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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-16
Mi mn ESOTA BRIGADE


Percentages In Attendance Upon Drill
During the Month Of January.
LAKE CITY. MINN.-The first step ON
the part Of the war department in COM
plying with the requirements Of the new
national militia bill is to establish the
militia division and place Major James
Parker. of the cavalry arm, in charge.
Major F. T. Wilson, formerly of the Dis
tict Of Columbia national guard, has been
chosen as his assistant.
A bill has been introduced in congress
authorizing the establishment of a bureau
Of militia to be in charge Of q national
guard officer with the rank of brigadier
general This bill is opposed by Secre-
tary OF War Root, and will possibly be
defeated .N
Active steps are being taken towards
arming the militia with the Krags and
regular army equipment. Fear is enter
tained by many guardsmen In the smaller
towns that when placed in possession Of
the new gun the will be unable to engage
in the customary rifle practice, owing TO
the long range of the piece. Reduced am
munition will be used to overcome this
obstacle. ....
Battery A Of st. Paul will hold a COM
petitive drill Friday evening in it's arm
DRY. which will be followed by a dance.
The members of the winning section will
be presented with bronze medals.
The quarterly inspection Of the com
panies of the First regiment takes place
this week. and is to be conducted by
the respective majors.
Preparations for the st. Louis trip in
1904 are still going on. The brigade will
be assembled here for several days prior
to the trip south.
Following Is a consolidated report fol
the Minnesota brigade, showing attend
ance at drill during the month of Janu-
Bry, together with the percentages at
tanned by each company: .... .
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MINNESOTA
0PERA.HOUSE A RUIN
Building Seating 900, in the Center
of st. Peter, Burned Early
This Morning.
Losses Are Over $4,000 and There
Was No Insurance-The Fire
Started From Boilers.
Special to The Journal.

, .
ST. Peter Mimi, Feb. list. Peters
opera house. built seven or eight years
ago. and located in the business center,
was burned about 1880 o'clock this morn
ing.
Fire was kept under the boilers yester-
day, the day being unusually cold, and it
Is supposed blaze was thus commune
Gated to the structure, as the seat OF the
fire was in that part of the building.
The building was owned by w. H
Roundsville and was valued at $4,000. II
was built Of wood and covered with sheet
iron. There was no insurance. The seat
Ing capacity was about 500.
There were several other losses OF furn-
ishings, band instruments, pianos. ETC..
aside from Mr.. Roundsville's and in the
aggregate they total a good sized sum.
John Griffith was billed to play Mac
beth In the house this evening
RED WING, MINN.-College No. OF
the state training school caught fire at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The in
mates were assembled and marched tc
another cottage. The fire was in the
upper story and evidently started from the
chimney. The principal damage was from
smoke and water and the loss will not
exceed $500.
superintendent Whittier says he be-
Heves the fire was set by inmates who
hoped to destroy the institution an6
escape. The fire started while nearly
all the officers and children were attend.
Ing chapel exercises.
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NORTH DAKOTA
To CONDEMN The RED
Fargo Would Have a Ban Placed on
Navigation to Improve the
Water Supply.
Dam Could Then Be Built Above the
Sewer Outlet and Form a
Settling Basin. k
Special to The Journal.

-, +
Fargo, N. D., Feb. 16.-In view Of the
city having reached the bonding limit pro
hibiting the plan to secure water from the
Minnesota lakes, suggestion has been
made which may, secure Fargo a some
what better supply. On the record the
Red river at this point is still classed as
a navigable stream, but as a matter OF
fact, nothing larger than a natboat can
navigate" 1t is proposed to have The
North Dakota representatives secure a
condemnation of the stream as a naviga-
BILE stream, then have Fargo and Moor
head unite and build dam above the
sewer outlet, which. will form settling
basin for the wa terWorks of both cities
and insure clear water instead of the pres
ent muddy supply. OF course the water
would be no purer, but the supply would
be better
In addition to the improved supply there
! is an old river bed surrounding the pres
| ent park. If the water was raised by E
dam. a stream could be turned into this
old run and it would return to the river
a half mile below. This would make
pleasant boating-place and delightful
addition to the park in the summer time
as we'll as a splendid skating rink ant
speedway in the winter.
! The plan has many advocates and 1t i:
not thought there would be any difficult,
1 IN Inc OIL the govern
ment The cost of the dam would not b,
large.
| Fargo has been known for years for it
number of fine driving horses. 1t ha
been arranged to give an exhibition dur
ing the convention Of the grocers nipple
ment dealers and hardware men thi
week. There will be no speeding, but a
i2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, if the wealth
err is not stormy, those who have fin
i hn1>c will crixb do to-
that! at least seventy five or a hundre,
will be in line. The owners in Moorhea,
have been asked to participate. The ex
hibition will be especially apropos at thi
time, as Fargo is endeavoring to secur
the state fair, and 1t will increase tn
interest in that movement.
The regular racing matinee will tax
place Wednesday afternoon for the bene
fit of the visitors who care to see some
; thing a little sWifter.
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murder WILL OUT"
Three Confessions Made as to the Killing
of Jerry Corcoran.


