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ORGANIZATION.—Each school cun prists
two .apartments—the N»r nat Depart
ment and the Training Department or
Model School.
The normal department embraces:
(<i) An Elementary Course for teachers o r
of ruril districts and elementary grad s
[t) An Advanced Course for teachers of
advanced grades.
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wh«» have completed the required aca
demic work elsewhere
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week. The Ladles’ home at HL Cloud
offers board, furnished room, heat and
light, at $3 per week.
The new dormitory at Moorhead, for same
accommodations $3,50 per week.
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SAUK CENTRE HERALD.
VOLUME XXVII.NO. 49.
ARE ANXIOUS
TO fßUffl
MINNESOTA
IRWING SHEPARD. Winona
EDW’AKD SEARLINO, Mankato
JOSEPH CARHART. S'. Cloud.
LIVINGSTONE C. LORD, Moorheaci
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LATEST FIRE MS.
Few More Bodies Found at Hinckley
and the Number of Dead
There Is 221.
SEARCHING LN THE WOODS.
There Are No Startling Developments
Relief Work Gues On Rapidly,
But Smoothly.
Pine City, Minn., Sept. 6. The
death roll at Hinckley is growing, but
slowly. Seven bodies were found early
Wednesday morning.
Searching parties aro out in all direc
tions, but their "orders are to bitry the
dead where they lie.
The seven bodies brought in were
taken to the graveyard, and with the
body of Axel Hanson, county commis
sioner, which had been brought in on
Sunday, brings the total number in
Hinckley up to 221, and in the vicinity
of Hinckley to upwards of 230.
As yet it has been impossible to ap
proach the mill pond, the heap of saw
dust and edgings which form its banks
still sending up clouds of blinding
smoke, rendering it impossible for a
man to get near the water.
Will Handle the Mill-Fond Carefully.
It has been decided to draw off the
water, allowing it to escape gradually,
so that the logs may settle where they
are, instead of being crowded down into
the lower end of the pond, and thereby
rendering it impossible to recover any
bodies that might be beneath them.
It is not supposed, however, that there
are many bodies in the pond. Mr. L.
H. Clow, who was foreman of the
Brennan company, in charge of the
yard, told the Associated Press corre
spondent that he was the last man out
of the yard and made his way to the
gravel pit. He says no one could have
gone through the yard after he left,
and he noticed no one going that way.
Others, however, are quite positive
that they saw persons making their
way toward the pond.
At Pine City, the work of relief is
running smoothly. A system of requi
sitions for clothing and supplies, has
been instituted and all who are in need
are getting assistance.
Belief Work Goes on Smoothly.
The work is running too smoothly to
present any features of interest other
than its own method. No reports have
been received here front the outlying
points in the track of the fire.
A reliable summary of the known
victims of the fire would show these
figures:
Buried at Hinckley and vicinty 221.
At Sandstone, 67.
Pekegama, 25.
At Miller, 12.
Probably 50 dead bodie; will y tbe
found in the woods, and elsewhere.
So it is safe to say that the total dead
will number 400.
RELIEF PROGRESSING FINELY.
Everybody Doing Something For the
Fire Sufferers —What Is Most Needed.
St. Paul, Se pt. 6.—The work of se
curing relief for fire sufferers is pro
gressing finely. Mure than $7,000 in
cash contributions and two carloads of
clothing and provisions have been re
ceived from St. Paul people by the gen
eral relief committee.
The A. O. U. W. order has given
SI,OOO in cash. The Odd Fellows and
Masons contributed large sums. Cash
subscriptions from SSOO to 50 cents are
coming to General Bend, treasurer of
the general relief committee, at his of
fice in the Metropolitan theatre block.
At the supply depot, 127 East Third
street, men and women are busy re
ceiving and packing for shipment
clothing, furniture, and wagon loads of
provisions, sent by charitable societies
and churches.
All over the state, citizens are offer
ing their mites in money and clothing.
A car of provisions and clothing has
been forwarded to Baronetto and other
afflicted towns in Wisconsin.
The Great Northern and Canadian
Pacific railroads have each given $5,000
in cash.
The Kind of Relief Most Needed.
Minneapolis, Sept. 6.—The following
recommendations have been made for
relieving fire sufferers:
That no more perishable provisions be
sent to the fire district.
Thut jnemey contributions bo made
through appointed committees, to be
sent as requisition is made.
That contributions of clothing bo
made which will be serviceable during
.the cold months.
That children's toyc be sent to assist
mothers in the care of thojr children.
That stoves and other huuseiudd
utensils be sent immediately.
That lumber be sent to rebuild de
stroyed homes.
