
night. ,-,. ~.
Stripping work at the Burt and Poole
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actively employed in the mill proper at
present and the company has contracts
amounting to over 12O,OO0,o0O shingles. 1t
runs its own store and boarding house,
where employees are served with the best
at the lowest price. 1t lights the mill.
store and boarding house with its own
electric light plant.
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Cures
Drunkards
Secretly
Free Package of the Only. Successful
Cure Known for Drunkenness
<sa.. Sent to All Who Send
Name and Address.
N Can Be Put Secretly Into Food or Coffes and
~.i Quickly Cures the Drink Habit.

Few men become drunkards from choice or in
elinaton-all welcome release from the awful
habit Golden Specific will cure the worst habit
nal drunkard. > This wonderful remedy can be
administered by wife or daughter, In food, tea
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PAULLINA, ioWA.-Fire yesterda.
destroyed the J. T. Fitton & Co. drug
store. The loss is about $4,000; insurance
$500. -,
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ROYALTON, MiNN.-A fire at North
Prairie to-day burned the building Of j.
Bruske. a saloonkeeper. The stock of
liquor and household goods were saved
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AITkIN, MINN.-The local lodge Of
Knights Of Pythias elected officers as fol-
lows: E. P. Duffy, c. c.: Wesley Kast,
V. c.; Q. S. Beck, P; Dan Way, x. r.. S. !;
j. N. Mari, M. F.; Harry Beecher, M. A.;
j. G. Johnson, I. g.; F. w. Kast, o. G.
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GRAND MEADOW, MINN.-Mrs. Otis
Finhart, who died from the effects Of the
burns was buried this week in the Bear
creek cemetery.
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DEEP RIVER, IoWA.-Joe Lester
while hunting. with John Gilmore, fell in
such manner that his gun was dis
charged. the contents striking Gilmore in
the face It close range. Gilmore was ter
ribly mutilated and although he Is still
alive there is little hope of his recovery.
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NoRTHFIELD, MlNN.-The Carleton
Cilee club, which has made its annual trips
during the spring vaction heretofore, will
give several concerts Immediately after
Christmas. The trip planned includes
Austin. Spring Valley, Chatfleld, Kasson
and probably some others. 1t is the plan
Of the club to tour the western part of the
state in the spring besidessgiving concerts
in adjoining cities next term.-The w. G.
T. l.. will meet with Mrs. Frank J. Wilcox
on Thursday, at p. m.-Handel's Mes
siah'> will be presented at the Congrega-
tional church this evening. -.--
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sFARIBAUlT, MtNN.-Israel Dudley. a
resident for many years, died yesterday
of paralysis, aged Sc years He served
IN the War of the Rebellion as a mem
Der of the Twenty ninth Wisconsin infan-
try. The funeral will be in charge Of
Michael Cook post, G. A. R.-ONeil &
Son have secured contract to build a
100000 powerhouse for an electric plant at
McAlester.-Peter P. Rood, a wellknown
resident, died yesterday at the age Of IS.
He had lived here thrity-three years.
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COURTNEY, N: D.-Andrew Thompson
has decided to run a tow mill at Kensai
and Courtney. He will purchase the flax
direct from the farmers and a, market will
thus be found for what otherwise would
be worthless product.
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NASHUA, .IOWA.-James Shannon ac-
cidentally shot and killed himself while
hunting. He had gone to. a neighbor's
and laid his rife OH some hencoops.r, In
some manner it was knocked oft. The
weapon was discharged and the bullet en-
tered Shannon's side, killing his almost
instantly. -,
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,TAMA, IOWA.-A second amulet petit
ton has been put in circulation in lama
county, the canvass for the first having
failed to secure sufficient signatures The
temperance people are holding meetings
and making an active fight
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ELMORE, MjNN,-Seyers

ElMORE, MlNN.-Several business
changes have taken place recently. The
Gilmore Drug company. has sold to Mr.
Lair of Kiester, MINI. The Gem restau-
rant, owned by J. w. Bartholomew. has
been sold to M. N. Woolery of this place.
There is talk of. installing an electric
lighting plant next spring.
