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-'7 \\Y: Ibwwwwiiiit .-.-.-t.-.Jl ., viVfai.n visHTO If? ..•£•• Jh-.-.V -v' yM FIRED FROM THE WOODS. Being Myiterr In ravelefl. .. Duluth", Nov. 28. Nov. 16 T^ichael Hill, a prosperous Finnish farmer of .: Carleton county. was shot dead from -arnbteh near .lis home, and yesterday Jacob France, a neighboring home steader, -was arrested by Detectiv3 Troyer of Duluth in one of the, logging camps of Alger, Smith & Go., where he was working, as a woodsman. France is charged with the murder of Hill, and he will be triied in Carlton county, where he was jailed yesterday. The ar rest is .based on the reported infatua tion of France for Mrs. Hill. France knew the woman, in Finland before coming to America Mr. liill preceded her several'years, and "when she came 'France followed her,. leaving his. own family behind. Hill is said to have dis covered that France was madly in lave with his wife, and had forbade him the house. Nov. 16 a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hill was married to a Moose Lake man, and the occasion was celebrated in great style. During the afternoon of that day Hill was out in the yard, and a Shot fired from the neighboring woods killed him. MILTON HOWELL WILL SOT HANG. Montana Governor Coimuntea Dehth Sentence. Helena, Mont., Nov. 2S. Yesterday for the first time in several years a governor of Montana exercised his con stitutional right and commuted a death sentence to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary! In response to pe titions and letters from the judge who resider at the time, seven of the jury, a former and the present attorney gen eral and jnany citizens of Fergus coun ty, where the crime was committed, Gov. Toole commuted to life imprison ment the sentence of death that was t» have been carried out Dec. 13 in the case of Milton Howell, who klllel 'Thomas Rosling July 23, 1898. Since Howell's conviction some new evidence was discovered that he did not shoot Rosling in the back, as the state claimed at the time. Both men were ranch hands, working for neighboring, but unfriendly ranchmen, and they quarreled over an irrigation ditch. CANAL FOR IOWA. rrosoxal to Convert Den Molne* River Into lload for Commerce. Ottumwa, Iowa, Nov. 28. A move ment has been started here for the construction cf a sjstem of canals, us ing the Des Moines river from Keokuk to Des Moines. An appropriation from congress will be asked for the purpose. Arrangements are being completed to get an appropriation from the Iowa state legislature for a preliminary sur vey. It is proposed to transport freight as far as Des Moines, using barges and having them handled by tugs, in order that the scheme will not be ob jectionable on account of the many bridges between the two cities. The new system will open the corn and •coal market of Iowa to the world and •nable Ipwa .wholesalers to. ship goods here to compete with Mississippi river points. PASSED BOGUS CIIKCKS. 1 wo Men Arretted nn«l Held to the Grand .Tury. Emrnetsburg, Iowa, Nov. 28. A couple gt men givirig thsir named as Frank Howard and Bush, came to town and passed several checks rang ing from 56 to $11 on merchants here for dry goods, furnishing goods and money. The checks were signed P. IC Peterson, and were drawn on a bank at Cylinder, It has been discovered that the checks were bogus, and an in formation was sworn out for their ar rest. They waived the preliminary examination and were held over to the grand Jury, which convenes next week. They did not get much money, as most of the checks were exchanged for goods. PIONEER PASSES AWAY. Manser, St. Paal's Oldeat Music Dealer, I» Dead. St. Paul, Nov.- 28—Russell C. Monger,' who came to St. Paii'. in 1857, died at the state hospital for the insane at Rochester Monday, aged sixty-nine years. His only known relative is a brother, Roger S. Munger, who resides at Duluth. Mr. Munger was well known among, the pioneer residents Of St. Paul, being engaged' in the music business for many years. He failed in 1895, and a year later his mind began to fail. On Sept. 14, 1899, he was com mitted to the hospital for the insane at' Rochester. Mr. Munger was born at North Madison, Conn. He was un married. MUST ABJURE VICE. 4anth Dalcotana Prohibited From Slinking Dice ttnd Snch. Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 28.