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K. MINNESOTA ORE OUTLOOK BATHER DABK SEASOX O 1904 IJKEL.Y O E A iiGHT ONE. Immense Reserves at the Furnaces Taking everything into considera tion, it is a wonder that the ore re gions of Lake Superior have done so well, and the business of the year is a matter of congratulation. It is a decline from, the preceding year of but 12 per cent, and it is 4,000,000 tons, or 20 per cent, ahead of the total of 1901. It is twice the great tonnage of so recent a year as 1897, and four times that of 1893. Including this year the mines of Lake Superior have produced 244,000,000 gross tons of the finest iron ore the world has ever seen, and' of this half is the result of but seven brief years of effort. Five years ago Minnesota was a minor factor. In 1900 it- produced about half of what was mined about the lake. But in. 1903 its proportion was 59 per cent. By Minnesota is meant a single county, that of St. Louis, of which Duluth is the seat and business center. rTTnT-T^ifrn-iVp mm^S* 'fW'W and Dullness In the Steel Market Causes of the Slump In the Xiast Months or 1003 DiscussedAll the Slumping Ports" Show a Decrease. Special to The Journal. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 2.The year just" past has been fully as eventful as any of its predecessors to the iron ore trade of the United States. I apprised of theirs danger Engineee Mul began with limitless confidence lt!i ends with almost as decided doubt of Crookston composed the engine crew of and with the industry utterly at sea the fast train and both believe that the as to the immediate future Things swung along splendidly till after the turn of the year. I Au gust shippers were not so insistent. In October there was a decline, which in November amounted to a slump which made vessel men gas p. With the inconsistency proverbial in the ore trade, and little to be expected of a business stable as that of ironi those who a year ago talked thirty million'tons for 1903 now talk fifteen million tons for 1904. General and Other Causes. ABide from the general causes for the slump and known to everybody, there were others. The enormous shipment of the previous season had been forced, and the new year had come in with excessive amounts of iron ore on hand and unconsumed. Added to this was the importation of foreign steel in the last half of 1902 and the first half of 1903. brought on by the soarclty of coke for domestic furnaces as a result of the strikes of 1902 in the coal regions. This foreign steel displaced twice as many tons of home ore. There were several million tons of American ores in excess of requirements on hand at the beginning of 1903, by x-eason of these two facts. Business at the Ports. Ore shipments by ports for 1902 and 1903 have been as follows: 902. Duluth. Minnesota ore 5,598,408 Tiro Harbors, Minnesota ore 0.6U5JS5 Superior, Minnesota ore. Escanaba, Michigan and Wisconsin ores Marquette, Michigan ores.. Aalilund, Michigan and Wisconsin ores Mlchipicoten, Canadian oro Totnl Kstlmated. th Sick Men Women When they feel fagged out and jaded from cares, responsibilities, anxieties, worries, etc., find a bene factor in Rea Bros.' Cascarin It Is not a stimulant, but a taste less laxative tonic and cathartic. At druggists, price 50 cents, or sample sent free. Rea Bros. & Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 1 yer wa a 1903. 4,180/56 8 3,553,919 2,595,010 2,823,119 2,007,346 ,505,010 2,007.346 298,421 All-rail. American ore 581,592 201,057 *45U,000 .27,869,542 24,300,607 This vast volume of ore went to Lakes Erie and Michigan, aside from a small amount all-rail to other points,.and was distributed from the following ports of receipt: 1902. Cleveland 4,873.317 Ashtj-' jh 4,796,805 Conilb-rft 4.300,301 Buffalo 2.550,798 Falrport 1,538,744 Erie 1,717,268 Other Lake Brie ports... 3,166,190 Chicago and elsewhere... 5,220,118 Large Stocks on Hand. There usually remains on dock and at furnaces at the close of navigation each fall enough ore to last thru the winter and to maintain furnace opera tions well into the following year, until midsummer at least. There are now on docks at Lake Erie ports alone, not to mention the stocks at furnaces, and which are themselves very large, the gross amount of 6,371,000 tons. This, it is expected, is sufficient to maintain furnace op erations well toward the close of the coming season. On account of these unusually large stocks and their influence on the trade ,lt Is impossible for mining men to determine their course. They go into the new year ignorant of their probable tonnage fdr 1904 the ore hauling railroads are at sea as to what, they are to "do this year the ves sel men do not know what is expected of them, and a state of uncertainty exists all along the line. Were trade to be suddenly revived to such a vol ume as would quickly melt up these stocks, it would be a comparatively easy matter to tell what the coming year is to bring forth. With the trade in Its indefinite con dition, and with the assurance merely of a lower price for pig iron and Iron ore than last year, mining labor is content to take its share of the shrinkage, and announcements made the past week as to reductions of wages thruout the lake districts have created only a ripple on the -surface. Miners are in no mood to strike or to hinder their own employment. Effect on Explorations. With the dullness In mining and steel selling there was a sharper ces sation of activity .in the purchase of new mines by steel making interests and in the exploration of ore bearing lands around Lake Superior for new 1903. 