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troll of seyral hundred of acres of land
supposed to be rich in placer gold A
large stream Of water trayerses their land
and a vast deposit of gold is believed to
be at the bottom of deep basin. It
is purposed to divert the channel of this
river, and drain the basin. The promoters
are among the most successful business
men of Canton. George E. Henders, is
president; D. S.. Guinter, secretary; Chas.}
e. Judd, treasurer The company has an
authorized capital stock of 5000, O00.-The
wholesalers of Sioux Falls have fallen out
again with the Milwaukee railroad and
this time Canton is the bone of contention
The rod is charged with discrimination
against Sioux Falls in favor of Sioux City
In freight rates to this place. The case
has been carried to the state railroad COM.
mission which is making an investiga ton.
HOT SPRINGS, S. D.-Land Commits
sloner Hermann has outlined a plan for
the administration of the forestry service
which he thinks will do away with some
of the red tape. He has begun to. dis
pense with the services of forestry super
lntendents in various parts of the coun
try and ultimately will have all these
offices abolished. Up to this time only>
few have been discharged In places
where the, forestry reserve is the smallest.
Under laws and regulations for the admin
istration Of the service persons living
near the reserves and those having min
eral claims near them are allowed to use
timber for domestic purposes and the
propping~, of mines. The new rule will
provide that applications for timber shall
come direct from the supervisor to the
general land office after the superfn-
tendehts: are discharged Commissioner
Hermann has also found that the super
visors can perform about all the other
work now assigned to the superintendent.
VERMlLLlON, S. D.-The law depart
lnent of the state university has a splen-
did working library. Among the volumes
just added are 175 of the Massachusetts
Reports and the Northwestern Reporter
in 80 volumes, exclusive of the digests.
The United States supreme court digests
and Il volumes Of the English Reports, of
which there are; 70 more to come, are also
recent arrivals Two large new cases
have been provided, and these are rapidly
being filed. Miss Robin Bell, registrar.
is busy placing the university perforated
brand. on the new volumes. Dean
Sterling has made a very careful selection,
and the new facilities offered in this de-
partment are highly appreciated by the
students. The attendance is increa sing.
and the next semester promises many new
law students.
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SIOUX CITY, lOWA.-Mayor Caldwell
and Commissioner +. j.. McVann of the
Commercial club, are making elaborate
plans for the entertainment of the South
Dakota Press associations A *'Dutch''
lunch will be provided day and night and
a. theater party and banquet will be other
features. =: -..,y.. - 49,: .2%'' r. '.'"
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Cedar Rapids Davenport, Rock Island,
Burlington, Quincy and St. Louis reached
best and quickest over the Rock Island
Ry. Ticket office a2e Nicollet avenue.
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DEADWOOD, S. D.-Word has reached
Deadwood of the death of Donald Nc
Lean. one of the pioneers of the Hills, at
a hospital in Chicago. Asthma was the
main cause that contributed to his death,
complications having developed. Mr..
Mclean came to the Black Hills in 1877.
His wife and a son survive hima-The
Deadwood Public Library association has
elected Mrs J. S.. Phelps librarian. to
succeed Mrs. M. j CASTOR, whose death
occurred recently.
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7 FOND DU LAC, WIs.-Bishop Grafton
sustains Rector Frank Of Sheboygan in
publicly communicating five vestrymen.
The bishop says the yestrymen have
shown an unchurchly and contunlacious
spirit and thus made themselves liable "a
suspension from the holy communion,
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MINOR; N. D.-District court con-
vened yesterday. The calendar is not a,
large one, but contains several blind pig
cases. 81 "
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MILWAUKEE,, W1s.-The arrival of
thirteen vessels with about SO, 900 tons of
hard and soft coal has put an end to the
coal famine in Milwaukee.
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, WISCONSIN

70. oScEOLA, :NIS.-Mrs. Martin, aged 81
Years, died suddenly at the home of her
son Fred in the town of Farnington>-
James Trott, pioneer resident of the
town Of Balsam Lake, was buried ,yester-
day. He was 80 years Of age.--The fol :
lowing orders have elcted officers for the
ensuing year. Osceola lodge I. O.. o. F..
