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THUESDAY^ EVENING, JUNE - M M ^ 12, 1902/ THE MINNEABX3LJS JOTJBHAE. "/ ' ' " v * */ ' 7 * ' **_+. ^ _ | ^ | j ' -ir 1 ^ = - : ..' t n ','iyl ' TO-DAY'S "JOURNAL" SPECIALS FROM THE NORTHWEST , TARGET SHOOTING * Opsahl of B r a i n e r d L i k e l y t o B r e a k R e c o r d a t l i a k e ^ i e w . Camp Lakevlew, Lake City, Minn , June 12 On of the best records ever made at Camp Lakevlew was made yesterday by Private Opsahl, Co F, of Brainerd, who, on the two ranges, 200 and 300 yards, made 49 out of a possible 50, with the Springfield rifle This is something re markable and his score at 500 yards is awaited with interest, as it is expected he will break the state record. Lieuten and H B Whitaker Co \ , Duluth, made a possible, or ten consecutive bullseyes, at revolver practice, shoting at 100 yards C a m p ote* Adjutant General Libbey was tendered a review of the Third regiment last evening, the men being arrajed with .blue trousers and blouse, campaign hats and leggins A change in the dally routine yesterday afternoon pro\ides for the mounting of guard at 4 p m each day instead of the morning Sergeant Major F W Appleton took com mand of the regiment last evening after pa rade and with the assistance of the non commissioned staff and first sergeants passed the regiment In review before the officers Work on the range commenced in earnest yesterday morning when the First and Second battalions shot on the 200 and 300-yard range The Third battalion shot on the same range this forenoon Instruction in the firing of the Krags will be taken up Saturday morning Fifty -of these rifles -were issued by the state to each regiment, and this will be the first practice with the now guns Governor Van Sant and staff -will be here to-morrow and at 7 p m will review the regiment Later in the evening a reception will be tendered the governor and officers by the citizens of Lake Citv Mrs W E Whyte and Miss Josephine HIP of Lake City were guests at headquarters during the afternoon esterda and took sev eral of the guests out for a drive The ' skoplotches, ' well remembered by every man and visitor at the camp, are out in full force this year, a little earlier than usual They are a harmless fly, as far as bi'ing goes, but very bothersome from their tendency to alight on the faces of all they come in contact with They swarm over camp by millions each morning and evening, and during the night go out over the lake These flies never put in an appearance here until the soldiers come and then only remain until the soldiers leave They are nearly a pest during that period The one redeeming fea the mosquitoes the mosqultos Captain W H Hart brigade quartermas ter, went to St Paul yesterday to arrange for the transportation of the Second regi ment into camp on June 18 In honor of his birthday, which occurs Saturday, Adjutant General E D Libbey will entertain officers of the regiment and friends from St Paul on an excursion around the lake and a luncheon For fourteen years General Libbey has been a constant attendant at camp and never missed a day while on duty The annual pink tea of Company E will be given Saturday evening Sergeant Major R M Weaver has been de tailed as mail carrier and is a very popular man The Third regiment did not compete for the Ames revolver last year, but will do so on Saturday The revolver to be given by Gen eral A A Ames has not arrived yet, but is expected Company A of Duluth defeated Company E of St Paul in a game of baseball yesterday The score was 6 to 3 Lieutenant A B Cole, medical officer, conducted the camp inspection yesteyday aft ernoon and made It most thorough The con dition of camp was reported as excellent Lieutenant Cole was eurgeon major of the Fourteenth Minnesota volunteers Profes sional business required that he leave for home this morning and he will not Return to complete the tour" ~ The guard detail for to day Is as follows Officer of the day, Captain H L Tourtelotte, Company E, officer of the guard, Lieutenant E. F Davis, Company D, junior officer, Lieu tenant A R McCorquodale Detail for to morrow, officer of the day, Captain H H Neuenberg, Company H, senior officer Lieu tenant C A Helns, Company H. junior offi cer, Lieutenant James G Maxwell, Com pany A The hospital had two patients last night Sergeant L C Btrd Company B, Anoka amd W B Craighead, Company E, St Paul Neither case is serious A n n u a l I n s p e c t i o n . Beginning Friday morning the annual in- Irill poctlon and muster will 'commence. There probably be several visiting officers from the other regiments during the pi ogress of the inspection This is a new feature and every man present will mean $12 extra to the company in addition to the regular camp pay Of this ?7 cash will be given to the company, and |5 credit on uniform and clothing allow ance, so it behooves each company to have every man present It has been customary In the past when a man is absent from an nual muster he will be fined the amount the company loses by his absence, which will be paid into the company treasury This, however, remains discretionary with the com pany. A b e r d e e n Notes. Aberdeen, S D , June 12 At the annual Stockholders* meeting of the Cleopatra Gold Mining company, held In Aberdeen, the old board of directors was elected and the of ficers chosen were as follows J M Law son of Aberdeen, president, R, A Mather of Groton, vice president A S Reed of Aber deen secretary R B Hughes of Spearftsh, treasurer and general manager The Symms Powers company, jobbers in heating plumDlng and gas fitting materials and supplies and Contractors, will open business in Aberdeen as soon as they can get quarters The Ab erdeen HOUEV will be In charge of C Dessel huys, late of L Mars The firm has the heat ing contracts for the Northern normal and Industrial sclrol and the new courthouse here Sheriff Thompson of Brown county went to Leo!a to-da to bring to [Aberdeen two horse thieves arrested upon his request in