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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
rABERDEEN, s. ID.

Thomas Burns and James Andrews arrest
ed for holding UP and robbing William Smer
ding and Felix Leshmer, after shooting at
Smerling and breaking his leg, have been
hound over on the charge Of assault with in
tent to kill They have yet to face the charge
of highway rohbery.--Miss Winifred Randolph
was married to ]. Fred Haun, and they have
gone east wedding trip. On their return
they will be at home at Morris, Mimi. where
the bridegroom Is cashier for the Great North
,ern road.-fhe county treasurer OF Beadle
county is trying to collect tax of about
49, 900 from Maris Taylor, receiver for the
IBuilding and Loan Association of Dakota, the
Iclalm being that as his place Of residence is
Huron, the association was liable for the
tax no matter where the $50. 900 assets then
idn his hands were deposited. It is alleged that
the assets on which 1t is sought to collect tax
were deposited in Aberdeen, the home of the
icorporation, and that if taxes are to be paid
John c. Macarthur of this city, member Of
hhe Twenty eighth infantry has been ordered
to report to General Kobbe at st. Paul. to
appear before board with view to retire.
ment He served at different posts in the
regular service before the Spanish American
war He then went to Cuta and received a
sbrevet from congress for gallantry: later ne
tserved in Luzon, where he was badly wound
ed After convalescng he was in command
iof Fort Wood in New York harbor. and later
was sent back to the Philippines because Of
his executive ability, to take charge of an
island on which insurgent prisoners were
kept He was breveted a second time by con-
rrass for services in Luzon. He is now at
home On sick leave, and is at present visiting
at Duluth.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
LOG THIEVES BUSY AGAIN
Rafters Are Losing Heavily-Missis-
sippi's Low Stage.


LA CROSSE, WIS.-An organized gang
Of log thieves, which has been operating
along the upper Mississippi, is continuing
its depreda tions, and lumbermen, steam
boatmen and log owners will make an ef-
fort to stop the thieving. 1t was thought
i the, agitation last spring would stop the
practice, but instead the thieves are bold
er than ever. Steamboatmen no longer
dare to tie a raft to shore in this vi
cinity, for the thieves not only steal the
logs, bu talso take lines and ropes
Milkmen are much aroused over the re-
port that >an inspector will be employed.
They threaten to increase the price of
milk to 8 cents a quart if the milk is
tested. Since the cattle in this city have
been dying with, anthrax, the health au-
thorities have considered the advisability
of employing an inspector. The milk
mems protest leads the authorities to be-
lieve that the dealers have not been sell
ing the pure article, but have used large
supply of water.
The low stage Of water is making navi-
cation difficult and many of the boats are
experiencing much trouble: Three boats
stuck on sandbars north of here in the
vicinity fof Dakota and other boats are
having Similar, trouble south. The Dfa-
mond 10 packet Dubuque was fast for
about eight hours and the rafters Rut-
ledge and Lizzie Gardner were also stuck
|, A raft that is being taken down the
river by the Mountain Belle has bcGn on
bar for several days and many of the
logs have been lost.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
NORTHWEST WEDDINGS

- LA CROSSE, WIS.-The marriage Of Frank
Bartz and Miss Hulda Hammes, prominent
young German people Of this city, took place
last evening at the Methodist parsonage, Rev.
Henry Goodsell officiating. The bridegroom
is connected with the J. S. Medary saddlery
company.
John e. Hale, who is to have charge of the
city schools the coming year, left yesterday
for Baraboo, where he was married at high
noon to-day to Miss Leona De Lapp. They
will arrive here this evening. The bride is
a graduate Of normal school and has for
some years been assistant principal Of the
Baraboo high school.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
LA CROSSE, WIS.

City Attorney w. F. Wolfe in an interview
says he rs not candidate for the nomination
of attorney general, Notwithstanding reports
sent out from Milwaukee. He says he is an
nation for governor.-About ten employees of
tho Mississippi River Towing company struck
for higher wages yesterday, and the demand
was granted. The men have been getting $40
a month and the demand was for $o0.-The
N. B. ,Holway estate has made contract with
the Burlington Lumber company of Burling-
ton, Iowa. to saw 5000, 900 feet of logs at its
mill the next few weeks. The logs will be
towed up Black river by the steamer Frank
John Povelack. the 6-vear- old son of Casper
Povelack, was probably fatally injured by a
yard. THE animal attacked the child and bit
him in the face, tearing the flesh to the bone
in several places. One eye was badly lace
rated. =. - ..'- GO. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
OPPOSE VAN HISE
Birge May Continue Temporarily at
Head of Wisconsin gu"