Mayor Eustis of Minneapolis says
money for fire sufferers, given by Min
nCuota towns, may reach the sum of
$250, OuO.
Thirteen Burf«Ml 111 “ Well.
Hinckley, Minn., Sept. 0-* —Four
bodies were found in a well, near where
the fire was the worst, and nine other
bodies were lowered into it, and the old
well made a grave for 13 unknown
victims.
LOGGING CAMPS LOST BY FIRE
Heavy Low* Reported Around Grants
. b»rg, Wis.
Grantsburg, Wis., Sept. G.—The for
est fire has reached the Umpire number
company’s legging plant, located 2-1
miles north of here, ('esiroying four
camps and con tents, 15 freight cars,
1,200 fit , 800,000 foot of logs and 70
head of o. en. Several million feet of
nine is so damaged that it will have to
be cut soon. The lives of A. Wilber,
wife and two children and other em
ployes were all saved by getting on a
yaft and floating out on the lake.
SAUK CENTRE, STEARNS COUNTY,
plants north bl hero, has lost by fire H
dams, 6 camps, all logging outfits and
60 head of cattle.
Grantsburg is still in a dense cloud of
smoke. Fires are burning north and
south of here yet. Citizens are not
alarmed as there is but little chance for
the fire to reach here.
BIG FREIGHT TRAJ V WBECK.
A Unen Bay Freight G »e» Through ■
Burning Uri<t e.
Arcadia, Wis., Sept. ( —The wreck
of the westbound freight train, which
occurred al>out three mil s above this
place, is of a much more : rious nature
than first reported. The rain was run
ning at about 25 miles an hour and ran
into a burning bridge, wl ; .ch gave way
under the weight of the rain, and the
engine and 18 cars were recked. The
tire communicated to the jars immedi
ately and soon the whole vas a heap of
ashes. Somo of the car; were loaded
with sheep, hogs and ttle, a large
number of which wer< burned to a
crisp, while others wer crushed be
neath’tho ears.
LATE FIKE NEWS FF W DULUTH
Losses of Life and Property re Still Being
Reported.
Duluth, Sept. 6. —Rep< ts still come
in from towns to the sou iward report
ing fires springing up, and definite in
formation as to losses of both life and
property are growing.
In all 556 refugees are now listed here
by the relief committee, outside of the
hospital lists.
Nearly 200 have been already sent
back so Hinckley and Sandstone, who
are not included in the hospital lists.
Temporary relief fhnd subscribed
here grows rapidly and has now reached
over SIO,OOO.
Officials of the lumber companies say
fhe standing timber loss along the St.
Louis river district will foot up fully
100,000,000.
IN MILLE LACS COUNTY.
No Lives Are Lost but Many People Are
Homeless.
Princeton, Minn., Sept. 6.—No lives
were lost in Mille Lacs county from the
fires, but many people were rendered
homeless east of Milaca. Our own peo
ple will care for them. Princeton vil
lage and Mille Lacs county contributed
SSOO to Hinckley and Pokegama suffer
ers. Private subscriptions and dona
tions of food and clothing will amount
to SSOO more.
FORTY TIMBER WORKERS MISSING
Where Is the Lumber Crew That Worked
Near Rush City?
Rush City, Minn., Sept. 6.—Ed St.
John arrived in town and reported that
great tires have destroyed the lumber
camps belonging to him and to James
Flemming. Forty men worked for him
and are missing.
May Bo Big Fires in Michigan.
Manistique, Mich., Sept. 6.—Forest
fires are raging fiercely in this vicinity.
Conditions are favorable for a disastrous
fire throughout tho county of School
craft. Manistique is almost without
means of fighting fire, is it has ren
dered double assistance o surrounding
hamlets.
Carried Her Money in th< Death Race.
Hinckley, Minn., Sep 6.—When the
body of Mrs. John M Namara was
found, SSOO in money uid $3,000 in
checks was taken from die wet and
scorched clothing.
Fighting Fire in Uppe Michigan.
Ishpeming, Mich., Sep . G. —This city
is again enveloped in sn >ke, fires hav
ing started afresh in the voods Dam*
age here is confined to c ps and tim
ber. Hundreds of men a still fighting
flames throughout upper dchigan.
No Lives Lost in Hille ics County.
Princeton, Minn., Sej 6.—No lives
were lost in Mille Lacs c mty from the
fires, but many people ere rendered
homeless cast of Milaca.
Chicago Called on I >r Help.
Chicago, Sept. 6. Mayor Hopkins
has issued a proclamation calling upon
the people of Chicago to contribute to
the relief of forest fire sufferers. Lib?
eral contributions are expected.