McPher son county The men are alleged to have stolen two horses and other property In Sar gent county. North Dakota and they will be held In Aberdeen to await the securing of requisition -papers by the north state governor * 1 A l e x a n d e r R a m s e y , P r e s i d e n t . Duluth, Minn , June 12 Alexander Ramsey of St Paul was re-elected president of the Mesaba Iron company This is the pioneer i^on company of Minnesota, as it was organ ized in 1875 The investigation of the Had ley-Wilson wreck closed yesterday Three hundred commercial travelers left last night for Excelsior, Lake Minnetonka, to attend the annual convention NORTH DAKOTA DENIS. T h e Jiew C h a i r m a n Is a n I r r e c o n - c i l a b l e . Fargo, N D , June 12 While the lim ited attendance at the recent democratic state committee meeting here Indicated little enthusiasm in democratic ranks, many of the more prominent members of the party -who could not participate in the action of the committee are discussing with much interest the effect of the elec tion of B S Brjnjolfson, of Grand Forks, as chairman It is well known that Brynjolfson has little patience with the gold democrats who are talking reorgan ization He Is a radical of radicals, strictly against fusion with the populist and little inclined toward conciliation In any quarter Brynjolfson has long been ambitious to be at the head of the demo cratic committee an4 now that lie has succeeded, many of the old line demo crats fear that his policy will not be con ducive to the harmony necessary for the party to make a reasonable showing in the doming campaign On the other hand it Is conceded that Brynjolfson will devote more time to the party organization than almost any other man who could have been selected The democrats at this time need a committee chairman who will give the campaign almost his entire time Brynjolfson is said to be willing to do this and intends to begin work at once in arousing inter est among the working democrats of the state John Connolly, of Grafton, who was elected secretary is one of the shrewdest politicians- in North Dakota He has been remarkably successful in handling cam paigns for his party in Walsh county He will be satisfactory to all elements in the demoralized democracy of the state There are already indications that the democratic state convention on Aug 1 will be at least interesting For the first time in several years many of the gold democrats will be In attendance It is known that an opportunity will be given some of these men to tell the convention what policy they think the party should adopt There will probably be much plain talk There is little discussion of possible candidates on the democratic ticket It is said that the party managers will first f ndeavor to obtain a campaign fund large enought to pay the expenses of the can didates for the principal offices in addi tion to the expenses of the campaign com mittee It is believed that this fund can be raised if the faithful are asked to sub scribe before the state convention is held. It is pointed out that patriotic democrats will if they think it necessary, contrib ute to put a democratic ticket in the field. T h e F i l i n g s a t P i e r r e . Pierre. S D , June 12 Articles of incor poratlon have been filed for the Louisa Min ing company, at Pierre, with a capital of $Zb0 000 incorporators, Ralph M Jacoby, M A Miller and L L Stephens For the Yankton Telephone company at Yankton, with a capital of $10 000 incorporators, Fred erick Schnauber, George W Roberts, Wil liam H Edmunds, Frank L Van Tassel and Charles H Dillon For the Prouty Gasolene Locomotive company, at Huron, with a capi tal of $500 000 incorporators, Enoch Prouty, Oliver S Prouty and Philip Lawrence For the Sargent and Slaughter Land company, at Vermillion, with a capital of $50,000, in corporators, Fred W Sargent E W Sargent and William Slaughter For the Nebraska and Iowa Petroleum, Gas and Mineral com pany, at Pierre with a capital of $2,500,000 incorporators Henry E Nelson, James Dougherty and T H Conniff For the Bare Pneumatic Athletic Shoe company, at Dead wood, with a capital of $100 000, incorporators, E C Talmadge, J N Lucas and John Ain ley For the Citizens State Bank of Andover, with a capital of $15,000 incorporators, N. L Finch, Fred S Pew and Jennie M Pew B l a n c h a r d S e e m s F a v o r e d . Pierre S D June 12 If reports over the state at this stage of the situation can be dooked upon as a pointer as to results, the selection of T E Blanchard as state com mander of the G A R , at the encampment at Brookings next Week, is practically cer tain Wool raisers on the range country are finding trouble in securing shearers this sea son, and a number of them are yet waiting for the shearers to reach their flocks This scarcity is bringing up the discussion of the location of a shearing plant, to be operated by power, at sime central portion of the sheep growing country Indications are that the June rise is on in the Missouri The water has been slowly crawling up for sev eral days, and now Is about the nine-foot mark, with indications of Its going higher ' B i s Land P u r c h a s e . Calumet, Mich June 12 John S Morrison of this city and Roger C Williams of L Anse have purchased from the Detroit Construction company a large tract of land well wooded, with valuable cedar and hemlock, having fif teen miles of lake front on Huron bay With the property and lake front the right of wray of the dismantled Huron Bay railroad has been purchased and it may be utilized for a logging road The transfer is one of the largest made in the upper peninsula in some time M e d i c i n e D a n c e a t W a b e m o . Menominee, Mich , June 12 About forty [Indians passed through Wausaukee yesterday on their way to the Red river district Kene shena Indians, near Wabemo, Wis , and with them celebrate a gigantic medicine dance which will last several days The Indians made the entire trip, about forty miles, on their ponies These medicine