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pastor of the Unitarian church, viii of
fciate and the burial will take place
in Prospect Hill cemetery.
Thrilling Experience.
The story Of Mr. Wells 5 return
from California IS of absorbing inter
est. Early in September. 1897, he left
San Francisco on the United States
mail steamship Sonora. In a satchel
which he carried were the fruits of
his labor in the mines and on the in
side Of waistcoat which he wore were
chamois skin pockets also filled with
gold nuggets. He arrived at the 18TH
mus of Panama in safety, and having
crossed the isthmus he embarked at
Aspinwall for New York on the steam
er Central America. Lieut.. William L.
| Herndon. United States navy, com
manding. There were 500 passengers
on board and over 81 100000 in treas
iure.
| The vessel passed Havana safely.
! Then began those strong head winds in
which the vessel finally met its fate
| The last reckoning Of the ship was
taken on September 10. That night the
passengers were awakened by the vio-
/ lent lurching of the ship. Everything
on deck slid to the lower side and the
passengers were all ordered on deck to
right the ship, but without avail. The
foremost was eat away, but with no
Ibetter results The water was coming
into the hold and the ship was fast
becoming unmanageable The pumps
were manned and the heroic effort for
life began. Slowly the ship sank and
the passengers were beginning to de-
SPAR when the sail of the brig Marine
of Boston was seen in the distance.
Now there was intense excitement and
the calmness of despair gave way to
shrieking, crying and weeping. The
brig answered the signal of distress
land turned its course toward the
doomed vessel. The transferring of
passengers was slow process and only
so women, 90 children and q number
of men were able to reach the brig.
Despair again overcame the passerger
and many of them jumped overheard,
while others locked themselves in their
staterooms. Suddenly and with a
mighty effort the sinking vessel reeled
land crashed and in another instant it
had sunk beneath the waves with its
!cargo of human beings.
A short time previous to the sinking
of the shin Mr. Wells secured one of
the cabin doors and threw himself
upon it, think king that when the ship
sank he would float about upon the wa
, ter. Instead, however, he was caught
by one of the chains which held the
Iship's smokestack and was drawn un-
, der to a considerable depth. Pulling
himself from under the chain he began
to rise and managed to hold his breath
Until he reached the surface. The dark
ness of night had now settled down
over the sea and with it had come
thunder and rain and a vivid and in
/ cessant fash of lightning. During
| the flashes Mr.. Wells could see men on
, all sides floating in the water After
about an hour he saw what seemed tc
: Ibe raft and releasing his held upon
the door he swan to It with great ex
{ crtion. He found It to be a portion OF
, the wheelhouse and upon it were five
persons. Again and again they were
swept of into the water until three OF
; them became exhausted and went down
Mr. Wells and his other companions
| continued to be swept from their pc
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WELLS DIES
AFTER SHOCK
Well-Known High Street
Resident, Aged Sc, iii
but Few Days
NOTABLE ADVENTURE
IN HIS EARLY LIFE

shipwrecked While Returning from
California, Losing Treasure = Chain
of Remarkable Facts of Local His
tory.
Francis Abner Wells, sc, for nearly
IS years a respected resident of Brat
tleboro and who went through an ex-
perience III his younger days which as
ISOLATED him with an interesting his
torieal event, died in his home at l07
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A Singular Coincidence.

In 1865 a singular coincidence oo-
Cured at the organ works A Pole
whose name was Adolph Friedrich went
to work there and in the course of a
few weeks he stated that he was one of
the survivors of the Central America
catastrophe. He was thereupon in
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GOOD INTENTIONS

can be made to pay if acted upon at
once. Insure your life now. The
amount you start with is not impor-
tant, but starting is. Start today by
sending for our booklet, stating age.
National Life ms Co. of Vt. Mutual. J
EARLE S. KINsLEY, General Agent,
Rutland, Vt.
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Wanted

WANTED-Waitress at Hoadley's Cafe.
SI.tf
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SWITCHES, pompadours; combings
made up to order. Mrs. E. p. Bailey,
III Main Street. 53-tf
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To Rent