—Persons of sporting proclivities have been of flcially Informed -by the' authorities of Parker and Davis that they must go -elsewhere to enjoy their accustomed amusements. In both towns all slot machines, dice boxes, cards and other gambling devices or games of chanpe have been ordered taken from the res taurants, barber shops, drug stores^ and other places, and those caught manipulating a slot machine, shaking dice or engaging in other similar di versions are threatened with immedi ate arrest. UK LACKED FAITH. Van tor at Aberdeen Does Not Believe In Vaccine and. Reaivna. Aberdeen, S. D., Nov. 27.—Rev, T. J. Dent has resigned the pastorate of ttaie ^-Congregational church, and "will move to another part of the county. He gives as his reason that he dora not ^believe in YfMBcination, and will not al low any member of his family to unV ijdergo the operation. The board of ed i, ucation require all pupils attending ^school to be vaccinated, hence the ac- VKJjf frM GAME WARDEN SHOT. Fired on by "Violator* ot tlie Game Lawa. Chilton, Wis., Nov. 30.—Word was re ceived from Hay ton yesterday of the shooting, east of that place of a game warden, said to be F. M. Bisslnger of Green Bay, by violators of the state game laws. Bissing^r it was said was in close pursuit of two men, when they turned and shot him. The wound was not instantly fatal, and he was found in time to give a description of his as sailants, but was unable to give their names. Nothing definite can be ob tained, however, and the story 'is re ceived with some doubt by many resi dents of this vicinity. LARGE FIRE LOSS. Yankton, S. D., Hm a Hundred Thou sand Dollar Fire. Yankton, S. p., Nov. 30.—Union block, the largest single business structure in the city, was burned to the ground yes terday morning, entailing a loss on the building and contents of more than $100,000. City Marshal William Pierson, who was sleeping in the building, jumped from a third-story window and received injuries from which it is thought he may die. Several other in mates of the building'were lowered to the'ground with topes. The building, which was of brick, was occupied by stores., offices and sleeping apartments. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED. AVji tollman on Steamer Found Dead In Went Superior. West Superior, Wis., Nov. 30.—Yes terday morning a man named Samuel Willert, watchman on the steamer Ber lin, was found dead on the ice on the Ncmadji river under the Fourth street bridge. An inquest will be held. It is thought that his death was the result of foul play, and three men who were with him last Thursday night are now under arrest. Willert lived in Buffalo, N. Y. HIS FATAL FALJ,. 2!n«ineM4 Man Killed ly a Fall From His Wan'tin. Hastings, Minn., Nov. 30. Mathias N. Doffing of New Prier was killed in the vicinity of his home by falling from his wagon to the ground, the ac cident being caused by one of the wheels striking a gully in the road. He was about forty-eight year.s old an leaves a wife and family. He was a well known business man of that town, holding the office of town clerk and justice of the peace, and was also en gaged in farming. Prefer* Prison to Soldier Life. Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 30. Private Harry Boyce :ias been arrested here for deserting from the United States army. Boyce confessed that he de serted with five others from the Sixth battery, at Fort Riley, last April. He has a brother in the army in the Phil ippines. He showed a letter from his father, living at Chanute, Kan., ex pressing regret at his son's course. "I would, rather go to prison than lead the dog's life of soldiering," declared Boyce. He will be taken to Omaha to be ccurt-nrartialed. Juror Found Dead. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 30.-Yester day morning Charles Meinkey of Fon tannelle, Iowa, a juror in the Balliett mining case, now on trial in the United States district court, was found dead in his room in the Greffe hotel. It was evident, that he blew out the gas before retiring and was asphyxiated. His death will not interfere with the trial, and the case will proceed with eleven jurors. -Meinkey was a farmer and is estimated to be worth $50,000, Milkmen OrKanize. Dennison, Minn., Nov. 30.—The farm ers of this section held a mass meeting this week to determine whether they would submit to an ordinance passed by the cities of St. Paul and Minne apolis forcing them to have their cows tested for tuberculosis or stop ship ping their milk, and passed a resolution to stop, shipping milk to the Twin Cities rather than have cows tested at their own loss and expense. Charged With Murder. Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 30. VC. F. Reynolds, traveling representative of a local music house, was arrested here by an officer from Ireton, Iowa, on the charge of having murdered Samuel Crofter, a negro clergyman, whose dead body was found Oct. 28 last in a cornfield near Ireton. Reynolds pro tests his innocence. May Get There Next Time. Butte, Mont., Nov. 30.—H. L. Frank, the mining man who was a candidate for the United States senate last win ter, Iras sold a two-fifths interest in' his con* mines in British Columbia to the Canadian Pacific railroad for half a million dollars. Heart Wa Broken. Racine, Wis., Nov. 30. Florence Blakie, twenty-two years of age, died in. a hospital from the effects of a dose of arsenic taken with suicidal intent. The refusal of a young man of this city to marry her was the cause. Life Crashed Out. Detroit. Minn., Nov. 30.—Fred Helms, for seventeen years an employe of the Northern Pacific railway in the coal sheds at this plpce, was crushed to death between an engine and the ™»l chute. He lea yes a wife and five chil dren. Horses Burned.' Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 30. A tele gram from .Lake City, Iowa, told of the burning of Shaver & Young's livery barn, together with twenty-one horses, harnesses and buggies. Loss, $5,800 Insurance, $3,000. n-A Dakota Hotel Raited. Wheatland, N. D., Nov. 30.—The Ho tel lytitchell. burneg yesterday morning at 3 o'clock. The cause of the fire Is unknown. Loss. $10,000 Insurance, $11. 600. The salvage will total in the neigh borhood of' feftM. v, LUMBERJACKS DRINK AMD DIE Wood Alcohol, Dilated, the Only Stuff They Could Get. Two Harbors, Minn., Nov. 30.—Two lumberjacks named David Cummings and Mike Montroy, employed at the ?Iestor camps on the. Gooseberry river, sixteen miles from here, died yesterday from the effects of drinking some stuff, supposed to be wood alcohol. They had no liquor in the camps, but in some way got hold of this stuff, di luted it and drank it. Both died within a- few hours. 1 A cookee also drank some, but he will recover, though his condition is critical. The bodies of the \ead men were brought to the morgue' here and will be held until their rela tives are heard from. Cummlngs' rel atives live near here, while it is re ported that Montroy is from' Detroit, Mich. BANK CASHIER MISSING. Strange to Suy He Leaves Bank's Affairs in Good Shape. Mcntague, Mich., Dec. 1. Henry H. Terwilllger, cashier of the Montague bank, a private institution, is missing from Montague. Thursday William S. Nul'er of Whitehall received a com munication from him enclosing two deeds assigning the bank's business to Mr. Nufer and C. L. Streng of Mon tague, as trustees. Mr. Terwilliger also enclosed a statement in which he says he left the bank's affairs in such shape that no one can say he is a defaulter. His statement that the bank's assets exceeded its liabilities by $15,000 is borne out by an investigation finished yesterday. In a note to his wife he says he is a wanderer on the face of the earth and that he will never re turn to Montague. It is the general belief that Mr. Terwilliger's mind has been affected by long and close applica tion to business. GIVES AWAY HTS HOME. Waverly Philanthropist Makes Valuable Gift to Charity. Dubuque, Iowa, Dec. 1. Abram Slimmer, the noted philanthropist of Waverly, Iow'a, has just given the Sis ters of Charity of that place his beauti ful home and twelve acres of ground, situated near that city. The property is very valuable, and the gift is a most generous one. A few years ago Mr. Slimmer gave to Finley hospital of Du buque $50,000, and recently he gave to a heme for the aged at Cedar Rapids, $25,000. In addition to these gifts he gave to the Hebrew home for the ag-id in Chicago $50,000, and many other gifts for lesser amounts have been given to worthy institutions. 