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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
The claim of Philadelphia women

The claim of Philadelphia women to
the ownership Of the Liberty Bell
seems to be regarded by Gov. Penny
packer in the light of joke. He
laughed rather heartily at the sugges
ton, and evidently does not think il
necessary to furnish facts and figures
to refute the claim. Ex-Judge Thayer
the governor said, has rendered de-
cision which fixes the ownership of the
bell. It belongs to the city of Phila
delphia, and the city authorities are to
determine when it is to be taken from
Independence hall.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION.
Six Young Girls Known to have Been
Killed, and Death List May
Be Increased.

Scranton, Pa, April IA number
of girls employed in the Dickson Squib
Manufacturing companys works at
Priceburg, near here, were killed from
an explosion yesterday. The number
killed is estimated from + to 10. Eight
cen or twenty girls were employed in
the building at the time of the explo-
sion.
The cause of the accident is mys-
terry. One story is to the effect that,
previous to the explosion, one of the
girls threw a squib into a stove and
the explosion that followed was of suf-
ficient force to wreck the building and
set the structure on fire.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
HEAVY FINE ASSESSED,
w. A. Heinze Must Pay $50, 900 as
Punishment for Open Violation of
Injunction by Court.

Butte, Mont, March 81 w. Angus
tus Heinze, the Montana copper mag
nate, A. l.. Frank, superintendent of
YOUNGSTOWN Mining company, and J. H.
Trerise, superintendent of the Rarus
mine, Heinze properties, were found
guilty of contempt of court by Judge
Beatty in the United States court yes
terday in the action brought by the
Butte & Boston Mining company
against the defendants for entering the
Michael Davitt lode claim and extract
ing therefrom valuable ore on what is
known as the Ennargite vein. Mr..
Heinze was fined $4,000, while Frank
and Trerise were fined $1,000 each.
All paid their fines
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
THE FLOOD SITUATION.
The Conditions Are Improving in
Michigan, But in Indiana the
Outlook Is Serious.

Detroit, Mich, April Flood con-
ditions all over Michigan are steadily
improving, and it is thought that all
danger from high water is over IL the
state. Rain fell in the Saginaw valley,
but it has not had any effect on the fall
of the rivers in the valley. At Grand
Rapids the river continued to fall dur
ing the night, and conditions showed
very material improvement. Five lives
have been lost and probably upwards of
five million dollars worth of damage
to property has been done by the food
in the state.
Indianapolis, Ind, April 1.-Heavy
rains have increased the food danger
in the southwestern part of Indiana.
Vincennes, Mt. Carmel, New Harmony,
GRANVILLE, Princeton, Evansville, West
Port and all of Lawrence county Illi-
nois, are suffering from the high water.
West Port has been comp etely
abandoned. Hundreds of refugees are
living in schoolhouses and barns. Live
stock is quartered in haylofts and rail-
road traffic is at standstill. The Bel
grade levee broke in another place The
great fill at Hazleton, which was con-
structed at a cost of 100000, was
swept away.
Wabash river is eight miles wide west
OF Princeton. One hundred and sixty
people have been rescued, anC are
camped in the fair grounds. Forty thou
sand acres of wheat will be lost in south
western Indiana. Thus far eight lives
are known to have been lost in the
floods and the property loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Crestline, O., April 2.-All the lover
districts in Crestline and vicinity are
under water, and for the second time
within a month in nearly half a CEN
fury the town has suffered great dam
age. Portions of 100 houses are under
water. i
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
Summary of Work Done in Senate and
House by theLawmakers at the
Fifty-Eighth Session.

