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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-31
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
Crawford Men Embellishments by
&C.. Democrats and POpulists.

MILBANK, s. D.--After one of the most excit-
ing political contests In the history of Grant
comfy, the regular republican organization won
victory and elected eighteen delegates to the
state convention. Resolutions were passed in
dorsing the national administration, the present
sena tors and representatives in congress and the
administration Of Governor Herreid, and deplor-
ing the fractional trouble caused by the personal
ambitions of COe I. Crawford. .,..
The organiZat ton elected John Il. Truran chair
man by a good majority. After some preimin-
sp qP eyer eonteSt in t COUNTY,
and proceeded to organize a convention of their
own and elected delegates.
There will probably be no question about the
proceedings of the regular organiza ton as its
supporters had n majority in the convention and
the bolt was encouraged by the democrats and
populists. The delegates for the regular organ
lzation are W. B. Saunders, G. l.. Wood. l.. l..
BouGk, Thad L; Fuller, W. w; Downie, Pierce
Cahill, Andrew Haukland, John Erickson, Andrew
Erickson, G. NJ: Hansen, Ed Larson, W. D. Hall,
Edgar Kelley, Fred Kruger. N. M. Broxeth. G.
s. Rix, ]. r. Truran and A. D. Jones.
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MRS. BLAIR CANNOT BE FOUND
CrOokston Woman May Be Demented
"A Mysterious Affair.

cRooKsToN. AIINN.--The mysterious disap-
pearance of Mrs. Blair has caused some excite
ment. She conducted 3milllnary establishment
and the freezing Of the water pipes in her store
caused a food and all of the stock was damaged.
The loss amounted to IA about 5000 and she was
and Mrs. Blair and nine children. The father
is a carpenter.
The members Of the family have been trying
t. :. keep the matter quiet: They believe Mrs
says she may be canvassing for the sale of books
as she has been in correspondence with book
houses. tse
Fontaine & Anglim, who for about quarter Of
a century have controlled the largest department
store in the city, have sold to Grand Forks
n The store Consists q dry goods, clothing
chasing the store are T. c. Griffith, Roy Garter,
Walter Ruggles, George Wright and G, P. Ire
Npanier.
;. Mrs. John 'Ofstad decided that she would leave
her husband and with this end in view departed
last evening for Minneapolis. where she will
take up her residence with relatives, She took
with her a boy aged and left to her husband a
boy 3 years old
Michael White, lumberJack, who retired at
the Great Northern hotel In East Grand Forks,
was found dead. The gas was turned on. 1t is
believed. accidentally, lf, s7's8E,
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MILWAUKEE WAKING Up
CREAM CITY WILL WAGE "A CAM
PAIGN FOR THE STATE CAP
ITOL. s*tas5[ss

4 Madison, Wis, March 31.---Wiscon-
sin is to be agitated this summer with
a great campaign for the removal Of
the capital from Madison to .Milwau-
kee. The Merchants and Manufactur-
er's association Of the cream city has
determined that as soon as the state
convention is out of the way cam
paign will be commenced in favor Of
the removal that will be unparalleled
in the history Of this state.
A site described as the best in the
metropolis is already optionally Sc
cured. Money will be raised to be
used in a state campaign for the cleo
ton of members of the legislature who
will vote in favor Of Milwaukee.
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MINNESOTA, z
LAST OF SEASONS LOGGING
J. Neils and Standard Companies Pre-
pare for Spring Driving.

CAss LAKE, MINN.--The logging operations
carrying. on. in the vicinity Of Tenstrike have
been finished and the camp, which was located
four miles south Of that place. was broken this
week. The company has cut at that camp
250o,O 900 feet. Forty five men were employed.
The logs have been landed at Turtle river and
will be driven thru the lakes and streams to Cass
lake and landed at the sawmill in this city;
where they will be sawed. i
The Isl BE- M
lake where it purchased pine at the first sale
held here, Dec. 5. The company logged about
100000 feet These logs will be doomed in
Ball Club lake, and thence taken by drives thru
the Pokegama dam and the Mississippi Boom
Gompanys route down the river to Dubuque,
The timber near the companys present camp
amounts to about 20, 100000 feet, and the COM
pany will begin operations early next fall
in the same, place and cut large percentage Of
what is left
Frederick A. Tibbetts, mixed blood Chippc-
wa Indian and graduate of Carlisle university.
has been appointed by Major Scott custodian OF
Star island to look after and prevent fires on
the island and to remove trespassers.
/ Star island is In Cass lake, about on mile
from the boat landing, and is reserved under the
Morris law from sale and settlement. The ap-
pointment Of Tibbetts gives general satisfaction,
as he is competent and trustworthy. Es5'
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FINLANDERS COMING BACK
Fear of Impressment by Russia Starts
a Return Movement. "

