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River Falls Journal.
C. R. Morse, Publisher
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The cooking school is a fad worthy of
encouragement. After awhile society
may even take up bed-making and gen
eral housekeeping.
The announcement that Capt. Barr is
to receive an annuity of $2,000 for life
for calling the Reliance to victory in
the cup races is merely another one of
the things that makes some of us think
that we didn’t get started in the right
life path.
A New York exchange assures the
public that there is money in vegetables.
Housewives who find that they have to
put pretty much all their money into
them if they get enough for the family
will confirm the statement.
Mr. Schwab’s retirement from the
presidency of the steel trust does not
leave him short of funds, as his invest
ment of nearly $1,000,000 in a tool com
pany shows. Which is to say, that he
ran inch along for a time without a
president’s salary.
The use of an automobile for the pur
suit of horse thieves is something novel
in twentieth century developments. The
machines could not be put to a better
purpose, however. In such a light they
may be regarded as the friend of the
horse, rather than its rival.
At the present time the southern
states have in operation 8,000,000 cotton
spindles, rep- senting an investment of
$190,000,000. In 1880 these same states
had but 6G7 spindles. The rise of cotton
manufacturing in the south has been a
remarkable achievement in modern in
dustry.
A new kind of cork-bearing tree,which
is expected to prove of much commercial
value, has been discovered recently in
Nicaragua, whence considerable quanti
ties of the bark are already being ship
ped to the United States. It is called the
Anona, closely resembling the ordinary
cottonwood, and grows along the water
courses.
Behold the evils of vegetarianism in
the case of the lowa child who died as
a result of the sprouting of peas in her
stomach! If she had eaten beefsteak
instead she might have developed a
warlike spirit, as anti-meat eaters aver
is likely, and have slapped her little
brother; but at least she would now be
alive, ready to slap him on another day.
The power plants now in operation at
Niagara divert one-seventeenth of the
water, and when the flumes now build
ing are completed one-eighth less water
will go over the falls. With the con
tinued progress of prosperity it is
thought that eventually the Maid of
the Mist will be converted into an auto
mobile which will connect with a fast
elevator to Goat Island.
In a speech delivered a few days ago
Emperor William gave his early teach
ers credit for the training and discipline
that had prepared him for his present
work. Yet he added: “None of them
had a clear prevision of what an im
mense burden of labor and what a de
pressing weight he has to arry who is
responsible for 58,000,000 of Germans.”
There are probably a few Germans who
think they are responsible for them
selves.
Lillian Russell, actress, cannot rea
sonably object to the elopement of her
daughter and her marriage to Mr. Ein
stein, since she herself ran away with
the girl’s father, Mr. Solomon. It is
true that no one objected, so far as re
called, to her marriage with the gentle
man and that the elopement was sup
posed to have been for advertising pur
poses. Possibly her regrets in this case
lie in the circumstance that public at
tention is called to the fact that she has
a daughter of marriageable age.
The New York World mentions sev
eral prominent men who were once
newsboys in that city. The list includes
Hon. R. Guggenheimer, now a distin
guished lawyer and formerly president
of the municipal council; Hon. J. K. Mc-
Guire, who has served several terms as
mayor of Syracuse; Hon. James Gray,
formerly mayor of Minneapolis; Hon.
Andrew E. Burke, formerly governor of
North Dakota, and Hon. John Green
Bracy, now and for several years past
governor of Alaska.
It is said, whether truly or not, that
never in the history of Alpine climbing
has the toll of lives taken by the moun
tains been so heavy as during the past
summer. The record up to the middle
of August showed over 300 accidents,
with the loss of no fewer than 150 lives;
and since then fatal falls have been re
ported almost every day. Imprudence
and false economy which lead many
tourists, even men with much experi
ence, to attempt difficult climbs without
guides, are responsible for many of the
accidents. The great cause, however,
has been the unfavorable weather.
After several years and about a million
and a half dollars spent in trying to
“lift*’ the America's cup, Sir Thomas
Lipton has concluded that yacht racing
as now r conducted is waste of time, and
if ocean races are to be continued at all
they must be based on some utilitarian
idea. That is no more true no w than it
was when he began the contest. The
fact is, men like a speed contest of any
kind, just as they do an athletic contest,
a shooting match or any other measure
of skill. Sir Thomas has a right to feel
discouraged, but yacht racing will not
die with him.
i WEEKMISTORI
The Important Happenings of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.
