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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
ELLIS A REFoRMER,
GEII0 V7tWEN. .--.-.----.
eIue.Law Administration Is Promised

6lue.EaW Administration Is Promised
- - Charles City. >..- =
CHARLES CITY, 1OWA-Mayor Ellis,
who was elected three weeks ago, has be-
gun reforms, some OF which strike a. pop
ular chord, while others are very odorif-
erous. He has closed all the billiard halls
at 10 o'clock at might, instructed the
marshal not to permit minors about the
billiard halls all Of which are temperances
this being a prohibition town and has
outlined Connecticut blue-law admins
tration., It is said ~1le purposes to follow
this up with more stringent prohibitory
measures, which will include the closing
on Sunday of the sclothing stores, cigar
stands, .restaurants, livery stables, and
everything except the churches. :, -.
Word has just ,rb4en| received of the
death at Valparaiso, lind. Of Mrs. .Conley,
former we'll known resident Of this city.
Edison Brown, once a grocery ner-
chant here, has established himself in the
lumber business at Humboldt. - :.4G =
! The Big Seven Teachers meeting held a
two days session in this city, closing On
Saturday night. There were representa-
tlves from all Of the seven counties com
| hensive program, was carried out The
| following officers were chosen for the
! ensuing year. President, Ida F. Leydig
| superintendent Butler company schools
vice president, ]. G. Trumbauer, prin-
cipa1 Nashua schools; secretary, Miss
! Maggie Tobin, Usage; chairman commit.
tee on: arrangements for next meeting
Superintendent C. "A. Kent, Charles City
Resolutions were adopted favoring the
enactment of laws permitting longer con.
tracts with teachers; fewer rural schools
better wages for rural school teachers
manual training in schools; the re-non
ination of Richard c.. Barrett for. state
| superintendent ~ ~
! Frank .Somner, a young man wht
formerly lived in this city dropped deat
from heart failure in the Grand Centra
| station at Chicago. He was on his way t.
| Switzerland -. s.t. -.
Edna Horn, years old, was severel,
scalded Saturday by upsetting g. pot o
hot coffee upon her. Her limbs from he
knees down were severely burned.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
NELSON WOULD NOT SAY
FrultIess Effort to Find Where He "PIant.
ed' krier's Packaue,

FARIBAULT. MINN.-Sheriff Misgen of
Steele county made another attempt Sat
urday night to secure the package which
Harry krier, the Owatonna saloonkeeper
Is said to have carried at the time he was
murdered. The sheriff took Charles Nell
son, who is said to have fired the fatal
shot from the county Jail here to the
spot near Owatonna where the murder
was committed and endeavored to per-
suade him to tell where he had "planted'
the package.
Nelson stood pat" and refused to dis
close anything. He was either too fright
ened and excited, or feigned those condi-
tions. to be Of any use. He has consulted
an attorney from Owatonna since he came
here, and it is supposed he has been ad-
vised what to do.
William Mixer, a butcher, was found
dead at the rear of the United States ho-
tel The window Of his room on the third
floor Of the hotel was open and he either
jumped or fell from the window. .t..,
The Polar Star Electric company has
purchased the Scott mill property, four
miles north of this city. and will install
an electric plant at the dam for the trans
mission of electric power to this city.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
DITCH PETITIONERS APPEAL
They Had Been RepuIsed by the Board o
County Commissioners. =,

ALBERT LEA, MINN-An appeal has
been taken by the petitioners from the
action Of the county commissioners in re-
jecting the petition for the construction
Of the proposed Geneva Moscow Riceland
ditch as the majority report of the view
ers that the commissioners approved is
declared to be erroneous. The report in
question said the costs and damages
would be in excess Of the benefits by
several thousand dollars and the commits
sioners did not care to take any chances
in the matter and so turned the whole
affair down. Now an appeal will be taken
to the district court to have the ditch law
as applied to this particular case con-
strued., It will be an interesting case and
involves the expenditure Of over a hun
dred thousand dollars.
The Elks informally dedicated their
club rooms in the Broadway theater build.
| ing on Saturday afternoon.
/ Ida Lane Of this city and A. o. Ohnstad
| formerly Of this place, were married il,
Seattle. -
! The new city council will begin its
duties tomorrow night. There is some
| question as to who will be president of the
! council.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
myself and my little gl1l ullteasae write mo
what can do to obtain my dsrses1gn once