4,434,160 4,242,160 8,903,937 2,140,901 U11i 3,067,819 ston 4 SATURDAY EVENING, Engineer Greenhough of Crookston Cred- ited with Saving a Fast Mall Train on Great Northern. Engineer Floyd B. Greenhough of Crookston, Minn., is credited with saving the "Flyer" on the Great Northern line. The railroad bridge over the Mouse river at Surrey, N. D., caught Are recently. No. 4, the eastbound fast coast train, was ap proaching, its crew unconscious of their danger, as the fierce wind and blizzard which swept the prairie made it impossible to see many yards. Telegraph communication was cut off shortly after the Are started and railroad men were at a loss how to warn the ap proaching train. It was then Engineer Greenhough boarded a light engine, pulled the throttle wide open and headed down the track In the hope that he might reach the bridge, before the fire had seriously weakened it. Without hesitation he ran his engine upon the structure, crossed in safety, and rushed on to Norwich, where i 5,856,473 5,120,056 n-o *T O Schleudor has turned the business over to hisences d,Uitf,o7U nephew, Henry J. Harm. I A. J. Berglund and George R. Scott of this city have purchased an Interest In the hardware business of Peterson Brothers. The city council will make apnllcation to have the city finances and bookkeeping put under the direction and lh charge of the state public examiner. Leigh norland who was one of the victims'of the Iroquois theater fire In Chicago, was at one time a resident of tTils j^ty with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hovfand. The total assessed valuation of Freeborn coun ty this year is $10,221,240. of which $2,075,051 or nearly one-fifth. Is in this city. CROSSED A BURNING BRIDGE torpedoed and th crew of Grand Forks and Fireman Arnold bravery of Greenhough saved their lives and their train.' The bridge was forty feet high and from pier to pier 150 feet In length. Railroad finds. Undeveloped mines lost their value, and those who had a few weeks before been eager buyers suddenly lost interest and permitted their ne gotiations to drop. That they will be only too glad to pick them up again a little later and to pay prices that would have seemed high at the top of the recent boom there can be no question, for very few of the in dependent steel makers have ore enough, and, without ore, what is the use of putting millions of money into furnaces and rolling mills? The United States Steel corporation is gradually tightening its monopoly of the iron making trade of the United States by its ownership of the sources of supply, and there is no way.for outsiders to get ore but to buy, or to find, mines. So while the number of drills at work on the lake has sunk from several hundred to. less than one hundred at the close of the year,, it is only a calm before the renewed demand that must come. The probabilities are that 1904 will be comparatively dull in the iron ore mining world of Lake Superior, no matter how active steel making, may become later in the year. SUBBY'S ROMANCE Wedding the Sequel of a Sensational Shooting Affair. ALBERT LEA. MINN.Assistant Chief of Po lice Subby and Mrs. Lillian Jones were married and a romance is connected with the match. Four years ago, when Crazy John Hare was flourishing revolvers. Officer Subby was shot in the side. It was supposed thcV wound was fatal, but. good nursing saved his life. Hare went down the street shooting indiscrimi nately, and heing shot at. and was at last shot in the head by a rifleman, dying shortly after ward, but not until he had sent a bullet' from the same revolver that had wounded Officen Subby Into William Jones, who was on thecers street. Jones lived only until the next day, and now his widow is the bride of the officer who almost lost his life by the same Insane man. Mr. and Mrs. Subby went to Minneapolis for a short stay and will soon be at home here. The sale of the bankrupt stock of clothing of the P. C. Johns Clothing company will prob ably fail, as the bankrupts have petitioned the United States court to Dermic them to go into bankruptcy. This will delay the settlement and it is thought greatly reduce the amount that will be received by the creditors. After being in the jewelry business in this city for a quarter of a century. AldSt-man T. E. LUMBER DEALER OF IiUVERNE Death of Frank E. Johnston After a L/ong Illness.ejigagins LUVERNE. MINN.Frank E. Johnston''died' I this after a lingering Illness. He moved? eleven yeur ago. in the, clt hweek i'w'70 the firm nunie of J. C. Johnston & o'oKo'ioo lumber business with