For the first month of the present fis
cal year railroad earnings indicate that
1903-1904 will be a record breaker in
the matter of profits to the carriers.
The right of coal mine owners to dis
charge employes for any reason, ex
cept membership In union, is upheld by
Carroll D. Wright, umpire in the an
thracite miners’ dispute.
Most of the early corn is already safe
from frost, according to the govern
ment’s weekly crop report.
It is said that a new Panama canal
treaty probably will be negotiated with
the United States by President Marro
quin.
En route home D. W. Green, of Wash
ington, D. C., special examiner ct the
pension bureau, died of apoplexy in
Seattle.
Figures by the interstate commerce
commission show that 30 states have
laws exercising control over rail
ways.
Earnest efforts are being made by
the agricultural department to keep
out of the United States all goods that
do not comply with the requirements
of the pure food law.
Secretary of the Navy Moody has re
turned to Washington from New
England, where he spent his summer
vacation.
The September government crop re
port indicates an increased yield of
corn and a decline in the percentage of
condition of wheat and oats.
In his annual report Commissioner
of Pensions Ware places the total num
ber of pensioners now on the rolls at
996,545, of which 728,356 are soldiers
and 267,189 are widows and depend
ents. The roll shows a net loss of 2,901
pensioners during the year.
THR KAST.
In Sing Sing prison Patrick E. Conk
lin, a wife murderer, was put to death In
the electric chair.
The president returned to Oyster
Bay, making a brief address on decent
citizenship at Richmond Hill, N. Y., on
the way home.
The world’s mile record for trotting
geldings was broken at Syracuse, N. Y.,
by Maj. Delmar, who made the distance
in 2:01%.
In New York Mayor Seth Low has
been selected to lead the fusion fight
against Tammany Hall and the old
fusion ticket has been nominated.
Tobacco merchants In New York are
said to be in a conspiracy to buy the
product smuggled into this country by
sailors.
Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the
president, went down in the submarine
boat Moccasin at Newport, being the
only woman so far as known to do so.
Edward C. Rushmore, of Tuxedo, N.
J., was badly injured, and Miss Cor
nelia Herrick, his niece, was killed in
an automobile accident.
WEST AND SOUTH.
In a battle at a camp meeting at Mount
Victory, Ky„ three men were killed and
several wounded.
Cresceus, the trotting stallion, broke
all records at Lincoln, Neb., for a half
mile track, going a mile in 2:08%.
In Chicago a strike of candy makers
for shorter hours at old pay closed sev
eral factories and employers say all
plants wii: be closed rather than sub
mit to union demands.
Charles E. Flandreau, once justice of
the supreme court and one of the most
prominent pioneer citizens of Minnesota,
died at his home in St. Paul, aged 75
years.
At Adams, Mass., the McKinley
memorial statue will be unveiled Octo
ber 3.
In Boston the world’s cycle record for
women for 1,000 miles was broken by
Miss Sadie Knowlton, of that city, who
made the distance in 96 hours, five min
utes.
The Ohio democrats opened their state
campaign at Akron, Tom L. Johnson,
candidate for governor, being the prin
cipal speaker.
In Philadelphia Olin Knight, pugilist,
died from injuries received in a six-round
bout with Gris Jones.
Father M. J. Ward’s announcement at
Beloit, Wis., that he would refuse ab
solution to persons taking the typo
graphical union oath, has started a con
flict between the Roman Catholic church
and unionism.
In Colorado earthquake shocks were
felt in Bowlder, Loveland, Longmont and
Fort Collins.
Throughout the state the fifty-third
anniversary of the admission of Cali
fornia into the union was observed.
At Quincy, 111., a cyclone wrecked
several houses and Mrs. John Schnelzle
was fatally injured.
Near Spring Green, "Wis., George
Brandt shot and killed his divorced wife
and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Mur
phy.
At Zion City, 111., the first session
of the circuit court was held, Judge
Barnes taking the bench after prayer
and a "ermon by John Alexander
Dowie.
