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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18

of James Jones md Henry Blair. The
barn OF DR.. Swinneburn and the big
livery stable of Whites & Meadows
were entirely destroyed. E. ]. Farms
worth and Philip Cohn were also
drowned.
"The entire residence portion of
Heppner was destroyed, but the bust
ness houses, being on higher ground
and being generally built of brick and
stone. were not so badly damaged. The
schoolhouse and courthouse, which
stand on a hill. were saved, but two
churches, the Methodist and Presby-
terrain, were completely wrecked.
Around the depot the rising water
left great heaps of driftwood piled
higher than the roof of the station
and the rescuing parties were forced
to demolish these pyramids of timber
in order to extricate the corpses
which were tangled in the brush. Un-
Goubtedly many Of the drowned bodies
were carried by the rushing waters
down the valley.
mo systematic effort has as yet
been made to find the dead, who are
undo 'edly strewn along the canyon.
Abs, 100, persons have been buried
in Hli.aer graveyard. Owing to the
entire absence of proper facilities for
caring for the dead the victims Of the
food were, for the most part, inferred
in common crates"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
GREAT NORTHERN AND NORTH
ERIN PACIFIC STOCK TO BE
RETURNED TO OWNERS.
STATEMENT CURRENT IN new YORK
OFFICIALS OF SECURITIES COM.
PANY REFUSE TO CONFIRM
OR DENY THE RUMOR.

New York, June 15.--It is stated by
the New York American that the
Northern Securities company will be
voluntarily dissolved aud that the
stocks of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Railroad companies
will be distributed among the share
holders. In this manner the prop
their former owners.
That preparations are being made
for the dissolution of the Securities
company is declared by the American
to have been learned on the highest
authority, but officials OF the company
refuse either to confirm or deny the
statement. 1t is said, however, that
the appeal now pending in the United
States supreme court will be carried
to its conclusion so as to establish
the legal status of such companies b
the court of last resort.
1t is further stated that part of t. !,
booty sought by the Rockefellers n
their terrific bear campaign, just Co.
ed, was stock in the Northern Secu j.
ties company. This stock was wanted
because of the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern stock to be secured for
it in exchange when the reconstruc-
ton takes place.
The Northern Securities company
was incorporated in 1901, with cap
ital of $400,000,0O0. Its formation
was the outcome of struggle for con-
troll of the Northern Pacific, which
precipitated the stock market panic
of May 9, 1901.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
PITTssURo BANKS COMBINE.
Merger of Nine Big Financial Institu-
tons Proposed.

Merger Of Nine Big Financial Institu-
tions Proposed.
Pittsburg, June 15-Plans have
been perfected for the formation In
Pittsburg Of one Of the greatest com.
binations Of banking interests ever
undertaken in the country. By the
deal the Farmers Deposit National
bank. Colonial Trust company, Colo
NAL National bank, American Trust
company, Pennsylvania Trust COM
pany, Columbia National bank, Trades
mems National bank, Germania Saw
ings bank and Freehold bank will be
merged, making the largest and most
powerful institution between Philadel-
phia and Chicago The capital of the
new sconcer1s which will probably b.
known as the Colonial Trust company
will be $1,000, 900. with SIG. 900 600 sur
plus and undivided profits and about
SIS, 000, 900 deposits. making total re-
sources of $7S,000,000. T. Hart Given.
the president of the Farmers Deposit
National bank, will be the head Of the
new concern. 1t will take some days
to work out the details of the merger
SO far as the other officers and direc-
tors are concerned, but the new insti-
tuition will be backed by one of the
most active and aggressive of the
strong financial groups of capitalists
west of New YorR.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Fatteninx Cattle For Market.