TWO .HARBoRs, sMINN.--Many Finlanders
left this part Of the state last fall for their
old homes across the sea, with the intention of
remaining rem for an indefinite period Now, fear
service in the Russa-Japanese war by Russia,
they are returning to this country as rapidly as
possible. Many find it necessary to make their
way to Sweden and from there they are able to
satt1era IN the Pear Yrfser valley in the north
ern parts Of Lake and st. Louis counties, have
purchased q portable sawmill and in two or three
months viii be in a position to obtain humber
at about one -third the price they are now paying
The price asked at the nearest mills Is $27 a
Thousand. Under the proposed cooperative plan
the price Will be reduced to about SO a thou
Sand r. - 4.
4 a rapid settlement is looked for in the Bear
river country, which lies between the Mesaba
and Vermtllon iron ranges and includes some
of the best agricultural lands in the state. while
great stands of pine have as vet been nnlnolest-
ysl zaley
Of vacant land Of this amount 2SS quarter
sections have recently been surveyed and will be
thrown open for settlement the coming summer
Claims in the newly surveyed sections may be
selected now. and If the claimant improves the
property it gives him prior right when the lands
thrown "t- n .'.z 2.
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NORTH DAKOTA ..-.
THIRD STATE NORMAL -
Rumored that Minot and Rugby Will
Make q Fight for 1t. -:

FARGO, N: D.--yTheree is1 some gossip about
an effort being made. the next session of the
Legislature to establish another state normal normal
school. There are already two, one at Valley
City and the other at Mayville: Citizens In the
@ III part 81 fse he usbS
will make fight for IT,
The executive comm ittee4of the State Fedora,
on oct. 1921 as the dates for the, annual meet
Ing which will be held at Bismarck. New clubs
from Rugby. Larinsore, WalhallaF Sheldon and
Valley City were added to the federation = .
Larson Peterson has brought a suit against
Clarence Hall fora $4,000: damages. Hall is a
brakeman on the Northern Pacific. and was
on the rss,, nf tho f Pc.
tinlacy of Hall and Mrs. Peterson No action
for divorce has been begun
Casper Smith of Forman has filed contest
in the local landofice against the homestead
entry of Miss Theresa Englerth on quarter sec
tion In Sargent county. Abandonment and fall
ure to establish residence are alleged: = p
There are the usual rumors Of fraudulent reg
istrations in tho city. for the municipal election.
The charges made that supporters Of A. L.
Wall, of the mayoraIty candidates. have
run In some strangers In the first and second
wards and the matter Is being investigated by
the opposition. ...
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AT AUSTIN IN APRIL
Annual Meeting of Woman's Board Of
Missions Of Interior. . .

WINoNA. MINI The twenty -seyenth annual
meeting Of the Minnesota branch of the Won
ans Board of Mission of the Interior will be
held at Austin on April 10. 20 and 81. Miss
Margaret Evans president of the state branch,
will preside, and among the missionaries. to be
present Will be Miss Emily S. Hartweu, Foo
chow. China; Miss Eta Moulton, Bombay, India,
and Miss Annie Howe e Of Kobe. Japan The gen
E. r. Cotton one of the international secreta-
ries of the Y. NJ c. A.. in charge Of the foreign
work, visited Winona last evening and met with
some of the local workers. The Winona associa-
tiOn has heretofore contributed nothing to the
foreign work, and Mr.. Colton's mission here was
to arouse interest.
The Ice has gone out .of the Mississippi both
above and below Winona. but still holds drm
here. 1t is reported that the river is clear from
the foot Of Lake Pepn to Chimney Rock, at
which point there is an ice gorge that is causing
the water below to fall. At Homer and Rich
mond below this city the ice is said tos have
moved out $50 ~ ~ Il
meeting re-eieeted- the. old ofhcers and directors
as follows: President. James a. Tawney; vice
president John Dietze; secretary and treasurer
Otto Troost,, Jr. /; directors, James A. Tawney
John Dietze, E. *. :Tarbel, Ed Lees and j. r.
Mitchell. ~ ~ s H
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Why The Doctor Asks II.