J. C. Bennett and wife, prominent
people, were killed by the cars at
Cleveland, O.
For assaulting and killing Mrs.
Adolph Beavers, Wilfred Roseboro, a
negro, was executed at Statesville,
N. C.
Private Banker Arthur Amioson, of
Pittsburg, Pa., is missing, and depos
itors claim they are out $40,000.
At Aurora, 111., Ernest Berry was
shot at by Della Walton, whom he re
fused to marry, and who then commit
ted suicide.
At Rock Cliffs, 111., W. A. Hoffman
killed Dr. William Brandt, his father
in-law, because the latter refused to
give money to Hoffman’s family.
It is said that 50 retail grocers *n
Chicago are involved in the conspiracy
of teamsters employed by wholesale
grocers to steal goods and sell them.
Four men were instantly killed by
the giving way of a scaffold 60 feet
from the ground in Duluth, Minn.
The Willoughby (O.) bank failed,
with estimated liabilities of $20,000 and
assets of $250,000.
Near Richmond, Va.,“Uncle” Finney,
ex-slave, over 90 years old, who lived
in a cabin on a farm, was charged with
with being a sorcerer and shot tc
death.
At Berne, Ind., the home of Fred
Roher, editor of the Witness, was al
most entirely demolished by dynamite.
Roher’s paper has been leading the
opposition to licensed saioons.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
It is announced that Capt. Robert
Wringe, who sailed the Shamrock 111.
in her races against the Reliance for the
America’s cup, will become a citizen of
the United States.
King Peter will abdicate, it is said, If
the czar refuses to accede to his request
to reconsider his attitude towards the
Servian officers.
Foreign consuls asked Rear Admiral
Cotton at Beirut to land marines from
American warships to protect con
sulates. v
The Turkish troops were ordered
across the Bulgarian frontier to sur
round revolutionist bands in the
Adrianople district.
Throughout Great Britain a fierce
gale did great damage on land, and it
was feared that many vessels had been
lost.
Off the coast, of British North Bor
neo a United States gunboat seized
three islands.
In compliance with the demand of
United States Minister Leishman,
Reshid Pasha, rali of Beirut, has been
dismissed and Nazim Pasha appointed
in his stead.
Pope Leo XIII. died of cancer, says
Prof. Cardf.relli. an eminent physician
LATER NEW*.
A carload of powder set on a ’Frisco
siding, near Beaumont, Kan., by a
freight crew which did not want to
handle it while switching, got away
and ran caveral miles on a branch line
towards Winfield colliding with a train
which had left that station shortly be
fore. The powder exploded, killing
two and injuring two more.
Reports received from Constantinople
say there is renewed agitation among
the Mussulmans within the city, and
fears are expressed of a possible Mus
sulman attack on the Christian pop
ulation.
Joseph and Andrew Kervela, bro
thers, of Laurium, Mich., narrowly
escaped being torn to pieces by two
bears while berry picking,.
England, France and Germany were
swept by severe gales. The damage to
shipping was very great.
Two earthquake shocks were felt at
Portland, Ore., but no damage was
done.
Capt. H. S. McKinley, a cousin of
President McKinley, was sentenced to
thirty days in jail at Kalamazoo, Mich.,
for jumping a board bill.
The British squadron will visit New
York in the near future.
The controller of the currency hag
issued a call for the condition of na
tional hanks at the close of business
on Sept. 9.
France has decided to send warships
to Turkey.
A “blacklist” of the national banks
which are withdrawing their circula
tion to profit by the current high
prices of government bonds is in course
of preparation at the treasury depart
ment.
The strike ’at the East Pittsburg
plant of the Westinghouse Machine
company threatens to tie up an import
ant work on the St. Louis fair build
ings.
Alleged irregularities have been dis
covered in the cigar department of the
Pennsylvania penitentiary.
Miss Clara Costello, of Chicago, com
mitted suicide by saturating her cloth
ing with kerosene and then setting
them on fire.
The armored cruiser Maryland was
launched at Newport News, Va. .
A. Raino, formerly an officer in the
Italian army, was shot and killed in
the hallway of a saloon in New York.