TO RENT-Tenements Edgett s Co.
2-f
10 RFNT-Upstairs tenement. % Flat
st. 33-tf
TO RENTING tenements. 64 Pros
pect St So
TO RENT-Good tenement on Birge st.
John G Baker, Tel 336. 37-tf
TO LET-Rooms and offices, steam
heated, in Ullery building. 207-tf
TO RENT Modern six-room tenement
Ga Oak Grove Ave, Tel. 326-M. 37-tf
TO RENT-Good tenements in cen
ter of village. w. G. Doohttle. 7-tfI
TO RENT-Tenement at As Canal St.
Inquire of Chas. Waitman, on premises.
ST.
TO RENT Upstairs tenement. In
quire of A. F. Rohde, IL Organ st.
12-tf
TO RENT-Furnishe front room
with bath, 21S Main street. Telephone
395.M. 20-tf
TO RENT Cottage house and small
tenement on High street. Mrs. q. II.
smith 3G-tt
TO RENT-New Groom modern house,
| Nav 1, or will sell on monthly payments
Ia n Alien. 35-tf
nc RENT = Flve-room tenement,
gas, electric lights and bath. Inquire
at Beech St. lott
TO RENT-Sixroom tenement at 10
! Brennan St All modern improvements.
/ IL. b. Haus, admir-. lott
TO RENT-Tenemen on car line,
| West Brattleboro. Mrs. IT. +. Wealth
erbead. Tel. 269-W. 25-tf
TO PENT-Homes in the best location
and in every way modern. Prices reason
able f. w Sharp. Tel G49-W. 34-tt
TO RENT-Very pleasant suite Of
rooms, with bath, furnished or unfur-
nisbed. Apply at y Linden st. 18-tt
TO RENT-Modern Groom tenement
May /. 40 Maple st. Inquire ". \.
Belden, Agt, as Maple ST. Tel. I3-N.
Bit
TO RENT-8-room house with bath
hot and cold water, electric lights anc
steam heat. J. Edgar Mellen, agent.
266-tt
| 4. H. HARVEY, II Clark Ave, has the
renting Of my house adjoining his, which
recently came into my possession. Ihoma:
Welcome. i9-t
TO RENT-Eight-roo tenement witt
all modern Improvements at - Western
Ave Room for automobile and horse i
required. Inquire on premises. BIB
{ TO RENT-Eight-roo tenement OF
Terrace street, near Common. Electric
lights hot and cold water and set tubs
One Of the best tenements and locations IL
town. Price $50 per month. Charles
| Minor Tel 1QI 3li-t
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WANTED-Cap girl for general
housework Mrs sanford, $ North Il S6tt
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WANTED Place in good home fer girl,
II years old. to earn her way, Tel I39.N
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Special Notices

CHIROPODY and Shampoo parlors.
Mrs. E. P. Bailey, III Main st. Phone.
53-tf
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and in every way modern. Prices reason
able f. W. sharp. Tel glow 34-tf
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TO RENT-New Broom modern house,
May 1, or viii sell on monthly payments.
G. Il. Allen. 3o-tf
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TO RENT-SiX-room tenement at 10
Brennan st. All modern improvements.
IT, r Haus. admir-. loft
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TO RENT = flve-room tenement,
gas, electric lights and bath. Inquire
~ & Reecb ST loft
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TO RENT-C cottage house and a small
tenement on High street. Mrs. q. IL.
smith 3o-tt
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TO RENT-renemen on car line
West Brattleboro. Mrs. H. F. Wealth
erhead Tel. 269-W. Est
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TO RENT-Eight-room tenement on
Terrace street, near Common Electric
lights. hot and cold water and set tubs.
One Of the best tenements and locations in
town. Price $50 per month. Charles
Miner Tel 191. 36-tf
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TO RENT-Furnishe front room
with bath, 218 Main street. Telephone
3o5.N. 20-tf
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
THE MELROSE SQUABBLE

A monster bunch of people was at
tracted to Melrose Sunday to witness
the auto polo contest advertised and
to enjoy the game between Long Prai-
rie and Melrose. The game was a
continual scrap from the call of play,
eliminating in row which ended the
game in the last of the eighth. Scow
of Long Prairie was calling them be-
hind the plate. Melrose had run
nerr on second and third, with one
down, and Telford up. Graves, the
Indian has very deceptive and fast
breaking drop ball. He put one over
that could be called either way and
Mr.. Scow guessed it was a strike. The
batter didn't kick, but Catcher Kinkel
set up howl over the decision. The
entire Melrose team and part of the
populace gathered around Scow and
during the wrangle the base runner
on third started for home; Scow
waved him back, claiming he had cal
led time. He crossed the pan without
any attempt being made to put him
out as did the man on second. Mr..
Scow indicated his willingness to re-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29