1SCEJDIARV FIRE. Four Times in Eighteen Months Firebiifr* Attack Same Property. Champion,®Mich., Dec. 1. Champion Iron company's big hay barn, contain ing eighty tons of hay, burned last night. The fire was of incendiary ori gin, and is the fourth time in the past eighteen months that the barn has been set on fire. The incendiary also made several attempts to burn the warehouse anl other buildings owned by the Champion Iron company. The town is' without equipment for fighting fires, J:ut several hundred men prevent ed a big conflagration by the use of tuckets. BIG FIRE A'! PLA1NFIELD. Necessary to Use Dynamite to Check the Blazel Plainfield, Wis., Dec. 1. Seven buildings, all frame save one, valued at $30,000, with stocks valued at $20,000, were destroyed by fire last night. The loss is covered by insurance. The fire was checked by the use of dynamite with which frame buildings in the path of the flames were blown up. GAVE HEK BOY POISON. Mother's Mistake Led to Almost In stant Death. Crandon, Wis., Dec. 1. Claude Waite, a three-year-old son of Walter Waite, proprietor of the Park hotel, was given a dose of carbolic acid last night, dying almost instantly. The acid bad been carelessly left with oth er medicine and in the dark the moth er gave the fatal dose by mistake. Fears are entertained for the sanity of the mother. Phoonix-Act at Custer. Cutter, S.. D., Dec. 1. Custer is re gaining its usual appearance, inas much as the business men are rebuild ing that portion of the city destroyed by fire, two months ago. The business of the city this winter is exceptionally good. More mining. companies are operating within the borders of Custer ccunty. than ever before. The ranchers and farmers havo had a good yeat, especially in stock, small grain and potatoes. General Searelt for Lost Hoy. Deadwood, ,S. D.,,Dec. 1. —Alfonso, the four-year-old. child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bulger," has disappeared from heme. .After an all-day's search by al most the entire neighborhood the little fellow was finally discovered at dusk by his father on the top of a high hill beyond Van Buren avenue above the stone quarry. He \t?ould probably have died had he remained out over night, for he was thinly clad. Life Crushed Ont. Madelia, Minn., Dec. 1. Halvor A. Olson, a farmer living six miles north, was yesterday run over by a threshing engine and crushed to death. He was forty years of age anl leaves a wife and six children. Grand Forka Central Point. Grand Forksv N. D., Dec. 1. Gener al Agent Tecktonius of the J. I. Case company in this state was here yester day and closed a deal for the purchase of valuable real' estate, upon which a large building, 40x150, will be erected ih the early spring. Grand Forks in future will be made the transfer point for the business done In the northern and western portions of the state! C. I. Elaell of Alderman was rranted an $8 per month pension an* T. O. Wells of Lisbon one for $12. •m r"* -L 4 1 8BVBXTY-FIVE WERE KILLED. Latest Estimate of the Death Loss In the Wabash Wreck. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 3L An interview last evening with Thomas E. Moran, deputy customs collector at this port, practically verifies the estimate that at least eighty lives were lost in Wednesday's collision on the Wabash railroad near Seneca. The two immi grant cars, in which the greatest loss of life occurred and in which so many of the wreck victims were roasted to death, was part of train No. 13, which crossed the Detroit river from Canada on the ferryboat Great Western on Wednesday afternoon, and Deputy Moran inspected the baggage of its passengers. He says there were at the very least calculation 100 Italians in the two cars. In .addition to these there were ten more in- the smoking car, which was ahead of the two emi grant cars. Official advices to Supt. Burns of this division of the Wabash say that of the Italians in the wreck twenty escaped unhurt and were taken to St. Louis, fifteen are in the com pany's hospital at Peru, Ind., there are six others in Peru and two are near Adrian, injured. Subtracting these 5'crly-three from the 110 immigrants Deputy Moran says were aboard the train, leaves a loss among the Italians alone of sixty-seven. In addition eight other bodies were recovered and identi fied, which makes a total of seventy five dead. QUICK HAIL DELIVERY. The American Route From Australia to Enclnnil. Chicago, Dec. 1.—With 41S sacks of rr.ail from Australia on its way to London aboard, a special train on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy' railroad raced from Omaha to Chicago last night, arriving at the union station at 3 o'clock this morning, in time to catch the Lake Shore fast mail for the East. From New York it will be hur ried on shipboard and transferred as quickly es possible to its destination. The mail in tha last of a series of three consignments made to test the econ omy in time of the American route over the all-water route by the Suez canal. The managers of the Union Pa cific and Eurlingtcn roads hope to win a permanent contract from the British government