dances are annual occurrences among the Indians of this dis trict, most of whom are of the Menominee tribe, from the "White Rapids reservation F e r g u s F a l l s P a s t o r R e s i g n s . Fergus Falls Minn , June 12 Rev O P Ryder of the Presbyterian church, tendered his resignation Sunday to take effect Oct 1 Mr Ryder has been very popular and his resignation comes as a surprise It was mainly through his efforts that the $15,000 subscription for the new Presbyterian church was raised 8. D a k o t a P r i e s t D r o w n s Himself. Winnipeg, Man , June 12 The body of a man was found in the Red river forty miles south of this city, and the remains were Identified as Father M J Mercer, Catholic priest, of Armour, S D , who was on his Ivay to Trappist monastery, St Norbert near this city He was worried in mind and evi dently committed suicide t o a A u c t i o n e e r s E l e c t . Waterloo, Iowa, June 12 The State Auction Association elected the following officers President, D B Marshall, Mount Ayr vice president, F F Luther, Grand Junction sec retary, W W- Stewart, Tingley, treasurer, *3 H Reeves, Washington Des Moines was elected as the place for ho'ding the next an fiual convention Sheriff L o s e s B a r n a n d G r a n a r y. Steele, N D , June 12 The- barn, stabling lor 100 bead of "cattle, g-anary with some seed grain and rorty tons of hay belonging to 8heriff John Noonan, located five miles north of Tappen, were burned Neighbors arrived in time to save the house No insurance T w o G o v e r n o r s a t Winnipeg . Winnipeg, Man June 12Governor Van Bant of Minnesota and Governor Nash of Ohio are expected In Winnipeg on June 26, coronation day They will accompany the Minnesota state bankers and a rousing recep tion is being arranged in their honor 1 Boy's B o d v Identified. Yankton, S D , June 12 Grant Grandpre arrived from Chamberlain and identified' the body from tho river at this point as that of bis oldest son. Earl, aged 13 years, who was drowned May 6, while fishing at Chamberlain. 1Irs. B a k e r on ' T r i a l. Hudson, Wis , June 12 The cases of the state against Mrs J S Baker, Miss Murphy and Mrs Freel were before Judge Arnquist of the county court yesterday The board moved first the cas against Mrs Baker for obtaining money under false pretenses for an orphanage in the city of Duluth NEW OFFICERS OF THE NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION T w o B o d i e s i n R i v e r . Dubuque Iowa June 12 Two bodies were found in the Mississippi river One is that of a woman probably 30 years old A mark of violence was ev ldent on the dead woman s head The other body was that of a man who disappeared some time ago His name was Florice Smith V i r u l e n t S m a l l p o x a t M e n o m i n e e . Menominee, Mich , June 12 Arthur C Nel son aged 26 years, died of confluent hem orrhagic smallpox, commonly known as black smallpox This is the only case of the dis ease in this form that has appeared In the city although there were many cases of a milder tjpe D o l s o n D i e s F r o m I n j u r i e s. Marshalltown, Iowa, June 12 Edgar Dol son, a former member of Company D, Fif tieth Iowa national guard died yesterday as the result of wounds received- uring a quar rel with Ted Dovey near Geneva last Satur day Dovey has been arrested on a charge of murder Grand M e a d o w Ma n I n s a n e . Grand Meadow Minn , June 12 I H Com stock suddenly became violently Insane and left his place of business, being found three miles east of town He claimed he had just killed a man and wanted to run away from the sheriff, whom he said would surely get him N e w P o s t m a s t e r s . Washington, June 12 These postmasters were 'aruotnted to du MinnesotaWyoming, Chisago county, D D Stewart South DakotaPresho Lfman county, Isaac Hellekson WisconsinPans, Kenosha county, L C Williams B o y K i l l e d b y T r a i n . St Peter, Minn , June 12 The 7-year old son of Martin Stenzil was run over by a special train on the Omaha road yesterday afternoon. Death was instantaneous. W E. PRATT OF CAVALIER, President G. F. RICH OF GRAND FOR&8, Recording Secretary. JOHN ORCHARD OF FARGO, Field Worker WANT HANSON TO STAY Hangre Synod R e q u e s t s H i m to W i t h - d r a w R e s i g n a t i o n . Sacred Heart. Minn, June 12 The Hauge Synod yesterday unanimously re quested Professor M G Hanson to with draw hi resignation as president of the Red Wing seminary aod gave him as mucin time as he desired t o reply to the synod In the matter of the new 'building for the seminary the following resolutions were adopted Resolved, That the synod erect a new building, repair the old one and erect & beat ing plant, the cost of all not to exceed $46,000, that the plan submitted by the board of trus tees be accepted iwith any modifications that may become necessary, and that the construc tion of the new building begin as soon as a subscription of $45,000 is secured As members of the committee to super vise the erection of the new building at Red Wing spmlnary the following were appointed John Mork, Faribault, Minn , G Ttorgerson Duluth, Minn , O H. Oace, St Paul, Minn , John Nelson Crosby, St Paul, Minn , Arnt Bock, Sioux Citj, Iowa, Jacob Olson, Muskegon, Mioh , Chr Pe derson, Chicago III , O. L Stangeland, Chicago, O Boyum, Franlklin, Minn , R. J Lund 'Minneapolis, Minn , and Rev A 0 Uthein, Lonseth, Minn The board of trustees was instructed to get the title to the school in Red Wing under the Tor rent system Rev C E Tiller, of Chicago, submit ted his resignation as he at present was serving a congregation of the United Lu thernan church Rev C C. Holter, who bad been elected editor of "The Messenger," also tendered his resignation from U_ t office N o r t h w e s t P e n s i o n s . Washington, June 12 Pensions granted MinnesotaCharles M Williamson, Minne apolis, $10 Frank Hatcher, Hamel, $12, Ab bie E McQuaid, Duluth, $8 WisconsinSamuel Fleming, Bayfield, $6 William A Bantenberg, Milwaukee, $8, Wal lace Fogo, Ashbridge, $24, Austin W