hi* brother, Charles John- nT'o?2 i Co. He continued in business until last April, when failing health compelled his retirement. He was born In Galena, 111., Dec. 25, 1854, and was married to Miss Emma" Cechman of Sanborn. Iowa, in 1880. The funeral services were held this afternoon under the auspices Of the Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Simon Mlssman fell on an icy crossing on. Main street md broke her right leg at the nnkla. At the adjourned hearing of the case of the state against Dr. N. A. Christensen. charged with practiciig without a license, held before Judge Armstrong, the defeidant was bound over to await the action of the grand jury. Bail was fixed at $300, which was furnished. Luverne's handsome new hall, over the Union block, will be formally opened Wednesday even ng. Jan. 20, by the Knishts of Pythias with iheir annual reception and dance. The hall is one of the largest and finest In southern Min nesota. Watch servicea were held In practically all of the churches In this city. FOR UOSS OFHIS EYE Lumherjack Sought Revenge and Was Mortally Wounded. DULUTH MINN.-Ares exciting shooting af fray took place yesterdaW-at Floodwood, a wnall village on the GreatUNorthern road, fortv miles *r.eV.i,f I n.i a,*yn '"t Co Davis.' a lum (i Car ll,th n' saloon at with Mm A ey no berjack, is mortally wounded. Fi?oarTi-8 wa J^ Stta Floodwood twfo months agno andd Uu' th has alwavs ^or to Carll "f 0 Dl se that Davis fought wheanv he lost the optic iA (,nj- that he was coming down soon to kill him for the loss of the eye. Davis stepped off thecame train there yesterday, having come from Hibbing and proceeded to Carlin's place. He entered Sirt 3 solver in his band and ^f a ,b ffi!k.ft&^"beBleged EZ*r. starteJd1 to "shoot up" the place. Carlln and Frank Cameron, vlllago marshal fled out of the back door wity the otherV who were in the place. Davis calmly took ppsses- art a Dalis whenhe n^ushe thru thethJ? abdomemne and once in the Jiead The S 8 to1 Elf fell to the floor. They saw him turn his re volver on himself, but the bullet glared off a WAYZATA'S SCHOOL Work to Be Resumed on Monday* Upper Lake Notes.two WAYZATA,* MINN.-:The public school will nf,open. a ??imda vacation of weeks fte The ho| iday recess was spent by Miss Bessie Crandall at her home in Pelican Rapids- hv Mrs. Pearl Lindsley at Bushfleld, and^bv'MbX Josephine Barton at her home in St Paul The winter's ice crop ls-b'eing harvested.', Tho Ice is of fine quality and is ntuch thicker than usual. Mr. and Mrs. Price have closed their home at Wayzata and are at the St. Angelo hotel for the remainder of the winter. A social dance was given by the young people at Woodman hall on New Year's Bye Mrs. D. E. wnson and sons have returned from Pelican Rapids, where they spent the holi days with the former's parents. Mrs. J. H. Watson spent the holidays with her sister, Mrs. R. C. Moore. R. B. Dickey has returned from the Wenat chie valley, Washington, where he spent a year H. G. Dickey has purchased two lots adjoin tag his property on the north. The Modern Woodmen will have an open in stallation on Tuesday evening. The occasion is the twenty-first anniversary of the founding of th order. A dance and supper will be features. y^t^ POULTRY MEN Mower County Association to Meet at Austin Next Week. AUSTIN, MINN.The annual meeting of the Mower Country Poultry association wfll be held at Armory hall Jan. 6. 7, S and 9. The en tries already made indicate a splendid exhibi tion. Xht annual meeting ot tfae Mower County 'ixi&'M officials believe that the fire was of m-1 cendiary origin and the Great Northern's secret service is investigating. FLOYD B. GREENHOUGH, CROOKSTON. Engineer Great Northern. Agricultural society will be held next Tues day. All premiums earned at the fair have been paid in full and the association is out of debt. The fine new pipe organ In the Congregational church was formally used at a recital last evening, which drew a large audience. The city schools open Monday after two weeks' vacation. HOW FERTILE IMPROVED Over $70,000 Spent idf Buildings and Civic- Utilities-. FERTILE, MINN.fertile' 1'obUs back over the year with some'satisfaction.',There were installed-the electric llght plant, the local tele phone exchange, the tiling and improved brick plant, and many. n$w residences, ranging in price from a- few hundred dollars to, several thousand, 'wefe qompleted,' While' 'iriany. other buildings, were materially Improved ,Spine twen ty thousand dollars tfent into the department store, which is still incomplete. Altogether the .Improvements foot up over $70,000. Lee Grant, who Is accused of the robbery at the station, was taken to Crookston to. await the action of the grand jury. FRAZEE, MINNAt an adjourned meeting of the village council the licenset was revoked for selling liquor a minor and keeping his place .open on Sundays. Mr. Hal verson, father of the'boy,.