Fotten1n8 Cott1e f0r Market
The Iowa station has recently re.
ported experiments made in co-opera.
ton with large cattle feeder on large
lots eleven lots of twenty animals
each) of fair quality three-year-ol6
western cattle, in which 90 cents per
bushel was realized for. the corn con.
sumed in case of the lot with which
this was the sole food used, and ''all
the lots paid much higher prices for
corn than could have been received for
the same at any Of the markets dur
Ing the feeding period" The expert
raents as a whole show very striking
" the high value Of corn and it's by
products, gluten meal and feed, for
fattenfng cattle for the market The
average net profit per steer from nine
ty-four days feeding was on corn alone
$40; corn and grass. $1497; corn
and dried blood, 1880: corn and glu-
ten feed, $17.60, and corn and gluten
meal, $17.99. 1t would appear that
with corn at from 30 to 90 cents per
bushel and fat steers bringing from
81 to $7.65 per hundredweight there
Is no more profitable use to be made
Of corn than to convert it into beef.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
JEWS MAINLY RESPONSIBLE.
Father John of kronstadt and the
kishineff Massacre.

st. Petersburg, June 17.-Father
John of KrOnstadt. whose fiery con-
domination of the Kishineff massacre
was published in the st. Petersburg
Liberal newspapers. has published
the following in the anti-Semitic Qua
mia. the new organ in st. Petersburg:
ITO My Beloved Christian Brethren
in Christ of Kishineff: From the news
paper accounts succeeding the first
published reports concerning the
Kishineff catastrophe have concluded
that the Jews themselves were the
cause OF the recent disorders; that 1T
is the Christians who suffered in the
end, and that the Jews have been
doubly repaid for their losses and in
juries by their own brethren and 9th
ers. :, know this from private letters
which have. received from, people
who lived a. long time in Kishinen.
whosaare all acquainted with affairs
there and. who are. most trustworthy.
Therefore; M sayfo, the Kishineff Chris
tiana Jfn fnTgiye1 the reproach on. ar,
count OF the horrors that we're com
mltted which cast upon you alone.
From the letters of eye-witnesses
am convinced. now that one cannot lay
all the blame upon the Christians,
who were provoked to the disorders
by the Jews, and that the Jews were
mainly responsible for the catas-
trODhe."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Order for Hearin 6.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, g..

STATE OF MINNESOTA
County of Stearns, So
In Probate Court, Special L, rm, June 14th
1908
In the matter of the estate Of S. II. Palmer,
deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of Pc
der AmundsO OF the county OF Pope in said
state. representing. among other things, that
s. II. Palmer. late of Stearns. county in the
state OF Minnesota, in the month of d. GEM
ner. A. ID. 1856. at the county of Stearns
died intestate, and being an inhabitant of
this county al the time of his DEATH leaving
goods. chattleS and estate within this county
and that the said petitioner is person inter
ested In the estate of said deceased, and
pray ring that administration of said estate be.
to Guy s. ThOrsOn granted;
1T is ordered that said petition be heard
before said court, on Friday. the 10th day of
July. A. u. 1903. at o'clock a. M. at the
Probate Office in the court house, in the city
OF st. Cloud, In said county.
Ordered further that notice thereof be Civ
en- TO the heirs of said deceased and to
all persons interested. by publishing
, this order once in each week for three
successive weels prior to said day of hear
Ing In the Sank CENTRE H sRAID, q weekly
newspaper printed and published at Sank
Centre In said county
Dated at St. Cloud. Mimi, this 4th day
June A. d. 1903.
By the'Court. i'a.''.
[sRAI] DAVID T. CALHOUN,
!-T~-~ - 0-S 4
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
WEAK IN THE ALPHABET.
kome Letters That Men Can Never
Learn to Make.

k0me Letters That Men Can Neve,
Learn to Make.
"Why Is it that with some men some
letters CT the alphabet are harder ia
make than others and, in fact, that
there are some letters that some men
never learned how to maker asked
young man who takes considerable In
terest in the matter Of handwriting in
the New Orleans Times-Democrat. ut
b rather singular fact that nearly
every man outside Of the experts Is
weak on one or more of the letters in
the English alphabet. Sometimes the
letter involved is capital letter; some
times Il is Of the smaller kind; some
times it is one letter and sometimes
another. In any event. you will find
few men who are exempt from the fail
ing referred to.
81 know Of one man who in spite of
the fact that he does great deal Of
writing has never learned how to make
a capital P. He simply makes stag
ger at it, and, as a rule. the result Of
his efforts will look more like a small
tudu like tic COpltdl I hiiUW du-
other man who can't make small f
to save his life. He can never get the
lower part of the letter below the line
He makes it look like clubfooted b
instead of an f. There are others who
when they try to make the small b.
give 1T the long shank, and it looks
more like tie letter t. 1t is rather sin
gular that these traits should hang On
TO mans writing for lifetime but
they do it just the same. and ii you
make few inquiries among your
friends and acquaintances you will find
that but few of them are exempt from
this fault.
1T is very much like the habit of
spelling certain words incorrectly.
Many men who are rated as first class
spoilers pass through life without ever
IN single instance spelling certain
words correctly. 1t is due to habit
largely. If 1ou should ask them how
to spell the :yord. they would tell you
but. when they 60 to write it. that is
quite different. and they will get it
wrong every time. So they know. too,
how certain letters should be made. but
they simply can't put them down on
paper It Is curious but common
fault"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
SCORES OF LIVES SAVED.
Lexington (Cre.) People Warned of
the Approaching Flood.