Horr, Oxford $14 Jeremiah Caniff, Prescott, $14, Gottlieb Behling, Wausau, $10, George Lin ton, Eau Claire, $12, Henry Becker, Neenah, $12 John Dunn, Adell, $12 John Hummell, Fort Atkinson $24, James Hunter, Raymond, $12, John Ganerke, Morrison, $14, George D. Ellsworth, River Falls, $12, Eli Oreekman, Woodstock $12, Pauline Pleski (mother), Su perior, $12 z. South DakotaIsaac Fellowa, Putney, $12, Henry Hetzler, Eureka, $10 IowaJulius Schrieber,'Davenport, $12, Jo seph B Teas Chariton, $12 Joseph Toulouse, Marne, $24, Henry G Porter, Central City, $12 James T Cronk, Robins, $10 Henry Stewart, Ottumwa, $10 Milton J Perington, Popejoy, $12 William Ingels, Ottumwa, $17, John T Waters, Dewltt, $10, Benjamin Greenley Cottage Hill $10 Absalom Hamil ton, Boone, $10, Oliver P Jump, Pearl City, $8 Isabelle Wilson, Williamsburg, $8 L n t h e r a n C o l l e g e D e d i c a t i o n . Fergus Falls, Minn June 12 Burglars en tered the home of Mrs William McDonell, a cripple, living with her little son and pro cured a purse containing $32 The theft is a particularly deplorable one, as Mrs Mc Donell could ill afford to lose the money The dedication of the Park Region Luther college took place yesterday with a large at tendance The seating capacity of the chapel was entirely inadequate and the speakers' stand was erected under the trees Rev O N Fosmark the father and builder of the school, opened the exercises by a prayer and an address of welcome The dedicatory ad dress was delivered by Professor Stub, of the Lutheran Theological seminary, at Hamlme Professor Stub spoke in the Norwegian lan guage and addresses were delivered in Eng lish by Professor Hove of the theological school, Andrew Gnndeland, of Warren, and Captain C L Baxter, of this city A large amount of money was subscribed for the fur nishing fund of the college G. \ . R. a t St. Cloud, J u n e 24-26. St Cloud, Minn, June 12 There will be three great days in St Cloud on June 24, 25 and 26the occasion of the meeting of the seventeenth annual encampment of the north western district G A R The following counties are included in the district Ben ton, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Meekers, Stearns, Stevens and Wright One of the events will be a big parade on the second daythe 25th which will be reviewed by the governor and staff and Department Commander Starkweath er and staff The list of speakers includes Governor Van Sant, Department Commander Starkweather, Past Commiander John Day Smith and H G Hicks, Colonel I H Ma han, Senator Buckman, Colonel A F Foster, Dr J A Dubois, H G Broker, Colenel Jen kens and many others Street R a i l w a at F a r g o . Fargo. N D , Jrine 12 The city council last night passed an ordinance smntlng a fran-* chise for an electric street railway of ten miles to M ^ McDonald. ~org H Price and others of Scranton, Pa. H y m e n ' s R o c k y R o a d . Omaha, Neb , June 12 Frederick Renard, of Oakland, Neb , although 64 years old, is anxious to marry, and the girl of his choice Is but 22 years of age, Nellie Craig Renard's estate is valued at $200 000 The family of the aged suitor sees ulterior motives In Miss Craig s readiness to wed and they are making every effort to check-the affair To do this, application was made In Knox county for the appointment of a guardian for him In the meantime the old man and the younger Renards have been racing about the country, the one seeking a license and, so far, the others beating htm to the courthouses and procuring injunction papers B u r i e d b y C o m p a n y C o m r a d e s . Menominee Mich , June 12 The burial of Daniel P Nason, aged 77, an old member of Oompanv~E Twelfth Wisconsin, brings forth an occurrence which Is something seldom heard of now All the pall bearers were men from the same company and /ought side by side with the deceased during the civil war The death of Chauncey Whiting, Sr , of the town of Clltherald occurred at his home on the 7th Mr Whiting was 82 vears old and was one of the pioneers of Minnesota, having led the first colony to Otter Tail county in 1864 NORTHWESTERN GRADUATES Closing: E x e r c i s e s i n Many Schools a n d C o l l e g e s . Fargo, IN ID , June 15 Fargoans had a treat last night in the adress of J B Cot ton of Duluth at the graduating exercises of th North Dakota Agricultural college The attendance was large Misa Aldyth Ward of Bismarck, J F Jensen of Buffalo, T W. Osgood, of Fargo and H. B Schmidt of Ahercrombie were the graduates. (Clinton, Iowa, June 12 The annual graduation exercises of the Clinton Higfh school were held, at the Economic theater last night, when a class of forty-one re ceived diplomas The address was given by Dr A B Winschip of Boston, Mass, on "Praises and Prizes " Marshall, Minn , June 12.The alumni association of the Marshall Higlh school held a banquet at Woodman hall Thomas Halmon of Minneapolis, class of 1890, acted as toastmaster Representatives of several classes responded Mrs. Mek struth and Mrs Davidson of Wahpeton, N D , of the class of 1891, assisted In the music. Cedar Falls, Iowa June 12 A class of 150 students was yesterday graduated from the Iowa state normal sehool Hon ors were conferred by State Superinten dent R C Barrett of Des Moines Mon day night the board of trustees and the members of the faculty gave a reception in the men s gymnasium of the new build ing the graduating class of 1902, the alumni and many townspeople were guests x The twenty-ninth general assembly voted an appropriation of $300,000 for the benefit of this normal school, and the next two years will see marked changes in the buildings, apparatus and in the teaching force Calumet, Mich , June 12 The graduat ing exercises of the Calumet High school will take place at the Calumet theater on Wednesday, June 18 A class of thirty two will be graduated In addition to the orations by the two students taking first and second honors, Dr Frank Crane of Chicago, will deliver an adress on "Cas tles of Atlantes " * Menomonle, Wis , June 