Of Jerry corcoran.
DIES MONIES, IOWA.-John Aaron,
Carrie Aaron and George Beveridge. in
dicted for the murder of Jerry Corcoran
in the Aaron house on Dec. 20, have made
confessions. Those of Aaron and EBeNer-
idge are in writing, signed by the de-
PENDANTS Mrs. Aaron's confession is
verbal and is concurrence in her hus-
bands statements. The three stories
agree in essential particulars and are to
the effect that the murder was committed
by Slim Burns, the fourth one indicted
for the crime, and whose trial will be held
Feb 49, According to the confessions,
Burns brought Corcoran to Aaron's house
to rob him. put poison in his beer, and
then laid him under shed back of the
house, where he was found dead the next
morning. .-s.4
Rev. Roy Caldwell, associate pastor OF
the Central Christian church, will not en-
ter the state intercollegiate oratorical con-
test because of allegations Of plagiarism
A month ago he won the contest at Drake
university over several petitors.s3a
An indictment has finally been returned
by the Marion county grand Jury against
ex-Deputy Marshal w A. Richards OF
this city, charging him with being impli
Gated In the Sullivan robbery at Hamilton
His whereabouts are unknown.
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IOWA
TWO OUT IN low A
General Weaver Stands for the Bry-
an Element and Van Wagenen
n Seems Unclassified. 4
Latter,s Chief Plank Is Government
Railroad Ownership Which He;
Reiterated at Anthem.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal,
Sioux City. Iowa, Feb. 6.4-.Ehe speech
of Judge a. Van, Wagenen of this city at
Anthem Friday evening on government
railroad ownership, is accepted by demo
cratic politicians. in view of the def
recently aimed at him by the Kansas City
platform democrats. as equivalent to an
announcement of the Sioux City man $
candidacy for the gubernatorial nomina :
ton.
There are thus two candidates in the
field. General Weaver and Van Wagenen.
Weaver stands for the Bryan and Kansas
City crowd; Van Wagenen does not repre-
sent the anti-Bryan element, for his gov
eminent ownership idea is entirely too
radical for that faction. Nevertheless the
judges friends believe he has a good
chance to secure the nomination.
Just at present things are delightfully."-
| mixed as between factions and opinions
in the Iowa party, and Judge Van Wagon
en- is entitled to credit for opening a Pan
dora's box Of troubles. Only a year ago
the judge helped the antiBryan element
defeat the Kansas City platform in state
convention. That drove the Bryanites
from him and nows when he proposes 4
new issue more radical than anything yet
advanced, even by the Bryan element, the
conservative old guard with which he
| worked a year ago cannot very well stay
with him.
Judge van Wagenen framed with tne
Bryan faction until last year. Then he
went over to the opposition and the op-
position won. Bryan, it is said, is ex'
tremely bitter against the Sioux City man
After Van Wagenen's deliberately
planned Waterloo speech, declaring fo1
government ownership, the Bryan ele
ment couldn't understand him, after hi:
desertion Of the previous year. It looked
like plot. So they started an answering
boom for Weaver, free silver. Bryan ant
! the Kansas City platform. However. o
1 the old-line Bryan group, many, as Char
ley Walsh, E. M. Carr, Frank .. Stuar
4 and Walt Butler, believe in government
i ra ilroad ownership.
! t. Alfred A. Wild Of the Kansas City firm
of Wild & Wilson, managers of the Miller
i Agency and Traffic bureau, has bee
selected commissioners of the Sioux Cit
Commercial club, succeeding E. J. Nc
Vann, resigned.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-16