GOVERNOR NELSON’S APPEAL.
Minnesota's Chief Executive Issues a Call
for Aid.
St. Paui., Sept. 4.—Governor Nelson
has arrived in the city from Alexandria,
where he had gone Saturday to be with
his family over Sunday, and at once is
sued the following relief proclamation
concerning the great calamity at Hinck
ley and other Minnesota localities:
To the People of Minnesota:
Information of an official character
has reached me that the villages qf
Hinckley, Sandstone, Mission Creek
and the neighboring towns and farms
have been destroyed by forest fires; that
hundreds of lives have been sacrificed,
and suffering and destitution are on
every hand; that the survivors of this
terrible devastation are in immediate
need of food, clothing, shelter and
everything that makes existence pos
sible.
This appalling disaster appeals to
every heart of generous impulses and
the case is one that depands the im
mediate and liberal assistance of all
good citizens of this state.
Now, therefore, I, Knute Nelson,
governor of the state of Minnesota, in
yiew of this awful calamity which has
befallen uur people, and by virtue of
the authority in me vested, do hereby
appeal to all liberal and public spirited
citizens, to all municipalities and to all
religious and benevolent institutions of
this state, to take immediate action
towards securing contributions for the
relief of the prevailing cl .-dress.
I hereby appoint the oilowing state
commission authorized to receive con*
tributions of money an '• supplies, and
to expend and disburse tio same: 0. A.
Pillsbury of Minneapo is, Kenneth H.
Clark of St. Paul, Chari's H. Graves of
Duluth, Matthew C. Nor on of
Hastings H. Hart of St. aul.
Kn te Nelson.
Fires Spreading t< Canada.
Winnipeg, Sept. 6.—J nnesota forest
fires have spread to the anadian side,
and are burning th? ntire country
along the Rainy river. .Irs. Gant slay
LATEST AT HINCKLEY.
Another Lot of Dead Bodies Found
in a Well, Ail Badly
Burned.
RELIEF BUILDING ENCLOSED.
Survivors Thank the Country in a
Public Address For Gen
erous Relief.
Pink City, Minn., Sept. 7.—Tho
worst has been told at Hinckley. There
has been but one party of dead discov
ered since since Wednesday night. They
were in a cellar west of Hinckley, and
it cannot be told whether there are three
or four bodies, so bad are they burned.
The work of draining the mill pond
is progressing slowly, but the opinion is
that little will be revealed.
A huge building for relief offices and
shelter is almost enclosed.
Survivors Express Their Gratitude.
The survivors have authorized their
village organization to prepare an ex
pression of their deep gratitude to the
people all over the United States who
have come so generously to the aid of
the stricken people.
Supplies are coming into Pine City
rapidly and there is no lack in any de
partment of the relief work.
Report About Further Relief.
The commission of citizens of the
state, appointed by the governor, will
be at Pine City Friday for a general in
spection of the work that has been per
formed, and a careful estimate of the
total relief required and how and where
to apply it.
Future Destiny of the Town.
The Brennan Lumber company of
Hinckley may possibly rebuild, and if
so, the town will resume its former
prosperity. From the rough figures
furnished the engineers and superinten
dents of the lines damaged by the fires
it is estimated that the damages to all
railroad property, including damages to
telegraph lines and wheat in transit,
will be over $200,000.
ALONG THE RAINY RIVER.
Fires Raging on Both Sides of the Stream
for Many Miles.
Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 7.—A Rat
Portage dispatch to The Free Press
says: Rainy river on both sides for the
whole length, excepting 10 miles at the
mouth, is one huge mass of flames.
The Minnesota woods, where there are
but a few settlers, are all burning, and
at Barwick the fires were so fierce that
they jumped across the river, setting
the Canadian woods afire. The Ontario
side is well settled and the settlers are
losing heavily. On Saturday Mrs.
Gamesby and five children, living on
Grassy river, were burned to death. All
settlers back from Rainy river have
been burned out, losing everything.
FIGHTING FIRE ALL NIGHT.
Citizens of Barnum and Moose Lake Have
a Very Narrow Escape.
Duluth, Sept. 7.—A1l Tuesday night
the Citizens pf Barnum and Moose
Lake, about 50 and 60 miles out on the
St. Paul and Duluth, were out fighting
fire and Wednesday morning asked for
aid from Duluth. One of the Duluth
fire department captains and a crew,
with 1,000 feet of hose, were sent. All
day it was a fight for the safety of the
the towns, but reports by wire from
both places at midnight say the towns
are safe unless the wind changes back
to northeast. The settlers were also
out fighting fires and a number of
buildings were burned, but no lives are
reported lost.