Washington, March 29.-The senate
yesterday for three hours discussed the
recent order of the pension bureau
making old age an evidence of disable
ity, and then passed the District OF
Columbia appropriation bill. The sun
dry civil bill was before the house, but
debate took a wide range.
Washington, March 30.-The bill au-
thorizing the erection of an additional
ington was again the subject of spirited
debate in the senate yesterday. The
post Office appropriation bill was re-
ported. In the house the time was &C.
cupied in general debate on the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
Washington, March 31.-The senate
began the consideration Of the post Of
flee appropriation bill yesterday and il
was the signal for a revival of the
democratic demand for an investiga'
ton into the charges of corruption IL
the post Office department. In the
house consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was resumed, ant
but few pages had been disposed o.
when a debate took place on the ne
gro question.
Washington, April 1.-The attention
of the senate yesterday was divided
between the bill for the repeal of the
desert land, the timber and stone ant
the homestead Communication laws ant
the post Office appropriation bill. II
the house consideration Of the sundry
civil appropriation bill was concluded
and the conferrees on the agriculture
appropriation bill was agreed to.
Washington. April yesterday wa
devoted by the senate to almost con
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Russian Rule at Newchwang.
A FRlCHTFUL LEAP.
Man Jumps from Top Floor of TWEEN
ty-One Story Building in
New York.

New York, April 2.-Sidney Johnston
Hayden, of the Hotel Holley, yesterday
jumped to the street from the top floor
of the History skyscraper at Broadway
and New street. Nearly every bone
in his body was broken. Hayden went
into one of the unoccupied Offices on
the top floor of the New street side,
raised a window, laid an umbrella he
carried on the ledge and at once crawled
out and jumped. His body made one
full turn backward and Struck the
pavement with fearful force Most of
the persons who were passing in the
street ran away in horror.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Naval Officer Kills Himself.

Pensacola, Fla, April 2.-Lieut
Commander Edgar Townsend Warbur-
ton, chief engineer of the battleship
Maine, now in this harbor, committed
suicide in his cabin on board the YES
sci Friday. No cause is known for the
act. He appeared to be in the best of
health and spirits and within a few
weeks would have been assigned to
shore duty. Many of the officers ex-
pressed the belief that death was the
result of an accident and that the COM
mander had not committed suicide.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

Builders whose buildings are tum'
bling down and killing people might
learn lesson in construction from the
old Dodd homestead of East Orange
N. (which is being demolished The
Dodd house was erected 141 years ago.
and its frame is found to be as strong
and solid as when it was first put to-
gether. The house was built Of heavy,
hand-hewn, solid oak timbers, and ev'
cry part has remained intact all these
years. Fireplaces, chimneys, even the
hardware fastenings of the old man.
sion are just as they were originally.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

After series Of experiments with
carrier pigeons for conveying intelli-
gence. the German naval authorities
have decided to erect permanent pig
con stations on the coasts of the
North and Baltic seas. Every war
ship, except torpedo boats, leaving Kiel
or Wilhelmshaven will hereafter carry
a consignment of pigeons, to be re-
leased at varying distances from the
land stations. 1t is estimated that the
birds have sufficient endurance to fly
home over a distance of about 1856
miles from land
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Died of Strange Disease.

st. Louis, April 2.-Willam Combs,
aged "a, died at the City hospital
from an infirmity that had turned his
blood white. His ailment was dag
nosed as "splenic leukemia" Combs
was as yellow as a Monaghan and fire.
quently had been mistaken for one.
The disease was painless and first at,
tackled him rs years ago. The case
had attracted much attention from the
local medical fraternity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
LAND CAMPAIGN
IS NEAR At HAND
MIKADO'S ARMY IS REPORTED
NEAR WIJU AND LAND AT
TACK EXPECTED.
Rumor That the japanese Fleet Again
Bombarded Port Arthur-Another
Report That China Will Join
Forces with Japan.