-who swoye he became drunk, has engaged counsel to sue the. license holders'for damages.The Ml W. A. elected the following officers: V. C, J. S. Ryder V. A.,ment Ed Haney E. B., James Gallagher clerk, John Neuller escort. A: Syverson watchman 'Charles Muhlenbein sentry, George S.' ScOggen, MAPLETON, MINN.The payment'of railroad bonds- Issued by the township "and village, in 1874 and due Jan. 1, 1E05. is being' advocated. The original amount, $12:500, was' given to aid the construction of the'Central' Minnesota rail road from Wells to Mankato, ..now...'wider the supervision of tho Southern 'Minnesota division of the Milwaukee. Interest,'to:tne .amount of ?25,000 has been paid on^the'saine FARIBAULT, mSH.^JudgV- ^uekham has granted Robert Dutton an absolute ^divoyce from :Esther E. Dutton, for desertion -^Itss^Eleanor Jennings of Albert Lea has-been, elected Tto suc ceed Miss Marie Peter as teacher In' the schools.The yigar Makers'!. union- electedpublic offi as follow*:: George ./Wft*, ^president John Hainm, vice hresi'deati^we^'^gjiev secre tary Frank Lqgue, treasure^l feh CROOKSTON, ^MiN^^Jr^^o^lroye^ the butcher shop of O. Oberson and the postofflce building which adjoined. The loss was $1,500 with small Insurance. Fire was also discovered In the Scandla Bteam bakery and before it could be controlled had gutted the upper story and spread to the Scandla hotel adjoining. The loss is .$1,000 with no insurance. LONG PRAIKIE, MINN.A watch ser vice was held at the Methodist church. An address was made by W. E. Lee on his experi In the Holy Land. W. T. Valentine, for merly of Winona, also spoke. Mrs. R. A. Lee gave a delightful pipe organ recital and Mrs. V, R. Davis sang a vocal solo. NORTHFIELD, MINN.President Sallmon of Carleton college graduated Misses Cutler and Cross and Watts O. Pyei who had apart of their year's work a the college to make up owing to absence last year.The Royal Arcanum had a pleasant danqlng patty at the Armory last even ing. ..'C"',. HASTINGS," MINN.'^hi, funeral of John H. Wentworth. Who died rftm .J^HGk consumption, was held frooi the resideiaq^bf .SiB mother, Mrs. David Wentworth, TesteraaJP^JV B. Atkinson, late landlord of Hotel OarAafcr in this city, has gone on the road for a St.. Jati drug house. ANOKA, MINNWllllajn^feaik, one of theSSouthLdDakota, foremen at tbe-shoe factofcy.x died this morning of pneumonia, leaving ft'iwlfe and three children. Be was,, a member of t|je M. i'W. A. HENDERSON, MINN.-^-Boiil Bros.? hardware stbrpvwfts badly damaged bjt fire. The damage to the', stock is estimated at $4,000 and to thechasers. building $500, partly insured. KENNEDY, MINN.-^iohn Enquist had neck-broken in a died almost Instantly.1 children. WISCONSIN CENTER OR CHANNEL channel which runs close to the Minnesota*shore is the dividing place. The wardens have staked out a line and Thurs day caught tfiinon Norstrof and Leroy McGee fishing with nets oh the Minnesota side. The boys were taken toWabasha, pleaded guilt v. paid $43 fine and costs each, and their nets and fish were seized. Yesterday Warden Wicks and three deputies to the lake to make' another raid, but Deputy Sheriff O. G, Fuller and four deputies had a warrant charging Wicks with kidnapping the boys the day before and demanded that Wicks accompany them here. He refused to come, but upon the sheriff and deputies drawing their rifles, he surrendered. He pleaded not guilty and his case was set for Jan. 7. CHANGE OP SYSTEMS THE MINNEAPOLIS JOUKNAlf hisulll runawayleaves here last night and a wife and five Serious Clash Between Game dens of Minn, and \yis. PEPIN, WIS.The trouble between fishermen here and the Minnesota game wardens came to a climax yesterday with the arrest of Game Warden Ira Wicks of Wabasha. The laws of Wisconsin permit fishermen to fish in the lake, but the laws of Minnesota do not. Up to a year ago the minnesota warden asserted the right to enforce the Minnesota law -any where on the lake, and a test was taken thru Hie Wisconsin courts to the supreme court. It was decided that the Minnesota wardens must stay on their side of the line. The wardens contend that the center of the lf.ke Is the line, while the' fisherman sav War- Work of State Treasurer's Force Doubled hy the Legislature. MADISON, WIS.Without any Increase in the clerical force in the state treasurer's depart ment, almost double the amount of work ot former years was disposed of in 1903, a strong testimonial to the efficiency of State Treasurer J. J. Keinpf and his force. Besides the natural percentages of increase, the bulk of the additional work was caused by the change in the system of accounting. Form erly appropriations were paid to the regents of the normal schools and of the university and the board of control in a lump sum. and by them disbursed to the individuals. However, at the last session the law was changed so that now for each item a separate warrant la diawn on the treasury and the treasurer makes payment by draft to the Individual. J="i Thirty-two thousand drafts were drawn and issued in the past year and four entries are necessary for each draft before it is rwady to be sent out. It is estimated that during 1904 42.000 drafts will be requiredtocarry on the business of the state. Beginning this month the rate of interest on deposits of state money in banks was increased from 2 to 2% per cent. The interest last year amounted to $32,000, -"-s to exceed $40,000. yea per .cen and thi year it is expected 1 GRAND RAPIDS, WIS.Judge John A. Gay nor has sent a petitiontoGovernor La Follette containing the signatures of a mejorlty of the old reside its, asking that Martin W. Fenner be not liberated[from the state prison. The memory of the coldblooded murder of John L. Healer on Jan. 29. 