REGISTERED TO GET RELIEF.
Duluth Authorities Looking Carefully
After Destitute People.
West Superior, Wis., Sept. 7.—The
Duluth authorities sent over to Superior
for the Minnesota fire sufferers in order
that they may register in that state and
come in for a share of the large fund
which is being raised for the benefit of
all the sufferers of Minnesota. Many
of them will return to this city and oth
ers will remain in Duluth to be near
relatives and friends.
There are about 200 all told in this
city. Money and supplies are still com
ing in freely.
Destitute People May Become Farmers.
St. Paul, Sept. 7.—Mr. James J.
Hill has set aside 5,000 acres of land
near Hinckley, Minn., to be assigned to
those mad# homeless by the recent for
est fires who may wish to take up small
farms and cultivate them. These 5,000
acres would furnish 200 farms of 25
acres each, thus accommodating 200
families, or a total of 1,000 people.
Sult Involving Millions.
Cleveland, Sept. 7- —Judge Noble,
sitting in the court of common pleas,
rendered a decision against the city and
in favor of the Lake Shore and Big
Four railroads in the celebrated Cleve
land lake front cases. The property in
controversy is a large tract of land ly
ing between the lake front and old river
bed and involves several millions of dol
lars.
HELPING DESTITUTE PEOPLE.
Work of Relief In the Fire Swept Region
Now Well Under Way.
RijfE C’|TY, Minn., Sept. q.— Thu re
action has come at Hinckley. The ex
citement which has buoyed up so
many of the rurvivors even in the
face of the fact that so many rel*
Stives and friends had perished in the
fiery flood has passed away and dull,
lethargic grief has taken its place.
The-uninjurcd refugees at Pine City—
apd there are several hundred of them
—stand about the street corners in littlp
knots and discuss the incidents of the
catastrophe which struck the town.
Relief Committee at Work,
The courthouse, the schoolhouse and
many a private home was thrown open.
Every blanket in town was
called into service. The women and
children were given the better quarters,
and the men stretched out in rows on
the floors of the two public buildings
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nnn>ed. Arrangements for the relief
of the destitute further up the line,
where hundreds of men, women and
children are not only homeless, but ab
solutely without a scrap of food, or bed
ding pr extra clothing, were started
promptly.
Ebnunately Monday was cool and
clpijdjr, and grateful showers fell at in
tervals during the forenoon, The re
mains of the dead, however, were in
such 'a horribly blistered and burned
condition that decomposition rapidly set
ilk Undertakers advised that the bodies
bd put under mother earth as rapidly as
, Attempts nt Identification Futile.
Ffoiu these bodies by the track the
officials of tho Duluth road had re
moved and carefully preserved every
trinket and article of jewelry, and even
shoes and scraps of clothing, placing
thusef from each body in a recepticle
numbered ‘ identically with the casket,
so f hat possibly when the refugees re-
Out in the little cemetery a mile east
of town, was a scene which
At best the little spot would be as
dreary as could well be imagined. It
is on top of a rough sandy knoll, where
nature is seen at her worst, and abso
lutely no attempt toward artificial em
bellishment has ever been made. There
were only a few little sandy unsodded
mounds before. Now with the black
ened, fire scarred stumps and fallen
trunks of trees all about, it presented
an appearance of desolation hard to de
scribe. But in the center of the open
was the crowning horror.
In an indiscriminate heap lay more
than ninety corpses, men, women and
little children. Some burned crisp,
others only browned by the heat and
none with a fragment of clothing
larger than a man's hand to conceal
their awful nakedness. Some were
mere trunks, the extremities having
been burned off. Somo were bloated
until the abdomen had been cracked
open and intestines were protruding.
Skulls were burned open and brains es
caping; all were twisted and cramped in
agony of death that had overtaken
them.
HELP AT ST. PAUL AND ELSEWHERE
Destitute Sufferers Made Comfortable by
the Arrival of Food and Clothing.
St. Paul, Sept. s.—The work of se
curing relief for fire sufferers is pro
gressing finely. More than $7,000 in
cash contributions and two carloads of
clothing and provisions have been re
ceived from St. Paul people l y the gen
eral relief committee.
The A. O. U. W. order has given
SI,OOO in cash. The Odd Fellows and
Masons contributed large sums. Cash
subscriptions from SSOO to 50 cents are
coming to General Bend, treasurer of
the general relief committee, at his of
fice in the Metropolitan theatre block.
At the supply depot, 127 East Third
street, men and women are busy re
ceiving and packing for shipment
clothing, furniture, and wagon loads of
provisions, sent by charitable societies
and churches.