London, April 2.-If reports which
came from Toxic last night are cor
rect the Japanese army last Tuesday
was only Is miles from Wiju. A tele-
gram from Toxic says: Information
has been received here from private
source that the Japanese troops, after
dislodging the Russians at ChengJu,
about fifty miles northwest of Ping
yang, on March %, rested for one day
and then advanced to Yongchun, about
forty-five miles west of Chengju. After
a brief engagement here they drove the
enemy farther north, the Russians re-
treating toward Unsan, a town 80
miles northeast of Yongchun.'
Getting Close to Wiju.
Yongchun is within 20 miles of Wiju,
the base of the Russian army of the
Yalu, and the point at which the first
severe land engagement must be
fought for the control of the mouth of
the river and the capture OF Antung.
The Japanese front, from unofficial re-
ports, extends from Kasan, on the
coast west of Anju, in semicircle to
Pakchung and Unsan. Military ex-
perts here do not look for an immedi-
ate frontal attack on Wiju, although
they admit that such an attack is with
in the possibilities. They believe, how
ever, that the mikado's generals will
attempt to turn the Russian flank by
forcing passage of the Ialu north
west from Unsan.
Rumor of Another Attack.
A dispatch from Toxic says Vice Ad-
miral Togo made another attack on
Port Arthur during the night of March
30-31 The dispatch adds that it is
understood the attack was for the pur-
pose of taking soundings and ascertain
ing the effects of the last attempt to bot
tie up the Russian fleet.
China to Join Japan.
Shanghai, April China will join
forces with Japan. The only question
is: How soon? The attitude of neu-
trality has been impossible from the be-
ginning, and is daily growing more diff
ficult to maintain. 1t was taken on the
advice of Japan. Popular feeling is not
only pro-Japanese, but strongly anti
Russian. The Chinese, in fact, are pre-
pared to trust the Japanese, and to be-
ieve in their intentions to maintain
Chinas integrity.
Russian Rule at Newchwang.
Newchwang, AprifS1 There is some
local excitement about the proclama-
ton of martial law at Newchwang. The
L
Russian administrator if he claimed the
right to arrest British or American sub
jects. The administrator said yes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

In one respect the Japanese differ
greatly from the soldiers Of other ma
tions. especially those nations whose
dghtisg men are gathered by conscrip-
tion. He likes his job, and would
rather be q soldier than anything else.
Most soldiers are keen in time of war.
but the Jap is even keen in time Of
peace. All able-bodied japanese are
soldiers In theory, for the second
landsturm" of the army is composed
OF all men between the ages of II and
40 who are not in any of the other
branches Of the naval and military ser.
Hice.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Bandits Resentenced.

Chicago, April Judge Kersten
yesterday resentenced the car-barn
bandits Peter Niedermeyer, Harvey
Van Dine and Gustav Marx-to be
hanged at the county Jail April %, the
date originally fixed and then question
ed as to its legality. BY this proceed
ing he clarified the previous sentence
Of technical errors and made impossi-
Bile, the. states attorneys think, any
chance for respite or escape from the
gallOwS.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Ran Into Open Switch.

Ashland, Wis, March 30.-Engineer
Edward Harmon was killed and his fire.
man, man named Thompson, and
Brakeman White, were fatally injured
in the wrecking of fast freight on the
Milwaukee road by unknown persons
between Spooner and Eau Claire Tues
day. The train ran into an open switch
at Ferona, ten miles south of Spooner,
Is cars and the engine being derailed.
The railroad authorities claim the switch
was thrown open Intentionally.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
A Negro Party.

East st. Louis, ILL.,, March 31-W.
T. Scott, a negro, has announced that
preparations have been completed for
a national convention for the nomina-
ton of a negro candidate for president
The convention will be held in ST.
Louis, July 6, the date set for the ma
tional democratic convention. The
name of the new party is THE Nation
al Civil Liberty party" and a plat
form will be adopted.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Mountain Disappears.

Caribou, Me-, March 31.-Bald noun
tain, for centuries towering cone
near the New Brunswick line, has van
ished. Apparently it has sunk into the
earth, for on. it's site there is now only
large lake of muddy water 1t is be-
lieved the mountain was the cone of
volcano, which experienced an erup-
tion March 81, causing the mountain
to disappear and an earthquake to be
felt throughout New England.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Shot from Ambush.