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T . ssy Sc he n Ev goa te ses ss
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Palmettona Is not only an ideal remedy fof
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Kidney, backache and painful urinatton yteld4
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while for enlargement Of the prostate gland and
Palmettona il sold by nearly ali nrst-class drug
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Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. M
Butte, Mont, March 31.-Coal has been
discovered in still another section of the
state. Reports from Hamilton, Ravalli
county, in the extreme northwestern part.
tell Of the development of several veins
Of fine quality COAL which Is within easy
access of the railroad. The latest strike
to be reported Is In the mine owned by
Messrs. Pedden and Nicholson. : A vein
six feet in width and Of very fine quality
has been uncovered. >: 40 .t-r1-''
Larger and better deposits of coal have
been known to exist farther up the valley,
but unless the railroadgi extended, this
district will not be developed for some
time to come. The presence Of illuminat-
ing oil in the region is also reported The
owners of the property are making extern
sive preparations to put In boring OUT
fits and prospect the claims extensively
this season. =" ~'."". =.
Two New Big OIL Companies -z.te-.s
Two big oil companies filed articles of
incorporation with the secretary Of state
this week. They will develop extensive oil
properties owned by them In the northern
part Of the state. The combined capital
Of the two aggregates over SO. 900 900. The
st. Mary's Lake Lubricatng Oil com
pany will have it's headquarters at Great
Falls. The company is capitalized at
$1,500000 of which 81, 900, 900 has been
subscribed. The other company will also
have headquarters at Great Falls. 1t Is
known as the Belly River Oil and Devel-
opment company. These companies own
and will develop extensive oil properties
in Teton county. ~ %'-~''
Mining operations In the Vicinity Of
Sheridan, Mont are being vigorously car
ried on, 90 No.. =
Flattering reports are coming In daily
from the Georgetown district. The ia
nous Gold Coin is progressing finely.
Copper and Silver Found.
A rich strike Is said to have been made
In the Combinat ton mine. at Meaderville
a suburb of Butte. Samples assayed 81
per cent in copper and 112 ounces in
silver.
The old cyanide mill at the Revenue
mine near Norris Is to be torn down and
a new one, more modern in construction,
with a capacity Of fifty tons a day, will
be built.
mining property is increasing, owing to
the rapid development Of properties In
that district. The Kearsarge owners have
just completed new sixty stamp mill.
A dispatch from Lander, Wyo., says a
bonanza ore chute has been opened at the
Clarissa mine at South Pass. at a depth of
400 feet, Experts who have visited the
mine say there Is fully $4,000. 900 worth Of
ore in sight, and the opening Of the new
chute makes the amount vastly greater.
The owners Of the faEloa4s@ producer will
develop the mine on a tremendous scale.
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SHERIFF. APPOINTED
Deputy Jacob Koch Succeeds to the
Office in Dawson County. =.

MITCHELL. S. D.--The county commissioners
held special meeting to appoint successor
to Sheriff /. f. Kintigh, who died ten days ago.
There We're about a dozen applicants and Jacob
Koch was finally selected. He was the former
Carl Hecke1, a German living twelve miles
southwest or town, was arrested last night
charged with having set fire to the prairie and
causing loss to his neighbors. He gave bonds fol
his appearance on Saturday afternoon A week
ago Heckel set fire to strawstack and the fol
lowing day heavy wind up scattered
the fire in the stubble SO that it spread to the
prairie grass The fire burned distance OF
eight miles before it was subdued. causing {
heavy loss; Three farmers lost all their build
lngs and hundreds Of haystacks were burned
Two years ago Heckel set fire to the prairie anC
as result two men were burned to death; Ever
him, and this time they have decided to make
an example of him. Two days after the frt
Heckel made transfer of all his property witt
the expectation of being called upon to SETTLE
for damages. 70. 9,ss ST.. 49, .ia.
A movement for civic improvement has beef
started In Mitchell by the To-day club which Il
composed Of dozen ladies. The movement wa
promoted last night by public meeting at thu
opera-house, when addresses were delivered b,
DR.. Thomas Nicholson. president of the univer
sity, and A. D. Hitchcock. The ladies expect t,
| enlist the citizens in an effort to improve ever.
part Of the city by planting trees, shrubs AMI
f aewers hs first york viii be ar9und tn
building and courthouse.
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DEAL FOR WASP NO. 2
Denver and Eastern Men May Make
...- 49, 1t in Ten Days. g..