Eight inches of rain fell at Rid
Grande City, Tex., in two hours.
The net earnings of the Milwaukee
road for the year ending J une 30 were
816,064,565.
Peonage charges are now being made
In Alabama.
Custom Inspector Coates and Lieu
tenant Osborne have been arrested iD
the Philippines for misappropriating
public funds.
The statement of gross postal re
ceipts at the fifty largest offices in the
United States for August shows ato
tal of $4,728,205, a net increase of $406-
832, or more than 9 per cent over Au
ust, 1902.
After mature consideration and con
sultation in person and by mail with
members of both the senate and house
of representatives, President Roose
velt has abandoned the suggestion
that congress be called into extraordi
nary session in October.
Ten workmen employed by the Mor
tis Packing company, Chicago, were
injured by tne collaspe of a runway
on which they were sta-nding.
The navy department has issued an
order declaring “The Star Spangled
Banner,” the national anthem, and di
recting whenever that composition ifi
played that all officers and men shall
stand at attention unless they are en
gaged in duty that will not permit
them to do so.
A large portion of Eustis, Maine,
was destroyed by fire.
A distinct shock of earthquake was
felt at Denver, Colo.
An excursion train went into a
washout near Kempton. Wis., killing
three passengers and injuring a num
ber of others.
Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook, whe
commanded the Brooklyn at Santiago,
tvas retired after forty years of service
on his own application.
TWIN CITY MARKETS.
Minneapolis, Sept. 12.
Wheat —No. J. northern, 87}£c; No. 2
! northern, 86c, Dec. 81c. Oats —No.
j 3 white, 33a Corn —No. 3,49 a Rye
j —Na 2,48 a Barley—No. 2,52 a
| Flax—B7a Butter Creamery, ex
i tras, 17@18c; creamery, firsts, 16@17c;
dairy, fancy, 15@16a Poultry—Tur
keys, B@9c; chickens, 7@Ba Hay—
Upland, fancy, sß.sa
St. Paul, Sept. 12.
Cattle—Steers, $3.35@4.00; cows, $2. 75
@3.35. Hogs — $4.90@5.40. Sheep
muttons, $5.00; lambs, $6.00.
DEATHS DUE
TWITE
Carload Explodes in Yards at West
Bay City.
TWO MEN INSTANTLY KILLED
One Victim la Decapitated—Three
Others Injured—Sad Disaster Be
falls a Switching Crew While
Making Up a Train.
Bay City, Mich., Sept. 14.—Clarence D.
Hopper and Roy Boucher, switchmen of
the Michigan Central railroad, were in
stantly killed by an explosion of dyna
mite in a car in the yards at West Bay
City Sunday. Robert Roblin, engineer;
William Noble, fireman, and John Cra
dle, conductor, were injured, the latter
bo severely that he may die. All of the
trainmen were residents of this city. The
explosion occurred as a switch engine
was making up a train. The engine
backed a’own upon several cars, the first
containing 1,000 pounds of dynamite, a
consignment of Lee-Metford rifles and a
quantity of reduced charge shells for in
door rifle practice, and it is said that the
force with which it struck the explosive
laden car exploded the dynamite. An
other report has it that one of the shells
exploded and set off the dynamite. Hop
per’s body was badly cut by flying steel
and Boucher was decapitated, his body
being terribly mangled. A big hole was
torn in the ground by the explosion, a
score of freight cars, many loaded, were
demolished, and nearly 300 houses In the
vicinity suffered broken windows, and
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several were so badly wrecked as to be
uninhabitable.' The shock was felt in
Essexville, three miles from the scene.
A NOVEL MISS 10 N.
Interview with Leader of Salvation
ists Who W ill Undertake Re
form of Feudists.
Cleveland, 0., Sept. 14. —Col. Richard
E. Holz, who will command the Salva
tion Army crops during its trip into
the mountain districts of Kentucky and
Tennessee, where it will work striving
to bring about a more Christian con
dition of affairs than now exists, was
given a farewell by the local army
branch Sunday. To-day Col. Holz,
with Salvation Army officials from
Cleveland, Pittsburg and Cincinnati,
will leave the latter city for the field of
work. Ir. an interview Col. Holz gave
the following details of the method of
work:
“Our object is to carry Christianity
to the mountaineers of the southern
states that will be visited. These peo
ple are practically without Christian
ity. We feel that we should get in
touch with these people—have a band
of our Salvationists personally visit
them and try our methods on them.