GATES And DRAKE
Eastern Millionaires About to Buy
the Kendall and Barnes-Ken-
dali Group in Montana.
Ten Millions to Be Paid for Prop
critics Which Are Fabulously
Rich in Gold.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Butte, Mont. Feb. l6.-John w. Gates,
the Wel-knoWn wire and steel man, ac-
companied by John A. Drake, the Chicago
millionaire turfman. are to arrive in
Butte to-day for the purpose of con-
sunlma ting one of the largest mining deals
in The history of Montana.
With Gates and Drake is John &. Far
ish one of the best and most experienced
mining engineers and experts of the west.
The services of Henry Bratnober We're
sought by Gates and Drake. but could not
be obtained.
Messrs. Gates and Drake came directly
from San Francisco. travelling in the steel
mans special car Colonial. The strict
est reticence was observed by all men,
bers of the party. but the fact is estab
lished beyond a doubt that the object OF
the trip to Montana is to complete the
deal for the rich Kendall mine. including
the Barnes Kendall group which consists
of veritable mountain Of rich free mill
ing gold ore.
The purchase price, while not stated
authoritatively, is understood to be close
to $40, 900, 900.
The wealth of the Barnes-king group
of claims has engaged the attention of
| the western mining world for some time.
| Experts of the Drake-Gates syndicate
| have estimated that the Kendall mine
has over s4000,000 worth of ore in sight,
| the Barnes king. s2.000,000. and imme-
diate claims are opening veins of gold ore
! that will approach the Kendall in value.
In the Wright property fine strings of
gold can be crushed out of the rock by
simply -pulverizing the ore: Five hundred
thousand dollars worth of gold bullion
| was deposited in the Judith Basin bank
| last week by Robert Henderson, book
keeper for the Barnes King Gold Mining
company, as the result of a fifteen days
run. This is one of the record mill runs
| III the state.
The ore is practically quarried out of
the mountain side in the Barnes King
mine, on the order of the famous Tread
well mine of Alaska. Enough ore is in
! sight to operate the mill for years.
John A. Drake last summer spent three
| weeks in this section. during which time
he became aware of the great wealth, OF
the properties. He at that time secured
control of several claims adjoining the
Barnes-king group and an option on the
Barnes King claims.
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$4,000 CHURCH DEDICATED ii
Chicago, New York and Washington Mel
Attended the Exercises.

EsTHERVILLE, IOWA-The Lew
Presbyterian church was dedicated yes
terday. Rev. w. Edward Mcleod is pas
tor The sermon was preached by Rev.
Willis G. Craig. D. D., lid. Of Chi
cago Rev: Messrs. George N. Lucck,
D. D., Of. Washington, and Samuel w.
Steele of New: York, former pastors, were
present and preached. Several Presby-
terrain pastors from this part Of the state
were in attendance. |
The building is a handsome brick and
stone structure and contains fourteen
rooms with a seating capacity of 1.4O0. It
is furnished with large Estey pipe or
gan. electric lights and art glass Win
dows The building and grounds cost
$50, 900. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-16
MONTANA LEGISLATION
Supreme Court Commission Bill Passed
BY the Lower House.

HELENA, MONT.-Among 1.-THE more
important measures passing the house last
week were senate bill No. .. creating
supreme court commission, with a view
of relieving the congested condition of the
supreme court calendar, which is three
years ahead Of the justices; an eight-hoGi
law, applicable to public works. mills.
shelters and underground mines; doing
away with county boards of equalization.
giving police courts equal jurisdiction
With justice of the peace courts, and al
loving railroads to install inter1ocl<ing
switches so as to- relieve trains of the
necessity of stopping at crossings.
The senate also passed the last of the
new game laws. The senate killed law
which proposed to tax mines themselves
in addition to their plants and outputs, on
the ground that it would retard the de-
| velopment of the state. A lively time is
expected in the senate this week. when
! the change Of venue law is considered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-16
NORTHWEST PENSIONS

Minnesota-Francis A. Stevens, Mont
rose, S12; Orlando Smith, FairInont, $12
Ernest Kahle, Belle PLANE, $24.
IoWa-Ira F. Means, Guthrie Center, Sc;
Samuel .Jamison, Soldiers Home, Mar
shalltown, $12; Josiah A. Lyle, Atlantic
$40; Ezra Luckenbill, Leeds, SIT; Loria
c. LOOMS, keosauqua, s17; Joseph J. Jor-
dan, Soldiers Home, Marshalltown, $40
Nathan Holmes. Valera, IS; Michael Oday
Littleport. SIP; James M. Bell, Council
Bluffs, $40; Elizabeth Goosenberger, Tiff
fin, So.
Wisconsin-Hernan Blank, Portage, S.
Patrick Mccormick, Dodenville, IS.
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NEBRASKA