LEAD, S. D.-The bond upon the property Of
the Wasp NJ 2. Alder Creek and associate
and there s promise of a large deal involving
these claims In the next ten days. Denver and
eastern men, E: A. Wiltsee, E. G. Seelye. G..
A. Kennedy and w: G. Brown, are here and it
in Lead nd They represent the Venture
other. strong concern said to be equally agrees
sive in mining. - IT,
This transaction has been pending for year,
and II 1t goes thru it will mean the payment of
about $500, 900 to the owners Of the ground If
the property is purchased, it is the Intention to
treat the ore In mammoth plant.
The Puritan Mining and Milling company is
employing small force upon its property along
Strawberry gulch. There is splendid showing
In Galena ore, from which shipments have been
made to a Denver shelter Twenty.six sacks
Of this ore gave returns of $22 ton In lead
and silver, with some gold. an
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: N HUNTING OFFICE
Former Speaker: Rays Attitude To.
Il ward Another Nomination.

LA CROSSE, VISA runor has been aaoat
to the effect that former Speaker George H.
this year Mr.. Ray, when asked about the re-
S1vsa
want me, to run again said Mr.. Ray. ''be-
cause I have not been approached upon the sub
ject. will not. go after the nomination at
any rate ,5-sf } & 81 IS. g3.ss5. l-
,vention that nominated Mr. Ray, the La Fol-
1etts fa "a making an effort to place fol-
Mr.. Ray. The stalwart faction, however, cap
mated. So
rafters on the upper Mississippi built by. Cap
to- b. Picksley Of Paducah, Ky, and viii be
taken to the river to be used in the
Ed beg whe ads fortune q
Of SEQ in the purchase Of, "a pile Of pianer r
shav1ngs on the site of the Nichols mill in Ona-
laska, will erect a saw. mill on the banks Of
Black river, and begin the saving Of logs that
come down that stream.
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MURDER CHARGE MAY LIE
Blooming Prairie Clerk, Assaulted at
Dance, May Die.

OWATONNA, AINN.-County Attorney Lit
tleton was in Blooming Prairie yesterday to take
the deposition of Ernest Thimpson, who was
murderously assaulted on Saturday night:
Thimpson was at dance in hail near Bloom
Ing Prairie and while there had an alteration.
He was found later beside the road, badly
the Following day, became delicious later
and it Is feared he will died from injuries re-
ceived about the head,
Thimpson was employed in Cashman's store
at Blooming Prairie and was popular. young
farmer named Frederickson has been arrested,
charged with assaultlng him and will be accused
Of murder or manslaughter in the event of
Thimpson's death. Fredericton Is in the Bloom
ing Prairie lookup.
The Grill restaurant and bakery changed hands
terest Of his former partner, Charles TrisKo.
Mrs. Herman Schulz Of Mertden died, Of con-
sumption, aged 40. Her husband, a farmer Of
prominence, and six children survive her.
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~ ERICSSON FRUSTRATED +
One OF the States Best known AttOr
, neys in a Sioux City Hospital.

