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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28
Russian Officials at Port Arthur Re-
pudiate Published Accusations
Against America.
MbNcHURIAN POLICY OF This
COUNTRY SAID TO have been CAUSE
Significant Advice for japanese Mer-
chants at ManilaO from Home Gov
ernment-Japanese Interpreter at
Russian Legation at Toxic Arrest
ed Charged with Being a Spy.

Port Arthur, Jan. 2G.-The highest Of
ficials here repudiate the published &C
cusations of Russian hostility to the
United States because of its Manchurian
policy and the appointment of American
consuls under the new treaty with Chi
ma. 1t is officially asserted that no large
reinforcement of the eastern forces is
expected at present. The military au-
thorities, however, add that otherwise
arrangements are making for a large
supply of ponies from the province OF
Chilli for the Cossacks and mounted
infantry. The generalization of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28
LATER.

Between IT'S and 100 men were en-
thomed by an explosion in-the shaft of
the Harwick coal company near Ches-
wick, Pa.
The lower parts Of Parkersburg, Pa,
are under water. This includes the
business section of the town almost up
to Third street, while the residence
district is partly inundated.
japanese merchants in Manila have
received advices from the home govern
ment that in case of hostilities they
had better transfer their business to
Americans.
The house committee on Indian af-
fairs ordered favorable report on the
Marshall bill to open the Devils Lake,
N. D., reservation to settlement and
entry.
Two burglars escaped from the Jail
at Iowa City, Ia, by saving thru the
bars.
Carter 81. Harrison, as mayor of Chi
cago, declared responsible for the Iro-
quois theater disaster by the coroner's
jury, in that he showed a lamentable
lack of force and for his efforts to
slirls responsibility. He was held to
the grand jury.
The American Bible association is
sues an appeal for funds, signed by
President Roosevelt and other emf
nent men.
Fl. Smith Woolley, former Mormon
bishop, is appointed assayer of mint at
Boise, Idaho, despite charges against
him.
American Baseball association adopts
constitution.
Mrs. N. c. Hargis, who died at Den
ton, Texas, left 165 great grandchil-
dren.
While sleigh-riding at Anoka, MINI. {,
Louis Flicker died suddenly from heart
disease.
Ten thousand are rendered homeless
Kaiser William of Germany has sent a
relief ship.
Willard CAts, a wiretapper, was
shot and wounded by Marshal Watson,
of Pittsburg, Ind. Gait escaped and
cannot be found.
A freight and passenger train on the
Burlington road collided near Gar
diene, Mo-, killing three passengers.
The lower house of congress passed
the army appropriation bill, carrying
SIS, ZOO, 900, after adopting several
amendments.
The Cherokee Indians threaten to
rise and make trouble.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESS AT WORK.
Daily Proceedings of the Senate an'
House Briefly Told.