You see we really hardly know how'
to get at them, and that is the purpose
of our coming trip. We will feel our
way, and study the situation thorough
ly. We are very hopeful that the meth
ods of the Salvation Army will prove
just the thing to awaken this peculiar
people and bring them out of their
present condition. I can only say that
we are hopeful; our methods may not
work at all . The coming trip will tell
the tale.” ___
Tunnel Caves In.
Pittsburg, Sept. 14. —By a cave-in at
the Green Tree tunnel of the Wabash
railroad in Green Tree borough late
Saturday night one man was killed,
two hurt and 10 or 12 laborers are
missing. Fellow workmen believe the
missing are buried under the 10 feet
of coal, slate, rock and .other debris
that chokes the tunnel for a distance of
55 feet.
To Flight Trusts.
Rossville, 111., Sept. 14. —Over 500
people attended the launching of the
People’s Protective association here
Saturday for the purpose of fighting
the trusts. Public ownership of rail
roads, w r hich are declared to be the
“stepmother of trusts,” is advocated.
Cotton Supplj’ I» Short.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 14. —Southern
mills are securing all the cotton in
sight. The shortage of supply is so se
rious that some time will elapse, it is
said, before northern and foreign spin
ners will be able to buy much cotton.
Disaster In » Mine.
Madisonville, Ky., Sept. 10— Rivers
Stronnell, colored, tvas killed, and Will
Holston and Charles Hampton, also
colored, were fatally injured in a coal
mine disaster in this city Tuesday. A
coal car was derailed, knocking a prop
down, and letting the roof down upon
them.
Strike Ended.
Minneapolis, Sept. 10. —The building
strike came to an end Tuesday, work be
ing resumed on all the large buildings.
The differences between the building la-
Dorers and the contractors are to be arbi
trated. i
RAILWAYS IN UNITED STATES
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reviews Conditions up to 1902.
At That Date Thirty States Exercised
Control Over Railways Through
Commissions.
Washington, Sept. 14. —The inter
state commerce commission has just is
sued Parts IV and V of a general report
entitled “Railways in the United States
in 1902,” prepared by its statistician,
which constitute a portion of an appen
dix to its sixteenth annual report.
The report embraces a compilation of
state statutes so far as they pertain to
the organization, control and adminis
tration of railways. This compilation
shows the situation as it existed in 1890,
and all changes which have taken place
from that date up to the adjournment
of state legislatures in 1902. The tend
ency in state legislation during the last
12 years, as well as the present situa
tion, may be learned from this report.
The following are a few of the more im
portant facts which the report dis
closes:
The number of states which in 1902
exercised control over railways through
commissions was 30. Six states which
in 1890 were without commissions es
tablished them during the period of
which two were subsequently abol
ished; four states which in 1890 had
commissions abolished them, but in two
instances subsequently reestablished
them. In the case of two states, how
ever, the abolition of railroad commis
sions does not indicate a disposition to
relieve railways from public control.
On the contrary, the purpose was to
clear the way for the organization of a
system of control believed to be more
efficient than that of railroad commis
sions.
State railroad commissions are found
to be of two general classes, which, for
convenience, may be termed the “weak
commissions” and the “strong commis
sions;” the former including those
which do not have control over passen
ger and freight rates, the latter those
which are clothed with the power to ex
ercise such control. Of the 28 commis
sions in existence in 1890,15 were strong
and 13 were weak; of the 30 commis
sions existing in 1902, 20 were strong
and 10 were weak. No state which in
1890 was clothed with the power to reg
ulate rates has lost that power. The
tendency during the past 12 years, so
far as the expressed will of legislators is
concerned, is in the direction of more
efficient control over rates.
IS NATION’S ANTHEM.
“Star Spangled Banner” Is Selected
by Order of the Navy De
partment.