verse his decision on the strike, but
insisted that the base runners resume
their stations. This they refused to
do, and after the proper time he de-
clared the game forfeited to Long
Prairie by score of 9 to 0.
The Melrose correspondent to the
St. Cloud papers on Monday stated
that the pitched ball in question hit
the ground just back of the plate. The
Herald representative was in the
grand stand just behind the catcher
and is absolutely certain that the ball
landed squarely in the mitt of Catch
er Theigs. Mr.. Scow had umpired a
good game, and the score at the time
of the row was to in favor of Long
Prairie.
The Herald is not interested in the
outcome of the game. Of course both
sides claim the victory. Mr.. Scow
was sole arbiter of the decision under
discussion, according to the rules of
the game; he ordered the Melrose
team to take the field and resume
play, failing to do this he declared
the game forfeited, and his decision
must stand until reversed by the
league.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
SHOCKING TRAGEDY
Brother of Well known Travelling
Man Among the Dead Taken
From Steamer Eastland.

The overturning of the Eastland, an
excursion boat, at her pier on the
Chicago river Saturday morning re-
sulting in the death of over 1000 ex-
cursionists, employees of the Western
Electric Company, and their families,
was a severe shock to the people all
over the country. 1t assumed some-
what of a local interest Monday when
Il. ]. Schneider of Jersey City, travel
ing through this section for Mills &
Gibbs, dry goods, of New York, was
calling on his customer, Thos. .Sulli-
van, of Sank Centre. Mr.. Sullivan
came from the postoffice with the
morning paper and Mr.. Schneider
asked him to see the pepper a moment
and turning to the published list of
dead was Mortified to find the name
of George and Leslie Schneider among
those lost, the former being an only
brother of the travelling man and the
latter his nephew. He sent wire at
once to Chicago, but was of the opin-
ion that his sister-in-law had also
gone down. Mr.. Schneider said that
his brother had been employed by the
Electric company for years, and that
he expected that he would go on the
excursion of course, but that he had
been hoping that perhaps he had not
taken passage on the Inflated ship He
abandoned his trip and left for Chi
cago Monday evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
ST. CLOUD VICTORIOUS
Sank Centres Lowly Ball TOssers
Drop Interesting Game to Pref
zels Sunday Afternoon.

The Sank Centre Greys met the
fast st. Cloud team on the St. Cloud
diamond Sunday afternoon and were
defeated in a we'll played game to
4. In this contest the Greys piled up
eight hits, the most they have made
in a single game this year. According
to the st. Cloud papers the score does
not indicate the closeness of the play
as the breaks of the game all went to
st. Cloud. Jacobson was on the hill
top for the Greys and while he was
touched up for II hits he also famed
IL and walked one. The four errors
of his teammates behind him counted
in the run column. The team made
the trip to St. Cloud in charge of
Second Baseman Art Weisner, and it
was largely a patched up affair. The
boys say that they received the best
of treatment by the st. Cloud team
and fans, and that the umpiring was
satisfactory.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
SURPRISED BY FRIENDS
About 200 Neighbors of L. p. Larson
of Kandota Township Help Him
- II Celebrate Birthday.

L. P. Larson, the well known Kan
dota township farmer, according to
the best information obtainable, was
the first white child born in Kandota
township, Todd county. This event
occurred As years ago last Sunday. In
honor Of the event friends and neigh
bors from town and country to the
number of about 200 gathered at the
farm home to assist Mr.. Larson in the
proper observance of the occasion.
They came in carriages, automobiles
and on foot. The affair was all ar
ranged without the knowledge or con-
sent of Mr.. Larson, but he made the
best of the situation and welcomed his
friends. The afternoon was spent in
social chat, music, and refreshments.
Nearly every family represented had
prepared "a cake for the occasion, not
ameasley little cake, but a full grown
one. There was ice cream in abund-
anee and coffee enough to float bat
tleship. The event was greatly en-
joyed by those present. !.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
SUNFLOWER LUNCHEON