Spokane, Wash, June ia special
to the Spokesman Review from Echo,
Ore, referring to the Heppner disas-
ter, says:
Lesc Matlock. young man, was the
hero of the day. When the flood first
came he mounted horse and rode
at breakneck speed down the canyon
in front Of the rushing water to notify
the people of Lexington. small town
nine miles below He had to go over
rough and stony road and the night
was dark and stormy. He arrived at
Lexington just few minutes ahead
Of the flood. The people were warned
and Immediately left for the hillside.
When the flood had passed only two
houses were left standing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Farm For sale.

offer for sale my 800 acre farm
six miles south of Sank Centre and q
quarter of mile fro a good sch oil.
1t is one of the best farms ir the
county all under cultivation, and with
good buildings mostly new. A solid
brick house with cellar the whole Of
it underneath: frame barn 56x80 feet,
ard all other buildings necessary on
farm. For further particulars call
on or address the owner,
JACOB BOTz,
Sank Centre. Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Lost, Found, For Sale, Etc.
House For Sale.

A leasAnt residences for sale
grounds $50 feet square. The house
contains ten good sized rooms and
two attic rooms. Hardwood floors,
and In good repair throughout. A
never failing we'll and good cistern
in kitchen. Screens for every door
and window, outside windows also.
Two screened porches and summer
kitchen. A barn with buggy shed
accommodations for three horses ard
several COWS. Property will be sold
at a bargain. Address X-City.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
TWO HUNDRED BODIES REcOV.
Erred AND AS MANY MORE
UNAccOUNTED FOR.
LITTLE TOWN PARTIALLY WIPED OUT
EASTERN AND NORTHERN ENDS
OF THE ILL FATED PLACE
REPORTED DESTROYED.

Spokane, Wash, June 17.-Direct
alyices to the Chronicle from Hepp-
ner- Ore, state that thus far the bodies
Of 200 victims of Sunday nights disas-
ter have been found. Two hundred
lore are supposed to be hidden in the
ruins or to have been swept down the
valley by the torrent. The latest esti-
mate places the total number of dead
st 400. Nearly all of these were in
Eeppner, it being thought few per-
ished in the valley below the town.
Reports indicate that the number of
injured is comparatively small.
More provisions are needed" is
the latest reports from Heppner. Other
help seems fairly well supplied. Men
have been coming in to assist in clear
ing away the wreckage and to search
for bodies.
Nearly all the eastern and northern
parts of town are reported destroyed.
I he bodies are being buried in the
cemetery rapidly, the summer weather
making this course advisable. Rail-
way communication can hardly be ex-
pected before Friday and the county
roads are reported almost impossible.
All crops are reported to be destroyed.
Between lone and Heppner there
are great piles of debris. but the food
passed SO quickly that the roads have
not been seriously damaged. The rail-
road track. however from Lexington
on is badly torn up.
in Heppner itself the food swept a
clean path nile long and two blocks
wide through the town, following gen
orally the course OF Willow creek. +.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
GLARS AND STRIPES DISPLAYED.
Flag Day Generally Observed Through
out Porto Rico.

San Juan. p. R., June 15.-The Flag
day celebration here broke the record
and there was q display OF American
ism throughout Porto Rico. Fifteen
hundred flags were carried In the pro-
cession by the pupils OF the public
schools of San Juan and there were
patriotic exercises at the theater,
which was decorated with the Stars
and Stripes
All the other cities Of the island re-
port similar enthusiasm.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
MUST HASTEN WORK.
Rapid Transit Subway May Not Be
Completed This Year.

