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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
CREAMERY BUTTER SCORES
w. n. BaIdwin's Tub Took First Place
at Buttermakers' Convention.

ABERDEEN. S. D.-The State Dairy
and Buttermakers' association closed its
twelfth annual meeting last night with an
address on The Dairy Cow by James
w. Wilson, director of the United States
experiment station at Brookings and SON
of James Wilson, secretary of agrcul-
ture. N.. ...-
Twenty-Five tubs Of creamery butter
were in the competition for prizes and the
tub exhibited by E. H. Baldwin Of the
state agricultural college was given first
place, with a test of 81. The next high
est place went to Carl Hartwig of Fred
erick, who scored 96s4. Other scores were
as follows: c. S. Payne, Webster, e64;
C. B. Thompson, Nora, SO; o. L. Distad,
DeSmet, 90; w. Anderson. Erwin So: A.
P. Laurson, Center Point, So; Louis
Brunt. Irene, 951a; J. J. Becht. Roslyn.
95; George c. Miller Forman, n. D.. 95:
Thomas Vanderveldt, Big Stone county,
90; F. G.. Stiller, Rutland, n. D., 941s;
r. Bliss Hecla SO; A. P. Rygger. Mil
bank. SO; J. H. Brockway, Mitchell 90;
E. H Pierce. Cakes. SO; F. F. Smith.
Houghton 921z H. c. Webster. Spencer.
81; c. c. Lingenfelter, Hitchcock, 81; And.
Harbo. Stronston. 81; l. G. Arthur, Bris-
tol, 901a; Will Cleveland. Willow Lake,
901a: Alex. Gustavson, Greenfield, 90A; N.
NJ. Jensen. Conda. IS: w. c. 7. Boettcher,
Corona. s.. a..
lie DOuy Oh MdIE Ohdu ,di 1IiUld
maiden. was shipped from here to Stand
ing Rock agency yesterday. Her death
was the result of asphyXiation from il
Illuminating gas. With her father, who is
an educated deaf-mute Indian, she was a
guest at the Wisconsin house, and on re,
firing she blew out the gas. being found
dead the next morning. ...-
Frank Smith, a star route stagedriver,
is serving a sentence in jail here for en-
bezzlement He drove the stage to Leola
and was in the habit of bringing butter
and eggs to the city for farmers along
the route. He disposed of the products
and carried the money to the owners
on the next trip. Recently, however, he
had used the. proceeds to get full and
on and his arrest followed. On facing
the charge he confessed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
TWO OUT OF TWELVE
Mine Shaft Fire at Eveleth Caused
the Death, of Two Impris-
oned Men.
Ten Others Cropped Through Steam,
Gas and Smoke to Places
of Safety.

Eveleth. Mimi, Feb. 1.-Two lives
were lost and ten men had narrow escapes
a result of the fire in No. 3 shaft at
the Spruce mine, owned by the United
States Steel corporation yesterday. The
names of the dead are:
JOHN O'BRIEN. unmarried.
WILLIAM MATTHEW'S, married
The fire was caused by the explosion
of lantern which was left near the
edge Of the shaft on the second level,
$50 feet below the surface
Ninety feet deeper in the mine twelve
men were at work in a drift which was
being put through from No. to No. 1
shaft. There was no escape for them, ex-
cept by the way in which the fire was
raging. The efforts of the firemen were
directed with good effect on the blazing
woodwork which lined the shaft, the
red through to the point where the fire
origina ted.
There was ventilation for the fire
men. but none for the twelve men in the
drift, ninety feet below them. The air
soon became freighted with steam, gas
and smoke. The men were in total dark
ness the lights from their candles being
of little avail.
They cropped to the point where the
drift joined No. 1 shaft and peered up
ward. and when they could no longer see
fire above them began climbing the lad
der.
Ten Of the men reached the second
level. Two, O'Brien and Matthew'S were
overcome when about forty feet from the
point where safety was assured, and fell
back to their death.
OBrien's and Matthew'S bodies have
not been recovered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
kocH,s DISAPPEARANCE
Duluth stenographer Attacked by Robbers
.-. Has Been In an Insane Asylum. g