for carrying the mail. ITALIANS* liOVE OFFERING. of Bronze Tablet to the Memory President M^Kinley. New York, Dec. 1. A Roman bronze tablet to ie memory of the late Presi dent McKinley will be sent to Wash ington in a few days as a tribute from the Italian residents of the United States. President Roosevelt will be re quested to give the tablet a place in the capital. On the tablet in bas relief, is a figure of President McKinley as it walking toward a tomb. In the lower right-hand corner is a sharply drawn facade of the capltol at Washington. In the lower left-hand corner four in fant figures represent the four sections of the United States, East, West, North and South. A gracefully draped figure in somber shade aiso sits by a shield, with a cluster of newly plucked grain. THIS MAN HAS WHEELS. Says Roosevelt Sent for Him, and Washington Police Arrest lliiu. Washington, Dec. 1. A man giv ing his name as George B. Ryan was arrested by the Washington police and examined to determine the question of hi sanity. He said he came to Wash ington at the request of President Roosevelt for the purpose of taking charge of a theatrical troupe. The president, he said, had promised to pay him a salary of $10,000. Ryan appeared at the White House several times to see the president about his theatrical venture, but admission was denied. He became so troublesome that he was ar rested and yesterday he was adjudged insane and sent to St. Elizabeth's hospital. CHARGED WITH LYNCHING. Member of a Mob Is Arrested in Ala bama. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 1. James B. King, a sawmill bwner, was arrest ed yesterday afternoon at Leeds on an indictment found by the grand jury of St. Clair county, charging him with taking part in the lynching of Charles Bentley, a negro, in August. Bentley was hanged by a mob. The technical charges against King is murder, and he admits having been at the scene of the hanging shortly after- Bentley was dead. NOT CHEERING FOR BOERS. Ob- Italy Declares That She Will serve Strict Neutrality. Paris, Deo. 1.—Dr. Leyds, the Euro pean diplomatic representative of the Boers, has received a reply from the Italian government in regard to affairs in South Africa. Italy says that in the future she will observe strict neutrality between the belligerents. Austria has as yet made no reply. FATAL DUEL. .Illinois Men Fight WHh Pistols, Havinn Q-.iarreled Over a Woman. Dubois, 111., Dec. 1. Charles Evil sizer, city marshal, and Henry Camer on of Ashley, fought a pistol duel at a ball. Evilsizer received three wounds and Cameron four. .Both will probably die. The shooting resulted over a quarrel over a women. ROACH RECOVERS. Former Senator From North Dakota la Ascaln a Well Man. New York, Dec. 1. Former United States Senator William N. Roach of North Dakota, who has been seriously ill at a private sanitarium in this city, was last night reported as having en tirely recovered. Another Skater Dnvneil. Hudson, Wis., Dec.. 1. Joseph' H. Jensen was drowned late yesterday'af ternoon while skating upon Lake St. Croix below the sawmill'. The body was recovered after an hour's search'. He was about twelve years'old. eiMaens BItc to Schools. Anoka, Mihm, Dbe:. -1 Manual training Hav beem introduced hi. all the eft/ schools- above tike thir& gradfe. Tlte' Ilka will' be- trisd1 owe year, Cwo1 oiti bsk givbiji t&r bsaaxS tuoov for tHe' NORTH DAKOTA STATE NEWS. Bcxton has a sporty gun club. Hillsboro wants a farmers' elevator. Wheatland complains of poor oil. Fester county people are enjoying wolf hunts. Washburn may organise a business men's club. Washburn wants some form of fire arraratus. Smallpox pi-Dvtd fatal to one man near Renville. The mill at Jamestown has been com-' pleted at last.' Benson county is infested with steel range peddlers.. Fine deposits of brick clay are found near Washburn. Some Fargoans are to take up claims around Renville. Good teachers are being paid more than formerly. C'ocperstown wants a farmer's' insti tute this winter. A case of .smallpox was found near Esmond—mild form. Renville gets a postal service from Mmot—forty miles. The new. Catholic church at Oakes has been completed. lieef .sells at 7 to 8 cents a pound by the quarter at Balfour. The Wilton coal mines are turning out 30rt tons of coal a day. Wheatland people want, the Northern Pacilic depot platform lighted. Farmers around Fingal an* dissatis fied with the wheat grading. The Soo agent at Leniert was soaked §r for assaulting young Roberts. Tho