H. G. Harding. N. G.; John Van Bollen, V.
G.; c. w. Staples, r. S.; C. H. Oakley, P.
S.; E. W. Sleeper, Treasurer; G. B. Cor
yell, trustee.-Cascade lodge, D. Of r.,
Edna, Mears. N. G.; Mrs. John Van IIolen,
V. G.; Carrie A. Mason r. S.; Mrs. H. G..
Vagel F. S.; Mrs. VIM. Hillskotter, treas
urer:-Good Will Camp, M. W. A., c. w.
Staples. V. c.; F. O. Nagler, W. A.; IT. J.
Rowcliff, clerk; L II. Garlick, assistant
clerg; II. c. Harding, banker; w E.
Tewksbury w; Nick Wickser, S.; c. c.
Glow. escort; Fl. E. Combacker. physician;
l.. II. Garlick. manager.-Woodbne Camp
II. N. A, Mrs. M. G. Roucliff. O.; Mrs. G.
G: Hillskotter. V. o.; Edna, Mears. record
er; Mrs. l.. H. Garlick, r.; Mrs Abbie
Corey, NJ; Mrs. c. c. Glow, c.; Mrs. F. o.
Nagh, I. S.; Miss Laura Glow, O. S.
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h MADISON, WIS.-Ifandcuffed to two
burly convicts, and with a 3s-caliber re-
volver handy i'll her coat pocket, Mrs.
Ernest F. Burmeister. wife Of the sheriff
Of Dane county. took Burt Holmes and
George F'redericks to: the state prison at
Waupun. 1t is the first time in the his
tory of the state that a woman performed
such duty. -E<-
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sioux FALLS, S. D.-August Strau-
meier. an convict; B. Gunderson and G.
Holverson, who were arrested on the
charge of breaking into a local restaurant.
admitted their guilt. Gunderson. and
Holverson, however. stated they entered
the building at the request of the eX-con-
Wet. whom they accuse of having forciby
gained an entrance. Holverson and
Gunderson were each sentenced to thirty
days imprisonment while Straumeier was
held for appearance at the next term Of
state circuit court.--Judge Jones has
ordered that S. J: Conn, a boy who robbed
the store of W. O. Crooks. at New Hope.
this county, be sent to the state reform
school at Plankinton until he reaches the
age Of 81. Conn confessed the crime
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WILLIAMS SIDING, MiNN.-Fire

stroyed the section-hou burning the eff
fects Of the section and bridge crews Of
the Canadian Northern railway.-J. B. Nc
Auley is opening general store. There
will be great activity this winter in the
wood and tie camps adjacent to Williams,
Cedar and Graceton Sidings. George Will
liams is erecting camp to accommodate
seventy five choppers.
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SPARTA, WIs.-Mrs. George Bradley.
aged 62eyears, died suddenly Of paralysis
OF the heart
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FARGO, N. D.-There is a demand
among the health officials of the state for
a new law regarding the issuance Of death
certificates. Under the present law Ger
tif1cates are compulsory only when bodies
ate to. be sent out Of the state. It fro
quently happens that deaths are not re-
ported, and a request will be made of the
legislature that a stringent law be passed
requiring death certificate before inter
p1ent and making it compulsory for physi-
clans and relatives to report deaths to the
proper uthorities.-Manager Edwards Of
the Fargo branch of the Northwestern
Telephone company, reports the material
here for putting the cables into the con-
duits. The new keyboard, a duplicate of
the one in use in Minneapolis, will soon
be ready to be Installed in the building
erected this s,mmer.-The annual session
of the North Dakota Fraternal congress
is being held in Fargo to-day. The con-
gress is composed Of several orders and
has been the means of establishing more
friendly relations between then.-Henry
Kane, assistant cief of the fire depart
ment, has been retired by Mayor Sweet
and his place may. be filed by the appoint
ment Of II. T. Hanson.
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ASHLAND, WIS. - Navigation closed
last night with a total of 1855. 1923 tons
of ore shipped. an increase of % per
cent over last year. Lumber shipments
foot up to 25.000,000 feet and over 2O0,-
100000 of logs in RATS We're received,
Over 1900 vessels arrived and Cleared
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/ LOGAN, IoWA.-It has just. been
learned at ST. Joseph, Mo-, that Victor
Long. assistant cashier of the German
American bank there. eoped with Miss
Myrtle, Minshall of this place Sept. H.,
and was married. The couple lived SO
quietly in st. Joseph that it did not be-
come known.