12^The gradu ating exercises of "the Menomonle kinder garten and primary traiming school were held at the Mabel Tainter Memorial last night Six young ladies received diplomas, having finished the two years course, viz Margaret A Feldhausen, of Bayfield, Cora E Morford, of Rice Lake, Minnie M Perry, of Algoma Bess A Thayer, of Sparta Edith E Webber, of Florence Harriet F Wilson, of Menomonle Certifi cate were given the folowing nine young ladles who have completed the work of the first-year course Cora Barron, of Eau Claire, Laura G Cox, Augusta, Amy E James, Pardeeville, Adalyn G Tames, Pardeeville, Caroline A Powers, Chippe wa Falls Gertrude E Relph, Menomonie, Florence M RoweD., Mondovi, Ida Ton- naT, Memononie Stella K. Trainor, Boyceville Marshalltown, Iowa, June 12 Com mencement exercises were held in St Mary's institute in this citv, a class of twelve 'being graduated, as follows Thomas J Carmody, Hiram A Shaver, Cecelia Punnell, Gertrude Bendlage, An na McWahon Josephine Coulton, Marie Welch, Margaret Mitchell The fololwing are graduated In music Josephine Welch, Frances iMooney, Marguerite Barr, Michael Roskopf H a s t i n g s H a p p e n i n g s . Hastings, Minn , June 12 The remains of Dr H A Olson, an insane patient, who died at tjhe asylum were shipped to Long Lake for interment Two indictments found in 1892 against Otto Adams for iburglary an grantd larceny were dismissed inJ the districtd cour The Hastings fire department re-elected the following officers last evening President, J E Walker, secretary and treasurer, E A Schroeder %aWfr j ' $g& O r e g o n Conv icts E l u d e P n r s n r e r s . Portland, Oregon, June 12 Hqrrv Tracy and David Merrill the escaped convicts, who were surrounded in the wcod'3 near Gervais by the sheriff s posse and state trccps, eluded their mirsuers during the n-'ght, and at 6 o clock were seen fiv e miles north of Gervais The fugitives stepped at a farmhouse, where they took breakfast and obtained some food W h o l i F a m i l y Injured. Jamestown, N D , June 12 Engineer Mal lick and family were injured by lightning, which struck their home in Valley City Tae shoulders of Mr and Mrs Malllck were burned, their baby was struck and badly eut by falling glass and A iboy 6 years old had his hair burned off and his head scorched. Ail will recover. _ * _ ~ ^ Hot Figrht i n W i s c o n s i n Connty. Madison, Wis , June 12 The most strenu ous of the many bitter factional fights which have taken place in Dane county is being waged this week No thlrteen-lnch guns are being used In the battle, the fight on both sides being more in the nature of submarine warfare, with no noise of bombardment The tactics pursued consist of a personal can vass of the voters, and there will be few of them who will not be seen by some worker before the county convention The stalvwjrta are making a hard effort to take Governor La Follette s home county away from him, and the local bureau, of which R C V.ernon, formerly one of Xia Follette's warmest sup porters and Raymond R Frazier, Governor Scofleld's executive clerk, are managers, is working night and day to accomplish this result. Thejr freely claim that they will carry the city of Madison and, while not ex pressing so much confidence as to^-the coun try- districts they are carrying tfie warfare out among the farmers itt earnest*lso One of their latest pieces of amniuaition is in the form of a circular letter directed especial ly to the Norwegians voters, which bears the signature of Henry L Dahle, brother of Con giessman Herman B Dahle, and is a protest against what he terms the treachery of the governor to his brother, and an appeal to Norwegians to stand by their countryman, the basis of all which -fs the allegation that the governor, who first brought Dahle out for congress, has pledged his support to W C Leitsch of Columbia county, for the com ing campaign This allegation lacks sup porting evidence, and the governer's friends Insist, that it has no foundation and that the governor is taking no part in the congres sional fight in this district NORTHWESTERN JUNE BRIDES Rochester, Minn , June 12 The golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs J L Wright of this city was celebrated last night in the I O O F hall by the members of tha+ order and the (Rebekahs, of which the guests of honor were also members.- Attorney George J Allen made the presentation ad dress and gave to Mr and Mrs Wright a small gold colored sack containing $50 in gold currency Mr and Mr Wright have been residents of Olmsted county for the past forty-eight-years Mr Wright is 73 years 0( age and his w4fe 67 Pelican Rapids, Mlim June 12 The mar rlage of Henry G Page, Jr , son of H G Page, formerly president of the Fergus Falls National ibank, and Miss Ruth Kinney of Pelican iRaipids, (took place at the home of the bride s parents here Rev C E Ames officiating About 100 guests weie present, twenty of whom came from Fergus Falls Miss- Cora Frazee acted ias unald of honoi and Clarence Kinney brother of the bride, as best man The couple will leave In a few days for iGreat Falls, Mont, which is to be their future home Menomonie, Wis , June 12 Ernest Boll of Rice Lake and Miss Levina Ohnstad, a pop ular society lady of this city, were married last evening at the home of the bride s father Mr Boll will be assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Menomonie Spring Valley Minn , June 12 Frederick Tenz and Miss \gness Lagifig -were married y estei day at Zion s German church of this city Faribault, Minn , June 12.G Leonard Lang, an employe of the West Publishtng company of iSt Paul, was married last eve ning to Lucy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Laufenburger of this city Noithfield, Minn, June 12The"marriage of Miss Jennie J Gilbert and Frank A Simp son, two well known young people, took place at the home of the groom s sister, Mre Frank Howland of Waterford Woonsocket, S D , June 12 Fjank Schmidt and Barba ra iHuber were married ait the