Washington, Sept. 14. —The navy de
partment has issued an order declaring
“The Star-Spangled Banner” to be the
national anthem, and directing that
whenever that composition is played that
all officers and men shall stand at atten
tion unless they are engaged in duty that
will not permit them to do so. It is re
quired that the same respect shall be ob
served toward the national air of any
other country when played in the pres
ence of official representatives of such
country.
Will Protect.
St. Louis, Sept. 14. —After a lengthy
discussion, the Central Trades and La
bor union at its meeting voted unani
mously to protest to President Roose
velt against his action in reinstating
W. A. Miller in the government print
ing office.
Kicked to Death.
Norwich, N. Y., Sept. 14. —In a fight at
McDonough, Tracy H. Borrows was
kicked to death by Frank Gole, whom
Borrows had just shot in the neck with
a revolver. Burrows had accused Gole
of escorting his wife to the Green county
fair.
Aftkn More Time.
London, Sept. 14. —Some time will
probably elapse before the meeting of
the Venezuelan arbitration tribunal at
The Hague, as it was learned that the
czar has asked for two months in which
to select the arbitrators.
Noted Educator Dead.
Utica, N. Y., Sept. 14. —Dr. Edward
North, professor of Greek for nearly 60
years, an instructor in Hamilton college,
resigning on account of advanced years
in 1901, died at Clinton Sunday.
To Fix Place of Meeting.
Chicago, Sept. 9. —Oliver W. Stewart,
the chairman of the national prohibi
tion committee, has issued a call for
that committee to meet at Chicago on
Wednesday, September 16, for the pur
pose of fixing the time and place of the
next national prohibtion convention.
Injured at a Funeral.
Denver, Col., Sept. 9.—brightened by
the flashing of the black trimmings on
the hearse at the funeral in Valverde.
the team attached to the next carriage
in line ran away, the carriage was over
turned and nine persons were injured.
AUTO KILLS
ANOTHER MAN
Oldfield’s Big Machine Finds Second
Victim Within a Week.
DISASTER AT MILWAUKEE FAIR
Frank Day, a Chauffeur, Lone* Con
trol of the “Red Devil,” and Meets
Death While Trying for a
Five-Mile Record.
Milwaukee, Sept. 14. —Frank Day, the
chauffeur on Barney Oldfield's auto,
“Red Devil,” was killed at the state fair
park while trying for a five-mile record
Saturday afternoon. Day w'as a machin
ist, and took the place of Edward Huff,
who would uot ride on the track on ac
count of the turn which caused Day’s
death. Day was on his fourth n.ile, and
was rounding the north end of the track.
The turn coming into the home stretch
is rather short, and the track at that
place is said to be soft, which allows the
machines to slew too much. It was the
discovery of this wfcich prevented Huff
from riding. As Day swung into the
home stretch it was seen something was
the matter. Instead of keeping close to
the fence, as before, he went farther out.
Before a remark could be made the ma
chine was seen to make a plunge, strike
its nose on the ground, and amid groans
of horror sprang high in the air, turned
end for end, and came down on the un
fortunate chauffeur, grinding him into
the ground, an unrecognizable mass.
The machine then turned over again,
plunged into the fence, tearing away 50
feet and came to a stop. Women screamed
and fainted and men sank down nerve
less. Before the machine had stopped
there was a rush for the mangled shape
in the track. Day was picked up, but
died within 15 minutes, never regaining
consciousness. He lived in Columbus,
0., and was the son of James B. Day,
agency director of the New York Life
Insurance company.
This is the second man the “Red Devil”
has killed within a week, the first being
in the Detroit races, when a spectator
lost his life and Oldfield was sent to the
hospital.
Plunged Into tlie Canal.
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 14. —A 20-horse
power automobile owned by Dr. John
Grant Lyman, a wealthy clubman of
New York, while running at the rate of
L 5 miles an hour, went through an open
bridge into the Erie canal in this city
Sunday. With Mr. Lyman at the time of
the accident were Armand W. Brand
and W. T. Rynard, also well known in
metropolitan club circles, and the chauf
feur. Mr. Brand jumped and landed on
the towpath, fracturing his left ankle.