MADISON, WIS.-Regents Of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin are gathering IN
Madison for the adjourned meeting this
afternoon, at which time the special COM
mittee appointed to recommend a success
sor to the late President Adams is di-
rected to make its. reports. The commit
teemen are absolutely non communicative
as to the probable outcome.
A storm has developed over the report
that Professor Charles R. Van Hise, head
of the department of geology, was to be
the choice. A motion to elect him will be
made, it is said, but it is felt that with
the opposition of such members as Col
onel Villas and Breese Stevens, who, it is
believed, are opposed to the Madison man,
he cannot be chosen. :
The special committee has had since
last October to recommend successor.
The situation looks as though Acting
President Birge will continue in Office for
another year. The majority Of the facul-
ty favors Van Hise if Wisconsin man ID
to be chosen. e. ..-5
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
DUEL OVER A WOMAN
Pastor of Des Moines Negro Church
Dying of Wounds.

DES MONIES, IOWA-Rev. Frank
Lomack, pastor of the First African Bap-
tist church, will probably die as the re-
suit of two bullet wounds received at the
hands of AL Mckinney last night while
escorting Mrs, Sophie Soper home from
the opera house. .-;,>
Mckinney sprang from a clump of
bushes and opened the duel, Rev. Mr..
Lomack replying with four Intellectual
shots. Mckinney is under arrest. He had
sought the hand of Mrs. Soper and was
jealous of Lomack.
EDGEMONT, S. d.
Large shipments of sheep to eastern markets
are being made daily from this point, and the
local yards are taxed. The average daily
shipment is about $1,000 head. but it is ex-
pected this will be increased greatly in Sep
tember. At present most of the sheep that
are being shipped belong to the feeder class.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
SOME NEW RANKS.

Washington, Aug. 19.-The First National
bank of Sleepy Eye, Mimi, has been au.
tkorized to begin business; capital, $25, 900
G. D. Griffith, I.esiGent. A. w. Smith, cash
Ter. Authority has been granted for the or.
ganization Of the Clarke National bank o
Minneapolis; capital 5000, 900; A. D. Clarke
5l5 Fndcott building, st. Paul, S. P. Barr
M. F. Williams and S. H. Taylor are named
as incorporates. Authority has been granted
for the organization of the First Nationa
bank of washington Springs, S. D., capital
$25. 900. Authority has been granted for th'
conversion of the First State bank of Mil
hank, s. D., into the National bank of tina
city; capital, S25,0o0 ...
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
WATERLOO, IOWA

After borrowing $3.50 from members Of his
flock, Rev. G. A. Bryant. pastor Of, he
Baptist church at Jesup,, has disappeared.
There is said to be woman in the case. and
Bryant's wife says she found a letter in her
husbands pockets, signed Your darling low
ing Grace and filled with endearing terms.
When confronted with these letters the pastor
declared he could explain all and came to
Waterloo with his wife for that purpose. Ar
riving here he eluded his spouse and securing
a team drove back to Jesup, where he boarded
the fast train for the east, buying a ticket to
Chicago. He told friends he had received a
telegram telling of the dangerous illness Of
his father in New York. 1t is learned that no
telegram was received. Bryant has been a
barber and telegraph operator, but became
converted at revival meetings and entered the
ministry, being graduated from the Moody in
stitute at Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
DULUTH, MINN.

D0LUIH, MlNN.
The Duluth Brewing and Mating company
will build steel and concrete storage tor
beer to double it's present capacity of $4,000
barrelsIt will also build a separate office
building and make other large improvements
The company is operating the only COM
mercial mating plant in this part of the
country and is beginning to ship malt very
widely. 1t will have barley buyer on the
Duluth board Of trade permanently.-Btum
ous maccadam people who bid on First ave
nue. w paving two weeks ago, have sub
1nitted a second bid 25 per cent lower saving
S3, 600. They make the exceedingly lame ex-
.cuse for the previous high bid that they
i'thought the city had not the cash and didn t
intend doing the work" AS a matter of fact,
they put their price a shade under asphalt
and came pretty near losing all standing here.
The sunken steamer Wilson was sold by the
Pittsburg Steamship company to +. W. and
George A Wieland. The purchase price is
in the neghborhood of $4,000. The value OF
the vessel and cargo before the accident was
s225, ,OO0.-The remains Of the young man who
was drowned in Lake Superior Sunday have
been identified as. those of Gaylord Il. shu
man, a clerk for the Marshall-Wells Hard
ware company.-The northeaster on Lake
Superior broke up one of the big log rats
Belonging to Merrill & Ring of Duluth. Three
thousand logs were lost.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
MACHINERY AND ENGINES

LARGE STOCK OF PULLEYS. SFAFTIN0
and hangers always on hand. Northern Ma
chinery Co., 217 Sd st S, Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
HANCOCK, MICH.