4 ALLIANCE, NEB.-The coroner's jury
in the inquest over the death of Albert
Turner, who killed his employer a Lead,
S. D.. escaped and was shot near here by
w. H. Silverdoar, brought in a verdict
that Turner died from congestion of the
lungs and not by the wound inflicted by
Silverdolar.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-16
cRocERs AND statesmen
Chief Features Of State Convention to Be
Held at Mankato.

Z MANkATO, MINN.-The convention Of
the state retail grocers and city statesmen
will open Tuesday afternoon, and adj
dresses of welcome will be made by Mayor
Peterson and Former Mayor F. M. Cur
trier. N w. Kingsbury Of Winona will
respond for the association. P. G. Han
son Of Minneapolis, president of the asso-
i citation of Minnesota. will give his annual
address, and the annual reports Of Sec
rotary Fred Mason Of st, Paul and Treas
uerer G. F. Rope of ST. Paul will be pre-
scented. In the evening all the delegates
will attend the theater and hear John
Griffith in Macbeth as the guests of the
local association.
On Wednesday the reports Of commit
tees will be presented and several adj
dresses made. Several hours will be taker
up in the afternoon with a drive around
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-16

Greatly Reduced Rates to New Orleans
Via the Wisconsin Central Railway
Account Minnesota and North Dakota
Hardware and Implement Dealers asso-
citation excursion; S74 for the round trip,
including berth in sleeper for the entire
trip. Route going via Illinois Central to
New Orleans, returning via Queen &
Crescent, Southern Railway and Monon
For tickets and further information adj
dress " c.. Russell, G.. p. T. A., $50 Nicol-
let avenue, Minneapolis
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NORTHWEST WEDDINGS

RED WING, MINN.--Willam Malloy
and Miss Catherine Malloy were married
at the Catholic church. After the cere-
mony a sumptuous wedding breakfast was
served at the home Of the brides parents
The young couple will be at home in Sioux
Falls. S. D., after Feb. %. Mrs. Malloy is
a, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Malloy
of Red Wing. Her father is retired
farmer Of Bell Creek township, Goodhue
county, Minnesota, where he began farm
ing shortly after the civil war.
FERTILE. MINN.-Leo Baer, one Of
Fertile's leading merchants, and Miss
Sophia Davidson of New York city were
married last week.-F. G.. Barholz, pro.
prietor Of the Fertile house, and Mis-:
Clara Hansen were married at Keokuk
Iowa. .a .. .,....
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MONTANA
PooLRooMs START UP

OFFICIALS of Butte Restrained by the
Courts from Interfering.
Special to The Journal.
Butte, Mont, Feb. 16.--As a result of
permanent injunction issued by Judge
William Clancy of the. district court re-
straining the city officials from Interior
ing with the operation Of poolrooms, five
started in business to-day.
A bitter fight has been waged against
the poolrooms by city officials for the
past six months in the so-caIled fight
against gambling in the city. The city
council passed an ordinance prohibiting
pool-sellng. and the matter was carried
into the courts with the above result.
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WISCONSIN 4

GRAND RAPIDS, WIs.-At "a special
meeting of the Wood county board several
important matters were taken up. Be-
sides the appropria ton of $500 to the
Central Wisconsin State Fair association,
recently organized, at MarsIield, pro-
vision was made for an appropria ton of
$4,000 to be used III the establishment
of county normal training school, pro-
vided a like sum can be secured from the
state. A resolution was passed asking the
legislature for favorable consideration of a
bill introduced by Assemblyman Cajy for
a county insane asylum fer Wood county.
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the : tty. winding up at the ice race track
on the Minnesota river. where some of
the fastest horses in southern Minnesota
will race for purses and prizes. In the
evening a smoke social will be held at the
convention hall.
Thursday forenoon will be devoted to
addresses and a business session will be
held in the afternoon, followed by adjourn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-16

