The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-29
CONCENTRATOR BURNS
Four Hundred Men at Butte Left
Without Jobs.

Without Jobs.
BUTTE, MONT.-The concentrators Of &
the Montana Ore Purchasing company,
better known as the Heinze concentration.
was totally destroyed by fre last night.
The fire originated in the dynamo room
and was caused by the burning of a fuse.
In few minutes the building was mass
Of flames.
T. The concentrator is distant about 100 !,
yards from the smelter and a trestle con-
meets the works. The trestIe was soon In :
flames, but by prompt action it was saved
The loss is estimated at 800, ,00O,: which
is covered by 100000 insurance. IT. will
take about three months to repair the
damage, and in the meantime fully 400
men employed by the company will be laid
off. s
ANOkA, MINN.-Louis Norberg, aged
20 years, died at the home of John Bran
dell of heart failure. Miss Augusta Os-s
from, died at the age of II years, of con-
sumption. Both funerals will take place
to to-morrow.--Goodrich & Jennings, drug
gists, have purchased the drug stork Of
H. L. Ticknor & Co. The firm Of Ticknor
& Co., is one of the Oldest In the city and
the taking down of its sign will be the re-
moval of about the oldest landmark here
abouts.-The long expected test Of the
waterworks was made yesterday after
uOOO. IQS ordnance requires elSilI SlTedIHS
of water 100 feet high for thirty minutes.
The average height attained was about
eighty-fiv feet and none OF the streams
was sustained at the required height for
any length OF time. While the stream OF
water forced through the mains was ap-
parently ig :! good yet 1t was not up to the
SpeC1fca tlOnS OF the crdlnance.-A COM
plaint has been served on R. Krause Of
Burns, this county, by Mary Wilson of the
same place, for seduction under promise Of
marriage of woman Of previous chaste
character. She showed the complaint to
her betrayer, thinking the document
would induce him to marry her. Instead
he left the country. Miss Wilson Is maxi
ing her home in Minneapolis.
BILLINGS, MONT.-Chief of Police
| Jackson has received a telegram from
Chief Of Police Charles Elton of Los An
| geles, CAL, asking for Philip D. Watkins,
! under arrest here on the charge of pass
| ing bogus check. Several messages of
| inquiry concerning Watkins have been
received from various cities. A letter ad-
dressed to Cashier Arnold of. the First
| National bank of Amesbury, Mass, upon
| which the check cashed in this city was
drawn, states that several checks have
been drawn on that bank throughout the
| west. - 49,.
GRAND FORKS, N. D.-As an illus
| tration of the manner in which land
| values are advancing, not only in the val
| ley, but in other sections of the state, a
week can be referred to-: This
was the purchase of section 10
in Larimore township by Clay
Larimore from ex-senator Horace F. Ar
| mold and his brother, Ellery Arnold, the
consideration being $4,000, or $50 an acre.
| The land is In a section of the country
that has always been considered fair, but
| he hoc nd a
| short time ago would have been consid-
cred ridiculously high. This is but a fair
sample of the manner in which values
have been clim mbing.
NORTHWEST WEDDINGS.
| WINONA, MINN-Ralph Burdoin and
Miss Frances S. Caine, both of this city,
were united in marriage by Rev. Mr.. Nc
K1nna. Mr.. BurdOin is an engineer on
the North Western road.-Whilbert H.
Whiting, of Grand, Rapids, Wis, and Grace
E. Soper of this city were married at the
home of the brides parents in this city,
Rev. A. T. Foster -officia ting. After a
honeymoon in st. Paul they will make
their home at Grand Rapids. :
+ JAMESTOWN, N. D.,-Cards have been
received announcing the marriage Of Myra
Williams Helm. formerly Of Minneapolis,
and Martin Alvaro Fountain, on Monday,
Aug. rs, at Rockford, Ill. They will be
at home in Chicago after Sept. 1.-Miss
Berdella M. Fair of Pingree, daughter of
Mrs H A. Fair, was united in marriage
in Jamestown to Daniel Mckenzie of Pin
gree yesterday afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Phil
lips performing the ceremony. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mckenzie. will reside on a ranch near
Pingree. mira ~-'.
PARK RAPIDS, MINN.-W. A. Ford.
agent for the Great Northern at Park
Rapids, and Miss Anna La Vigue of
Walker were married yesterday at
| Walker, and went to Berlin, Wis, for q
few weeks visit.
J. BLUE EARTH, MINN.-Herbert F.
! Kister, a prominent young merchant Of
! this place, and Miss Margaret Jones, for
| merly a teacher in the public schools
! here, were married at Luverne on the
4 26th. ~ -. ::
/ REfNBECk,z iOWA-This town will
soon have a new. poStofdce- building. As
soon as the architects plans are COM
pleted the contract will be let. 1t will be:
two stories in height, heated by steam and
modern in every way. It will be ready
for occupancy by Dec. /. s.-