Cath olic chUrch yesterday morning., Grand 'Meadow, Minn , June 12 TorgT \nderson and Maiy Dalen were (married at the home of the brides brother, A G iDaSeh, by Rev O, G Belshelm ^ ^ "" Elk RlveK Minn , June 12 Miss1 LlJoetn" Laner and Joseph H Slattery, both if this place, were married yesterday at the bride s home, Dr Hlndlev performing the ceremony Miss Denny of Minneapolis was bridesmaid Mr and Mrs Slattery will leave in a few days for a trip south Dassel, Minn , June 12 Henry Christian and Elizabeth Cassel of this village, prom inent young people were married They will reside in Dassel EIGHT HURT, SOME FATALLY S c h o o l h o u s e Completely W r e c k e d Near W a s h i n g t o n I o w a . DEjB -Moines, June 12 For the first time In two days telegraphic communication With Washington has--been obtained fci'our wagonloads of students enjoying a pfefaie*** Cdppo*$ nine nniles south of Washington, wtere caught by the storm during their return journey One wagon containing nine members of the high school class which had-just graduated sought shelter in a schoolhouse which was blown to pieces, burying all in the debris The injured are Mildren McAtlin, chest crushed, bones broken in several places and body bruised, eyes filled with mortar, blind, will die Charles Chance, collar bone -toroken In several places, badly crushed al l over still unconscious, re covery doubtful Myrtle Stewart, badly hiUised about the head and face Blanche Stewart, shoulder dislocated, "head cut, bruised Myrtle Shields, leg badly in- ju?e4, everely bruised Jessie Klein, hack wrenched, badly cut. Gertie Reeves, face seriously cut / Mary Jer rard, ankle dislocated, several scalp wounds. J u d g e W i n c h e s t e r R e v e r s e d . Jamestown, N D , June 12 The supreme court has reversed the decison of Judge Win chester in the case of James Thompson vs William Armstrong, from Stutsman county The case is one in which William Armstrong was defendant in a replevin action for a stal lion Prince Wilkes, bought by Jame-. Thompson Thompson claimed to be the own er and turned the horse Over to Thomas Creath under a contract whereby title was to ^remain in =Th,ompsog The horse was seized ^by^ArmatiwigaU^deE^p. a&cbjn^nt issued by one of Creath's creditors In the trial, on .the defendant's motion^ Judge Winchester "^tc-ok 'the caae^sfronj. the jury and rendered a verdict In favor of the defendant F i r e m e n E l e c t a n d A d j o u r n. New Ulm, Minn , June 12 The thirtieth an' nual convention of the State Firemen s Asso ciation adjourned to-day at noon, after elect-, ing the following officers President, L H Stallman Brainerd first vice president, G G Stone, Pipestone second vice-presiaenf, George^ Worthlngton secretarj, R O Strongs treasurei Frank George, -Stillwater The next meeting of the convention will be in Brainerd The legislative committee was in creased from seven to eleven members, three from Minneapolis, two from St Paul, one from Stillwater the other five being from other parts of the state Y. P. S. C. E . a t B r a i n e r d . Brainerd, Minn , June 12 The central dis trict convention of the Y P S C E is in session here at the First Congregational church Rev A. H Carver gave the address of welcome and Rev Alexander McGregor, D D of St Paul, also spoke President Brown appointed the following committees Nom inations, Rfev W H Medlar E L Jenkins and Mrs C W Horton resolutions. Rev G Ernest Smith, Mrs Amelia Erickson and Rev E E Cram T e a c h e r s Gando, N I n s t i t u t e a t Cnndo. D , June 12 A teachers' train ing school for Towner county opened here Monday and will continue all week Pro fessor W "E Hoover, principal of the Bark River high school, is conductor, and Is as slsted by Miss K C Laffln, of the Fargo high school, and Professor Blackorby super intettdent of county schools Tuesday eve ning, Professor Kennedy,'of the state univer sity, delivered an address to the teachers in attendance, numbering seventy two V. C. T. a t Madison. _ Madison, Wis , June 12 The city and capi tol are gaily decorated with banners" and bunting in preparation for the coming of the jolly traveling men to-morrow, when the fifth annual session of the grand council ef- Wis- consin, United Commercial Travelers of \merlca, opens to continue two days There are sixty delegates to the convention, but ten times that number of knights of the grip, with their wives and sweethearts, are expected The feature to-morrow will be the parade of traveling anen Clauder's band will furnish the music, and "Chet" Constan t l y , of Milwaukee, will be the* n-and mar shal of the parade In the evening will take place the reception, ball and banquet, In the assembly chamber Saturday morning there will be a carriage drive about the city for the ladies and after the session closes a steamboat ride on 'Lake Monona C J Crocker, of Eau Claire, .now grand junior counsellor, will probably be elected to suc ceed M J Hemmens bf Green Bay, as grand counsellor B r i e k l a e r s Scarce a t F a r g o . Fargo N D June 12 Since the strike, which -delayed work on Fargo buildings was adjusted, there has been a rush of work and the contractors are unable to secure a suffi cient number of bricklayers Efforts to secure bricklayers in the twin cities have been un successful on account of the large amount of building in progressThe North Dakota G A R has secured the promise of Commander in-Chief Torrance to be in Fargo during the encampment June 18-19 J W Carroll of Fargo seems to be the leading candidate forr commander in this state. v N e w D e b t - R a i s i n g P l a n . Winona, Minn , June 12 A unique celebra tion is taking place to dav at Mmneiska about ten miles up the river It is promoted by the Methodist churches of Minneiska, Wea Ver ind Elba for the HUDOBP of Taisins a church debt It is exnected to raise the money mainly by selling dinner In order to get a large attendance, a -special program has been arranged Including a balloon ascen sion by Professor Schermerhorn Presiding Elder