: A jury in the circuit court awarded a
verdict of $500 to the plaintiff in the case. Of
Hector McAskill vs.. the township Of Hancock.
McAskll claimed heavy damages for the
flooding of his lands. The township diverted
q stream of water by building a drain near
his property The drain was insufficient to
care for the flow and the result was the wa
ter overfowed destroying, as McAskill al
legged, the value of his land. The case will
he appealed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
LAKOTA, N. ID.

The dead body of John Kanella was found
ON the Great Northern track in front of the
station this morning. The body was cut in
two and the right arm severed. No one
knows the man, but papers on his person
seem to identify him as John Kanella and his
York Mills, MINI. 1t is not known how the
accident occurred, but many think it was
probably due 10 the fact that the loading
Covered with cement, and in order to keep
people from walking on tile cement while 1t
was soft temporary fence was put up. This
form, so that anyone walking by the side
of it would be near to the track, and a
rapidly passing train might knock him of
or draw him under the cars. It Is supposed
that the east bound flyer caused tie death OF
Kanella.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
WASHINGTON, D. G.
PENSIONS granted .

Pensions granted: n
Minnesota-John Patterson, Dodge Center,
s6 Thomas w. Jenness, Winnebago City, $12;
Tarrent P Robinson. Minneapolis s.: Enos
Way, Nassau, $40; August E. -Horr, Mnneap-
oils, $14; John J. Boyd, Mountain Lake, So;
Ida L. Frederick, Rockford, ss; Mary E.
Sisson, Reading. $12. =" - -,
Wisconsin-Minorss Of Hilance j. C. Rego,
Shell Lake, $1o Andrew Byron, Baraboo,
$40; Christine ART. - Wisconsin Veterans
Home, Waupaca, $S; Rebecca A. Ldsley,
Boyd, SO. ~
Iowa-Edward Hoxworth, Washington, ss;
Edward L. Hall, Dubuque, $6; Hiram Phelps,
Guthrie Center, So; Bernt G.. Anderson Clear
Lake, s12; Robert 1. Matsel, Newmarket $12;
George j. v Luckey, Vinton, $24; James M
Jobe.- Clernont, $12;, Harriet S. Westgate,
Comanche, 50; Hannah Campbell, Atlantic, IS;
Anna Erwin, 1ndianola, $S; Rebecca A. 5Sni-
der, Goldfeld, $12. = 'a-'tt'}-e E'-f,a< = =
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
SIOUX FALLS, s. ID.

"A petition asking that William B. Redburn
& Son be adjudged involuntary bankrupts has
teen filed in the United States court by Wy
man, Partridge Co. OF Minneapolis. Several
sensational allegations made in the petit
ton. The Minneapolis company says the
firm is indebted to it in the sum of $4,000. The
most serious allegations is that on July 12 the
members of the firm, with purpose and in
into a corporation, which was named the
Redburn Grocery company. The stock in
trade of Redburn & Son is alleged, to have
pany, which executed and delivered to Joe
Kirby, a local attorney, a chattel mortgage
covering the property-Owing to the inability
OF some OF the Leading members to be present
South Dakota Retail Merchants Association
has been postponed until Wednesday of next
week, = ..L% z.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
FARGO, N. D.

Lieutenant A. E. Sundergauf formerly
register of the local land Office and meme
ber of Grigsby's Rough Riders, reached Fargo
late yesterday afternoon from Nome, Alaska,
where he is general manager of big mining
company. He is on his way to Gotham to
interview some members of his company re-
garding future work and will go back into the
gold fields before navigation closes. He has
been in Nome two years and has made trip
Hurley farm in Trail county, one of the most
valuable in the state, has been sold to John
Wyman Of Fargo and Banker E. Y. Sarles
of Hillsboro. The farm is near Duane and 10
splendidly developed. Among other thinDlf
there is private telephone system and tt
residence is equipped with all modern COR
yeniences.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
VERMILLION, S. ID.