All over the state, citizens are offer
ing their mites in money and clothing.
A car of provisions and clothing has
been forwarded to Baronette and other
afflicted towns in Wisconsin.
Minneapolis, Sept. 5. —The following
recommendations have been made for
relieving fire sufferers:
That no more perishable provisions be
sent to the fire district.
That money contributions be made
through appointed committees, to be
sent as requisition is made.
That contributions of clothing be
made which will be serviceable during
the cold months.
That children’s toys be sent to assist
mothers in the care cf their children.
That stoves and other household
utensils be sent immediately.
That lumber be sent to rebuild de
stroyed homes.
Mayor Eustis of Minneapolis says
money for fire sufferers, given by Min
nesota towns, may reach the sum of
$250,000.
WASHBURN WAS NOT DESTROYED.
Heroic Efforts Save the Town From De-
Ashland, Wis., Sept. 3.—As a result
of the forest fires Saturday and Sunday
$1,000,000 can be added to the amount
of loss occasioned this season. It is
doubtful if that will cover the entire
loss, when the'damage to standing pine
and logs is estimated.
Washburn had a narrow escape from
total destruction. It was only by the
most heroic efforts that it was
from the flames, It still stands in ii
precarious condition with smouldering
fires all around it.
New Yoke, Sept. 6.—Acting Mayor
McClellan has received a cablegram
from Henry Irving in London contrib
uting SSOO to the forest fire relief fund.
This is the first contribution received.
Alexandria Bay, N. Y., Sept. 6.
The national insurance convention is
being held here, and the sessions will
contjnqe a week, When the firut session
begun state insurance commissioners
from gjlpver the country were present,
also k-auing officers of many insurance
companies. Tho Far West and South
is especially well represented.
Tiiq Mexicaii agave h a vegetable
growth used iu making an intoxicating
wino. According to a tradition of the
country, it was the first plant God made.
Another species of the agave is used for
the same purpose as soap, its leaves
when broken and rubbed together pro
ducing a cleansing lather. It Is also
employed in poisoning fish to be eaten,
this poison, like so inanyothers, having
no effect upon the person who pats the
fish. —St Louis Post-Dispatch.
To briue butter take a pound of gran
ulated sugar, i> tablespoonful of salt
peter and 3 gallons of briue strong
enough to bear an egg. Boil the brine
and strain when cook The butter should
be wrapped iu cloth before placing in
the brine.
San Diego is tho oldest city in Cali
fornia, and the ruins of tho mission of
1768 are still preserved.
ESOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1894.
:n they may recognize them and
ow whether their friends have been
Words are Powerless to Describe.
Burned, Bloated Bodies.
The Kind of Relief Most Needed.
struction.
Henry Irving Gives #SOO.
National Insurance Convention.
The Mexican Agave.
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Denver Meeting Trying to Decide How
Arid Lands May Be Re
claimed,
DIFFICULT TO SAY JUST HOW
Some Believe in National Control,
While Others Favor State
Action.
Den veh, Colo., Sept. 6.—The national
irrigation congress is down to hard
worx.
The state irrigation commission pre*
seated important reports dealing with
the question of a national irrigation
policy and also with local laws which it
is hoped may be made common to all
the states.
There is a strong sentiment among
the delegates in favor having the
national policy expressed in the form of
a bill, to be presented to the national
congress.
This would be preferable to leaving
it to any individual to formulate here
after on the ground that if the results
of the congress are embodied in a clear
cut measure, the people can support it
with the knowledge of just what they
are favoring, and political meetings and
conventions will have no difficulty in
understanding the proposition.
Favors National Control of the Work.
Representative Sweet of Idaho is a
member of the the national irrigation
committee. He says irrigation work
should be done by the national govern
ment, and not be allowed to pass under
state control.
Mr. Sweet also says the proposed plan
of turning arid lands over to the states
is impracticable and would start a sys
tem of landlordism that America should
never have.
Provision has been made for survey
ing the arid lands, and no doubt con
gress will provide funds for reclaiming
all such lands.
Representative Sweet believes so, at
any rate.
Some of the Resolutions Proposed.
Resolutions were introduced request
ing that congress pass a strict law for
the preservation of the forests.
Favoring the ceding by the govern
ment to the states and territories all the
arid lands within their borders, never
to pass out of their possession, and to
be allotted to settlers in small tracts on
terms to be determined on by the states
and territories.
Asking that the waters of interstate
streams be portioned along the various
states and territories by the government
and that priority of right be considered
to some extent.
TRIAL OF PRESIDENT DEBS,
Contempt Caso Again on at Chicago—Jury
Trial Refused.