Daily Proceedings of the Senate and
House Briefly Told.
Senator Plat Comm concluded his
speech on Panama in the senate on the
22d. He defended the course OF the pres
ident throughout. The army appropria-
ton bill was under consideration by the
house in committee of the whole for five
hours, most of which time was devoted
to a general discussion of the tarin
question.
The senate, on the 22d, adopted the res
olution of inquiry concerning affairs IN
Panama introduced on the 9Th inst. by
Senator German, and listened to speech
on the Panama question by Senator Dol
liver and another on the subject OF re-
cess appointments. The house passed.
209 pension bills, and also resolutions
calling on the secretary of war and the
attorney general for information as to
the number of horses and carriages
maintained at government expense for
officers of these respective departments.
Financial legislation at the present
session of congress is regarded as i'm
probable. Speaker Cannon opposes any
and all radical measures.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The University of Pennsylvania has
2,57S students enrolled, the largest UNI
Der in its history.
In the city of New York alone there are
$50 900 people living to-day who would
be dead if the mortality of so years ago
still prevailed.
A steam motor devised by an English
inventor may double the speed of rail-
road trains and Atlantic steamers.
Gen. ]. Warren Keifer wants to go to
congress from the Seventh district of
Ohio.
President Loubet, of France, attributes
his good health to taking long walks
every morning between six and eight
o'clock.
DR.. Matthew H. Buckham, nearing
20 years of age, will soon retire from the
presidency of the University of Vermont.
Maj. Elijah w. Halford, U. S. A., once
private secretary to President Harrison,
is home from the Philippines on fur
Tough.
H. H. Wibert, of New York, an ardent
admirer of President Lincoln, owns a
walking stick which was the martyrs
constant companion.
Seven thousand acres of land in WASH
ington county, Alabama, have been pur-
chased for colonization purposes, and
will be subdivided into small farms and
sold to alien farmers.
j. I. Clary, chief master at arms on the
United States battleship Nevada, with
service stripes on his arms denoting 20
years of naval service, recently COM
pleted 100 trips around the world.
There are two national banks in Mount
Pleasant, Ia, and it has just developed
that a majority of stock in eachis owned
by woman. The men who actually
manage the enterprise own but small
fraction.
Schools for Chinese are maintained in
Yokohama and Kobe by Chinese mer-
chants, and school for higher educa-
ton at Toxic. The pupils generally have
Japanese mothers.
Sixty per cent. of the French wines
and 80 per cent, Of the champaigns are
adulterated or limitations, according to
the sensational report of Prof Robert M.
Allen, secretary of the National Pure
Food association. -~-t
A delegation from the Upper Missis-
sippi River Improvement association
told president Roosevelt that the Pana-
man canal would necessitate the rivers
improvement.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28
FOREIGN.

British friends of arbitration appealed
to the car and the mikado to adjust the
differences between Russia and Japan
at The Hague.
Japanese railway men have been at.
tackled by Coreans at several points
along the Seoul-Fusau railway and the
Corean authorities have been notified
that unless they prevent recurrence OF
these disorders necessary measures will
be taken by Japanese troops.
The third anniversary of the death
of Queen Victoria was observed by the
usual memorial service at Frogmore.
Twelve thousand Japanese troops have
landed at Masampho, Corea, according
to a London newspaper dispatch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28

passenger and freight traffic on the
Manchurian railway continues in conse-
quence of the military activity and there
is great block of freight at Port Dalny
Significant Advice.
Manilao, Jan. 26.-The japanese mer-
chants in this city have received advices
from the home government that in case
better transfer their business over to
the Americans.
Interpreter Arrested.
Toxic, Jan. 26-Takashima, the Jap
anese Interpreter for the Russian at
tache, was arrested on Saturday last
On the suspicion of acting as a spy in
the Yokosuka fortified zone. He has
been taken to Yokohama for trial. 1t
is alleged that conclusive evidence has
been obtained regarding other suspects
which is causing very strong feeling
against such treachery, which 10 CAPT.
:al offense in Japan.
Negotiations at a standstilI.
Paris, Jan. 26.-Considerab;e tension
is again observable in governmental
quarters concerning the Russo-Japanese
situation. This is due principally to the
fact that the efforts toward a pacific
adjustment have not made the prog
ress which the officials hoped and ex-
pected. The general view of those high
est in authority is summed up in the
statement that the negotiations have
reached a point where practically no
progress is occurring in any direction.
Whether this means that Russia's latest
answer does not make concessions
which are likely to bring about a set
Element it is impossible to say, as the
delicate stage of the negotiations leads
the officials to withhold precise details.
The only definite statement is that the
negotiations are virtually at a standstill.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28

Virginia, Michigan and Iowa, later to
be added to the central competitive dis
trict. Another, the southern states, in
Guiding Kentucky, and the fifth the
trans-Mississippi states. His plan is
to have joint agreements made in each
of these districts. He thinks it might
take several years to work out this plan,
but that it could be done. Under it, he
holds, all contracts could be made to
expire on the same day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28
Car Barns burned.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 26.-Fire de-
stroyed the car barns of the Indianap-
oils Traction and Terminal company at
Mclean place Monday. Fifteen cars
were burned
Twenty-six of the company's best
cars were destroyed. Ten of them were
new double truck cars. The loss is es-
timated at 100000. Two colored fire.
men were slightly injured.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28
Fatal Wreck.