1883, is still fresh in theTmmda t the early settlers. BLACK RrVER FALLS, WTS.-J. M. Hutch ins of Melrose was found guilty of beating hta wife and fined $50 and five months in the county jail. The case was appealed and bonds given. MARINETTE, WIS.The sawmill of the N. Ludington company, probably the oldest in the slate, was destroyed by fire, the loss being about $75,000. TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC iNEW S OF^FeE^NORTHWEST IOWA NO BRIDEGROOM ATfTHE ALTAR MRS. SHARP, AN IOWA BUSINESS WOMAN, StES FOB $25,000. She and Her Children and the Minis- ter Waited for Crabtree, but He Did Not ComeHe Says I Is a Case of Blackmail aMd That Two Others Are Involved. Special to The Journal, Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 2:Elizabeth A Sharp, a De Moines business woman, has brought suit against Cefus H. Crabtree, speculator and dealer in, mining, securities, for $25,000, because of the alleged .failure of Crabtree to, attend the wedding cere mony last Tuesday where, it is said, he had agreed to act as bridegroom. Crab tree Is reputed to be worth '$50,000. Mrs. Sharp came to De Moines from Denver two years ago. She was engaged as solicitor by the Continental Insurance, company and has been a successful busi ness woman, She has 'several children, two of whom came- from Denver to attend the ceremony. It Is said the wedding was' arranged to be held "'at the parsonage of the First Baptist, church. Mrs. Sharp,' her children and the minister were present, but the bridegroom did."not arrive, .and he has since made no explanation that is satisfactory to the disappointed bride. In his answer to the charge of breach of promise, Crabtree alleges that Mrs. Sharp Is in coluslon with "J." A. Dooley arid A. L. Steele to blackmail him. Dooley and! Steel have actions for $5,0Q0 each pending against Crabtree, one on" a note and the' other for damages. Fall Started Fatal Illness, J. V. Vose, head of the Arm of J. B. Vorse & Co., one of the largest in Iowa, is critically ill. Two weeks ago he fell and was internally iftjured. Uretic FOUR HUNDRED THERE Resolutions: Adopted^ by S. D. Educa tors at Aberdeen. .ABERDEEN,- S. D.Before its adjournment, the South Dakota. Educational association: ed resolutions indorsing the efforts being put forth to hnproye,'rural schools by .judicious cen tralization favoring the movement toward se curing uniformity in high School courses ex-: pressing gratification at the Substantial upward, tendency InTthe rate of teachers' wages recom mending a rcontinuation of the agitation for amending the constitution so: as to remove-the present- restriction ~u^bif the''term- Of .oi'flce of county superlntetldEntj .iaxoclng the giving of adequate assistance .-to" schools officials as i given to other county %n'd state "officials, and de claring that "some modifications should be made in the requirements for first grade certificates for primary and special teachers were duties are confined to fewer branches than as required to be taught in other grades of work." A resolution was also adopted declaring that every effort should be put forth by colleges and high schools to keep athletic contests under such control as will free them from criticism as to their tendencies. The convention complimented .State Superin tendent Nash for his industrious devotion to everyone of school interests. The usual form of rewlution of thanks to President Strachan and other officers and to the normal and other school officers was adopted. The. complete enrollment showed 400 teachers in attendance. LUND SUES THREE Minneapolis? Jeal Estate^ Man.' Asks for Daniages~of $2,600. SIOU^X JFALLSZ-'S.-^ D.John G. Lund Of Mln- cv^uw,,^ Fire last night: broke out in the basement of the Sioux Falls Jiospital, a frame building. Al the hacks in the city were used and soon patients were removed to places of safety. Many were in scanty attire, and the fact that a fierce northeast gate 'and a snow storm pre vailed made their removal, especially those whose condition was serious, a difficult and danger ous undertaking. The flames were extinguished before the build ing was seriously damaged.. INSURANCE EQUALS LOSS theg, Williams Brothers' Elevator Near Webster Burned. WEBSTER, S. DWFire' destroyed 'the grainele vator and its contents, belonging to Williams Bros., in the town of Lily, in this county. The property was Uisored for .$7,000, which fully covers the loss. A 'Selective stovepipe in the^. office is supposed to be ilie cause. W. F. Kading, hairnessmaker, is planning to erect a two-^tory' brick building in the spring, the second storytobe used by fraternal socie ties as a lodge robin.