what / can 40 to obtain my m'ssaofn once
more. =
fact that she wants divorce from her
husband to marry a college professor
wishes to know If the Canton divorce
courts will permit her to become di-
vorced and remarked without too much
loss of time An extraordinarily enter
prising seeker after matrimonial separa-
tion is young woman writing from Los
Angeles, who is anxious to be parted
from her present husband. and married to
another. but is solicitious that the entire
proceeding be conducted in secrecy unbe-
known to her husband and their mutual
friends. She inquiries if this proposition
would be tenable, and if so she promises
to pay well for everything saying that
she is the daughter of a wealthy mine
owner and has the cash at her command.
By way of inducement she says that 'both
my future husband and myself will prob
ably make our permanent home in your
state"
| A communication written by an individ-
uaI who has an eye to business arrived
| yesterday. It comes from Brockton,
Mass, and the writer would kill two
birds with one stone while he is putting
| away a troublesome helpmeet, fer he asks.
| if there is any public land near the city
to enable him to. locate a homestead.
| OF the scores of letters pouring in many
! come from women. but more than half
are from men. In the meantime the
movements in the little divorce colony al-
| ready started show no signs Of stagnation,
and there is a constantly growing indica-
| tion that important western divorce
center will inaterialize whether or not the
/ city's ultra-pious are willing.
/ The Grieg Sangforening, the well-known
Scandinavian singing society, has held its
| tenth annual meeting and elected the
| following officers: E. S. Hanson, presf-
dent; c. D. Knudson, vice president; A. N.
Bragstad, corresponding secretary; Hans
Anderson, treasurer; w. H. Opperud, mar
shall; Professor A. K. Indseth, instructor;
I G. S. Hanson. assistant; John Anderson,
K. G. Berg, L. 4. Wirstad, music COM
i mttee. >. ----'.. -
I G. B. Kennedy and wife were welcomed
home from their six months trip to Call
| ifornia by over 100 friends and neighbora
i The gathering was a surprise.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
WISCONSIN
A FIGHT WITH FISTS
Milwaukee Grain Man Accepts the
Challenge Of Hotheaded
Virginian.
Latter Would Not Take Car Of
Corn Which Was Delayed
in Transit.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal,
Milwaukee, Wis, April 2O.-Because of
a corn deal with a hot-headed Nirginian,
Harry M. Stratton, manager Of the grain
department Of. Charles r. LulL the COM
mission man. has been challenged to fight
duel. Stratton has accepted $
Some time ago Stratton sold r. S. Coch-
ran of the Plains, Va, a car Of corn at 5S
cents delivered. The corn was delayed in
transit, and when it arrived Mr.. Cochran
telegraphed that he would not accept it
at more than SO cents bushel. Stratton
telegraphed back at once: ',-l 80
Your proposition to accept corn at so
cents Is highway robbery. You cannot
duplicate corn to-day under So cents. Will
not be held up in this manner and insist
upon your accepting corn at contract
price, or will sell for your account under
the rules and collect difference from you"
Then came the challenge and the. ac-
ceptance, the weapons to be bare
knuckles. - -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
FILINGS REJECTED"
Eastern Men May Lose the Money. Pu
Into Oregon Claims. =. r.

Eastern: Men May Lose the Money. Put
- Into Oregon Claims. :, :. - ..... :.
WEST SUPERIOR, WIs.-Twenty-f five
Superior and Duluth citizens and about
twenty PENNSYLVANIA men who, made the
trip to Oregon a short time ago for the
purpose Of taking up homestead and tim
Der claims seem to be up against it: They
have paid out their money for locations on
about sixty claims, and paid their travel
Ing: expenses, now to: find that their appli-
cations have been rejected. -
It seems that the state of Oregon Sc
cured from the government the right to
pick out a lot of desert land for irrigation.
This right was given by the state to the
Oregon Ditch company, and that company
seems to have selected the timber land
upon which the Wisconsin and Pennsyl-
vania' people have filed their entries.
The local men will contest, as the land
Is heavily ttnbered, and there is no reason
at all for calling the land desert land
Many wisconsin and Minnesota people
have located in. this region in controversy
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
GREAT DRIVING SEASON
Present One on the, Black Is the Best for
Years. <.