Pineville, KY, March 30.-Richard
Jenkins, known as Dead Dick" has
been shot and instantly killed on Buck
creek, 20 miles from here, by unknown
parties from ambush. Jenkins played
a prominent part in the feuds which
ragged so desperately in the mountains
several years ago. He is credited with
having killed eight men, but for the last
few years had been living a quiet and
peaceable life. He was well known
throughout the mountain section of
southeastern Kentucky.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

An ingenious contrivance has been
invented by Tom Tod, supervising en-
gineer of railroad in Buenos Ayres,
for use on his official trips of inspec-
ton. AS the company is too poor to
supply locomotive and train for it's
officials, the inspector has to content
himself with a poor handcar. This
has been transformed into boat on
wheels. 1t is rugged up with main
sail and jib. Mr.. Tod has attained a
speed of 40 miles an hour.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Joy Was Short-Liyed.

East st. Louis, ILL.,, April LATTER
contesting his wife's will, which cue
him OF with $50 and left 5000 to Eu-
ropean relatives, and winning the
suit two weeks ago for 5000, John
Thornberg rejofced to such an extent
that he broke his leg and on Thursday
died from blood poisoning. There be-
ing no children, the $4,000 estate will
go to relatives here and in Europe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Bandits Resentenced

Chicago, April 2.-Judge Kersten Fri
day resentenced the car-barn bandits
Peter 'Niedermeyer, Harvey Van Dine
and Gustav Marx-to be hanged at the
county Jail April %, the date original
ly fixed and then questioned as to its
legality. BY this proceeding he clarified
the previous sentence of technical errors
and made impossible, the states attor-
neys think, any chance for respite or
escape from the gallows.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
A Fatal Leap.

Marshfield, Wis, March 31.-A dis
patch was received here stating that
Frank A. Cady, prominent attorney
of this city, and formerly assemblyman,
who went to Hot Springs, Ark, for his
health four weeks age,jumped from the
fifth-story window of hotel there and
was instantly killed. He was delirious,
and it was during the temporary abb
sence of. his nurse that he committed the
art
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

Muscatine, Ia, April 1.-The mystery
surrounding Patrick McGath, who was
found dead in a church near Kansas
City Monday, with written confess
sion in his pocket that he killed Po-
liceman Neibert of this city in 1896, is
gradually clearing. McGath was IN
mistakably identified. He was accused
of robbing post Office in this vicinity
and disappeared soon after.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
DANGER of Fuel Famine.

Des Moines, Ia, April 2.-Des Moines
and the entire state of Iowa are<coE.
frontedS with a coal famine as a result
of the lockout which closes every mine
in the state and that section of Mis-
souri, included IN the territory embraced
by the affected district. Not a pound
of coal is to be had for sale in Des
Moines and other cities of the state are
similarly affected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Train Held TN

San Francisco, Cal, April 1.-The
north-bound Oregon express was held
up by three masked men at Capley,
near Keswick, Shasta county. The ban
dts blew up the express car and looted
it, Messenger O'Neill was killed while
trying to defend his car. The amount
secured is not known. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

Patchouli, known for its penetrating
odor, is derived from the leaves of the
tropical herb, pogostemon patchouli.
The plant in it's wild state is found in
East India, but is now also cultivated.
The supply of leaves for the perfume
industry comes mainly from Java and
different sections of the Malacca penin-
sula; also from Coukol island, near
SingapOre,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

At a recent examination of young
men in England, three of the answers
to the question, What is the Mon
roe doctrine?" were: 1.-THE religion
Of America taught by DR.. Monroe on
the transmigration of souls" THE
doctrine that people may be married
several times" "One that has to do
with vaccination and smallpox; it
was brought out by Prof. Monroe"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

Probably the first case of it's kind
suit by an insurance company to re-
cover from an electric lighting COM
pany on losses sustained through de-
fective insulation-has just been de-
cided by a jury in the supreme court
at New York. Damages were awarded
the insurance company, as several
witnesses told of having seen the
burning electric light wires.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Victim of Apoplexy.

