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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-21
klLpAHL FOR PRESIDENT
ST. Peter to Have the Next Meeting o
State Luther Leauue, ~

state luther League.
NORTHFIELD, MINN.-At the state
convention of Luther league. just closed
at st. Olaf's college. thirty six leagues
senting membership of 1859 members.
President ]. w. Kildahl, st. Olaf college,
was elected president; Sidney Johnson.
Minneapolis, treasurer; Miss Frida Blu.
Northfield. corresponding secretary; Miss
Charlotte Void, Minneapolis, recording
secretary. st. Peter was selected as the
city for the next convention.
The annual banquet by the senior class
of Carleton college for the sophomores
gational church this evening. About
ninety plates win be set for the two
classes.
The intercollegiate field and track meet
will be held next Monday on Laird field.
Shattuck. Hamline. ST. Olaf and Carleton
college will be the contestants.
A class of thirty-seven will be grad
uated from the Northfleld high school on
June Anna G. Hanson, Ethel E.
Cooper and Katherine A. Archibald re-
ceived the honors in order named. Be
sides the honor students four others were
elected to take part in the commencement
exercises, Charles Pye, William Taylor
Clara Hoppin and Ethel Emery. Follow
In is the list Of graduates: Classica.
Course-Ethel e. Copper, Ruth Whiting
Roy A. Payne. Latin Scientific-Kather-
inc A. Archibald, Ethel w. Barlow, Mabe
G. Cowden, Ethel L. Emery, Mable w
George Claude E. Hoppin, Clara W. Hop
pin, Ella J. Hoover, Laura A. Little, Eliz-
abeth Meany, Grace M. Sumner, Lulu e
Townsend, Francis w. Shandorf, William
L. Taylor. Literary Course-Ora M. Bull
lock, Rose M. Foster, Daisy D. Gress
Rollo Hamer, Nauril A. Newton. English
George c. Babcock, Fannie Babcock
Bessie M. Bunday, Lillian r. Chase, Ada
| Drake, Anna G. Hanson, Francis w
| Hunter, Kathryn T.. Hammaug, Reuben
! S. Hostuet, Henry Lyons, Louis F. Pour
tales. Charles r. Pye, Vera NJ. Riddle, Os
car Shirley, Dorothea r. Strata.
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COOLEY'S HELPFUL TALK
Little Boom for Better Roads In thu
County Of Blue Earth.

Sounly OF Blue Earth.
MANKATO, MINN.-Good roads in
Blue Earth county were given a help yes
terday by George W. Cooley of Mime
apolis. who addressed a large meeting Of
township supervisors and road overseers
In this city. He gave the meeting a.
good practical talk along the line of the
best way to improve the roads the COM
ing season. He urged in particular that
the county purchase a. stone crusher and
make use OF the stone that abounds in
some parts Of It, The meeting voted that
the roads should be improved to the uni
form width Of fortysix feet from the out
side Of the bitches.
Professor Hall Of the state university
yesterday placed a water gauge in the
Minnesota river at sibley park to be used
TN connection with the gauges placed ii,
other parts of the river
The Young Mems Christian Associa ton
is planning to erect a, $25, 900 building the
present year. It will be three stories
high and have all the conveniences usual
~ found In first-class buildings Of the
kind, including a. swimming pool.
The local aerie of Eagles is contemplat-
Ing having a weeks carnival during the
summer.
Following Is the program for the thirty
fourth comm encement exercises of the
state normal school: .4.
Training School Observation-Disclosures
ten-Friday morning. June 5, at 9 o'clock
In the kindergarten rooms. Primary, in
term ediate and grammar departments
Friday afternoon at o'clock in Norma
hall. W
Annual sermon by Rev. Robert p Her.
rick, D. D., of Minneapolis, Sunday even.
Ing June Z. at o'clock, in the Presby.
terrain church. ..,.
Faculty reception to the alumni and the
gradua ting class, Tuesday evening, JUNE
9, at 8 o'clock in the library
Class day exercises, Wednesday morn
ing. June 10. at $3.50 o'clock in Norma
hall. #.-
Alumni meeting, Wednesday Afternoon
ats o'clock. in Normal hail.
Commencement exercises, Wednesda,
evening. June 10, at o'clock. in Norma
hall. Address by Rev. J. e. Bushnell
D. D., of Minneapolis.
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THIRD SET OF BIDS
Another Change In the Mall Route South.
easterIy From Wtnona.