ELK POINT. s. D.-Circuit court adjourned
p. @. Ericsson were postponed on account Of his
illness. The Messex shooting case was not prose-
cuted and Philip Newharth, arraigned for a like
and was sentenced to thirty days. 8. >.
E. c.. Ericsson is in the Samaritan hospital at
Sioux City. suffering from nervous prostration.
His condition is giving his friends serious alarm.
Akron, Iowa went demo sa;a by seven ma
The city election will be held on Monday. All
the old officers have been renominated except
one and there will probably be no second ticket.
Little interest is taken. License or no license
will be voted upon. ,e .l. 49, ,.
The republican county convention to nominate
has been called to meet in this city on April rs.
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eral thousand feet Of dead heads have been taken
BY q new one, and several important changes
have been made in the machinery. It is esti-
a day besides larger quantity Of lath and shin
giles than last year. The company expects to
move about 100000 feet Of logs from Akeley
to FraZee soon. S@
a -four mill mill be built here this spring,
sec by the Py and 1so
the cities. Several -four mill men have been
here to consult with the business men and the
GUNNER was destroyed by the breaking Of the
mill dam and the farmers have been hauling their
grain to Perham and other points. The estimate
Of wheat attributary to Frazee is over 100. 900
bushels. and the nearest -four mill is twelve miles
distant. : 8 :.
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what is needed further in the way Of improve
return to washington expects to visit the govern
ment Indian school at Rapid City the fish hatch
cry at Spearhsh and the national sanatorium at
Hot Springs @
Bids are being called for on the new govern
the contract viii be awarded in April. This win
be the largest building in Deadwood, and. next to
western South Dakota. 'r r. =et- IL ?.
The Deadwood Business club has taken action
in view Of the coming meeting of the Black Hills
Travelling Mems association to be held here the
first week In September, and has projected three
days carnival A committee has been appointed
to secure novelties and arrange for floats.
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FIRST. OF CLUBS AUCTIONS
Monthly Sale Day Started at Charles
City with Much Success. -

CHARLES CITY, IOWA.-The first auction
under the auspices Of the Commercial club was
held to-day. From 2, 500 to 5000 out-of town
suited. Almost every kind. OF machinery used.
on the farm from an incubator to threshinE
met with a ready purchaser. Many fine horses.
were sold and brought fair prices. The SALE
W was conducted BY Billy Gange and one
Mayor Ellis has declared war on sporting
women. Two girls OF tender years were broughf
They were ordered out of town. They are II
and Is, and daughters Of respectable parents at
Nashua, ten miles south. The mayor has Or:
dered his marshal to notify the keepers OF onS
OF the restaurants to seek greener fields. M 8
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HAIRY Amos FoR EXPOSITION.

Victoria, B.. c., March 81. The steamer
Empress of Japan arrived from Yoko-
hama. Among her passengers were sey-
eral Amos from the island of Hokkaido,
in charge of Professor Fred Starr, lee
turer in the department Of anthropology
at the University of Chicago and In
charge of that department. at the st.sLouis
exposition.
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ATTACKED BY AWILDCA
~, tAIIAOAE4DU y + + . -W1IUVfAI -
Former St. Paul Mans Fierce Fight In
Close Quarters.

ELY, MINI. William j. Wefchard formerly
Of st. Paul. had thrilling experience with
wildcat while driving in from Wit,ton. When
two miles from town the wildcat sprang from 4
the nask and n from there into the
road and then ensued a fierce tight in the sleigh.
The cat had the best Of the encounter until
Mr.. Weichard drew his pocketknife and attacked
the beast The fight lasted fifteen minutes, until
the animal, weakened by the numerous cuts which
Weichard had inflicted upon 1t. jumped from the
sleigh and disappeared. Mr.. .Weichard has
3eral had scratches
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TRI-COUNTY FAIR
Meeting at ST. Cloud Addressed by
*e Randall, Searle and Leggit.

ST. CLOUD, NINA large public meeting
was held at the Davidson opera last evening to,
planned to build buildings and a speedway :. at
Randall Of the Minnesota state fair, Colonel
Leggit and Judge Searle addressed the citizens on
the advantages Of the plan.
DR.. Daniel O'Neil, a wellknown veterinarian.
died this Afternoon from tumor Of the stomach.
Il. NJ Krienke of Melrose has purchased the
grocery business Of A. FRANKIE. Essss&
Ernest Goetsch OF Minneapolis and Miss Lorna
Higbee of St. Paul arrived to-day to oversee the
unpacking of the art exhibit The exhibition
ernest Kennedy Of Minneapolis and Miss Gauth-
fer Of St. Paul, will arrive this evening to ar
range the exhibit for the formal opening on
Aprfl f. ~ CID "a s:-%ff f.f 49,