His momentum was such that after
striking the ground he bounded into the
canai. The other members of the party
went into the water with the machine,
but quickly swam to the shore unin
jured. Mr. Brand's injured leg pre
vented him from swimming and he was
rescued by his friends/
TOWN IS RAIDED.
Bobbers Hold Up Rewldenti of Val
ley .SprlugN, S. D.—Bunk Looted
of fIO,OOO.
Sioux Falls, S. D„ Sept. 14.—Valley
Springs, 13 miles east of Sioux Falls, was
the scene of a regular Jesse James raid
between two and three o’clock Saturday
morning. Residents of the town were
aroused by a series of nine explosions.
When they appeared on the street to
ascertain the cause they discovered that
the place was picketed by seven or eight
armed men, who drove them from the
streets op pain of instant death if they
attempted to interfere with the robbers.
The Minnehaha county bank was the ob
ject of attack by the desperadoes, who
blew open the safe which stood outside
the vault and secured between SB,OOO and
SIO,OOO in cash. The vault was not mo
lested. During the raid one of the pick
ets fired at a citizen, but owing to a
shortage of firearms the residents were
compelled to keep in the background un
til the robbers had completed their work
and left town.
STORM LOSS IS HEAVY.
Wind, Rain and Snow Caune Dam
age Over Wi«le Area of
North went.
Minneapolis, Sept. 14. —One of the
heavist storms in years prevailed over
a wide area of the northwest and a ter
rific wind, heavy rain and almost un
precedented snow fell for this season
of the year, resulting in serious loss
to the farmers in many localities. In
Montana eight inches of snow fell and
in Colorado snow and cold are reported
to have killed Much gardea truck. In
Minnesota, the Dakotas and Manitoba
the loss to farmers is very heavy, ihe
chief damage being to the wheat crop.
The reports say the farmers fear the
worst, a 3 thousands of acres of grain
are yet uncut, and only little of that
already cut has been slacked or
thrashed. Even what grain is not a
total loss is likely to be valuable only
as feed, making an enormous reduc
tion in its market price. Grain men
say it will complicate the markets and
cause them much trouble.
Yellowstone Park, Wyo., Sept. 14. —Six
inches of snow on the level has fallen
throughout Yellowstone park during the
last 48 hours.
D*-. Seheble Arrented.
Washington, Sept. 14. —The post office
department has been Informed that Dr.
Eugene D, Seheble, of Toledo, O , who
recently was indicted by the federal
grand jury here for complicity in the
postal frauds, was arrested In Toledo
Friday. He waived a preliminary hear
ing and was put under SIO,OOO bail.
CHURCH AND CLERGY.
There are 1,933,000 Roman Catholics
In Great Britain. The Roman Catholic
population has been practically station
ary for a score of years.
Willis G. Wiser, the policeman having
supervision of the campus at Yale uni
versity for several years past, has re
signed his post and will enter the minis
try of the Presbyterian church. During
his leisure moments for several years he
has been studying theology under the
tutorship of a processor in the divinity
schoo 1
TURKS KEEP UP
TUE SLAUGHTER
Bulgarian Reports Tell of Another
Wnolesale Massacre.
SIXTY THOUSAND MORE SLAIN
Vndlention* Point to Mobilisation oi
Bulgarian Aruij—Violent Solu
tion of Trouble Cannot
Long Be Delayed.
Sofia, Sept. 14. —Courier dispatches
received here by the Autonomye say the
Albanians, acting under direct orders
from the sultan, have been engaged in a
general massacre of Bulgarians in the
districts of Okrida and Leren. One re
port says that 60,000 persons have been
slaughtered In the district of Leren
alone, which is purely Bulgarian. Other
reports affirm that the Turks have
burned the Christian quarter., in three
towns, Fiorina, Okrida and Fesen. Ac
cording to information brought by a
courier to the revolutionary paper Au
tonomye, a force of Albanians, assisted
by Turkish regular forces acting under
orders direct from the Yildiz Kiosk,
massacred the entire Bulgarian Chris
tian population of the Okrida and Leren
districts. Fearful descriptions are given
of the sights seen there, the soldiers
slaughtering men, women and children
in every direction, displaying a bar
barism never before witnessed.
May Mo illlxt* Army.