Chicago, March Sd. Harry Ham
mer, who had been prominent for over
80 years in Chicago legal circles and
public life, died yesterday morning.
He was stricken with apoplexy at
the Hamilton club, but rallied enough
to be removed to his home, where he
sank rapidly. He was 63 years old,
and is survived by widow, two
DAUGHTERS and one son.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

So effective is the life-saving serv-
ice OF the United States that from
disasters to 246 documented vessels
on our coast during the last year. hav-
ing 1852 persons on board, only 20
lives were lost, and Of the nine mil
lion dollars worth of property put in
jeopardy, but a little more than one
million was lost.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Were Murdered.

Boston, March 31-Dr. F. w. Draper
medical examiner for Suffolk county,
made an autopsy on the bodies of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank A. Brown, of Roslindale,
formerly of Chicago, who died from bull
let wounds Saturday, and reported that
both were murdered. At the time of the
tragedy it was the accepted theory that
Brown had killed his wife and taken his
own life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Walks Into the Rani3s-

Niagara Falls. N. Y, April 2.-Otis
White, of Ransomville, an old man,
committed suicide at Prospect Point
Friday by deliberately walking into the
rapids where he sat down and was car
ried over the American falls.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

Beginning one mile west of the head
Of the Galops canal, in Canada, and
extending for over two miles, a chan
mel has been cut 300 feet wide. By
the use of this channel the largest
vessels now navigating the st. Law
renee are saved the tortuous and den
gerous passage by the south channel
through American water.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

The Farmers Telephone Co. at An.
derson, Ind has adopted a general
signal of distress for it's patrons on
party lines. Following the general
alarm the exchange operator will give
the number of rings indicating the
house from which the alarm came, so
that the neighbors may go direct to
the place where assistance is needed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Bryan Loses His Suit.

New Haven, Conn, April IA find
ing that the sealed letter by which
Philo S. Bennett expressed wish that
$4,000 should be given to William
Jennings Bryan and his family was not
a part of the last will of Mr.. Bennett
was returned by the jury in the SUI
perior court, and Mr.. Bryan is thus de-
feated in his contest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

The 1000 telephone girls in Ger
many are government employees.
Each must be of good character and
live in a respectable family. The
pay is 33H cents day, with an ad-
vance of six cents in two years, and
those four years in service secure II
cents day. Applicants for these po-
sitions usually wait two years for an
nneninp
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Private Bank Fails.

Eldora Ia, March 30.-The private
banking firm of o. e. Miller & Son,
of New Providence, has failed. Pro
ceedings in bankruptcy have been be-
gun. The cause Of the failure is not
announced.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Killed in the Senate.

Des Moines, Ia. March 31.-The
state senate killed the Crossley pri-
mary election law by vote of rs to
10. The bill had been heralded as the
most important piece Of legislation to
come before the present sessio
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

tinuous discussion of political ques-
tons. The latter half of the day was
devoted to the post Office appropriation
bill, but no appreciable progress was
made. The house passed the sundry
civil APPROXIMATION bill.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
The Public Debt,

Washington, April 1.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows that
at the close of business March 81 last,
the debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to 1915, ,1O1. a decrease
for the month of $2,612,533.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Ready to Assume Duties.

Albany, N. Y, April 1.-Andrew s.
Draper, the newly elected state comis-
sioner of education, arrived here Thurs
day from Champaign, Ill. He will as
sumo the duties of his new Office to-day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07
Post Office Robbed.

Bellefontaine, O., March 29.-The
post Office at De Graft, ten miles from
here, was entered by robbers and the
safe blown with nitroglycerin. The
building was partially wrecked One
thousand dollars in money and stamps
were secured