- Owing to the increasing "patronage that the electric light Dlaiit: is receiving, the present power, which was installed but eighteen months ago has be.come inadequate and at its next meet in the council will be called upon to provide fore capacity. About five inches of- show is on the ground and there is good leig'jlng. MADISON, S, D.^Clyde Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. T.-Thompson of this city, lost his lite In the Iroquois theater fire at Chicago. He was a student at the University of Wisconsin, and was spending his' holiday vacation at tho home of his uncle, John Hovland of Chicago, a member of the firm of Carson," Pirie, Scoot & Co. The interment Will be made- here, BEDFIELD, S, D.News was received of the death of Mrs.' Fred-Kutnewsky at her home at Salt Lake City. Kir. and Hrs. Kutnewsky Were residents of Redfield before their removal" to Utah. Mrs. Kutnewsky was Miss Carrie Eri'ck son, and for several years held a position in the public school. WESSINGTON SPRINGS, S. B.Mrs. Bd Jones, who was so badly burned about two weeks ago, died yesterday afternoon.Ernest Butterfield of the Kimball Graphic spent his vacation with his parents. A- party was given in his honor at the home of T. A. Butterfield. VEBMTXLION, S. D.The total amount ex pended in improvements in 1903 was in theself neighborhood of $137,000. A hew business block and- numerous costly residences were constructed and improvements on dwellings made. -The out look for 1904 is bright. FRANKFORT, S. D.The Robinson' elevator Was destroyed by fire. The loss includes,10,000 bushels of wheat stored in the elevator, 100 tons of coal and $10,000 -worth of negotiable notes. There was some insurance. MITCHELL, 8. D.The city council- con- templates, a reorganization of-the local volunteer file department, apd an ordinance will be inpany troduced at the meeting Monday night. PIERRE, S. D.Sheriff Feeney of Fort Pierre reached here-last'night with Robert Solsberg, who was brought from Rapid City on a charge of horse stealing. CLARK, B. D.George Bagar and B. Harris were arrested for theft and fined. NORTH DAKOTA, FARGO, N. D,Harry Bruner says he was field up and robbed of $315. a watch, chain and an over coat.It ft announced that Alderman S. G. Roberts will be a candidate for city treasurer. Fire did some damage to the Minnesota bouse, a Front street lodging place. EARLIER MALLS FOR LONDON. New York, Jan. 2.The American line steam ship Philadelphia, which sailed to-day, inaugu rated the Plymouth service of the line, by Which it will be possible,toget the mall $o London some hours earlier than by landing it at Southampton. ^"hi 4/(-#*' #-t* ,7-~ ^"M* MH*4Mti !M IOWA poisoning causes his illness. Physicians say he can not recover. The rural mail, carriers of Iowa, in ses sion here yesterday, agreed to push the +t,0 w,+ a of Joe Pfelffer hop of Stamps upon, their routes in the of getting an advance in salary, A mutual insurance feature is to be added to the state association. Horses and wagons are to. be insured on the assess plan. B. !Pr.Wobd of Cherokee is re tained as president of the organization. SOUTHT DAKOTA W neapolls has ins't3tiited a suit 'in the Unitedt saidone^y man timefssh -ffia4 f^i from Philadelphia. adopt S^o^''51^i^ h!$e.L^-^ ^2 o Special to The Journal. Webster City, Iowa. Jan. 2.George MacKown, the absconding ex-manager of the Northwestern Pelt Shoe factory in this city, under indictment for embezzlement and arson, the last charge holding him responsible for the burning of the factory itself, has been heard from. Yesterday ~W. J.. Zitterell, a wealthy contractorr received a letter from MacKown, whom the Pinker ton Detective agency has been trailing for months:' During his one. year as manager of the factory in this city MacKown an for damages of $2,000. Lun alleges' that:the defendants listed sev eral quarter sections of land with him to be"VS^ebster sold, and that, in accordance with the alleged agreement with them, -he found, purchasers for the land, but that -the defendants, now refuse to convey the trusts,-'preventing him from carry ing out his contract with the. intending pur- IOWA PEDAGOGS Wright of the State Normal Elected President. DES MOINES, IOWA.Professor D. Sands Weight, of the state normal at Cedar Falls wa t'heAunanimous"choice"of ^fmmi^mm^^^m^^^^^^^g^^^^^^^^^^W^^SS^SSS^^" JANUARY 2, 1904. tMtMMlMHMWWimiMMlimlmHMWmilMHlMIMWmMMIWWHIWHmWHmWMMMmMl A LETTER FROM GE0.MAGK0WN WEBSTER eiTY ABSCONDER BUR- DENED WITH REMORSE. Charged With Embezzlement and Burning a Costly FactoryOffi- cials Thought He Was Hiding in British Columbia, hut He Writes is charged with having embezzled $2,500. When Anal ly dismissed from his position and fearing that his crooked work would be discov ered, it is charged that he burned the factory, entailing a loss of $100,000 upon which there was but $36,000 of insurance. The letter from MacKown is dated from Philadelphia. Mr. MacKown says in the letter that his dealings with the shoe company weigh upon his soul "like a load of lead." closes with the request, "Remember me in your