SUMNER. IOWA.-Last fall John KOCH
son of Henry Koch Of this city. went to
Duluth to act as stenographer for a firm
of brewers. He worked for three days
and then disappeared, and the police could
find no trace of him. ST: Word has now
reached his parents that he is in: a city
in Alabama. He has been insane for some
time, and only recently has been able to
give any account of himself. He says
all he, can remember is&ttat he was held
up at an, entrance. to- an alley, and he
thinks that one "of the robbers hit him on
the head and he knewsno more until he
regained his senses in iaasouthern insane
hospital It is expected he will be
brought home at once. ~~-t
Rev. Mr. CunninghaaE of the United
Brethren church. while making pastoral
cabs in the country; swas taken danger
ously sick and is not expected to live. r
Sumner is the only city in Iowa of less
than 1000 population that has eight rural
routes Six new ones We're added Feb. 2
to the two in operation for year. The
postoffice at Mentor was discontinued
and Buck Creek and Frederika are served
by the CARRIERS An area of 140 square
miles is served and 3 ZOO persons and GAG
houses reached; an average Of 400 persons
and eighty houses to- each route:. The
carriers travel 194.75 miles each day, an
average of 24.3S miles for each man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
FIRST DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
Austin and Spring Valley VIII Settle |
on Friday EVENING"

AUSTIN, MINN.-The final debate for
the championship of the first congress
sional district will be held here on Friday
evening between the Austin and Spring
Valley high school teams. Austin takes
the negative and Spring Valley the affirm
alive. "
The basket ball game at the armory
Tuesday evening between the Shattuclz
team of Faribault and the Austin high
school boys was won by Shattuck score
rs to 21.-S. H. Harrison, who. has been
editor of the Austin Times for the past
seven years. has sold his interest to Ed
B. Kottek and intends to go to Seattle.
Arrangements have been made for six
lectures on economics in the university
extension course, Professor Ira w. How
erth, professor OF sociology in the Univer-
sity of Chicago, being the lecturer The
first will be given Friday evening on the
subject, Social Waste."-Rev.' w. w
Dawley, D. D., of Minneapolis, commences
a series of two weeks meetings at the
Baptist church next Monday evening.
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IOWA
HULL And PR0UTY
Old Fight Is Reopened at Des Moines
Between Rival Congressional
Candidates.
Control Of Polk County Republican
Committee the Issue at the
Present Time.

Special to The Journal. .-...T =. -
Des Moines,. Iowa, Feb. IA. despera te
contest is going on under the surface for
the control OF the republican county COM
nlittee Of Polk county. The primaries for
the nomination of county candidates VIII
be held March 6 and committeeman will
be chosen. then. While a large amount of
dust has been. kicked up over the nOm1na-
lions. the real battle is between the Hull
and Prouty forces for control Of the COM
mittee, in preparation for the compression
al campaign of next year.
Ordinarily. control of the county COM
mittee would not be an extremely essen
tial feature of the struggle. In, this case,
control is everything, as it enables the
element having it to dictate who shall
vote at the primaries. Having sway over
the committee year ago, the Hull men
named the judges and admitted to the
booths only such democrats as they knew
would vote for Hull. PrOuty democrats
were excluded There is no doubt the
tactics next year will be just the, same and
that whichever element has control of the
. committee and can name the election
judges, will see to it that enough voters
go into the primaries who are not of the
republican party. to sway the result.
The board of managers of the State
Teachers Reading Circle, at session
yesterday, held for the adoption of a
course Of study for the year, took up a
new, branch of work. committee was
named to outline a suggestive course of
reading for pupils throughout iowa. This
course is to be based on the books In the
school district libraries. All. -. - e..
Eva Steen, the deaf, dumb and blind
child of Knoxville. is getting along well
at the institution for feeble minded at
Glenwood, and the incident appears to be
closed Chairman John Cownie of the
board of control has received a letter from
superintendent Powell Of Glenwood in
which he says arrangements have been
made for the child in the infirmary and
that the mother is pleased with the dis
position made of the little one. DR.. Pow
ell expresses the belief the child will i'm
prove perceptibly at the institution.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
SOUTH DAKOTA
STOCK IS PERISHING
Two Feet of Snow Over Vast Tract
of Range on the Rosebud
Reserve.
Cattle Drifted In and Eaten by
Wolves Losses of 40 Per
Cent Estimated.
Special to The Journal.