Slowly but surely a chain of evidence is be-
ing established against H. P. Gilmore which
is not merely circumstantial. and which a
little later is likely to send him to the peni-
tentiary. The Butterick Publishing company
has at last been heard from. A. E. Nicholson,
general western manager, was in Vermillion
last Saturday., to identify Gilmore either as
one of the company's agents as fraud.
The meeting at the Jail did not last long.
Upon an inquiry by the manager as to wheth-
er Gilmore was. connected with the Butterick
company in any way, the reply was that he
never was an: agent and had never represented
himself to, be. Although Mr. Nicholson can
not recall where. he is positive he has seen
the man of many aliases before: From Bristol
and Waubay inquiries have teen received.
At the former place Miss Fauhney was swim
died, and at the latter, on July %. Miss M.
Maloney signed contract and paid her
money Both want chance at Gilmore when
| Clay county gets through with him.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
DUBUQUE, IOWA

Sheriff Steiner has arrived home with Ben
Holtkamp the former Poosta operator and
station agent of the Illinois Central, who
is charged with seduction by Miss Alice
Moore, a 17-year-od girl Of that place The
sheriff caught Holtkamp in North Dakota
In a free for all fight in dance hall at
Ballyclaugh, just outside of Dubuque, shots
were exchanged and Dubuque man named
Becker was shot III the arm and man named
Nugent who was standing outside, was struck
by stray bullet.-The Dubuque Retailers
association decided to hold a street fair this
fall: The carnival will probably be held the
first week of October.-Mrs. Martha Ballon,
pioneer resident of Dubuque, died in Chi
cago and the remains were brought to Du-
buque for nterment-Joseph strinsgy. stree,
foreman for the Key City Gas company and
George Beckett laborer, were overcome by
gas while repairing a main and for a time
their condition precarious. Both were
unconscious for about an hour. 80
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
WINONA, MINN.

The city council, after listening to a report
from the lighting committee on the subject OF
municipal ownership Of the electric lighting
plant, unanimously decided to erect and main
tain an electric lighting plant in connection
will cost in the neighborhood of $40. 900 and
will be erected and in operation by April 1,
1903. For several years the Winona Railroad
and Light company has been furnishing the
lights. "
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
OSHKOSH, WIS.

Dr. F. ]. Wilkie, health officer Of this city,
expresses the belief that most of the smallpox
Wisconsin and perhaps Chicago have not been
the result of actual ontact with infected per-
sons or clothing. but Of infection from germ
laden lumber brought down from the woods
of northern Wisconsin and Michigan. -, He
bases his belief on his experience of the past
year in fighting the disease in this city: He
maintains that lumber, being rough and po-
gion germs.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
WEST SUPERIOR, WIS.

Because he had been put off an interstate
car for splitting on the floor. James Vincent
tried to commit suicide by jumping off the
bridge into Lake Superior.-The democratic
for holding the convention which will nomi-
nate candidate to succeed Congressman Jen-
kins.-Word has been received of the death
at San Diego, Cal, of Mrs. Solon H. C1ough,
wife of Solon H., Clough, formerly circuit
Judge of this circuit and one of the pioneers
of Surerior.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
ONTONAGON, MICH.

AS result of dispute over the dividing
line between property at Rockland, Joseph
Biscombe pleaded guilty when arraigned be
fore a local justice on the charge Of malicious
mischief and was fined $50 and costs. It is
alleged by Biscombe that the caves of a
barn owned by neighbor projected over his
land To make the matter right he removed
the foundation Of the barn on that side, and
the building collapsed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
HIBB1NG, MINI.

i Hibting now receives two mails daily from
east and south. This improvement in the SER
the monthly payroll of the combined mines in
tho Hibbins district amounts to $3.50, ,00O.-On
Saturday a powder magazine at the Stevenson
mine blew uo with a car of powder. One
man was dangerously hurt. The windows in
the company's houses were broken. The ex-
plosion was caused by stray shot from a
Chisholm over Longyear lake has been given
TO Jacob Zimmerman of Duluth for So, ,849.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
HURON, $. d.

Two big real estate transfers were made
here One was the sale by Riley Miller Of his
Grant township ranch, consisting of 1000
his cattle and horses and other live stock.
The horses alone worth something like
$4,000. The purchasers are Manwarring
Brothers of Rock Rapids, Iowa. Another
deal was the sale Of the j. c. Snyder ranch
in Wolsey township for $4,000 cash. There
are 1,760 acres in the ranch Some of the
land was the original homestead Of Mr.. Sny-
der, the remainder being purchased by him
at different times. These sales, following
50 quickly upon that of the F. M. Wilcox
Cor land in this Immediate locality. Sales
OF lesser magnitude are very numerous.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
GRAND FORKS, N. D..