Stout of this city made an address and W B Anderson of Winona was also down for remarks H e a v y R a i n a t Y a n k t o n . Yankton, S D , June 12 Three inches of rain fell here lsat night and this morning. No wind or hail accompanied Jt The weather was somewhat dry before the stoim, but no.dies damage had been done to the crops W e b s t e r City I n u n d a t e d . Wefcister City, Iowa, June 12 As the result of a terrific rain last night, and which is still falling, the Boone river Is many feet above its banks The northeastern and eastern parts of the tity are under water and people are leaving their homes No fatalities have been reported, but all wagon bridges are out and railroad bridges are likely to go Bad W a s h o u t s o n B u r l i n g t o n . Cedar IRapids, Iowa, June 12 'During a heavy rain last night the large steel and stone hridge 'between Wells and Clevels, on the Iowa Falls division of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern railway was moved from its abutments so as So be made im passable and twenty miles of track was dam aged It will be two or three days before train seryiee can be resumed The company had just resumed running trains over this line aiter having repaned the disastrous washouts of last week The Burlington, Ce dar fiapids & Northern is using the Illinois Cential tracks from Cedar Falls to Iowa Falls. The Great Western had a washout between Waterloo and Relnbeck and is run ning its trafns over the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern South D a k o t a Masonic Officers. ' Huron S D , June 12 The Masonic grand lodge adjourned '-last evening to meet next year in Deadwood Past Grand Master Clea ver, of Huron, installed the following officers Grand master, Frank A Brown, Aberdeen, deputy grand master, Byron P Dague, Dead wood, senior grand warden, Ivan W Good ner, Pierre, junior grand warden, Edgar D Brookman, Vermillion grand treasurer, John C Byron, Plankington grand secretary, George A Pettigrew, Flandreau. grand lec turer, B F lyes, Huron, grand chaplain, D C * Jacob, Lennox,, seniorn grand deacon, Charles A D Fisher 1 Aberdee junio r gran d deason, Bwrdett Moody, Lead grand mar shal W 'E Benedict Custer senior grand steward, Paul Deuteher, Brookings, junior grand steward, Dr B L. Stagel, Rapid City, grand sword bearer, A E Van Camp, High more, grand pursuivant, S S Lockart, Mil bank grand tiler, Frank Kunerth, Sioux Falls I N or tit D a k o t a W . C. T. V. Cando, N D , June 12 The eighth annual district convention of the W C T " U opened here vesterday morning and will close this evening Miss Mattle V Bogart of Tower City will deliver the closing address Before that an oratorical contest for a gold medal will be held and a musical iprogram rend-pred Nearly 100 delegates are in attendanceThe prices of farm lands in this county have in creased nearly one third in the oast five months D F McLaughlin recently sold for $9 500 one-half a section which he bought in January for $6 000 F Weiker sold his farm, consisting of five quarter sections, to eastern parties for $13,00 cash, and another farmer sold two nuarjers for $7,500 cash. I ! Many -Crookston I m p r o v e m e n t s . Grookston, Minn^, JAine 12 At Tuesday night's meeting of the city council, a decision was reached to lay asphalt upon ten blocks and to extend the work into the residence portion of -the city, laying macadam upon fifteen blocks In this manner the relative values of the two materials will be tested The council also authorized sewer and water main extensions that will cost in the aggre gate $60,000, and the grading of streets that will necessitate on outlay of $20 000 An other improvement that will be made during the summer Is that of placing a bridge act oss Red Lake river at the south end of Mam street, at an expense of $10,000 A g e n H e a d s W i s c o n s i n G. A. R. Stevens Point Wis, June 12At the state G A R encampment this morning Chippewa Falls Was chosen as the next place of meet ing and James H Agen of West Superior was elected district commander General McArthur sneaks to night The feature of yesterdav was the address of Department Commander De Groff The present member- - ship Is * 447 showing a net loss of sixty -nine members A resolution condemning the use of mscrtoHorrs of-ativ kind on the national flag carrred t y Gtand Army posts was unani mously adopted Ex-sheriff C h a r g e d W i t h Assault. La Crosse, Wis , June 12 Former Sheriff Jlobert A Ladd wias aYrested to-day, charged with breaking Into the house of Mrs Eliza beth M Hull choking and beating her Mrs Hull was formerly oostmlstress of Lytles, a small station north of here Ladd was placed on trial to day before Judge Daniels and the case adjourned one week R n r a l T e l e p h o n e Line. Dassel Minn , June 12 A company of Greenleaf farmers has been formed for the purpose of building a telephone line from Litchfield to Greenleaf The company has about twenty five shareholders and officers are N Barrick, president, J H Lawrence, secretary. S E Lindall, treasurer THE NEW BURMEISTER DAM AND LAKE AT REDWOOD FALLS *. 