Rapid Transit Subway May Not Be
Completed This Year.
New York. June 15.-According to
William Barclay Parsons, chief engi-
neer to the rapid transit commission,
the time margin under which it is
possible to complete the rapid transit
subway for the operation of trains by
Jan. 1, 1904. has elapsed and in order
to open the subway for traffic on the
date announced by John B. Mcdonald,
the contractor, it will be necessary to
carry on the work from now on with
out any interruption whatever.
This is the first acknowledgment by
persons in charge of the construction
work that the subway may not be
completed this year.
Parsons hopes, however, that some
Of the time which has been lost on &C.
count Of the strike during the last
two months may be made up.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
EStray.

Came to my place In the town OF Get
ty. about two weeks ago, two steers,
one 2-year-old, red, the other year
ling, red with white spots, muzzled.
Owner please call, pay expenses and
take them away. JACOB BOTZ.
Nav 20, 1908:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Good PaSturage.

have SEQ acres of good pasturage,
for $50 head of cattle-six miles east
of Sank Centre city in the township
of Melrose, we'll fenced and plenty Of
good water. Will pasture for the
season at $3.50 per head at owners
risk. Salt furnished.
c.. G. FENTON,
Sank Centre, MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
PLEADS roR AMNESTY.
General Matos Admits Venezuela
Revolution Crushed.

Caracas, June 15.-General Matos
has published in Curacao manifesto
addressed to the Venezuelan people
confessing that the revolution is
crushed and terminated and saying he
will ask Pres. tent Castro to guarantee
the safety of himself and all his fol-
lowers, so that laey may be able to
return to their homes in Venezuela
and work fer the consolidation Of
peace and the prosperity Of Venezuela.
The announcement of this news has
aroused much interest here.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
AGAINST THE STATE.
Missouri Supreme Court Renders De
cision In Favor Of Defendant.

UtSSO0tt S0Rt StuS SSose HtStsoSsS Nv
cision In Favor Of Defendant.
Jefferson City, Mo-, June 1.-THE
supreme court en- banc decided
against Attorney General Grow in his
suit for a decree of custer against the
Continental Tobacco company, brought
for violation of Missouri antitrust
laws.
The same court also decided in ia
vor of thirteen railroads against whom
Attorney General Crow had instituted
suits for violation of laws relating to
charges.
In fine, the court holds that cor
poration acting in good faith and in
the legitimate pursuit Of its business
can buy up all the assets Of other
similar corporations 1t has the money
to pay for. The law providing the
formation of trust or combination
to control prices does not prohibit the
purchase of one corporation by an
other
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
FIND PRIVATE PEsTHousE.
Much Excitement Caused at La Crosse
by Recent Discovery.

La Crosse, Wis, June II. Residents
of the North Side have discovered q
private pesthouse in the heart Of the
residence district Legal advice has
been taken and it is believed several
suits will be started against the city.
The hospital is at the home of H.
Wilbur. 1908 Charles street, and is
said to have been the refuge Of the
better classes who were Affected with
smallpox and who objected to going
to the public pesthouse.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Stone Wanted

Stone Wanted
Thirty cords of rock wanted for the
new Congregational Church delivered
ON the Lovaas lot, corner of Oak and
and Fifth SITS.
Apply to CA. EMERSON, Or
Nj. F. WOODBURY..
Trustees.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Traosdy Alarms the sultan.

Constantinople. June 15.-The terri
BILE drama at Belgrade caused stupe-
faction at the Yildiz palace. The sui
tan was 90 affected that he was unable
to listen to the details published in
the newspapers and allowed those who
conversed with him to speak Of the
death" Of the king and queen Of
Servia and would not permit them to
mention the word assassination"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
FOREST FIRE SPREADS.
Efforts Of Fire Wardens and Settlers
PoWerIess.

Ripple, Mimi. June 17.-Seyen thou
sand dollars worth of timber dana
aged, dozens of settlers made home
less and the blueberry crop destroyed
is the result of forest fire that has
ragged the past week few miles north
Of here. The fire spread slowly
against the wind and the efforts of
wardens and settlers were powerless
to check it. A long dry spell had pre-
pared the feast and trees and green
vegetation were consumed. Six Sec
lions were devastated. Burning brush
piles started the fire.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
For sale.