Bonesteel. S. D., Feb. 12.-Severel
stockmen from the range country forty
miles west were in the city to-day pur-
chasing supplies, and report that cattle
are perishing in their locality by the hun
dreds. Ham Bros. found forty-two head
of big steers piled UP in one canyon, and
estimate their loss alone will be about 40
per cent.
Arthur Grouse, another -stockman living
in Trip county has lost over 800 steers
out OF bunch of 600
The deep snow begins about thirty miles
west of here and the entire range for 100
miles west Of that point is covered with
snow to a depth of two feet, making it i'm
possible for stock to secure feed. One
ranchman lost six head of saddle horses
in the last storm, they having wandered
into deep ravine, where they were en-
tirely drifted over with snow.
Thirty head of 2-year-old steers belong
ing to different firms were drifted in on
the west side of this county, and re-
NAMED in space of about one acre for
three weeks. When found eleven were
dead and the entire bunch had no tails,
they having. been eaten by wolves. The
wolves had also eaten part Of the necks
and thighs of the live animals.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
PUBLIC WElGHMASTER
Mankato's Council Selects New Official
on Request of Citizens

Mankato's Council Selects a New Official
on Request of Citizens.
MANKATO, -MINN.-As a result of an
agitation by the merchants, the city coun-
Gil has provided for a public weighma ster,
at salary of $50 a month. The commit
tee on markets filled the position to- day
by the selection of F. T. Enfield. Scales
are to be leased until summer in order to
see whether the plan will work. The city
had such an official some years ago, but
the plan was considered a sinecure and
was abolished. Many believe that the
same will prove true again.
Joseph Latourell of Sterling Center has
just received patent on an ingenious
and valuable invention for farmers. He
has perfected a whiffetree to be attached
to any binder whereby the draft of four
horses is equalized. Hereafter, one horse
will not do most of the pulling. -
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and the students were assigned to homes
in the village. The faculty declare the
school will continue and the term DE COM
pleted,and that all students may remain
The building was insured for 100000
"A later and more thorough investiga-
ton would go to show that the fire was
started by electric wires. ~ -,
Paul Thernausek has entered into a
partnership with E. j. Stearns, dealer in
lumber. -s....- -"~ T.''-.
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woRTHINaToN's INSTITUTE
Free Dinner Served All Farm Visitors b!
the Business Mon, 5Sis.;: s,S'

Ute 6uS11ISSSF THoH' 5.-a'7i:E-5a
WORTHINGTON,=M INN.-A two days
session of the farmers institute closed
yesterday. The first days session was at
tended by 500 persons and the second by
700. The visitors were interested listen
ers to every word uttered upon farming
by the instructors. The business men fur
nished every visitor free, dinner. which
was served by the Ladies' Cemetery Aid
association. About j, 200 people partook.
A young child of Fred Volk's was re-
Gently burned on its side by boiling hot
water and gangrene set in. Dr. F. E..
Walker, knowing the child would die if
no remedy could be secured to counterfeit
the poison, tried formalin. the new blood
poison remedy used a few times in the
east. The treatment acted almost like
magic. The child at once. showed i'm
provement and is recovering. The doctor
will try skin grating for the parts burned.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
KILLED BY FAST MAIL

Ambrose Gardner, Old Soldier Of Lake
City, Stricken by the Cars.
LAKE CITY, MINN.-Arnbrose Gard
ner of this place is in a dying condition.
caused by injuries received early to-day.
While on Weeds crossing, one and "a
quarter miles from town, he was struck
by the fast mail and thrown against a
fence. His head was crushed and arm
broken. He has a wife, two sons and one
daughter. He was an old soldier. and
long time resident of Lake City.
Gardeners horses were torn to pieces by
the locomotive and his sleigh broken up.
He was a teamster and left the city early
for a load of wood
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12

ST. JAMES. MlNN.-Workmen are re-
building the burned portion of the Hotel
Forsyth the proprietor having settled
with the insurance companies for se,500.-
A public meeting was held last night and
the Forum formally organized. Mayor
Gibbs spoke on some of the needs OF the
city. The next meeting is to be Feb. 10,
when Attorney ]. j. Thornton, Jr., will
speak.-Janes- johnson and Miss Agnes
Sloan, both Of Madelia, were married.
The fire department has elected the fol-
owing officers: c. e. Fuller. chief; E. H.
Olsen; assistant: Otto Bergman, treasurer;
Nick Stemper, secretary;sPeter Salty and
J. H. Holloway, trustees.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
MAY HAVE KILLED HIMSELF
Reserth Was in Great Trouble ov