..WINONA, MINN.--A third change has
been made by the postoff1ce department
In the mail route southeasterly from this
city and a third set Of bids has been
called for. It is designed to make the
route practically a free delivery, altho in
reality a star route. The new bids asked
for a daily service except Sunday from
Money Creek by way of Wiscoy and
Witoka to Winona and return.
Superintendent James A. Tormey has
just conducted a. test in the public schools
of speed Of writing. This shows that the
average speed In all grades Is seventy
five letters a minute, which Is under the
average as shown in tests conducted in
schools in fifteen cities a. short time since,
which showed an average speed Of ZIG
letters minute There has been no par
ticular stress laid on rapid writing. It is
believed that If this were done the speed
would be much increased. 49,
Winona Is to have a new brewery.
Philip FELTON, will be the manager and the
building will be located on the river front
on the site Of the old Winona Mill com
panys flour mill. NE
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IOWA
BOTH LEGS BROKEN.
Rev. Father La Londe Seriously Injured
In a Runaway Accident.

Rev. Father La Londe Seriously Injured
In Runaway Accident.
GRAFTON, N. Drew. Father La
Londe, the priest in charge Of Sacred
Heart church at lakewood, six miles east
Of this city, met with a serious accident
While returning from sick call, his horse
became unmanageable. The priest
jumped from the buggy, and broke both
his legs at the ankle. Amputation Of at least
one foot may be found necessary, as the
bones and tendons are crushed.
The board of trustees Of the state insti-
tute for the. feeble minded met in this
city Tuesday and awarded, the contract for
the completion Of the building to hoffman
& Lewis, a local firm, their bid being $21.-
600. The contract for ventilating, heating
and plumbing was awarded to e. J. Har
rington, Of Fargo, for 81, S46. It is ex-
pected the building will be ready for oc-
cupancy early next fall. When completed
it will be one Of the handsomest state
buildings in North Dakota.
A $4,000 Deaconess hospital will be
erected in Grafton this summer, the con-
tract for which will be let in the near .fu-
ture. The funds were raised by private
subscription.
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be the latter and that the Elmore Mill
company will furnish the power.
SUDDEN DEATH
w. II. ParktllI OF Pelican Rapids Stricken
With Heart Failure.

W. II. Parkhlll OF Pelican Rapids Stricken
With Heart Failure.
FERGUS FALLS NINA message
was received from Pelican Rapids to the
effect that W. n. Parkhill died very sud-
denly from heart failure. His nephew,
Assistant superintendent Parkhill, has
gone to attend the funeral
Rev. III. G. Leonard Of Fargo has been
selected to deliver the commencement adj
dress for the high school here and Rev.
Q. P. Rider Of this city will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon. Hans A. Hanson
has been awarded first honor for the best
graduating essay and Miss Madge Chap
pell second.
Charlotte Ferman died at the home OF
her nephew, Ed Spokesman, on Lakeside
drive. Tuesday evening.
Hazel Rebekah Lodge elected the fol-
lowing officers last evening: Noble
Grand. Mrs. Mary r.. Cook; v. G., Mrs.
Mae Lamphere: r. s., Miss Berthe Her
man. Mrs. Mary r. Nelson was elected
delegate to the state assembly and Miss
Louise Randall alternate.
DR.. L. C. Edison instituted proceedings
In the district court to-day to restrain the
officers OF the Golden Stream Land com
pany from selling his stock to pay an as
sessment Of $3.50. which had been levied
by the board Of directors. "A temporary
injunction has been issued by the court
commissioner.
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MINNESOTA MINES COMPANY
Minneapolis and st. Paul Men Buy MnIn
Properties In the Hills,