HURLEY sWIS.-Fire broke out in the
rear of the Mcdonald & McPhail saloon
and did much damage to the building and
to the restaurant of Ed Pouse.-Mrs.
Herman sBarkozdied:at KinbaH Saturday.
Alfred Peterson died at Epson of pneu-
monia.-A 4public e: me. will .be held
this evening for the purpose Of receiving
reports of the committee appointed to
Investigate matters concerning incorpora-
ton.
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SUPERIOR, $WIs.-The leading com
rnittee OF the Lumber Carriers associa-
ton is meeting similar committee Of the
Longshoremen's association of Lake Su-
perior to-day for the purpose of arrang-
ing a uniform wage scale for the loading
of lumber. gr
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-16

CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISH. Melon
aid of Duluth was awarded the contract
for paving $4,000 square yards of street
with brick, amounting to about So, 900.
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MADISON, WIS.-The Tomah, Peat,
company, to- manufacture fuel peat, filed
articles of association with the secretary
of state to-day. The capital stock is s25.-
O00 The company is located at Tomah
and the incorporates are Gottleib Nicke,
Charles E. Schlegel and Robert Nic1e.
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MICHIGAN
PENINSULA LOGGING
Weather Is Favorable and Much Cutting
Has Been Finished.

Weather S Favorable and Much Cutting
Has Been Finished.
CALUMET, MICH.-Excellent progress
has been made in the woods the last few
days, the weather being almost perfect
Some of the loggers have finished the
greater part Of their cutting and have
their logs skidded. The operators have
hardly enough men, and many have been
forced to secure labor in$ Minnesota and
Wisconsin.
The l. Stephenson company's cut will
jamount to about 50,00O,O0O feet this Win
ter. Nearly all Of the logs will be sawed
at the mills at Wells, and some Of the
timber will be manufactured into shin
giles. The company has 800 men at work.
Hall Brothers have finished their cut
ting in Arvon township. They have 1,25O. :
900 feet of fine logs on the skids and haul
ing has commenced. The timber was cut
for DeHaas and Payson@ of Houghton
John M Thompson of the Wolverine
Cedar and Lumber company has closed
a deal for the purchase. of 100000 feet
| of Eastwood lumber from Page & Ian
deck Lumber company Of Milwaukee.
| This is one of the largest Eastwood deals
this season. Eastwood values in the up
per peninsula are soaring.
| The mill Of the hester estate at Pc
quaming has been repaired and will com
mence on big seasons cut early in the
spring. J
| Charles d. Mann of Two Rivers is op-
| Grating on the Escanaba river and viii
cut 100000 feet Of logs, which will bt
sawed at Burns & Hicks mill at Menomi.
lnee. ... -..-.. !. =.
The Peninsula Box and Lumber company
has closed a contract with the Schlitz
Brewing company and will supply tina
concern with all its beer boxes for a year
The contract calls for about 10000 boxes.
| The Marais Lumber company will star
it's big mill at Grand Marais the first O.
next month.
Andrew Bjorkman of Iron Mountain j:
one Of the heaviest logging contractor
lin the northwest. He employs about LOO
men in Marinette and Dickinson COUNTIES
land shares with Holmes &, Company ant
Ithe Fence RIVER logging company tn
distinction Of being the largest logger il
the upper peninsula. He has contracted
to put in $4,000, 900 feet for the Sawye
Goodman people. He maintains larg
number of camps on his own behalf AM
subjects his contracts to over fifty job
bers He is cutting 10000 cords of WOO
for the Marinette and Menominee Pape
company, also 900 cords of pulp WOO
for the Kimberly Clark company, to b
4 delivered, at Majarra. ,,s.t -. .:6.s., -,
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MARSHFiELD, WIS.-The date for in
stalling free mail delivery has been fixed
for March i. OF the sixteen applicants
who took examination for carriers E. G..
Lees, Alex. Johnson. VIM. White and
Marcus Hanson received thes25 highest
markings and the first named three will
be the regular carriers and Mr.. Hanson
substitute.
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BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wts.-The
jackson County Agricultural society has
fixed upon Sept. 2. and 4 for the dates
of the fair this year
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ADA, MINN.-W. r. Baumbach mana :
ger of the Iron Range Electric Telephone
company. has effected compromise with
disaffecred telephone subscribers.
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MILWAUKEE,, VISA message from
Spring Green Fla. says that P. M. My
ers. secretary Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway company, is dying.
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FREDERIC ,..WIS.-Warren Catheart of
Eau Claire was accidentally killed while
loading logs.