Chicago, Sept. 6. —The hearing of the
contempt case against President Debs
and other officers of the A. R. U.,
which was discontinued on July 25th,
has been taken up by Judge Woods of
the United States circuit court.
Special Counsel jpdwin Walker, for
the government, announced a filing of
a supplemental bill of information which
was read by ex-District Attorney Mil
christ. Attorney Gregory, for the de
fense, moved for a trial by jury, which
was temporarily overruled by Judge
Woods. The taking of testimony has
begun.
M’KINLEY TRAVELS AND SPEAKS.
Big Audience in a New York Town, But
No Politics on Tap.
Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 6. —Governor
William McKinley wus* given a royal
welcome Wednesday afternoon at the
Auburn fair grounds. He delivered an
address to the largest audience ever as
sembled in this part of New York state.
It has been widely published that this
was to be the formal opening of the
New York Republican campaign. But
that story is wrong. It was distinctly
understood by all political parties that
this was not a partisan gffaiv.
The governor speaks at Bangor, Me.,
on' Saturday and to th 3 Grand Army
veterans on Wednesday at Pittsburg.
Important to Knight* of Pythias.
Washington, Sept. 6.—The supreme
lodge Knights of Pythias has adopted a
new system of transfer of membership.
Under former rules a member taking a
card of withdrawal from a lodge ceased
to be a member of the order and was
obliged to apply for admission to an
other lodge on the same terms fis one
who hgd been initiated. The
new rules provide that by paying dues
for 95 days a knight may retain his
membership in his old lodge, unless ad
mitted to another within that tiynS?
Political Meeting Ended in Murder,
Baltimore, Sept. 6.—Murder was the
result of a political meeting at W..yi:e,
Va. One man was killed and threo
others seriously wounded. Ex-Gov
ernor Wilson made a speech and after
he had finished, United Statef Marshal
Vinson attempted to address the crowd
in behalf of Senator Camden, Jheru
was hooting and calling- Firing of re-,
velvets became 'general. Vinson and
his men jumped on to their horses and
fled. William Frizzell, one of the Wil
son supporters, was killed.
The Teary Relief Expedition,
v Copenhagen, 6.—The Berry»re-_
lief expedition haff been heard from.
The Danish vowel Tjalfe, commanded
by Captain Brick, has arrived here from
Greenland, and the captain reports that
he met the members of the expedition
at Godhaveu on July 17. All were
well.
JONES IS A POPULIST.
Nevada** Se»<atpf £rente* n Scnaation Dy.
Renouncing Republicanism.
Washington, Sept. 6.—The Evening
Star says: A genuine sensation iu po
litical circles is furnished by the state
ment that Senator John P. Jones of
Nevada, who Las repn sented his state
in the United States stuate for over 21
years, has formally renounced his alle
giance to the Republican party and cast
his lot with the Populists. Senator
Jones has written a letter to his constit
uency announcing to the people of that
state that he has doffed the political
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garment which he has worn with such
distinction for so many years and will
don the garb of the third party. Sena
tor Jones left Washington during the
day for New York. His bolt makes the
Nevada congressional delegation solidly
Populist, Senator Stewart having left
the Republican party some time ago and
Representative Newlauds having been
elected as a Silverite.
Jones Interviewed.
Senator Jones arrived in this city
during the evening, and was inter
viewed by a representative of the Asso
ciated Press. In response to a remark
that the change in his politics had oc
casioned great surprise, the senator said
he had not changed. The views that
he advocated now were the same that
he had been upholding in congress
since he first entered that body. He
regarded, and his constituents regarded,
the money question as being of greater
importance than the tariff or any other
matter the late congress had acted upon.
The senator dwelt at some length on
the importance of fixing a standard of
money.
“If I were asked,” he said, “to define
in a word the cause of such a depres
sion I should say it might be laid at the
door of ‘falling prices.’
“The Populist party was growing in
the West for the reason that it was evi
dent that the two old parties had out
lived their usefulness. Parties, like
men, have their periods of usefulness
and periods of senilty.”
Mail Clerks in Session.
Cincinnati, Sept. 6.—The annual con
vention of the United States Railway
Service Mutual Benefit association be
gan its annual session here during the
day with several hundred delegates
present. A warm welcome was ex
tended to the delegates by the mayor, to
which President Nightingale responded.
For a New Treaty With Spain.
Madrid, Sept. 6.—Negotiations have
been opened here for a modus vivendi
or for a new commercial treaty between
the Spanish colonies and the United
States, one of these agreements being
necessary in view of the cancellation of
the reciprocity treaty between Spain
and the United States.