Sank Centre friends of the bride-to-
be will be interested in the following
story taken from the Glendale clos
Angeles) Evening News of July FL:
with the sunflower, emblematic
of Kansas, everywhere, a large party
of happy guests sat down to unique
and charming luncheon at the home
of Mrs. w. R. Alexander, 1922
Blanche avenue, Tropico, yesterday
afternoon. The entertainment was
given in honor of Mrs. Norma Pier
son, Mrs. Alexander's sister, and
was made the occasion of the an
nouncement of her engagement to
Mr.. A. A. Atkinson of Labette, Kas.
The decorations were sunflowers. La
Moyne Pie1son, daughter of the bride
to be, and Mildred Moody were the
serving girls. They were appropri-
ately dressed in yellow crepe with
sunflower hats.
The favors were sunflowers with
grasshoppers attached and on the
wings of the grasshoppers were the
announcements. Even the ice cream
showed the sunflower scheme, being
yellow with brown centers. The after
noon was delightfully."- passed away
with needlework and games,
"Mrs. Pierson, who is a capable and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
r. N. AS ENTERTAIN
Local Ladies' Auxiliary to Modern
Woodmen Keep Open House
Tuesday for Willard Camp

T. Rosewood Camp, No. 1911, r. N.
of A., of this city entertained the Vii
lard Camp Tuesday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Galbraith. About
a month ago the local camp decided to
invite their Willard neighbors to spend
the day with them and enjoy picnic
dinner but, in view of the uncertain
ty of the weather it was thought
best to have the meeting where shell
ter could be obtained if the day prov
ed unfit for an outdoor picnic. Sub
sequent events proved the wisdom of
this decision as Tuesday morning was
as unpleasant as the weather man
could very well provide. However.
when the Royal Neighbors start out
to have a good time it takes more
than bad weather to dampen their en-
thusiasm and sixteen jolly members
arrived on the N. P. train and were
conveyed in automobiles to their des-
tination. Here they We're received by
the committee in charge and given
the freedom of the house and grounds
until dinner was announced promptly
at noon. The refreshment committee
did themselves proud in providing
most delicious dinner to which every
one did ample justice. At three
o'clock the regular meeting of the To-
cal camp was held. The Oracle well
coined the visitors and expressed the
pleasure felt by all the members in
entertaining their neighbors. Mrs.
H. H. Belcher of Willard very pleas
antly responded thanking the local
camp for their entertainment and Civ
ing short history of the Willard
camp. After this ice cream and cake
were served and the guests were taken
to the depot when it was found that
there was time for short visit to our
beautiful little park before train time.
Che visitors departed with enthusiast
tic expressions of enjoyment of the day
and invitations to the local camp to
Become their guests on some future
occasion.
Those attending from Willard were:
Mrs. C. H. Hesse, Mrs. VIM. Cassell,
Mrs. A. E. Clark, Mrs. VIM. Quaife,
Mrs. H. H. Belcher, Mrs. N. L. Sheets,
Mrs. E. L. Hopkins, Miss Jane Smith,
Miss Louise Steege, Mrs. H. J. Hogan,
Mrs. Claude Clark, Mrs. Henry. Steege
Mrs. Chas. Rowe, Mrs. Ethel Bodeker,
and Mrs. Fred Taber of Glenwood.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
STRUCK BY GREAT
NORTHERN TRAIN
Continued from first page

ed write-up of his death following
day. AS Mr.. Sanderson has recovered
sufficiently to again take his sulkey,
this report was greatly exaggerated.
The gentleman's many friends in
Sank Centre were greatly worried for
a few days and are glad indeed, to
know that the injuries were no more
serious. This is the second smash-up
Mr.. ~Sanderson has been in two
weeks time, demonstrating that the
racing game is fraught with many
dangers. Mrs. .Sanderson returned
home Sunday morning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
AT. STREBEL APPOINTED

The Herald received letter from
James A. Caughren Tuesday in which
he stated that he had appointed A. F.
Strebel chairman of the committee
from the Commercial Club to confer
with the Board of Control relative to
securing the location of the Woman's
reformatory in this city. The other
members of the committee are DR.. J.
A. Dubois and Hon. Frank. E. Min
cite. Mr.. Caughren stated that he was
taking treatment at Battle Creek, and
expected to be home again Aug. End.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
CAsHES CHECKS; DEPARTS
Stranger Makes Getaway With. $40
From Little Falls Merchants
Watch for Him.