Present One on the, Black Is the Best for
Years. :: .
BLACK RIVER FALLS, WIS.-There
has not been SO good a log driving season
on Black river for many years this
spring. A. S. Trow, president of the Log
Driving association, has been with a crew
for several weeks on the upper river and
has the drive down within a few miles of
this city. He says the drive is a clean
one, as they have not left a. log behind,
and if the river will. keep up they will
follow the drive clear to the Onalaska
boom. 1920. T.. - j" -
Mr. Trow bought about all the logs in
the river and will have them cut into lum
ber at La Crosse. The ruin oflogs to the
mouth of the river has been, the best for
years in proportion to the number banked
| ! Thomas Emerson and SON Oscar wl1t
went from here to: Alaska, five years age
write home that they have a claim that
is panning out dollar for each bushel OF
dirt. They have been offered $4,000 fol
their. property. but are holding for a mil,
| lion which they expect to get. , + =.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
IOWA
BIG ROAR IS HEARD.
Des Moines Excited by the Heavy
Increases Of Assessments.
Of the City.
Governor Cummins Makes the Ad
dress at. the Courthouse Corner
Stone Ceremonies.
Srecial to The Journal.

y Il il : IS ~ $ II ",
Des Moines, Iowa, April 2O.-Not in
years has the session of the city council
as a board of review aroused so much in
terest as at this time BY. heavy In
creases in assessments Assessor Schramm
has stirred up the big corporations Of the
city and heavy owners of property to an
unusual pitch of excitement and they are
coming before the board in scores and
clamoring for reductions. ,zr=st..
Six years ago. when the taxable valua-
ton of property was in theory 40 per cent
Of the administration in this state, the
assessed valuation Of property in the city
was, SIT, 900, ,000.*- Last year, in spite Of
vast building improvements on every
hand, the total assessment for taxable
purposes had sunk to $4,000, 900, this un-
der the new law being in theory Is per
cent Of the actual value.
Now the assessor has taken steps to
bring the assessment UP to something
like the correct figures and while his to-
tai assessment is not known it is be-
lieved to be about $40 1000, 900. It is GER
tain that even this is too low, but it looks
now as if the board would follow it's pre-
cedents in the past and cut down the as
sessments. ~ :Es-' - =
Adjutant General Byers has approved
the recommendation of the state inspect
ors for the mastering out Of the national
guard company at Perry, B Of the Fifty
sixth regiment The company has been
established there for years, but has fallen
below the standard Of efficiency.
The board of control will soon enter
on the prepare ton of its biennial report
One of it's features will be q, separate
chapter on the workings Of the .inebriatt
| law. The board will make no recon.
| mendations on this score but will recite
! the ills arising from the present system
whereby the inebriates are practicall,
| housed with the insane. It is expected
the legislature will provide a separate in
stitution. . r..e
| The laying of the corner stone of tn.
new Polk county courthouse took plac,
this afternoon; with appropriate .cere
monies. Governor Cummins made tn,
principal address,. ,~ ..~
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
TORE UP THE LINE AT NIGHT
Street Car Company Of Sioux City An
ttcipated Injunction Proceedings.

SIOUX CITY. IOWA-Residents Of
Jackson street were aroused at 1890
o'clock yesterday morning by the sound
Of hammer and s1edge. Crawling out Of
their beds, they found a gang Of sixty-f1ve
workmen engaged in ripping up the en-
tire Jackson street car line. BY morning
the last rail between Fifth and Twenty
ninth strets had been removed. A con-
nection with the Pierce street line, two
blocks distant, along Twenty ninth
street, had been completed Saturday
evening. that the cars might run out
Jackson street from Twenty ninth to
Fortieth street, which the company will
continue to operate.
The city council month ago passed a
resolution allowing the traction company
to. take up its line from Fifth to Twenty
ninth streets 1t was: bitterly opposed by
the jackson street people who last week
served notice on the company of an ap-
plication for injunction. The traction
company is anxious to make extensive
improvements depending on the removal
of the line.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
NoRTHFIELD'S CHOICE
Superintendent and Full Corps Of Teach
ers Elected.