Sou agent at Wn-hek had a nar row escape when the depot burned. Balfour people were compelled to pay exorbitant rates for threshing. The hotel at Buford is being- enlarged to.accommodate tl-at growing town. There will be more plowing to do next spring than any years in the last ten. Richland county is trying the consoli dated rural school plan in one town ship. The counties in the central part of the state will have a boom in the spring. Macaroni wheat is becoming one of the staples of the lower James river valley. The new engine built for using lig r:te coal recently made its first run on the Washburn road. A. lot of farmers around Hannaford are shipping grain in car lots—when they can get the cars. The new Timmona county court house at Unto has been pronounced O. K. and will be occupied at once. The Pan-American exposition com mission will hold a meeting as soon as the exhibit arrives from Buffalo. A new kind of grass is being culti vated in Griggs county which grows two fine crops of hay annually. Attorney Mylire of Walipeton will go to Washington Jan. 1 to accept a clerkship in the navy department. The Northern Pacific is shipping clay from the Dakota Division to Western points to be used in repairing dams. Nearly every town in the state finds the school buildings overcrowded. The population is increasing every way. fee me one poisoned John Miller's dog and left stryshnine on the floor, which go': -.nixed with some oats and killed a colt. The tax title sharps mei with a cool reception at Grafton and moved on for fear that it might grow unpleasantly warm. Dr. Wanner of Wimbledon and Dr. Piper of Courtenay each secured judg ments against Frank Romelflnger of Ker.sal. If Lidgerivood can secure an electric light plant and waterworks next spring the town will be as metropolitan as any of 'em. R. Newbower of Reynolds endeav ored to pull a loaded shotgun toward him. The doctor amputated his hand a: the wrist. Hamilton people do not believe the trusts cheapen the price of articles when traveling men are demanding 26 per cent higher prices on goods sold there. There are no prisoners in the Bur leigh county jail, but a mean exchange asserts there are some people out there who should be in jail, and there you are. It is understood that there will bo a big legal fight over the refusal of the insurance companies to pay the amount of the loss on the linseed oil mill at Grand Forks. Judge Chilson of Tower City was thrown from a wagon and his collvr bone broken. The injury is doubly pain ful and serious because the judge is not as young as ne used to be. Grand Forks has an anti-cigarette crusade and a number of prominent business men have announced they will rot employ a boy addicted to the habit. Gcod thing—shove it some. One hundred tnd twenty loads of Mercpr county wheat were hauled into, Liannhaven -last -week—and still some people think there is nothing but stock and hades raised out on the Missouri: slope. R. J. Pratt, formerly postmaster and general merchant at Grandln, started a store at Harvey some years ago and is now establishing another at Souris Ir. Bottinau county.. He will close up the Grandin store. A stockman eighty miles south of Mandan discovered oil flowing from an outcropping of lignite coal, and tipped some Eastern friends who* are said to be wealthy. North Dakota may soon rival the Texas oil fields. During the foggy weather in Stuts man ccunty last week a young fellow who was1 out for cattle became lost and had" to remain at tlie'home* of: a-neigh bor all night. A searching party found him next day en' route home. Pboofs are being held up around Balfour aa m. result oft the- w^rk of-ths (At 1 %"&(?* ~&i special exarfllners of the genera! land department. Grand Forks a woman was awakened one night by a man climbing' dver the transom into her room. Be fore she could arouse her husband the self-invited visitor had ensconsed him self on the sofa for a nap. The lady got everybody around after awhile and the stranger was kicked down two Mights of stairs. An Argylo farmer, noted for lifs strict observance of the Sabbath, lost a day oft his calendar last week and drove to town Sunday with a load of wheat just in time to see the elevator agent going to church. He is still try ing to figure out where he lost that day. Out of 300 teachers who took the last examination for teachers' certificates, 15 obtained first grade certificates, 119 second grado, 110 third grade and 56 failed to pass the examination.. There is a scarcity of