Little Falls, July 27-The police are
looking for man who passed two
checks for $40 each at two Little Falls
stores without deposits to cover them.
He represented himself to be fed
eral officer who was waiting for a
train on which two other officers and
a prisoner were on their way to St.
Paul. When the train arrived two
men, with third wearing handouts,
were on it, and the man made his get
away. The checks were signed ]. w.
Langdon and were drawn on the First
National Bank of Staples.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

The City Dads are holding daily
sessions at the office of City Clerk
Fred Cooper as a board of equaliza-
tion, and are carefully going over the
assessment turned in by Assessor
Robert Kells. They will be in session
daily for an indefinite length of time
and if you are in any way dissatisfied
with your levy or your conscience tells
you that you are not paying enough
to support the government, now is
the opportunity to "find out where-at
you are at"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
EDITORIAL HOLIDAY
Northern Minnesota Newspaper Clan.
Will Hold Outing at Duluth and
f Iron Range Next Week.

An event of unusual interest to the
newspaper men of Northern Minne-
sofa is the annual outing held under
the auspices of the Northern Mime
sofa Editorial Association which en-
braces As of the Northern counties in
the state. =. -.....,.. - =:
!. This years outing will be held at.
Duluth, Lake Superior and the Iron
Range, Aug. 6, z and 8. Not only the,
newspaper, gang and their. ladies di-
rectly connected with the Northern
association will enjoy the outing, but
all actual newspaper workers in Min
nesota are cordially invited, and from
returns already at hand it is expected
that every section of the state will be
represented.
The Duluth, Hibbing and Virginia
Commercial clubs are arranging for a
splendid program of entertainment
and the expense of the outing will be-
the cheapest ever for a program so,
extensive and enjoyable. =,
The editor of the Herald happens to,
be the president of the Northern as
ISOLATION this year and in connection
with Secretary Rutledge has devoted
considerable time in arranging the de-
tails of the outing. Quite naturally
the Herald editor hopes to see a very
large attendance. Arrangements
have been made with the Northern
Pacific Railroad to run a special train
from the Twin Cities to Duluth and
return. The train will leave st. Paul
about 1:30 p. M, Thursday evening,
Aug. 5th, and Minneapolis half hour,
earlier. The sleepers will be on the
track in both cities at nine o'clock.
The headquarters in Duluth will be-
at the Spalding hotel. The entire ex--
pense of the trip from the Twin Cit
les and return will be right around
500, according to the character of the,
hotel Accommodations secured.
If you haven't sent your requests
for reservation to the secretary, do so
at once, addressing A. G. Rutledge,
208 Flour Exchange, Minneapolis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
GRADE BUILDING IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Continued from first page

and. the middle wing of the structure
was erected in 1870, the members of
the board at that time being A. G..
Jacques, D.. Stabler, L. L. West, r: E..
Dutton, w. II. Miner, and B. r. PalmF
err. -. -. .. r. 49,. u -
The local high school is one of the
oldest in Minnesota having been or
ganized in 1872, at which time, the
first, floor of the building was used
for ! that purpose. The rapid growth
and development Of the village result
ed in an overcrowded condition and
the north section or wing was erect
ed in 1876. The board at that time
being N. H. Miner, P. Lamb, ]. APP
field, Josiah Cooper, E. p. Barnum
and A. G. Jaques. In 1882 the struc-
ture again became full to overlooking
and the south wing was erected with
the expectation that it would meet the
demands of the district for ages. The
gentlemen having charge of the con-
struction of the south wing were E. P.
Barnum, P. Lamb, U. M. Tobey, Chan
Harmon, E. Bridgman and s. Fender
CAST. H.. ->.
Since the completion Of the new. and
commodious high school building a
few years ago the structure has been
used for grade purposes only and
something over 400 kiddies of var
oius ages were taught the great prin-
ciples of life.
The board placed valuation on the
building and contents of $4,000. Up
on this they carried an insurance of
$4,000; $14,800 on the building and
So, 300 on contents. A number Of the
teachers left valuable books at the
close Of the school year, and the Her
aid understands that one of them will
suffer a loss Of $500, which she can
hardly afford. The insurance was di-
vided as follows:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-29

Pittsburgh, Kas.-Beer kegs are
helping save. the wheat crop in Cher
okee county. Mr.. M. II. Snodgrass, a
farmer near Columbus, conceived the
idea of using the kegs as wheels for
binders, which prevent the miring of
the machines in muddy fields. The
county attorney has approved the
idea of giving kegs taken in BLIND
tiger raids to the farmers for the
purpose.