A comfortable hose Of five rooms
On Lake-ave., beautifully located on
wood-house and everything convien-
Kent. viii be sold at IA bargain.
Fl. l.. SMITH.
Sank Centre
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
RELATED eY EYEWITNESS.
Graphic Dsscriptioa Of the DID fsef!
~ at Neppnerss FT

Graphic Descrlptida Of the Di4stef
r. 4 u at Heppnerss.e,
4 lone, Ore, June 17.-Dayid :McAtees.
a business man Of Heppner, whose
residence is on a bench above Hepp-
ner. was an eyewitness of the terri
Bile food at that place.
ION Sunday afternoon" said Mr..
McAtee, there had been very Sc
we're rain storm, accompanied with
much wind and lightning. I was
standing in front of the house and no
ticed that a cloud of remarkable
denseness approached the top of the
hill on the east side of the canyon. l
turned for a moment, when a roar
caused me again to look at the hill.
I saw wall of water, whose height I
would be afraid to gauge, rushing
down the mountain, carrying i'm
mense trees and timbers on its crest
and tearing the very rocks from their
foundations. The terrific storm
struck the upper part of the town
first. The residence Of Thomas How
ard was the first to fall and his entire
family was drowned. In the Krug
home also every person was drowned,
as was the case in the Hale and Sal
ing residences. The house of Abra-,
ham Hamsick was entirely demolished.
The Palace hotel was the first build
ing to stem the tide and all the guests
were saved, but the houses below the
Palace hotel were blown out into the
street, overturned and wrecked. The
residence of G. A. Rhea was carried
away and the entire family killed.
The homes of C. e. Redfield and A.
c.. Gieger went next, but only three
persons were drowned there, as most
Of the occupants were absent.
Saved by Reaching Upper Story.
George Conger's house was next,
but the family succeeded in saving
their lives by rushing to the upper
stories, the house being carried down
the creek three-Quarters of a mile.
DR.. McSward and ]. Ayers. who were
living in the same residence, were
drowned.
Oscar Miners house was next de-
molished. and Mrs. Miner drowned.
The rest Of the family succeeded in
saving their lives by clinging to the
roof. All Of the Wells family but two
were lost and the house carried away.
With the Wells residence went the
house Of George Swaggert. Mr.. Swag-
gert's two married daughters were
drowned with their five children. The
Mallory house was carried $50 yards
and was found lodged against q
store and Mr.. Mallory. crippled old
man, was found safe, holding baby.
Jim Matlock's house was next. Mr..
Matlock was drowned, but his family
was saved. Dr.. Riggs house also
went. Here one child was drowned.
Mrs. Elder was drowned In her resi-
dence. The houses of Mr.. Boyd and
Mr.. Walton were also destroyed and
both families lost.
Perhaps the greatest loss Of life
occurred at the Heppner hotel This
house, which was run under the man.
agement Of Jones & Ashbaugh, was
carried away. It IL supposed that
there were about hfty guests in this
hotel. all Of whom are reported to be
lost. The proprietors themselves were
saved, but their families are among
the dead.
Residence Portion Wiped Out.
"The houses of Ben Patterson, Mr..
Dunn and Mr.. Noble were entirely de-
molished ana all persons in these three
families drowned. az were the families
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Wood Saving.

Hereafter the wood saving machine
will be operated on Mondays. Orders
eft at the Jenkins house on Pine-st.,
irst door south of city hall, will re-
l,eive prompt attention, or drop letter
n postofice.
FRANK A. NELSON.
@. E. JENKINS.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
For Sale.

Aquantity of cheap lumber suitable
for fencing and rougher work in
building. Also fence poets of various
kind, from, five cents up. Apply to
BYRON F. CARR.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
For Sale.

A Cine buggy, but little used. A
bargain. Enquire of Mrs. M. T. How,
Sank Centre, MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18

On3rCr &
I have rooms to rent, in the Lake
Shore house, suitable for families and
light housekeeping, If desired. Fine
lodging rooms. Apply to Anton Lar
son.,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18

FOR .SALE-A wide tired wagon,
rood single buggy rnd harness and q
Walking cultivator by Clark E. Jenk-
ms. =
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Wanted.

WANTED-Two or three improved
farms, also the same number OF unim-
sroved farms for buyers. Have fer
ale fine wild lands in Wisconsin and
Minnesota. Address Dell Deits, Hud-
on, Wis.