NORTHFIELD. MINN.-The board of
education has elected teachers for the
ensuing year as follows: High school
Superintendent George; Miss A. B. STAN
ford, principal; Frances Bishop, C. A.
Spencer, Ellnora Marsh, Nina G. Steward,
Aaron Newell; grades, Gertrude Martin.
Myra Welshones, Anna Strong. Harriet
Shonocks, Lucy Smith, Mabel Edmunds,
Frances Wells. Washington school-Char-
lotte Leslie, Emma Lamp, Nellie Drew
Alice Hasenick. Longfellow school-Della
Whittemore, Jennie Holtz, Mrs. s. G. Har-
ris Margaret Aitorn; music and drawing
Elizabeth Willard.
| Selden Bs con. who was graduated from
| Carleton in 1882 and from Yale in 1888, is
to be married to the clever story writer
| Miss JOSEPH inc Daskam.
/ new steel cream tank, Of 800 gallon:
capacity has been installed, by the Cres.
cent creamery. A new route has recently
| been established thru the Union Lake sec:
tion.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
SWAMP LAND CONTESTS
Field Notes OF the Government Surveyor
- VIII Decide Them, r%,-.s - :. J:


VIII Decide Them. j.
DULUTH, MINN.-An important deci-
sion was filed at the local land office by
Secretary Hitchcock Of the interior de-
partment. . 1t. provides that all contests
over state swamp lands shall hereafter be
decided by the field notes of the. govern
ment surveyor.
This decision is one of great Importance
to the state. In 1860 the government
ceded all the swamp lands to the state
Many are valuable for their ore and tim
ber products.
A prominent party of Canadian and
American geologists will visit the Mime.
sofa iron ranges, accompanied by a large
class of geological students from Madison
Wis, and. Chicago. The biologists are
G. P. Low and A. E. Barlow Of the Cana
dian geological survey and Professor C. r
Van Hise and G. K. Leith of the United
States geological survey.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
49,: BOON TO- THE HILLS saEsEY
All the Region Is Thoroiy Saturated With
Moisture.

DEADWoOD,. s. D.-The Hills region;
has been visited by rainstorm Of
unusual severity and duration, and the
country has received the greatest soaking
it has experienced in years. Rain fell
steadily for over twenty four hours, and
all the streams of the western part of the
state are running bank full. ."-
Reports from Belle Fourche, Rapid City,
Edgemont and Sundance, Wyo., are that
the rain has fallen heavily on all sides of
the Hills range. It has been the means
of saving the cattle range in many 1ocaii-
fers seriously for lack Of moisture. It has
fer seriously for lack of moisture. It has
also started the grass and other vegeta-
ton. The storm set in with a vivid
s1ecrv1ca1 display and heavy thundex.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
COMPRESSED AIR MOTOR
Stevens Point Mans InventIon-superin
tendent Vert Reelected.

okSSSuS- TVuik -md!l
tendent Vert Reelected.
STEVENS POINT, WIs.-John Bukolt
has completed a compressed air motor for
running light machinery. On the first
test it ran a show window rotator con-
tinuously for three days without rechar-
ging. 80,
Workmen in the employ Of the Wiscon-
sin Valley Asbestos company have struck
another large and rich asbestos vein at a
depth Of only fifteen feet, and beside it
they found q large deposit of flake mica
Superintendent E. J. Vert of the city
schools has been unanimously reelected
for the coming year at an increase OF
5000 in salary.
In the inter high school debate at Chip
pewa Falls, between this city and the
high school of that city, the Stevens Point
team won.
John P. Carpenter Of Minneapolis broth
er Of Assemblyman F. j. Carpenter of this
city who died two days ago of quick con
sumption, was buried from the home o1
his brother yesterday.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
BURIED AT HIS OLD HOME
Funeral Of Lafayette Powers Held at Has.
tings on Sunday.