Minneapolis and st. Paul Men Buy Mining
Properties In the Hills.
DEADWOOD, S. D.-The Garden City
Mining companys property, adjoining the
ground Of the Penobscot Mining company;
has been purchased by the Minnesota
Mines company, recently organized by
Minneapolis and st. Paul men: The Car
den City company was owned largely by
J. B. LeBeau and others Of Central City
and vicinity. The same persons have
turned two fractions into the transaction,
which gives the Minnesota company ap-
proximately 100 acres of ground in one
tract. '@rE.>
This is among the most valuable prop
erty In the region Of the prospecting new
mining camp of Garden City, officially des-
1gnated by the postoffice department as
Maitland, S. D., and has been purchased
largely on the. strength OF the excellent
showing the Penobscot company has been
making the last few months. 1t is con-
fidently asserted that the new ore body
discovered in the westerly workings OF
the Penobscot mine runs into the Min
nesota, tract v$ss~.s "a 80 ss.aa =: sit5
+ Great possibilities are also claimed TO,
the new Minnesota territory by virtue Of
a large ledge of free milling ore that
crosses the property, said to belong to the
Homestake belt system. The ground lies
directly on the course Of the vein, and 1t
Is asserted the veins may be traced across
the intervening territory.
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GERMAN LUTHERAN SYNOD
Annual Meeting for Wisconsin and Mime
sofa Members at La Crosse.

Annual Meeting for Wisconsin and Mime
sofa Members at La Crosse.
LA CROSSE, WIS.-The next regular
meeting Of the Wisconsin, Minnesota
synod Of the German Lutheran church will
be held in this city the second week in
August. There will be about 200 dele
gates The, synod has jurisdiction over
the new Northwestern university at: Wa
tertown, Wis.,: the theological seminary
at Milwaukee ands.the teachers. senin-
airy at New U1na, MINI. s:s:
A dozen wheelmen were arraigned be-
fore Justice c.. w. Hunt yesterday charged
with riding wheels on the sidewalks. In
view Of the fact that many of the offend
ers were boys they were all released after
being reprimanded..
The jury in the case Of w. S. Cargil
VS.: Listman Hill company returned a YER
dict for the plaintiff yesterday, assessing
his damages at $213.75. The action was
brought to recover on a contract for, the
delivery of 400 tons of screenings. The
contract was not filled and the defense al
legged that the contract. was not binding
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WISCONSIN
! COUNTY SYSTEM OF DELIVERY

st. croix to Have one-First in Northern
Wisconsin SO Favored.
NEW RICHMOND. visa county
system of the free rural delivery of mails
is to be established in st. Croix county.
1t has been promised by Congressman Jen-
kins and it will be the first county sys-
tenn in northern Wisconsin. ST. Croix
county was picked out by Mr.. Jenkins
because it has better roads and is more
thicl1y and uniformly settled than any
other county in his district, the eleventh.
and for the further reason that st. Croix
was the first to ask him for it..
Special agents would now be here in
the field laying out the work were it not
for the unsettled state Of affairs In the
department in Washington, but this, the
local postoffice people are informed, is
but a temporary delay. There are ir
operation in this district total Of eighty
one routes. Twelve proposed routes have
been favorably. acted upon and twenty.
seven other applications are pending. II
all this number Of petitions but nine have
been adversely reported.
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DITCH BUILDING
County Commissioners Of Freeborn Meet
In Special Session. tz.@

IN Special Session.
ALBERT LEA, MINN.-The county
commissioners held a special meeting
this week to consider ditch matters. The
petitioners for the Moscow Riceland
ditch have taken an appeal to the district
court from the order of the commissioners
denying the request for the proposed
ditch. In the matter Of the proposed ditch
IN Bath the report Of the viewers was
referred back to them for further con-
sheraton. The petition for ditch In
Plckerel Lake township was considered
and viewers were named as, follows: D.
w. Lair, K. H. Slette and J. e. Barron.
A summer school for teachers will be
held at Luther academy commencing in
July and continuing four weeks. Among
other attractions will be lectures by state
superintendent Olsen, Senator Morgan,
Rev. DR.. banner and Professor E. M.
Phillips, the three last named Of this city.
Mrs Helen Blackmer, wife of the
judge of the probate court of Freeborn
county, died Tuesday afternoon after an
liiness OF over year from rheumatism
She was 4S years Of age and is survived by
her husband and three daughters.
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INDICTMENTS AT 1RAlNERD
Four Returned, One for Assault With In
tent to XIII Woman