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NEVADA, IOWA.-Rosale Force, aged
l6, and Victor Fitch, aged 20, both of Gear
| ing, ran away from home and came to this
city to be married. The girls father,
however, got wind Of the affair and tcle-
phoned to Nevada telling the clerk of
courts to refuse a license, as his daughter
was under the legal age. He then came
to Nevada and took his daughter home.
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DEs MONIES, IoWA.-The state park
and forestry association elected officers as
follows: President, Professor It. II. Nc
Bride, Iowa City; secretary, Professor L.,
II. Pammell, Ames; treasurer, Silas H.
Wilson, Atlantic, Iowa. A committee was
elected to secure legislation in favor of
forestry development and for public parks
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o!ToSSEN, IoWA.-S. E. stoiler, a
blacksmith. has sued Charles e. Faeth
& Co.. of Sioux City, for $4,000 damages,
charging him with blacklisting him and
running his credit. The company is ac-
cused of writing to the Hardware Credit
association of Chicago and stating that
Stoner was unworthy of credit ..>'-
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STUTSMAN'S NET GAIN
Between 500 and 900 New Settlers Dur.
ire $I,S

Between 500 and 1000 New Settlers Dur
ing the Season Of 1902.
JAMESTOWN IN. D.-During the past
season there was a remarkable rush OF
people to the western part Of Stutsman
county to secure homesteads and buy the
lands, and it is estimated that between,
800 and 1000 new settlers have located in
the county. This remarkable growth has
been brought about by the realizat ton on
the part of the people generally that the
land Is admirably fitted for stock "a Using
and small farming. The, crops in the
western part Of the county were excellent
this year land It is expected that at the
close of next year there will not be
homestead left In that portion of the
county. ,e,' = go.
: The new settlers are of a most desira BILE
KIND Prior to this year almost all the
settlers In that section We're Russians, and
despite the fact that they were Unused
to the methods Of farming in vogue here,
they have all prospered to q remarkable
degree.
The Jamestown council has been having
some trouble as the result of citizens
resisting the efforts made to compel res
1dents to rebuild sidewalks. Some Of the
residents refused and those who obeyed
the order are in some cases, threatening
to recover damages for sidewalks torn up,
and Which they were compelled replace.
new standpipe with a capacity Of
100000 gallons Of water has just been
completed by the city, and the water will
be turned into it this week. The stand
pipe Is Of steel and is seventy feet in
height. The water is pumped from the
city we'll, half a mile distant. The water
works system has been improved to the
extent Of about $4,000, and the city now
has fine system of protection. :
Veterinarian I,'Moore was called to
Fessenden to decide a controversy be-
tween the, state veterinarian and another
doctor as to whether eleven horses be-
longing to Albert Styling had CHAMBERS or
not The state veterinarian declared they
were afflicted with CHAMBERS and wanted
to shoot them. :" DR.. L'Moore decided the
animals did not have CHAMBERS.
The authorities have discovered that the
! man captured in the act Of cracking a
safe at Kalfspell is not O'Brien. the self
confessed murderer of Fritz Prillipp. who
escaped from the jail at Fessenden.
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MASON CITY, IOWA.-Whle the jun
1ors OF the high school were attempting to
prevent the boys of the senior class from
attending class party at the residence
OF j. Pfohler, several of the juniors at
tackled a young man. The young women
resented this and went to his assistance
among them being Miss Donna Elder. In
the scuffle she was struck in the head
and made unconscious for two hours
The school board is Investigating.
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NEWTON, lOWA.-George Baker, a
young and prosperous farmer, has de-
serted his bride, whom he married about
three weeks ago. He went as far as Ira
on horseback and then pinnipg a note to
the saddle telling his wife he was gone for
good and it would be useless to look for
him, turned the horse loose to come home.
1t is said he was engaged to another young
lady of the town and that she is probably
the cause of his disappearance. -.-