Official circles are so far without in
formation regarding the reported mas
sacre, but, in view of the character of
the latest advices from Macedonia, it is
feared the news is only too true. If so.
no doubt exists that the government
will be forced to order the mobilization
of the army at once. Rumors are cur
rent that at a council of the ministers
to-day it was decided to mobilize imme
diately the first, ami second army divi
sions. This is officially denied, but well
informed persons do not doubt that the
cabinet, which is meeting in council
daily, is seriously considering such a
measure. A deputation of leading pro
fessors and representatives of the pro
fessional classes waited upon the min
isters and urged the government to or
der immediate mobilization. Premier
Petroft replied to the delegation that the
ministry was unable to admit the neces
sity for such a step at the present mo
ment.
The Turkish government Is believed
to have at the present, moment, no less
than 60,000 soldiers in the vilayet of
Adrianople, large bodies of them with
in 10 to 15 kilometers of the Bulgarian
frontier. Confronted with such a sit
uation It is argued that. Bulgaria would
be amply justified in mobilizing the
first, and second army divisions, the
headquarters of which are at Sofia and
Philippopolis, which comprise the
forces nearest, the Turkish frontier.
The government seems to be firmly
resolved to avoid giving Turkey the
slightest pretext for declaring hostil
ities, and is doing its utmost to re
strain the war fever. The situation,
however, is rapidly becoming worse
and popular excitement is increasing.
Telegrams from Burgas say the Bul
garian population is fast disappearing
from the district, of Losengrad, and
that everyone unable to escape to the
Bulgarian frontier is killed. Five hun
dred fugitives have arrived at Burgas
from Tekengea.
Cannot Look Be Delayed.
London, Sept. 14. —Rumor from Vi
enna and elsewhere is very busy regard
ing the Balkan crisis, and whilst it is im
, possible to confirm the more sensational
1 statements there is accumulation of evi
dence that some violent solution cannot
long be delayed.
I A dispaicli from Constantinople to the
Standard says large forces are being col
lected to the north and northwest of Con
stantinople, where, in the event of war,
the first fighting is expected to occur.
Will Not Send WiirMlilpN.
Constantinople, Sept. 14. —Calm con
tinues at Beirut, but trade is at a stand
still. Reshid Pasha, the dismissed vali,
left Beirut Saturday for Constantinpole.
The other powers have now abandoned
their intention of sending warships to
Beirut. The Christian refugees en
camped in themountains refuse to return
to Beirut in spite of the promise of the
authorities to protect them.
Dumnure by a Tornado.
Guthrie, Okla., Sept, 14.—A tornado
struck the vicinity of Bloomington, in
southwestern Oklahoma, doing exten
sive damage. The residence of Mrs.
Sarah Carter was destroyed, the wo
! man and her eldest daughter being in
jured. Two children were blown across
a barb-wire fence into a pasture. Build
ings on the farm of Frank Allen, John
Bush anrt William Hernden were also
destroyed. A severe hail storm fol
lowed the *c»rnado and did great dam
age to crops.
Aftnaftflinated.
Opelousas, La., Sept. 14. Dr. A. R.
Harmanson shot and killed Charles Me
decis Sunday morning, using a Win
chester rifle. Medecls was passing on
the street when the fatal shot was fired,
he being unarmed. Dr. Harmanson sur
rendered to the sheriff. He claims that
Medecls is the author of several anony
mous letters attacking the reputation of
members of his family. Medecls was
prominent, as is Dr. Harmanson.
Struck by LlfrhtnlnK.
Springfieid, 111., Sept. 14. —The top of
the massive porch at the front of the
executive mansion was struck by light
ning about 4:30 o’clock Sunday after
noon during a storm. The bolt of light
ning was a terrific one and two great
balls of fire seemed to fall from the
porch.
The ruster is a verj proud an’ han'-
some bird, but he wants all the hens tew
know It.
Two of the best portraits of Leo
XIII. were painted by Franz von Len
bach.
1 England has over 1,590 Roman Cath
olic churches and chapels, and a popula
tion claimed by that church numbering
upward of 1,400,000,
Women servants found out of doors
after nine p. m. in some Hungarian
towns are liable to be anwted and
fined.