prayers, not as one living,' but as one dead." The letter indicates that Mac- on two countst County Attorney Blake is not in the city and it- is not known what action will be taken.u In several letters received from Mrs. N-. Y.y their home before they came to -City, it was supposed that Mac Kown-was in British Columbia. xr.,'~ i~~ i,~ i v, i t~Ai~+~a tions for new county roads and the changing of Kown-does no know he has been indicted}0showed School SIOUX CITY AND ST. JOE of the association. The following were also were married Wakonda yesterday af- chosen: First, vice president, City Superintendent S. burg.The wedding in one day in &FV3^*^&y^v^x&' ?ia?countythirrt third vice president, County Superintendent F. last, evening,too when Edwinlife Goodner of Ori Only Points to Show an Increase in Hog Receipts. SIOUX CITY, IOWAThe business of the. Sioux City stockyards for 1903 shows that in the matter of the receipts of hogs only Sioux City and St. Joseph showed increases over the receipts of a. year ago.s Sioux City!s' receipt were 1,007,900, which was again of but 138 head, but it was again to be proud of in view of the fact that Chicago had a decrease of 500,000, Kansas City of 300,000 head, and Omaha of 15,000. St. Joe had an In crease of 8,000. Kidnapped twenty years ago by his own fath er, given to a showman, growing up in that business and, learning the occult arts in India, Alfred H. Thompson came back to-day and-found his mother. Mrs. S. J. Benton. Thompson's special "stunt" is hypnotizing him into a cataleptic condition and then being buried alive. SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA.District court for Dickinson county convenes at this place Jan. 4. A large docket and a full term are expected. TKe Ice dealers have commenced putting up ice, which is about eighteen "inches thick and very clear".Emory Salyards bas had his parole re voked by the governor and has been sent back to Anamosa 'to serve the remainder of bis term. CHARLES CITYThe Patterson Grocery com failed for $1,500 liabilities. Assets about the same. A mortgage "was given to Smith Lichty & Hillman ot Waterloo.The Gage store at Floyd also failed.The Slocum Grocery com pany, managed by W. E. Slocum, bas been sold .to Frank Smith of this city and his brother, Herman Smith, of Spirit Lake. ELDOR&, IOWA.A post mortem examination over the remains of Mrs. Kate Slifer, who died from the effects of chloroform, has Just been conducted, and the stomach aud other, parts of the body have been taken to Des Moines for, ex amination by Chemist C. N. Kinney. IOWA FALLS, IOWALieutenant Ellis Miller youngest son of "President H. C. Miller of the State bank of Iowa Falls, has been sent to Panama. He is a member of the marine corps. 0SKAL00SA, IOWAThe Iowa Gideons, an organization of Christian traveling men, ia hold ing its fourth annual meeting with about 200 in attendance. IOWA FALLS, IOWA.Mr. and Mrs. Silas Bond will celebrate 6n Jan. 1, the sixty-ninth anniversary of their wedding, WATERTOWN'S CRAC CADET BAJ9Q3ffii3g3$ Organization Which Welcomed The Journal Newsboy Band to South Dakota and Which Is One of the Largest and Best in That State. i'*. CONVICTED DYNAMITER Isaac Gravelle, "Who Will Serve a Term In the Montana Penitentiary for Dynamiting- Bridges and Tracks of the 'Northern Pacific in an At tempt to Xevy Blackmail. MONTANA TOOK UP A HORSE riding a horse belonging to John Bailey. At an adjourned meeting of the county com missioners a large amount of business was transacted In the way of approving applica- ther8 Tu rep of a balanceort. thatis she didi knowr th. iTifiiJ1^! MacKown by her former friends she has them. Most.of this expense was incurred in! her husbandnoDolgevillee S fa as 'know still boundary line This featureof the bill be on hand Nov 1 of $291,383.21 Representative Dixo has a bill in the house tp reimburse Choteau county to the ex tent of $6,000 for the" care of the Canadian renegade Cree Indians during the winter of 1902-03, when smallpox was epidemic amonj JS.I2L., ^SPol^will 4 ppposed by some stockmen. MISSOULA, MONTThe European hotel, for the second time in two months, was gutted by fire. The inmates were uninjured. The loss is $3,000, with- no insurance. NORTHWEST WEDDINGS VERMILLION, S. D.Peter Wright of this city and Miss Sylvia Dowling of Bur "th Stat Teacherss bank were married at the, home of the fliS-TirhiriB'*TbP ^flo^nf"hV fstrnil association for president. The entire slate made bride's parentsr yesterday.Frank ior aisiurDing t.ne j^eat-e i ms iamny up by the nominating committee, was indorsed Teall, a man of Gettysburg, S by acclamation. The election of Professor Wright is a victory for the collegiate branch Mtes "Edith Patnn tpriohnin..g a mbusiness f3, fl an aton ternoon and a eacne (as******* WOODSJ^ J once forMe?knr Gettys *ad departedg ar rMrfJ^TeetT..Oftj Superintend ent S. D., for his partner Mis "gg^ *$jffi^ 3?o$Z*k. 4 en Ada Picket of Mt. Ayr treasurer, W Sampson of the state normal school members ot educational council, President A. B. Storms of Ames and County Superintendent Anna White of Jefferson