Prospective Property Losses.
LA CROSSE. WIS.-Judge Fruit in the
circuit court to-day denied a petition Of
II. Regerth, in the case of Carter VS.. Re-
gerth, to set aside a judgment for So. 500
on the ground of fraud in former trial.
Albert Regerth went to st. Paul some
months ago to purchase land. He left a
note for $4,000 with a land company but
returned without the land He did not
appear at the trial of the case, in which
the land company tried to collect the note,
and it went by default against him.
A judgment was taken against his farm
and Immediately thereafter he disap-
peared. He was not at the trial to-day.
and it is feared the prospect Of losing his
property turned his mind and that he has
committed suicide. A search IS being
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
PASTOR RESIGNS
Rev. Mr.. Beckman of Park Rapids Leaves
for Gardiner, Oregon. r

for Gardiner, Oregon. .
PARK RAPIDS, MINN.-Rev. c. O.
Beckman, pastor Of the Methodist church
has resigned and with his family left
for Gardiner, Oregon, Monday. A union
farewell meeting. in which all the churches
participated, was held at Rema's opera
house Sunday evening.
La grippe is prevalent, and there is
scarcely a family not afflicted. The Nc
Fee household. three and half miles
northwest. Is quarantined- Three of the
children have smallpox.
The Endeavorers will hold q ''Lincolr
evening" at the Congregational church
Addresses will be made by Rev. w. T
! s. Spriggs, the Baptist pastor; L. w
Bills and Major S. S. Mckinley. The
local post of the G. A. r. will attend in e
body. -.
In a basket ball game between the fire.
men and the high school boys the latter
were victorious by a score Of 10 to 8.
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r ANTHOH, IOWA-The most novel we'd
ding since The ceremony in the den Of
lions in the Jabour circus took place at
the Grand opera house when Guy Iick-
man, of the Hickman Bessey Opera COM
pany, and Miss Grace Mclean of Chad
ron, Neb., were married. The ceremony
was performed on the stage, after the
play by Mayor E. W. Caldwell. Mrs
Hickman will join the. company.-T. 2.
Mention, state organizer Of the Iowa Fed
Grafton of Labor, yesterday practically
completed the .organiza ton of a woman s
label league here.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12

NORTHFiELD, MINN.---The "a nual
concert of the Carleton Glee club will be
given at the Auditorium this evening
This year the club has sixteen members
instead of twelve, as formerly: who are
assisted by Miss Mary Manning as ac-
companist and Miss Jessie, Jepson, reader
Company D be inspectedst this even
ing by Major Whitney. Captain Hobson,
the hero of the Merrin1ac, will lecture in
this city Feb. 10, coming under the aus
pices of the Y. M. c. A. Of Carleton col
lege.
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BURNING OF ANSGAR
Students VIII Be Kept Together and the


HUTCHINSON, MINN.-The fire which
destroyed Ansgar college started in the
garnet, where it is supposed boy had
secreted himself to evade the vigilance OF
the janitor and calmly puff his cigarette
The flames slowly worked down to the
basement in spite of the work of the fire
department, and the college is a mass OF
black faced walls. =
The greater part of the movable furni-
ture and books was saved. but 200 stu
dents were burned out and serious check
has been made to this new and flourishins
institution. ~EF
At o'clock citizens mass meeting
was assembled at the call of the fire bell
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
NORTHWEST WEDDINGS