Winnipeg, Ian., Jan. 26.-A Canadian
Pacific train loaded with coal got be-
yond control of the engineer and ran
away in Kicking Horse pass, going up
and down grades at terrific speed, until
it struck a safety switch at small sta
ton where it was derailed. Engineer
Ladner and Fireman Emslie were
killed instantly and Brakeman Grove
received fatal injuries
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28
Veteran Indian Fighter Dead.

New York. Jan. 26.-Gen. William
Chauncey Kibbe, an old Indian fighter
and gold hunter in California during
1S49, is dead at his home in Brooklyn,
from tuberculosis. He was In his
eighty-seeond year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28
EoreiSners Uneasy

Seoul, Jan. s26.-Corean soldiers and
police at Pyengyan, disguised as rob-
bers, have looted all the wealthy native
houses. Foreigners are growing very
uneasy over the condition of affairs. The
natives seemingly are apathetic. The
weather is extremely cold.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28
To Take a Recess.

Washington, Jan. 26.-The chief JUS
tice of the supreme court of the United
States Monday announced that on next
Monday the court would take a recess
for three weeks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-28

passenger and freight traffic on the
Manchurian railway continues in conse-
quence of the military activity and there
is great block of freight at Port Dalny
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
Finally stopped at 3 p. Nj
SEVEN SCORE ACRES IN ASHES
Embracing Seventy-Five Squares Insur-
ance Men Fear to Estimate.

Embracing SeVenty-fiVe Squares InSur-
ance Men Fear to Estimate.
Throughout the terrible contest in
which 1iremen and fire waged for SUI
premacy humanity was handicapped
by q gale which carried burning brands
over the heads of the workers and be-
yOnd the reach of the hundreds of
streams Of water poured into the rag
ing furnaces. But for the work of vol
unteerS III seeking out and eXtinguish-
ing these emberS it is almost certain
the burned area would have been twice
larger than it is. About seventy-fve
squares. or 40 acres are in acres, eX-
tending from Lexington street on the
north to Pratt street on the soUth, frCm
Liberty street on the west to Jones
Falls on the east.
Insurance companies have opened
temporary Offices in the Lexington no
tel but their representatives decline to
estimate the loss. The answer of one
is typical Of all: Its too big. We
have not figures to describe it. Make
it above $100,000,000. That's the best
we can do" The same INDIGESTION was
true in regard to estimates concerning
insurance.
The city was early placed under
martial law. and thus all danger of
looting in the doomed district was
eliminated. Word is received that
General Corbin, of New York, will be
here today to take command of the
federal troops. The presence Of two
regiments Of MALTA rs an adjunct
to the police, which were augmented
by details from Philadelphia and
Washington, resulted III the mainten-
ance of the best Of order
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
VERDICT WILL BE OF INTEREST
Alleged Bribers on Trial in a Case Where
the Briber Already Has Been
Acquitted.

st. Louis, Feb. 9-One of the first
cases on the docket in Judge Melon
AIDS criminal division of the circuit
court was that against Charles +.
Kelly, Charles j. Denny, Charles a.
Gutke and Edmund Bersch, jointly in
dicted for bribery in connection with
the passing of the city lighting bill in
the house of delegates in 1899.
The four men are charged with re-
ceiving part of the $4,000 which a
jury at Fulton, Mo-, has just decided
that Edward Butler did not use for
bribery
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
HAD TO CARRY TIE GIRLS
Sleighing Party in "a Predicament That
Should Have Been "Pie" to
the Rows.

Flint, Mich, Feb. GA party of fiji
teen young people of this city nearly
had ''perilous" time on a sleighing
party, their conveyance becoming
stalled mile and half outside of the
city The team came to q drift where
the snow was SO deep that as the horses
foundered about only their heads and
backs were visible. The entire party
was forced to get out in snow to their
waists. The men carried the girls
back to point where the snow was
not so deep and themselves returned to
help the animals
1t was some time before the outfit
could be gotten out, and the entire par
ty were suffering from frost bites. The
team was headed back to the city, but
the young people were so chilled by
the cold that they lost their sense Of
direction and wound up at the home of
Pat Ryan, at the corner of Beach and
oFurteenth streets. Here they were
taken in, roaring fires built, and neigh
bors came to assist in relieving the suf-
ferings of the boys and girls.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10