member executive committee, Z, -Thornburg of Des Moines For attempting to kiss pretty girls on the streets of Des Moines Jidwin and William Oox were each sentenced to thirty days. Edwin at tempted to seize a pretty young woman with the remark, :"I would, like to kiss you,'" and when she protested and started to run he fol lowed, holding to her skirt. In the police court he remarked to the judge: "Why. I would not do anything like that, your honor, I just came here from Minnesota." "Well, I.came from Missouri,"- was the court's answer, "and if you do not happen to have $100 about your clothes for that kiss you didn't get you may go to pail for thirty days." Rose Robbins of Mepkling. MAPLETON, MINN.Word has been received of the marriage of Ernest Childs. formerly of this place, but now of San Diego,. Cal., and Miss Mattte Burnell of the same place. Mr. Childs is In the em ploy of the government surveying depart- ment.-7-Joseph Williamson and Miss Ame ,lia Thbrnsen, both of Cream, were mar ried by Rev. Mr. Olson. NORTHFIELD, MINN.Miss Josephine Dalby and Peter Carron were married in this, city by Rev. Kenny of the Cath olic church. They will reside in Fari bault. BLACK RIVER FALLS. WIS.John Walworth and Miss Evallne Ogle were married yesterday at the bride's home in the town of Knapp. TOLD IN A LINE PhiladelphiaJohn McOanley, aged 19 years, and George McMullen. aged 11 years, were found dead in bed to-day. They blew out the gas. UticaLost in the woods near here, Charles Grant and Thomas Manley wandered about from Tuesday until Thursday, barely escaping with their lives. They had no food or shelter for three days. St. Joseph, Mo.A decoy package has led to the capture of James Morgan, who threatened to blow up the Burlington trains unless paid $5,000. Butler, Pa.Three deaths and three new cases of typhoid were reported yesterday. Total deaths, eighty-seven. Bethlehem, Pa.Fire badly damaged the large union depot of the Lehigh Valley and the Phila delphia & Reading railways. New. YorkArchbishop Farley has received a large photograph of Pope Pius X. as a New Year's gift from the pontiff. New YorkKarl Dayhle, 56 years old, of 287 East Tenth street, cut his wife's throat with a clasp-knife, and then slit his own throat from ear to ear. Dayhle died two hours later, but his wife may recover. New YorkFire on the seventh floor of the Murray Hill Hotel caused damage of $10,000., 1 ^POREIGN FLASHES CologneNavigation of the Rhine has been stopped by ice. RomeMgr. Noza leda, who, it 1B said will be made a cardinal shortly, is a man of pronounced anti-American sentiments. LondonThe 'Anglo-Italian arbitration treaty which 1B on practically the same lines as the Anglo-French treaty, is expected to be signed next week. BerlinThe exports from Germany to tbe United States during 1903 were about $130,000,- 000, or from $14,000,000 to $15,000,000 more than in 1902, which was the previous record year. RomeAltho the fact is not yet officially an nounced, it is believed General Pittalluga of the Italian army will be appointed to command the gendarmes in Macedonia, in accordance with the Russo-Austrian reform scheme. 1 ^4 TEMPERANCE WOMEN BUSY FURNISHED LIST OF ALLEGED DRUNKARDS THREATENED WITH SUITS FOR SLANDER. New York Sun Special Service. Carlyle, 111., Jan. 2."Sell no liquors to minors or habitual drunkards" say the members of the Women's Chris tian Temperance Union of Keysport to the proprietors of the two saloons of that village. The women have furnished the drink dispensers with the names of men whom they consider habitual drunkards. Attached to the list is a copy of the law, and a request that the law be observed. This is the lat est move made by the women in the -fight against the saloons, which they have been waging vigorously for two Havre Man Is SentencedBill to Re imburse Choteau County. POUT- BENTON. MONTiInspector ^feorffe Hall brought Gus Johnson from Havre to serve a sentence of sixty days for taking up andmonths. Saloon men are often notified by relatives to stop selling drinks to a man, but this is the first time in this county that an outsider or any or ganization has attempted to enforce this section of the law. A committee of' women marched into the two sa loons, made a gracious bow to the man behind the bar, asked his pardon V, for interrupting him, presented the -rf theintroducedtreasurer county ^^ct^S^^u^^lSSJSS^ little reminder, bowed again and walked out, as coolly as if they Had ^f been on a shopping tour. The wives of several of the men on the black. list are highly incensed over the af-' fair. One woman called on the1 tee and informed them that when^ she needed their assistance in manag-,^ ing her husband they would receive' due notice. His name has been scratched off. One of the men on the list says he will prosecute the women and also for slanderingo him Th l&embers of the union say they will Hlforce the law just the same. BOSTON COiraOILMEN FIGHT. Boston, Mass., Jan. 2.At the annual dinner of the common council yesterday there was ma j0hn L, Cui-ry of ward 9. 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