,VERMILLION. S. Dat the home of
the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. r. A.
Christy Of this city, took place the mar
rfage of their daughter Erman to Rev. S.
II. Shurtleff of Harrisburg. S.: D. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. J. w.
Taylor Of the M. E. church A dainty
wedding breakfast, served in two courses
followed and at O. clock the happy couple
departed for their home in Harrisburg
where Rev Mr.. Shurtleff is pastor of the
M. E. church.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
WISCONSIN
REFORM IN THE AIR
All Sorts of Bills introduced by Bud.
I ding Statesmen in the Wiscon-
sin Legislature.
No Treating and Carriages at Elec-
tions-Clamor for Low Rates
and Cheap Utilities.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal
Madison, Wis, Feb. 12.-Reform bills
are SO numerous that it is difficult to
find anything else. The legislature is
composed largely of new men, and the
lower house especially contains ma jority
OF representatives who believe they were
sent to do something that has been neg
lected throughout all the years that the
state has, been in existence.
The usual anti-treating bill. at election
time, the anti-lobby bill, and the bill to
put stop to offensive partizanship on
the part of office holders are in hand
Reform is everywhere and there is no tell
ing where it will end The railroads are
not the only ones that are marked
Standard Oil and other corporations are
included in the cleaning UP that is pro-
posed. Cheaper gas, chea per coal, cheap
er railroad fares and freight rates, are just
few of the things that are booked for
attention by the Wisconsin legislature.
However, it is still safe to wear
billed shirt and patronize the barber at
Madison, for there has been no really
serious outbreak Of populism up to a
late hour. ".> +
Ban on Treating and Carriages.
Treating will become a thing of the
past at elections under the provisions of a.
bill presented in the assembly Not only
is trea ting forbidden, but candidates are
rlages for the purpose of conveying elect
ors to and from the polls.
The bill provides that candidates at
primary, general or special elections must
| not at any time, either before or during
or after an election, by himself or through
anOther, buy, give or present cigars,
| drinks or any form of entertainment to
/ any person in order to insure or promote
his or her election. Neither are any of
the candidates to be allowed to hire or
employ or make use Of carriages in convey
ing electors to the polls. Any person so
doing shall be guilty of treating and shall
be fined from 500 to $500 or mprison-
ment for six months. 0E.
Hanna Interested in Gas Company .
Pla ns have been made whereby MilWau-
kee may secure another gas company to
compete with the Milwaukee Gaslight
company. which has a monopoly of the
gas lighting business. Before the COM
pany can enter the field it will be neces-
sary for the Legislature to amend the
law incorporating the Milwaukee Gaslight
company in order-to admit of competition
| Assemblyman Westphal will present a bill
In the assembly by request of Milwau-
| kee capitalists amending the incorpora =
|, ton Of the Milwaukee Gaslight company
by striking from the section the words
| land exclusive ...-.s+
t The new gas company has Incorporated
| purchased a site and is prepared to dc
business when it gets charter. 1t is
financed by Senator Henna and other
Cleveland capitalists and will manufac
! ture coke and gas for commercial pur-
poses. even If the exclusive" privilege
enjoyed by the old gas company is not
| rescinded. ...--. =: 4. .....-. %.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12

IOWA CITY, .IoWA-President Mac
Lean2is in receipt:of a letter from Senator
Allison saying that Senator George T.
Hoar will deliver the commencement .ad-
dress here June 17.-Professor F. E. Boil
ton of the University, of Iowa has de-
clined the presidency of the normal school
in the Philippines. proffered by the COM
mittee on education.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
MONTANA
HOUSE BURNED OVER CORPSE

Watchers Had Barely Time to Escape with
Their Lives. ~.
Special to The Journal =" go
Bozeman, Mont, Feb. 12.-While friends
watched by the corpse Of Mrs. Sandquist,
wife of A. Sandquist, one of the best
known characters Of the Springhll coun-
try, the house caught fire and so rapidly
did the flames spread that the Sandquist
family had barely time to escape with
their lives The coffin was pulled out of
the flaming structure badly scorched. A
flying match head, alighting among some
papers is supposed to have caused the
fire. The loss is about SO, 00O
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PiPEsToNE, MiNN.-Preparations are
going forward at the high school for an
ora torical contest open. to the boys Of the
senior class. for which President J. M.
Bull of the Pipestone district offered a
prize Of $40 in gold. Seven members of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12

WINONA, MlNN.-A public art exhibit
lis being given in the schools this week
and some very creditable work done by
the pupils is shown.-Rev. Franklin. Gift
ford, formerly pastor Of the Unitarian
church in this city, has accepted call to
Fort Collins. Col-Herman Reustow, pri-
vate in Company G. has been fined $40
and discharged for non attendance at drill
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SCOTLAND, S. DESERVES are being
held at the Presbyterian church thi.
week. The pastor is being assisted by
Rev. Charles E. Hoyt-The high school
gave a musical entertainment. the pro-
ceeds to be used in purcha sing a piano
for the school
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BRECKENRIDGE, MINN.-Burritt Bee
son Of Breckenridge and Miss Cornelia
Homes were married Tuesday at the home
Of the brides sister, Mrs. Oliver Evans at
Devils Lake. N. D.. They will be at home
here after March 20. .s1or.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12

GREENE, new single-span
bridge across the Shell Rock river has
been completed. 1t is the longest single
span bridge in the state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12

CROOkST ON. MlNN.-Miss Anna
Smith and Miss Josephine Millard. evans
gelists, will hold a series of meetings in
the Presbyterian church.
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FOND DU LAC, WIs.-The thirty first
annual convention of the Wiscon-
sin Dairymen's association opened yester-
day with President J. Q. Emery in the
chair. ..r