tent to Xiii Woman.
BRAINERD, MINN.-Four indictments
were returned by the grand jury yester-
day afternoon. Henry Stein, an old time
resident Of this city, was indicted on the
charge OF assault in the second degree.
Early this spring, while at work at the
Northern Pacific foundry he attacked a,
fellow workman by the name Of Albsrt
Lescault with an iron bar, and inflicted a
severe wound on his head.
William F. Richardson and Isaacson
were indicted on the charge of larceny
in the second degree, and an indictment
was returned against Lars L.. Lee, a well
known farmer of Mckay Lake township,
charging him with assault with intent to
kill his wife, Nellie Lee.
The case Of M. S. Larson Va. the
Northern Pacific, is on trial. It involves
the value of a consignment Of goods
shipped from Aitkin to the plaintiff at
Backus. which the latter says he never
received.
Professor Frank w. Hanft, principal OF
the high schools of this city, has been
elected superintendent Of schools at LIE
sueur, and has accepted the offer.
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WON'T GIVE UP THE PLATES

Former Congregational Minister of the
Hills Sued by Photographed.
CUSTER S. D.-George F. Harris, a
Photographic is instituting suit against
John I. Sanford, formerly a Congregational
minister Of the Hills, to recover certain
Photographic plates.
Mr.. Sanford was engaged early In the
summer to prepare a souvenir booklet of
Black Hills scenes, to be Illustrated with
half tone views. Sanford took Harris out
with him for the purpose of getting the
views. Sanford afterwards had the half
tone cuts made of the views, printed the
booklet under a copyright, and has since
sold a.. great many of them independent
Of the Black Hills Mining Mems associa-
ton, by whom he had been engaged.
Harris now wants his plates. to print
other photographers from, and Sanford re-
fuses to surrender them.
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PARkER's PRAIRIE BOOMING.
Townsite Company Lets the Contract fc
an Entire Block of BUILDINGS.

Townslte Company Lets the Contract for
an Entire Block Of Buildings.
PARKER'S PRAIRIE, MrNN-The
building boom has struck Parker's Prairie
IN expectation Of the construction of the
500 extension thru this place, the work
OF grading having already commenced
The townsite company has let the con-
tract for an entire block OF business build
ngs, most of which are already rented
WORK mas oegun on a three STORY modern
hotel, and buildings for drug store three
restaurants, a furniture store, sheds and
offices for three lumber companies, ar
amusement hall SO by 100 feet, and sew.
eral residences.
Five elevator sites and a location for q
2oo-barrel mill have been applied for OF
the rlght OF way. These latter buildings
Will probably not be built until the track
reaches this point, which will be in about
sixty days.
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FOUND A. DEN OF SNAKES
Meyers and His Son Killed Fifty seven Of

BARABoO, wIs.-Whilet E. J. Meyers
and son were on their way to a sawmill
in Baxter's Hollow, about four miles west
of Baraboo, they walked into a den of
ceeded in killing thirty-eight of the rep
tiles. The next day they killed nineteen
more at the same spot There were over
on hundred rattlers in the den.
Henry Rief, section foreman on the
Milwaukee & st. Paul road at Prairie du
Sac, is missing, and it is feared his body
is at the bottom Of the Wisconsin river.
The last seen of him was late Sunday
night on the pier of a bridge looking for
the bodies Of the two students who were
drowned last week. It is supposed he
accidentally fell off the pier.
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LOG ROLLING AND DRILLING