tlngs on Sunday.
HASTINGS, MINN.-The funeral of La
fayette Powers was held from the resi-
dence Of his sister. Mrs. J. A. Smith, yes
terday. Rev. Archibald Durrie officiating.
The attendance was very large and the
floral offerings very beautiful. The pail
bearers were officials from the First Ma
tonal Bank Of Minneapolis-E. c. Best,
S. A. Gile. o. D. Jaquess, w. c. Hall. e.
J. Jellico and W. r. Murray.
Among those in attendance were Mr..
and Mrs. R. A. Mabey, J. E. Schober, e.
c. Brown. d. A. Aackerchar, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emil Ferrant. Mr.. and Mrs. W. o.
Nye and J. A. Smith of Minneapolis, and
Miss Eliza II. Powers. Robert Kiefer and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Constans of st. Paul
The remains of R. S. Knapp. who died
at Spokane. were inferred in Lakeside yes
terday. They were accompanied here by
his daughter, Mrs. Robert Manners. Mr.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
EARLY.DAY STAGE MAN
"zack" GunsaIus, an Old-Timer, Falls
Dead at Sherburn.

:, LacK 0unsa1us, an U1d- Inner, Falls
Dead at Sherburn.
SHERBURN, MIMI. T. Gunsalus,
Familiarity known as ''Zack,''- dropped dead
while unloading coal. Probably no man
was better known in southern Minnesota
among old settlers who used to have to
"stage it, from Winnebago City to Man
kato and Lake Crystal. He was one of
the first stage drivers in this part Of the
state, and continued that occupation until
the iron horse drove him out of business.
Many an interesting tale he could tell
Of the difficulties of travel in those early
days; Of the dangers from Indians and
holdups; the almost impossible roads, etc.
The hardships. he had undergone would
have long since broken down less rugged
constitution. He leaves a wife and one
daughter.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20

SPEARF1SH, 8. D.-Six well-known
Spearfish young people have been mar
ried. They are J. Russell Warren and
Miss Olive Packard; c.. ID. Tichnor and
Miss Orilla, Smith, and Norval H. Hand
and Miss Mabel Adams: Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren will reside at D eadwood, where
the former is deputy county auditor. Mr..
and Mrs. Tichnor have taken up their
residence at Spearfish, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hand have gone to Denver, where Mr..
Hand is a teacher In the schools. >.:..a
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20

SIOUX FALLS, S. D.-The first number
of Sioux Falls new labor organ has made
it's appearance. It Is named the Labor
Gazette and is edited and published by
j. H. J. Black. So" lH ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
METEOR WILL CLOSE DOWN
Little Town Built Up Around 1T VIII
..-. .M5rrs " Suffer-

.,.sss 5a- = =. Suffer.
WAKEFIELD, MICH.-The Meteor
mine, operated by ,Corrigan, Mckinney &
Co., will close down this month This will
throw out of employment about 100 men
The mine has been operated at loss
tho. prospects for ultimate success have
appeared good small village of good
substantial dwellings has built up around
it.
In 1887 this mine, then the Comet, was
operated on a big scale by the Penokee
& Gogebic Development company, but its
failure in 1898 made it idle for five years
or until resumed by the present operators
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20

REMsEN, IoWA-The cornerstone Of
the new Catholic church was laid yester-
day with services in charge Of Bishop
Garrigan of Sioux City. Rev. w. Pape
of Pocahontas and Rev. ]. Saunders Of
Cherokee delivered addresses. The
building will be 152x62 feet.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20

sentenced to two years in the penitentiary
for the murder Of his brother, James. His
brother was trying to enter the house
thru an upstairs window after Charles
had denied him entrance and after James
had threatened to Kill all in the house
hold.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20

MADELlA, MINN.-The annaul school
entertainment was marked success. The
operetta, Red Riding Hood" was the
principal feature, and selections by the
high school band. ladies' octet. male
quartet, mandolin club and school chorus
filed out the program. - !
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
GLASS OF TWENTY-TWO
Stirring Time In Workman Lodge Circles
at Aitkn.

at Aftkn.
AITkIN. MINN.--The local lodge of A.
Q. u. w. initiated a class Of twenty two
candidates, the work being conducted by
Deputy Grand Master Workman P. o.
Olson Of st. Paul. assisted by Postmaster
Arundel of Staples This was followed by
a banquet in which the wives and friends
of the members participated. =.
Township 1928 in Aitkin county has
been organized under the name of Hebron.
Navigation opened to-day on the upper
Mississippi when the steamer Iren made
the first trip of the season to Grand Rap
lids. III = .s.-