to Senator Tillman as a buffoon, as
a leading New York papers often
does But he cheerfully says lit
doesn't touch me. | am pachyder-
matous" This is fortunate. If lac
is really insensible to all epithets, he
must be entirely squamous, not to
say lOricated.
A party Of the preYalect prosperity
is the remarkable development of
electric railway communication
Boston has been brought next door
to New York; New York is within
an hour of Philadelphia by the new
line of trolleys; a grand boulevard
will soon be finished from Washing
ton to Baltimore, with
a double track ell ectric; and in
Ohio an arrangement has been
made to unite the electric roads of
that state, so that it can be COM
pletely traversed without recurring
to steam.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
stay the progress Of the flames was

stay the progress Of the flames was
continued until the fire was under con-
troll Then the dynamiters turned their
attention to raZing lettering walls
which threatened to collapse The re-
suit was almost constant canr0rad-
ing, and the decorating was heard in
all parts of the city With the fire
under control the blackenCd waste
which lies in the wake Of the sea Of
flames presents q view that can he
likened best to an ocean of great coke
ovens, each shooting out its thousand
tongues of flame. This is all that is
left Of what were once handsome of
fee buildings, storage. wholesale and
business houses of all kinds. Bust
ness men, prosperous Sunday morning,
are poor today.
Colonel j. Frank Supple, a COM
petent authority on factory statistics,
estimates that the number of persons
thrown out of employment will reach
$4,000. Inspector of Buildings Preston,
after making a careful study Of the
burned district, placed the building
loss alone at $150,000,000.
It is feared that aid must come from
adjacent cities and a partial famine
will be an added phase of the situa
ton. Restaurants are entirely with
out food, and though they say they
will be able to feed their guests it is
admitted the variety will be lessened
at once Preparations are being made
to rush supplies from New York in
order to avert suffering in homes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
OIRCUIT COURT SUMMONS.

CIRCUIT COURT SUMMONS
State OF Wisconsin-Circuit Court for Graa {
County.
Charles Arnett, Plaintiff
VS.
Rose Arnett, Defendant
The State Of Wisconsin to the said Defend
ant:
You are hereby summoned to appear vita
in twenty days fter service Of this summons
exclusive Of the day Of service, and defend
the above entitled action in the Court afore
said; and in case Of your failure so to dr.,
judgment will be rendered against you &C
cording TO he demand Of the complaint.
BROWN & BRENNAN
Plaintiffs Attorneys
P. O. Address, Lancaster. Grant Co. Wis.
First insertion Jan. 6: last. Feb. 10, 1904.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
GIRLS DROWNED IN FLOOD
Boy Has Terrible Experience. but Is
Saved-Whole Family Mar
rowly Escapes

Petersburg, Ind, Feb. 1.-TWO young
girls in family named Young were
drowned in a food near Union. eight
miles west of here. The family, con
sisting Of father, mother and four chill
dren, lived in log hut Oh the bank
of Indian creek. The flood was due
to storm, and as the waters surround
ed the house the family fed.
The father, mother and a daughter
waded the strong current, and the chill
dren were washed into deep water.
One of them, boy, was carried
through two culverts and caught on a
stump, from which neighbors rescued
him. A dog belonging to the family
stayed in the hut and was found safe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
Reported Arrest Is a Mistake.

Fedford, Ind, Feb. "a rumE of
the arrest Of suspect in the Schafer
murder case by Detective O'Brien, at
Greencastle, created quite little ex-
element here until inquiries proved
the report false. The detectives and
officials refuse to affirm or deny re-
port now current that a former class
mate of Miss Schafer IS now under
surveillance at Bloomfield. Detective
Reed said that there are no new de-
velOpments and none are anticipated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
THE MARKET REPORT
Grain Holders Get Terrible Surprise
Scenes Are Wild and Prices
Are Higher.

