The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-03
The NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Oct. 90.

Eor tie Week Ending Oct. %.
A treaty of extradition has been con-
cluded between Belgium and Cuba.
All grades of refined sugar have
been advanced five cents a hundred
pounds.
Henry Schwabacher, prominent for
many years as a distiller and one of the
wealthiest men in central Illinois, died
in Peoria, ILL.,, aged Is.
Joseph Martin and John Glenn, of Chi
cago, were killed at Thebes, ILL.,, by fall
ing 100 feet while at work on an Illinois
Central railroad bridge.
Alexander Kiss, a one-armed, one
legged and one-eyed Hungarian, was
hanged at the Jail in Newton, N. J..
for the murder of his wife.
William McAvoy, an old-time actor,
died at his home in Roxbury, Mass, at
the age of 67 years. For several years
he played under Edwin Booth.
Cornelius Shields, general manager
of the Consolidated Lake Superior cor
poration here, died suddenly at Sault
| st. Marie, Mich, from heart failure.
ter in the New York city post office, was
Wednesday named as the temporary sue
cessor of the late Postmaster Cornelius
Van Colt.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has placed an order for 5000 cars, 5000
of which are to replace damaged and
WORKOUT cars on the lines east and west
of Pittsburg.
Mrs. Charles w. Cornwell is dead at
her home in Delray, Mich, and her
husband may die from the effects Of
breathing coal gas thrown out by a de-
fective stove.
AS a result largely of the improve
ment in the Anglo-Russian situation
abroad, several provisional gold ex-
port engagements at New York have
been cancelled
Workmen tearing down a bluff on
the Missouri river front at the foot
of Lydia street, Kansas City, Mo, came
seven-foot tusks.
President Roosevelt directed the ap-
pointment of Mrs. James LOngstreet
to be postmistress at Gainesville, Ga.
Mrs. LongStreet is the widow of Gen.
James Longstreet.
The state of Nevada has filed claim
against the United States in the United
States court of claims for $40 Ala ad-
vanced in aid of the federal government
during the civil war
Late news from the hurricane that
struck the Honduras coast is to the
effect that mahogany interests suffered
greatly, thousands of valuable logs be-
ing washed out to sea-
Japanese section hands on the North
ern Pacific railroad have received word
for all members of the first reserve of
the Japanese army to return at once
to Japan for military purposes.
The richest cargo ever carried by a
steamer on the great lakes passed down
the Detroit river on the steamer North
ern King. The vessels load, composed
Exclusively of copper ingots and slabs,
is valued at $S50,000.
Gov. Yates, of Illinois, has issued a
proclamation offering a reward of 5000
for the apprehension and conviction
of the person who on October 20 killed
Miss Eleanor Woodstock near Water
loo, Monroe county.
A Burlington passenger train struck
an oil wagon which was crossing a
street at Phillips, Neb The oil was
thrown over the engine and cars, catch
ing fire. The fireman, G. E. Lazear, of
Grand Island, was burned to death.
Indications point to heavy exports of
gold from this country to Paris and Ber-
lin before the years end. One estimate
places the amount at not less than $780,
100000. The new Russian loan is be-
lieved to be the basis of the probable
outflow.
William Peddicord, a farmer living
about eight miles southwest of Perry,
Ia, attacked his wife with a club, in
flicting injuries from which she cannot
recover, and then killed himself De-
spondency over financial troubles was
the cause.
The stock commission firm of J. Wal
ter Labaree & Co. has closed it's offices
in New York. The assets are between
$4,000 and $1,000, with liabilities of $123,-
900. Labaree & Co. had 70 branch
offices, extending all the way from To-
ronto, Canada. to New Orleans.