teachers throughout the state cwing to the prosperous, condi tions which have led* many teachers to engage in other lines, of business. Yale's receipts for football for the season, it is announced, are likely to prove the largest ever taken In.. From the games with Harvard and Princeton about $50,000 was realized. Receipts from the minor .games will bring the total up to about 870,000- ANOTHER DROWNING. Keniingtou Boy Wan Not Mlnacd Un til Too Late. Kensington, Minn., Nov. 27. The twelve-year-old son .of Claus Oster berg, living three miles east of Ken sington, was drowned in a lake a short distance from his home. He skated Into an airhole and must.Jiave sunk without making an outcry, as his pres ence was not missed by companions for some time. The body was immediately recovered. MONRO APPOINTED, Morria Man Inspector of Raral De livery. Washington, Nov. 27.—The appoint ment of F. J. Monro of Morris, Minn., as an inspector of rural free delivery will be announced at the postofflce de partment in a day or two. Mr. Monro Is one of several Minnesota candidates who have been after this place for sev eral weeks, and as he had the indorse ment of Senators Nelson and Clapp and a majority of the house delegation, he was selected. There is a possibility that Minnesota may get another one of these places. The contest for the sec ond place is between Messrs. Tliorsen of St. James and Lanngun of Preston. HIS HEART TORN OUT. Piece of Flyine Bni/. Saw Killa Wia consin Workineinan. Clear Lake, Wis., Nov. 27. While working with a steam wood saw James Floyd was instantly killed by the acci dental breaking of the saw. He was struck in the chest by a flying piece, which tore out his heart. W. H. Hoop er was killed on Thanksgiving day one year ago by ]the same outfit in a similar accident. 1 SHOT IN COLD IlLOOD. Former Victim of Striinerer to Whom He Hefased to Give Money. Winnipeg. Nov. 27—A dispatch from Cartwright late last night says that an unknown man rode across the boun dary from St. John, N. D„ and going to the house of J. Asping, demanded money. Asping refused, whereupon the stranger shot him dead and es ca!£ed. VILLAGE TORE IS RORBED, Wiconsin Merchant's Till Tapitcd and Town Orders Taken. Cumberland, Wis., Nov. 27. The genengl jstarg of g, M. Laursen. at Sftrronett, nine miles north of this city, was burglarized of $2.50 in nickles. several suits of clothing and a large number of Bashaw town orders, signed by H. M. Laursen, chairman, and C. Stoufter, clerk. SOLD STOLEN WHEAT. Great Northern Switchman Pleada Gtai ill 5 to Charge. Willmar, Minn., Nov. 27. John B. Dickerson, in the employ of the Great Northern as switchman, was arrested and brought before the court on the charge of stealing and selling wheat that had leaked from a broken car. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $10 and costs. Sold to a Chronic Drunkard. Yankton, S. D., Nov. 27.—The jury in the case of 'the state against John Pritchard brought in a verdict of guilty. Pritchard is a Yankton saJbon keeper and was charged with selling liquor to an habitual drunkard after having been warned not to do so. .The penalty may be a fine of from $50 to $500 Or imprisonmnent in the county'jail for from ten to-thirty days. Comity Attorney Olncy Acquitted. Benson, Minn., Nov. 27.—The trial of County Attorney F. P. Olney resulted In his acquittal by the- jury of the charge of larceny of. money paid to him in a liquor case, although he did not deny getting fend retaining it. 'He claimed that it belonged to the county, and that the party who paid It'could not require Its repayment. Cattle Strlcfcert With Dlieue.' Sauk Center, Minn., .Nov. 27.—A new disease, similar to hemorrhagic sep temia, is'killing off cattle in this sec tion. The animals are taken suiMe'nly sick and the disease always proves fatal. On the farm of Alexander Dry den five fine cows have died within a few days. The state board of health is making an investigation. Banlc'a Loaa Made Good. Scotland, S. D., Nov. 27.—F. G. Hale, president of the Bon Homme County bank, which was burglarised two weeks. igoi received a check from the Guarantee Insurance company. In which the bank was Insured, for 15, 946.52, being- the' full amount of the lossf lhcludihg (SOO on the safe. Wo- •ewer Pipe Trnat. Red'WJoR JKnm, Nov. t7.—President Rlfeh and lEaaaffer Sheldon of the Bed ""Hf WiMit Bltoe company vigorously ij6 report tfiwit a» xewer pipe tnwt wtlMto fOrxns* prices raised. The "Oatta* llW pttMly toeal^ a* be eAmiMd. I, V- ","'4