TWO Features OF the SEMI Centennial
Celebration at IshpemIng.
ISHPEMING, MICH-A novel feature
of the semi-centennial celebration of the
Lake Superior Iron company on June "a
will be an exhibition of log rolling. Many
Of the best woodsmen in the peninsula
will be entered: Another feature will be
a drilling contest for miners. The pro-
gram Of sports will be a long one, and
will close with a grand barbecue.
Steel trust officials from New York
and Duluth, the latter the mining head
quarters of the big corporation, will par
ticipate in the celebration and the day in
general will be. observed as a holiday,
practically all work and business being
suspended. 1%s.
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GANG OF BOY THIEVES.
Cave for Rendezvous at Jamestown
Year.oId Leader .Runa Awav

SdVS IOF nSHQSzvOUS At JameSIOW1-13.
Year-old Leader Runs Away.
JAMESTOWN. N. D.-The police are
making a great effort to break up a gang
of youthful thieves, who have been caus-
ing great deal Of trouble. The boys have
been stealing from stores and other places.
One was arrested yesterday also admitted
that the boys were organized into gang
that held meetings in 8. cave in a hill west
of the city. Gerald Monroe, the 13-year-
old leader, fed from the city when he
learned that a warrant had been issued
for hts arrest q
George Barth. Of Burton, Mimi, had
his left foot crushed under a Northern Pa
cihc train in this city yesterday and 1t
was amputated above the ankle shortly
after the accident. Barth had been stealing
a ride on the train and in jumping of fell
between the station plat torn and the main
track.
Harvey SEVERN OF this city, has secured a
verdict against the Omaha railroad contract
ors for $1,000 for injuries received while
in their employ. An embankment fell upon
him and also crushed a fellow workman
to death. SEVERN was obliged to have one
of his legs amputated. ~
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NEW PASTOR AT RAPID
Rev. Mr.. Butcher VIII Remove From Flor
-. - IL Al. L La.

Rev. Mr.. Butcher VIII Remove From Flor
Ida to the Hills.
Rapid CITY, S. D.-The Congregational
church society has extended call to Rev.
Stephen Butcher, of Ocean Grove, Fla,
and 1t has been accepted.
There have been heavy storms in the
central and eastern portions Of the Hills
the last: ifew days. Reports from Mystic
are that eleven inches of hail fell at that
place, being swept into drifts and heaps
that remained over twenty-four hours.
At the Price Baker sawmil1 on Box Elder
creek there was the heaviest rainstorm
experienced in years, and on Elk creek
the precipitation amounted almost to a
cloudburst.
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the ecursions. start about July Is to Is.
Congressional has sent another donation
Of S264.50 to the North Dakota Children's
home and the county commissioners will
probably add another 500. The funds are
being raised to pay off some old indebt-
edness and to assist In meeting the cur
rent expenses Mesdames Page and Hunt
Of Fargo are making a canvass of towns
In the interest of the home.
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bound over to the October grand jury
on the charge Of adultery. When Jewell
heard there was trouble in store for him
he left the village and Sheriff Lundquist
had to begin a search. He travelled 1872
miles and the total cost OF bringing the
man back was s111.s6. Jewell furnished
bonds.
Ole Bjornstad. was kicked In the head
by a horse and badly injured.
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PARDoNED BY THE STATE BOARD
Ole HaIby Released from the County jail
at Red Wing.

Ole Halpy released from the county JAN
at Red Wing.
RED WING. MINN.-Ole A. Haiby
walked out Of the county Jail here to-
day under conditions not usual with pris-
oners. Haiby and Tyler K. Holien of
Warsaw were sentenced for ninety days
for assaulting Knute Kirkevold. Eaiby,
a few days ago. made application to the
state board for a. pardon on the ground
that the sentence was excessive. The
board granted the pardon, the papers
stating that clemency was recommended
by the trial Judge. and the prosecuting
attorney. Sheriff Lundquist received the
papers yesterday morning and In a short
time Haiby was a free man.
The board also stated that if Holien
would fill out the proper blanks he would
be given a pardon. This he did, and by
the end Of the week he may expect to be
released. This is the first instance where
ordinary county prisoners have been par
doned by the state board in Goodhue
county.
Scott Jewell of Pine Island has beer