TWO hailst orms in the Red River valley
cut thousands 1of acres of1 grain even with
the ground. The townships Of Tabor, Key
stone and Fanny wera hit the hardest, and a
strip several milesonn width WAS totally
ruined. : Scores Of the farmers shave lost
every acre OF wheat they had. Farther east
there was some hail; abut the loss was not
total in that direction The storm on the Da-
by hail as far as heard from did not amount
to more than from 10 to 20 per cent: The
country between Beans siding and Arvilla was
hit and it is also reported that a strip south
Of ArviNla suffered. In East Grand Forks the
livery stable of George Salisbury struck
and every horse in the barn dropped to the
floor as though shot down, They were, sim
ply shocked, however. Aside from the dam
age done by hail, the heavy rain and wind
did more or less harm TO the crops, especi-
ally where they were heavy. .',.*
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
sIBLEY, IOWA

Fifty thousand. acres Of corn around sibley
have not been injured by frost and with a
month more of favorable weather will make a
fair crop.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
SIOUX RAPIDS, IOWA

The street fair has closed after a four days
run to large crowds. The ball game between
Laurens and the locals resulted Laurens 1 and
Sioux Rapids g. The Webster City team de-
feated the home team, II to 0. Muddy grounds
made it an uninteresting game. although
there were 900 people in the grandstand
Frank Gotch, champion of Iowa, won the
wrestling matches with Mustain of Nebraska
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
FOSSTON, MINI.

: A severe hailstorm passed over this section
of country Sunday evening. The stones va
ried all the way from the size of hazelnut
to hens eggs. The path Of the storm was
about two miles wide. and the line of de-
Intosh in a southeasterly direction for more
than ten miles. Though lasting but a few
minutes, it did a great deal of damage A
heavy wind accompanied the storm. Several
farmers suffered a total loss of crops.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
DEADwOOD, S. D.

The Deadwood board of education will build
a new schoolhouse in the first ward, to have
eight rooms with accommodations for 400 pu-
pills. 1t is to be two stories high and will be
modern throughout-The directors of the
Black Hills Mining Mems Association have
appointed delegates to the international min
ing congress They are S. w. RUSSELL J. K.
Vanatta, w. j. Thornby Asa Baldwin, W. S.
Warner, H. j. Mayham, John Madill, ]. B.
Empson, Frank Hebert and w. B. Milliken.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
MENASHA, WIS

A team of mules took fright at a passing
locomotive and crashed into a light wagon
containing Mrs. Lena Wesselhoeft of $50 W
Nineteenth street. Chicago and two children,
Clara and Fred. aged 3 and respectively, and
Mrs. Augusta Boreman of Neenah. Clara was
instantly killed and the rest of the party
sustained serious injuries
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
HERMAN, MINN.

Sam Fullerton, state game warden. was
here yesterday, looking for illegal chicken
shooters. Some s7ortsmen were, in the act
of having d man who was cleaning prairie
chickens back of the hotel arrested last night,
but before papers for his arrest were issued 1T
was discovered that the alleged violator Of law
and order was the game warden himself. The
chickens were seized by him in Stevens
county Yesterday. ( i
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA

At meeting of the stockholders of the
Portland Gold Mining company the directors
were empowered to file articles of ncorpora-
tions in some other state unless local authors
ties Of Council Bluffs and Pottawattomie
county abandoned their intention to assess
and tax the Portland company on its capital
stock. In case of removal both Colorado
and Wyoming are spoken of.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
EVARTS, s. ID.

Large shipments a.. range cattle are being
made daily The Shodly Cattle company
shipped fifty cars to-day. The Lake Lamb
and shodly will ship 13e cars next week: The
steam boat Iowa will arrive here Sunday to
assist in the crossing. The town is full Of
cattle men looking after feeders. Freight
Agent J. A. Macdonald and Superintendent c.
shnrnents for the road, Er
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
GAINESVILLE, MINI.

The Kiefer hardware store was robbed, the
thieves king several razors and knives and
all the. revolvers they could lay their hands
on s. .stst5s3. -sfz4s5. E%sE 5+s
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-19
sAULT STE. MARIE, MICH.

The Chamber of Commerce has decided to
make an effort to induce President Roosevelt
TO include the 500 on the itinerary Of his
western trip in September. The common
council will, at its next session, adopt resolu-
lions formally inviting the executive, and it
is likely delegation will be sent to Oyster
Bay to make personal representations.