4*p *,'' ' i *tt-'\* An Ingenious Project Carried Out by tin Enterprising City to Add to Its Attractions and PleasuresThe Committee That Carried. It Through Was Made Up of A. C. Curtneister, H. A. Baldwin* a. L. Dornberg, C. Fred Thompson, F. L. Warner, Ji A Schmahl* - NO WATER Sand Blocks Intake Pipe of L * Crosse Waterworks. _ * La Crosse, Wis , June 12 This city la to-day entirely without fire protection, the city water works being useless Sand from the river has washed into the intake pipe, shutting off all water to the pump ing station Not a drop can be had from hydrants Colman's mill is depended upoa entirely to furnish pressure in case of fire The' situation la the worst in the history of the water works system and a force of men is working day and night digging out the sand, hut which fills up about as rapidly as It can be removed ST. ANTHONY PARK Miss Lizzie Balcomo has gone,to Buffalo Mr and Mrs Frank Moore have gone to New York for a visit Mr and Mrs. Thompson have returned from their southern trip . Mr and Mis Roger Mcintosh leave Friday for Massachusetts President Frederick Tucker and wife hav gone to bt Louis They will go from, thera to Baltimore, Md Miss Klampe of Minneapolis was a guest of Mrs S B Green Tuesday Miss Mary Cheney has returned -front Bloomington Ferry Mrs Thomas Shaw will entertain the La Home Missionary Society of Central Presbyterian church on Friday afternoon. Mrs L M Leffingwell is entertaining Mrs. George Maas and Miss Maas of Fargo Mrs Partridge and family have Igone to their summer home at Osceola Mrs Margaret Blair of the state agricultu* ral school has returned from the household economic convention in Indiana Colonel and Mrs Taylor are entertaining Mr and Mrs John Thompson of Greenboro, N C Miss May Buxton has gone to Jacksonville, 111 Mr and Mrs Wellington are in their new home on Raymond avenue The Congregational people had children** day exercises last Sunday A class graduated from the primary department of the Sunday school and five children wrere christened* Miss,Isabelle Parker has gone to Vermont lor the summer Miss Clara Schumacher leaves soon fo* Baden-Baden, Germany Mrs C C Chase will entertain the Conj giegational Ladies Aid Society on Tuesday,! afternoon ' Mrs C R Aldrich is entertaining her Bis ter, Mrs Ackeley of Fargo Mrs Meek will entertain the Ladies* GuUtf of the Episcopal cnurch Tuesday Mr and Mrs W hitford expect to leave soon* for Vermont Mrs F M (Rule mill entertain the ladles*! Missionary Society of the Methodist church! Friday ' Mrs Colvllle has returned from Cleveland* Ohio, and Is the guest of her daughter, Mrs, Duvall Polk The Young Ladies' Society of the Episcopal church will give an ice cream and strawberry festival at Mrs Herbert Plant's on Thursday evening, June 19 Mrs J Southall is entertaining her sister, Mrs Hunt of Fargo iMrs Bull and Miss Ethel Brill are at lak Minnetonka Mrs W C Sage entertained the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church, Tuesday afternoon (Dr and Mrs IRule entertained Rev and Mrs W IC Sage, Miss Ruth Sage and Mrs. Homer Ashcroft at dinner Tuesday Mrs Josephine K Hunter leaves Friday for a summer in New Hampshire Mrs J J Merrill and Miss Marion Merrill, who have been guests of Mrs Friend Brace, leave Saturday for Chicago Arthur Black entertained a large company of loung people Irlday evening, in honor of Miss Marion Merrill Tho Ladies' Aid Society" o / -Central Park Methodist church will have a picnic dinner at Presiding Elder, Fraak^ljUilefc,home Tues day HOW TO FALL GRACEFULLY Milwaukee, June 12Delegates to th Dancing Masters national convention jes terday ga\e demonstrations of how to fall on a ballroom floor and do It gracefully These demonstrations were giuen by dancing specialists of both sexes, and the exhibition was good as a \audeville performance The correct movement is hard to describe, but there were several graceful bows and a num ber of smiles, and it was all over HEROES OF PBKING BROUGHT BACK. San Francisco, June 12The United States transport Warren reached here from Manila to day, bringing 300 marines. *us4? ^50 casuals and short-term lmn, Oogan^r_ the Nrr-tli infantry, commands i W^CSfotain Fred Palmer, which made up a portion of the relief column that entered Peking and which saw desperate fighting at Tientsin and Samar, ia among the detachments brought back I. O. O. F . E x c u r s i o n . To Nor-thfield Friday, June 13 For tho benefit of the Home via Chicago, Great Western Railway Special Train Service. Leave Minneapolis 7 40 a m and 9 a m . Arrive Northfleld 9 40 a m and 10 40 a m Musical Program and Base Ball Game Tickets $100 on sale at City Ticket Office and Depot Read all the columns of The Journal's want page Occasionally an ad will be misplaced purposely to catch the unob serving Accept a pointer, be observing. E e r j t h i n g Y o u W a n t You will find in the classfled page. It la a modern encyclopedia of wants O p e n i n g of Season a t W a c o n i a a n a Coney I s l a n d. Beginning next Sunday, June 15, Min* neapolls & St Louis R R trains will leave Minneapolis for Waconia at 9 43 everj Sunday morning, returnimg leave Waconia at 7 30 p m Round trip tlck etes $1 E v e r y t h i n g Y o u "Want You will finrl in the classified page. It la a modern encyclopedia of wants L o w R o u n d Trip R a t e s t o B o s t o n v i a "The M i l w a u k e e . " June 11, 12 and 13 "The Milwaukee" will sell round trip tickets to Bostoh at un usually low rates Splendid opportunity for ah eastern tour at moderate expense. "The Milwaukee's" service highest stand ard yet attainedits Pioneer Limited fa mous frain of the world Apply at city ticket office, 328 Nicollet Ave, or write W B Dixon, Northwest ern Passenger Agent, St. Pau-1, for full information Is your business dull* A good remedy will be found in advertising it in The Journal's want columns 2 0 H o u r s C h i c a g o t o New" York. P e n n s y l v a n i a Short Line. Beginning with June 15th, the Pennsyl vania Lines will run a daily passenger train of the best modern Equipment, to be, known ae "The Pennsylvania Special," from Chicago to New York in 20 hours, leaving Chicago at 12* 00 o'clock noon, - and reaching N e y York tiext morning at 9 00 o'clock The above will be In addition t o the present Chicago and New York train' service of the Pennsylvania Lines, "The Pennsylvania Limitedi" and other trains running through aB usual For paitlcular Information, please call upon or address H R Dering, Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Pennsyl vania Lines, 248 South Clark Street, Chi cago ^ E x t r a T r a i n s t o L a k e M i n n e t o n k a Next Sunday. t t The Minneapolis & St. Louis Lake trains will leave Washington & 4th Aves. N a t 9 45 a m and? 1 30 p m * tReturn- " ing trains will leave. Excelsioc&t & 00 and 9,00 p. m. Round trip tickets 50 cento, ^jfy ' 1 i ! Hoiactive Page Jntwr* : _ S _