(MEWS BRIEFLY REPORTED.
James Welling, president of the CoL
umbian university, at Hartford, Conn.,
is deqd.
Attorney General Maloney of Illinois
is still trying to bring the Pullman com
pany to legal accounting.
August coinage at the mint was: Gold,
$7,722,000; silver, $976,000, of whiel*
$748,000 was standard dp.llar.-j.
E. Read, superintendent of the Bob
mine near Central City, Colo., fell
a distance of 525 feet into the mine and
was instantly killed.
The recently formulated treaty be
tween the United States and China can
not become operative because of the
war between China and Japan,
A plan to establish n, division dealing
with the geology of highways is in con
templation by Director Wallcot t of the
United States geological survey.
LATEST MARKET REPORT,
Milwapkev Grain.
Milwaukee. Sept. 5,189 L
WHEAT—Quiet and steady. No. 2 spring,
64c; No. 1 Northern, (»c; December, 55c.
CORN—Weak. No. 3, 6C&-.
OAT.-J—Higher. No. 2 white, C2|s*; No. 3,
white. .
BARLEY—Lower. No. 2,53? X: sample, 50®
54J$'. - .
RYE—Lower. No. 1. 49J40.
Minneapolis Graiq,
M|NNBAH)Lia, Sept. 5,1884.
WHEAT—September. 53%c; highest, 3>£c;
lowest, 53}$c; c < se, 5314 c. December opening,
54hic; highest, 54?| ■ 54£$c, lowest, 51%c, close,
sih«c. May opening. 59.; highest,
lowest, close, 58J$e. On Track—Old, No.
1 hard, 58c; No. 1 Northern, 57c; No. 2
Northern. new. No. 1 hard, 55Xc; No. 2
Northern, 53Hc,
St. Paul Union Stock Varda,
SQVPt Sv. Paul. Sept. 5.1894.
liOoS —St'ady; quality fair, but more pcor
hogs here than yesterday. Range of prices,
$5.7035.8 >,
CATTLE—Steady; good demand for l|utcU«
er stuff, and everything desirable so d early
at fair prices: corn in OU dragging.
Prime star's; sl2s@J.4h, good steers. $2.7i
prime cows, $2.2 <3*-55; good cows, s?Jjy
02.2); common to fair cows, *ight
calves, $3.50(33.75; heavy calyes, >1.5u32.7J;
bulls, sL2s®l.7i - *
SHEEP-WcaL
M r, .tt3uß,sl.3st&2.oo;lambs.sl.qAdi*; common,
50c®1.50.
Receipts; Hqgs, W 0; cattle, 283; calves, 30;
aheap, 35).
Chicago Union Stock Tarda.
Chicago. Sept. 5,1894.
CATTLE—Market active. Natives, $1.25(3
3.51; westerns, $4,031.75; Texans. SI&A4
325. Extra natives quoted urouad and
best Westerns at s4.'-o®4.tis.
HOGS—.Market active, anl good grades
p: ices ar.> firm. Sales ranged at $5 50,4
<s2s for lignt; $5,4035.65 fur rough packing,
$5.50®6.3j for mixed; <5.70 16 4) for heavy
packing and shipping; pigs, $3,253 > 2 >.
SHEEP AND LAUBS - Market firm and
5® 10c higher.
Receipts; Cattle, 17.0J0; hogs, 26,000; sheep
I'.WOl
Chicago Grafq aipd provisions.
Chicag >, Sept, a, 1894;
WHEAT—Easy. September, Decem
ber, 56^;; May, ljsc.
COKa—Higher. September. 5 fcje; October,
CsM<; May, s*& .
OATS—t-teady. Cish, 29' 4c; September,
29tfc; O fiber, M&'i May. 35fcc.
PORK—Lower. September, 114.00; Jan-
uary, $13.9 i.
LARD Ixiwer. September, tß.'id,4; October,
$3.65; January, $8.12.
SHORT R:BS-Lower. September, $7.35;
January, s7.l2>f,
Unjust Discrimination.
Officer Phaneygan—lt’s thin you’re
lookin, Mike.
Officer O’Morphy—’Tis the fault of
the chief, be hanged to ’im.
Officer Phaneygan—How’s that?
Officer O’Morphy—Shore, an he put
mo on a beat with never a fruitstand
on it, the discriminating bla;:gard!
Chicago Record.
Knowledge will not bo acquired with
out pains and application. It is trouble
some and deep digging for pure waters,.
but when once you come to the spring
they rise up and meet you.
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MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS.
• eut-ral Eerker Nominated For Governor
and Strong Platform Adopted.