Chicago, Feb. s.
There was a terrible surprise for
grain holders this morning. The long
expected war force was under the mar
kets at the opening. The scenes were
wild and higher prices were made for
a minute. But the great body of trad
ers seemed loaded for just such a
chance to sell. There was an avail
anche Of holdings OH the pits i'll q
minute. Prices yielded at once, as the
selling was tremendous.
There is intensely cold weather in
the northwest, and the prospect OF
very cold weather everywhere by to-
night. Kansas is still without mois-
ture, and so is oklahoma. There IS
very little precipitation shown this
morning, but the Sunday map showed
some precipitation generally except IN
Kansas and oklahoma and heaVy-all
over the Ohio valley.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
ESTATE OF JOHN McKELvEY, Deceased,

ESTATE OF JOHN MCKEIvEY, Deceased.
State of wisconsin, County Court of Grant
County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the special
term of the county court, to be held in arG
for said county, at the court house in the
city of Lancaster, in said county on the
4th Tuesday of February, A. D., 1904, beirG
the 23d day of February, 1904, .at the hour Of
one O'Clock in the afternoon, the following
nS N.Y. WI PG ne ID aaa GonSSluereu
for the admission to probate of an inStrG-
ment in writing purporting to be the last
will and testament of john McKelvey, Sr. {,
late of the town of Potosi, in said county
deceased.
BY Order of the Court,
JAMES MCBRIEN, Register in Probate.
Dated Jan. 23d 1904
Herman Buchner. Petitioners Attorney.
First insertion Jan, ~ last, Feb 10
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
Heaps Some Goals of Fire.

Washington, Feb. 9. - Edward f.
Jones, of Binghamton, n. Y, colonel
of the old Sixth Massachusetts regi-
ment. who is now in Washington. adj
dressed the following letter to Mayor
McLane: with a vivid recollection
of a warm reception given to me on
the 18Th of April, 1861, by people Of
Baltimore, l take pleasure in inclos-
ing my check for $100 which please
place in your relief fund"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10

Springfield, H., Feb. 9.-The quar-
terly meeting of the State Oficehold-
ers' association was held at the Man
sion. The programme included adj
dresses by DR.. ]. G. Corbus, of the
Kankakee asylum; Henry Dunlap, on
the Louisiana Purchase exposition
Leon Mcdonald, on the Illinois and
Michigan canal, and f. A. Riddle, on
the Nicksburg monument commission.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
Postal EMPLOYEES in Trouble.

Bay City, Mich, Feb. 9.-Following
up the arrest of Mail Carrier Richard
Jewett on the charge Of stealing money
from the United States mails, Postmas-
ter Merritt suspended Carrier James
McGrath for drunkenness on duty and
for losing mail, and removed Janitor j.
H. Baker for neglect of duty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

State Of Wisconsin Grant County Court ,
SS.-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Wilhelm
Penekamp, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
Wilhelm Penekamp deceased, having been
issued to Ed. M. Wilmott,
Notice is hereby given. that the creditors
OF said Wllh !eI Penekamp, deceased, are al
til and including the lst Tuesday Of August.
1904. being the I'd day of said month, to pre-
Wilhelm Penekamp, deceased, to the County
court for examination and allowance.
Notice is a $50 hereby given, that the claims
and demands SO presented will be examined
and adjusted by this Court, at the Office OF
the County Judge, at the Court House. in the
city of Lancaster, in said County. on the "a
Tuesday of August. 1904
Dated this 21St day Of January 1904
BY the Court,
E. 3. GOODSELL, County Judge
First insertion Jan. 81; last, Feb. 10
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
Hurrying Train Kills Il Man.

Milan, Mich, Feb. 9.-The Wabash
east-bound Atlantic express which was
about two hours late and running at
a high rate of speed, struck and killed
man in the yards here. From papers
on his person he was identified as
Thomas COrbin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
Northern Securities Case.

Washington, Feb. 9.-In accord with
the requirements of the supreme court
Of the United States additional briefs
have been filed in the merger case of
the state of Minnesota against the
Northern Securities company.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10
THE WEATHER

The following is the official weather
forecast up to o'clock tonight
Illinois-SrOW fiurries in extreme
south portion; fresh north to east
winds.
misunderstanding cloudiness; fresh
north to east winds.
Lower Michigan and Wisconsin,
Generally fair and continued cold;
northerly winds.
Iowa-Partly cloudy. with possibly
snow f1urries in west portion; north to
east winds.