St. Paul, Sept. C. —F.M.W.Cutcheon,
ex-chairrjau of the Democratic state
central committee, Thomas D. O’Brien,
chairman of the Ramsey county delega
tion and a few others led the fight in
the Democratic state convention against
the alleged domination of the Demo
cratic party by M. Doran and his fol
lowers.
But the attack was a failure.
P. B. Winston of Minneapolis was
temporary chairman and J. A. Johnson
of St. Peter, secretary.
The temporary organization was made
permanent, and a strong party platform
was adopted, indorsing the platform of
1892, calling for the election of United
States senators by popular vote, and the
Alabama (dank on the silver question. •
George L. Beck* r was nominated for
governor by acclamation.
J. T. McGovern of V< inona placed in
nomination for lieutenant governor,
John Ludwig of Winona. Ramsey
county seconded the nomination.
Mr. Ludwig was nominated by ac
clamation.
GOVERNOR WAITE RENOMINATED,
Business Nut Easily Done in the People*#
Pur blo, Coio.,Sept. 6.—Pandemonium
broke loo:*; at the Populist state conven
tion when it was called to order.
The majority report of the committee
on credentials favored the seating of
the Waite delegates from Denver, and
the Barela delegates from Las Animas
county, indicating that Waite and Bar
ela have reached an understanding, and
that Senator Barela, who has been
already nominated for state treasure?
by the Democrats, will also receive the
Populist nomination far that office.
Thomas M. Patterson, leader of the
opposition to Waite appeared on the
stage and endeavored to speak.
The convention refused to hear him.
A motion was carried allowing Mr.
Patterson five minutes to address the
convention.
Mr. Patterson said he was hissed out
of the Populist convention as he was
howled down in the last national Dem
ocratic convention when he was making
a fight for silver.
Nothing ha could say iu five Canutes,
he said, wou'd make any impression
upon the delegates and ho would there
fore simply entop the protest of the
minority.
isxj Holden, auti-Waite, attempted to
Speak but was howled down.
Thereupon the Pdtterson delegation
from Denver left the-hall, followed by
about a dozen other delegates.
Governor Waite was renominated on
the first ballot. When introduced to
the convention he w as greeted with tre
mendous cheers.
LYNCHED IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Watertown Settle- With an Unknown Mau
Who Assaulted a Lady.
Watertown, S.D.,Sept. 6.—A lynch
ing has occurred iu this city as the final
outcome of a crime committed during
the night of Aug. 31.
That night an unknown man tried to
enter the home of Will Bone, but failed.
Later in the night, Mrs. Bone being
frightened, started for a neighboring
house. She was overtaken and assaulted
by an unknown man. She fought so
desperately that the man fled.
Systematic search was made for the
wretch and he was caught near Castle
wood, 20 miles to the southeast.
After passing a few hours in tho •
Watertown jail, the man wag taken
from the officers and hanged to a lamp
post.
He refused to talk before dying, and
nothing is known of his history.
The victim is a rather small man,
wore a close cropped beard, weighed
about 150 pounds, aud appeared to be
under 30 years of age.
lowa Fap Ulists.
Des Moines, Sept. 6.—At the Popu
list state convention the following
ticket was nominated: Secretary of
state, Sylvanns B. Crane, Davenport,
auditor, J. Bollanges, Des Moines; •
treasurer, Aaron Brown, Fayette; at
torney general, A. W. C. Weeks, Win
terset.
Stillwater, Minn., Sept, 6.—Fourth
district Republicans have nominated A.
R. Kiefer of St. Paul fer re-election to
congress, and the platform declares for
true bimetallism, reciprocity, protection
of labor and crushing of trusts.
Brattleboro, Vt., Sept. 6.—Returns
indicate that the Republicans have car
ried the state by 23,000 majority.
The Arkansas Election.
Little Rock, Aik.. Sept, 6.—Re
turns from the state elections show that
the Democrats have made a clean sweep.
Vancouver, V, ash., Sept. G.—Captain
W. H. Goodwin of Company G, Four
teenth regiment- infantry. United States
army. whose trial by court martial ou
several charges of drunkenness is going
on, is known in aiiuy circles through
out the country ;nd is popular. He has
a wide acquaintance iu the Northwest,
his social connections are high aud his
army record is goad.
Mnr<l«*re<l a »vnch Official.
Paris, Sept, 2* —The governor of
Indo-Chiua reports that the night of
the 2fth, Chinese marauders murdered
M. Challet. French collector of customs
in Tonkin aud killed his wife aud chil
dren, $
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Kiefer For Contres* Ajpiin.
Republicans Carry Vermont.
High-Toned Army Captain on Trial.
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